July 05 mamas- It's September! - Page 5

[zoooteacher]

Had a migraine last night, and I even managed to time it so that taking the Excedrin (only thing that works for these aweful things) didn't keep Gi up....but I only managed to drift off for an hour or two and now I'm up again Frustrating!!!! That yucky sleep deprived feeling is ten times worse when I know it's not even because the baby was up!!!!

Maybe I'll have an early breakfast....

[Pom]

Yeah, Zoo, we're up early too today -- babe woke up earlier than usual to eat and then DD1 woke up and then babe's diaper leaked, she spit up in the bed...etc etc. Sigh.

I HATE THE CHEAP PAMPERS!!! They don't have stretchy tabs or sides and you can barely get them on, and they seem bigger than the Swaddlers, and I have to plow through this box and hope they don't leak again. Argh. I bought a box of Huggies at Costco and I'm praying they fit okay or I'll just have to give them to my friend who's having a chubby boy and resiegn myself to the fact that this babe will only take the pricey sposies.

I really want to get to the farmer's mkt this morning, but DD is claiming she wants to stay home - "We never stay home!" Sigh. We're home all the time!

[darsmama]

Thank you so much ladies, for the encouragement.

Shana

I'm feeling so much better today. Sleep does wonders.

If any of you have gassy/colicy babies, take some fennel seeds and boil them to make a tea for babe. IT DOES WONDERS!!!!! I couldn't believe it.

<3
Katie

[cheeseRjedi]

yeah pom, i feel like pampers won't even fit around dd's belly. we returned the last package we got and bought some huggies. they stretch sooooo much more and they don't seem to leak as often.

shannon, my girl is already outgrowing some of her clothes too. she can't even stretch out her legs in some of her jammies anymore. luckily, a friend just found out she is having a girl in january, so i will have someone to give some clothes to. i never get as much of a feeling of satisfaction when i give things to the thrift store.
speaking of a new native...i was thinking about getting one, but it seems like it would only be comfy for a super small babe. how does Georgia like being in it?

dh and i went out to a show last night. mil watched dd. it was cool of her to hang out w/ the babe, but she has kinda been getting on my nerves lately. she makes sideways comments about how we are "spoiling" dd because we hold her all the time. i told her that i don't believe in cio and she just tells me 'oh you will. don't worry'. she takes every opportunity to disappear with the babe and makes me feel bad for not wanting to let dd spend the night at their house yet. hello?!? she's 2 months old!! she needs her momma! :
this all coming from a lady who put her 6 year old and 4 year old on a bus alone and sent them home.

[JeanetteL]

Cathy,
I don't know about the New Native, but I got a hotslings pouch and love it -and I've seen friends use it on their three year olds just as easily as I can pop five week old Julianna in. It folds up so small in the diaper bag, and she has tons of cute prints.

Jeanette

[zoooteacher]

Georgia's a 12 pounder, and she still loves it. Like with any sling, just make sure you switch shoulders several times a day. 'specially with big babes I got a great night's sleep to make up for Friday, so I'm finally feeling human again...

SO nervous about leaving her tomorrow for my first day of work (I'm subbing Mondays and Fridays)

[mmgarda]

Checking in again

Hi all. I went back to work on Thursday, Simon came with me on Friday. It seems ok. We'll have to see.

Right now the whole family is sharing a cold. Yay. We thought DS1 was in the clear, since the rest of us are at the tail end and feeling ok, but he woke up this morning with a really croup-y sounding cough. Argh. Now I'm going to have to take tomorrow off, which will require that I go in today and pick up some stuff so I can get a bit done at home tomorrow (as if!).

FENNEL: this is one of the main ingredients in gripe water - which works great for us.

POM: We have a bunch of nursing wear on sale right now. PM me your size and I can let you know what we have. You really have to come over! Plan a quick trip. DD1 can play in the kids area, you can try out a few wraps and slings for DD2 and we'll see if there are some clothes that fit you!!

Simon has been growing as well. Yesterday he weighed 10lb. 10 oz. He's a delicate flower compared to DS1! :LOL He's been sleeping and sleeping and SLEEPING. Then he wakes up and nurses, nurses, nurses!

[ChelseaG]

Just got home from my sister's beach wedding in NJ - it was beautiful! It was perfect weather, great to see family and friends, and Rosie was an absolute doll on both flights! She slept or nursed the whole time. I had people come up to me at baggage claim after both flights to tell me "your baby was so good"

Of course, the only meltdown she had the entire time was actually during the wedding - as soon as I walked down the aisle with the wedding party - she started crying - poor dh missed the whole ceremony trying to console my hungry girl! In hindsight, I probably should have brought a bottle and either pumped or expressed a little to keep her satisfied in this kind of situation - luckily the ceremony was only about 30 min... I will probably have dh give her a bottle soon to practice in case another situation like this comes up...

The only downside to the whole weekend was the constant unsolicited advice we got from EVERYBODY, not only my family, but the groom's side at the wedding, strangers at the hotel, etc. The one that really made me mad was another sister of mine, who has a 3 month old son, who kept trying to shove a pacifier in dd's mouth at every opportunity... I explained that dd usually goes through a fussy period, it is fine, she gets over it, and we have tried using a pacifier, but she doesn't really like it - she spits it out... but my sister insisted "oh you just have to shake it like this" - meanwhile, dd is obviously upset, screaming, while my sister tries to shove the paci in her mouth. Ugh! Why do people do this? I made a mental note to never try to tell anybody else how to calm their baby. Dh got the worst of it during the wedding - I think a lot of people assume dads can't handle their own babies - some of the advice he got was "put a carrot in her mouth" "put her on your shoulder and pat her bottom" "she needs water" and a complete stranger came up and said "want me to take her?" - like he would just hand his baby to a strange person...

Luckily, advice was the worst thing that dd had to endure, She seemed to be nursing constantly (for comfort I think) and if she wasn't, I would tell people, oh, she is just getting ready to eat and I would start to reach under my shirt, that always stopped people in their tracks! Plus, I wore her in my moby wrap, or dh had her in our stretchy pouch sling most of the time, so we got out of the whole "pass the baby" thing. I know a couple people were offended or hurt that they didn't get to hold the baby - but too bad!

Speaking of nursing, I am now a pro at NIP. I walked around the hotel with dd latched on, sucking away, nursed during pretty much every meal, nursed walking on the beach, nursed during the wedding reception (my mom joked that she was surprised I didn't walk down the aisle nursing!) - and I am sure only about 5% of the people who saw me actually knew what I was doing. I don't use a blanket or anything, just a system with a shirt over a tanktop, so when the shirt is pulled up, and the tanktop pulled down, I only have to expose enough of the boob for dd to latch onto and most people just think I an holding my baby and her face is turned towards me. I think that using a blanket just draws attention to what I am doing - like a big arrow "hey - baby attached to a boob under here!"

Oh, speaking of loud farts and poos - my girl is amazingly loud! Burps too! DH and I always have to ask each other "are you sure that wasn't you?" because we find it hard to believe that our sweet little girl can make such loud noise!

Shannon & mmgarda, good luck with going back to work...

Shana, sounds like your chiro is amazing! So glad she is helping you and Maddy and glad you can finally start expanding your diet with more variety!

Shay, so sorry to hear about your grandma

ccohenou, hope it passes on its own and you are better soon

Peace and love to all you mamas!

oh - forgot who asked about the nuva ring for bc - I was in the clinical trials for it before it hit the market - I liked it a lot - didn't feel it at all when it was in - didn't feel it during sex - pretty easy to insert and remove... I had no problems or complications...

sorry for the long post - Ive been gone almost a week and missed you mamas!

[MilkOnDemand]

wow 5 pages! not on line as much anymore....

dorothy turned 4 today, an i turned 29. she got her ears pierced & i got a coffee maker dustin made me a picture that said "i love you" he wrote it without help! i cried.

Liam is a growing boy, wearing 3-6 months now. I've had to make the switch to medium covers & fitteds. He is still a really good sleeper, out for the count around 9ish, nurses sometime in the night, 7:30am, then up for the day around 9:30 - very nice! I can honestly say that he's been easier than dust or dot. He is rolling, laughing and reaching for faces. He loves his snugli & his sister & brothers. He got his shots at the end of last month and ran a fever for two days...ugh...He still refuses all of daddy's attempts at a bottle, but i guess he doesn't need one anyway. We've decided to quit trying lol!

on sex & bc....right now we are using vcf spermacide thingys. i'm getting an iud as soon as my darn csection repair finally closes up.

I have lost 48 lbs since liam was born! none of my pre-prg clothes fit, they literally falll off, so i've been shopping. I joined curves and love the 37 minutes out of the house 3 times a week without kids.

[Shanana]

Well, we finally decided -- we're going with Maddie, over Maddy, lol.

6 week growth spurt -- ARRGGH! Cry, eat, cry, eat, cry while eating. I fed her 4 times between 2 and 6 AM this morning!! Does anyone else's babe fuss when your letdown doesn't happen as fast as they think it should? She's an impatient little imp! But letdown is happening faster again now that my supply is catching up. For a while there, I felt downright empty most of the time. I think I better stop block feeding too (keeping her on the same side for multiple feedings), as it finally seems to be reducing my supply.

She still fusses during feedings, but it's changing. She seems to fuss during more feedings than she used to, but the intensity of the fussing is lessening, and oftentimes I'm able to calm her down enough that she'll actually finish the feeding. Or at least fuss, feed, fuss, feed, etc., instead of just fussing and falling off the cliff, so to speak, and refusing to feed again at all. That would have been unthinkable 2 weeks ago. Also, the nighttime feedings (once we finally get her down) continue to go very well. I think I'd kill myself if she had fussy feedings all night!! I am so looking forward to the day when we can nurse "normally" all the time, though. I hope it comes eventually.

And I think she's finally comfort nursing!! Maybe it sounds strange to be happy about this, but since I often feel like she thinks my breast is an instrument of torture, it's so nice for her to actually seem comforted by it. She'll fuss like she wants to eat, but never really gets down to business and just does little baby sucks and hardly gets any milk, and then she falls asleep. She's sleeping across the boppy right now with my nipple in her mouth, lol.

Had 6 week checkup on Friday and was told that everything looks good. I figured, though, since I haven't been having any problems, discomfort, etc. She asked what we were using for birth control and I said abstinence, lol.

So Maddie celebrated her 6 week birthday by having a huge, explosive poop in the car seat. Good thing the pad is removable and washable, lol.

We made our first big outing yesterday -- went to a street fair that we attend every year. I really didn't want to miss it, since we always see tons of people we know, and it's a nice way to catch up. And dang, I have a baby to show off now!! So we spent about SIX hours there, and she slept almost the entire time -- I couldn't believe it! She was a perfect angel. I actually had to wake her up to eat (never happens). And we used the silicone ear plugs to protect her from the loud music (thanks for the tip, Cathy!), which I think worked pretty well. We had her in the car seat / stroller for a while, and after I fed her the first time I put her in the wrap. When my back started hurting, dh took her and put her in the sling. And then I just carried her around towards the end when she was awake and charming the socks off everyone . It was a lot of fun, and so nice to get out and DO something. Oh, and I NIPed (very undiscreetly) with no problems, although I didn't anticipate any at a venue like this -- very, um, alternative crowd, lol.

Violet, so glad to hear you're settling into your new home -- it sounds lovely. The idea of CIO breaks my heart, too. I overheard someone once say, "I just let him cry himself to sleep at night, and after 3 nights he stopped crying." Well, duh, that's because he learned that there was no POINT in crying, since you were not responding to his needs. Doesn't mean the need is gone, lady : . It makes me so sad to think of little babies feeling abandoned like that. I even felt weird leaving Maddie in the car seat / stroller yesterday. I felt much happier once I had her in the wrap, even though she was sleeping happily in the car seat.

Shay, I'm so sorry about your grandma .

Shannon, I hope your migraine is all gone, and good luck going back to work . Maddie outgrows sleepers faster than we can buy them. She is so long, she can't even stretch out her legs. I was initially annoyed that different brands come in different sizes, but I guess it actually makes sense. Otherwise we'd be really stuck, lol. So we went from A Children's Place (really tiny, she can wear their 3-6 size now), to Carters newborn, to Vitamins Baby, to Carters 0-3 and some Laura Ashley sleepers we got as a gift. She barely has time to stain them with poop before she outgrows them .

Pom, I so kwym about fitting into clothes. I still have 15 pounds to go before reaching pre-pg weight, and I can't quite fit in my clothes. So I have 2 pairs of maternity capris, but they're starting to look ridiculous on me. I think I might go thrifting this week. That sucks about DH working nights -- is this a permanent change? That must be really hard to deal with . We moved Maddie up to size 1 Pampers today. I can't believe we didn't do this earlier -- there's so much more room for catching the poop! Duh!

Cathy, sorry to hear about problems with mil. My mom drops hints constantly about us leaving dd with her. Um, no. Even when she's older, I have no intention of doing this, since my mom is CRAZY. I'm sure this will result in some scenes, but oh well.

Melina, sorry to hear about the cold . I hope everyone is feeling better soon.

Chelsea, I'm so glad your trip went well -- it sounds like you had a great time! Way to go on the NIP -- sounds like you're a pro . And I agree on not using the blanket -- it's my goal to learn to nurse discreetly without one. Ah, the wonderful unsolicited advice. I'm sorry to say, but I suspect we had all better get used to it. We tried to take babe grocery shopping the other day, and she was super fussy so I just walked her around outside. Finally sat on a bench and sat her up on my knees facing me, with my hands supporting her back and head. Some woman who could barely speak english came running over screaming that she was too young to sit like that, and begged me to cradle her in my arms : .

Tara, it sounds like things are going great. I'm so glad that things are settling down after your nightmare c/s recovery! Liam sounds like a sweetheart .

Gotta run and make some dinner -- I'm starving. I think I'll have STEAK, now that I can eat more things!

[zoooteacher]

Today was an explosive poop here too One of those ones where it barely even hits the diaper at all - it's like the girl can aim out the side! She had on an AOI, but honestly, she explodes out of 'sposies too....I was sitting here, paying bills, and she was watching the computer screen when I heard it, and then felt it....none on her,but she got all over one side of my jeans and a puddle on the floor. Oh my! I feel like my life revolves around the washer and dryer!

[cheeseRjedi]

Shana, I'm glad the earplugs worked out and she handled the fair well!

So dh is out of town this weekend for a friend's wedding, so it's just baby girl and I. She got sick last night after eating - threw up all over herself, me and the couch . We took a nice bath together and she fell asleep on my belly. After we got out and she was all cozy in her jammies, she nursed laying on my stomach, kinda faceplanted into me. She surprisingly likes to eat that way, but I have to hold down my boob so it doesn't block her nose.

We just kinda hung out today...went outside for a long time in the afternoon then went for a walk in the park when the sun went down. She got hungry so I layed down a blanket and she fell asleep nursing . Quiet night at home. We miss dh...he doesn't come home till tuesday.

[Pom]

Shana - glad the babe's doing better! Hooray!

MoD - Now I know how you can do all those kids -- your'e YOUNG!!! Congrats on the weight loss!

Mmgarda - I shoudl get over there and look at some slings. I don't think I should buy any clothes though for another month...I'm hoping the gym will make a difference (and would, faster, I'm sure, if I could stop making brownies, lol).Where are you?

Chelsea - way to go with the Walking NIP! That's like super advanced NIP-ing. College-level.

Last night Babe, after sneaky-pooping on DH, went ahead and peed and spit up on him as he was bringing her out to me....had to put them both in the shower, lol.

DD1 and I had a date today -- went to Starbucks for a scone and latte and then to the beach and shell-hunted, flew a kite, and then went on the ferris wheel and carousel. It was really nice to just hang with her -- and it was so nice not to haul the diaper bag and stroller, etc. She starts pre-K Tuesday, so it should be an exciting week!

I am awed by all your humungous babes!!!

[JeanetteL]

Okay - can I remember all I wanted to say....

NIP - I am happiliy nursing everywhere - wouldn't have dared last time. I think I'm pretty discrete overall, but as much as I can manage discrete nursing, discrete bra-unlatching seems impossible. I cannot get my nursing bra open and closed without it being VERY obvious!

Speaking of nursing bras - any suggestions of a good one for a (ahem) busty woman? I'm a 34 DD regularly - don't even want to imagine what my real size is right now.

Also - I'm a total failure at nursing in the sling/pouch - anyone have any success with that?

We've left Julianna with my parents three times so far - which is funny, because with Bella we didn't go anywhere for months on months. I guess I really am more relaxed this time. On Saturday we took Bella to the Disney Pooh Bear show for her fourth birthday and then out for ice cream. She really loved having a day out alone with her parents. Julianna is taking a bottle well - and thanks to all the pumping I did when I had mastitis, I've got a little store of milk in the freezer. I pumped after getting home from the Pooh show (she filled up on one side and went to sleep) and I pumped 4.5 oz off one side. I was amazed - rarely got more than two or three ounces with Bella when pumping on both sides - no wonder she's so roly poly!

My parents leave tomorrow and my sister on Thursday.. I'm really sad thinking that Julianna will be a year old before we see them again. IT seems to get harder and harder to say goodbye to them every time I see them. I wish we lived closer to family.

RE: Poop explosions - we've not had any (knock wood). The cloth diapes/covers seem to be containing everything. She's stained the covers a few times, but not as much as I expected. Cloth is proving much easier than I expected - although I didn't realize how often I'd be washing (Bella was 17 months when we switched to cloth - so she didn't have nearly as many dirty diapers in a day). I discovered VB AIO's and I'm in love - so easy. I've got ten now so I can use them for outings. So much easeir than messing with a diaper and cover.

RE: weight....I've actually GAINED weight. I blame it on my mothers good cooking! I bought two skirts when Julianna was two weeks old - and they don't fit now! How wrong is that?

I know I had more to comment on, but I can't remember!

[zoooteacher]

Immobilized this am. Not a good thing. I was so, so! anxious about working for the first time today, and then I didn't get a call to sub. So now I'm all frayed at the edges for no reason and upset that I didn't bring in any cash today. Gah! I'm going to go over after lunch to the admin building and tell them I can sub fridays too, and I don't care at what school (the district I teach in has 6 high schools, biggest in the country, it's a little nutso) Maybe make and post tutoring fliers too so I feel like I went in the right direction...

I know that if I'm subbing 5 days a week I'll get more calls but I really wanted to see if this would work BEFORE I go and give up my plum contract, you know???? Doctor says he doesn't want me on my asperger meds while nursing but I can't stop perseverating on this money thing and then everything else. OK. Action. Placate baby. Farm Chores.

[VioletMommy]

Pom and Jeanette, those trips with your older DC sound so sweet.
Zoo, I totally feel ya on the $ and work stresses. I've spent most all of my adult life in a panic over how much $ I need to get by. Having a baby makes the worry worse, of course. Things always seem to work out, though. I have to tell my boss I won't be going back to work, which is hard, because she was counting on me working Sundays so she wouldn't have to anymore. Oh well.
Shana, I think that's wonderful that your DD is comfort nursing. It's fantastic that she is coming to love the boobie. Congrats! Funny, I thought I was misreading my DS's cues when I when feed him, and he'd suck a couple times and drop off to sleep. Silly me, I was getting it right, after all
My DS is long too, 21.5 inches at birth, and since his torso is so long, outfits are sometimes too tight when snapped at the crotch, and he can't stretch out his legs in some of his footies. Perhaps there are certain brands that fit longer babes better?

Nak and relieved. DS isn't nursing as often as usual, and I'm getting engorged more frequently. His feeding sessions are longer though, because he is fascinated by everything around him, and gets easily distracted. I didn't realize that babies at this age can see much farther than brand-new babes.
I am jealous of all you moms with babies who are 'explosively pooping!' this will be the third day that DS hasn't pooped. He doesn't seem constipated, as he is his normal, laid-back self. I'm altering my diet in case it's a problem from my end. He just usually poops at least once a day.
My dad and step-mom visited this weekend. I was quite surprised that it was a lovely visit. I had MAJOR dificulties with my father as a teenager, and lately developed quite a disliking for my step-mother, because she invited herself to my birth (totally unwelcomed) and made some comments about our AP which irritated me. However, they are crazy about DS and are very loving grandparents, and made it through the whole weekend without saying one irritating thing, and we all had a good time. This is major for me, since I have never felt comfortable around either one of them.

Oh yeah I AM GETTING A WASHING MACHINE DELIVERED TODAY!! Ok, I am a little excited over this. No more must I (or, more accurately, DH) schlep enormous bags of laundry to the laundromat twice a week. I swear, the moment we bring home a clean bag of clothes, the hamper gets filled again with pee and poop covered items. I am angry that Sears charged us $80.00 freakin dollars to deliver the thing! And we only live about 20 minutes away! I freaked when I say the receipt, as the guy told me they charged $55.00, not $80.00! Oh well. I also order cd's last week.

I added a pic of DS to my Yahoo site that I think is super adorable...
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/violet...96.jpg&.src=ph

[zoooteacher]

Oh Violetmommy, enjoy the washer! I remember last year when we walked in that house and saw that it had an old washer and dryer (albeit beat up and in the middle of the kitched) Heaven! Even more so now with the baby. You'll be amazed how much wash you do with the CD's...most days we can get away with one load - put in at night, taken out to the dryer or clotheline in the am depending on the weather, but some days??? We're doing three loads of bodily fluid covered clothes a day. *grin*

Hoping a stop by the admin building to see how often I can expect to get called will quell some of my money anxiety today.

[Shanana]

Shannon, cracking up over your explosive poop story. One time I had a "lake o' poop" in my lap, lol. She got me today, too -- her sleeper, my pants and my PILLOW!!! Thank goodness for that Oxy-Clean stuff! I hope you're able to get the subbing thing worked out, and are feeling less stressed soon.

Cathy, I'm sure you're looking forward to dh's return tomorrow, but it sounds like you guys are doing great, just the two of you. Glad it's going smoothly .

Pom, more poop and pee stories, lol. Yeah, my DH got it the other day too. I had just had her in the tub with me, so he had drying duties. She peed and spit up all over the towel and him, lol. How nice that you had a "date" with dd1 -- I bet she absolutely LOVED that. I think it was a great idea for you to do that with her .

Jeanette, I consider my 38C self to be huge (since I was a barely 36B before, lol), so I don't have any tips on bras. I do, however, have a well-endowed friend who has BTDT, so I will ask if she has any suggestions. I have tried once to nurse in the Nojo pouch and it was a disaster (although dd was upset already). I was scarred enough that I haven't tried again, lol. I can supposedly do it in my Hug-a-Bub wrap, but she's still getting used to that, so I haven't tried it. And I'm STILL WAITING for my wise woman sling (it's been over 3 weeks now!), so I haven't tried in that either. I'm interested to hear tips from anyone who has done this. I seem to recall someone talking about nursing in their Moby wrap -- please share your technique!

And it sounds like you guys had a date with Bella, too. How nice to get out and about like that. As for weight, well, I've lost 35 pounds (out of 50) but seem to have plateaued. No further weight loss for a few weeks -- even when I was on that stupid diet!! Grrr. I'm sure your weight loss will pick up again after your mom leaves, lol.

Violet, I love the picture -- he's such a cutie!! I wouldn't worry about the not pooping, as long as he's doing okay. DD has tapered down from 7-9 poops/day to 2-3, and I know it's not all that unusual for breastfed babies to go days without pooping. See second to last paragraph on this website: http://www.drjaygordon.com/pediatricks/poop.htm. So glad the visit with your dad and sm went well. And hurray for washing machines. I don't know how I'd live without mine .

We're doing okay here. She was asleep by midnight last night!!! Yay!!! Fussy beforehand, but not horribly. Another post in Life with a Babe had this link about babies needing to cry to release stress and/or heal from trauma (http://www.mothering.com/articles/ne...onnection.html) -- it was really helpful to read that.

She's still eating like crazy -- how long will this growth spurt last?? She ate at midnight, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 and 11 AM. Again at 12, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30!!!! What a little porker!

I had to go into work today to hand in my laptop, cell phone, etc., and pass medical (can't start my unpaid leave until they determine I can go off disability/maternity). Everything went well, except for one very upsetting thing. I work for a very large corporation, and our building has a security guard, and a bunch of stupid rules, etc. So they refused to let me take dd past the lobby (my boss even came out and advocated for me). I was pissed, but I had mil with me, so she said she would stay in the lobby with dd. And what would they have done if mil wasn't with me? Have me leave her in the lobby ALONE?!?!?! So I left her with mil, and thankfully our admin walked by the lobby about 20 minutes later and saw dd was wailing her eyes out because she was hungry, so she came and got me (mil could not get me on cell phone because I had already turned it over). So get this -- security refused to let me take her into the bathroom so I could feed her. So far I haven't had reservations about NIPing, but this would be in the very small LOBBY of the building I WORK in, in front of my co-workers (conservative engineers -- almost exclusively male, of course) as they come and go. And I was not dressed for discrete nursing (Glamourmom tank, but it's very obvious what I'm doing). I was FURIOUS. I made the guard call up the chain of command (while dd screamed), but it was handed down from the facilities manager that I was not allowed to take her in. My only other choice was to take her back to the car, but that was a 5 minute walk, and I wasn't done in the building yet, and I shouldn't HAVE to do that. I was so mad. So I was like, f it, and I plopped down in the lobby and fed her, glaring at the security guard all the while. Several co-workers (including my BOSS) came and went while she ate, and thankfully they were all cool about it, even stopping to chat (I covered her with a blanket, which was miserable because there was no AC in the lobby and it was like 90 deg in there). But I was so so so so so pissed. I'm thinking of writing a scathing letter to some higher-up about this. It was humiliating to be forced into that situation because of some stupid bureaucratic rule!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Okay, vent over.

[soccerchic21]

Since we are all sharing poop stories

Jake had a blow out I didn't even hear today at the ped's office. I was just sitting there nursing him. Thankfully my legs were spread apart. I was sitting there and was like ...hmmm I smell baby poop. Then I moved my hand and felt it all and looked down and saw the puddle. Thankfully we had been moved to a room and weren't in the waiting room anymore.

Jake is now a whopping 14lbs 6.5 oz!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh! So he has basically gained 5 pounds in 8 weeks. That seems like so much so fast. Riley never gained like this.

I am looking for a new job. With gas prices so high it just isn't worth it for me to travel almost 30 miles one way to my part time job. The only thing is that I can have my kids up here at work because I work at a college. However, I am feeling confident in my pumping abilities this time around if I have to do the daycare route. (I can usually get at least 3-4 oz out of each breast while double pumping)

[Shanana]

Originally Posted by JeanetteL

Speaking of nursing bras - any suggestions of a good one for a (ahem) busty woman? I'm a 34 DD regularly - don't even want to imagine what my real size is right now.

Quoth my well-endowed friend:

"Goddess and Fancee Free bras. Definitely NOT Motherhood maternity."

(I won't include the choice words she had for Motherhood :LOL .)