May Mamas Chat thread <3<3 - Page 2

[Ldavis24]

Katie I can't even imagine how you manage 2 all by yourself a lot of the time! It boggles the mind as my DH likes to mumble all the time! Your LO is so very precious!

Major Mama, I just wanted to post about your LO falling off the bed. Della has fallen off our bed at least 5 times and last week I was cooking in our tiny kitchen with her. She was sitting in her bumbo next to the sink and I was standing right next to her using the counter space next to her seat ( I know bumbos on counter bad bad!!!)....So I literally turn around and take 1 step to the stove and turn back and she is falling head first into the kitchen sink because she suddenly figured out how to climb out of the bumbo....
I caught her before she really hurt herself and the sink was empty so knives or anything but it could just have easily been the floor and I might not have caught her for that one. So yeah the bumbo is gone now and if she is on the counter she is strapped in tight to her portable high chair...
Yup chalk that one up to mommy being stupid

I have been told and I now truly believe that every baby falls off the bed or something more than once in their lives!

Oh in response to Major Mama's question about PPAF, I just wanted to add another question am I the only one here who hasn't gotten one yet? Not even a hint of one actually. I am still nursing a ton but also doing solids. I am at the point where I am going to go buy a pregnancy test because I feel like I should have had it by now. That will really freak DH out! I had to stop taking the low dose BC because it was still making me sick and gain lots of weight and basically all the side effects. So yeah if I am preggo again I am not sure what my reaction is going to be but it will be interesting!

[j_p_i]

Hi mamas! Happy birthday Ldavis, and others with bdays coming up. I, too, am approaching 30... will be 29 in June! Comtessa - I am also loving the activity, this age is just so much fun. Olivia has been crawling for awhile, and has been pulling up for awhile as well. She has recently learned to cruise on the furniture, and can stand on her own as long as she doesn't realize she's not holding on to something

She also loves food! We started off with purees (because I had wic) but have moved on to blw, because she definitely prefers whatever we are eating! She loves feeding herself, but still eats from a spoon/my hand too

We recently got a dog - I think I mentioned this in the last thread. Not sure what I was thinking, a puppy and a baby... and the puppy is more needy than the baby! The good thing has been motivation to go on walks, I've been walking him twice a day with Olivia in the Kelty backpack. I've also been doing EA Active, and have started losing weight again! I was totally platued and feeling unmotivated, but I actually have more energy too. I fit into some pre-preg pants again (the biggest ones, but still... progress!).

Guess that's it for now! Glad everyone is doing well

[~Katie~]

PPAF - It's not uncommon to go a year + without it when you're breastfeeding. Just as a reference, there were a couple of women in DS's DDC who just got their's back a few months ago, and he's almost 2 1/2. That doesn't mean you still can't chart fertility signs, if you're like me you'll ovulate before your first PPAF. I'm lucky that I can pinpoint the day of fertility based on ovulation fluid and ovulation pain but not everyone can do that.

Ldavis - I have no idea how I do it either. I look back on the last 9 months and think about how much the kids have changed and grown and in seems like it went by so fast. It still seems kind of surreal to me.

Food - Laine's appetite really picked up in the last month and she eats on her own pretty much whenever we are eating. She eats pretty much anything cooked enough that she can gum on since she doesn't have any teeth yet.

[~Katie~]

Erin - I will join you in the weight loss club! I've been doing workouts on exercise TV and luckily they change them up enough to not get boring. I still have about 14lbs. to go but that's because of my diet. I signed up to SparkPeople and have been tracking my food-intake and exercise to help me lose the weight. I also ended up ordering myself a recumbent bike to use at night for cardio, so we'll see how that goes.

[Kelly1101]

Originally Posted by Auraji

Kelly I'd probably be going crazy if I was you. I remember the first months of being pregnant all I wanted to do was SLEEP and not throw up. Im hoping things are going well for you, how far along are you?

Ha, things are going as well as can be expected, at least I can take naps with her... I'm about 8 weeks now although not quite sure, think I ovulated late... I'll be getting a dating u/s next Friday and will probably just go with whatever that says because I'm really unsure about the date.

I just can't wait until spring. Not just because I'll be finally in the 2nd trimester, but it will just be fun to be able to get out more, take walks, have picnics, look at the flowers, etc I know it can't be any more fun for Em than it is for me, being cooped up all the time.

[lil_miss_understood]

I'll be 31 this year.
ds3 is crawling sort of and pulling to standing.
SO tired. everyone's sick here including me and my thyroid is "off".
no ppaf yet
cautious w/solids bc we have a LOT of food intolerances in the house- dairy (also an allergy here), wheat, eggs, sugar, nuts, bananas and berries to name most
weight loss- watching portion sizes, lost 5 lbs

[Blessed_Mom]

Now I feel like I barged in on some clique

My DD's poos have started turning semi-solid since she has started some solids (mostly due to banana). Has anyone else ever noticed that?

[j_p_i]

Originally Posted by KatieJD

Erin - I will join you in the weight loss club! I've been doing workouts on exercise TV and luckily they change them up enough to not get boring. I still have about 14lbs. to go but that's because of my diet. I signed up to SparkPeople and have been tracking my food-intake and exercise to help me lose the weight. I also ended up ordering myself a recumbent bike to use at night for cardio, so we'll see how that goes.

Nice! I have changed my diet recently, I've been feeling motivated since losing a couple more pounds. I still have about 13 lbs to go.

Blessed_Mom - yes, same thing here with the poops and solids. She also poops regularly, every other day.

[lotus.blossom]

Hi Mamas. I am under attack so I might have to come back to finish this . Griffin loves to grab my eyelashes and he loves to unplug my laptop. I have definitely noticed a change from innocent baby, to devilishly cute and "naughty" baby. I'm constantly redirecting. But its ok because I've been through it before. Being a second time mamas is so different than the first time.

Griffin has also been sick with a NASTY virus. He caught it from big bro 2 weeks ago and we were in the ER one night and the doctors office and of course nothing they can do about it. He has had a high fever, horrible cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis, rash...you name it. It feels like it will never go away. He is still dealing with the cough/nose/eye boogies. I have literally held him 90% of the last 2 weeks. The other 10% he was in his carseat. As a result I am on a heating pad for my back. I have major sciatic issues and I keep forgetting to call the chiro. Mamas needs always come last.
Today is the first day that he has been more himself.....I was able to run through and clean my house up. That feels better.

He has 8 teeth now. And he is not nursing as much as I would like. I think its in part from his stuffy nose. His sleep is frustrating. Never naps longer than 20minutes. And at night we are up and down in the first few hours till we go to bed and then he sleeps pretty solid. So I guess I can't complain. I just really want a break from children some days and I don't get it with niether of them napping, and then him not goin down solid in the evening.

He took a couple independent steps before he got sick 2 weeks ago and then of course regressed a little while sick. Today he will walk with me holding one hand. So he can physically walk just needs to get more confidence. I am excited about him being able to walk.

I lost a couple lbs while he was sick. Which made me laugh because I busted my @ss working out the 3 weeks previous and didn't lose a pound. And then I stopped exercising for 2 weeks and lost 3 lbs. I'm 5 lbs away from my pre preg weight although about 10 lbs away from my goal which I won't see till I am done nursing anyway.

And I will be 29 a week before Griffin turns 1! Eeek! Last year in my 20's.

[j_p_i]

It's funny April - I will be 29 a week before Olivia turns 1! I'm glad Griffin is feeling a bit better, poor guy. Olivia has had a little cold, but nothing serious. It always seems like a little cold sets in for her when she is teething. She still only has 2 teeth. I can feel three other ones on the top under the skin... but I've felt like they are just right below the skin for three weeks now!

She has become an expert cruiser, and can do it with one hand now. She also happily played with my mom while I got my hair cut the other day! It was a relief, since she has been only mama for awhile. She still cries if she sees me leave a room, but at least she will hang out with DH or my mom now if I'm gone.

In other news - I'm tearing my hair out with this puppy. I don't know how I let DH talk me into it! He really isn't that bad, he's just a puppy I guess. He's cute and snuggly, though he is ALWAYS licking the baby. Which freaks her out. He is also still learning not to play bite, and despite knowing this it infuriates me when he tries to do this to Olivia. He's getting better though, and mostly pees and poops outside. Thank goodness, I think that would push me over the edge!

The baby and the dog are happily playing together right now though.

[Punchy Kaby]

Looks like I'm the granny around here, I'll be 35 in may. I definitely look my age now that I am soooo sleep deprived. I am married to a forever young DH, he is 2 years older than me and he still gets carded whenever he orders beer at restaurants. He has even had waiters not believe his drivers license .

We are buckled under for another BIG winter storm. I have lots of cooking and baking planned. And sledding, of course. I am not looking forward to shoveling.

DD is doing ok in the sleep department. I had been trying some no cry sleep solution stuff. She is back in her own crib because the playing in the middle of the night drove me crazy.

DD is also at that mischievous baby stage. It is really fun to see her personality developing. She loves DS so much, her face lights up when he comes in the room and they play together. She loves knocking down the legos that he builds. She gives him wet kisses on his lips. DD loves to dump out tons of toys and spread them around, I have to put less toys arounf her so I have less mess to clean up!

[j_p_i]

Thinking about all of you who are getting snowed in right now! I have to admit, up here in Maine with no snow on the forecast, I'm wishing for some!

Dog just indicated at the door and then pooped outside! That certainly makes him easier to handle

I'm finally getting Olivia to nap on her own! She is sleeping longer that way as well, which I'm happy about. The past couple of nights have been a bit rough though, she is just super super restless and will basically only sleep with her head on my boob. I am unsure if this is a teething thing or an 8 month thing...?

DH tells me this morning (half-jokingly) that if it makes me too crabby in the morning then maybe we should think about putting her in her own space (in our room) to sleep. All I said was that he snored through 70% of DD's restlessness (hehe). Truthfully I am not ready to give up our cosleeping arrangement, and after a cup or two of coffee I feel fine. Not to mention, our crib was one of the recalled ones so I don't know what we would use for that anyway. I told DH I thought this was temporary and that I wanted to continue cosleeping, and he agreed.

[Auraji]

Sophia is sleeping better lately too. She's back out of her early schedule, but I havent been forcing it too much. I spent all my energy playing with her and dss, went out to get beer for DP because he lost his ID, there is a lot of snow out there, but it's not that bad. At least not like it was when I was in Ottawa. I also did a LOT of laundry today, Im happy about that and kinda organized a bit around the house.
Sophia has been making us laugh all day, her favorite "word" is BOEEE BOEEE, she says it all the day when she's happy. She's been playing a way lot by herself. She's right now on the floor getting my underwear out of the drawer and shaking it in the air LOL
She slept for like half and hour and woke up with lots of energy. Im too tired to rock and walk her for a super long time. So Im waiting to see signals that she's ready to go down again.
Dss has a cough and has been kinda grumpy. He had really dark circles under his eyes, but I didnt hear him coughing at night or anything. He wanted to go out in the snow, but he kept coughing so much, I didnt want him to get any worse

Sophia's most recent pictures (I love the first one, look at the frog and her face haha)

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[OceansEve]

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[~Katie~]

Love the pictures! She is too sweet with all that hair!



We have a first tooth! A smidgen of tooth broke through today and hopefully I can breathe a little sigh of relief in the sleep department. I won't count on it though.

[OceansEve]

Happy Birthday to all who have turned, are turning soon!

As for looking your age - I remember those days people would come to our door and ask if our parents were home.... *sigh* pretty sure I at least look my age these days. three pregnancies back to back and lack of sleep for so long will do that to a person.

She is hardly sleeping. I should be sleeping right now, but I'm an idiot.

She now thinks everything is edible.

She says mama, dada, and tried to say cat today.

Oh and still no teeth.

Blessed_Mom - Yep Anna had a very solid poop the other day and I'm 99% sure it was due to banana, I should have known not to give her so much since it's the leader of the BRAT diet to help with diarhea :doh

Auraji- I don't know what to say about your dss, maybe post something in one of the other forums, not sure which one tho.... I'm having a hard time with my 3 yo being mean to my 2 yo right now and I can't seem to find a solution.

weight - I am finally back down to where I was before thanksgiving. Woohoo! Thank you wii fit and ae workouts! I need to lose another 24 lbs before I will be happy with my weight, tho technically that's still 20 lbs more than I'm "supposed" to weigh.

for easy going pregnancy, strong mama handling two little ones by herself, and doggie training

[major_mama11]

Blessed_Mom- Yes, DS's poops have been getting more solid too lately. He's getting much more predictable about when he goes, too.

Adorable baby pictures ladies!

Weight- I've been lax about portion sizes lately, so was kind of at a standstill. But have lost a couple pounds this week. All it took was being depressed over losing our health insurance to make me lose my appetite! Not a recommended weight loss technique, though... I still have about 18 pounds to go to get to a healthy weight, since I went into the pg 20 pounds overweight.

I just discovered kundalini yoga last week, and feel like it is the first kind of exercise where I don't feel like I'm fighting against my body. I am loving it!

LDavis, yikes, it's amazing how fast they can move when your back is turned for half a second! I think DD fell off the bed several times as a baby. I worry about DS on the bed and in the crib both- he rattles the side so hard when he wakes up, that I'm always afraid he will unlatch it and go over head over heels.

Katie- wow, I would love to go 2 1/2 years like the ladies in your other ddc!

Kelly- glad you're getting some sleep! That first trimester is exhausting.

[trauerweidchen]

Happy late birthday, LDavis! I turned 25 a few weeks before Julian was born, so I'm right in the mid-20s group as well. I always expected I'd have kids around age 30, but this is good too.

There were a lot of little things I wanted to respond to in people's posts--about playgroups, yes, I think even at 8 1/2 months Julian would enjoy more contact with other children. We go to La Leche League meetings at least once a month, and there are some mamas with slightly older babies there, so that's always fun. I'm trying to cultivate some new friendships, as few of our friends who live in the area have children.

I've had to basically drink little to no caffeine the whole time I've been breastfeeding; I didn't drink much before anyway, but I can see its effects on Julian pretty clearly when I do drink a noticeable amount. It's not very conducive to settling down for sleepy time.

On the changing nature of poopy diapers with solid foods--eek, it really doesn't take more than a few bites to substantially change a baby's digestive system! I miss the days of exclusively breast-fed diapers (we're using cloth, so I get to deal with the mess first-hand).

I still haven't had a true PPAF either, though I had a couple of days of spotting last month, so I kind of expect it to start up again anytime.

Hope everyone is having a good, relaxing weekend!

[j_p_i]

DD and DH are sleeping in, I'm up with the dog. Who barked at 5am to be let out, then again at 6am... and who is now ALSO sleeping. So I guess I'm just up making sure he doesn't poop

I would love to find a playgroup and meet other moms, but I feel like I'm kinda out in the sticks and am unsure of how to find a group. I tried that momslikeme website - anyone been there? I promptly left after being bashed for breastfeeding and saying I was a supporter of breastfeeding. People jumped down my throat for making formula feeding moms feel bad. (Hopefully I'm not breaking an mdc rule for posting that - that website seemed like a good idea but clearly wasn't the place to find like-minded people!)

My good friends in Maine (lotus ) live a good 1.5 hours away, and Olivia has hated being in the car so we don't travel much. This is improving though, so maybe I can venture out more often.

DH is up, gotta run for now! I keep wanting to respond to others but seem to have only enough time to type out what we've been up to!

[~Katie~]

Ugh, the number one reason I can't wait for potty learning is starting solids. Can't they just be exclusively breastfed until then? DS was EC'd up until one and wouldn't touch the potty after we moved to NC, still has no interest in using it. Dealing with two in diapers is hell.

Erin - Have you tried Finding Your Tribe for your region? It's a good way to either find groups or start one if there's enough interest, and MDC is massive enough that you almost always can.

AF this time around has been very different from any I've ever had. After DS was born they were light, I've never really had heavy AF. This time around it's kind of scary how bad they are, no cramps or anything but very long and heavy. Makes me wonder what's causing that and if it's something I need to be concerned about.