Mom2d's Blog

Daycare

mom2d — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:57:44 +0000

We signed Dakota up for daycare today. He hasn’t been in daycare since his daddy got sick. I don’t think he is going to know what to do not being at home around family all day. I am excited though because I know this will be good for him. He needs to learn to interact with kids his own age. Plus the daycare is going to help us ween him from the bottle. Right now I can’t even get him to go to bed without a bottle.

I really like the place that we found. We looked at like 7 different daycares before we decided on the right one. The one we picked has the security locked front door where the kids can’t get out without someone and you have to clock them in and out. I also love the fact that they will feed him breakfast lunch and a snack. That will save us a little money on our grocery bill.

I know I sound crazy, but Dakota is a big part of my world and that’s what I like to talk about.

Acai Berry

mom2d — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:44:54 +0000

I’ve been trying to lose weight since I had my son and it has been a really slow process. I guess my body is still in shock or something. I finally broke down and decided I was going to try this so called miracle diet acai berry. I really hope it works because the crap that I have already been through just to get the stupid pills is annoying! I decided to do the free trial offer where you just have to pay for shipping and handling. I submitted my order and thought that would be it. Nope wrong! I get a call the next day to confirm the order. I confirmed everything and then they wanted to offer me some other crap that you have to pay for. I thought I declined everything but apparently not! I checked my bank account yesterday and there was a charge for like $40.00. I call the number on the statement and they say they won’t be able to help me until my payment goes through. They say that the acai berry place offered me some gas vouchers or something like that. Why is that places like this exist and can take advantage of other people. I should have done some more research, but I was in a hurry. I guess all I can do is live and learn. I’ll post more on if the pills actually work later. After all the phone calls I’ve had to make the last 2 days it better!!!

Bored, but not so bored

mom2d — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:37:01 +0000

Man I have been so bored this weekend! My husband started back to work and he has to work the weekends, so its just been me and Dakota. It’s crazy because I never realized how little momma and Dakota time we had before my husband went back to work. Even though I have been bored and have only made a trip to walmart to get milk I have enjoyed my time with my little man. We have played chase, watched his favorite cartoons, played with his toys and played in the dirt and got all nice and dirty. I have to say its funner to play with him now then it use to be because now he imitates what I do. We played who’s on the phone yesterday and it was so funny to watch him make all sorts of noises and facial expressions when it was his turn to talk on the phone.

After I wrote this I realized I wasn’t as bored as I thought.

Introduction

mom2d — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:51:16 +0000

My name is Ashlie and I have a 1 year old son named Dakota. It has been a wild ride since he was born and I just thought I should share a glimpse into my life.

My husband and I have been married for 6 years and he is my best friend. We tried for like 3 years to have a baby and thought that one us had to be broken or something. We stopped trying and one year later I found out I was pregnant. My pregnancy had its ups and downs. I had a sub-chronic hemorrhage when I was like 6 weeks pregnant and thought I had a miscarriage. After a trip to ER we found out that I was still pregnant and got to see our little bean for the first time. I had only known I was pregnant for like a week when that happened and I had no idea I could love something I hadn’t even met yet. I don’t know how I would have handled it if I had a miscarriage.

We found out we were having a boy at my 17 week ultra sound. I had a feeling it was a boy, but we would have been happy with either a boy or a girl. At about 20 weeks I found out that I had gestational diabetes and I had to start watching what I ate and taking my blood sugar levels every 2 hours after I ate. It was a pain in the butt, but I met women online that had it much worse then me so I can’t complain.

8 Months pregnant

I was put on semi bed rest at about 35 weeks because I was having a lot of pain and and I was starting to have contractions. I was hoping he would come early but he didn’t. We were scheduled for a c-section on Monday the 7th, but he decided he wanted to choose his own birthday and came the July 5th at 7:52 am. The c-section really wasn’t that bad and I recovered pretty fast. The worst part was after I got out of the hospital I lost function of the right side of my face. I was home alone and scared that I had like a stroke or something. I went to the ER and found out that I had Bells Palsy. I had to be put on medications and had to stop breast feeding. It was really bad. I think I was a little depressed but never got any treatment for it. I don’t think at the time that I realized I was depressed.

Dakota 8lbs 14oz, 20 1/2 in

Fast forward about 4 months… We had been having some money issues because I was out of work so long during my pregnancy. We moved in with mom to save money. About a month after being there my husband had a seizure. We took him to the ER and they found out that he has a brain tumor behind his right eye on the bone. Because of the seizure they didn’t want him to go back to work for 6 months. We figured well he had been with his work for like 4 years so he will get short term disability and when the 6 months is up he will start back to work. WRONG. It took his job 2 months just to get all the paper work finished. Then to top it all off after 6 weeks they decided that they were going to fire him under the FMLA act. He lost his insurance and couldn’t have his MRI’s done. I was so mad!!! We got him on my insurance and got his MRI. We found out that the tumor is not growing, which is good. The doctor said that they don’t want to take out the tumor until it shows signs of growth. Kinda scray to think that he has a tumor and we’re not going to do anything about it until it grows.

My husband was released to go back to work in May and has been looking for job ever since. I don’t think either one of us thought it would be this hard to find a job. I mean 3 months with no money coming in except for what I make is really hard. You can’t get help from the government unless your not bringing in any money. I filled out paperwork for food stamps and my appointment is in October. How is that suppose to put food on my table for a 1 year old that eats 3 meals and 2 snacks. I mean I can go without, but he needs to eat. I feel like a failure sometimes, but I know that the Lord has a plan for us. I know that my family has gone through everything for a reason. I’m not sad, mad or depressed anymore. I know that God will take care of us. I know that we will be okay.

Dakota at 1

My husband found a job and started working Friday the 7th. I can’t wait to get his first check and actually be able to pay some bills that we haven’t been able to touch in a while.

I know this was long, but I just wanted to give a little back story.