{Teething}

Hey there,

My little man has started the whole teething process. NOt to mention i also watch and tend my cousins little man, coop. He is one ornery little teether. And i am talking about both of them. I find it easiest for my that when they start biting things, and i dont mean sucking them.. i am talking bit your finger HARD with the gums. Tons of pressure. I always start with one dose of Tylenol every four hours... i also do Motrin every four hours in between the doses of Tylenol. So i would be dosing them every two hours with one of the two medications.

example:

12:00: i would give dose of Tylenol.

2:00: i would give dose of Motrin.

4:00 I would give a dose of Tylenol again.

6:00 I would give another dose of Motrin.

and so on...

Because these 2 medicines are different types, it is recommended by our pediatrician to do it with the two that way there is no lapse in the coverage for pain relief.

Also, I do NOT brush the gums. Healthy gums are strong, thus longer for them to break through. I brush them here and there just to keep them clean, but NOT every day or anything like that. Maybe once a week or so. It just always seems to help them break through faster.

Another few tricks i have tried over the years are Frozen waffles. They give a bit but are frozen so it soothes the gums. NOTE: WATCH FOR IF YOUR CHILD DOES ACTUALLY BITE ANY PIECES OFF!!! DO NOT LEAVE UNATTENDED WITH WAFFLE. Its amazing the difference when they are finally through...

I have also tried frozen spoons, but my kids always pushed them back too far and ended up pushing them back way too far and gagging themselves so i thought it safer to just steer clear of those.

Another successful one for me is a wet washcloth that they can chew and suck on. My little man has throughly enjoyed the whole washcloth one almost every time he sees one. :)

Whatever makes them happy! ;)

Also, PLENTY of sleep is a tremendous help.

One last bit of advice from me is to avoid the ora-gel is you can. some babies are just more pleasant that way, but it takes away all pain and numbs so they normally do not want to even chew, so sometimes it can make for an even longer time in teething...:( Boo! So if you can avoid it, i personally recommend it...

Good luck with the teething! :)

Loves,

Heather.

Boundaries...

I just recently was somewhat forced out of our home of three years. WE tried the Remodification crap and got caught in with the millions of american who were "foreclosed on" Luckily we were able to have an AMAZING realtor who new a guy who new the system who could help us out. WE did get the home sold and ended up moving in with parents.

Now do not get me wrong, i LOVE our parents. both of them. However, living with them is DEF another story.... I thought things could go off without a hitch... and they did for sometimes, but soon the empty-nesters got our family of five, plus another sibling move in. The house is now BUSTING at its seams. We did end up hurting feelings of the parents we did not move in with, but it just doesn't make anything easier...

A long time ago i had a little lady i helped in nursing for my CNA, she told me wise advice and i decided to ignore it. I am standing here to shout to the high heavens that i WOULD NOT IGNORE THIS ADVICE!!!! She told me that "even if i had to live in a cardboard box under the freeway to never live with relatives."

Now mind you that i would never..

and i do mean never.

never.

live in a cardboard box under a freeway, its just who i am...

But i do mean it when it says to NEVER live with relatives. Just dont do it. I suggest it as a sincere experienced driven woman. Dont do it.

Ever.

Again i do deeply love and appreciate our parents and think tha absolute world of them, but living together is, well... difficult. sheesh.

THe boundaries between grandma and pa-pas house and the boundaries of home are different. THey get away with more, because it was just once or they arent here that often, or whatever the excuse is. Well in daily life, it just cant go that way. Like throwing the shoes off in the middle of the room. I always just walked by, picked them up and sighed, because they are just so dang happy to see grandma and pa-pa. Now its a daily ritual. Most days a several times during the day ritual. I step on blasted shoes all the time. Stuff like that.

Would you move in with family? Have you moved in with family? If so how long did it last? How do you discipline with grandparents watching ALL the time? What advice would you give me?

Loves,

Heather

First off...

I first wanted to start by telling you a little bit about my day to day here at our house of crazy...

I have three littles all under the age of four. My oldest daughter is a beautiful independent helpful little lady, ky. My second daughters is one crazy haired extremely loud little princess, Kira. I have also recently had a little wolverine added to the bunch, Mr. Logan. I have MANY nicknames for my kiddos, and they all revolve around being stinky something..:) Its just that way and we think its funny.. even though we are only stinky some of the time. ;)

I have an amazing husband who is currently going to school and is having a MAJOR career change at the moment, but better now than never. At least he will LOVE what he is doing now.... He just finished up his firefighter and is currently trying to get him EMT-INT... so stuff around here is a little stressful some days.. others are peaceful, but thats unusual...:)

Im a twenty something wife of three who has a balancing act throughout my day. I work from home doing medical transcription and craft and sew to keep my sanity. I am going through a HUGE move for our family and just want to keep my family in one piece for this.

Over the course of this blog, i want to share my daily struggles and trials with you for support and help, as well as try and give help on the ones i have conquered. Please dont be offended by "how I do things", we all do them different and this is my own. If you dont like what you read, wait until the next post, everything on here changes and i want you to help me, as well as i help you...

Stay tuned for some CRAZY times ahead...

Loves,

Heather.