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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Redhead....What do ya Think?

On a whim I colored my hair red because I used to be a redhead and had a lot of fun with it. I like how it makes my blue eyes stand out and all the great colors that I can wear to compliment it. Besides, I couldn't afford to go to the hairdresser and get my blonde hair highlighted so this was a very cheap alternative.

Griffin has been out of school for a couple of days due to the fact that he couldn't hold food down in the evenings when he came home. The problem was that the Focalin XR quelled his appetite and he hardly ate a thing for breakfast and lunch so by the time he got his appetite back in the evening, his stomach wasn't used to having food and subsequently rejected it.....all of it. So I took him off the medicine and slowly got him used to food again, although he vomited several times in the interim he finally has held down some yogurt and is back on track. I gave him half his usual dose of the Focalin XR this afternoon because we went to pick up his homework from the school and I wanted him to be able to focus in order to finish it all.

He spent a good part of the day at his NaNa's and PaPa's yesterday and at one point he laid down and asked her to lie down with him and he rested for awhile. The poor guy must have been exhausted from vomiting and diahrrea and not getting any nutrition for almost three days. Now he is in a great mood doing his homework and later I will try him on a bit of bland food to see if he can hold it down. I think that tomorrow I will try him on half a dose and see if he has an appetite or not. When they have lunch I will make his favorite food and take it to him to be sure that he eats something.

8 comments:

mommy~dearest said...

LOVE the hair! Naturally blond, I've done red too, and absolutely loved it. The only thing is red fades SO quickly!

Sorry to hear about Griffin's tummy! How did he react to the "new you"?

Anonymous said...

Oh My Gosh!!! I have not been to your blog in a bit and I had so much catching up to do-and a bonus was a photo of you!!! You never put your picture on the blog! Now I see where Griffin gets his looks! Stunning!!

Love it!!

AMy in CO

Anonymous said...

Your hair looks great!!!

GClef1970 said...

LOVE the hair!!

Your poor kiddo. Hoping that the meds have stabilized a bit? Sheesh. We should earn MDs by default, with all we go through with our boys! :-)

xoxo

KC's Blog said...

you look stunning girl! i love the color!
hope little Griffin is feeling better, poor guy. Can he take Pepto?

gretchen said...

Love the fun red hair! I've always had a secret desire to be a redhead, but never had the nerve.

I haven't been commenting much, but am still here reading. Take care!

Melinda said...

LOVE the red hair! This is the color I like too! You look great!

kristi said...

Like I said on Facebook I love it!! Hope Griffin's tummy issues are gone.