Happy Humpday!

Wow, 2 days in a row I have been able to post! Alexis just finally let me lay her down for her nap (she's been sleeping awhile but every time I laid her down before now she would wake up and want to be picked up), and Addy is still down from her nap, although she will probably be up soon.

This week is dragging on and on and on. It feels like it should be Friday already. But it's American Idol night again tonight so I won't complain. And tomorrow I have an appointment to get my hair cut and colored. I figure I deserve it, plus Jamie has been nagging me for a long time to go short again, so it will also be a nice surprise for him.

So, I am still wondering if it really is colic with Alexis. When Addy was born and I was breastfeeding her, right from day 1 I could not touch chocolate without it bothering her. I tried a bit in the hospital with Lexi and she was fine with it. But a couple of days ago I thought just to see I would not eat any and see if things improved with her. And they have gotten a bit better, so we will see if things continue to improve or at the very least stay the same, or if it was just a big coincidence.

I also have a swing issue. We have the Fisher Price Ocean Aquarium swing and ever since we got it it's been going through batteries like crazy. One day we noticed that in 2 of the battery slots (there's 4) there was some dark brownish marks (kind of like rust, but sludgy so it could be wiped off) which we assumed were from the batteries leaking, but I cleaned it up and there were no problems. Last night, the batteries in the swing died while Lexi was sleeping in it and this morning when I went to change them, one of the batteries I took out was dripping wet. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the part of the "body" where the suspended part of the swing comes out of also had drips of the battery acid (I assume that's what it is, anyways...What else would it be?) and it was right over top of the baby. So now the swing is out of commission. Even if it is all cleaned up and is no longer doing it and doesn't pose a risk as is, I am not going to risk it happening again and that crap dripping on my baby. So time for a new swing.

So hopefully we can get through the next few nights until I can get somewhere to get a new swing. Our sleep options with her at night are either in bed with me or in the swing and I don't get a good night's sleep with her next to me, so we will see what happens.