Knee-deep in June - May 09 Mama's

[~Katie~]

New thread for the month

[Novus]

Yay for June!!! Now it really feels like summer (although...it's been hot for the past 2 months now, so I'm not sure why June makes it "officially" summer...must be some remnant from being in school!)

We had a great long weekend, but then, DH got sick at the end of it and now, Luke is sick. Boo! He has spent all day nursing and sneezing and he can't sleep because his nose is stuffed up. Right now, he's finally napping with a pillow. It's the first time he's using a pillow in the crib, so I keep going in to check on him...I'll probably end up waking him up from opening and closing his door so much!

[Kelly1101]

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[lil_miss_understood]

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[j_p_i]

Yay June! My birthday is coming up actually, on the 8th... last year of my 20's! I don't feel 29...

Olivia has quite a cough the past couple days, she sort of chokes/gags of phlem and has spit or throw it up a couple times. Taking her to the ped today. I'm not sure if it's all the pollen in the air plus the smoke from Canada that's been all over New England recently or what. I can't stop sneezing myself.

Yuck.

[~Katie~]

I want to change the thread title but my brain isn't functioning right now, so if anyone has any good ones for June let me know.

Currently in the 2WW, 1DPO to be exact. I told myself I'd wait to test until my birthday on the 10th. I think our chances are pretty decent this month so I guess we shall have to see

Laine has pretty much abandoned crawling and is walking everywhere as long as she has a place to stop every once in a while to regain her balance. Tooth #8 just came in so hopefully sleep will improve. I know we're in trouble when the canines and molars come in, though. We're having troubles with hitting and biting and scratching right now, I don't remember dealing with this with Liam at this age.

[trauerweidchen]

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Ah, the bittersweet crawl-walk transition! That's where we're at right now. Jules has cut his two top teeth and has three along the bottom (he's missing the lower right one of his center teeth still). He's one big muscle these days, but still loves being carried and worn in one of our woven wraps. He's such a sweet little guy, and quite shy. Either it's the stage he's at, or he takes after me, or both.

We love to garden together, bub and I, so we've been spending a fair bit of time outside. It's been an odd spring here in MN; it got warm early, then cold, then super hot, and now it's settled down a little bit (which is fine with me).

Jules is eating a lot of solids, and seems to be thriving on them. We haven't figured out the sippy cup very well yet, though, so he's mostly just getting fluids in the form of breastmilk. I miss the baby he was already, but I love the toddler he's turning into. We have a lot of fun together.

Katie--good luck TTC! I'm sending baby dust your way.

Erin and Novus--I hope Olivia and Luke feel better soon.

I hope everyone else is doing well! Happy summer to all.

[j_p_i]

Well the ped said the cough was nothing. "Possibly viral"... not our regular ped but at least we know her lungs sound good and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong, except perhaps her sensitivity to all the yucky stuff outside.

Katie - good luck with TTC!

trauerweidchen - we love the garden too! Olivia seems obsessed with flowers and plants, pretty funny. She LOVES being outside. Loves it, it's great!

We are getting more and more words here, she seems to try to repeat a lot of what we say. She can identify lots of things, body parts, animals, toys, etc. I am having so much fun with this age!

[Kelly1101]

Em still wants us to talk and doesn't want to mimic. She will "whazzat?" all day long, and point to nose, ears, cat, etc., respond to commands like "come here", "hands up," "put it on your head" (haha), etc. But won't repeat after you.

[Auraji]

This hasn't been a good week for me. Sophia is the only thing that has kept me smiling. I was pretty excited about the working out thing and last week I managed to go to the gym, every other day. This week I haven't had the chance to go even one day. I know it's not entirely DP's fault because he gets left alone at work and can't leave until somebody gets here, but it's so unfair, then by the time he gets here. It's dinnertime, I'm starving, gotta eat, feed baby, bathe baby, put baby to sleep and then at 10-11pm I just don't have any energy left to hit the gym. I also keep asking him to print the YMCA scholarchip application papers so I can apply for one and that way I can go whenever I want to without having to depend on nobody else's time. I think I'm gonna have to just take the bus and pick one up, because he always forgets.

I'm also PMSing, so everything is annoying me much more than it normally would. What else? I cut my finger with a can pretty bad. DP plans to ask his stepdad for a loan to buy a moog (a synthetizer), it's 900$ and he plans to work to pay it. I understand how important his music is to him, but it bothers me that he feels like he can just go ahead and get whatever he wants, specially when we have so many things to pay. I think I got really annoyed at him last night because he mentioned something about going to the city to hang out with his cousin this weekend. I thought he meant all of us, specially since dss is not here this weekend, is much easier for us to walk, take buses and trains and we haven't gone out together in such a long time. When I said that's what I thought, he was all like "oh, you can come if you want", but it was one of those I don't really want you to. I understand guys need guy time, but the last few times he has gone out it has been by himself. I just got excited about doing something different all together.

Sorry to be such a debby downer. In other news, Sophia has been well, she's super silly and is always playing peek-a-boo, hiding under blankets and cracking up. She's turned into a monkey and climbs things that scare me. I can't believe how much she's grown. Next month we have a wedding and the ceremony is at 3 and the reception is at 6. I don't know how all that is going to be, DP is the best man. I'm currently checking ebay in hopes to score something to wear.

Kelly, Sophia is pretty much like that too. She doesn't like mimicking, she points, goes wazzat and says some words when SHE wants to. DP said she repeated water one day when they were alone and something else he forgot, but usually for me she doesn't repeat things.

Katie good luck on trying to conceive! and I hope the sick babies get better too.

[Peppermint Poppies]

I found you all!! I didn't know whether to look in the toddler section or LWAB.

Katie - fingers crossed for you. I always find the TWW to be so torturously slow (although one of my more memorable cycles was 108 days long )

Kelly - Darcy is doing similar to Em: lots of pointing while saying "dat?". She especially loves pointing at the lights in our house. Apart from that, she's not much of a talker. Her brother does all the talking for her!

Auraji - sounds like a cr@p week all round I'm feeling a bit frustrated with the lack of time to myself lately too. I asked DH if I could have an hour to go for a walk on the weekend and he agreed (reluctantly). Then I decided that I needed a nap more, but when I told him, he said 'well, I want a nap too', so I didn't end up having a nap or a walk. We're at a horrible point where we are both so sleep-deprived and burnt-out that it's hard to give the other person a break because it feels like you're taking on an extra burden then. We have no family, no support whatsoever. It's hard.

Darcy's on her 3rd breastfeed for the morning and it's only 9.30am. Poor Jambin gets a bit neglected on days like this, and ends up watching too much TV as he cannot play or entertain himself without a lot of input from me. Perhaps Darcy is making up for last night. We started the night-weaning process, and we all (DH included) spent a lot of time crying. I need to do it for my own health, but it was so hard when I've never before denied her the breast in 13 months. She eventually fell to sleep in my arms. Bittersweet.

[Miasmamma]

Yesterday was Lily's birthday! We had just a small party with family and she had a ball. She loved her cake, but she'd been wanting it since I took it out of the oven that morning.

I'm sorry that night weaning is so stressful for you and your family. Lily is down to about twice a night, so I'm just letting her decide I think.

DD1 just moved into her own room last week and last night was the first night that she slept in her own room all night. She only came and got me once because her feet were cold.

Happy June everyone!

And good luck with TTC Katie!

[cheryllynn]

my second post got eaten. I'm leary about typing long posts. Saying Hi.
Hoping everyone is doing well.

Should we move to the toddler area?

[j_p_i]

Well, I'm 29 today! So far have had a wonderful birthday, though I'm not entirely sure what happened to 28 It went by rather fast!

Olivia is doing new things every day, it's amazing. We seem to be in a transition type period... a couple nights ago I could not nurse her to sleep (our normal routine) as she kept signing to nurse, but would then bite me. This and some other things has made me suspect it's molars?? I finally got her to sleep when she got so exhausted I could walk her around the living room in the dark and sing to her. Over the next couple days she's been nursing less. Still probably 4 times a day and 2 at night. But no more biting, thankfully. Still not sure what this all means, I am having to get her close to sleep, then lay down and cuddle her until she's completely out. We also seem to be dropping her second nap, which has been good! Lots of changes I guess!

[lotus.blossom]

Hey! Haven't checked in, in a while...... I'm guessing we all have 1 year olds at this point!?

Katie- so excited for you! I had read about your loss in the last thread. I wish you lots of luck this month!

Erin- Hope Olivias cough resolves! Griffin has a little one as well. maybe the air quality.

Auraji- I hope the Y works out for you! I have been wanting to join for the free childcare but its not really in the finances. It would be perfect becasue its right across the street from my DS1's preschool. Maybe in the fall......

Well Griffin is doing some amazing things. He cut his first molar! Wow! I don't remember ds1 cutting one this early. He also whistles. Its the cutest thing. He says Uh OH (and makes his mouth into a tiny o) and then breathes in and out a whistle. He thinks he is pretty clever!
He is also climbing everything....up on the toilet, up on shelves, up the stairs faster than I can chase him! And he is saying a few words already. DS1 was a bit speech delayed so I am amazed at how well G is communicating so early.

I am feeling some burnout though. Trying to get anything done with G around is impossible. He only naps in bed maybe once a week. Otherwise he will nap in the car and even if its only a 15 minute nap he is refreshed for the day! I used to feel some babyfever but these days I am longing for a more independant phase. I'm not sure if I have the patience for starting all over again.

[~Katie~]

Hello from the beach! We're spending a week at the outer banks for some relaxation and battery recharge, so far it's been really nice with a little rain here and there.

I can move our thread to toddlers now or next month, whatever everyone wants to do. I wanted to wait until the last of us had birthdays and everyone is emotionally ready to transition to toddlerhood

Laine is walking, walking, walking. She finally got tooth #8 on top about a week ago. We've discovered that she at the very least has a dairy intolerance so she is dairy free along with DS. Even the slightest hint in anything is giving her eczema and digestive troubles She has become very adventurous and loves to explore and is starting to climb, the spiral staircase was quite the novelty when we first got here but redirecting her has worked, thankfully. She is in a biting/scratching phase that I really wish she'd grow out of. She has a newfound hatred for the carseat as well.

I'm currently 7DPO and don't have any good pregnancy guesses. I'd say our chances this month were good in terms of timing, but I am nervous because of the chemical I had last month. Yesterday I was feeling exhausted, irritable, and just overall cranky but I think I've woken up on the right side of the bed today. I've had some cramping but otherwise we'll just have to wait and see. I have late ovulation and short LP's so I should be able to test tomorrow night and see something, hopefully.

[Novus]

Katie--I just noticed your location is NC (b/c you mentioned the outer banks)...you'd think I would've seen that before! We're in NC too--in the Raleigh area. Good to "meet" a fellow North Carolinian

Luke is trying to transition from two naps to one, but right now, he seems to be on a 48-hour schedule instead of a 24-hour one. One day, he takes 1 nap, goes to bed really early, wakes up early the next morning, takes 2 naps, goes to bed late, wakes up late the next day, takes 1 nap, etc. It's kind of strange and I'm wondering how long we'll be in this weird limbo. In the past, his naps and bedtime were so predictable you could have set your clock by him.

We have a little rocking chair for him in his room and it sits beside a window bench. Today, he learned how to climb the rocking chair and then use it as a stepping stool to climb the bench. It's pretty cool, except that he has no sense of how much room he has on the bench, so he keeps falling backwards off of it. So far, no tears about falling though, so I guess it's okay.

Does anyone here chart for fertility, either to TTC or to prevent? I've never done it, but I think I'd like to...I just have no idea where to begin! If you've done it and have any resources (books, websites, etc) that helped you, would you please pass on the name?

[Kelly1101]

Originally Posted by Novus

Does anyone here chart for fertility, either to TTC or to prevent? I've never done it, but I think I'd like to...I just have no idea where to begin! If you've done it and have any resources (books, websites, etc) that helped you, would you please pass on the name?

I started to, but then conceived like instantly so never really got started. Have you checked out the TTC subforum here though? They are awesome and know everything. And everyone talks about the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility."

[~Katie~]

Novus. I live in Cameron!

The Fertility forum is a good place to start if you want more information. Definitely check out the Fertility Friend website as that has lots of tutorials, Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a book I'd recommend as well and there's also a website with charting software. I've used Fertility Friend forever and had great success with charting to avoid and achieve pregnancy.

[j_p_i]

Hi mamas, not much time to post as we are in a clean house fury over here! I think Olivia's cough has been due to some insane teething. In the last WEEK, we have gone from 7 teeth to 10. Holy he!! it's been interesting! It gave her some difficulty nursing and made for one really tough night. I also have been feeling around in her mouth for molars, and while I feel some bumps back there, none are through at all.

We seem to be going back and forth from one nap a day to two. She is also becoming much more interactive with other people besides mama, dad, and grammy (like check-out people in the grocery store, and waving at every car that drives by!). I guess 1 year is sort of a transition period huh?

I am trying to reorganize and declutter, so I'm working on her room today. Not that she spends much time in there, which is why I think it becomes a storage area for various things.

I've also been getting out and doing some walk/jogging type stuff with DH, so one of us uses the jogging stroller and the other runs with the dog. Started Banish Fat Boost Metabolism as well (though I had to do it in two parts, Olivia got bored halfway through!) and am about 4 lbs away from prebaby weight. I think my body looks way different though, like things need some toning for sure!

Anyway, hope everyone is well, presumably busy with 1 year olds!