Wanna Juana, Dontcha Wanna Juana, Dontcha Wanna

(Title to the tune of "Want a fanta, don't you want to want a fanta" commercial)

Juana is a housekeeper that cleans our house twice a month. Sometimes I wish it was more often. We've had her come for a year now. She is so great with Emma and Emma loves her and goes to her while she's cleaning. Hans loves her, too. After Ethan was born, Juana asked me if Emma was yellowse of the baby. Yellowse. . . Yellowse. . Oh, sorry Juana, let me put my Ricky Ricardo hat on. . . Jealous. Jealous is the word ;-) Did you watch a lot of I Love Lucy when you were younger? There was actually an episode where Ricky and another Cuban friend of his were discussing the word, "jealous." Too funny.

To explain my status last night of "another one bites the dust:" Another mom who was adamant before having children that she'd never leave her career, has. I don't mean to be spiteful or rub it in their face but I toldyaso. There, I said it. It's easy, pre-baby, to know that your career (and husband, etc) are your whole life. Everyone choses differently, but usually when that baby pops out, you take on a whole new attitude. Most everyone has the choice to work or stay home but a lot do not. They must work. I don't think there's one way better than the other. Just don't sit there and say your career is most important. It's not. Someone that I am not friends with on facebook but went to high school with said this as her status the other day: "Some stay at home mom's irritate me sometimes. The rest of the world does the same shit but in only four hours after work. Go get a job."

I'm going to let that sink in. . . . WOW. This person happens to be pregnant with her first child. That's right. She has no children currently, so why would she make such a ridiculous statement? It's laughable after you get over being pissed off about it. She has no idea. I kind of can't wait for that baby to pop out. Maybe she won't change her tune. If in that case, then she's a pretty cold woman.

It's all a choice. If you decide to send your baby to daycare because you want to go to work, then that's fine. Just don't put down another mom for making the choice to stay home and think she's some how less of a woman because of it. Quite the contrary. She is one of the strongest women you know.

All things sacred

Adam and I have this unspoken rule that shower time is sacred. Not once has he brought a child into my shower time saying, "Um, he/she's crying," "I think he/she's hungry." It's thirty minutes of quiet. In turn, I do my best to give Adam his time during showers. Sometimes I disturb him because Emma wants to say hi or I want to talk to him. I don't know if he's noticed. Like I said, it's unspoken.

Speaking of the "I think he's hungry" line. Nothing, NOTHING irks me more than my baby crying in public and some random person has to say, "Ohhh, somebody's hungry!" They do it in the most annoying voice and they say it as if they've figured it allll out. I just want to scream "I fed him ten minutes ago! Sometimes babies just cry! GOD!"

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Now no one get offended. I don't mean family. I mean random strangers, mainly the cashiers at Tom Thumb. lol

Did you want to hear about Ethan? Oh good. He's doing great. His long sleep stretch at night is five and a half hours. Friendly to my sanity. Not so friendly to my upper chest area, but I'm fine with it. My body will adjust. . . . He is very strong. He's already got great head control and he's starting to stare more and make eye contact and I swear he gave me one smile last week, not gas related. (Late entry: Ethan was 11 lbs 3 oz last week at the doc. That's more than an ounce per day average. He's huge! Already in 3 month clothes.)

We've been dealing with illnesses the last week and a half. Emma has had a stuffy nose, cough, some diarrhea and now has a yeast rash on her bum. It's been a week of really bad diaper rash and now it's definitely yeast. I know. I'm a nurse. So I'm thinking about taking her in again. I took both kids in last week to the Pedi because Ethan had a cough and he's way too young. For goodness sake, Emma didn't get sick/sick until sixteen months old. Having a sick five week old is a nightmare. There's nothing you can do. He had a horrible cough and it sounded barky so I took him in. RSV negative. Just a virus. Waiting for it pass. He has a little congestion but thank God it has not affected his eating or his sleep. I'm pretty paranoid now. I'm very protective of him.

We're thinking of buying our dining table, etc from here http://www.cottagehomemaine.com/index.html

Gorgeous furniture, repurposed wood, made here in America by tradesman. What's not to love? Pretty excited about it.

We are trading out our mattress. We purchased from Sleep Experts and they have the "one year, love your mattress" guarantee and so far, it's been true to it's word. We bought a comforpedic mattress that is really comfortable but it has already started to dip. We traded in for Simmons Beauty Rest, Black. It'll be delivered on Wednesday. Woo! . . . I'm pretty sure we got the "judgemental eye" today by the other patrons in the store. If Ethan wasn't crying, Emma was and vice versa. Then, Ethan had a full, wet diaper. They didn't have a restroom so I whipped out the blanket and changed him on top of it. Then, Emma had a full diaper. Then, Ethan was hungry. Emma reminded us of a mail clerk as she pushed our stroller around the store. It was adorable. I totally let Emma jump all over the mattresses, too. Hell, it kept her entertained while Adam and I went from mattress to mattress laying down and testing them out.

Two phrases I uttered today: "Don't stick that q-tip up your nose" and "Emma, this isn't Little Gym. It's Sleep Experts."

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Hope you all have a wonderful week.