Post Partum Check Up
The 6 week check up ended up being about 7 or so, and it was on Friday. Everything is great! Isn't that great?!
Due to the tight financial situation Erik, Skot and I stayed at my mom and nan's house on Friday night to make the drive more reasonable to attend a 25th wedding anniversary party today. The annoyances were great and large.
My mom is extremely forgetful these days and it greatly worries me. My 70+ year old grandmother, Nan, is in far better mental shape than her. This scares me and worries me to death. I have tried talking to her on several occasions and she either gets frustrated or finds it a joke and laughs how she just might be turning into, "one of those Alzheimer's patients that I care for," the unfortunate and sad thing is that more and more each day, I think she just may be right. On a few rare occasions she has even asked me for advice... a good step for her, yes... unfortunately, she just does not like the advice I have to offer.
In the last 4 weeks I have lost count as to how many times I have both politely and rudely asked, and then told her, not to hold Erik a certain way. There are three major reasons for this; Erik is too tall and too strong in the legs to be held this way and it is just not safe; even I do not hold him in this manner (I will describe after), her fine motor skills are deterioration and she could not catch him if he fell, yes IF HE FELL, and if anything ever happened to him while he was with her I would NEVER EVER FORGIVE HER.
The manner in which I get so damn irritated with is when she holds Erik out away from her body. She has his feet in her gut and his head in her right hand which is stretched very far out from her body... his butt is usually a little bit closer to her body and in her left hand... she then walks in a very bouncy manner swaying him with her body. IT DRIVES ME FUCKING INSANE!!! I just can't take it and don't allow it. This simple request that I have made time and time again she cannot remember.
Today, before heading off to the anniversary party I test drove a new car!!! Though I do love my 2000 Honda Civic EX so dearly I know that it must go. Its not too practical and it causes me many frustrations mostly stemming from the lack of room and storage, and not to mention the fact that Erik's car seat has to go in the middle because it does not fit properly behind the passenger seat. The car that I test drove was a 2004 Subaru Forrester 2.5X!!! Its so 'freakin' sweet', as Peter Griffin would say! Its the perfect "family sports vehicle" is what I have dubbed it. Its got tons of room and storage to boot, and not to mention the extra leg room in both the front and back seats; something the Civic lacks. I am also rather fond of the semi-hatch back styled trunk... Hatch backs rock! I like being able to access my trunk from inside my car, but I don't like the world being able to see what is in my trunk. The Subaru handles this hurdle well as it has a rolling cover that can be pulled out from the back of the back seats and completely covers and conceals the trunk and its entire contents! I was able to talk a few numbers today, but a majority of it has to wait till tomorrow, well technically today, unless they leave early in which it will all have to wait until Monday.
The anniversary party was a god damn horror show. Fuckin' a man. We arrived and my mom immediately scurried to my car... she wanted us to put Erik in his stroller so that EVERYONE could see him. SORRY, not happening. Our stroller is one of those combo deals that you have to use the car seat in the stroller when the child is a newborn-21 pounds. That would require strapping him in. NOT HAPPENING. Plus, before departing my mom's house she intently watched us adjust our baby carries (one of those over the back and hold 'em on your chest type things)... I then rudely told her that I was not passing my baby off to a bunch of people, half of whom I had never seen before, and were all probably too drunk to handle an infant in the first place. To top all the off when Erik woke up as my car stopped, he was already pissed off and in a wet diaper. Poor kid. Then...right off the bat, as soon as we were surrounded by semi-familiar people, my grandmother's sister, Barbara started in with, "oooh, come here, let me see that little one, I want to hold him, do I get to hold him, don't you let people hold him, you bring him right over here, I want to see that boy, let me hold him." NOW, I firmly believe in respecting your elders but she has been lacking respect for awhile and that just pushed me over the top, I wanted to tell the old hag to go get fucked and choke. Seriously... poor little Erik was so sensory over stimulated, he had a horrible time. The only family faces besides Skot and I that he saw was his grandma and nana (my mom and nan), and Wayne, Tracy, and Jeremy. We made a brief, and angering appearance, wished Wayne and Tracy a happy one after eating and pretty much booked it.
God damn Homo sapiens.
I really hope that the numbers on this car deal work out in a pleasing manner... This will also require timely attention to the repairs me car needs from Rutland's Nor' Hurricane as well as Skot's dad backing into me :-S Grrrrrrr.
My friend Brie finally had her baby, Chelsea Elizabeth Magnant awhile back... I don't think I ever posted a huge CONGRATS for them... The family is all doing well, Brie and Ian are happy, and Chelsea is so adorable!
Want better news?! Matt and Steff had a baby boy, Xavier Kelly O'Brien on 6/26?/07... Now we are talking about the world's 2nd most handsome little boy!!!! Erik finally has a baby buddy! Hehe. He is so cute! Both Matt and Steff are doing well, home from the hospital and all. Xavier, from what I hear is doing wonderful!
Now we are just waiting on Boston Alexander ????? I don't dare attempt to spell out the last name without seeing Damian's myspace profile... Bradiciac... lame-o attempt by the metal mama.
I have never posted this before, if there is anyone actually reading this assortment of motherly adventures of mine and would like to contact me feel free to e-mail me at cora@digitalucifer.net subject line METAL MAMA... metal mama e-mail address to soon follow, once I get that up and running I will post that address!
Till next time!
Due to the tight financial situation Erik, Skot and I stayed at my mom and nan's house on Friday night to make the drive more reasonable to attend a 25th wedding anniversary party today. The annoyances were great and large.
My mom is extremely forgetful these days and it greatly worries me. My 70+ year old grandmother, Nan, is in far better mental shape than her. This scares me and worries me to death. I have tried talking to her on several occasions and she either gets frustrated or finds it a joke and laughs how she just might be turning into, "one of those Alzheimer's patients that I care for," the unfortunate and sad thing is that more and more each day, I think she just may be right. On a few rare occasions she has even asked me for advice... a good step for her, yes... unfortunately, she just does not like the advice I have to offer.
In the last 4 weeks I have lost count as to how many times I have both politely and rudely asked, and then told her, not to hold Erik a certain way. There are three major reasons for this; Erik is too tall and too strong in the legs to be held this way and it is just not safe; even I do not hold him in this manner (I will describe after), her fine motor skills are deterioration and she could not catch him if he fell, yes IF HE FELL, and if anything ever happened to him while he was with her I would NEVER EVER FORGIVE HER.
The manner in which I get so damn irritated with is when she holds Erik out away from her body. She has his feet in her gut and his head in her right hand which is stretched very far out from her body... his butt is usually a little bit closer to her body and in her left hand... she then walks in a very bouncy manner swaying him with her body. IT DRIVES ME FUCKING INSANE!!! I just can't take it and don't allow it. This simple request that I have made time and time again she cannot remember.
Today, before heading off to the anniversary party I test drove a new car!!! Though I do love my 2000 Honda Civic EX so dearly I know that it must go. Its not too practical and it causes me many frustrations mostly stemming from the lack of room and storage, and not to mention the fact that Erik's car seat has to go in the middle because it does not fit properly behind the passenger seat. The car that I test drove was a 2004 Subaru Forrester 2.5X!!! Its so 'freakin' sweet', as Peter Griffin would say! Its the perfect "family sports vehicle" is what I have dubbed it. Its got tons of room and storage to boot, and not to mention the extra leg room in both the front and back seats; something the Civic lacks. I am also rather fond of the semi-hatch back styled trunk... Hatch backs rock! I like being able to access my trunk from inside my car, but I don't like the world being able to see what is in my trunk. The Subaru handles this hurdle well as it has a rolling cover that can be pulled out from the back of the back seats and completely covers and conceals the trunk and its entire contents! I was able to talk a few numbers today, but a majority of it has to wait till tomorrow, well technically today, unless they leave early in which it will all have to wait until Monday.
The anniversary party was a god damn horror show. Fuckin' a man. We arrived and my mom immediately scurried to my car... she wanted us to put Erik in his stroller so that EVERYONE could see him. SORRY, not happening. Our stroller is one of those combo deals that you have to use the car seat in the stroller when the child is a newborn-21 pounds. That would require strapping him in. NOT HAPPENING. Plus, before departing my mom's house she intently watched us adjust our baby carries (one of those over the back and hold 'em on your chest type things)... I then rudely told her that I was not passing my baby off to a bunch of people, half of whom I had never seen before, and were all probably too drunk to handle an infant in the first place. To top all the off when Erik woke up as my car stopped, he was already pissed off and in a wet diaper. Poor kid. Then...right off the bat, as soon as we were surrounded by semi-familiar people, my grandmother's sister, Barbara started in with, "oooh, come here, let me see that little one, I want to hold him, do I get to hold him, don't you let people hold him, you bring him right over here, I want to see that boy, let me hold him." NOW, I firmly believe in respecting your elders but she has been lacking respect for awhile and that just pushed me over the top, I wanted to tell the old hag to go get fucked and choke. Seriously... poor little Erik was so sensory over stimulated, he had a horrible time. The only family faces besides Skot and I that he saw was his grandma and nana (my mom and nan), and Wayne, Tracy, and Jeremy. We made a brief, and angering appearance, wished Wayne and Tracy a happy one after eating and pretty much booked it.
God damn Homo sapiens.
I really hope that the numbers on this car deal work out in a pleasing manner... This will also require timely attention to the repairs me car needs from Rutland's Nor' Hurricane as well as Skot's dad backing into me :-S Grrrrrrr.
My friend Brie finally had her baby, Chelsea Elizabeth Magnant awhile back... I don't think I ever posted a huge CONGRATS for them... The family is all doing well, Brie and Ian are happy, and Chelsea is so adorable!
Want better news?! Matt and Steff had a baby boy, Xavier Kelly O'Brien on 6/26?/07... Now we are talking about the world's 2nd most handsome little boy!!!! Erik finally has a baby buddy! Hehe. He is so cute! Both Matt and Steff are doing well, home from the hospital and all. Xavier, from what I hear is doing wonderful!
Now we are just waiting on Boston Alexander ????? I don't dare attempt to spell out the last name without seeing Damian's myspace profile... Bradiciac... lame-o attempt by the metal mama.
I have never posted this before, if there is anyone actually reading this assortment of motherly adventures of mine and would like to contact me feel free to e-mail me at cora@digitalucifer.net subject line METAL MAMA... metal mama e-mail address to soon follow, once I get that up and running I will post that address!
Till next time!
Labels: Alzheimer's, babies, cars, congrats, experience, family sports vehicle, homo sapien, Honda Civic, irritation, motherhood, nuts, party, Peter Griffin, Post partum check up, Subaru Forrester
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