Kyle and I have been home for just over 2 days and Daddy left this morning for 4 days. He left at 5:15 AM and thankfully did NOT wake Kyle, who eventually did wake around 6:30, saying “Door? Door? Door?” to the open door of his bedroom. After I got him up, he wandered around the house saying “Daddy? Daddy? Daddy?” It was heartbreaking. I have a feeling he is having trouble adjusting to the time change and to being home without Daddy because he is much more short-tempered and quick to throw himself on the floor and scream if I say “no” to something. Plus, he’s doing a lot more whining and hanging on my clothing, refusing to even try to tell me what he wants. Maybe he doesn’t know what he wants. I can definitely relate. I feel like that sometimes when I am PMSing.
Speaking of boys and hormones, my mother pointed out to me that a recent study shows evidence that links lavender and tea tree oils and products that contain them with gynecomastia, a condition in which boys grow breasts. I did a quick Dr. Google search and there are lots of places that posted the study summary but I didn’t go very far into it. I love using the lavender bath wash for Kyle’s evening bath because it smells so good and it supposedly helps soothe him to sleep. But I guess there are other good-smelling things out there, so it won’t hurt us to switch.
Speaking of switching (I’m all about the segue today), my doctor’s office informed me that Dr. MaleDoctor (the whole saga of my new OB choice can be found here) is leaving the practice! That means I have the choice between going to see him at a different practice, and therefore entailing all kinds of billing and records snafus, or choosing a new OB. With 11 weeks left in my pregnancy, that is not a very great option. The practice I use was a duo of women doctors, and the doc who delivered Kyle was SO GREAT, but she left. The other one no longer delivers babies. I don’t know what kind of bizarro shakeup is going on over there, but the news definitely threw me for a loop. I feel kind of abandoned. I even cried when I got off the phone. Upon reflection, I realize that nothing has to change, really, except for the nurses I see when I visit the office, who are new anyway and I’m not that attached to them.
Speaking of attachments – no, I’m just kidding. I really think it will all be okay. It’s not like I’m a newbie or anything. Good thing I’m an old pro at popping big babies out of my vagina.
HAHAHAHAH… I saw that same study and printed it out and highlighted it for the nutty nurse I work with who crams Melaluca down our throats (it is a pyramid scheme like Amway though she claims it is not and all their crap has tea tree oil in it, Melaleuca is the word for tea tree oil) … she tells us how fabulous their stuff is and how all the other cleaners/ shampoos/ laundry soaps/ etc are toxic poions!
Good luck on the new doc thing, that is tough to have to change in the middle of a pregnancy. Does sound like a practice shake-up for sure!
Don’t worry you will find the right combo for you- same doc , new office, new doc, old office. Either way its a change and that stinks. Don’t worry I’ll be there with you when bb2 arrives, even if my mom has to drive me and I’m still in a wheelchair. Can’t wait to come home. See you soon
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Yeah, there were three doc’s in my OB’s office, and wouldn’t you know it with both girls, when I went into labor, it was a doc from another practice that was covering for them. They were all apologetic later, like “That never happens and how funny it happened both times with you.” Whatever. It really didn’t matter in the end, like you said- the nurses I had made the biggest difference.
Russ was chatting with a neighbor about the joys of childbirth…. hee hee. He has NO idea what he’s in for. I seem to remember during my niece’s birth that the nurse was there WAY more than the doctor. Nurse Ratchet. Yup. Good name, no? I’ll keep my fingers crossed that whatever doctor you wind up with you get a fantastic nurse along with him/her!