hmmm, 6 months already

Wow, Sorry I am so behind!


I started writing this one day so I have no idea when he said these things:
Luc said "Mathilde's a princess!"
Luc said "Mathilde did it."  Placing blame already ;)


Luc really likes Mathilde. She LOVES Luc. Face lights up with a big grin and she starts waving her arms and legs when she sees him.

Luc is potty trained, knock on wood.... Well, we haven't had an accident since October? what? he must be potty trained....  I'm a little worried about our upcoming trip to France because he currently gets up in the night to go to the potty and if he is super jetlagged? I don't know, probably worried for nothing....

Luc is going to be 3! "i mean, it's a few months still but I need to prepare myself." Apparently, I wrote this draft a couple months ago because Luc's birthday is in ONE month!  holy cow!

I wrote this also: "Mathilde is growing so fast. Well, it seems fast.
Her legs don't fit on the baby scale. She can almost support herself sitting with her arms."
Of course, now she is sitting up on her own, rolling over on occasion, and eating some purees...

She has had her 2 month, 4 month and 6 month checkups since I wrote last! Right, we even had an emergency room trip for a fever around 7 weeks old (simple baby fever/rash thing).  She has been doing well. Her length has stayed around 75%, head circumference between 85% and 93% (big head!).  Her weight has gone down to 35%. I work really hard to eat enough calories to support making breastmilk for her. This especially hard as I am still wheat/gluten and dairy FREE!  yup, we are coming up on one year of this attempt to eat this way. It's starting to be easier....  cravings for wheat based food are mostly gone, i just miss the convenience of the drive through window. However, to be healthy and not sickly is worth it!!!

Mathilde has one tooth popping through on the bottom!

Mathilde may have a pretty bad dairy allergy. She had green poop after I cheated and ate some dairy (which I have been doing a little of all along) but this time was different. Bad poop for several days. The doctor tested and found traces of blood in the poop which *usually* indicates food allergy and usually it is dairy, so absolutely no dairy for me.  Her poop is clearing up and I am so thankful for that.

I'm not sure if I wrote of Luc's naps but he mostly dropped them a month before Mathilde was born. Sometimes he still takes one but it's only if he happens to fall asleep in the car....

Luc went through a rough time after Mathilde was born. He had a lot of changes over the summer and Daddy was working a lot and traveling a lot. Combined with his 2 and a half year old brain we had lots of meltdowns and craziness. I therefore had many meltdowns also.  I'm happy to say Luc is way better.  He doesn't throw crazy irrational tantrums. He is however starting to explore and test his limits in different ways, for example playing with scissors, dumping things out, etc.

I'm really tired but I just thought I should write something so there it is!


I used to not feel quite like a mom or be in disbelief or something (you know, similar to that feeling "I can't possibly be an ADULT"  ) Today I heard myself and said, wow, I am 100% mom. Luc was dancing around while I was making dinner and I realized it was the subtle movements of the peepee dance. I told him, go potty! and he went... because he had to pee and didn't really want to take time to go.... and I knew this because I am his mom. I'm there to pay attention to the things he might not want to yet.... I see the differences in my kiddos faces when they are overly tired, very happy, or sad when strangers wouldn't have a clue.  and ok, now I'm really tired, time to go to bed and see how long I can sleep at one time!