Book #5

Ozzy Osbourne is the definition of a rock star, and his stories of excess are legendary. But to hear them from the horse's mouth are a whole separate thing entirely.
This is pretty much an autobiography, from as far back as the mad man can remember (and all things considered, he shouldn't be able to remember back that far). From his poor upbringing to the Black Sabbath Days, to hell and back he really is an interesting bloke.
The irony in the fact that he's done more drugs then any human should even be able to comprehend, yet he almost died going 10 mph on a 4-wheeler is just irony at its finest. I also felt a much greater appreciation for Sharon after reading this book. Any woman that puts up with that amount of $hit, but can dish it right back and knock you around when necessary gets my vote any day of the week. All in all I thought it was a fascinating and fun read about the legend and goofball that is Ozzy Ozbourne.

Frustration!

I firmly believe that there should be a parent's manual, because this learning as you go stuff is exhausting!
A couple weeks ago Ashtyn had a stomach bug (or at least that's what we thought it was). It involved projectile vomiting and besides that little factor she didn't have a fever, and although she was a little cranky her demeanor really didn't change. So we get through a couple few days of that, she seems back to normal, life goes on.
We tried to give her a formula bottle about 2 days after she's been back to eating, and then she geyser-ed it all over me. We thought it was still too heavy for her little tummy so we just went back to strait breastmilk, and she didn't have a problem.
Before she got "sick" we'd been kicking butt with solids, and she really seemed to be enjoying them. So we give it a go with some peas after about 4 days, and she eats a little bit, then nurses, then brings it ALL back up. Fell right asleep after that. Try something similar the following night, same story.
So now- no formula, no solids, just nursing. Sometimes she's fine, other times she'll bring whatever she just ate from the source back up. At Daycare they have not had one issue since she initially got sick-not one! We send three 4oz bottles of what I pumped the day before and she takes that without an issue.
I don't know if her gauge of when she's full is still out of whack, so when she's nursing she just keeps eating and it's too much. They toyed around with reflux back in January, which I thought was asinine since she hadn't had any issues previously and the meds made it worse but I just don't know what to do any more. Her 6 month appointment is coming up, so I don't really see a point in getting with the doctor before then. I'm terrified she's not growing properly (as that was an issue back in January also) but she's such a happy baby that it just makes this that much more befuddling. I'm beginning to feel like a terrible mother, wondering if there's something wrong with my milk, or why in the hell I can't just figure out the issue and fix it. A mommy intuition is supposed to just take care of these things, but I'm running out of options...

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