Another month, another baby for the May '04 Mamas! ;) - Page 19

[emmalola]

Not a lot of time, but I just wanted to make the announcement that the peanut was born yesterday morning at home, in water. It was a fast, furious, sometimes terrifying birth, but in the end we all came out happy and healthy. The little boy (I'll post the birth story and name on the yg later) is nursing happily, pooping up a storm, and I'm sore and tired. It happened so quickly one of the midwives totally missed it, and the lentil was in the next room for the birth but got to help cut the cord. Thanks for all your vibes and good thoughts. I don't think I would have had the confidence to have a homebirth if it hadn't been for all you amazing, strong mommas. There was a moment there where I thought to myself "What are you DOING? Epidurals are your friend!!!" but then I went back to business and I have to say, there's nothing quite a wonderful as being at home, in your own bed, surrounded by your happy, healthy family.

[jstar]

wow wow wow wow!!!! welcome little peanut you go, awesome homebirthin' mama : fast is the key portion of 'fast and furious birth'. can't wait to hear the story and the name of course!!! welcome little brother to the lentil!!!!

[A&L+1]

YAY!!!! Welcome peanut-boy! Sounds like a great birthday. Can't wait to hear more.

[orangecanoe]

Yay!! Welcome, sweet little peanut!! So happy you were able to birth at home!

[mcsarahb]

Yayyyyy! Congrats on the homebirth and welcome, little peanut! Hooray! Can't wait to read the deets.

Welcome home, jstar!

Sarah

[TurboClaudia]

happy day after birthday, little baby boy!

congratulations emmalola and family!

lots of love,
~claudia

[mamameg]

Congratulations and Welcome Baby Peanut!

[Jacqueline]

Congrats to Emmalola and new baby! Wow, another water baby! Can't wait to hear the details. Yes, homebirth is the best. I'm glad you were happy with it.

[Jacqueline]

Okay, two practical questions for my May mamas:

1. I want to try a bottle with A (just for occasional use), but we waited too long with G and he never took one. I'm thinking I should introduce soon...she's 3 weeks yesterday. And, I could never get my Avent Isis hand pump to produce much...I did better hand expressing. Any hints at getting started?

2. G has developed a bit of a stutter. I notice it most on words that begin with "L" and "S" and "W" (letters he's had trouble saying in the past.) It often happens when he's in a hurry, too. Not always, though. Is this just a normal phase or should I be worried?

[DucetteMama21842]

Welcome little Peanut!!!!!

I knew it!!! :



On a side note.. just got back from the doc... Isaac was running/driving his little dumptruck with his hands and it slid out from underneath him just as he hit the tiles by our front door. He faceplanted and split right underneath his nostril all the way up into his nose. Poor baby. I took him in and they said he could use two stitches, but they'd prefer not to because it wouldn't help as much as it would be traumatic for him. So they said keep neosporin on it to reduce the chance of a scar. Poor baby!

[KKmama]

Oh so exciting!!! Congratulations, Emmalola! Woo hoo!
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Jess--I won't bore you with our fence dramas, but dude, people get pretty worked up about them. (My panties are definitely at the wad stage.)

Jacquie--I don't really have any advice re bottles. T took one, Z didn't (infamously), L was kind of eh. Re stuttering: T went through one around this age, too, as have a couple of my friends' kids (all boys, coincidentally). From what I remember, it's pretty normal, and you should be concerned only if it lasts a long time (longer than say, 3-4 mos) or if it completely prevents him from communicating.

Danile, sorry about the car. That sounds like it totally SUCKS. Ooh, I was posting as your post appeared. Poor Isaac! Ochy! I hope he heals quickly, easily, and without much pain.

Oh yeah--happy anniversary, FF! I really do hope that the pleasant times just continue indefinitely for you. I mean, *why* not???

Lisa, sometimes, it's a little fun to educate others about crunchiness, if you don't feel too much like a freak whilst doing it.

Crusties almost gone. (Definitely cured.) We were able to go to storytime at the library, music class, and the school playground, all because Z wasn't contagious. Yea!

Meg, thinking of you lots. (I think about you lots, anyway, because we have the May baby April baby thing in common).

[elsanne]

Originally Posted by emmalola

Not a lot of time, but I just wanted to make the announcement that the peanut was born yesterday morning at home, in water.
I have to say, there's nothing quite a wonderful as being at home, in your own bed, surrounded by your happy, healthy family.

*sigh* and mega-yayness! WELCOME TO THE NEWEST LITTLE LEGUME!!!!

I am so so happy for you, and your homebirth! Rock on, you! You are Warrior Mama now! Wow. I am in awe and so so happy for you. Glad your lil legume is doin' what babies should be doin'!

Originally Posted by mamameg

I'm doing okay-ish, pulling myself together, getting ready to make some serious changes. Just. You. Wait.

CanNOT wait. Please update as you can.

Originally Posted by jstar

els- did you decide what to do with amara and your trip?

Most Probable Scenario: My dad will ride down with me and she comes with me. I just can't do it alone, with her. I really can't. And I don't feel so good about leaving her.

Jstar, glad you had a nice trip. Sorry 'bout that hedge! Which reminds me of the Monty Python: "Bring me....a shrubbery!" Sorry to hear also about Isaac's faceplant! What a total bummer!

Jacqueline--can you post a question to see if there are any speech therapists on MDC? I bet there are. I don't think stuttering is the end of the world but I do think it's not a great thing at his age.
I started out Amara drinking water out of bottles pretty early, can't remember when. 5 weeks? Just in case. She's eating lots of food now and that's what she eats when I am not around, no ebm, even much earlier (8 months). Why? mama too lazy to pump.

Lisa--thinking about Annabel and her daycare experience. It will be okay, and I know you know that, but I just want to hug you and say it. Of COURSE she's not as happy as when she's with her family, and in a few weeks it'll all be just fine. I can appreciate, however, how very heartwrenching it must be at times. go you on glass bottles! The vegan nuns nod in appreciation!

[orangecanoe]

Jacquie---I missed your post earlier.... for pumping, if you can coordinate it, try to pump on the opposite side while she nurses to take advantage of the natural letdown. Letting down w/ the pump is hard to get the hang of. Relax and visualize the same thing as you do and then try that each time you pump. What worked best for E in the beginning was using a curved tip syringe and having DH finger feed w/ that. She did eventually take to Dr Brown's bottles (TG!) and you know our feeding adventures from there.... :

When I was a part-time nanny for a family, the little girl started stuttering for a brief time after the baby brother was born. Hoping it's just his reaction to stress/upheaval. May be a phase, but definitely ask around.

[nuggetsmom]

fruit flies have invade my house
(: worm bin: )

Hooray EL! :

I forgot what else I was going to say.

[jstar]

re: bottles. i think 2-4 weeks is the optimal time to try it. both of my babes just sucked em down at that age and then isaac became picky later on (~3 mo). (neither boy has had any boob rejection issues). ebin was being picky about it before we left (because i hadn't done bottles very regularly) but he got lots of practice on vacation. let torey give annie the bottle so mama is always associated with the boob. i've even let isaac feed ebin (which lasted about 30 secs). with isaac he was always fed at daycare with reheated milk. with ebin if i am going somewhere i just pump before i go and leave it on the counter and he takes it room temperature. i kind of wonder if part of isaac's rejection of the bottle was a taste or texture issue with the reheated milk. once you introduce the bottle i think 2 times a week is probably good to keep them used to it. i had only been doing it about once a week with ebin before this last few weeks and i don't think that was enough to keep him used to it.

as far as pumping i have no advice. i have a pump in style and i love it. moo cow moo i just took the hand pump on vacation and i think it is a pita because i don't have the patience for all that physical activity and doing just one boob at a time the pis is so quick. i do get letdown for the pump though and i know some people just don't. visualize and/or look at annie or a picture of her.

i just read a big article in vogue (of all mags) on pthalates and i think i should get some glass bottles myself. i'm freaked. but i'm more freaked in the 'we're totally screwed at this point' way where small measures might not even do a thing because our exposures are sooo pervasive. the article said one in EIGHT women now has fertility problems. mind boggling. (speaking of fertility my friend came down to bakersfield and stayed with me for 4 days. she was still pregnant then and i am going to call and check in with her in the next few days. i believe she was going to have an u/s and that this will be just past 8 weeks which she hasn't passed yet. i'm still praying this is the baby!)

and as far as stuttering i have read that is is pretty normal for 2-3 year olds because they can go through a phase where their minds are working faster than their speaking capabilities. don't worry about it unless he does not seem to grow out of it in a few months or so. i wonder about isaac's speech sometimes because there are still several sounds he does not say at all and he does wierd substitutions.

time to go read in bed in my clean sheets. i did manage to spruce up the place a bit today. phew!

kk- i know a fence will be a major drama for the angry german. god forbid all that shade on her sun plants!! doug was fighting with her (long story) and told her he was going to put up a fence and she says 'what you don't like my garden????' which kind of cracked me up. i'm curious about your fence drama

[TurboClaudia]

omigosh, REM was just on the new sesame street singing "furry, happy monsters" except part way through the song, the phlegmatic, purple, siamese twin monsters became "furry, sobbing monsters feeling sad" and then back again to "furry, happy monsters feeling glad" and back and forth a couple more times. sooooooooooo funny. love that song.

[elsanne]

TC that sounds terribly cute. aaaaaaawwww!

yay rem! Smart of them--their fan base from the 80s and 90s (ie, myself) are definitely procreating about now--

[Jacqueline]

thanks, everyone, for the stuttering/bottle thoughts. My hunch is that G is going through quite a bit right now, and that explains the occasional stutter. In general, it doesn't seem to affect his ability to communicate, but I'll keep an eye on it.

I think I should get an electric breast pump. Or hand express. I would just like to try the bottle thing this time, so we'll see how it goes. I got one of those Adiri bottles that look like a breast (sort of) and are supposedly free of that nasty plastic chemical. This is my project for the next week!

Will post some new pics on YG soon...

[KKmama]

Trying Nuggets' zucchini crisp suggestion with dinner tonight (and possibly breakfast tomorrow morning...). I'm sure it will be good, but more importantly, it used up two good sized squash.:

Jess, you don't want to hear about my fence drama.

[elsanne]

kk--re your location--Does your van have a sticker on it that says, if this van's rockin, don't come a-knockin?
JK--just had to say it--
*everyone's DORK alert is now going off*