This morning Eli & I headed out to our bible study with a group of other moms. It turned out that it was a very small group this am, only 2 of us and the host, but it was a really nice morning. Eli had a great time playing with one of the boys who was there, and they got along so great! He didn't want to leave when noon finally came! Im so proud of Eli these days, although he is really testing the waters, he is just such a joy to be around. My heart leaps when he tells me he loves us, or when Andy gets home and Eli exclaims over and over that he missed him so much. My boys are such a blessing!! I've really been learning about the importance of just spending time with him. This week we've been playing a lot of hide n seek, cars, and spending time outside. He helped me cut the grass (yes I cut the grass... it was an attempt to get the baby out. BTW it didnt work.) helped me clean his outside toys up, and spray them down, and even just sat on the steps together blowing bubbles.
For the past few weeks Eli has mentioned a few times there's squirrel's in his ears. Which the translation means his ears are hurting him. Our specialist will often tell Eli when he's going to look in his ears, he just needs to look for squirrels. I guess the whole squirrel thing stuck. Yesterday throughout the day Eli told me more than once that his left ear hurt, but just a little bit, and he thought there was squirrels in it. This is so hard for Andy & I, because it means we need to do something about it. At this point we know the drill. We have to put drops in his ears. He hates this, and for awhile we attempted to do it while he was asleep, but I dont think it really did much, since he'd stir and then roll over and then the drops roll out. I suggested to Andy that maybe what we need to do is after bath time before bed, we'll just have to be honest and tell him that we need to put drops in his ears, it'll make his ears feel better, and then just do it. I feel like just holding him down without any warning and putting them in his ears isn't fair. So we tried it. It didn't go any better than usual, he still screamed and it took 2 of us to get the drops in one ear, but after the 3 of us sat on the couch reading some books while I rubbed his ear, and he snuggled with us. Once he got into bed he asked me to stay to rub his ear some more to get the drops out, and I just felt so blessed by the time we spent together. These days, every morning he comes and jumps into bed with me and will spoon up right beside me and we'll just lay in bed and cuddle. I love these moments, and am savoring them because once the baby comes I dont know how our mornings will look. These cuddle sessions he gives me in the mornings is not something he's willing to do when Andy is at home in bed with me on the weekends. When Andy's home on the weekends, its rock n roll time once he is in our room. Time to get up. It blows my mind how a 3 year old boy just brings so much joy and laughter to our home. The things he says and does make us laugh. We're so blessed!!
And if you havent guessed, I am still very much pregnant. Here's the low down. My midwife checked my early ultrasound that I had back in December, and according to the ultrasound my due date was July 22nd. 5 days of a different from my period due date that we were going with. So in a sense we've kind of switched due dates to buy us a bit more time before we have to consider ruling out a home birth and consulting with an OB. If we went with the July 17th due date, I would be 42 weeks on Tuesday, however going with the July 22nd due date Im not even a full 41 weeks. My only stress about the change in due dates and waiting longer is that my doula has her holidays booked for the first week of August, and if my baby decides to ride this thing out for as long as possible, we may have to use her back up doula. Last night I went for a deep tissue massage, and boy am I feeling it today, but Ive heard some people say that it can help to bring on labor within 24-48 hours, that being said nothing will bring labor on if my body isn't ready, massage or no massage. My next midwifery appointment is on Monday, and my sisters birthday is this weekend too, and we're going to do a birthday breakfast which I'd really like to make it to, so Im feeling a bit torn about when I want this baby to come. If we wait till next week my doula wont be available, and if I have the baby before the weekend or on the weekend we probably wont be attending my sister's party. But we'll continue waiting it out, and being patient. In the mean time Im enjoy the cool weather, and my sleep. Every morning I wake up and think how thankful I am for another night that I got a good nights rest (apart from getting up a couple times to pee!).
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