Tidbits

Tripp is soooo wiggly. He wiggles right out of his pj's sometimes.

Oh, to be able to sleep like this. Per loves his big boy bed. And his Mickey Mouse sheets.

These kinds of moments make me happy.

An Early Morning Testimonial

I was only recently introduced to this sinus rinse. I have to say, it's probably the best thing to happen to my nose and sinuses ever. I was hesitant to try it at first, seeing as water going up my nose has not ever been and will never be my favorite thing. (Who likes water up their nose? Anyone?) I don't enjoy swimming underwater because water gets up my nose too easily.

BUT.

I was getting a cold earlier this fall and was all stuffed up and having trouble sleeping and I thought, "What's the worst thing that could happen?" The worst thing, obviously, would have been that the sinus rinse did nothing and I continued to having difficulty breathing through my nose. I tried it (and you really do have to kind of get the hang of it--I have to consciously tell myself to breathe through my mouth while I'm using it) and it worked!! I was able to breathe through my nose better and I really believe that my cold was of shorter duration than it otherwise would've been. All that yucky stuff was getting flushed out at least once a day, so that has to help, right?

Now I have a cold again that started a few days ago. My littlest is going through this cold with me, which is all the more incentive for me to get better fast. He doesn't sleep as well with a cold, therefore, I don't get as much sleep either, since he wants to eat every time he wakes up. Can't blame the poor little guy. As soon as I realized that I was getting stuffy, I started using this rinse twice a day. And it is just as helpful this time around as it was the last time. For anyone reading who has ever wondered about using a sinus rinse (or neti pot, I think they are pretty similar, though I haven't ever tried the neti pot), you should go for it!

p.s. One other major benefit to this (at least for someone in my stage of life) is that it is safe during pregnancy and nursing. So no worries about side effects. I wish I had known about this during my pregnancy with Per -- I had sinus infections non-stop!

Early

Just finished watching the movie Ondine with Colin Farrell. Weird. Weird, weird, weird. It was categorized as Sci Fi/Fantasy on Netflix. Huh. (**Spoiler Alert**) This Irish fisherman finds a woman in the sea while he's out fishing one day. His daughter (and he) come to believe that she's a selkie. It turns out that she is actually a drug mule who escaped from evil drug lords in Romania. But she "heals" the fisherman's daughter. Except it was actually just chance that an accident happened and someone was a match for the kidney transplant she needed. And it ends with a wedding.

As I'm finishing this... weird... movie, I hear Per rattling his doorknob. The rattling stops and I think that I have a few minutes to finish up what I'm doing before I go up and get him. Then I hear him coming down the stairs! He has learned to open his door. Oh, joy. When he catches sight of me, he announces, "Mama, I'm done with my nap!"

This day is beginning a bit early for me.


ps Why am I watching movies at 6:30 in the morning? Because that is my sewing time. It's the only time I can find lately to do something I like to do before the day begins. So. I like to watch movies while I sew.

Keep in mind, I don't really recommend Ondine. Too... weird.