Friday morning I got up and went to meet a pediatrician for Ethan. Darrell remembered that the ped the girls always used when they were younger is out in Yukon so I decided to just start with her. It turned out she is very nice, and I feel comfortable with her. I don't have a whole list of things to be anal retentive with in a pediatrician so I think I will go with it. I did like hearing that she breastfed her own three daughters, but she also not a hard-core committed to breastfeeding type of doctor. She rambled on about how it's everyone's choice and how things just don't always work out the way we plan them. So, our approaches are a bit different but I'm not going to worry about it for now. So, that's another item checked off the huge list of things to do.
After sitting at the tire store for 2+ hours waiting to get the tires balanced and a flat fixed, I went home to work on some homework until the La Leche League meeting at 3:30. It was at a church in Yukon. When I got there, there was only the leader and one other person there. Another girl showed up with her baby a few minutes later and that was our group for the day. I was suprised that the other pregnant girl, Angelique, was the wife of Darrell's first Sgt. in the unit. We've met and gotten to chat at a few of the unit events, and I enjoy spending time with her. Come to find out, she's due in a few weeks and having her baby at OU Medical Center with the same midwife. I'm excited to hear how things go for her, so hopefully she'll be at the next meeting. I told Darell, it makes me happy to find other people who have similar outlooks on this birth thing
Rebecca, the LLL leader is great. I can tell that she's going to be very helpful. She's very knowlegeable and has been leading LLL for several years. Her own children are older, but she breastfed them all. It seems like she devotes a great deal of time to breastfeeding support. It was encouragine that she had great things to say about the lactation staff at OU Med Center. She also mentioned the hospital's efforts to become a baby friendly hospital as defined by the WHO and UNICEF, something I had just heard about. This is an initiative that mainly deals with hospitals' support of breastfeeding. You can read more here. Essentially, the goal is for the hospitals to give breastfeeding mothers what they need to succeed instead of pushing formula samples on them, and undermining their efforts. It's a big deal to be recognized as a baby friendly hospital and there are none in Oklahoma yet. OU Medical is the closest it comes and they do intend to fully meet the requirements.
The rest of the weekend was pretty laid back. I took the girls to the fair on Saturday afternoon while Darrell was at drill. We probably didn't even stay two hours and I was pooped. They had fun though, with the petting zoo and agriculture/animal exhibit. I think the highlight of the day was the roasted nuts stand though! I always forget how good those things are. Mmm... I might have to dig into the cashews I bought for Darrell tonight when I get home. I don't think he was as thrilled about them as I remembered from last year.
Yesteray was shot to crap after I burned my hand cooking bacon. Of all things. I cook bacon every weekend but for some reason I had to splash grease all over my hand. Thankfully Patrick had come up and stayed the night so he kindly finished up breakfast for the girls while I soaked my hand in water. I essentially sat all day with my hand in water, then magically about 9 pm things started feeling better so I was able to get my homework done and bake some cookie bars for birth class tonight.
How about a potty break?
After sitting at the tire store for 2+ hours waiting to get the tires balanced and a flat fixed, I went home to work on some homework until the La Leche League meeting at 3:30. It was at a church in Yukon. When I got there, there was only the leader and one other person there. Another girl showed up with her baby a few minutes later and that was our group for the day. I was suprised that the other pregnant girl, Angelique, was the wife of Darrell's first Sgt. in the unit. We've met and gotten to chat at a few of the unit events, and I enjoy spending time with her. Come to find out, she's due in a few weeks and having her baby at OU Medical Center with the same midwife. I'm excited to hear how things go for her, so hopefully she'll be at the next meeting. I told Darell, it makes me happy to find other people who have similar outlooks on this birth thing
Rebecca, the LLL leader is great. I can tell that she's going to be very helpful. She's very knowlegeable and has been leading LLL for several years. Her own children are older, but she breastfed them all. It seems like she devotes a great deal of time to breastfeeding support. It was encouragine that she had great things to say about the lactation staff at OU Med Center. She also mentioned the hospital's efforts to become a baby friendly hospital as defined by the WHO and UNICEF, something I had just heard about. This is an initiative that mainly deals with hospitals' support of breastfeeding. You can read more here. Essentially, the goal is for the hospitals to give breastfeeding mothers what they need to succeed instead of pushing formula samples on them, and undermining their efforts. It's a big deal to be recognized as a baby friendly hospital and there are none in Oklahoma yet. OU Medical is the closest it comes and they do intend to fully meet the requirements.
The rest of the weekend was pretty laid back. I took the girls to the fair on Saturday afternoon while Darrell was at drill. We probably didn't even stay two hours and I was pooped. They had fun though, with the petting zoo and agriculture/animal exhibit. I think the highlight of the day was the roasted nuts stand though! I always forget how good those things are. Mmm... I might have to dig into the cashews I bought for Darrell tonight when I get home. I don't think he was as thrilled about them as I remembered from last year.
Yesteray was shot to crap after I burned my hand cooking bacon. Of all things. I cook bacon every weekend but for some reason I had to splash grease all over my hand. Thankfully Patrick had come up and stayed the night so he kindly finished up breakfast for the girls while I soaked my hand in water. I essentially sat all day with my hand in water, then magically about 9 pm things started feeling better so I was able to get my homework done and bake some cookie bars for birth class tonight.
How about a potty break?
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