What's new with Inara

Inara has been doing well lately, for the most part. This week she's decided she doesn't want to sleep much during the day, so I have to do chores in short time frames before she starts screaming for me to hold her, feed her, or just to exercise her vocal chords. I'm worried (what's new?) about a couple things. First off, she had a few bumps on her face which the doctor said was infant acne the last time we saw him. However, the bumps are all over her face now, even her ears, which makes me worry that they are more than acne. The look more like a rash or something, so I'm going to call the doc and talk to a nurse tomorrow. She's also been more fussy than usual this week and hasn't been pooing as much. It seems like she has an upset tummy every day. Since I'm still supplementing, we got Similac for fussiness, which seems to be working today. Let's hope it helps. I've also been giving her Mylicon to help with gasiness. Keep your fingers crossed she gets regular soon. Ha ha. Overall, I feel like she's grown a lot the past two weeks. I can see a lot of change in her but maybe it's because I'm constantly with her. Shawn actually calls her my best friend. It's true. We are always together, practically inseparable just like best friends.

As for me, I'm doing fairly well. It's a roller coaster every day. Some days I feel like I'm doing a good job. Others I feel like I'm in over my head. I talked with my friend Eetung last night and she made me feel really good by sharing her parenting stories with me. I know I'm not the only one who has ever felt this way, but I can honestly say I now firmly believe parenting is THE hardest job in the world! On my rough days I just remind myself she is only 5 weeks old. We're still learning each other's ways and it's going to take time. I can't rush it because before I know it she'll be running off to school and want nothing to do with me. It's just hard because I'm so used to being on the go 24/7, keeping a clean house, cooking nice meals every night, etc. Now I think cereal and toast for dinner is a great thing. Someday I'll be able to cook meals again. Let's hope I don't forget all my favorite recipes. Also, I hope I've build a strong enough relationship with all my Arbonne clients so they don't find another rep and instead call me with their reorders since I can't call them like I used to. Baby steps. Life is all about baby steps in every way.