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Chanda's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 8/6/02 -------------------- 7/23/02 7/18/02 7/8/02 7/3/02 6/20/02 6/12/02 5/28/02 5/14/02 5/4/02 4/29/02 4/20/02 4/16/02 4/10/02 3/25/02 3/11/02 3/2/02 2/13/02 2/8/02 1/30/02 1/8/02 12/31/01 12/19/01 12/10/01 11/28/01 11/16/01 11/5/01 10/22/01 10/9/01 10/2/01 9/16/01 8/29/01 8/10/01 8/7/01 7/19/01 7/11/01 6/25/01 6/12/01 5/26/01 5/18/01 5/4/01 4/24/01 4/17/01 4/7/01 4/3/01 3/12/01 3/6/01 3/1/01 2/20/01 2/12/01 2/2/01 1/7/01 1/1/01 12/19/00 12/12/00 12/5/00 11/28/00 11/19/00 11/14/00 11/14/00 11/7/00 10/24/00 10/9/00 10/3/00 9/26/00 9/19/00 9/13/00 9/4/00 8/21/00 8/14/00 8/8/00 7/31/00 7/24/00 7/15/00 7/8/00 6/27/00 6/21/00 6/15/00 6/6/00 5/30/00 5/23/00 5/16/00 5/9/00 5/2/00 4/26/00 4/18/00 4/12/00 4/3/00 3/29/00 3/21/00 3/15/00 3/6/00 2/29/00 2/22/00 2/6/00 -------------------- Chanda's Introduction

April 12, 2000

I better hurry with this, I ran out of time this week. My inspection is next Monday, so I'm running around crazy trying to get every little thing ready. I already got one call, for a 17-month-old-boy, but I want to do more of a swing shift care, like noon to midnight, and this mom wanted to drop off her son at 7am...yuck. I just couldn't handle that, I am not a morning person at all. I could if I needed to, but there is a big demand for swing shift and night care, so I thought, how perfect!!

I took Sidney for her 15 month check up yesterday. She is now 20-1/2 pounds and 30-1/2 in tall. She's still very low for her weight, but she did gain a pound, so they were happy. I thought she was only getting one shot, then the nurse said we have three to give. My poor girl!!! I just hate shot-day, it breaks my heart. I had her daddy hold her this time, and she squirmed again. Last time the needle scratched her leg, and this time the needle came out and the nurse had to jab it back in. I felt so terrible, I just hugged and hugged her when it was over.

But she slept great last night. Everyone kept warning me what a bad night she was going to have??? But she's doing great and other then the tummy aches, she's very healthy. The doctor said I can probably very slowly try and get her on regular milk. I may or may not try it. But he did say lactose intolerance doesn't usually last forever, so we'll see.

I also got a pap smear, yuck! But I have until this Saturday to see if I do get my AF, I hope I don't. But by my next entry I should know. I kind of feel like AF is going to start today, but maybe that's just from the pap smear irritating things down there, who knows.

I have to tell a little story, I wanted to have this in my journal for when Sidney grows up. But she's gotten into this habit of having to grab my nipple when she's nursing or even just sleeping. It cracks me up, sometimes she just gets so frantic in her search. Her little hand just searching and searching, then when she finally gets hold of it, there's this calm that comes over her. Even at night if she wakes up, she'll reach her hand down my shirt and once she gets a hold of the nipple, she's back asleep. It's so cute, I just love her!!!

Okay, happy nursing and HUGS :)