Life in general
Nov. 18th, 2005 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sublimatedangelReally have been bad at updating. Sorry bout that.
Feel like a zombie today. For the first year-ish, waking up for the baby at night really didn't phase me much. My body just seemed to adjust somehow to make it all work. It's not so into the adjusting anymore. There is some hope, as Alex has begun sleeping through the night occasionally, but last night was not one of those.
Alex is back to being a chatterbox now that he's gotten the hang of walking, and I think we may start to get some new words soon. He has such a strong personality, and reminds me of myself sometimes. He is fairly mischievous, and I can tell just by his expression when he wants to either "chase" me or be chased (with tiny stompy steps). The other day I startled him while he was playing quietly, and was amused to watch him drop the plastic bottle he was playing with while simultaneously doing this scoot turn manoever. He looked up at me with innocent puppy eyes and I could tell he wasn't sure if he was allowed to play with it and was trying to pretend he hadn't been, just in case. That boy's going to be as good at getting into secret trouble as I was. We'll have to wait and see if he has his father's flair for getting caught. He has several different laughs, depending on why he's laughing, and makes cute squishy faces when I tickle him with a soft paint/blush brush (don't remember which it is).
In less baby-centric news, I'm disappointed to say that South Beach doesn't seem to be doing much for me. I was completely willing to follow it but my weight doesn't seem to be affected, and so it's getting harder to obey the limitations. We'd planned to eat normally on Thanksgiving anyway (which will be at our house, with at least my mom, and probably Jay & Morgan) and so I may take a break and then try resuming the diabetic diet I was on for the latter part of my pregnancy, and see if that does anything for me. And yeah, of course I should try to up my exercise too, but that's easier said than done with a toddler, and I happen to be much better at sticking to diet rules than exercise commitments. ::shrug:: Ah well. That's all I can think of for now.
Feel like a zombie today. For the first year-ish, waking up for the baby at night really didn't phase me much. My body just seemed to adjust somehow to make it all work. It's not so into the adjusting anymore. There is some hope, as Alex has begun sleeping through the night occasionally, but last night was not one of those.
Alex is back to being a chatterbox now that he's gotten the hang of walking, and I think we may start to get some new words soon. He has such a strong personality, and reminds me of myself sometimes. He is fairly mischievous, and I can tell just by his expression when he wants to either "chase" me or be chased (with tiny stompy steps). The other day I startled him while he was playing quietly, and was amused to watch him drop the plastic bottle he was playing with while simultaneously doing this scoot turn manoever. He looked up at me with innocent puppy eyes and I could tell he wasn't sure if he was allowed to play with it and was trying to pretend he hadn't been, just in case. That boy's going to be as good at getting into secret trouble as I was. We'll have to wait and see if he has his father's flair for getting caught. He has several different laughs, depending on why he's laughing, and makes cute squishy faces when I tickle him with a soft paint/blush brush (don't remember which it is).
In less baby-centric news, I'm disappointed to say that South Beach doesn't seem to be doing much for me. I was completely willing to follow it but my weight doesn't seem to be affected, and so it's getting harder to obey the limitations. We'd planned to eat normally on Thanksgiving anyway (which will be at our house, with at least my mom, and probably Jay & Morgan) and so I may take a break and then try resuming the diabetic diet I was on for the latter part of my pregnancy, and see if that does anything for me. And yeah, of course I should try to up my exercise too, but that's easier said than done with a toddler, and I happen to be much better at sticking to diet rules than exercise commitments. ::shrug:: Ah well. That's all I can think of for now.
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Date: 2005-11-18 06:36 pm (UTC)When I was on Atkins, it didn't work at all for me (and I gained 5 lbs, and felt sick all the time) but it worked great for John (he lost 20-25 lbs). Sometimes diets just aren't all that good for everyone... and it's frustrating to see it work for someone else but not for you.
Weren't you doing WW for a while, and didn't that work well?
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Date: 2005-11-18 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-18 10:51 pm (UTC)We're waiting on him to say "Grammy" - he's been hearing it practically since day 1 :) But absolutely we will mention you too. Not sure about the recognition thing - he doesn't seem to differentiate much between people he knows and strangers, at this point. Sometimes he's still happy party baby and sometimes he's really clingy and only wants Mom and/or Dad.
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Date: 2005-11-18 08:27 pm (UTC)HOORAY!!! for baby walkies!! How much does he weigh now and how many teeth?
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Date: 2005-11-18 10:45 pm (UTC)He's a very heavy twenty-something lbs, and has eight teeth. Sniff! That's practically a whole smile you know.