Maggnificent Monday

This was a big weekend for Maggie (and her parents). Saturday morning was our inaugural trip out into the great state of Massachusetts. We’ve decided to go somewhere every Saturday for Bill and my dad to do a bicycle ride while my mom, Maggie, the dogs, and I hike in the area. So this was our first try. We drove the hour to Ipswich, dropped the boys off to go on their way, and stationed ourselves in a breakfast joint for Maggie to eat. An hour later we drove for 20 minutes to our hiking destination where we suited me up with Maggie and leashed up the dogs for our 20 minute hike before driving the 20 minutes back to meet the boys back from their ride. Then we sat in a parking lot for an hour while the car got packed up again and Maggie ate lunch. And drove back the hour to town. Really and honestly, pretty good for a first time on a big trip with a new baby and four people and two dogs. Once we’d all taken turns showering, Bill, Maggie, and I headed out to Maggie’s first party: Bill’s boss’s winter fete at his gorgeous Victorian home. Mags was a champ, sleeping the whole time we were there so people could exclaim over her sweetness and we could eat the food too. And then we spent Sunday recovering. Whew.

In daily life, things are going pretty darned well. The miraculous simethicone turned to be a bit of a tease. Two days of peace gave way to two days of renewed misery. So we’ve turned to gripe water, basically the homeopathic version. It’s water, sodium bicarbinate, sugar, fennel, and ginger. We like it not only because it seems to work for her (it’s been 5 days of working now), but because it’s an as-needed tonic. We give it to her when she shows signs of distress as opposed to after ever meal. Here’s hoping this is the miraculous anti-gas happy-baby-making complementary and alternative medicine tonic!