Day 170...just take it easy already!

Jul 9

Oh, I'm so glad it's Saturday! Martyn totally let us sleep in until about 7...he's been doing that more often. I took him out in the living room for a bit, and let Eli go back to sleep for another 25 minutes or so.

When he got up, we packed up and went to the farmers market. It was nice out. Kind of sunny though, and I'm supposed to stay out of the sun because of the antibiotics....I put sunscreen on for the first time years! That was really weird. The smell of sun screen, no matter what situation I'm in, always makes me think of going to the beach in San Diego. That's just the smell of the beach in my mind, I think it always will be.

I felt a lot better today. Just a few days of meds, made me feel half way human again. Eli had talked to the potential new babysitter, and we were to meet her at her home around 4pm. After going to the farmers market, we came home and Eli did a bunch of work around the house. I just hung out with Martyn, and ended up taking a nap with him in the middle of the day. That was so nice!

We met the new babysitter lady and we liked her. I found her from posting on my Birth Center's yahoo group. That was cool. I think she'll be a good fit for our family, and us for hers. I hope so anyway. She starts with Martyn on Monday....here's hoping (and praying).

I found these pro biotic capsules in the freezer a while ago and thought they were Eli's, but didn't say anything to him about them. Then the other day I said something and he said they weren't his. After a little while, he suggested perhaps Song left them from when she was here, which was indeed the case. I called her and asked about them. They're good still, and she said you can give Martyn a bottle, and break them open, and put the powder directly into his bottle. I thought that was a good idea....I can take them too, to help my gut regulate from the antibiotics. That made me feel much better about nursing Martyn (partly) while I'm on them still. I only have a few days of meds left, and I am going to run to full course of them, but I'll be glad when I'm not feeling concerned for his sake.