Weekly Thread Aug 15-22 - Page 3

[OneWithTwo]

Originally Posted by ivymae

Dear lord you guys, I'm buying a pregnancy test later today. This is the third day in a row that i've woken up nauseous, and with a bloody nose. Mind you, i have a gut issue that nausea isn't uncommon, and it has been dry here, but... yeah. Becky's an awesome sleeper, so who knows when I'll start cycling again. DD2 was a 'first egg', so I'm a wee bit gun-shy. Maybe being penis-shy would be smarter.

In other news, I am getting a bike today, yay! Becky is still too little to go for real rides, but the big girls are LOVING the trailer we bought yesterday (DH took them around the block and they cried and cried when they had to get out). We live a mile from their school, and my neighbor is willing to watch becky while I shuttle the big girls back and forth, so I think it will work out. You know, as long as I am not pregnant and throwing up hourly. Ack.

i keep thinking i am....acne, seriously tired, excess saliva, seriously tired, weird cravings...mind tricks

[GreenTeaGinger61]

I've been keeping quiet about this but I'm scared too Ivory. We had a tiny tiny little slip up about a month ago...I'm pretty sure it's not the case but I can't help but be scared. I keep think my milk is dipping (R doesn't seem hungry so just my paranoia?)...EXTREME exhaustion. Anyway I should just get a test...maybe I will this afternoon too.

[ivymae]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaGinger61

I've been keeping quiet about this but I'm scared too Ivory. We had a tiny tiny little slip up about a month ago...I'm pretty sure it's not the case but I can't help but be scared. I keep think my milk is dipping (R doesn't seem hungry so just my paranoia?)...EXTREME exhaustion. Anyway I should just get a test...maybe I will this afternoon too.

Oh please do GTG. For what it's worth, i get paranoid between each kid, and buy a bunch of pee sticks online, so I don't have to pay $10+ a pop. The dollar tree near us went out of business, so I can't even swing by there and get cheap tests. It was actually how I found out we were pregnant with #2 - I was paranoid since I hadn't had had a postpartum cycle, was testing every few weeks (when i wanted more than a glass of wine ) and BAM, a positive at 15 months PP. I peed on sticks for a week in disbelief. i was on the pill as well, but since DD1 was a pill (and condom!) baby, i didn't trust them (and was apparently right).

Ughhhhh i think being anxious is making my guts feel worse. Either that or pizza for breakfast.

[GreenTeaGinger61]

I'm going to get one this afternoon. We're having a little party for my birthday on Saturday and we are making margaritas so I guess I better check. I hope w e both pee a negative. I am NOT ready for another one so soon

[Peace+Hope]

jsh, about sleeping schedules, i let charlie take the lead for now. i was putting him down at 9/10 at night, and he's slowly taking me earlier. for a few nights lately he's pretty much demanded to go to bed at 7:30, then last night wanted to stay up til 8:30 .

we have a natural latex mattress, and love it. it does smell funny so you need some kind of topper on it, but some of them have memory foam toppers which are not the natural latex, if you care about that. the good news is, more and more stores seem to be carrying natural latex, not just the super-$ brands like lifekind or saavy-rest.

triony, charlie is SO wiggly when he's going to sleep! but if he is really sleepy, he seems to be able to work out his own. i started out holding him while he was wiggly, then putting him down and laying next to him. now i can put him down and walk away, and he works it out and puts himself to sleep. it took a while to get here . oh, and i'm jinxing myself just telling you that!

i'm nervous about charlie starting food! he watches us eat of course, and watches the food go from plate to mouth, but i think he'd be watching us do whatever anyway.

snoopy, we have a bumbo. sometimes charlie sits in it for 10 minutes, sometimes, no go. i know MPP has one and her LO was in it much earlier than charlie. he DOES spit up in it when he's tired! i think he slumps over and it compresses his tummy.

hey mpp . congrats on the job :eyeroll, right? maybe another opportunity will come along when you're ready again. how's things down on the farm? gonna read the description of that book...

jenfl, grrr, what a pita! :flame

dhinderliter, any chance you can pump the 4 oz instead of using formula? maybe that would help boost your supply, whereas supplimenting w/ formula could lessen it? maybe pumping at another time during the day... yay for serenity.

rhi, oh good. and yes, if you're taking a b-complex, you can ditch the folic acid, cause it's b9 i think, at least it's definitely in the complex. i've been thinking of starting back up on prenantals. i have a huge bottle i bought, and quit taking thinking it was contributing to charlie's tummy troubles early on.

probiotics i've been working hard to work into my diet. have you seen the new product by organic valley? it's a yogurt drink, and it has live probiotics and inulin. are you still avoiding dairy? uncooked fermented sourkraut (not made w/ vinegar) is also a source of pro-biotics. i eat a lot of it, but it would be hard to get all you need from that . echinacea tea could be good - make an infusion and drink it all day long... but if your immune system is really weak, maybe the probiotic suppliments would be worth it?

afm, charlie is SOMETIMES having more than 2 30-minute naps in a day, yay! right now he's having his second nap. the first was 30 minutes. he's 25 and counting right now

every time i see my MIL right now, she asks where charlie is sleeping... i think there's been something in the news recently, a death, and this http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/feat...or_babies.html

[Peace+Hope]

you guys



eta, i meant about the prego thing

[jsh7809]

Wow, you guys... here's hoping you both pee negative? Or, that you're really happily surprised if they're positive? Just... wow!

My back is just killing me these days! I try to lift with the knees and all of that but I think nursing in bed is twisting me up badly... which is a shame, cause that's my favorite position for staying mostly asleep. I'm going to try to get better at nursing in the baby's room and returning her to her crib right away, because otherwise she gets all super warm and snuggled in with us in bed, and then when I try to move her she wakes up. I like having her in bed some of the time, but when she's always there, I find I end up nursing her like 7 times a night instead of 2, and sleep much crappier.

I'm still waiting for her to be able to find her fingers to suck on in the night. ARGH!

She is a happy little thing so I'm going to TRY to stop stressing about the short naps and late bedtimes. She is now sleeping from 10pm to 10am (!!) with about 2 wake ups to nurse before sunrise, and then a ton of wiggling till 10ish. That is actually pretty ideal for me, but the problem is that she's fussy and tired from about 7pm on, so I spend a lot of time soothing her and trying to get her to sleep.

I keep thinking, "Maybe next week I'll get us on a schedule." Every week. Oh boy!

[jsh7809]

Oh, and this is just awful - a friend of mine posted on her FB status that her 10 month old son STILL wakes up every sleep cycle or two screaming in the night and nothing she's tried works - I made a joke (a joke!) about baby ny-quil, and another woman posted in all seriousness that she should try child benadryl. This is a woman who has a 12 week old baby and she made it sound like she is often giving her baby benadryl for sleep, and recommends it for my friend too.
What a horrible, weird thing to post...

[snoopy5386]

Why, oh why does the poop fairy hate me so????
I'm sure I've mentioned before - we use disposable diapers and Kelsey manages to leak poop out of literally every brand of diaper on the market. Which means I am forever changing not only poopy diapers, but clothes and other household items as well. Last week it was our sheet and mattress pad twice as well as her bouncy seat once. This morning, it was not only her pjs, but also my sheet, duvet cover and down comforter. I'm glad we didn't have any plans today because I'm now stuck spending the whole day doing laundry. We'll be doing a cloth diaper trial as soon as we get back from our 10 day road trip that starts this week.

So last night I managed to wake myself up enough at 4:30 to put Kelsey back in her crib and go back to my own bed and then she promptly woke 10 mins later. Get her back to sleep again and back in the crib and she was up again at 6:15. This time I just give up and stay in bed with her until DD1 wakes me up at 7:30. Of course while I'm getting her breakfast DD2 wakes up and I can't get her back to sleep. So now our schedule is all screwy for the day, she is taking her 2nd nap already, and I'm super tired....tonight I'm just sticking with cosleeping.

And OMG - sending out not pregnant vibes.......last night I took my pill late (with the mini pill you only have 2 hour window to take it for it to be effective), but no worries there since we've only done it once since Kelsey's been born.

[Peace+Hope]

just went and read your post on the last thread, mpp. glad you've reached a compromise w/ your husband, but i wish it wasn't so hard. my husband is supportive when we talk, but he also makes comments sometimes. like the other day he said he misses snuggling, and last night he asked me if he could go get charlie's kanoe, after we were all in bed, and almost asleep

snoopy, ick, sorry about the poop. i think i might pick cloth diapering all by myself rather than sposies with my husband, if i had to do all that laundry! what are you going to try?

**to the baby snoozing away after and hour and a half**: who are you and what have you done with charlie????

[loveneverfails]

I am kicking the cr@p out of today. 2 loads of dishes, diapers running, pita bread made, artisan bread made, granola made, my bedroom straightened up, healthy lunch of pita bread and hummus. And I think I'm going to attack the bathtub soon.

I feel *so* much more myself. If I'm not a freaking tornado, decimating household chores, something is wrong.

[MaterPrimaePuellae]

Originally Posted by loveneverfails

I am kicking the cr@p out of today. 2 loads of dishes, diapers running, pita bread made, artisan bread made, granola made, my bedroom straightened up, healthy lunch of pita bread and hummus. And I think I'm going to attack the bathtub soon.

WTH, LNF--I think you're just asking for the bedazzled birth stool of doom.

Best of luck to you, Ivy and GTG. Dh and I actually left our... em... prophylactic devices in VA, and while vacationing Dh talked me into it on the same day DS was conceived last year. Wouldn't THAT be hilarious.

[Peace+Hope]

uh, charlie has been asleep since 12:20, and it's now 3:35. ?!?!?!?! now i wish i had tackled the hospital/billing/insurance tangle that is my desk right now, but i need at least a couple of hrs to even make a dent so i never try it during the day.

[loveneverfails]

Hey now, I *welcome* the stool of WINNING AT DARWIN! I was robbed of the Golden Birthing Stool, but I STILL HAVE A SHOT AT THE PLATINUM!!!

Dude, after 5 kids already, I'm not sure it would be much more work to tack on another kid. To be honest, the only thing that would really bug me about succumbing to the baby virus at this point would be the breastmilk tanking issue. Now *that* would make me upset. Other than that? I'm game.

[ivymae]

Whew, negative. Definitely a motivator to start charting again though. Not not not ready for another pregnancy, or baby. i barely feel like i have my feet under me right now. I've probably never been so happy to have a defective gut that make me want to puke than i am riiiiight now.

[MaterPrimaePuellae]

Yay, Ivy!

LNF, you're awesome

[nikirj]

Yay Ivy!!!

That military jet sonic boom thing in the Seattle area knocked the screens off two of my windows and scared the living CRUD out of me. But now that the baby is back asleep (ARGH, who told the military they could be all loud and wake up my baby) I'm going to sew her some more pants...her humangous cloth diaper butt needs special accommodations...

[sew_crafty_girl]

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[sew_crafty_girl]

We haven't even DTD yet. Annas weigh gain has slowed right down. A few weeks ago she was 13,10 and yesterday she was 14 lbs.
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[rhiOrion]

L's weight gain has slowed way down, too. During the first month or two she was gaining 9 ounces a week at one point. Now it's more like 4.5

She was 7-9 at birth. 6-12 at her lowest. 11 pounds at 2 months. and only 13-5 at 4 months.