And I apologize for that!
I've had a sick little buddy for a good week and a half (one Saturday he popped up with a 103° fever :-( He acted pretty much like himself until he officially hit that 103 mark. Then he acted a bit woozy and tired so we rushed to urgent care (sigh weekends) They gave me the 'not vaccinated' lecture. (It is our choice, we have back ups to our decisions for our son, judge away, etc) Then they wanted to treat him with motrin and I had brought my own dye-free alcohol-free tylenol. We treated the fever, the Doctor said he was good to go, poked my boob twice, and we went on our way.
Wait- what? She poked your boob twice? Yes, she poked my boob twice. I was nursing Bryce because he was hell-bent on not getting looked over and she walked right up to us and poked my boob 'poke poke' and then poked his face 'poke poke' and said 'MMMMMM is that goooooood'.
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I am all for the support, she could have easily made comments about it or told me to put it away (which I would not have done) but she was definitely all for breastfeeding...just...well...she poked my boob. Nothing more to say on that.
So on to greener pastures- Bryce is feeling a lot better--- his fever turned in to a cold but he's got all that out of his system I'm thinking.
So I am a big fan of zulily.com (no I am not plugging them...although if you want me to provide a link and you buy from them...I get $20!) Anyhow--I spend a lot of money with them because the products they provide at discount prices are awesome! Some of the deals I find are just great. I ordered a few books from them a couple weeks ago and am really excited. Keith and I want to start incorporating more raw foods in to our diet. When most people think 'raw' they think 'blech' and don't give it another thought. I think the idea is amazing and some of the recipes look delicious. I am especially excited about this raw pesto made from zucchini noodles (spiraled zucchini) and the pesto is made with pine nuts and some spices, oils etc. My only concern though is that I went to Whole Foods to buy pine nuts (thinking I could find them in the bulk area) and I they didn't have them! They only had packaged ones in teeny tiny amounts that were like $6.99!! (I can't remember the exact price or amount there was but I remember calculating I'd have to buy 3 or 4 packs for just the recipe! A lot of raw recipes require pine nuts...so I'm a bit derailed at the moment.
Keith and I also want to start getting healthier. We attempted the Couch to 5k app at one point last summer and were doing really well...until....I got runner's knee. And O.M.G it is VERY painful. So we stopped. I don't know how to muster through that. I thought it was one of those 'oh push yourself harder' but it turns out that you need to rest when it happens. GREAT. There is no way that if I get runner's knee again that I can chase after Bryce. I could hardly put any weight on my knees...and now I have a toddler getting in to everything?! There's just no way. I guess the best way to 'try' to avoid something like that again would be to ease in to it again...but slower this time. We were doing 3 days a week (like the app says) but I think we skipped walking days in between...so maybe my muscles were resting too much? Not sure
Do you have any tips for me fellow runners? My cousin says to take aleve or tylenol but I can't take too much tylenol because of my liver (fatty liver....I need to lose weight) and aleve isn't good for high blood pressure (need to lose weight) and you can't take advil because of reye's syndrome and Bryce is still nursing... sooooooo guess I get to suffer through the pain? LOL
