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Since I moved the blog I lost ya...booooo

So being a Facebook veteran amounted to something...

Well over a year ago, I proposed we make a fan page for Curriculum Pathways(all of you folks who don't know...this is the product I work on). It amounted to a lot of him hawing and nay saying. I gave up because I knew that beyond that even, it would become a marketing nightmare to deal with...I don't do well with those corporate folks :). Anyway, recently our director(well not anymore..weird) decided we needed to have a more social media presence...who would have thunk? Anyway, I got nominated to be an admin...so that's fun. I can see it being a very useful thing and I hope to help make it that way. Anyway, become a fan!


Have no idea what I do? Here is a quick overview. SAS in general makes statistical software(i.e. nerdapalooza). Over 12 years ago, Dr. Goodnight(the CEO) decided to make education his social cause. Google it, he LOVES to talk about. He thinks we need to use technology to engage kids. He created us, SAS Curriculum Pathways...then known as SAS inSchool. It has NOTHING to do with statistics. We are a division made up of teachers, graphic designers, developers, testers and writers. We create middle and high school supplementary software. English, social studies, math, science and Spanish. We have AMAZING talent and create some of the coolest stuff I have ever seen. We win tons of awards too! The killer for so long was that trying to sell in the education system is terrible. They never have money for anything....they can't even afford books. So last year when the economy was going down the shitter, Dr. Goodnight gave us away...for free...to every teacher/school in the US. While that statement made our department scramble the week before Christmas, it has been great for our company and our product. We have increased our user count to about 35,000 teachers. CRAZY! Anyway, there ya go. Got more questions about it? Just ask. As this post was not baby related, I would like to note the fact that I love going to work because I love my job and the people I work with. I am a very lucky person.

Cereal!

Here are a few pictures from the first cereal experience. He seems to like it now and is really getting the hang of it. He seems to want to eat a lot :). On the sucky side, he had like 6 poopy diapers yesterday and has some diaper rash :(. Poor kiddo. He doesn't seem to be too bothered by it though. He has had a great week at school and "better" nights. Anyway, here are the pics:

Someone want to nominate me for What Not to Wear?

Ugh. I now know how those poor people feel. I have no idea how to dress myself. It is pitiful. I went shopping at Kohls the day after Christmas to at least not spend a ton on new stuff. I got some jeans...thank god for spandex. I have already gone through 2 sizes at Old Navy but not small enough for the next size down. Now shirts are my enemy. I have to get them big enough for my boobs without looking like frump girl. Super tight? Nope...too much baby fat. Empire waist to hide belly? Nope...giant boobs emphasized. So basically my wardrobe consists of plain colored t-shirts in a stretchy cotton material. It is so boring. O and forget sweaters...anytime I have to nurse I turn into the fucking sun. So no cute sweater dress for me.

Then on top of it all...I hate having to go shopping at all. I hate spending money on clothes that *hopefully* will someday be too big.

Ok done complaining for now.

Bright note, I found some normal bras in my size that are "convertible" so I can just snap the straps loose to nurse/pump. HOORAY! No more super expensive nursing bras!

Sick sick sick

Ugh. I swear we can never get this child well enough for a week and the pediatrician is making a killing on us. We had 2 nights of sleeping 7 to 4 and then BAM cough from hell. We think he hit the peak today because he spent the day pretty freakin fussy. Not many smiles today. He even cried when he ate. So sad. We have set up his room so we can most likely let him sleep on us most of the night. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

On a brighter note, this was like night 10 of the addition of bathtime to our night routine. Now he finally got it. He was splashing and smiling up a storm. It was nice to see he had a little fun today.

Routine update

Just a few updates about the new routine. 2 "true" nights under our belt(Xmas eve was an oddity because we went out and kept him up). Both of the other nights, he went down nice and easy. No fussing...no crying...just laid him down and he went to sleep on his own. He slept both nights until around 1-1:30. We let him cry until he was starting to come unhinged and went in and shushed him and he went right back to sleep. he then slept until 3:30-4. At this point I fed him. He then slept until 6 one day and 7 the next. So not too shabby. We started the routine a little later tonight but it seemed to go fine. I even got smiles and laughs in the bath AND putting on jammies. We read a book and I was sure he was wired but I turned off the light and rocked him for a minute and that little head went to my shoulder. This is my sign that he was tired and ready for sleep. I put him down and he talked to himself for awhile but then went to sleep.

O and he has been waking up happy in the morning. We hear him just talkin away to himself in there. He also is taking short naps (1 hour or less) during the day but he wakes up happy once again talking to the crib or the mobile. So that must mean something in his world. I do miss the 2 hour naps though. He is getting about 3 naps a day now. I think part of the problem is at daycare he gets big bottles that can hold him over...with being just on me, he needs to eat more often. O well.

Almost forgot

So we haven't had the best nights but we did get one bone thrown our way. Over the weekend, LT decided he knew how to use a paci! It has been so weird. He doesn't cry for it or freak out when it falls out but it just makes him so much calmer in all aspects. We even took him to dinner tonight past his bedtime and he just sucked away and then people watched. It makes bathtime easier and it is a lot less drooly than the thumb and fist sucking. It also doesn't seem to matter about the latex vs silicone thing. It is also fun to watch him napping with it and it just randomly moving. Pretty cute :)