Badgers Badgers Badgers

Well here is the 2nd go around on this update thing. Yesterday I was just so exhausted from lugging around two 10 pounders around in their car seats and not getting a good night's rest.

I'm working hard on trying to get myself excited about this MSPI diet thing. I found two great blogs where other moms have posted recipes without soy, dairy and even options for other food allergy mommas. Right now I'm making a list of Main Meals, Breakfast, Snacks... etc that I can make. Then I'm making up next weeks meals so that I can go into the grocery store with my list, grab exactly what I need and then work on making those meals on Sunday when Tom is home to help me with the kiddos. At Walmart we found some containers that Ziploc makes with separate compartments where I can put together whole meals and then put them in the freezer if there is something we like!

The positive outlook: We will be eating hardly any processed and/or junk foods.
The negative outlook: I have to be very careful that I eat enough calories to provide enough milk for the girls and so that I don't lose too much weight myself ,AND the foods that I buy will be more expensive and harder to find.

Kiley found her fist the other day :o) She was sucking away on it and had this excited look on her face that screamed "Look what I can do mom!!" They were both just completely exhausted from all of our adventures yesterday. We tried the Neocate formula bottle last night. Kiley fell asleep before she could get her chance at it and Kara only drank an ounce. They aren't as happy with the Dr. Brown bottles as they were with the Soothie ones (The Soothies are shaped like their pacifiers). I hate to throw away the extra formula because the cans cost 50 dollars a piece. Dr. D wrote me prescriptions for each girl so that if we decide to move them onto the formula our insurance will help pay for the special stuff. We would be in trouble if we had to pay for it ourselves. It could cost 200 dollars a month per girl! (How do people do it?)

I even managed to get their Prevacid down into them this morning... of course it's a tricky timing issue. They need to take it on empty stomachs, and not eat 30 minuets after they take the medication. Kiley & Kara eat every hour to 2 hours usually so finding that time gap in the morning is hard. We need to give them the Prevacid twice a day. It could take up to two weeks before we see any real results with it either. *sigh*

They are both a little more fussy today, perhaps they are getting back at me for messing up their schedules yesterday. Hopefully they won't be fussy all day! I need to get some work done around here. I have homework that is due tomorrow, baptism invites to send out, cleaning to do... plus I need to get next week's food schedule done. Phew!

Well I suppose I should get a few things done while Abby is napping. Grandma Renae brought Feebee home and I need to give her a bath and a slight trim. I think Abby will enjoy having her home to play with. If she gets to be too much she might go back to the farm again... but we'll see. Right now she is laying on a rug by the door and is being good. At least we have a backyard fence!

Cute Abby Story:  Abby has a little pink pig that walks, snorts and wags it's tail. She was playing with it like it was her best friend today. Calling to it "Here piggy piggy!" and carrying it around with her all over the house. She probably played with it for 20 minuets! (which for Abby is a loooong time)

And for some strange reason she always wants me to play this song for her... I caught a few of her dance moves... she also sings to it but wouldn't do it while I had the camera on her.