Since I haven't used a bulleted list for a while . . .

• Baby E had another green day yesterday, with short periods of yellow.




• My sister Sparrow came over for lunch. She taught Baby E how to sign "please" and played Ring-Around-the-Rosy with the kids. We had so much fun.


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• I made faux potato chips out of lotus root and baked taro root last night. Baby E didn't like the taro chips (I think I sliced them too thick and cooked them too much).
  
  She absolutely loved the lotus root chips. They were very good if I do say so myself. She ate a huge quantity (seriously, she grabbed the serving plate and went at them) and was very disappointed when they were gone and she had to settle for chicken.
  
  That is huge, because for the last few weeks she's been unwilling to eat much of anything but chicken and grapes (and once, melon, but that hasn't been repeated) in any quantity of more than a few bites.
  
  
  
• Baby E has been squarely in an orange (level 3) mood since last night. She was up every hour or two, fussy and uncomfortable, all night, and had a lot of trouble sleeping even when she wasn't crying.


• I think the older girls and I are in orange moods too.


• Baby E fell off the bed this morning and hit the bedside table. Since she bruises easily in any circumstance, she now has two large purplish lumps on her head. We've had several battles over the ice so far, and another is about to ensue.


• Children's videos are a gift from above on days like this. Seriously.


• I'm hoping to upload the color-coded charts I've made for November and October and post them on my blog today. My goal is to get at least 6 months' worth done before our pediatrician appointment on Monday. We'll see how far I get.


• Several people have asked if there's anything they can do to help. The color-coding I'm doing is something only I can do (especially since I'm using a variety of sources like my own notes, memory and things I've written other places, as well as the blog).
  
  But there is something people could help with, if anyone is so inclined. I need to go through and make notes about any specific details such as foods eaten, BMs, or unusual symptoms like rashes on a given day. That's something others could help with, if they wanted to take a week of blog posts to sift through and take notes on. I'll write more about that when I upload the charts I've completed so far.




• One thing I did like about the GI specialist we saw: When I told him about Baby E's strange bowel movements, he said "That's interesting" exactly like Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribean. So now whenever I change her diaper and there's a strange BM I think, "That's interesting."


• I rolled over in bed last night and my wedding ring flew off my hand. It's constantly sliding almost off my finger before I catch it. I'm worried it's going to end up in a drain one of these days. Does anyone know of a not-too-tacky way to keep a too-big ring on your finger? Or will I be consigned to wearing it on a chain around my neck until I can stop losing weight?


• What's with all these leg cramps, heart palpitations and dizzy/weak spells? Oh yeah, could it possibly have anything to do with the fact that I'm 101 lbs and dropping (to my great frustration)? And probably deficient in all kind of nutrients given our current diet.


• Which means I probably need to actually figure out how to find a new doctor. Since my own doctor refuses to see me, after I made an appointment and waited for ages to see her.