Had to do my glucose test yesterday, which any of you who are moms know, that is not fun. Thankfully the 3rd time has been the easiest one yet! I remember during my first pregnancy I was so nauseated and light headed I was sure I was going to pass out.
The Medical Assistant kept saying "Deep breaths cause if you throw up you have to do the 3 hour test". It took all the willpower I could possibly muster to not throw up, I could barely keep it together for an entire hour there was NO WAY I wanted to drink that nasty drink again and wait 3 hours!
So, I got through it and the glucose results were fine.
By the time I had my second baby the glucose drink was clear, no longer a red for fruit punch flavor or an orange for orange flavor.
I'm convinced that somehow the no added coloring helped take the edge off the nausea.
It was there the second time, as well as this third time, but nowhere near as bad as that miserable first time.
Here's the disgusting drink, that is no longer colored for those mommies whose babies are a little older then mine and haven't seen it ;)
I find it kind of crazy that each doctors office does their glucose test differently.
This is baby number 3 also doctors office, city, and hospital number 3, all of my kids will have been born in different cities (one in a different state), by 3 different medical offices.
So 3 pretty different experiences as far as medical staff and offices are concerned.
I would say this 3rd glucose test was the most inconvenient, I had to drink the nasty liquid
(NOT given a choice in flavor by the way!) in 5 minutes, go see the midwife for a routine prenatal check up, then wait the rest of the hour in the waiting room until my blood could be drawn all with my 21 month old daughter, K.
My K is my sweet, very busy girl, she is my 'march to the beat of her own drum' girl and does not like being confined or being told what to do. She's also very loud when she's angry, so if she doesn't like something everyone in about a mile radius will hear about it.
I do have to say while it wasn't an easy appointment having to wait so long she did very well!
I think what really helped with her behaving was that this office has toys in the exam rooms and also in the waiting room there are toys along with a play kitchen.
The kitchen is right up my K's alley, she LOVES playing kitchen right now and it's so fun seeing her pretend and get excited over playing and exploring.
So, thank you to my OB's office for making an inconvenient time more tolerable by having things to keep my toddler entertained.
Unlike my first OB office where children were forbidden!
I always thought that was bizzare, didn't effect me much back then but I thought that was weird that a doctors office who helps keep babies healthy in utero and delivers babies does not allow children into their office (see? very different offices).
Anyways, glucose test is done and results there were normal.
Once I finished the nasty liquid I felt as if I could go days without sugar and be completely fine. Well, once I got home I finished several bottles of water in about an hour to flush out the nauseating sugars that felt like they were taking over my body with jitters and exhaustion.
Once I drank tons of water I then began to crave sweets again, Oh pregnancy how strange you are!
I also felt pretty drained after the glucose test and did not feel like doing much of anything at home.
Which brings me to a special section for those of you who think I always make special, home-made, "gourmet" meals for my girls even though my husband isn't usually home for them.
Appearances are nice but let me show you truth:
I give you my mid-week specialty; Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with a side/dessert of strawberries!
I will admit, I always add a little bit of extra cheese for a little extra yumminess to an easy dinner ;)
I can't ever just follow a recipe, especially a boxed one, I have to do something to make it my own.
I don't think I've ever not done that.
That's the one thing they both love and I can't keep enough of at home.
I kind of have to hide them though cause they don't eat one or two berries it's like once they start they don't stop, there's no control when strawberries are involved.
Also, tonight was an easy meal, we had leftover waffles from like a month ago that we had frozen.
I heated those up with some sausage and we had "Breakfast for Dinner".
I love this age, my 5 year old thinks something is special when it's a little different or out of the ordinary. She's asked for a breakfast for dinner night for about a week now and I'm glad I saved it for tonight when I needed both an easy meal and to not feel guilty about an easy meal.
Definitely a win win, easy dinner which made me look like super mom to my 5 year old.
Can't get better than that!
Bedtime for the girls is 6:30 pm, I know that sounds insane and I promise I will dedicate an entire post to that later.
Since They're in bed early I can work on this blog and have some me wind-down time.
I have the girls in the same room this week for the first time which is still an adjustment, they are both still waking up at night but it's getting easier to calm them back down and get them back to sleep so there's a positive I can already see coming from sharing a room.
We always read before bed and I had to share with you this book we got a couple days ago from the library. It's called Footloose! Yes, like the movie Footloose...which is one of my favorites!
I didn't pay too much attention to the book when Brielle handed it to me at the library, just looked like a cute animal book with lots of brightly colored pictures.
We read it last night before bed and both girls asked that I read it again tonight.
Tonight is when I noticed there's a CD with it, Guess what?! It's Kenny Loggins singing Footloose with the lyrics changed a little bit to make it a zoo, kid story version.
The story is about animals in a zoo dancing once the zoo's closed.
So funny! My girls LOVED the song, we listened and danced to it 3 times before bed.
My parents actually met after seeing the original Footloose in theatre back in the 80s.
So that movie is special to them in a way, I was introduced to the soundtrack at a young age and always enjoyed the music, I loved the movie after I saw it and now my girls already love the "kid version" Footloose.
It's so much fun seeing similarities in families, even the little things like music enjoyed.
Here are a couple photos of kids Footloose.
I'm so ready for a fun weekend! Tomorrow B has her first read-a-thon which is a way to raise money for books at her school.
The fun part is the whole school gets to dress up as a literary character, she chose Cindy Lou Who from How The Grinch Stole Christmas! I'm so excited! It's one of my favorite stories and now one of hers too.
We have to wake up super early to make the costume and hair perfect but it will be worth it!
Stay tuned for lots of pictures and how to do Cindy Lou Who hair.
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