Feb 08 Mamas - June is the bringer of light - Page 5

[eilonwy]

Originally Posted by Mommy2Austin

I just want to remind you ladies that the minute you start to feel safe in the amount of children you have is the exact same minute it happens.

That's what happened to me.

No really. I'm good, thanks.

Now I'm all rainbows and warm fuzzies over the thought of buying maternity clothes, watching my belly get big, feeling the baby, buying clothes for baby....etc. It sucks you into a vortex. :

Beware.......Beeeeewwaaaaaare.....

I've done it four times. That's nice. But really, I'm good, thanks.

[Mommy2Austin]

LOL

My senior Title should be
"Beware of the Baby Vortex"

[lovetobemama]

Yeah...also NOT IT!!!

Though Helen is giving me nightmares with her eerily correct predictions....I am in the same boat as you, Carrie...looking daily at my little family, and feeling strongly like this is what it is meant to be.

[Teenytoona]

Originally Posted by Dea

Carrie...
You mentioned fermented CLO. Everyone talks about it. The thought of it makes me want to puke.
you say fermented CLO, I say rotten fish.

I blame Leftie for this assumption.

Also we're checking for a Leftie tomorrow. I hope he's still there. Poor little guy he's been blamed for a lot of stuff lately. I guess poor Rightie also, she's never blamed. And I've totally assigned them genders. I wonder if I'm right?

We're all pulling for leftie and rightie too! : LOL about the assigned genders, I bet I'd be doing that too.

Originally Posted by flapjack

I hope everything's OK, Dea.

The pregnancy epidemic continues: Rajahkat's expecting too. I reckon there's one, maybe two more to go.

I can say with confidence, as AF arrived Sat, NOT I!!

I meant to quote Carrie and ditto all the fermented CLO stuff. I wish they had an unflavored variety, but it's really not so bad. The dosages are in the mL so it's a very small amount, and just knock it back like you're doing a shot. Course Nara always wants some, so I give her some (straight), she seems to like it, but she's a wierd one for what she likes to eat. (thankfully, because it's one of those thigns that would be hard to get into her otherwise).

Thanks all on the nightweaning and toddler fits advice. One of the reasons I'm so wishy-washy on nightweaning is that I'm gone all day at work, so that's the only time she has unrestricted access to nursing. The other one is that whenever we try to limit night nursing, I just cannot stand her screaming and crying. We've tried Jay Gordon's method. In fact that's the only one we've tried. We do it for one night and decide it's too hard (on all of us) and take a break and then a month later try it again for one night and then stop. A few weeks ago, of her own doing, she was sleeping very well most of the night in her own bed (barely any nursing) and now that's changed (thanks to teething I suppose). But I'm feeling better, and not feeling so entirely sleep deprived, so it's easier on me these days. She does at least start off the night in the crib these days, which gives us a little time. Though somehow she always knows the exact *right moment* to wake up and "interruptus" us. IYKWIM. Sheesh. He's been snipped already kid, as far as we're concerned, don't worry, you WILL be the youngest!

[Dea]

I had another ultrasound today and it is the same outcome as last week. I go in for another in 2 weeks.
Sometimes we could see something in the sac and other times we couldn't. I swear I saw a pixle fluttering, but I am sure I was making it up. I feel like I need to prepare myself that I've lost that baby. I DO NOT want to hear people remind me that I still have one healthy baby in there, which I understand, but there was a baby, or there should have been and now there's not. I don't think I can bear someone tell me that I'm wrong to be sad.
GRRRRR!
The doctor did say that twins are hard to see and it can take time. I have little hope though. I can't bear to have any more crushes to my soul, ya know? The way I see it, if I move on and there are 2 then it will be a great surprise.
Also Trixie's carseat has been recalled. DAMN! And I have no appetite so consoling myself in icecream won't help. Suffice to say I am rather pissy today.

[lovetobemama]

Oh Dea, ...I've been thinking about you all day.
First of all, I think it's right to acknowledge that it really is too early to be getting great views of twins. I'm glad your prepared for the worst, but there could still be really good news in 2 weeks.
And second of all, you are absolutely right...anyone who dared to say something as horrid as "well, you still have one baby" would be INCREDIBLY insensitive, rude, awful and out-of-line. Your baby is in there, and if he doesn't make it for some reason, it will be heart-breaking. . I'll be sending you every sticky baby vibe I can muster for the next 2 weeks!!:

[eilonwy]

Oh, Dea. :

[flapjack]

SL tells the truth, Emily

Dea For me, part of me is glad that we found out about my twins when we did (when I miscarried twin 2 the day after finishing my miscarriage with twin 1) It's OK to grieve. It's OK to be happy. It's OK to be hopeful. It's OK to be despondent. AND IT'S OK TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO. What I will say, though, is that I am very glad that rightie is behaving herself and not giving you additional cause to worry.
Seriously, we've done the first part of the journey with you,and I know you have your new DDC but we're still here for you. OK?

[Mommy2Austin]

For Dea

I'm still not giving up hope for you and will make sure I prayer extra long and loud ok?

Babyweight is already starting....Only 1-2 lbs, but I'm a little bummed. I did have some ice cream and 2 cupcakes over this last few days as well as some buffalo wings from Wendy's (they were not that great and I didn't finish them.) So we'll just make sure I'm a little tighter with my reins and hope for the best!!

[flapjack]

Cough, cough, water retention, cough, cough. Put the scales and the cupcakes away for a month. Cough.

[Mommy2Austin]

Originally Posted by flapjack

Cough, cough, water retention, cough, cough. Put the scales and the cupcakes away for a month. Cough.

LOL thats the plan Although I'm still not overly convinced its water weight because I've been drinking my fluids and avoiding salt. But eh who cares really

[eilonwy]

Originally Posted by Mommy2Austin

LOL thats the plan Although I'm still not overly convinced its water weight because I've been drinking my fluids and avoiding salt. But eh who cares really

Avoiding salt actually leads to water retention, did you know? That's not to say that you should be pouring it over everything you eat by the bucket, but you should certainly be eating to your own tastes.

[Mommy2Austin]

Originally Posted by eilonwy

Avoiding salt actually leads to water retention, did you know? That's not to say that you should be pouring it over everything you eat by the bucket, but you should certainly be eating to your own tastes.

Thats what I meant I was doing

Speaking of salt....now I want boiled peanuts lol

[Selesai]

Originally Posted by Teenytoona

Thanks all on the nightweaning and toddler fits advice. One of the reasons I'm so wishy-washy on nightweaning is that I'm gone all day at work, so that's the only time she has unrestricted access to nursing. The other one is that whenever we try to limit night nursing, I just cannot stand her screaming and crying. We've tried Jay Gordon's method. In fact that's the only one we've tried. We do it for one night and decide it's too hard (on all of us) and take a break and then a month later try it again for one night and then stop.
<snip>
Though somehow she always knows the exact *right moment* to wake up and "interruptus" us. IYKWIM. Sheesh.

Teeny, I'm in the same boat as you where I work out of the home during the day, so my kids have tended to nurse a fair amount at night.
I nightweaned P at about age 2, after a few attempts. We did the Jay Gordon method. I nightweaned because at that point G had been born and I was going to shoot myself if I had to tend to both of them at the same time all night for much longer.
That being said, my personal feelings on nightweaning are that it's better to do it when the child is verbal (at least somewhat) and not in the midst of teething. My kids tend to teethe early, so right now G is getting her 4 last teeth (until her 2nd yr molars) in. Plus, she can't tell me what she needs or wants. I think she's too young to nightwean, so I haven't even considered it. That's just my two cents.

About the babies knowing when to wake up-- yeah. Don't they say babies are the best birth control? Grace does the same thing. DH gets so angry!

Originally Posted by Dea

I had another ultrasound today and it is the same outcome as last week. I go in for another in 2 weeks.
Sometimes we could see something in the sac and other times we couldn't. I swear I saw a pixle fluttering, but I am sure I was making it up. I feel like I need to prepare myself that I've lost that baby. I DO NOT want to hear people remind me that I still have one healthy baby in there, which I understand, but there was a baby, or there should have been and now there's not. I don't think I can bear someone tell me that I'm wrong to be sad.

Really pulling for you, Dea.



I am in the same place as others about the number of kids I have. I used to think I wanted three, but now I have a boy and a girl (which is kind of cool, though not necessary for me) and I can see the end of the needy kid stage. Sometimes it makes me sad-- I love these ages-- my oldest, 3 this month, is such a gem and says the funniest things. But I also remember the newborn period, the pumping for 15 mos+ period, the working while exhausted period, etc. I'm not too eager to go there, or to push DH (SAHD) much further!

[eilonwy]

Yesterday I went out for dinner with a friend. We went to Damon's and played the trivia game (yes, we won, I usually do) and had a lovely time being normal people. Before that, I handed over all of my infant prefolds, a slew of covers in sizes preemie - medium, about a dozen premium prefolds and a HUGE bag full of baby clothing, boys & girls sizes preemie-24 months. You know why? Decluttering, yes, but I'm not having any babies right now. When I think about RHMB, I think of 2012. I think it'd be fun to start a new pattern, maybe (my kids were born in '02, '04, '06, and '08).

But I am really enjoying what a big fellow Bear is! He's so sweet and squishy. This morning, instead of screaming "bobble!" or "wawa!" he very politely said, "dirsty, peese?" In a few more months, he'll ask politely for damn near everything (except, of course, when he doesn't want to). He likes to sit on the potty and even pees on occasion. He claps and says, "big guw!" which is, of course, "big girl" and what he's come to associate with the potty-- who cares if he's a little confused? I call him "big guy" and clap right along. The point is, he *is* a big guy and it's so exciting. : I can see the light at the end of the tunnel... it's a swirling vortex of beauty, and it smells absolutely pristine... oh wait, that's a toilet flushing, nevermind.

Yes-- I'm sad that I'll never have that perfect birth experience. I'm VERY sad not to be really enjoying nursing my last baby, having those warm snuggly moments, that I'll never look down to see a toddler nursing and driving a car back and forth over my boob again. : I've lost some things that I'll never have. But you know what? I have a lot to be greatful for. The game's not over yet, and I think I'm doing all right in the grand scheme of things.

Of course, I have a redhead and he makes a lot of things better just by existing.

Okay, I didn't get much sleep last night ladies. Forgive me if this is incoherent... and please laugh if it's hilarious.

[flapjack]

Rynna, that's sweet.

I've found Dea's missing eighth follicle, you'll be relieved to know. Strawberryfields is due with her third January 17th, and if you count me among the 8, that's all present and accounted for... so you can all breathe out now Apart from Rynna, who is obviously about to get knocked up because she got rid of her baby stuff

[Dea]

Funny about the missing 8th follie!
Thank you everyone for the kind words. I feel way more comfortable telling you all the details, and whining.
Sarah Lynn, I gained 2 lbs in a week. I'm counting on it being water weight. I'm not sure I even ate 2 pounds worth last week. I have no appetite!

Do strawberries cause runny bums? Trixie has managed to eat close to her body weight in them in the past couple of days. She loves them so much, and since she's not much of a eater, when she loves something I let her have it. So far there have been no ill effects, but I'm waiting!

[eilonwy]

Originally Posted by flapjack

Rynna, that's sweet.

I've found Dea's missing eighth follicle, you'll be relieved to know. Strawberryfields is due with her third January 17th, and if you count me among the 8, that's all present and accounted for... so you can all breathe out now Apart from Rynna, who is obviously about to get knocked up because she got rid of her baby stuff

MEEP! : Even Facebook says I won't get pregnant until 2012, and we all know that Facebook quizzes are like the word of the Almighty, parsed in hexidecimal and reformated for our viewing pleasure in l337/TXT.

Lucky for you tHRH has a sense of humor about it all, the crazy fellow. I suppose I should feel honored that people want to breed with me, and I know that I'm blessed to have a man in my life who thinks my kids are the bees' knees, and who's flattered when they miss him. But wow, I'm really loving what a big guy Bear is. Bella, too! Before I know it, Bean and BooBah will be human beings instead of wild monkeys and I'll be able to sew and knit and embroider to my heart's content. Mmm, knitting. My redhead's always freezing (which happens when all of your body fat is stored on another person-- Jack Sprat was clearly based on tHRH ; If I knitted him a sweater, he'd actually *wear* it. Especially if it was black. Hm. Anyone know a good place to find a nice, soft, black merino yarn? I like Paton's Classic Merino, but I don't recall seeing black... Anyway, it'd be a seriously gratifying project. I mean he's tiny, so it wouldn't take a year and a day to knit, and he'd wear it which would make me happy. What's not to love? It's like making stuff for the kids, only it's less likely to be completely destroyed!

Speaking of, BooBah has asked for another jacket. I made her one a couple of years ago (Bear wore it last winter; It will probably be too small come fall but he'll wear it this summer at the Farm) and it was the coolest thing ever. She'd like another one that's just as cool. I told her she'd have to discuss with her brother the disassembly of sewing machines and such. She wasn't impressed. One of these days... *wanders off, fantasizing about a sewing machine that DOESN'T get eaten by bears.*

Originally Posted by Dea

Do strawberries cause runny bums? Trixie has managed to eat close to her body weight in them in the past couple of days. She loves them so much, and since she's not much of a eater, when she loves something I let her have it. So far there have been no ill effects, but I'm waiting!

Strawberries are fairly high on the list of allergenic foods. Not the top eight that make up some 90% of all allergies, but as far as fruits go they're up there (behind only, I believe, the Nightshade Family). Bella was allergic to strawberries as a little person-- her first summer I had a handful. She broke out in hives and I gave them up. At three she has no trouble with them, but that's a relatively new development. Runny buns, yes, but the hives were the real dealbreaker around here. Bear was fine at first, but now he's starting to break out from them. It's quite depressing and it makes life very difficult, as his siblings love them and love to share.

[Dea]

Ahhh Rynna I'm sorry for the allergies! Sucks!
So far we have none. Trixie eats them like there's no tomorrow and she's had no side effects. I guess a little of a runny bum wouldn't be bad 'casue she's a little constipated anyhow.
She loves her nightshade berries too. If I would just feed her blue, black and strawberries she would be a happy girl. Mean ol' mama trying to make her have a balanced diet!

[lovetobemama]

Dea, my DS would eat just like that too, if I let him

Rynna, I'm so jealous of your amazing skillz, and love hearing the sweet Bear stories!!

As for us, Molly didn't nurse between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. last night. Now, she was sleeping with DH, so that's why, but still she didn't have a hard time, and it was surreal for me to go that period of time with uninterrupted sleep...seriously surreal. (AWESOME!!!)