{"id":3294,"date":"2010-06-04T20:21:29","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T02:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2010-06-04T22:20:49","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T04:20:49","slug":"gratitude-journal-snapshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/gratitude-journal-snapshot\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude Journal Snapshot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was a really hard mommy day.<\/p>\n

The Littlest Apple was in full meltdown mode all morning (and off and on the rest of the day too).\u00c2\u00a0 We butted heads big time this morning, and wound up canceling our morning excursion as a result.<\/p>\n

Since his caloric intake has increased by about 50% as a result of the night feeds via feeding tube<\/a>, he’s gone from extremely active to even more<\/em> active.\u00c2\u00a0 It makes sense, I suppose.\u00c2\u00a0 He wasn’t getting enough calories before, and now he is, so he’s got more energy.\u00c2\u00a0 But if you knew him before, then you know that he was never lacking for energy in the first place.\u00c2\u00a0 And now he’s just full-throttle energy<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 The 3rd ingredient of his special formula is SUGAR (as I learned this evening), so I can’t help but wonder if that’s causing these issues.\u00c2\u00a0 If this is just our new “normal” when he’s actually getting enough calories, then I’m going to have to bring my parenting A game.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ll definitely be discussing this with the GI at our appointment next week.<\/p>\n

Sugar rant aside, it was a really hard mommy day, and I didn’t cope very well.\u00c2\u00a0 There may have been some tears and a pity party or two.\u00c2\u00a0 I wasn’t expecting to need to refer back to my post on Gratitude<\/a> so quickly, but today was definitely a day for it.\u00c2\u00a0 Today was a day to put my Pessimism Prevention Plan<\/a> into action.\u00c2\u00a0 I only wish I had implemented it earlier in the day…like around 7:00am.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s about when things headed south.\u00c2\u00a0 This afternoon during nap time, I took a few moments to re-read the Gratitude post<\/a> and to sit down with my Gratitude Journal and 14,000 Things to Be Happy About<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, and I took a bubble bath during The Littlest Apple’s naptime.\u00c2\u00a0 Because I like bubble baths.<\/p>\n

Here’s a peek at my Gratitude Journal from the last few days:<\/p>\n

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What are you grateful for today?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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