I have these really cute pictures. This is just of Baby AL and me. The big kids were not here for this one. And yes that is my real uniform. I did get that green belt. I will have to find a picture of me with my medals for later.
Love ya guys!
~nif
My 4 bugs!
Ms. G, Mr. A, Lil AL, & Baby L
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Here are pictures from Trunk-or-treat
I have these really cute pictures. This is just of Baby AL and me. The big kids were not here for this one. And yes that is my real uniform. I did get that green belt. I will have to find a picture of me with my medals for later.
Love ya guys!
~nif
Friday, October 24, 2008
So Much To Tell, So LIttle Time
Oh my goodness! I have had a busy week. Ok, really a busy last 3 days. We have had to deal with ER visits, child study crap with the nut, and everyday running around.
So the big one is the ER visit. It all started with the last post. You saw I was eating wheat and going out to dinner. The kids ordered salads with their hamburgers. Needless to say, the adults did not! Anyway, Mr. A put ranch dressing on his salad and put the empty cup next to his plate. Baby AL grabbed it and tried to eat/drink it. Both Sean and Andrew grabbed the cup. However, Baby AL did get some in his mouth. He did not seem to be having any reaction so we finished dinner and headed home. When we got to the house, we notice he was getting red and slpotchy. So we gave him some medicine. That was not helping. He face was swelling. His eyes where almost swollen shut. His face was getting worst. And it was moving down his throat and on to his chest. We, well I, ended up giving him an epi-pen and calling 911. Wow! The epi-pen has a huge needle in it. I did use it correctly. Within 5 minutes his face was not swollen. The emt wanted to take him in to be checked out. So did Sean and I. He went into the er and was given more meds, a scrip, and sent home. We go into the doctor today to make sure he is still doing well. It turns out, the egg can stay in his system for 3 days. So anytime during those 3 days he can have another reaction. He has not had anymore reactions yet. Thank God!
The nut really pissed me off this week. He is really pissed Mr. A is on meds for ADHD. The nut is upset because he doesn't want Mr. A on "happy pills". What an asshole. Sorry but he is. He has no clue and will not listen to anyone to try to get a clue about what is going on with Mr. A. The nut will not hear that he is the cause or even the leading cause to why Mr. A is having problems. Instead, he writes a letter to the school to have Mr. A tested. Well, we had a child study meeting last month. We came up with some areas we wanted to work on and ways to do that. We were to meet again next month. Now we have to come together in another meeting to discus testing. It is bull shit! The nut has no idea how things work within the school system.
Well, the nut was 40 minutes late to the meeting. I was not happy to waste most of my morning waiting on him to show up for the meeting he called. During the meeting, the nut did not listen to anyone. He was slouching and very hostile toward me. When he did speak he just kept saying he wanted the school to use these certain test to see if Mr. A really had ADHD or dylexia. Because all he hears is Mr. A is unfocused and not doing well. He was not listening, no one said this year that Mr. A was unfocused. His teacher told everyone he is doing great this year. A big different from last year. But all the nut wanted to do is yell at me and tell the school they need to test his son. When Sean tried to say something the nut yelled at him that he was not a father and needed to stay out of it. When I tried to say anything, the nut would talk over me and yell at me. He never let me speak. I tried to stay calm and waited for him to stop talking but whenever I would speak he would start yelling over me again. He wanted the school to force me to sign disclosers to them for the doctors so that they could have the information on Mr. A's ADHD. Hello, he has ADHD. He is taking meds for it. He is doing better this year than last. The school doesn't need any more information then I have already provided. The nut wants more information. But he will not tell me what information he wants. I tried to say it was like strep throat. When you go to the doctor and he tells you have strep. He gives you a scrip you take the meds and you get better. You do not ask for the throat culture he used to diagnose you.
When the school said they could not force me to do that then he just said that I was "unable to handle Mr. A" and that if you "hound a doctor enough he will just give in" and medicate the child. Bull Shit!!! A) no doctor will just give into a parent and give them a highly restricted drug to to get the parent off their back. B) we are seeing a psychologist every week to help. C) we are also doing at home interventions. D) the psychologist says that the nut is aggravating the situation with Mr.A. And I truly believe if the nut finds that out, he will take it out on Mr. A and tell him he better not talk to Dr. E. That would not help Mr. A out at all.
So basically it was a wasted meeting that got nothing done. The nut got to yell at me and try to bully me. But really, nothing else came out of the meeting.
one last thought on this whole ADHD crap with the nut. If he really is upset over the diagnoses then he can spend his own money and get a second opinion. But he will not. Or he could try to go back to court. But he can not until he starts to get caught up on child support. He is over $15,000 behind. So he is just going to try to have
Overall, it's been a crappy ass week!
Next week should be better!! I have nothing planned this weekend. The kids are going to the nut's. Sean and I are doing nothing but relaxing.
~Nif
So the big one is the ER visit. It all started with the last post. You saw I was eating wheat and going out to dinner. The kids ordered salads with their hamburgers. Needless to say, the adults did not! Anyway, Mr. A put ranch dressing on his salad and put the empty cup next to his plate. Baby AL grabbed it and tried to eat/drink it. Both Sean and Andrew grabbed the cup. However, Baby AL did get some in his mouth. He did not seem to be having any reaction so we finished dinner and headed home. When we got to the house, we notice he was getting red and slpotchy. So we gave him some medicine. That was not helping. He face was swelling. His eyes where almost swollen shut. His face was getting worst. And it was moving down his throat and on to his chest. We, well I, ended up giving him an epi-pen and calling 911. Wow! The epi-pen has a huge needle in it. I did use it correctly. Within 5 minutes his face was not swollen. The emt wanted to take him in to be checked out. So did Sean and I. He went into the er and was given more meds, a scrip, and sent home. We go into the doctor today to make sure he is still doing well. It turns out, the egg can stay in his system for 3 days. So anytime during those 3 days he can have another reaction. He has not had anymore reactions yet. Thank God!
The nut really pissed me off this week. He is really pissed Mr. A is on meds for ADHD. The nut is upset because he doesn't want Mr. A on "happy pills". What an asshole. Sorry but he is. He has no clue and will not listen to anyone to try to get a clue about what is going on with Mr. A. The nut will not hear that he is the cause or even the leading cause to why Mr. A is having problems. Instead, he writes a letter to the school to have Mr. A tested. Well, we had a child study meeting last month. We came up with some areas we wanted to work on and ways to do that. We were to meet again next month. Now we have to come together in another meeting to discus testing. It is bull shit! The nut has no idea how things work within the school system.
Well, the nut was 40 minutes late to the meeting. I was not happy to waste most of my morning waiting on him to show up for the meeting he called. During the meeting, the nut did not listen to anyone. He was slouching and very hostile toward me. When he did speak he just kept saying he wanted the school to use these certain test to see if Mr. A really had ADHD or dylexia. Because all he hears is Mr. A is unfocused and not doing well. He was not listening, no one said this year that Mr. A was unfocused. His teacher told everyone he is doing great this year. A big different from last year. But all the nut wanted to do is yell at me and tell the school they need to test his son. When Sean tried to say something the nut yelled at him that he was not a father and needed to stay out of it. When I tried to say anything, the nut would talk over me and yell at me. He never let me speak. I tried to stay calm and waited for him to stop talking but whenever I would speak he would start yelling over me again. He wanted the school to force me to sign disclosers to them for the doctors so that they could have the information on Mr. A's ADHD. Hello, he has ADHD. He is taking meds for it. He is doing better this year than last. The school doesn't need any more information then I have already provided. The nut wants more information. But he will not tell me what information he wants. I tried to say it was like strep throat. When you go to the doctor and he tells you have strep. He gives you a scrip you take the meds and you get better. You do not ask for the throat culture he used to diagnose you.
When the school said they could not force me to do that then he just said that I was "unable to handle Mr. A" and that if you "hound a doctor enough he will just give in" and medicate the child. Bull Shit!!! A) no doctor will just give into a parent and give them a highly restricted drug to to get the parent off their back. B) we are seeing a psychologist every week to help. C) we are also doing at home interventions. D) the psychologist says that the nut is aggravating the situation with Mr.A. And I truly believe if the nut finds that out, he will take it out on Mr. A and tell him he better not talk to Dr. E. That would not help Mr. A out at all.
So basically it was a wasted meeting that got nothing done. The nut got to yell at me and try to bully me. But really, nothing else came out of the meeting.
one last thought on this whole ADHD crap with the nut. If he really is upset over the diagnoses then he can spend his own money and get a second opinion. But he will not. Or he could try to go back to court. But he can not until he starts to get caught up on child support. He is over $15,000 behind. So he is just going to try to have
Overall, it's been a crappy ass week!
Next week should be better!! I have nothing planned this weekend. The kids are going to the nut's. Sean and I are doing nothing but relaxing.
~Nif
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I Get To Eat Wheat! Well, At Least Tonight I Do
Hey! I am so excited. Tonight, I get to go out and have a hamburger with a bun!!!
The doc wants to challenge Baby AL's allergy! It started out with 1/8 piece of bread; then I got to double it everyday. So tonight I am up to 2 pieces 2x's a day. He has had no reaction so far. Well, not any to really note. Because he is off Zyrtec, he is having some reactions to some things. The fire in the oven the other night caused a reaction. I even thought about giving him the epi-pen. But the meds had it pretty clam down in about 45mins. By the way, it was not in my oven and I was not cooking.
I get to call the doc tomorrow and see what else he wants to do. I do not think we are going to get to challenge the milk allergy anytime soon and the egg allergy is pretty much all his life. The peanut allergy is something I do not mind challenging. However, I will not be eating any peanuts. I do not care how small they are. I hate nuts (of all kinds)! The doc will just have to find another way to challenge that one. Besides, in a few weeks his nursing is going to go down. I will not be nursing all the time.
I am not so sure how or when this going to happen. I know starting at one Baby AL will be going on rice milk. I wanted to start by giving him formula at meals from 11 months on. But the doc kindda put those plans on hold. By me eating the wheat to challenge, I sorta need to nurse the baby. Or it won't work. I still want to nurse at night for a while. This will be just quiet time for him and me. I really like that idea. I think he is more than ready to give up nursing during the day. He is way too busy. Although, when he is tired he wants to nurse.
I have a video of him walking. (on my phone) He can walk he just won't. He gets the older two to pick him up and take him places. He is doing that sorta of thing with the talking too. He will point to whatever he wants and he gets it. No one will make him "use his words" except for me. (and half the time I give in too) I do have to day, he will use his signs. I love it!
oh! I just got the call. DINNER TIME! gatta go!
~NIFFER
The doc wants to challenge Baby AL's allergy! It started out with 1/8 piece of bread; then I got to double it everyday. So tonight I am up to 2 pieces 2x's a day. He has had no reaction so far. Well, not any to really note. Because he is off Zyrtec, he is having some reactions to some things. The fire in the oven the other night caused a reaction. I even thought about giving him the epi-pen. But the meds had it pretty clam down in about 45mins. By the way, it was not in my oven and I was not cooking.
I get to call the doc tomorrow and see what else he wants to do. I do not think we are going to get to challenge the milk allergy anytime soon and the egg allergy is pretty much all his life. The peanut allergy is something I do not mind challenging. However, I will not be eating any peanuts. I do not care how small they are. I hate nuts (of all kinds)! The doc will just have to find another way to challenge that one. Besides, in a few weeks his nursing is going to go down. I will not be nursing all the time.
I am not so sure how or when this going to happen. I know starting at one Baby AL will be going on rice milk. I wanted to start by giving him formula at meals from 11 months on. But the doc kindda put those plans on hold. By me eating the wheat to challenge, I sorta need to nurse the baby. Or it won't work. I still want to nurse at night for a while. This will be just quiet time for him and me. I really like that idea. I think he is more than ready to give up nursing during the day. He is way too busy. Although, when he is tired he wants to nurse.
I have a video of him walking. (on my phone) He can walk he just won't. He gets the older two to pick him up and take him places. He is doing that sorta of thing with the talking too. He will point to whatever he wants and he gets it. No one will make him "use his words" except for me. (and half the time I give in too) I do have to day, he will use his signs. I love it!
oh! I just got the call. DINNER TIME! gatta go!
~NIFFER
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I Think I Have The Flu!
My head hurts; my body aches; my stomach HURTS; I feel like I going to throw up; I am so tired!!!! UUUGGGG! I hate being sick!!
Being sick with 3 kids is hard. Everyone is trying to help out. They just are not helping. They are trying and that counts! I just want to sleep. I won't get any. The kids just don't understand that sleep is what adults want when they are sick. Kids just don't want to go to school. Although, one of the best days I ever had with Mr.A was when he was sick. He cuddled on the couch with me for most of the day. We watched movies, read books, and slept. It was a neat day. I don't get to spend too much time one on one with my kids.
Otherwise, life is good. I was thinking the other day. This is a neat life. I have my kids, a nice house, a great hubby, and a wonderful life. It's very nice. I am glad that I am in this good spot right now. It was not too long ago I was not doing as well. But that was then; this is now.
I have a few pictures of my little ones.
~niffer
Being sick with 3 kids is hard. Everyone is trying to help out. They just are not helping. They are trying and that counts! I just want to sleep. I won't get any. The kids just don't understand that sleep is what adults want when they are sick. Kids just don't want to go to school. Although, one of the best days I ever had with Mr.A was when he was sick. He cuddled on the couch with me for most of the day. We watched movies, read books, and slept. It was a neat day. I don't get to spend too much time one on one with my kids.
Otherwise, life is good. I was thinking the other day. This is a neat life. I have my kids, a nice house, a great hubby, and a wonderful life. It's very nice. I am glad that I am in this good spot right now. It was not too long ago I was not doing as well. But that was then; this is now.
I have a few pictures of my little ones.
~niffer
Monday, October 13, 2008
Crazy is the Word of the Day
Wow! I do not think I will ever go on another adventure with my family again. They are all crazy! Yes that includes me. So when we all get together we are even crazier then most. The wedding of my cousin was beautiful. I even got to stick to my crazy diet. I danced with my hubby and my father. I enjoyed myself.
Getting up there was crazy. Trying to coordinate too many people, and get to the wedding on time when the hotel was 2 hours late getting our rooms ready. I am telling you it was crazy but we were on time.
Leaving was crazy too. Why is that when the kids do not have to be up early they are! So no sleeping in for us. Although, the plan was to get up and out to see the Washington Monument. You have to get up early and stand in line to get tickets. We did not do that. Instead we tried to go to the Zoo. One of Sean's and my first dates was to the zoo. So this sounded like fun. Fun until the crazies started. Going the wrong way, running 3 lights, almost hitting 2 people, and one major temper tantrum later we found our way to the zoo. Guess what?! There was no parking. So we ended up driving through the zoo and round and around for parking. After 3 hours of the crazies, we left to go home. We never saw any animals but we did get in a driving tour of the city. Only in the crazy was I can do it!
All and all one very crazy weekend!
~niffer
Getting up there was crazy. Trying to coordinate too many people, and get to the wedding on time when the hotel was 2 hours late getting our rooms ready. I am telling you it was crazy but we were on time.
Leaving was crazy too. Why is that when the kids do not have to be up early they are! So no sleeping in for us. Although, the plan was to get up and out to see the Washington Monument. You have to get up early and stand in line to get tickets. We did not do that. Instead we tried to go to the Zoo. One of Sean's and my first dates was to the zoo. So this sounded like fun. Fun until the crazies started. Going the wrong way, running 3 lights, almost hitting 2 people, and one major temper tantrum later we found our way to the zoo. Guess what?! There was no parking. So we ended up driving through the zoo and round and around for parking. After 3 hours of the crazies, we left to go home. We never saw any animals but we did get in a driving tour of the city. Only in the crazy was I can do it!
All and all one very crazy weekend!
~niffer
Friday, October 03, 2008
Life Goes On...
Wow! I can not believe baby A is almost one. OK, it is still over a month away until his birthday but...
In this last year we have been learning and dealing with some major food allergies. He is having a hard time with milk, wheat, peanuts, and egg. So over the 6 months I have taken all of that out of my diet. He is still nursing so I can not have any of that stuff. It is amazing to see the difference it has made. He is still having some allergy problems. So much so we were given an epipen-jr.
Well, I am not one for the "woe-is-me" stuff. Although it has been hard I have found ways to eat. I have also done a good job of finding things for him to eat. Now I can tell you I miss milk. I can not stand soy or rice milk! And I can tell you to stay far way from soy cheese. YUCK! However, rice milk it a good substitute in cook with, It doesn't flavor the food as much. I am loving the fact I get to eat potatoes more.
This morning we had to take baby A in to see an allergist to do the back pick and arm skin test. (my baby had to get 6 shots and 15 picks! ) It basically told us the same stuff we already knew from the blood work we did 6+ months ago. We also had to do more blood work. The doctor is hoping we will be able to challenge his wheat and maybe his milk allergy. Which means we will give him orally small amounts of the wheat (and maybe milk) in the office over the course of 4 hours. Part of me wants to say, "that is ok. We have a diet that is mostly working." Yes, I am afraid it will not work and he will have a major reaction. The other part of me thinks, "If this works I can have pasta!" The wimp in me will let it happen and pray he will be find. Afterall, the doctor knows what he is doing. Right?!
So that brings me around to some of my family. They have tried to be supportive. They will make things for me to eat (salad) when we eat together. But they do not quite get it. A) You can get very sick of salad when you can not eat cheese, any kind of nuts, or wheat (ie. the crutons and such). B) It's not very fair to watch other people eat things like pasta, pancakes, steak, or really anything I can not have but really like. C) Going and not being able to eat anything and watching everyone else eat sucks! I have to get ingredient list before we go out to eat. I am not really complaining. I know it sounds like it. I am just make a point. My family tries but doesn't see all that goes into planning a very strange diet. So when my cousin's baby is showing signs of some allergies. (they are testing her this week) My mom in particular makes it sound harder than it has to be. My cousin C. is upset and afraid that she will not be able to eat or be able to feed her baby. So I need to talk to the ever busy C. to tell her it is possible and at first the effort seems great but as with all things it becomes much easier. We just have to jump in with both feet and never look back.
ok I need to go. I am looking at my son who is covered in his lunch and making a huge mess.
~Nif
In this last year we have been learning and dealing with some major food allergies. He is having a hard time with milk, wheat, peanuts, and egg. So over the 6 months I have taken all of that out of my diet. He is still nursing so I can not have any of that stuff. It is amazing to see the difference it has made. He is still having some allergy problems. So much so we were given an epipen-jr.
Well, I am not one for the "woe-is-me" stuff. Although it has been hard I have found ways to eat. I have also done a good job of finding things for him to eat. Now I can tell you I miss milk. I can not stand soy or rice milk! And I can tell you to stay far way from soy cheese. YUCK! However, rice milk it a good substitute in cook with, It doesn't flavor the food as much. I am loving the fact I get to eat potatoes more.
This morning we had to take baby A in to see an allergist to do the back pick and arm skin test. (my baby had to get 6 shots and 15 picks! ) It basically told us the same stuff we already knew from the blood work we did 6+ months ago. We also had to do more blood work. The doctor is hoping we will be able to challenge his wheat and maybe his milk allergy. Which means we will give him orally small amounts of the wheat (and maybe milk) in the office over the course of 4 hours. Part of me wants to say, "that is ok. We have a diet that is mostly working." Yes, I am afraid it will not work and he will have a major reaction. The other part of me thinks, "If this works I can have pasta!" The wimp in me will let it happen and pray he will be find. Afterall, the doctor knows what he is doing. Right?!
So that brings me around to some of my family. They have tried to be supportive. They will make things for me to eat (salad) when we eat together. But they do not quite get it. A) You can get very sick of salad when you can not eat cheese, any kind of nuts, or wheat (ie. the crutons and such). B) It's not very fair to watch other people eat things like pasta, pancakes, steak, or really anything I can not have but really like. C) Going and not being able to eat anything and watching everyone else eat sucks! I have to get ingredient list before we go out to eat. I am not really complaining. I know it sounds like it. I am just make a point. My family tries but doesn't see all that goes into planning a very strange diet. So when my cousin's baby is showing signs of some allergies. (they are testing her this week) My mom in particular makes it sound harder than it has to be. My cousin C. is upset and afraid that she will not be able to eat or be able to feed her baby. So I need to talk to the ever busy C. to tell her it is possible and at first the effort seems great but as with all things it becomes much easier. We just have to jump in with both feet and never look back.
ok I need to go. I am looking at my son who is covered in his lunch and making a huge mess.
~Nif
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