Big Sigh of Relief

I spent a whole week worrying about Jennifer's health. She's had green stools for more than two weeks, and at my last appointment it was suggested that I wasn't sitting and feeding her long enough the past week, and she was getting poor quality milk. So I sat with her. Plenty long. A whole week long. With no improvement. I imagined her shriveling up inside. Long term health problems, and many other woes.

Jennifer, for all this time of green, has been an ideal baby, with no complaints whatsoever, seemingly oblivious to the color changes.

I took her to the doctor today.

Jennifer thinks "Mommy, why do you do this to me?"

The doctor's conclusion--Jennifer is perfectly healthy. Far from starving, she has gained over 9 ounces in 8 days. The green, she concluded, must be a result from a change in my diet--most likely the vitamin/iron supplement pill I've started taking recently. I shall stop taking it to see what happens...

I feel vastly relieved now!

Life as it has been--it goes on even when I'm worrying for nothing!
Kids at play:

(Melanie was likely shadowing me closely. She's five now, so she doesn't associate with boys quite as much as before.)

I just love checking out me holding Jennifer when I pass the bathroom.

I am still amazed and thrilled at her smallness. And I marvel at her beauty, and show her off to herself.

Even with a receding hairline she is gorgeous!

Nathan and Melanie have taken up art projects of their own designs.

Nathan made an apple tree--he cut slits in the rectangular green paper to give it a tree look (quite effective in 3D actually) and he cut out the stems and apples separately and glued them on with care! Melanie made a paper snowflake. With lots of slits (they seem to have forgotten that you can see through it better if you actually cut some of the paper bits completely out) and lots of dashing color. It's very dear to her heart, and patched with tape after Daniel's destructive removal of it from their bedroom window.


Smiles and sleep.


Kids today before supper: