Mother Heroic

I haven't been spending as much time on-line anymore. The warming spring weather and the antics of the Manling have kept me busy, and mentally and emotionally I've been feeling better.

There has been absolutely no progress on finding a new home for the dog. The longer she's with us I know it will be harder to maintain the will to give her away, but the thought of an unblemished Manling keeps the search going. We're facing up to potentially relinquishing her to a shelter, so I've started loking into local no-kill shelters. I want to make sure that her toys, bones, bed, crate, etc go with her to her new home but i don't know how logistically that works.

The Manling is a mischievous, fun-loving kid. He's sleeping regularly again, with middle of the night awakenings happening only 1-2x a week. He's still not talking very much, but has over 75 signs, and will make 2-3 sign sentences. He is big into categorizing things by shape, color, sound, gender, age, or unknown categories. We started instituting time outs in the last month as he had a biting problem, but within a few days that was addressed. Now we use them when he's really nuts, but generally he's well behaved unless he's hungry or tired or over-stimulated. We've been taking him to the playground a lot and he loves to climb up on the equipment, but unlike most other kids his age, he won't sit down to go down the slide by himself. Once you start him, he loves it, though. I can't remember when he started imaginative play like feeding his baby (a small bear) or putting his frog on his potty but I think it was in April. He loves to help us do projects; he will dig or sweep or rake in the garden/backyard, and he really likes to help Mark use tools. Anything needed to have a screwdriver applied to it, he's your Manling!

I went back to the doctor last week and got my new thyroid numbers. My T$ number I have forgotten to look at, but my TSH was at .05, which is more hyperthyroidic than last time despite the lowered dosage. My doctor said I should go off of the meds and we talked a lot about cervical mucus and ovulation, both of which I think I'm getting/doing. I of course forgot to bring my charts with me. I definitely am feeling more awake and less fatigued, but my hearing is still shot. He said I must start using nasal irrigation to try to unclog that duct. I haven't started, but I really would like to hear again.

I'm nearing the end of a 2ww, but am refusing to pee on a stick until Tuesday which will bring me up to 14 days. I'm not very optimistic about the results being positive, but there is a small chance we'll see the double lines.

People are starting to deliver the babies that got pregnant when I started trying. Others are just starting to be obviously pregnant. It's very frustrating. I'm so happy to have one totally rad little boy though. He makes me feel so great everyday, not just today on Mother's Day.