Eliza's 6 Month Appointment

Today we had Eliza's appointment. She weighed in at 14.5oz and measured 27 1/2 inches long. The doc. never gives me her percentiles so I check them out here. On Monday the 17th she was 14.12oz. The poor little peanut lost 7oz from being sick. She also got vaccines today-which I hate. I am not exactly pro vaccine. I think we way overdo them with babies. However, I won't get into that now.

Eliza was very cranky tonight and I am thinking the vaccines were the cause. It took over an hour to put her down for a nap. I was about to lose my mind. I tried to go to the peaceful place I was in while rocking her yesterday. At her appointment the doctor asked me if she sleeps through the night and I said, " NO ". I am usually pretty hush hush about her sleep because we co sleep a lot and I know doc. does not approve. He mentioned "sleep training" and I just nodded my head. I read The Baby Whisperer and On Becoming Babywise and was not really that sold. The other issue is that she still needs to be swaddled and I just don't know how much longer we should keep swaddling her at night.

Anyhoo, my brain is tired now and am going to go watch House- or what is left of it.

and I can't resist a pic as usual...

What do you watch? & Jumped the Shark

After the post from 5 Minutes for Mom yesterday I started wondering what shows all the moms in the blogosphere are watching. If it wasn't for DVR I don't think I would get to watch anything! Usually it takes me 3 times as long to watch one show because I need to stop, pause, and/or rewind to go and do something. Two shows that I DVR are Prison Break and Smallville. I guess I have a thing for the bad boys and for the good boys. A guy with superhuman powers always gets my attention. It is a toss up between Superman and The Green Arrow for me. I also love to watch House. When I was little I watched Hugh Laurie in some british comedies and I am a long time fan of his. I also really like to watch Ellen. I think she is funny, cooky and crazy. Plus, I think everyone should dance at least once a day.

All of this got me thinking about why I continue to watch shows after they have Jumped the Shark. If you listen to Howard Stern (please no negative comments- if you are not a fan- be nice) you probably have heard the term before. It refers to the point when a t.v. show has reached its peak (and also directly refers to when The Fonz literally "jumped the shark" on Happy Days). The website was founded by Stern Show's infamous rich nerd Jon Hein. Anyway, in my opinion Prison Break Jumped the Shark after the first prison escape but I continue to watch the long and drawn out mess the show has become. I also think that Deal or No Deal Jumped the Shark with the terrible million dollar mission. Why do they act surprised when someone picks a million dollar case? Duh! There are like twelve of them up there. One last show that I am afraid has reached its peak. OPRAH! If I have to hear Dr. Oz or Gail one more time...

So what are you watching? And which shows do you think have Jumped the Shark and why?