Russell had a doctor's appointment yesterday. Russell has only gained a half inch of height since last August. In addition,he's lost 1.5 lbs since that time. In short, the meds and him aren't doing well. So we sat down and talked to him with the babysitter and we talked about a gameplan of him eating what was served even if he felt full. We said we'd make sure to serve him helpings he could eat, but that it was his job to eat it.

Then, I went out last night and took $300 out of the bank that we can't afford and went to the store and bought $180 worth of groceries. We got lots of protein-ish snacks like cheese sticks, and I bought easy to make lunch stuff like mac and cheese and Russell lobbied hard to eat more at dinner at least. I think though when school starts, we should be better on the meds front in the evening. If he has to get up early and take that pill early, then we can get breakfast into him before the pill kicks in and we can get dinner into him as the pill is wearing off.

I'm just feeling scared and worried for him.

We also talked to him about that he needs to exercise daily to build muscle. We don't want him to eat a bunch of crap and get fat, but if he exercises he gets to build muscle and mass that way. He seemed inspired to work at that and his babysitter now feels she has license to make him get off his pitooty and walk and swim.

Genny is potty-trained. She's wearing big girl underwear now and lets you know if she has to go. We still put her in a pull-up at night because she occasionally wets them, but most of the time she wakes up dry. She's still sleeping fitfully, but at least she's sleeping. It's sad thought in some ways to just see her grow up. I miss nursing with her and the diaper changing was kind of a dear reminder that she was still my baby. She's not that little baby any more though.

I like that she is still young enough to think that cuddling with Mommy is the best thing since sliced bread though. Well, and that and the fact that she hasn't learned to say the phrase,"He's 18 and drives a Corvette."