Trying to cook more!

Last night I cooked! I have been trying to cook more. We used to cook all the time but as our lives have gotten busier and now with Finn...well let's just say it has not been pretty! This week I made another stab at meal planning. I have been trying to do more of this too to stay within our budget and save money. Last night's recipe was from Rachel Ray's website called Fajita Chalaquiles Casserole!  Check it out at http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/fajita-chilaquiles-casserole/

I turned out fabulous! Dinner was a huge success!

Whats for dinner tonight? Ricotta Calzones! Just like our local pizza shop makes but with Wegmans pizza dough and much cheaper and less greasy to boot!!

Renaming!

So, I like this blog and blogging, but Leo was right! I need to expand my focus and since many of you are friends and family, I think I will just blog about the exciting happenings in our life and things I just plain like or find interesting! lol! Any suggestions for a catchy new name or title???

Don't worry I am going to keep all of the old info on here for people if they find my site looking for acid reflux info:)

Oh No! We forgot to give him his medicine!

This morning my husband Leo started work earlier than usual. On a typical morning he gives Finn his Pepcid at 8am. Well, we both totally forgot to give it to him at 8 due to the different schedule! I didn't notice anything until about 9:30 when we had a tough feeding. He was crying and writhing around. I thought he just wasn't hungry or he was having some acid issues. We tried playing on the floor but he started crying. Then on my lap he suddenly gulped and screamed terribly in obvious pain. By now he seemed hungry again so I got another bottle. He wouldn't even take it. He screamed after a gulp. Then it dawned on me that he might not have gotten his Pepcid! 20 minutes later and he is asleep (upright) on my chest as I am typing this! I feel terrible for forgetting and causing him pain. Although at least I know he still needs it!!! Poor baby!

Things are better...

The projectile spit up has lessened. We decided to up the Reglan up to .8ml which seemed to help. we of course had the doc's OK! I read some scary things about Reglan online which my doctor told me not to do! I wish he didn't need it! But he is so miserable without it! Our doctor said there is rarely side in babies under 1 year... but it still bothers me! I feed him special organic formula but i shove drugs down his throat 8x a day?? Am I a hypocrite?
Oh well, I guess I an just doing the best I can!!!

New Trick!

At first I thought it was a fluke, then he did it again, and again this morning! What am I talking about? Finn has learned the art of projectile spit up! These voluminous occurrences are so powerful the last one went down my back, butt and onto the floor. Oh! The poor floor! It has been hit hard recently! Nothing is safe! Anything can and will be used to sop up these messes! Wear only old clothes when visiting!!! I can only imagine how bad it might be not on Pepcid and Reglan!!!!

He is fine by the way not sick at all... just talented?

Choosing a bottle!

    There certainly is a ton of bottles out there. I have a distinct memory of standing in the aisle of our local Walmart trying to choose a kind of bottle after our doctor told us to start supplementing breast milk with formula. In my postpartum haze choosing a bottle was very overwhelming! So many of them advertised things like "vented", "anti-colic" etc! I wanted that! Who wouldn't? The other problem was cost! Most were nearly $10 a bottle! This wasn't a decision to be made lightly!
    I ended up choosing Dr. Browns and Avent on that trip. We still have and use those bottles today! I love the Dr. Browns. They have a great venting system that prevents the baby from gulping too much air. The major disadvantage with these is they have 4 pieces to assemble before you can feed your baby! Way too time consuming if your baby will take a different bottle!
     I also like the Avent. They are vented and have only 2 pieces the nipple and the ring. The disadvantage to these is you have to make sure you match up the little lines on the nipple with the vents in the collar or they leak terribly! Sometimes they leak anyway, but less as they are used more and get worn in it seems. The other disadvantage is they don't travel well.
    I also have many Medela bottles. Which I love!These are not vented but once your baby is older and their acid is well controlled they should have no problem with these. What I like about them is that they are simple, nipple  and collar. No extra pieces or matching up vents! They never leak and travel soooo well! They have little caps that screw on the top and never leak when you are traveling. I always take these when I leave the house.
     We have tried other bottles but none really seemed that great. We have this mix of 3 types. My only dilemma is what to buy as we move up to the 8 oz bottles! Any suggestions??

Burp Cloths

Sounds simple right? Have a few and your good right? Wrong I have recently discovered I need more, Way more! I originally bought 12 Prefold Diapers. Nice diaper service quality unbleached ones. I try and keep them near every chair or room I go with Finn. The problem is he is soaking them with spit up faster than I can wash and rotate them! I have been caught without one more than once. They also seem to disapear kind of like socks! I also think I need some pretty embellished ones. I am getting sick of the plain ones. They are probably the most used by me baby item in the house! My son has beautiful cloth diapers that he gets to wear, don't I deserve to wear/use a pretty burp cloth? Either way I will be getting some more and super absorbant ones! Stat!