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July 6, 2003
Hi to all out there in iparenting land!! Since I last checked in,I have been through almost TOO many milestones at one time.Since I am a homeschooling mom,I had all of the end of the year stuff to take care of.Here in FL we have to have an evaluation each year & for me it is important to find someone who "fits" the kind of HSing I do.One woman I talked to was more interested in seeing my records - attendance,lesson plans,"school year curriculum & material plans" (I dont use a specific curriculum,so at this point I was totally scared!)than in anything else.Needless to say,SHE did not come to our house this year! I always have a slight performance anxiety sort of thing that goes along with evaluation time which is kind of silly,really because this child was answering the big money science questions on Who Wants to be a Millionaire LAST year & is reading at a 7th grade + level. Besides all of that,my older son Will had his 18th birthday and graduated from high school,my middle child Caitlin turned sweet 16 & started (gulp)driving and of course,my oldest child Carrie is now almost 18 weeks pregnant with her 1st little blessing. she has been miserably sick,poor thing,and had some rough moments those last few weeks of school (she teaches).I tried to encourage her with "you will feel like a new woman after 12 weeks",she didnt,and "Im sure some of those women you work with have been there too" to which she replied:"Mom,there are other pregnant women here but I dont hear any of THEM throwing up in the teachers lounge BR while Im grading papers!!Poor baby.She started to have some good days around week 15 and just got back from a week at the beach & feels pretty good.I keep asking her about movement and she wonders how on earth she could tell the difference between baby flutters & all of the gurgling in her tummy! They are going in for an US at the next visit & WILL find out the gender.They are already playing the name game & are considering Paisley Elizabeth or Bailey Anne for a girl and Cooper Everett or Ethan/Aiden Bryce for a boy.Anne,Elizabeth,Cooper,Everett & Bryce are all family names. I have already ordered the bassinet size Arms Reach Co-sleeper for them and have it set up in our front room and Susannah has her entire doll family in there. I need to get it packed away again before someone gets something on it! I ordered the mini co-sleeper because Carrie specifically said she wanted it and that the bigger one would take up too much room in their bedroom and that by the time the baby is too big for it,it will of course be sleeping in its own room.Hmmmm.... Perhaps.She is totally ignoring my suggestion that they move into the larger bedroom and trade their queen -sized bed in on a king-sized model in addition to having room for the larger co-sleeper,because they love the view that their smaller bedroom has.Im thinking that my words may come back to her when her eyes are bleary from lack of sleep and she doesnt care if she is sleeping in a storage closet as long as she can sleep.Ok,Im being dramatic.I guess you have to experience postpartum sleep deprivation 1st hand to really understand it! Or maybe she will have a baby that sleeps like an angel,in its own bed.I had one of those.ONE - out of five! I am beginning to pray that my hormones will come into better balance once again.I havent had a period since the misc. but I have had Ovulation signs (and about a zillion negative HPTs) so Im not sure WHAT my body is currently doing.An older mom at church announced her pregnancy about 2 weeks after my miscarriage.I think she almost has the same due date I would have had.Ouch...I still get teary-eyed if I am around her for very long,then feel badly that I do. Ive considered going on a low carb eating plan and Ive bought the book,made extensive lists of menu plans & foods to buy,but I havent actually STARTED doing it.It reminds me of a campaign I had some years back to turn into an immaculate housekeeeper - I bought the book,the flip-cards for daily chores,the thingy to tote the supplies around in AND the supplies themselves.Sigh.Of course,if I had used all of that prep. time & energy actually cleaning,the house would have been immaculate.Well,Im sure I have prattled on long enough.Thanks for being patient with me.I will try to get back to my life story.Sometime.Eventually.May God smile upon each one of you & your families,Catherine
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