At least I'm honest.

Today I had an orthodontist appointment for 5pm. I made sure I wore my elastics (they're to correct a bit of a cross-bite I have going on) to my appointment, which Tim pointed out: "You rarely wear them. So you're wearing them now in hopes he doesn't figure it out?" HA.

When I finally got to the office and went into his room, my orthodontist asked how I was doing. I smiled and said everything was great. He asked if I noticed a change with the elastics...I said "Not really!"
He was a little surprised. I advised him, "Honestly - I haven't worn them everyday. BUT I have a good reason. I eat a lot." Which is true - for breast feeding purposes I eat like a pig.
He just chuckled and said: "Yes it can be difficult keeping them in if you talk a lot."
Jerk. I'm sure that's not what he meant - but you know - it seemed that way!

After every appointment we book the next one and I get a print-out of my bill. Compared to Canada INCLUDING the exchange rate - it's so much cheaper to get my braces adjusted/looked at every month. I simply don't get it!
In Canada I paid $210 or $205 per month for my braces. Work covered a portion but stupid me, I didn't submit a claim early enough to cover a chunk of the overall costs.
Anyway - here in Finland, my bill today was under 50 Euros. I only see my orthodontist once a month or every 5-6 weeks, just like in Canada. They do the same work here as they do in Canada yet I was paying so much more!

Ah well.

EC is going great with V�in� - although he's now in the phase of crying as soon as we sit on the floor of the bathroom. I have the potty aimed towards the shower drain - so any splatter can hopefully aim in that direction...and thanks to the hose by the sink - I can just rinse the floor quickly. He's peeing at least once a day on the potty - which is promising. If he cries longer than about 5 minutes - then I'll stop and take him off the potty, congratulate him for trying and we go about our day from there.
My friend Hanna told me she's only changed about 5 poopy diapers since the New Year - because her son is doing great with communicating to her when he has to go. I hope I'm able to get to that point by the time V�in� is 1! Mind you, she started E.C. with her son when he was 2 months and I'm starting at about 5 1/2 months.

During a recent visit to our "future home" - I looked in at the toilet when changing V�in�'s diaper and YES there is plenty of space for me to reverse sit on the toilet with V�in� if he's not comfortable on the potty. :)
I cannot wait to move...I hate our washing machine. It's on a bit of a deck/stand and whenever it's spinning too hard - it tends to fall off and continue to spin...quite a racket!