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post #81 of 1064
6/12/09 at 11:09pm
It is so strange that I was pregnant a year ago! I found out June 6th last year.... Wow. Time flies. Some days I still can't believe I'm someone's mama.
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post #82 of 1064
6/12/09 at 11:16pm
I found out May 29th, they wrote me out a prescription that said "pregnancy test positive" I still have it, im going to keep it for a memory book
post #83 of 1064
6/13/09 at 12:59am
Hugs to you mamas home alone! It's a long day when DH works late. It's nice to have a little time to myself to take a shower without having to rush.

I got my BFP on June 1st. Funny bc I was home visiting my parents when I got it and this year I took my little girl home for the first time on June 4th. :-)

Cindy
post #84 of 1064
6/13/09 at 10:32am
I took my positive test on June 18- it was such a shock! I had been charting and couldn't believe that every day my temps didn't fall (indicating a coming period)- I was a full week 'late' before I clued in. I had a hard time accepting I was having another winter baby!

Sorry to the mamas alone! It's hard, especially if you're isolated. My dh works long, long hours in the summer, and then haying season starts on top of it. I always make up for it by having more fun with the kids- more beach time and park time. This year I'm thinking positively and focusing on healthy suppers for us- my dh's eating habits are terrible so I can feed the kids good food with no negative influences!



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Originally Posted by Gillian28 View Post

I'm also lonely We moved to a town where I know absolutely nobody, and dh works all day long every single day. It can be kind of boring too. At least the weather is getting nicer so we can get out of the house everyday. And in the winter dh will be home all the time so it'll make up for it.
Gillian; have you checked out your local Le Leche League? Are you mobile? When I'm alone with the kids I need some social time, and when I joined LLL I found so many moms who did things the same way I did! It was so great- it can be so hard to not know anybody with children.

Ramsey is starting to pudge up finally; I think no matter the size or shape of your baby you're going to get those conversations. People just love babies and try to think of anything they can to talk to moms about. In a way, I think it's about showing support- by talking to a mom they're sort of saying, 'welcome to the worldwide community of parents', acknowladging somehow all the hard work and experience of it. Perhaps that's just romanticising, but that's how I feel.
On the other hand, when Evangeline was so fat I loved bragging about it, saying it was all breastmilk. I gladly took the opportunity to discuss breastfeeding publicly and in such a positive, 'healthy' light.
post #85 of 1064
6/13/09 at 11:12am
My positive test was on July 3. I was almost 7 weeks pregnant already by then. I was so clueless. Took two negatives mid-May before partying it up at a music festival (pretty sure that's where she was conceived ) and thought nothing of it when my period didn't show (my cycles were always screwy). I described my boobs as feeling full to my sister after coming home from work early because I thought I had the flu. She insisted I go get a test. I didn't believe the first one. I showed it to my sister, my mom, my SIL before I believed it. Took 2 more that day just to be sure. I don't think I really believed I was pregnant until I saw her at my first dr. appt. on the ultrasound.
post #86 of 1064
6/14/09 at 10:14am
I don't remember the exact day I took the pregnancy test, but I pretty much knew I was pregnant from the start -- just a strange feeling I had. I still tried to deny it though! I was staying at my mom's house for a few weeks while DH was off working, and since I was the only one home all day, I attributed my sleepiness to being bored, and my aversion to coffee as being that the house was too warm to drink it. Later, once I got that positive result and started reading about pregnancy, I was like "Oh hey, yeah, food aversions and sleepiness are first trimester symptoms!"

Baby wasn't planned, but there was no question in our minds that we were ready to be parents. We celebrated four months with Maia yesterday! ^_^
post #87 of 1064
6/14/09 at 10:46am
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Originally Posted by Queen of my Castle View Post
Gillian; have you checked out your local Le Leche League? Are you mobile? When I'm alone with the kids I need some social time, and when I joined LLL I found so many moms who did things the same way I did! It was so great- it can be so hard to not know anybody with children.

I just did a search - the closest one is 2 hours from here. There is an early years centre here that I go to once a week. I may do some more searching to see if there is any parent groups a little closer.


Yesterday I caved and bought a Fisher Price Jumperoo. I find the thing to be a huge plastic neon-coloured eye-sore, but, DS loves the darn thing! He was bouncing around and laughing and smiling. So I guess it's worth it
post #88 of 1064
6/14/09 at 11:13am
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Originally Posted by starling&diesel View Post
: There's a February 2010 thread!!!
Imagine, this time last year for all of us!!!
WOW!!!!

Yikes.

Lots of emotions there.

Let me just say, I am so HAPPY to be HERE and not there anymore. Whew.
post #89 of 1064
6/14/09 at 1:16pm
Gillian: How old do they need to be for the jumparoo? Is that what hangs from the doorway? I got a hand me down one but figured DD was too little still...but I think she's only 2 weeks younger than Royce. Also I heard of something called moms club (www.momsclub.org) that I've been meaning to look up. A group of stay at home moms that gets together...they are nationwide and sounds like they are everywhere. Does your local library have any sing alongs or story time? I went to one so far at mine and the other moms were pretty chatty...nice for the time I was there and maybe I will make friends with them. Try looking on meetup.com for local attachment parenting groups or new moms groups too. I'm new to my city and I feel really lucky that I saw an ad for a new moms group forming right before I moved so I do things with those moms once/week and other things with some of the moms outside of the group get togethers.

Cindy
post #90 of 1064
6/14/09 at 3:12pm
This is the jumperoo we bought. It says to use only for a child who is able to hold their head upright. I would think your DD would be able to use it just fine. The only thing is you may need to put something under it so her feet can touch (I remember you saying she's petite). I have it on the lowest setting and it fits Royce.

And thank you for the tips! I'm going to check with our local library to see if they have anything interesting. As for the other places, no luck, I really live in the middle of nowhere. My grandma refers to it as "God's country"
post #91 of 1064
6/14/09 at 9:14pm
Gillian: Your jumper is different than I was thinking of. I was thinking of one that hooks onto the doorway. But you gave me the idea of trying to find the same thing online and seeing what it says for the age. That jumper looks really cool though!
post #92 of 1064
6/14/09 at 9:23pm
My sister has one of those jumperoo things. Her daughter adores it. I put Owyn in it today while I was over there, she holds her head up very well and sat in it just fine, but her feet were inches from the ground. She only sat in there for a few minutes, obviously she couldn't jump around or anything. I just wanted to see what she thought of it since she loves the exersaucer so much.

Went to the wedding last night and was actually looking forward to some baby-free time. I enjoyed myself for a little while until my boob felt like it was going to explode from missing a feeding. It was about 3 hours and then I started missing my baby, so we had to go get her. I guess that's my limit for being away from her. I was better when I was in school, but now I've been home with her everyday and I just can't stand to be away from her for more than a couple of hours.
post #93 of 1064
6/17/09 at 4:34pm
So, looks like Owyn has pink eye. My poor baby. We went to that wedding last weekend and my good friend held her for a while. She thought her allergies were acting up (outdoor wedding, muggy day). Turned out she had pink eye. So, I've been watching for it and last night her eye started looking bloodshot. This morning she woke from her nap with it really red and watering badly.

I heard breastmilk helps pink eye, so I squirted some in her eye (that was a sight to see!). It did seem to help some. By the time I got her to the dr. her eye was just a little bloodshot. They said it looks like the beginnings of pink eye or possibly a plugged tear duct. So, I'm supposed to watch it for the rest of the day and see if it gets worse. If it does, they gave me a prescription for it. The breastmilk did a pretty good job though...

I just checked on it again a few minutes ago and it is looking more red than it was a couple hours ago... She doesn't act bothered by it, but not much seems to bother her, so who knows.
post #94 of 1064
6/17/09 at 4:51pm
well, one more week to go before DH gets home. I miss him! Fiona has been amazing though! I feel bad that DH is missing so much of her though. Since he has been gone she has perfected rolling from back to belly and gotten 2 teeth! (all this in less then 2 weeks! Phew, she's been busy!) She's also gained some good weight... we've hit 12 pounds!

I find myself thinking about having another baby a lot lately. Am I crazy to be thinking about this now?! The reality is it will be some time before we conceive again. I have fertility issues and had to conceive with clomid and IUI. Clomid tends to dry up your milk so I need Fi to be close to weaning. So maybe in 2 years! I'm just really loving her up so much lately and have fun thinking about expanding our family.

I remember getting my BFP. I swore I wasn't going to test because I was getting really frustrated by our treatments not working. I had been on clomid for 1.5 years and was on my 4th IUI. My dr and i had begun to discuss IVF. Well, I kept falling asleep on the couch at like 7 and was so hungary all the time that I gave in and tested. I didn't tell DH. When I got the two lines I called him into the bathroom. He thought I had seen a spider because I was "using my spider voice." I will always remember that moment! Makes me teary thinking about it now!
post #95 of 1064
6/17/09 at 8:50pm
Hey ladies--

AK -- I can't believe Fiona already has 2 teeth! Wow. Kudos to you for single parenting too.

I thought my girl was teething but the doc didn't see anything so I think she's just obsessed with her fist/fingers. They're constantly in her mouth and drool is everywhere.

We have a jumparoo that she's starting to enjoy. Her feet don't touch the ground but we have a firm piece of foam beneath her so she can move about. She enjoys it but, like everything, it has its time limit.

I've been back to a work schedule lately and we have a nanny at the house for 7 hours a day to watch her. It's going well but I wish she would drink more of my milk while I'm away. Yes, she finally took a bottle but now it's a matter of how much she'll take -- always something, isn't it?

Visiting family next week via plane -- trying not to stress it but can't help it since I'll be traveling without my DH. He's meeting us there after a business trip. Ugh. Just seems like a lot to juggle on my own.

Here's a quick sit-rep of other 'stuff':

Naps: Still unpredictable but usually clocks around 2-3 hours of total nap time while I'm gone
Nighttime: Down around 9-10; wakes 1-2 times; awake and alert by 6-6:30!
Babbling: All the time
Tummy Time: Not a big fan
Rolling over: Only a few times (?)
Smiling: Huge flirt
post #96 of 1064
6/17/09 at 8:58pm
My little guy has been obsessed with back to belly rolling recently (he rolled both ways by 3 months ish, but wasn't real concerted about it). It's the only thing he'll do when put on his back the past few days, so he's been getting a lot of tummy time. Luckily he doesn't mind being on his belly now that he's strong enough to reach for toys in front of himself.
He's also our little flirt - smiles and laughs at strangers more than us, I think.
Still won't nap or sleep alone, but we don't really try and force the issue.
post #97 of 1064
6/17/09 at 9:25pm
Mal - Oh no! I'm sorry to hear about Owyn's pink eye. I hope she get's better soon.

AKislandgirl - I'm glad your solo parenting is going well (and almost over!)

Oh, and I also can't stop thinking about the next baby! It does seem so crazy. I even had a dream last night that I was pregnant - it was another little boy and I told my husband that it was a boy and we were so excited and then we were feeling it kick. I can't wait to start trying again, but we'd like to wait until next spring.

Heinz - good luck with the big trip! I would be stressed about that too. Actually, even going on a shopping trip seems like a big task to me

I also have a big flirt. He smiles at anyone who talks to us and shows his big dimples. Having a baby has really forced me to be more social because everytime we go anywhere there is someone who wants to talk to me and Royce.
post #98 of 1064
6/18/09 at 4:44am
Anyone else hitting the dreaded 4 month sleep regression? This is even harder than when she was a newborn, because I'm used to a little more sleep.

Maia was up 7 times last night... tonight, three times between 11pm and 2:45am, at which point she's now been up for an hour. I really feel like I'm running on empty.

And no, she's not teething. I swear, anytime I say something about her, I get, "oh, she must be teething!" I can say she's awake a lot at night, napping a lot during the day, sucking her fingers, reaching for the dogs, more interested in Daddy than me... whatever... the response is "oh, she must be teething!" Drives me crazy!

Anyhow, like I said... running on empty. Phew.
post #99 of 1064
6/18/09 at 11:52am
DD's sleep regressed a little too. She used to go from 9 until 5 or 6 and go back down for an hour or 2 or 3. Now she goes to bed earlier...between 7 and 8. But she only sleeps until 2 or 3 then she's back up at 4 or 5 and I end up needing to bring her in bed to nurse on and off until around 7, at which point she's up for good. Today she actually slept in her bed until 6 but wouldn't really go back to sleep, she only nursed lying down for half hour then was up. Thankfully she's not waking up a million times though. I agree...it's so hard to wake up now at 2 or 3...not used to it anymore.

My 1 year old neice just regressed to waking every 2-3 hours...my poor sister in law is pooped...especially since she is crawling all over during the day.

Cindy
post #100 of 1064
6/18/09 at 1:49pm
Cordelia went in the jolly jumper for the first time yesterday. She loved it and it was so funny to watch her face as she jumped away. My ds didn't care for it so I never used it although it was a present from his uncle.
Heinz your little girl could be teething although the doc felt nothing. They can teeth for up to 2 months before anything pops through. I know my girl is. She has all the telltale signs and she screams at times when you put something near her mouth like the paci when she's hurting really bad.
She's been getting quite the rash in her thigh fat folds. I'm trying to give her more naked time. She pees and gets instantly red. I use pockets and AIO's so there's always a dry barrier. She has really sensitive skin. I'm thinking maybe I need to switch my detergent for my dipes.
She also doesn't like to be hot and sweaty at all. If the car seat is hot she will scream the whole trip even though we have a shade and ac. I'm thinking of getting a battery operated fan to position in front of her seat.
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