A Little of This, A Little of That...

First up, my review of Jillian Michael's: Fitness Ultimatum. It's pretty cool! I have been doing it for a few days now and am most definitely sore. Our house has about a zillion stairs (alright, that may be a slight exaggeration) and I am feeling each and every one of them at the moment. The game does seem to have it's glitches though, or I am not doing it right (also entirely possible.) In the game you alternate between running and other activities such as rowing a boat, jumping on tires, etc. When you are doing each activity there is a status bar on the screen for the Wii-mote and Balance Board. When you are doing the exercise correctly each of the bars light up. Thus far I have only succeeded in doing that during the running phase of the game. There is one exercise, punching and kicking a punching bag, that I swear I am doing correctly, and NOTHING happens. Not a thing. Not a single blip on the status bars. Obviously I still need some practice. In all honesty though, I have a lot more fun playing Wii Fit. My favorite is the hoola-hoop game. I am going to have abs of steel in no time if I keep that up. :)

Next up, some baby talk. I am fairly certain that Eden is suffering from acid reflux. I found a wonderful online resource last night which provides everything you could ever want to know about acid reflux in infants. I took Eden to the doctor this morning with my research in hand and her many symptoms highlighted. I am sure the invention of Google is both a blessing and a curse for doctors. The doctor wrote Eden a prescription and recommended a sleeping wedge. I am thrilled about the sleeping wedge. I may have mentioned this before but Eden sleeps terribly on her back. She much prefers being semi-upright in her vibrating chair. I thought she was just being a stinker about sleeping in her bassinet because she had become accustomed to her chair, but now I think it is because being flat makes her so uncomfortable. I didn't realize there were actual medical grade wedges that you could buy. The wimpy wedges at local stores are little more than a glorified pillow. I was unable to find one locally but found a fantastic online store with quite the selection of wedges. Ours should be here by Monday. Until then, I am content to let Eden sleep in her chair. We did that last night and she slept until 4:00am, ate, then went happily right back to sleep until 8:30am. Good baby.

And now to my other baby, I created a layout the other night with some of my very favorite photos of Zoë. I used the same template by Jen Caputo that I did to make Eden's hat layout. I love the design. I will definitely be using this one again and again.

And in other exciting news, well maybe not for you, but DEFINITELY for me. I get to keep my nanny, Becky, until March. She is like an angel. I am grateful for her each and every day. Kelly decided that since his work schedule is showing no signs of slowing down (as in he is still working until around 3am almost everyday) we should keep Becky around to help me. I love that man.

Comments

[Angela]

I am jealous...but also happy for you! what a good man.

[MaryRuth Francks]

I swear our babies are twins... or long lost bff's.

We're headed to the hospital in the morning for a GI... he can't keep food down, he screams when he eats, etc. etc... doctor is checking for acid reflux... sigh.

I'll be glad when we can both blog about our happy babies who sleep straight through the night and no acid reflux.

Good luck and CUTE page! Love it!!

[Jen Caputo]

oh i love that page!!!! Those pictures of Zoe are just adorable!!!

[Lisa]

wii fit?! what's that?! lol i think i lost mine somewhere under the sofa. it's been at least a month since i stepped a foot on that thing!
love your page!!!

[Jen_A]

I'm so glad they were able to find something to help Eden. I had thought reflux might be it since her symptoms sounded SO close to my oldest son's at that age. That wedge looks GREAT! Man I wish I had had one of those! The store ones just don't cut it.

I need to check into the Wii Fit and that game! I have friends that swear by Wii Fit and have lost weight doing some each day. Now if I can only FIND a Wii Fit in the stores. Haven't seen them lately around my area.

CUTE layout!

[Angela D.]

My little guy has reflux from 6 weeks to 9 months. We bought a Tucker Sling (on eBay) and then just propped his crib mattress up and put the sling on the mattress. I was VERY doubtful that he would sleep in the sling, but I am happy to say that I was wrong. It was the best money we ever spent. He was also on Zantec -- which helped. GOOD LUCK!

[MaryRuth Francks]

Hey!

My email won't open so I'll respond here... we got our test results back and once again we're coping you! :)

Reflux esophagus.

Any luck on little Eden feeling better yet? What does the doctor have her on?

I'm hoping the meds kick in soon!!!

thanks for writing!!!! Hope you're doing well!

[MaryRuth Francks]

ok we're not coping you... we're copying you... see i told you I was tired!! :)