But aside from that, she's still completely normal
Logan, you turned 5 years old on the 15th. I cannot believe my BABY is a little boy.
You came in in the wee hours with a smile from ear to ear…
Logan: Guess what?!
Me: What?
Logan: It’s my BIRTHDAY TODAY!!
Me: Wow, it sure is.
Logan: You know what that means?
Me: No, what?
Logan: I. Am. Now. A. Big. Boy.
Wow, baby, you sure are. Kindergarten this fall. My heart is bruised a little.
Breastfeeding is hard. I don’t care what anyone has ever said about it. For me, it was hard.
With Joseph, it was a non-event. He was early, and he couldn’t suckle with much strength. Of course I didn’t find out until his first checkup in which he had lost way too much weight. I pumped for 2 months. He never did go back on the breast. Our days and nights went like this… He wakes up about every 2 hours. I feed/diaper, get him back to sleep, or settled, and pump. 45 minutes each side. I lay down and sleep for 20 minutes. I get up and start all over again. I didn’t have a great supply, so I couldn’t pump ahead and freeze. After 2 months I just couldn’t take it anymore. I started with formula.
Logan I was able to breastfeed, and I lasted about 3 months. I have to admit, part of the problem was social pressure. We had a hard time latching on. I had to press my nipple just so, and give it to him at just the right angle. I also had to SEE to do it. So, if we were out in public, I would have to pull out a baby blanket, put it over the top of both of us (including my head – I had to see). Talk about hot and sweaty and scratchy. He was born in May so this all happened in the heart of summer.
Because, you see, I wouldn’t want to OFFEND anyone.
I regret all of that. I do. I really really do.
Then there’s this photo of Maggie Gyllenhaal. Which of course started the comments. Dude. I’m not going to go into it, because the Queen has already said it perfectly. And she started the Tit Brigade.
I sent her my photo. Those breasts attempted to feed two children in two years. It wasn’t sick. It wasn’t sexual. It was an attempted best start for my baby. And I’m sorry for the new mom I used to be – ’cause I didn’t just bare ’em and let others deal so I could feed my child (a basest of needs.) So I’m baring ’em now.
And any one who doesn’t agree can suck my you know what.
I don’t feel good. Blah. Tummy issues. So a bullet list so I don’t forget what I want to tell you later…
Logan’s birthday
Desert trip
Joined the tit brigade
New blogroll joined
Impending move
I’m sure there’s more. But I didn’t want to forget I want to write about this stuff. And to, you know, show y’all I’m not dead.
Got this as an email forward and I just had to share… If you know who wrote it, let me know so I can give them the credit.
ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den, and I’m thinking about buying a computer.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: No, the names Lou.
ABBOTT: Your computer?
COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: I told you, my names Lou.
ABBOTT: What about Windows?
COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?
ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?
COSTELLO: I don’t know. What will I see when I look in the windows?
ABBOTT: Wallpaper.
COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.
ABBOTT: Software for Windows?
COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What have you got?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?
ABBOTT: I just did.
COSTELLO: You just did what?
ABBOTT: Recommend something.
COSTELLO: You recommended something?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: For my office?
ABBOTT: Yes
COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO:.Yes, for my office!
ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.
COSTELLO: I already have an office and it has windows! OK, lets just say, I’m sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?
ABBOTT: Word.
COSTELLO: What word?
ABBOTT: Word in Office.
COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?
ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue w.
COSTELLO: I’m going to click your blue w if you don’t start with some straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet?
ABBOTT: Yes, you want RealOne.
COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. just tell me what I need!
ABBOTT: RealOne.
COSTELLO: If its a long movie I also want to see reel 2, 3 & 4. Can I watch them?
ABBOTT: Of course.
COSTELLO: Great, with what?
ABBOTT: RealOne.
COSTELLO; OK, I’m at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?
ABBOTT: You click the blue 1.
COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?
ABBOTT: The blue 1.
COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue w?
ABBOTT: The blue 1 is RealOne and the blue w is Word.
COSTELLO: What word?
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
COSTELLO: But there’s three words in office for windows!
ABBOTT: No, just one. But its the most popular Word in the world.
COSTELLO: It is?
ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren’t many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.
COSTELLO: And that word is real one?
ABBOTT: RealOne has nothing to do with Word. RealOne isn’t even part of Office.
COSTELLO: Stop! Don’t start that again. What about financial bookkeeping you have anything I can track my money with?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: That’s right. What do you have?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?
ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.
COSTELLO: What’s bundled to my computer?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?
ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.
COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?
ABBOTT: One copy.
COSTELLO: Isn’t it illegal to copy money?
ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.
COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?
ABBOTT: Why not, they own it
Quick note to say I’m not updating for a couple days… On a 1st grade desert trip with the family.
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