Chat Thread: 11/20-11/26 - Page 4

[cbeclipse]

Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans here!!!! Can't wait to eat all the yummy food later. I might even have a glass of wine tonight, after Landon is in bed. Oh how I miss having a glass of wine!!

We dtd this morning! After Landon was up at 3:30am it just sort of happened. No pain or other problems. Yay!

We are going to Skype with all my family in Seattle later this evening. They can't wait to see Landon.

Lo-jack, yes, Landon knows exactly where I am and if I leave the room. If I put him down you would think something terrible is happening with how he screams about it. Sorry little guy, mama has to go to the bathroom, eat, and just do other things every once in a while. He is going to have a very hard time on Monday, when I am back to work. I will not be able to sit around holding him all day like I do now.

I have a moby, and can't figure out how to use it. I've tried several times, and read the instruction booklet. It's like I can't get it tight enough or something. Wish that I knew someone around me that could show me. All my friends here have no idea what a moby is.

[AKChix0r]

Chelsea, I've heard that there are videos on YouTube that show how to use the Moby. Maybe that will help?

AFM, Corbin's better. He was constipated - what came out of him was awful. He's had some nasty blowouts, but this was the first diaper that made me cough and unable to breathe. Ugh.

[lifeguard]

karli - glad to hear corbin is feeling better.

chelsea - there are some great vids on youtube for babywearing. With my stretchy wrap I found I had to put it on much tighter than I originally thought - it almost seems like there won't be room for baby but magically they do fit. I don't use mine very often though as I can't seem to figure out how to bf in it & that's all my girl wants to do when she's near me.

afm - this sleep "schedule" is killing me. Dd's up until around 2:00am every night & then nurses at least once between then & when ds gets up between 7:30-8:00. Ds still often wakes up once in the night & it most often is around 4:00am. The 4-5 hours of interrupted sleep is just wearing me down. Dh tries to get me a nap during the day but it just doesn't seem to amount to enough ever. My whole body just hurts right now - I might miss tomorrow's workout 'cause I don't think I can handle any more muscle soreness. Ds is over with mil - again - I just cannot stand how much time he is over there right now & some of the stuff that comes with that but it is saving me right now sending him there. Sigh. I know this is temporary & she'll shift into a different sleep "schedule" any day but gosh it feels like it's neverending.

But tonight I am going to an aromatherapy/essential oils session! I am really looking forward to it. This lady who is teaching it made an amazing bug repellent this summer that we used so I'm interested to see what is on board tonight (all I know is it is Christmas themed).

[starling&diesel]

chelsea ... it's okay not to like your Moby, if that's what it comes down to.  You won't lose any street cred, promise!  Three years ago (with my first infant) I wanted to love my Moby, but I just didn't.  I never liked it, no matter how many youtube vids I watched.

This time I tried a Baby Buddha in it's place (also jersey) and I don't love it either.  I've decided that I am not a jersey material fan.  I like my woven wraps, sling, Ergo and Beco. 

poop:  (Because we're always talking poop, right?) Day six or seven (lost count!) of no poo.  I live in terror. 

Glad Corbin feels better!

[emmaegbert]

agree with lifeguard: tie a wrap carrier way tighter than you'd think. Like, pretty tight. Then when you spread out the material and shift it around, baby fits like magic.

[Amy May]

Hi Ladies!  I've felt so MIA here... have been reading a bit here and there from my phone, but haven't been able to post.  Just to jump right in though, I love the moby wrap... I use it every day, and Palesa naps here.

We're in Colorado now for a month visiting family, and DH is looking for jobs out here.  Having a great time... grandparents and Aunt/Uncle are all in love with Palesa, and we've been really enjoying the time with family.  

We had two really great thanksgivings... one with my mom & stepdad (as well as sister & BIL), and one with my dad.  Yesterday, DH and my BIL did ALL the cooking, and it was amazing.  DH made pumpkin pies and sweet potato pies, and we are all convinced that sweet potato is even better.

Poop is great... we've had a few blowouts, but we've been trying EC, and every time we've offered it to her, she's pooped and peed in it.  We definitely don't catch everything, but we aim for once a day.

Silly question, but how do you add the little tag line on your posts? (i.e. Emma's that says "dissertating mom to three")

[Leiahs]

I wish I had time to reply to all the things going on since I last posted.  Family's still in town, and I'm just sneaking on here in a brief moment of down-time.  (Hard to manage in a house with 20 people, one of them being a newborn...)

Thanksgiving was awesome.  We actually managed to go OVER our pie-per-person tradition, with a couple last-minute additions (SIL wanted to make pecan pie, as it's something I had never tasted before, and it's tradition to her).  We had 25 pies for 21 attendants.  Insanity!!  But oh-so-good, especially when you get pumpkin pie for breakfast the next day.  ;)

I posted a picture of Malcolm in the baby pic thread, but here's a quick pic of all 4 of my kids sporting their hand-painted turkey shirts!

Poor DH has been super grumpy when he gets home from work, thanks to feeling bitter about working on the holiday.  His boss ended up giving them permission to leave around 3 or 4 (which would have given them about a 9 hour shift instead of 12), but a machine broke (which it always seems to do) and though DH was planning on leaving at 3pm, he had to stay until after 4:30 fixing it (sent the other guys home).  Not even the leftovers and pie extravaganza could cheer him up.  :(

Malcolm's still doing great.  I've found he sleeps really soundly when he's swaddled.  So while we're at MIL's all weekend, he's been sleeping either in my sling or in the pack-n-play while swaddled.  Everyone thinks he's an angel baby, because he's hardly fussed a bit.  And he's really fallen into a wonderful bedtime pattern - sleeping for the night somewhere between 10-11pm (which is when we also go to bed), and waking at 5am and 7am, sometimes skipping the 5am.  It's always within 15-20 minutes of the hour.  I've never had such a predictable baby, and it's lovely.  (Thank goodness he's my 4th, instead of one of my fussier babies!)  He's starting to space his poops out a bit more, too.  Past few days he's only pooped once a day, but it's been a bit more than 24 hours apart, which makes me think he's working towards even less than once a day.  Hoping we're not going to get *too* spaced apart, though... the stories of blowouts do not have me eager to go down that road again.  ;)  Also, the smiling!  He's really getting going now!  I took him out with me this morning to buy fabric at Black Friday prices, and when I got him out of the car he gave me the BIGGEST smile ever, like it was the most awesome thing to see me after a 15 min drive!  Love this kid to death, I do. 

[not_telling]

Leiahs - I'm hard-pressed to decide which photo I love better....your adorable kids in their awesome turkey shirts...or all those adorably awesome pies and pies and pies...

Poop - DD had her first major poop blowout last night when we were at my parents' for Thanksgiving (of course).  While we were chowing down, she was sleeping and being "quietly alert" in her carseat next to me and my mom.  At one point I looked over and said, "hmm...I think she's making a poop."  Then I went back to eating and didn't think about it again.  It was only after dinner was over (pre-dessert) and my sister was interacting with her that the blowout was discovered.  Thank goodness we did have an extra change of clothes for her.  DH did the actual changing...lucky for me...although I did help clean her back off.

Sleep - DD has been doing something new and not so fun the last couple days.  After she nurses sometime between 4:30-5:30am she spends the next few hours totally restless (squirmy, making loud noises) so DH and I can't go back to sleep.  Totally frustrating.  I think there's a gas issue...this morning I noticed she'd get fussy, fart, go back to sleep, a few minutes later get squirmy, fart, go back to sleep, repeat.  But, also, this morning I tried just offering the boob again (maybe 1-1.5 hours after the last time she nursed) and she ate and went back to sleep for a while.  So maybe growth spurt coupled with gassiness?

Baby Clothing - I've been trying to hold off on buying stuff for DD cuz we do have plenty of stuff from DS (and I always bought stuff I'd put on a girl or boy...basically I always asked myself if it was something I'd wear...)....but I succumbed to sales.  DS did not have any dresses...and while I do think pants tend to be way more practical for little kids, I did buy two cute things from Mini Boden and some stuff from Tea cuz they were both having a sale.  http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Baby-Dresses/73048-NAV/Baby-French-Blue_Owl-Fun-Pocket-Pinafore.html  http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Baby-Dresses/71153-PRP/Baby-Dusty-Purple_Cat-Knitted-Dress.html  I bought them in sizes that she can wear when she's more young toddler aged and hopefully walking more.  Cute cute cute...and not pink.

[lifeguard]

Oy - I think I gained weight just looking at that table of pies! YUM!!!

Dh is gone away for the weekend & I told him flat out I was jealous & a little bitter about it. I think he was already feeling a tad guilty about it but that put it over the top (I wasn't trying to guilt him just being honest with him) so this morning before he left he cooked up a bunch of meals & put them in the fridge, started the slow cooker for tonight's supper, brought in enough wood for the weekend & laid the fire so I just needed to light it. He also secretly told his mom to stay around to help (which realllllly was NOT something I would have wanted). I still think it is a little unfair he gets to go away all by himself for a weekend & SLEEP & not have any child responsibilities. It seems even when I do get away (which obviously won't be for awhile with dd) I still bring ds... sorry for the rant.

[RosemaryS-F]

not_telling, love the dresses!

Leiahs the pies and shirts! all yummy!

[tank]

Hey guys I have been reading but not posting. It's hard to type.  But DS finally is hanging out in his swing!  It's a big deal since he gets really upset anytime we put him down and aren't holding him.

I hope you all had a nice thanksgiving.  Leiahs those pies look amazing.  We had pumpkin and chocolate pies and I feel all pied out.  I can't imagine how much I would over do myself if there were that many options available to me!  I was worried about our first family holiday together mostl because my partner and I don't really celebrate holidays all that much and now that we have a child I feel like it is more important.  We ended up going over a friends house and it was just our family of 3 and theirs of 4 and it was really nice.  Pretty much like hanging out only there was a lot of food involved.  I love my family but I am glad they aren't super close and we are not obligated to do the huge family thing.  We are big into Halloween and are from the Halloween capital so we plan on going up there every Halloween and spending time with family then. It is actually perfect since although DS wasn't born on halloween his birthday is pretty close to it so he can see family for his birthday every year.

poop- Ds is still pooping a million times a day and the only blow out we had was due to a really awfully designed cloth diaper.  I bought it because it is locally made and I figured I would support the business as well as try another type of cloth diaper.  FAIL.  It leaked all 3 times we used it.  I am going to try and sell it at the consignment shop and hope someone else has better luck with it.  I am really looking forward to when the pooping slows down.  He seems to go so often.

not-telling Ds had been doing the squirmy thing too after his morning feedings in bed.  I was wondering if it was due to me not burping him when we nurse at night.  We bed share and I have been side lying nursing him and pretty much just fall asleep after.  I also notice that he will eat a lot when something else is bothering him.  It's like he knows that nursing feels good no matter what so he will do that and what was originally bothering him still bothers him and he gets fussy.  sometimes if I don't check his diaper he will ask to nurse when he just has a wet diaper and he will be fussy, wet and have milk pouring out of his mouth when he is done!  Maybe he does that overnight.  Like he will be gassy but just continue to eat and make it even worse.  He definatly gets fussy with a vengence when we are in bed though.  He squirms, kicks and claws and scratches me when he is upset.  I would much rather that then scream and cry though.

[AKislandgirl]

Originally Posted by Amy May 

Silly question, but how do you add the little tag line on your posts? (i.e. Emma's that says "dissertating mom to three")

Go to the tab "My Profile" up at the top of the page (in purple). Scroll down towards the bottom underneath where all the threads you have posted to show up. You will find the spot for your signature there.

[starling&diesel]

Tank ... I could've written the entire last paragraph of your post, word for word. I don't burp ds at night either, but I do sometimes 'sit' him up propped over my belly, if that makes sense. Sometimes this fetches a large manly burp or two and I don't have to get up for the occasion. But the problem persists.

Leiahs ... Yummy pies! I can happily imagine them all wonderfully gluten free too!

Day eight of no poop. When should I worry? About his bodily functions, I mean, not the inev
itable pooplosion.

[~pi]

starling, I was told with DS1 not to worry unless it was 2 weeks. Not sure how true that is, but that's what the ped said. He went about every 10 days, so we never had to deal with what to do if he went longer.

Leiahs, amazing pies! Love the Tshirts, too.

I hope all the Americans had a lovely Thanksgiving!

My baby is asleep. I am not. This is not right. A self-employed family member is in very serious financial trouble and I am just sick with worry. I am not supposed to know about it, and the only reason I do is that this person asked someone else in the family for an enormous loan, and that person confidentially asked me for my thoughts. UGH. I hate these kinds of secrets. I keep waking up to think about it. We aren't in a position to help, but I really wish I could fix things. UGH UGH UGH.

[RosemaryS-F]

Pi, I'm sorry that you're dealing with knowing something so worrisome and secret.

Tank, yay for sleeping in the swing! My baby is temperamental about being put down usually as well. I have a really attractive bouncy chair that you unfortunately have to bounce yourself, so that kind of defeats the purpose! I didn't think of that when I bought it, I just thought, HEY! This chair is cute! Blah.

Starling, I don't think it's anything to worry about in a medical way. I feel your fear though!

I have more to say but should wait and post later on.

[AKislandgirl]

Excitement of the day: Pooping in the tummy tub! And wowsers, it was no small poop! LOL!

[starling&diesel]

Day nine and the poop finally came!  And bonus, he did it in a sposie while all his dipes were in the wash!  Whoo hoo! I was actually on the phone with the infant hotlline because I realized it was day eleven so I was going to get their advice.  He has great timing!

[Katico]

More later, but some random things I've been meaning to say/ask

Lifeguard- you posted in another thread that you once answered the door with a boob hanging out...I'm dying to know who was knocking and what they said!

Rosemary-  the spyglass picture of Iona in the baby pic thread = love, love, love, she is so sweet

Emma:   the picture of your three kids together - they are seriously good looking kids!  I look at them and can imagine them all grown up.  adorable!

[dollyanna]

nak

leiahs those pies look amazing! We had a nice Thanksgiving at my Mom's, actually better than usual. No fighting! She did everything except I made a pie & some appetizers. 

Moby wrap - they look WAY too intimidating to me.  I've never even tried one.  I am loving my

blowouts - we"ve been fortunate to not have anything too crazy happen with poo. She is usually pooing 1x/day, most of the time we get it in the toilet.

However, it seems like every time we go out somewhere that I'm meeting new people she manages to either pee or barf all over me. I always have a change of clothes for HER, but not me  

She actually peed on a stranger last week. 

Pi sorry about the situation. It must be frustrating not to be able to say anything.

[lifeguard]

katico - it was when ds was a newborn & we were living in costa rica. My spanish was not good enough to speak over the intercom & so i had to go outside to the gate to talk to people. It was either a delivery man or the water meter man - I don't truly remember anything except how stressed i was!