the essence

I think I'm now being plagued by the hair loss that tends to come after pregnancy. In the past week or so I've started to notice more of my hair on the carpet, on me, & all over the bathroom counter shortly after cleaning. I don't know why it took me until today to realize that I may be losing more hair now. Addison will be four months old this week, if I was going to lose my hair I would have thought it'd happen sooner than this!

Other things I'm losing: baby weight!!! Going up to visit Ruth motivated me to be more diligent about losing the extra baggage. I was doing pretty good, losing around a pound a week. I think I only have about five more pounds to go until I reach my pre-pregnancy weight. But, I had gained about five pounds before getting pregnant so I really have about 10 pounds to go until I get to where I'd like to be. Since I'm nursing I have a feeling it may take a bit before I get all the way to where I'd like to be.

I tried on some "skinny" pants today - the kind that used to be loose on me. Of course, becuase of the excess five pounds, they weren't loose on me right before I got pregnant either! They're really nice pants, a nice goal might be to wear them again (soon).