Update- August
Life has been a rush the last few weeks. I have made it through my four weeks of training and am now working in the call center. I did pretty well. Recieved the third best score in the class, which I was very happy about. I’m hoping to sign up for school this week as well. I have some things to work out but I’m hoping to be able to juggle both school and work. I’ve been so overwhelmed with everything they were teaching us that I’d come home and do chores just to destress. It was fun though. I had a real cast of characters in my class. Sometimes they made learning more difficult, but overall, we laughed a lot.
Tadpole developed alot in the last few weeks. He’s been cutting his bicuspids, or what my family refers to as the canines. The top two are in and his bottom ones are coming through. Makes him just wonderful to deal with when he’s tired. He’s also starting to say definate words. We here “thank you” most often. But he’s said “bottle” “mama” and E’s name. I heard him say “I wan mama” in his sleep about two weeks ago and that seemed to have been the dam that broke because he’s been attemping words ever since.
He’s also working on scowling, throwing tantrums and we’re finally making some headway into weaning him. However, for the most part, nursing is his reconnect time with mom when she comes home so he resists any real efforts to fully wean. He will take a bottle, but about every six to eight hours will insist on some mom time. He is also still an unfussy eater. If its food, he’ll eat it. He’s discovered our garbage can. I have to find a new can that has a nice heavy lid. He loves to pull out the sack and then use the can to drum on. Or , as many of you mothers already have dealt with, he’s discovered a new and amazing food source. He just about kills me trying to go after egg shells. I’ve just gotton into the habit of throwing those away in my disposal. Safer that way.
A and E are gearing up for school. They are also stepping up slowly but surely, in helping me as I add working to our lives. They have been doing fantastic with Tadpole. They are still unsure of themselves but they are doing a good job overall. My worry is still that I’m asking too much of them with school starting soon. We’ll see how we all handle the rollarcoaster about to begin. I believe in them or I would not even bother trying to do this.
BG moved to Wisconsin at the beginning of the month. So visits will now be few as we try to schedule enough visit time. My work gives me paid vacation time, and I earn one day per month so I plan on saving them up and then using them every four months or so to take the baby to wisconsin OR to give time when BG flies out here to see Tadpole. We’re going to be alternating visits every so often. Just depends on our respective schedules.
I’ve mentioned this before, I still am not dating. I have gone to a couple single activities especially for my mid range age group at church and I”m finding myself a person apart with having kids. Most of these people going to these events are childless. Many in the area have kids and I just hope they start coming to these things. I don’t like feeling like the odd man out. Even if I am.
