I've yet to experience RLS. I'm slightly curious as to what it feels like (I hope I haven't jinxed myself by saying that!).
DD has yet to do a sleepover. We had made some plans to try it out with MIL a few months back, but then DD got sick and we never got around to organising it again. TBH I don't think she's really ready. Even letting DH put her to bed is a pretty new thing for DD.
I've yet to experience RLS. I'm slightly curious as to what it feels like (I hope I haven't jinxed myself by saying that!).
You know when your legs fall asleep and when they're waking back up you have that tingly feeling in them? It's kind of like that, but along with that it feels like you have to move your legs to make the tingling stop. Except when you move them it doesn't stop, it keeps going. I never had RLS with my older kids. I had it for maybe a night or two with my last pregnancy, but for some reason it's been getting pretty intolerable this pregnancy. There has been some research done on anemia contributing to RLS, which makes sense to me. I do notice that if I keep up on my Floradix twice daily that the RLS isn't as bad, but I still need the cal/mag at bedtime.
Yeah, neither of my 2 have done a sleepover yet. MIL is always asking, but I am not comfortable with it. IDK, maybe after this new one comes I will change my tune!
Today was the first day that we could open our windows and let some "fresh" air in - which would have been wonderful if only the neighbors on BOTH sides of us could put out the cigarettes for a few minutes! New renters next door to the right and the adult daughter moved in with her mom on the left - and both smoke like chimneys. So I thought I would air out the house, but instead I just got more stink in! Bah!!
I think some big storms are rolling in - the winds have picked up and the temps cooled off. The sun is hiding behind the clouds and outside, it just has that ominous feeling. I hope that the rest of the week is a little nicer than the weather we have been having! 
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Oh my word, I feel so badly for all of those dealing with their toddlers at night. I am so thankful DD goes to bed and stays there all night long. I don't think I could handle having her being up and screaming while I am walking around like a zombie with twitching legs and a baby that won't stop kicking my cervix making me feel like I just peed my pants!
Hoping that we all have a good week....getting lots accomplished and getting lots of restful sleep too <---- a girl can dream right??
You know when your legs fall asleep and when they're waking back up you have that tingly feeling in them? It's kind of like that, but along with that it feels like you have to move your legs to make the tingling stop. Except when you move them it doesn't stop, it keeps going. I never had RLS with my older kids. I had it for maybe a night or two with my last pregnancy, but for some reason it's been getting pretty intolerable this pregnancy. There has been some research done on anemia contributing to RLS, which makes sense to me. I do notice that if I keep up on my Floradix twice daily that the RLS isn't as bad, but I still need the cal/mag at bedtime.
Ugh, that is the most uncomfortable sensation ever...*shudder*. I'm sorry you're dealing with it!
We had a rather dull day today. The weather was horrendous and our house looked like a bomb hit it, so we stayed in and did chores. I'm really glad we did though - I feel so much better now that we're not drowning in mess. I also baked some blueberry muffins and ate about 8 of them. I love baking, but dang, I need to find myself a less fattening hobby!
Speaking of toddler sleeping, I'm getting nervous about what's going to happen when baby arrives. Right now I'm sleeping in DD's bed. We had intended to get her used to sleeping on her own long before my due date, but between molars coming in and flu season, that hasn't quite happened. I tried letting her sleep alone last night and...success! I sneaked back in there half an hour before she woke up, and all was fine. I'm not getting too excited about it yet though. We just got lucky that she didn't wake up & realise I wasn't there. We'll try again tonight and see what happens.
Anyone else facing a complicated co-sleeping situation when the new baby arrives?
Any of you ever used flats for the newborn stage? I suppose I'll play with folding. Oh, also 4 bumgenius one-size that need to be stripped, which I have yet to research. I did a round with bac-out 2 years ago that didn't work. Guess I should check out the diapering forum for stripping advice. It's been so long!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE flats on my newborns...or any kiddo :) Totally customizable! I plan to get more this go around because you seriously can't screw up washing them (unless you by chance add in a colored sock lol) and they are very multi-purpose use when not being used as dipes :)
Feeling a little better here. I've lost 10 lbs in two weeks which had me a little worried, but between that stomach bug and baby crushing my stomach into a pancake, its not really that much of a surprise. Its just not that easy eating these days. Midwife wasn't concerned as long as I feel ok.
DH bought me a present 
A brand new sewing machine! I'm making some custom bibs for my friend whose daughter is special needs and has outgrown baby bibs to catch the drool. I'm very excited to play (although I can't right now because DH is actually playing with it LOL)
I've yet to experience RLS. I'm slightly curious as to what it feels like (I hope I haven't jinxed myself by saying that!).
DD has yet to do a sleepover. We had made some plans to try it out with MIL a few months back, but then DD got sick and we never got around to organising it again. TBH I don't think she's really ready. Even letting DH put her to bed is a pretty new thing for DD.
I have no idea where she got the impression I would be OK with her, in her words, "stealing the baby for a night." In some weird way, I think she thinks she would be helping?
LOL! Why anyone would want to spend the night with someone else's three-month-old baby, deprived of its mother and from-the-tap breastmilk, is beyond me. If she thinks it would be fun grandma-grandbaby bonding time, it's clearly been a while since she had her own kids. :p
DD does spend most of the night in her own bed, but it's about six inches away from ours, so it's not exactly a huge indicator of independence. It's nice to have the extra space, though! And given that we don't have a free bedroom for her at the moment anyway, I can't complain. But I'm really not sure how it'll go with all four of us in the same room... if the baby's a night screamer, he'll wake her up. Which could mean we have to kick our flatmate out... which might not be so hard to do, if he has to endure the night screaming as well. :p But yes, it's not ideal. We're renting and I really like this house (and more importantly, have NO desire to move again!), but I wish it had an extra bedroom...
The other option is kicking DH out of his office and turning that into a little bedroom for DD. But a) he works from home and kinda deserves a dedicated office, and b) DD would then be two rooms away from us, and I'm not sure she'd deal well with that.
Unfortunately I can't talk about this with most of my friends IRL, 'cause they all just think I'm nuts for cosleeping and EBF... and their kids have been sleeping over at Grandma's since they were eight months old... so, yeah.
I had RLS kick in the end of the first trimester and it is worse now at 32 weeks and it drives me CRAZY!!! I hate that my legs also jump and have a mind of their own. That part wakes me up and I hate it! If DH gives them a hot oil rub down before bed I am fine.
On the co-sleeping part,we had our LO in bed with us until 2 when she became a huge kicker, so then we put a bed against ours so she was still attached but had her own space. Then at 3 she asked to be moved to her own room fpr some nights but even at 6 she still sleeps with us when she wants. That is why I got the arm's reach co-sleeper. I figure on the nights she wants to be in the bed we can put baby is the the co-sleeper that is attached to our bed so all four of us can be together. Otherwise this baby will be in between us.
Now on the over night stays, my sister keeps talking about taking the baby when she is a few months old too and I keep telling her no, that I am EBF and that she will be nursing until she is 3 like I always do. But for some reason she thinks I will cave in which is weird because I never did before *LOL*
Anyone else notice a large increase in round ligament pain recently? I have had a huge increase within the last week as well as a huge increase in peeing. And when I say pee, I am talking as soon as I stand up or she pushes on my bladder I have to make a b-line to the potty and quick! 
DH says she is probably getting into position. I fifure it has a lot to do with the fact the weather has changed to nice and I have been doing a LOT of squatting in the gardens and such so she probably is getting into ready position.
I have no idea where she got the impression I would be OK with her, in her words, "stealing the baby for a night." In some weird way, I think she thinks she would be helping?
I'm guessing your mother didn't BF? Either that or she's completely forgotten the logistics of it. Even if you were willing to leave a 3-month-old overnight, it would mean a bunch of extra work for you pumping so that the baby would have enough to last the night, then you would also have to get up in the middle of the night to pump to relieve engorgement while baby wasn't there. So much for giving you a break!
Loads of DH's family kept offering to babysit when DD was a newborn. I know they meant well, but it was so not helpful. What I desperately needed was help with the housework, though I was too shy to say so seeing as that was never on offer. 
I would never in a million years be comfortable handing off my 3 month old for an overnight visit anywhere. I would cry and worry and nobody would get any sleep - what would be the point? 
We are not extended co-sleepers - both of my kids moved to a crib by the time they were 6 months old, but this time we don't have and extra crib or an extra room, so we will just see what happens. I am being open minded to anything. We are borrowing an arms-reach co sleeper and then I think by the time DD is ready for a "big" bed, we can use the mattress from her crib in between the wall and our bed. IDK, we'll just have to play it by ear.
Snowflake - I am totally with you on the needing the "right" kind of help. I keep telling my MIL she needs to get used to where my cleaning supplies are and how to properly launder the cloth diapers because that's what I will really need help with!!! She's actually one of the only people who will indeed come over and actually be of use - she is one of those moms who just knows what needs to be done and gets to it. My mother, however.... well, its been over 2 months since we have spoken and I don't see that changing anytime soon (such a long story there!).
How was everyone's weekends? It was in the 80s here yesterday - and now it will be in the 50s all week. Gotta love those 30 degree temp swings in Chicago spring!
LOL! Why anyone would want to spend the night with someone else's three-month-old baby, deprived of its mother and from-the-tap breastmilk, is beyond me. If she thinks it would be fun grandma-grandbaby bonding time, it's clearly been a while since she had her own kids. :p
This was my thought, as well! My mother offered to do the same when my sis had her LO, but my mom likes to have people depend on her, so taking care of newborns is right up her alley. Plus she likes to play the martyr and say "oh, I stayed up all night with the baby so my daughter could get some sleep." (Moppet, not saying at all that this is what you're mom's doing!) Plus, my sis only made a token effort at BFing, and never bothered at night, so that was one hurdle they didn't have to deal with.
I'm having name angst! I love the name Athena, but DH vetoed it because he says it's pretentious. So I moved on, and we found a name we both like, but the closer I get to my EDD the more I think, the name we picked is just okay. I don't hate it, but I don't love it, either. Should I get over it and move on, or should I reenter the name-choice boxing ring? Do you ladies think Athena is pretentious?
Other than that, I had a really great weekend. We went to a car show (outside, in Florida, on a 90-degree day) and DH was super. He kept bringing me water and steered us into the shade to rest pretty frequently. 
We spent most of the day outside in the heat, but thanks to DH I felt better at the end of the day than I did last year when we went!
It's snowing heavily here Tracy! 
I'm glad your MIL is willing to pitch in. Mine wasn't like that at all. When I had DD1, she came over two days after the birth (when I was still in a lot of pain and barely able to walk), plonked herself on the sofa and waited for me to serve her coffee & snacks. The only "help" she ever gave us was in the form of a bunch of outdated, unsolicited advice. To be fair, I think it's largely how she was raised - I doubt she had any help from her parents either. I don't think it even occurred to her to offer it.
My mother, on the other hand, is wonderful. She just looks around, sees what needs to be done, and just does it. Too bad she lives overseas! She'll come to visit for a month this time and I can't wait.
Nikie - I don't think Athena is pretentious at all! I think it's lovely. I think you should talk to your DH about it again - I caved on naming DD1 (I wanted a middle name and DH didn't) and I regret it a little. Even if he won't budge on Athena, if you're feeling a bit "meh" about your current choice then it's worth brainstorming some other options.
Speaking of toddler sleeping, I'm getting nervous about what's going to happen when baby arrives. Right now I'm sleeping in DD's bed. We had intended to get her used to sleeping on her own long before my due date, but between molars coming in and flu season, that hasn't quite happened. I tried letting her sleep alone last night and...success! I sneaked back in there half an hour before she woke up, and all was fine. I'm not getting too excited about it yet though. We just got lucky that she didn't wake up & realise I wasn't there. We'll try again tonight and see what happens.
Anyone else facing a complicated co-sleeping situation when the new baby arrives?
Oh, yes. My 3 year old is still nursing to sleep and nursing in the morning before he wakes up, and waking up crying to nurse once or twice a night between 11:00 and 6:00, which is when I have declared milk to be "closed" so I can get some sleep. Theoretically. When he finally accepts it. He had been nursing something like twelve times a night until we started night nursing a month ago, and he's incredibly stubborn. He is also a very restless sleeper, and I have been counting on my husband to be a buffer between us so the baby doesn't get kicked - but my husband is having horrendous allergies that make him snore deafeningly all night long, which means he has been sleeping upstairs and occasionally appearing to help out during hysterical crying episodes in the middle of the night. I don't see this changing until after the first frost, sometime in October, so what on earth we are going to do to balance all those needs I don't know. I'm just trusting that God knows what's up, and we'll get through it somehow. Phew.
I'm having name angst! I love the name Athena, but DH vetoed it because he says it's pretentious. So I moved on, and we found a name we both like, but the closer I get to my EDD the more I think, the name we picked is just okay. I don't hate it, but I don't love it, either. Should I get over it and move on, or should I reenter the name-choice boxing ring? Do you ladies think Athena is pretentious?
LOL! Why anyone would want to spend the night with someone else's three-month-old baby, deprived of its mother and from-the-tap breastmilk, is beyond me. If she thinks it would be fun grandma-grandbaby bonding time, it's clearly been a while since she had her own kids. :p
Unfortunately I can't talk about this with most of my friends IRL, 'cause they all just think I'm nuts for cosleeping and EBF... and their kids have been sleeping over at Grandma's since they were eight months old... so, yeah.
Anyone else notice a large increase in round ligament pain recently? I have had a huge increase within the last week as well as a huge increase in peeing. And when I say pee, I am talking as soon as I stand up or she pushes on my bladder I have to make a b-line to the potty and quick!
How about Adena instead of Athena?? I think it sounds equally as pretty and maybe a little more "down to earth" if thats what your hubs is looking for. If I'm correct, it means "decoration" in Hebrew... cute :)
This was my thought, as well! My mother offered to do the same when my sis had her LO, but my mom likes to have people depend on her, so taking care of newborns is right up her alley. Plus she likes to play the martyr and say "oh, I stayed up all night with the baby so my daughter could get some sleep." (Moppet, not saying at all that this is what you're mom's doing!) Plus, my sis only made a token effort at BFing, and never bothered at night, so that was one hurdle they didn't have to deal with.
I'm having name angst! I love the name Athena, but DH vetoed it because he says it's pretentious. So I moved on, and we found a name we both like, but the closer I get to my EDD the more I think, the name we picked is just okay. I don't hate it, but I don't love it, either. Should I get over it and move on, or should I reenter the name-choice boxing ring? Do you ladies think Athena is pretentious?
Other than that, I had a really great weekend. We went to a car show (outside, in Florida, on a 90-degree day) and DH was super. He kept bringing me water and steered us into the shade to rest pretty frequently. We spent most of the day outside in the heat, but thanks to DH I felt better at the end of the day than I did last year when we went!
I like the name Athena :)
So for all my "feeling better" talk yesterday...I'm sick again. My stomach is tore up all over again. I woke up at 4 am and thought in my half awake fog, that baby might be coming because of how bad I was cramping. Trying to push fluids again and take it super easy today.
I did get to make a bib last night :D I think it turned out well for a first attempt and trying to wing it. Loving my machine though.
My mom wants to come and hold the baby. From Taegan on down I would call her right after the HB and she would usually come over very soon. Then demand to hold the baby, take my baby out of my room, unwrap baby, etc. Nothing about do you need a drink or whatever. W/ Finnian I waited three days to call her after baby arrived. It was so much better for me.
My mom wants to come and hold the baby. From Taegan on down I would call her right after the HB and she would usually come over very soon. Then demand to hold the baby, take my baby out of my room, unwrap baby, etc. Nothing about do you need a drink or whatever. W/ Finnian I waited three days to call her after baby arrived. It was so much better for me.
Big yes to this. I love that people love my new baby (though they're all minimally involved with newborn/toddler/preschooler/etc) but it irks me that it's about them. I plan to delay the visits until, at the very least, the birth pool of gore is taken down and I've had a nap. It's kind of like the unwanted and not needed baby shower thing - I need nurturing and help, not to entertain and accumulate possessions. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like for no one to care and no one to want to visit or even acknowledge the baby. There is no pleasing me! 
http://avital.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-be-best-post-partum-visitor-in.html#ixzz1I6Y1fOoS
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