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09/30/2004 Archived Entry: "little bit of life"
Tuesday night we were all laying on my bed to watch the Dodger game and Tabitha was kind of rambunctious. So I told her to get my brush and she could brush my hair. She thought that was a fantastic idea and got the brush and loads of clips and scrunchies and spent the next 20 minutes trying to concoct silly hairstyles on me. I never saw any of them since I didn't feel like going to a mirror, but when you have three star clips, a lilac scrunchie and a bobby pin in just your bangs, you kind of know how you look :)
Yesterday we had a playdate and I'm not sure who had more fun, Tabitha with her friend or me with mine :) The girls played fairy world and also Scooby-Doo and coyote (huh?) while my friend and I oohed over a catalog I got in the mail chock full of Christmas decorations and we also talked scrapbooking. She kind of wants to get into it and I think she'd be so good at it since she's one of those crafty, artistic types. It would be nice to have someone to crop with again.
After dinner, Chris had some work to do on the computer, so I finished a scrapbook layout I was working on while Tabitha played next to me in the playroom. It is still downright entertaining to listen to her imagination at work.
Tabitha had hula class last night. Her regular Kumu (teacher) wasn't there so his wife taught the class. The girls worked on a dance at the end that Tabitha enjoyed. Friday we'll be purchasing book from the instructor that will have all the songs in it so Tabitha can get started on learning her Hawai'ian words.
In baby's world, the feeling of the week is pain. My sciatic nerve is acting up which I can deal with, but it's in full force today as I try to take care of laundry. A few nights ago, I was awakened with a horrible leg cramp in my calf and had to wake up Chris to massage it for me. It still felt rather tight for the next two days. This morning I woke up with a leg cramp in my other leg and Chris wasn't home this time so I tried to take care of it myself. Since it was morning and I was getting up anyway, I walked around for a while and I think I'll avoid the painful after effects this time. It's not the best feelings in the world, but it all goes with the territory of growing life, lol.
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Zandra, I had bad night leg cramps when I was pregnant with Trevor. I started stretching each leg for 5 mins or so before I went to sleep and it helped a lot. I would point my toes hard and hold it for a minute, then flex my foot and hold it again. Try it, it can't hurt. Also, I looked up leg cramps in my pregnancy book or a website, and it said a lack of a certain mineral could be to blame. I can't remember which one now- patassium, magnesium? not sure. But anyway, I also upped my intake of whatever that was. Hope that helps.
Posted by Suzanne J4W @ 10/01/2004 11:51 AM PST
