: Although, we don't have any, so instead of having to deal with that kind of headache we have to deal with the "do we take her in? it'll cost a ton of $... is it really something serious? if it is she needs to go in. if it's not it'll be $ we don't have down the drain" kind of stuff.
For one thing, vaxed babies still get it, and need treated, so how could they disallow it? also, why would they know if I didn't tell them?: At least I didn't hear anything about finding more time to clean!
He's in the 50th percebtile for everything, length, weight, and head. DS1 was in the 95th and above for everything until he started crawling, then his weight dropped, but his height stayed the same! I think it's hilarious that my second baby is smaller than my first! I also had to argue with the doctor about vaxing. Sigh. . . I don't TRY to strt arguements with people, it just happens.:
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Originally Posted by sonshine_rae
 no time to talk.... but be praying for us BABY IS SICK!!!!!!
Diarrhea and 101 fever.... fast breathing too..... back from doc.... baby is on Tylonel and we are to watch him like a hawk if he gets worse we have to get to the hospital ASAP! |
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Originally Posted by audsma
AAM: I had lunch with a former student yesterday, thanks to my new Facebook membership, and found out that I have a babysitter in town for when I want to have "hands free" as she put it. I am thrilled. This woman, who I taught 7 years ago, and attended her wedding (on Petri's birthdate, Maryann) has moved back into town and I am thrilled to have her here. She came in to my classroom 6 years ago to cajole me into having a baby, and I had to bite my tongue from telling her too soon that I was pg with DD. She was Audrey's first babysitter, and got me through some tough moments with her ease of wisdom-- you gotta love the 18 year olds who are such confident old souls. Now, she's a NICU nurse and really intrigued by attachment parenting, interrogated me on cloth diapers, and might be my ticket to yoga 1 or 2 days a week! Love it. And, you mamas made that reconnection possible! (I know I would have seen her around town eventually, but I found her now, and I'm thrilled.)
And, might I just say   :!Let me just get sappy for a moment. I want to thank you ladies for all of the support you have given me and each other since I joined you in February. I feel like such a more competent mother now than I did with DD as an infant. You have made me laugh on days when I needed to. You have made me realize that I'm not alone when I felt so alone IRL. You have provided reality checks and wisdom beyond compare. I drew on your strength to birth my babe vaginally, giving all of us the best possible start to this family of four. And, as a bonus, you reconnected me with people in my life through the peer pressure to join Facebook (not just my former students, but people to whom I've not spoken in 20 years, too). I am forever grateful for the many gifts you have given me, and I am so pleased to share post 1,000 with you all. |
Love the sap! 
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Originally Posted by Orionbelt
OK...someone shoot me...not only am I crazy busy with a newborn, a 21 month old and my three year old but now I am trying to potty train my oldest. I so don't have time for this but it needs to get done as she just turned three last week. Wish me luck and any advise would be appreciated!
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Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes
So...any tips for helping me and Nora get up before 11 am? We just cannot seem to do it. She still doesn't go down until 1 (at the earliest), and I NEED to get on a better schedule. Work starts back up in just a few short days and this is going to kill me. I mean, we do all the typical winding down things starting at about 9:30 pm, and she might sleep from 10 or so until midnight - but then she's up again not wanting to sleep until 1:30 or 2. But then she wakes to eat only once (around 4 or 5) before 8 am.
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my eyes and was like "Whatevs. That'll never work." But I was desperate as I, too, had to go back to work/school and had to be up at 5am. We abandoned our 10:00 sleep routine altogether and started trying the sleep routine around 6:00 instead. It took A LOT of patience and changing our lifestyle, but by 11 weeks pp, she was going to sleep by 7 and sleeping until 7 without even waking to feed. She also then adapted a nap routine that went vaguely like this: 9-1030am and 1-4 then sleep again at 7. I don't expect Hazel to do the same, but she's been starting to develop her own sleep habits and they're sorta mimicking her sister's.|
Originally Posted by TaraRae82
I need to rant for a min (not about DH, can you believe that?!). Feel free to skip over this.
Ally Rae's insurance application was denied because we declined the PKU and they require it to underwrite even though they admitted it's well within our parental rights to decline. So, now, we have to have the test done and pay OOP and submit the results OR, run the risk of really needing the insurance and wait until DH can add her to his group plan next Sept. I need to take her in to see her dr anyway about her belly button (not healed and still looks odd) so we're going to have the PKU done then and pay OOP. This totally sucks. I feel like we're being punished for making a decision that was within our rights as parents. I know the test isn't a big deal, it just makes me mad on principle. *sigh*/rant over; Please return to your regularly scheduled MDC'ing. |
: I don't really know any women in my area who just had babies, so it's nice to be able to talk to people who are going through the same things and have the same ideas about how to parent. Now if we all lived close enough to actually get together, things would be perfect!
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Originally Posted by sonshine_rae
AAM
Girls my heart is breaking to see my little baby so sick.... I pray none of you have to have one so tiny with this kind of illness. The fever must make him miserable, and the diarrhea I can tell is giving him stomach cramps. He sticks his lower lip out looking at me just begging for me to fix it, then he starts crying. And sometimes I cry right with him, because I've done all I can... there's no way I can just 'make it go away'.... oh how I wish I could!!!! For now I've been told to give him Tylonel for his fever, and watch him closely, nurse him frequently to keep him hydrated etc. Which I'm doing all that, and I'm wearing him in a wrap to keep him close to my heart, so that I can know when he needs anything at all. My poor sweet baby.... |
I'll be thinking of you tonight Rae.
: Thinking of Samuel and of you!!!!!
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Originally Posted by sonshine_rae
no time to talk.... but be praying for us BABY IS SICK!!!!!!
Diarrhea and 101 fever.... fast breathing too..... back from doc.... baby is on Tylonel and we are to watch him like a hawk if he gets worse we have to get to the hospital ASAP! |
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Originally Posted by neveryoumindthere
Rae, I'm praying for your ds too
Do the docs know what it is? (sorry I tried reading back but didn't see it) |
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Originally Posted by Amber Lion
still thinking of you, Rae!
Jenn, forgot to reply I'm in Ashland. |
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