Weekly Thread Dec. 20 - 26 - Page 2

[Oregonicmama]

Yay Nikki, Congratulations! I'm so glad to hear your daughters birth went well.

Happy Birthday Naomi!!!

Happy Babymoon!

[shalena]

Julian has been nursing all day since we got out of bed. He's been fussy whenever he's off the breast and hasn't really gotten any sleep. I expect him to sleep well tonight. My breasts feel pretty empty atm, since they havn't had much of a break today. I am wondering if this will cause them to be sore tomorrow. Either way, I'm not worried, just curious how my body works
We had our one week appointment with my midwives yesterday. Julian is back up above his birth weight (now 7 pounds 4 ounces) and doing great. They looked at his belly button and said it looked just how it should. His cord actually had fallen off the day before we went in. I was worried about it, because it actually did look sort of "pussy" but where the goo is is apparently exactly where it should be. I am just a worry-wart. All the midwives love him and carried him around and cuddled him most of the appointment. I will really miss them and look forward to every appointment. They've been apart of our lives now for so long I'll be sad to see them go. I have plans to stop in and visit them often.
We also had our first real "outting" yesterday - we had to go to Target to pick up some cards and a CD for DH's parents for christmas. I felt stressed and anxious the whole time we were there. I was exhausted by the time we left and am not looking forward to the next time we need to go "shopping". I assume with time I'll feel better about it, but right now it scares me. The baby did fine though, he just slept the whole time. I wish I had him in the sling, though, instead of the carseat.
Anyhow, things are going well with us. We start Cloth diapers tomorrow and I can't wait. I'm waiting on some covers that we ordered off the internet to come in the mail soon as we only have 5 right now. I got some tea for nursing mothers too. It sounded good and topped off my order, so why not.
Oh, and does anyone know a natural stool softner other then prunes? =/

[Mommak]

Shalena-- Have you tried Psyllium?

[Jenelle]

39 weeks 1 day

Wow, it's quiet around here... I suppose the few of us who don't have babies yet are very busy with the holidays? Not me. I'm having family over tonight, but I've been keeping the house pretty clean "just in case" the baby comes anyway... so no big rush there. And I had all my shopping and wrapping done a couple weeks ago... again, "just in case".

So here I am. Anyone else here???

Anyone know about Nekisha? Haven't heard an update from her lately. I'm sure there are others who've been MIA but she sticks in my mind for some reason.

Are we going to have a "December 04 mamas" monthly thread over on "Life With a Babe"? I just went over there and looked around a little last night, but didn't see any familiar names yet (I didn't look real hard though).

Well, Merry Christmas!

[green betty]

Thought I'd pop in and say hi... Charlie is a month old now, I can't believe it! He weighed 9 lbs, 6 oz at his one month appt yesterday. (I also can't believe that I haven't finished unpacking my suitcase from the hospital or writing his birth story!)

This is a time of learning new skills and abilities, that's for sure. Today I worked on the skill of shaving my legs with one hand while the baby used the pinky on my other hand as a pacifier. Also while singing "3 is a Magic Number" to him and thinking through when to start defrosting the preprepared food I bought for Christmas dinner.

Not bad for someone who hasn't slept more than 3 hours at a stretch in a month, I think!

It's definitely time for this cohort to have a thread in "Life With a Babe". Think I'll go start one right now.

Blessings to all!

[DalaiMama]

Congratulations, NIki! HAppy birthday Naomi!

Jenelle ~ I'm still hanging in here... officially a week overdue today. I swore I didn't want a Christmas baby, but now, I JUST WANT MY BABY! :LOL I knew I cursed myself by buying the little "My First Christmas" outfit. I even took the tags off. Apparently I was feeling optimistic that day. Anyways, I don't feel "labory" at all, I sincerely feel like I could be pregnant for another two weeks. I go through phases of worrying and freaking out that maybe something is holding this baby up, alternated with phases of complete nonchalance and security that my body knows what it's doing. Today is a good day, thank goodness, since I have to go deal with the MIL tonight. She actually told me that if I had the baby by Christmas, dh just needed to leave the two of us at home and drive three hours with our two year old to spend Christmas at her house.After all, all I would be doing is nursing anyways, and she wanted him "home" for the holidays. : I gave her a piece of my mind, but I'm still LIVID that she had the nerve to say something like that to me. Aaaanyways... Holiday rant over. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend, here's to a baby by Monday.

[Jenelle]

I bought the little "Baby's First Christmas" outfit too, pretty cheap on clearance from last year, but I didn't take the tags off and wash it. Looks like someone else will end up with it! I'm in the same boat, just wanting the baby, not caring when his birthday is, even if it is Christmas day. We had a family get-together tonight, but I was totally outside shoveling snow yesterday - just trying to go into labor! I didn't even care if I had to miss the festivities. Same thing for tomorrow... we are having a family party and I'd much rather be in the hospital holding my babe!

[Jessviola]

OMG Rachel! I can't believe she'd seriously say that!

[Jessviola]

[nikirj]

Rachel, that's AWFUL! I called my MIL and asked if she'd like DH and the kids to go to her place today for a bit, and she said no, she'd come here. I wasn't sure what I thought of that...but it worked out well. She brought 'breakfast' and everything - and waited until I called at 11 and told her the kids were up and done with what we had here, and ready for a bit more excitement. Naomi didn't nurse so well while they were here, but afterwards she did. I hadn't figured on cursing myself by buying a "Baby's First Christmas" outfit, but someone else did it for me, so she got to wear one anyway.

Janelle, hang in there girl, it will happen for you .

My milk came in last night...boy, did it ever come in. I've always had oversupply issues, and hyperactive let-down - but I don't think my breasts got quite this big with either of my other kids. None of my bras come close to fitting. At least I'm not shooting milk all over the place...yet...but my poor little one gets so upset by how heavy the flow is!

Still trying to write the birth story. And trying to give my girlie a middle name!

[kimkabob5]

He's here!

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...31#post2431031

[Illuviel]

Originally Posted by Jenelle

So here I am. Anyone else here???

I am. 40 wks, 5 days here and waiting. Not terribly patiently at the moment, but waiting.

[nikirj]

Finished my story!

Here it is!

[KittyKat]

My sincerest sympathies to anyone here who is "overdue" and still waiting. 12/26/ is my "official" EDD, and I am sooo ready. Bring on the labor!

ELV's to us!

Happy baby and plentiful milk (but not OVERplentiful, I get oversupply too...) vibes to those who are babymooning!

[Jenelle]

39 weeks 3 days

Niki, thanks for sharing your birth story. It is beautiful! I am so happy that things went just how you wanted them to.

I have made it through all the Christmas festivities with no baby. I am okay with that - obviously that's how it was meant to be. But there's a full moon tonight, and so I'm hoping...

So today, on my husband's last official day of his vacation, we will sit around the house and play with ds's new toys, puzzles, books, etc. - eating all the leftover holiday junk. And just enjoy this two-on-one time with him.

My next dr. appt. is tomorrow. I suppose I am in the minority around here because I am having a hospital birth. I am very nervous about my husband having to travel for work and possibly miss out on this birth because of the snow, and so I have been thinking a lot about induction. : But we'll see what she has to say tomorrow, and what the weather report looks like for this week. I go back and forth between wanting it scheduled and planned (this is what I know from #1) and just wanting to have faith and let him come when he is truly meant to.

I wouldn't be having this conflict if my husband's job didn't have him gone for 2-3 days at a time, and if we weren't getting as much as 29 inches of snow at some places in Indiana.

[Oregonicmama]

Hey Mamas

I hope everyone who celebrates Christmas had a nice Holiday! We had a great time here.

Aurora is doing great. At her 1 week apointment last week she had already gained half a pound! She certainly is a champion nurser, so I am not surprised. She is usually sleeping or eating, but when she is awake and hanging out she really checks things out. She is pretty aware.

Our friend was nice enough to give us her carseat for Aurora, but once we got it we realized it is missing the straps! So I have to order them from the Manufacturer. I have been sneaking off to the store here and there when I can while Aurora is sleeping to get little things. I can't wait until I can just bring her with me, it will be so much easier.

We finally have a middle name! Since i picked the first name, DP got to pick the middle name. He gets into the roots of words a lot, and wanted something meaning "Universe, truth, pure, light, etc" At first he chose "El." I thought that didn't sound very good, so I made him come up with something else. So, he chose "Li," pronounced like Lee. It was the second most common prefix (after "El")for names with the meanings he wanted. I didn't like it either at first, but at least its better than what he wanted to name Lily (Ix Chel Amateratsu!). So we have a little Aurora Li!

When so we get kicked out of the Pregnancy section? I've been looking for you all in Life with a Babe, but no one seems to be there yet.

Oh yeah....this is really silly, but it made my day yesterday. DP got me a beautiful 100% silk dress for Christmas, a size 8. I didn't want to try it on at first, I didn't want to remind myself of how much weight I have to loose. But he really wanted to see it on me, so I gave it a shot, and it fit! I am shocked and amazed! I'm sure a size 8 pants would split in half if I tried to squeeze my big butt in them, but the dress fit! YAY! I was so excited. I'm half tempted to get my size 10 jeans out and give it a try, but I think I'll stick with the elastic waistbands for now!
Oh yeah, I got one of those nursing cami's from Target the other day and I love it! It kinda gives me the sports bra "uniboob" but its very supportive (I don't usually wear a bra) and comfortable. I am going to get another one soon.

I will write the birth story soon.... I will write the birth story soon... I will write the birth story soon....

[DalaiMama]

well, I think this baby is finally on the way... I had a good cry last night over how frustrated I was feeling, and felt much better. Then I was up late planning my day today, including laundry, grocery shopping, and taking down my Christmas tree so that I wouldn't have to worry about it once the baby finally arrived. Apparently all it takes to put me into labor is planning a busy day. I've been contracting since about four o'clock this morning, and they're slowly getting closer and more painful. I never thought I'd welcome excrutiating pain, but I say: Bring on this baby!

[Jessviola]

I hope this is it for you Rachel!!! : :

[Changed]

Hi mamas. We got back from Christmas yesterday. It was just wonderful! Cole brought something with him we never see around here, SNOW! We got 6 inches on Christmas eve and it stuck until yesterday. That's amazing in south central Texas. Best Christmas ever hands down.

Well, Cole will be one month old tommorow. Can you believe it? It's nuts! He's growing like a weed now, has a double chin. It's adorable. He's doing much better at night now only nursing every 3 hours or so and just sleeping great between. He's happy as long as he's in the sling or being held. We are also doing the pinky-fier thing. It's a pain but hey, it's better than a binky. I hate those things. Loose them, drop them, and then beg to get rid of them... no thanks, i've learned my lesson.


People keep nagging me about my parenting. It's annoying but not swaying me. Why didn't you circ? Are you sure? Why don't you just give him a bottle? Eww, he spit up, your milk is no good!, Those are for your husband, similac is for the baby, you need to put him down.. your doing it to yourself if you don't, he shouldn't sleep with you, he needs to be on a schedule.........


bite my butt, I know what I'm doing!



Anyway, small vent there..

Cole has a terrible diaper rash and I cannot get rid of it. We're using sposies though and I can't do cloth right now. I don't feel like I have the time and I got rid of most of our diapers. I could make some if I had to but I am hating sewing now. I do have some greast hemp prefolds that i'm using to air his bottom. I've tried everything and he's so raw. Ideas?

Anyone else suprised by how nuts we've gotten? I was never the babytalking mommy type with my other kids and this little boy has melted me into a mushy mess. I actually said "nursies" yesterday. I hate it when people say that. It sounds so stupid and yet, there you have it.

I'm sorry for anyone who is feeling tired and huge BUT, I really hope you will try to enjoy this last few days with your belly. I miss mine so.

[Jessviola]

mhl,
i always swore i wouldn't be a silly baby talker, but now it seems like every word ends with "ie" or "y"
juicy, milkies, colory, etc :LOL