Life's a Breeze: Happy New Year

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Happy New Year

This year I am really going to try and become an official 'blogger'. To me that means write more, post more and I think I will be changing this blog a little. I think that it is nice to read and see what other moms are doing to help their children grow and become active participates in this world we live in. I am trying my best and would like to share the success and failures that I have had while on this journey of parenthood, it just so happens my kid also has PKU so that might be interesting to some other PKU moms as well!

Having two children has been, so far, a little easier than expected. Raven is still pretty immobile so that is likely to change. I have really enjoyed watching Raven grow up with a sibling. The instant love for a siblings is amazing, I think Breeze trumps me at times.

I am always on the hunt for fun new things to try with Breeze. For example this week we went bowling for the first time and she loved it! We will definitely be trying it again soon! One struggle we are having is being nice and all that in tales. Today Breeze decided to push, A LOT! We had to leave a gymnastics class because of it. I think she is all about getting a response from anyone. We also are taking the bottle away, today is DAY 2! Today she did not finish all her formula and she hardly ate. So needless to say this was a stressful day for Mom. But alas there is a good drink, bedtimes and always, always tomorrow. Good night world!

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AnonymousJanuary 17, 2014 at 9:26 AM
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About Us

We are the happy family of three plus two dogs. Adam and I have been married going on eight years! Hard to believe. We decided to wait to have children, we played hard and enjoyed our dogs. So when we finally got around to try to have kids we had some difficulty, but finally with a little help, last year we had a daughter, Breeze Marie Porter. She has been the most wonderful addition to our lives. There is no other word to describe her but delightful. She has been a good baby since day one. I think that my step sister Kelly summed it up nicely when she said that "God give the happiest babies to those who will have other difficulties to deal with".

Our difficulty came to us in the second week of Breeze's life. We found out she has PKU. So in addition to adjusting to being new parents we also had to learn about this rare genetic disorder that we gave our child. I had to use the pump I had no intentions of using unless I had a night out with the girls and I had to learn about the millions of bottles and nipples out there that had no resemblance of my boob what so ever. The hardest part was I had to take Breeze off my breast and give her a bottle, with hopes she would come back. Needless to say that week was hell. Thank goodness for grandparents and we had two sets here. We all had Bottle Use 101 in our kitchen and learned a few things the hard way. Like do not open all the packages of different bottles at once and expect to get them back together, just throw away and start over. Do not boil the nipples for too long, they will not work properly. Do not trust your bottle warmer, it will make the milk wayyyyy to hot. I'm still trying to find the humor in the remark about my resemblance to a milking cow while double pumping(thank goodness for the pumping bra!) But all you can do when life throws you a curve ball is have a good cry, or maybe a few, throw a temporary pity party, have a drink, or maybe a few and get on with it. There is nothing in life that is going to keep this family down.

Note to self- If today sucks, there is always tomorrow.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Happy New Year

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