Since it is almost 11 am and I need to take a shower still and shouldn't be blogging I will quickly update all 5 of you on Markwort news:
-I had my first midwife appointment yesterday and got to hear the little 13 week heartbeat. What a precious sound that is!
-I have been extremely faintish lately which I also was with Bennett's pregnancy. I am also a bit underweight which seems hilarious to me because I have actually seen myself in the mirror. The dizziness might just mean I need to eat more and more often. Yuck, I hardly want to eat at all, so that is a tall order. It all seems so Victorian to me and I wish I had a fainting couch, although I would do without the corset.
-I have read 5 books in the last two weeks. I haven't read a book prior to that in the last year. I am not a very balanced person.
-Ellie weighs 16 pounds. The last time I weighed her, she weighed 9 1/2 pounds at 4 weeks. She is following the same pattern that Rachel did. She is really low on the weight curve at a year old and then she will spike big time in the next year. I doubt she will get as gigantic as Rachel is (previously known as the world's largest two year old.)
-I am taking Ellie with me on a trip to Minnesota to visit my dear friend next week. Jeromy is going to take the older two camping by himself. Yeah, I totally think he is crazy, but he is much more of an optimist than I am :)
-I am working on a reading program with Bennett called the Victory Drill Book (I used it when I was in Kindergarten. Yes, it's still around!) It is a "how many words can you read correctly in one minute" test that you pass when you reach 30 words for a Kindergartener. It is broken down into short vowel sounds to start with and he has already passed short a and e. I also have been working on phonics rules with him loosely while we are reading books that have them in it. I have started using first grade curriculum with Bennett as he was bored with the Kindergarten stuff. He is more challenged and alot happier now.
-Rachel has learned: letters in her name, counting to 20, recognizing most numbers 1-10, saying her alphabet correctly- still working on l-m-n-o-p, counting 10 objects, knows all the basic colors and shapes, draws a circle and a line. Boy she is a squirmy one. Homeschooling her will be more challenging than Bennett.
That's about it. I better go do what I should be doing now! (I still need to go make hamburger buns too. Yes, make. Gluten-Free eating is labor intensive, and I haven't felt up to baking lately, so we are out of everything!) Have a great Tuesday!
I've heard good things about the Victory Drill book. What curriculum do you use with your kids???
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel better soon. Pregnancy is just plain hard, no two ways about it!
i hope your appetite starts to return soon. i have to say i've had more trouble with this pregnancy than the others because the aversions keep coming even at 8 months.
ReplyDeletei have some dizziness problems (mostly because my illness are flared up because of the pregnancy), but i learned that i need protein first thing in the morning. now, most protein doesn't sound good (not even whole wheat bread) in the morning, but it's something to try.
i always wanted a fainting couch. not for fainting of course, or for being dramatic, but because i like the look of them. :)
I fainted in Walmart when I was 16 weeks pregnant with Ainsley. Be careful and sit down if you think you are light headed. I ended up in the Emergency Room for hours and it was really scary. I seriously had a bump on my head for a year!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the l.m.n.o.p thing. We are working on that too.