Unhappy Mouth

UGH!  I have been suffering with mouth issues for the past week!  A week ago Sunday I could feel that I was going to get one of those things I call tongue zits...those little white raised bumps that hurt like h3ll!  So I was prepared to deal with one... ONE.  But no, something must be wrong with my chemistry at the moment, because come Wednesday, I'd say there were 4.  And the next day, one would be fading and another one would pop up. 

Yesterday I counted 5 on my tongue and a canker sore on my upper gum.  They make it very difficult to talk and the tip of my tongue feels kind of burnt and raw.  I had some aloe juice drink at dinner last night, and that was just lovely on my tongue, but then the drink was gone and the darned spots weren't. 

I tried that liquid that stings then makes all the pain go away.  That helped for a few minutes.  And I tried a gel... but the gels don't really stick to a saliva producing machine like a tongue.  I've been gargling with diluted TCP for the past couple days, but that just tastes nasty and makes me smell like TCP... yeck.  

I just got another gel today, Bonjela and that is definitely working better on my canker sore and slightly on my tongue.  And today my tongue feels like they are all starting to fade.  Was it the vitamins I took last night?  If so, I have GOT to remember to take them nightly! I sure as heck hope it's not in response to the new Tesco diet I'm on!  I'm going to guess that it's not as I started that on Wednesday. 

But even as I feel the tongue zits fading, I can feel another canker sore popping up RIGHT NEXT to the other one! REALLY!?!? 

Has anyone else ever had this happen to them?  If they're not gone totally in the next few days, Dr. H will be receiving a visit from yours truly.  Of course she'll probably say to keep doing what I'm doing and then bill me 70 euro.  Ugh.  Please send on your mouth healing vibes!

My Pants

I remember when I was first pregnant, I read a ton of books.  And one of the books talked about maternity underwear.  The book said that maternity underwear is MUCH more comfortable for you as your bump gets bigger and for a couple months after the birth of the baby.  So I went out and got the biggest pairs of maternity underpants that Motherhood had. 

And they were right.  Maternity underwear was significantly more comfortable.  And the continued to be after the baby was born.  But it's been almost a year now... and I still find them more comfortable.  My lower half has changed and these pants seem to be the ones that understand me best.  They allow for the extra down there.  I do still have a lot of weight to lose, and I think that as I lose that weight (started my Tesco Diet plan today!) the old underpants will become more comfortable again... but I wonder if I will always have a soft spot for those maternity pants. 

Croup

Jake and I had a nice skype session with Grandpa Nick last night.  But then as Jake was waving night night to dad, he coughed a few times and dad asked me how Jake's doing.  That was the first cough I'd heard so I figured it was just a tickle.  Well, we wake up this morning to a chesty baby with loud stridor (noisy breathing).  So we decide to take him into the doctors.  Turns out he has a mild case of croup, which is viral.  So no antibiotics.  Just steam him and don't let him over-heat and if he gets a fever, then call back.  But she feels he'll be fine for his next set of innoculations for Friday... and as we're WAY behind because he's been sick on and off, I'm hoping he sticks with the no fever thing so he can get these shots done and dusted. 

But as usual, Jake is just as happy as can be.  Aside from his breathing being loud every once in a while, you wouldn't know he's a bit sick.  So, we'll keep an eye on him and hopefully he'll be right as rain soon.