Do you remember kids' Crest oh, 20 years ago or so? The nozzle was shaped like a star so that when you squeezed it out onto your toothbrush, it was like a long star-shaped log. It was sparkly and tasted so good - I believe it tastes much like a Tutti-Frutti Jelly Belly bean. I'm using the evolved form of that right now. It's deeper blue and much thinner in a stand-up tube sans the star shape. I still dread it every night, but the fact that it's not minty makes it tons more tolerable.
The other day I had the brilliant idea of trying to go back to adult toothpaste, just to give it a whirl. I've usually found Colgate to be fairly mild and my prime choice for muddling my way through the whole twice-daily teeth-brushing melodrama. Horrible idea...just horrible. I found myself feeling like I needed to puke and thinking that if I did, maybe it just might make it all taste better.
Blehhhh....I'm kind of back to being whiny and somewhat grumpy! I have my days. For the most part, though, things are rocking along smoothly, and I shouldn't really complain. I'm usually absolutely fine during the day, but that "blah" feeling tends to set in just in time for me to hop on the blog and complain to all of you about it.
I'll tell you one thing - I have been sleeping like a BABY. I of course have a horrible milk aversion (I lived on milk with Liam...it was the best thing ever, so it is disappointing not to crave it). I was worried that I wasn't getting enough calcium, so I started taking a calcium supplement every night.
I SHOULD be doing that anyway, but I have this thing with calcium. Back when I was having some trouble sleeping, I must have been at a yearly checkup with my midwife. She told me that taking calcium can help you with sleep issues (this would be the reason behind giving kids a glass of warm milk before bed). Lo and behold, I would take 2 600 mg calcium tablets and sleep so hard that I felt like I was on Tylenol PM come morning time. It kinda caused me to stop taking it on a regular basis - I know, totally taboo for a woman not to take calcium.
When I realized that I'd gone from waking up about every 1.5 hours during the night to sleeping 5-hour stretches at a time, it clicked in my mind that it goes back a couple weeks, right around the time I started taking 1 600 mg tablet of calcium every night. I mean, I can't even go 5 hours without getting up to pee when I'm not pregnant. It's been great.
Last night I went to bed at 9:10. I didn't fall asleep right away, but I woke up at 2-something and 4:15 briefly and slept till my alarm at 5:20. Before, it would have been at 11, 1, maybe 2:30 and 4:30, and then I'd be awake for good. Anytime I wake up within an hour of my alarm, I usually just lie there and enjoy the comfort of bed because that small amount of sleep usually does more harm than good.
About that 5:20 thing...I reinstated my Y membership, I had my bag all packed, was wearing my gym clothes to bed, and had the alarm set for 4:30 this morning. When I woke up at 4:15, I was totally game for getting up and going, but it was absolutely pouring down rain. That was the ONLY thing stopping me from starting my workout routine back up this morning. I really didn't want to deal with that rain on my first day back - lugging my gym bag, my bag of clothes, my purse and my umbrella through the parking lot - so I will just start the week fresh on Monday. I took the opportunity to reset the alarm to 5:20 at that point and slept nicely for that next hour.
In other news, I can't believe that Liam is officially 2. Where has the time gone??
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