Week of June 7 - Page 5

[mirthfulmum]

Wow momadance. I don't normally believe in prophecy or psychic phenomena, I tend to hang on the sceptic side of things, but when I read about your dreams it really made me wonder.

[Piglet68]

That's a really good question about using a person's name from their sig, versus their username. I always figure if their name is in their sig then it is okay to use it, but I use it when I sense it's okay to be more "chummy". i think using the username is considered more polite. Sort of like calling someone "ms so and so" before they say "call me firstname". And i have no idea why I feel this way, it is not written anywhere, lol. then there are some people, like Letia, who everybody calls Letia, so often I do too (and wannabemommie is a long name to type, lol). For me, I prefer to use my username. I only tell people my real name if we are developing a relationship that extends offline, and that is mostly for a sense of security and privacy. I've had some near-miss bad experiences from when I very first was online and called myself by my full name all the time. Plus my name is not that common. Mind you, I list my children's names, lol...I guess I'm just silly!

Katie it was so great to meet you!! Lucy is SUCH a sweetie pie and handled herself so well in that huge crowd of kids and mamas and diapers and slings....oh my! Emily took some time to adjust, and still wasn't so comfortable with all the fuss, unless she was eating, LOL.

You know, I started calling baby by his name (Sasha) to DD. You are right, mirthfulmum, it really does help feel like part of the family already...I think the reason I was hesitant is that I still had this funny feeling like maybe at the last minute I'd change my mind about his name. But I went through so many webpages. I swear I read thousands of names, and I still loved Sasha the best. I guess after having an "Emily" when there are so many of them, I had doubts, lol. Anyways, it's helping Emily alot to refer to baby as "Baby Sasha", so for that already I'm glad!

Hm, well it's almost 11 pm here and I shoudl really be going to bed. It's Saturday night and this is what I do: stay up late and eat Golden Oreos. I actually feel "indulgent" this way, lol.

BTW, dont' know if any of you have tried them yet, but OMG these golden oreos are Soooooo goood!!

amelia: hope your dreams aren't prophetic, b/c it will be hard to explain your african-american husband to your current husband, lol.

night night everyone!

[ameliabedelia]

amelia: hope your dreams aren't prophetic, b/c it will be hard to explain your african-american husband to your current husband, lol.

:LOL, yeah, I don't think I will tell him about that dream .

I think the African-American part is because on Wednesday I was at playgroup with some friends, and there is one African-American mom there with her two daughters. Her dd's are absolutuly gorgeous, really, really beautiful children, and I am remember thinking that there were so cute and beautiful. And OF COURSE, my baby will be absolutely cute and beautiful And, even in my dreams, my scientific mind is at work, and knows that I couldn't have an African-American baby without any genetic basis for it. LOL


golden oreo's......I need to try those..:LOL... Earlier in the pregnancy I didn't want sweets or chocolate, but now I DO. I am craving them.....I just went to the store yesterday and bought a bag of M + M's. I am soo bad But, they are soooo good.

[OakEmber]

Well I've got a lot to catch up on, usually I don't let a whole day go by without looking!

About the user/ name thing...I don't really feel comfortable using someones real name unless we have "talked" a few times (by that I mean that they've replied to something I've said in a thread, not PM) :LOL But it depends on the name...we have more than one Amy but since mine is spelt different it's not a problem.

Momadance- Oh my goodness yes! I can't believe all the discomfort I am having these days...too much standing and I feel like my hips are gonna explode (for lack of better discpription, LOL)...I can't believe that even a quick 5 min. stroll can result in so much pressure! I don't remember this until late in my first pregnancy, like 36 weeks or so! I'm only 21 weeks so this has me worried a bit!

The other name question that you asked about Piglet...we call the baby Oakley about 80% of the time, even though we would use it even if he ends up being a he...I still find myself saying the baby lots too.

Nursing tops, never had one with DD. I didn't like my nursing bras much either, though I did use them for about a year (playtex ones). Had I known how long I'd end up using them I'd have investing in better ones from the start...I've got one Bravado this time so far and will definately be getting a couple more. I have one nursing top this time that someone gave me with some maternity clothes, so it will be nice to try it and see if I like it.

Mirthfulmum- about Alias and the nursing...it's been since about Dec. that Ember stopped nursing and she still does bring it up once and awhile and gets upset that my milk is all gone...and it's weird being that it hasn't been long since I stopped lactating, you'd think that I'd be getting colostrum sooner but nope, bone dry....anyways, I seem to remember her going about a month before asking, almost like the novelty of being weaned wore off then, so I'd agree that what Alias is doing is completely normal. Ember is still affectionate towards them, gives them kisses in the tub (gosh, just think of what "mainstream" folks would think if they read that ) I have also told Ember that my milk will come back when Oakley is born and that she can have some then too if she wants too...and she'll be turning 4 then so we will see what happens, maybe she won't need it by then, however I totally intend on following through...besides what a cure for engorgement :LOL

Oh and the sweets thing...I haven't tried the Golden Oreos either but I have sound my own guilty pleasure of choice....Hagan Daz icecream bars, the chocolate with almond kind....should have never had one of those! I swear that I think about them every other day, and indulge about twice a week!

[blessed2bamommie]

OK....lemme see if I remember..we haven't been using Aaron, since I think its a boy as much as I thought. Jason has always contended we have a son. Once, he said daughter, so she won't feel like if its Mikayla, she's not wanted. I tend to say baby and use the pronoun he a lot.

Names...well, tell me if it weirds u out; but, if I see your name in your sig I use it. Or, in Katie's instance, used to be. I just assume use names, tho I understand Pig where ya comin from. Noone knows my last name, nor dh's since the phone number etc, is in his name, so I'm not weirded out or anything. Maybe I'm too trustworthy online. A mama here and her dh and family are gonna drive and meet us in New Orleans when we go for business in a couple weeks. She was gonna come help me with nursing, since I don't have family support or community since blacks tend to go with formula whom I know. Her husband, understandably won't let her come here so we're meeting in NO and *then* she'll come after birth. I feel kinda weird callin ya Pig; but, I understand. Call me Letia. No problem with me. That's my name! :LOL

uhhhhhhhhhh...who dreamed they birthed the black baby? :LOL Hey! that was mine! :LOL They switched ours! Me and dh wonder what color we'll get. We have a rainbow--from Indian to fair almost white to what they call black almost blue. So its a toss up. But, we are both light. He's kinda coffee with cream and I'm yellow. So, we'll just see! My crazy sil and brother, he's light and his dw is dark were guessing. Didn't she totally ask those that white medical staff what color he was when he was born. They didn't wanna touch that one!

Well, I was all over God's green earth yesterday for some dockers! I mean there's only but so many colors and he was choosing between two styles. I needed shoes. I got the shoes... I was working on some information for my pastor and then I wanted this polish off my toes b/c it started chipping. I had done the pedicure weeks earlier and just needed a polish change. Dh coulda done it with the tip guides (french ped) but he says one shade only and then he was on that blasted computer and didn't even massage my feet and then only one! After running around with him! (he changed the polish once while ) I stayed up til 2 am doing my toes; because I wanted them done. (stupid, I know) I was mad. Sooooo..I'm full of Italian and I'm going to camp out on that couch. Its calling my name.



I had creme brulee.....

[True Blue]

I just heard my baby's heartbeat!!!! I mean, I've heard it on the doppler before, but I just actually got to hear the real heartbeat with my stethoscope!!!!!!!

Just had to share!

[blessed2bamommie]

what you talkin bout girl? you got medical equipment too? *not a fetoscope; but, a *stethascope*? Well, I go Tuesday since she tried 18wks, so at 23, even *I* should be able to hear I would think.

that's exciting girl!

*yawn* will I sleep tonight since I just woke up about and hour ago.....:

[Piglet68]

okay, trueblue...next time one of the docs wanders into the lab, I'm going to ask him for his stethoscope!

Well, I went for a walk in the park with DD today and it felt soooo good to be exercising. I took it slowly and it was a good tired, not a concerned tired. I've been having more heart palpitations and will be seeing one of our docs tomorrow afternoon. I think I'll be getting a Holter monitor so I'll be walking around with leads stuck to my chest - I am SO wondering how long it's going to be before DD starts trying to rip them off, hollering "STICKERS!", lol...I wear it for 48 hrs, and carry it like a fanny pack. I feel like such an old fart. But it will be good to be reassured that they are just normal you-are-getting-old, you-aren't-exercising-your-lazy-butt, you-are-carrying-a-baby type of stuff...

Letia, girl you crack me up so much! I was like : imagining your SIL asking the doc what colour he was, and the doc in a fit of PC-induced apoplexy, LOL. Frankly, the most gorgeous babies I've ever seen are mixed-race ones. My mum is Eurasian and she is so gorgeous. I used to joke I should marry an Asian guy, but she said they treat their wives like dirt 'cuz their mothers spoil them (oh, she gets away with so much, lol). Anyways, I did joke once also that I should have babies with a Slavic guy b/c slavic babies are so cute with their round faces and gentle eyes...I did marry a slav (a Croat) but my baby looks more like me now, lol.

Have a good night, everybody. I'll post in the morning some time before 10 am, I promise.