Macleod Momentum

Dear Friends and Family, this month seems to have sped by like the dickens!  My life has certainly picked up pace and we are busy even when we aren't busy!  But I'm NEVER too busy for YOU!!  So, call me when you can, or message me or send me a thought in the wind... I'll do the same ;) Nola is potty trained!!  Can you believe that!  What success she has had.  I was putting it off because my lazy meter was off the charts.  I knew it was time, however, when she would recently look at Kevin or I and tell us that she just peed...  So, after seeing a post by one of my friends, Tracey, on Facebook about 3 day potty training, I read the short book and set the date.  I picked the long weekend, and began Sunday morning, and would carry through Monday and Tuesday also.  Let me tell you, I believe she was trained about half way through the first day!  The first time she began to release, I ran her to the potty and she dribbled a bit in it.  We made a big deal about it, sticker and

Finally I’m able to sit down at the computer for a few minutes!   Everyone told me it would be busier with two and they weren’t kidding!   Love it though. Things have been good in the little life of this family Macleod. Heidi has been gaining weight and getting chubbier cheeks (which are adorable).   I think I mentioned in my last blog the rigmarole of formulas…   First she drank breast milk, then Enfamil, Enfamil Soy, Nutramigen, goat milk and currently Alimentum.   You may think I’m terrible for changing so many times of the delicate little system but when I was told she was colicky, I couldn’t bear to watch her in distress.   I wanted to fix the problem and when I put her on goat milk it did.   She was a new baby; happy and content without abdominal issues.   After speaking with the doctor and pediatrician who were against it, I spoke to a nutritionist who was able to answer some questions regarding why her system is too immature yet.   I was told that although goat milk ha