One last thread before we move on to "Life with a Babe"? 10/9 - 10/16 - Page 5

[plantmommy]

leigh, in case you don't read the bf board, a momma there wants to go splits on a bulk order of domperidome... maybe this is a way for you?
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=205945

pam, i don't bother changing milky/spitty clothes unless i'll be going out in public.
me = wet, stinky slob! but reid doesn't mind, i don't care what dh thinks right now and i have enough laundry to do as it is.

[JenInMpls]

Hi everyone.

Thank God for partners/spouses, I don't know how single mamas do it. I am having a break from the screamer (who is currently yelling his way through a diaper change, we have no idea why he has to holler through his diaper changes!). Last night I even got baby-free sleep time from 9-10:30 and slept like a rock. Jo was afraid when she put him down next to me that i was unaware that he was there. Could be that I was.

Leigh, you might want to check whether you have a compounding pharmacy near you and whether your dr is sympathetic to your wanting to take domperidone. Mine surprisingly prescribed it to me and I was able to take it to a compounding pharmacy (a pharmacy that makes their own meds instead of buying from drug companies, kind of like old-fashioned apothecaries) in town and have it filled. Sorry to say that it's not working well for me but it might for you. I think I just don't have enough glandular tissue to make enough milk. I will agree that it is expensive, my 2-week supply cost me $65 but it was less than we were expecting. Ordering it from CA might actually be cheaper.

Savannah Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education (PROVE) has lots of info about vaccination although they have an obvious anti-vaccine bent. There is also the book Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parents' Guide by Aviva Jill Romm. I haven't read it but Steph has and she said it was good. btw, we couldn't come up with any good breastfeeding related clever statements, and I'm down on the whole nursing thing right now anyway (kinda jaded and grumpy about it, to be honest), but we did come up with one thing that suits Tristan to a T (haha, to a T): Pinkelmaschine! (= peeing machine!). He totally is!!!

Well, my little Pinkelmaschine wants to nurse, and I'm feeling like I could use a little draining on one side, so I'm off...

j

[adventuregirl]

Pinkelmaschine! That is so cute! I have one of those too. uh-ohy, there she goes, gotta run.

[chrissy]

oh mamas, noah is driving me nuts! some days are better than others but today has been the WORST. one minute he is as sweet as can be, loving on lilah and acting like his usual sweet self and then, like we've flipped a switch or something, he's a maniac. today has just been one tantrumy, maniacy, freak out after another. and it makes me so angry and annoyed at him and then i feel so guilty for feeling that way. argh!!! it will get better though, right?

question for those of you co-sleeping with more than one: how's it going for you? how are you arranged in the bed? this was my biggest worry before lilah was born. it's working out pretty well though. the hardest part is that noah wakes up and wants to cuddle all up to/on lilah. i think it will be great once she is a little older but now i worry that he'll suffocate her.

we had our 2 week check up with our midwife on thursday. all is well. lilah's fast breathing seems to have resolved itself. she weighed 9 lbs 10 oz.

jen, i am so sorry that you are having such a torturous struggle to breastfeed. i don't know what i would do in your situation but i just wanted to add my .02 that whatever you choose is the right decision for tristan. you are his mama and your happiness is very important.

Pam, to you!! I hope today was better.

better go, my computer chair, even topped with a boppy, is still rough on my bum!

[HeatherB]

Add me to the list of "reading but not finding time to post"... I don't seem to find time for much of anything these days! Well, other than nursing, changing diapers, cleaning up spit-up, reading books, packing up diaper bags and car seats, etc... :LOL

I took Iain to my chiropractor on Thursday and he got an adjustment. He didn't throw up at all Thursday (though we saw her in the afternoon) or Friday. That's the first time in a week or ten days he hasn't thrown up at all! Jeremey (DH) was changing him for our party (see below!) and Iain flopped backwards pretty far - enough to make him cry and fuss for a bit. He vomited again a short while later. Sigh. Hopefully it's just 'cause of the backbend he did and he'll be okay after this. At least, perhaps another adjustment will fix whatever got messed up and he'll go back to being okay! Anyhow, we were at least encouraged by these last couple of days...

We had our "Welcome Baby" party today, and it went pretty well. I did some decorating with some dipes - it was cute. We didn't have nearly as many people as I thought would probably come, though at one point my living room was quite full, anyway! (It was an open house sort of thing, so we didn't have everyone all at once.) There were some people we really expected to be there that didn't show up or call, so we were disappointed in that. But, I'd been praying that just the right people would come - so I have to trust they did!

Iain actually slept through most of it in his bassinet that we'd moved into the living room. I kinda feel badly about that because not everyone got to see him as much as I'd hoped - I kinda thought for those who had already met him (most of those who came had) that they'd get to see him "in action" a bit more and that might be neat. But, he slept. It was great for me 'cause I was scurrying around picking up things and trying to keep a neat appearance for whomever would show up next. I did actually wake him up for some friends who hadn't ever seen him and whom I see rarely.

Is it weird to feel badly because people brought gifts? We got a couple of gift cards and some lovely things. Some of it I know people were wanting to do anyway and this just gave them an opportunity, but I'd hate it if anyone felt like they needed to give us a gift. KWIM? Especially with a party we hosted ourselves! I think everyone who came brought something. It was very thoughtful but I hate to feel like somehow we "asked" for it. Anyhow, I need to go dig up some thank you notes (or decide to stamp some) and get them out before I forget about it.

Well, we are all zonked from getting ready and running around all day. It's not even 9:30pm and I'm thinking bed sounds like a very good idea!!

[hjohnson]

Chrissy it sounds like typical toddler behavior to me. Christopher can be like a light switch. Happy one second and totally pissed off the next second.

I know that you live in Greensboro. I am down in Charlotte. Maybe we should get together someday. Pam where in NC are you?

[JenInMpls]

The mod is slowly moving through the due date clubs and announcing the need to move on to "Life with a Babe". We're next... so I thought I'd be proactive and move us over there before we get the boot. Here's the link to the new thread...

Get all of your good stuff saved now I guess!

Tristan, of course, had to save up his big poop - changing from breast milk to formula makes his system a little unhappy for a day or two - for our visit at our friends' house last night, and while we were changing him (everyone got involved, or at least watched), he had to pee on my friend. Nice! Unbelievably, she still held him after that!! And did you know (this is either tmi or it will make you laugh hysterically) that mustard colored bf poop + green iron-fortified formula poop makes fluorescent green poop?!!! We thought that we had overpacked the diaper bag with diapers, outfits and washcloths. Wrong! None left when we went home!

My MIL arrives tomorrow and is staying til Saturday. Wish me luck. She can be terribly hard to have a one-on-one conversation with. Luckily Jo is taking a couple of half-days, or maybe one full day so we can go to IKEA in the morning.

Tuesday night we sign adoption papers! Then all we're waiting for is our day in court!!!!!!!