Weekly chat thread April first week - Page 3

[jul511riv]

nak.

Originally Posted by Katie34

jul511riv I was wondering how things are going for you on the place to live thing, the support thing, and all that. I know just before you had the baby you had a lot of changes and stuff going on with looking for a place to live and stuff. How did that resolve and how are you doing emotionally? Care to update? I hope you are doing well.

awww, thx. still lots of drama. trying to think fast and keep the noggin above h2o. Did I mention how happy i am to no longer b pregnant?

Originally Posted by NicoleS

I personally found that my boobs went down some after 4-6 weeks when my milk evened out.

lmao, rotf. Baby is almost 2.5 months and I'm just getting bigger n bigger. Still no bra. Waiting for my double H to come in from the U.K. Please G-d let it get here soon and I didnt get scammed.

[HappiLeigh]

Originally Posted by jul511riv

Did I mention how happy i am to no longer b pregnant?

ME TOO!! I LOVE not being pregnant!!

Lauren, hope your ankle feels better fast. I like traveling with a little baby because they are still so portable, and you have this great built-in excuse to just stop or slow down when you need to. We're planning a beach trip soon and I can't wait!

Katie, I agree with the others who said buy a cheap bouncy seat. I bought the cheapest one Target carried with my DD and we've used it again with this guy. My other recommendation is to get one that doesn't have stuff (toys) dangling in front of the kid's face so you can talk to your little guy while he's in it. I love our bouncy--the vibrating totally keeps an LO happy for long enough to take a quick shower or throw together a quick meal! (Both of which can be difficult with a baby in sling.)

Let's see...what else are we talking about? Bras. After returning a zillion of them to Target after taking them home and trying them on, I finally found one style/size that works, so I went to two different Targets to buy enough in my size. (36D with underwire apparently. Which sounds so much more ooh la la than it looks. ) I don't leak very much, so I don't have to use pads or anything, but the baby does sleep on a prefold to catch anything that oozes out of him, and it also takes care of any leaking that does happen.

[NicoleS]

Originally Posted by HappiLeigh

Let's see...what else are we talking about? Bras. After returning a zillion of them to Target after taking them home and trying them on, I finally found one style/size that works, so I went to two different Targets to buy enough in my size. (36D with underwire apparently. Which sounds so much more ooh la la than it looks. ) I don't leak very much, so I don't have to use pads or anything, but the baby does sleep on a prefold to catch anything that oozes out of him, and it also takes care of any leaking that does happen.

Where did you find a 36D underwire nursing bra at Target? I looked and couldn't find any - they went from 36C to 38D at my store, and when I checked online it was the same spacing. Though I ended up being a 36DD/E anyways, which they don't carry either.

And odd Jul that you keep getting bigger! Maybe because I'm such a poor producer? But I'm always biggest the first month or so and then they level out. Been like that all 4 times.

[linchi]

Joining the NAK club Let's see:

Boobs
Mine seem to be leveling out now, and I think my supply is ok. Iago is almost 5 kilos and he's a month and a week old! I have an ill fitting nursing bra it seems. When I lie sideways my other (top) breast falls out. Would love to find some nursing tanks here.

Vaccines
Ack! I chose a dr because she seemed more natural minded (she's an acupuncturist and homeopathic practitioner in addition to regular dr). So now am I disappointed after vaccine was one of the first words that uttered out of her mouth. I have a script for the vaccines, but I might just not go back, and try and find another doc. Too bad, she's right across the street.

Travel
We went on our first road trip this weekend and met some friends who live in Germany in Strasbourg, France. It was so much fun and Iago was a trooper. By the end he was done with the Ergo, but that's ok! I think he'll be happier once he can look around more and not be stuck inside.

I too am so happy to be done being pregnant. Now if DH and I could come to agree on birth control.

[Snapdragon]

ouch Looked at my c section scar in the mirror for the 1st time today. Not a great thing to see. Dealing with the physical stuff, wishing it had gone differently. sigh.

[JustSimplicity]

I must agree with everyone else too: I LOVE not being pregnant! I LOVE being able to eat real food again! I LOVE being able to see that Ze is okay and not worrying about him 24/7.

Bouncers: I'm going to admit that I bought the most freakin' expensive bouncer there is - The Baby Bjorn Babysitter. BUT I bought it after spending hours and hours and HOURS bouncing Ze and holding him up because he wants to look at everything. The Babysitter gets him sitting almost vertical and it has a super nice bounce and is not ugly. Plus it folds flat, which is great because we have a super small apartment with no space. We had borrowed a swing for awhile and he HATED it. He loves the Babysitter. Today I put him in it and talked to him while taking a bath and then got him out to join me in the bath. He was all smiles. Totally worth the price in my opinion considering it's the one baby gear item we actually bought and we're planning on having more kids and doing foster care. My advice would be to try to figure out what your baby likes and what will keep him occupied: maybe get a bouncer and swing on craigslist or something just to try them out. You can always splurge later if he really likes one particular thing.

We took Ze on his first plane ride this past weekend. He did really well. Going there he was wide awake the whole time and screamed because his ears were popping. I tried to nurse him as much as possible but it's a little cramped on an airplane. The trip back I soothed him to sleep in the moby before we got on the plane and he slept most of the way. When he woke up we had a bottle ready so he could suck and that helped with the ears. He did really well with sleeping too, almost better than he does at home.

He's still doing the shouting thing only lately it's been starting at exactly 5:00am. I swear he has to poop. He wakes up crying a groaning like he's kind of in pain and when I rock and soothe him he falls back to sleep but only for 10 minutes or so. I've been making sure to burp him a lot and am giving him gripe water at the feeding right before this 5am wake up. Finally I took him into our bed and side nursed (yay for figuring out how to do this!) him to sleep and then he slept for 2.5 hours (MIRACLE!). But he woke up making the same "pain" kind of noises and pooped a ton! Why wouldn't he just poop at 5am and get it over with?

[aramat]

My husband bought a really cheap bouncer, and I don't feel it is as secure as the Papasan-kind we had last time, so I don't really like it, but it does the job -- keeps her happy long enough for me to get a shower or eat dinner.

[Snapdragon]

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[NicoleS]

Technically I'm a SAHM - at least in DH's eyes (I work from home). I do 90% of the childcare for all 4. With Caleb he might hold him if he's fussy (for a long time he could get Caleb to sleep when I couldn't) and I need to do something else or helping with the bigger kids if I'm in the middle of nursing, but the majority of the care falls to me.