Top o' the year to you, May (04) Mamas! - Page 15

[Mama Faery]

Good...evening, mamas! I'm usually not even online in the evening, but because the childcare situation changed with my friend M.'s group, I only have to go to the next town over to watch the kids.
And...I DON'T WANNA GO!!! *whines*
I just wanna get into my pajamas and relax and waste time and read a book or watch one of my Netflix and WAH.
Okay, mini-pity-party done. I need the money, so...yeah. :

I don't have a lot of update, but today was a good day; we saw raisin-mama and her girls for a rare playdate, and it went really well, actually! The kids played, we had some tea and talked about music and the playdate ended before anyone lost their shiznit! Woo! I love it when those things just sort of work out.
Then we went to the Verizon store, because I just got a new phone and I wanted to see if they'd transfer the ringtones that *I* bought over to my new phone...they wouldn't. That is so uncool. Basically they were like "sorry, you'll have to buy them again..." Um NO.
But my new phone is pretty and shiny, and the camera on it is WAY nicer than my old camera, so new pics ahoy! And I look forward to seeing how it takes pics at a show. Whenever I get to another show.

Elsanne, you're probably right about the TV=beastly child thing. :
I admit I felt really terrible for a moment, but I realize you're not judging, and you're RIGHT. So I squash down my knee-jerk defensiveness and admit it.
I mean, seriously. Today was a minimal TV-day, and check it out! My kid is awesome. Sometimes I just need to be reminded. And I threaten with no more TV, EVER, sometimes too!

We did watch the "Rock Monster" video by the Veggie Tales on the computer twice just now though.

Lisa, so good to hear an update.
Heather, I am going to use the : smiley to wish you some breaks! A GOOD break, of course!

Talking about travel with kidlets; I have to say, I am BLESSED with a child who, like his mama, LOVES to travel. Wasn't always that way, but Hawaii was a revelation. Dude, at 4am in Los Angeles, he was like "WHEE! We get to ride a BUS!" when we took the shuttle to the car rental place, while we were like :

You mamas who are traveling, have fun! and good luck!

Okay, I just thought I would log a quick "all about me" check-in and say hi. I hope you're all having a good evening.

Oh my goodness. Maybe I'm the only one, but these smilies freak me OUT:
: : :
I'm not sure why, but they just...do.
(well, the 1st tri one is kinda, freakily cute. Alrighty then.)
It's COLD. : I have to go get ready to go to work. Again I say, WAH!
Later, mamajamas.

[mcsarahb]

Danile- just a quick thought: how is your supply? Have you had issues with oversupply with your other babes? It just popped into my head because what you're describing sounds like Lily's first two months with my oversupply issues.

Sigh. Boring class. Yawn.

[DucetteMama21842]

Hmmm.. hard to say.

My previous to pp time periods I was severely engorged for a while afterwards. My doc caught me nursing in her office and yelled at me that I desperately needed a pump or I would get mastitis (my breasts were purple, red and KILLING me...) This time they were major engorged for the first week.. and now fairly normal. They do burn really bad when she gets my milk to let down.. and sometimes she chokes and pulls off when that happens.. I don't know.. You tell me.. LOL I guess it could be, but it might not be? But wouldn't she be gaining weight better? Isaac was gaining a pound a week. At 7.10 at birth he was at 8.14 at two weeks...

[orangecanoe]

sarah---it was your oversupply that helped me figure out mine way back when. the milk would just come up in buckets until I started with the block feedings and serious mondo engorgement in the interim. oh sweet milky memories.


the ped called a little while ago and I was reminded why I her more than any of the other ones in the practice. She had some actual suggestions that I'm going to pursue.


stillallaboutme...

[orangecanoe]

fast weight gain is a total tipoff w/ oversupply. iirc hers isn't quite that much, but she's also spewing lots. For me it was a week of getting hugely painfully engorged and then it was much, much better. read up at kellymom and see if it fits.

[eccomama]

i'm a may 2004 mama. can i play?

[meesa143]

Heather~I've seen some cats do really well on fluids and live quite a while(6 months to a year). I hope yours does.

Kk~Your night sounds awful (Here is me sending you lots of sleeping vibes at your house : ) It sounds an awful lot like mine last night. Kade would NOT fall asleep. I tried everything. Finally, around 11, DH took him downstairs so I could go to sleep. It still didn't help because I coughed all night I went in late to work so I could sleep in a little bit though.

I went to the doc and he thinks my cough is aggravated(sp?) by all the drainage in my throat. He wants me to take a decongestant, but I'm hesitant. I don't want to cause milk supply issues. My body is very touchy that way, everything affects it. I was going to post something in breastfeeding, but wondered if you wise mamas had any other ideas.

[DucetteMama21842]

Would a simple saline solution work without affecting your supply? Posing this as a question.. as I don't know. The docs wanted Dom on afrin awhile back... I was not comfortable with that. We used saline just fine.

[DucetteMama21842]

And certainly a nice warm welcome Ecco!

Jump on in! The MMF (May Moms Forever!) waters are warm if I do say so myself...

[TurboClaudia]

meesa: i wouldn't do the decongestant, either. it's known to decrease milk supply pretty significantly, and if you already know your body is sensitive and your milk supply is affected, i would do other things first and save the decongestant as a last, last, absolutely last resort and only if it was lingering and causing much discomfort.

other things to try: neti pot? (not sure about this for post nasal drip stuff, though. anyone else?) homeopathics? here's a favorite page of mine for sore throat and here's the same sites main index page. there is also a great article written by dana ullman about common childhood illnesses and homeopthic remedies, but goldurnit if i can't find it right now after using every possible search term i can come up with while two short people explode our already disatrous office...

jump on in, eccomama!

~claudia

[elsanne]

hI there eccomama! What made you choose your username? I see you are a newbie around here, bwa ha ha ha ha!!!! *rubs hands together gleefully*

Renae, SOOOO NOT JUDGING! Glad you understand that. It is very much not my place to do so. Just sharing my own observances of Sol, yk? You, I love great gonzos.

meesa, you got your answer from missturbo, and as you can see from her title there, there's not much else for us to tell you. She really DOES know everything. SO SORRY to hear about your awful night and your awful cough, I have had those nights and so I hear ya. When I was preg (both times) I got very ill, and I remember distinctly one memorable night where I wore a cloth diaper in between my legs and soaked it. eeeeeewwww

[elsanne]

Wait, aren't there some terribly nosey and invasive questions we all have asked/answered along the way that we could ask of these new gals? I am so happy to have fresh blood!

Something like: how did you pick your username (got that one to ecco in prev. post, see above), how did you pick your spouse and meet him/her, what else? oh, what do you like to do in that fantasy time called "spare time", any interesting tidbits about yourself? What is something about yourself we would never guess? How old are you? etc....

[fiddlefern]

back from cali, on p 12 tryin to catch up with the reading, pausing to say,

D@$%^ it's cold in Portland! I got so spoiled with all that warm sunshine and those clear L.A. skies. But it's good to see my two other guys . Dh and L were waiting at the bus stop across the street from our house this afternoon when W and I got off. L was smiling from ear to ear. One of those moments when motherhood feels worth it.

[mcsarahb]

Welcome, ecco! Jump right in.

Meesa - so sorry to hear you're feeling icky. That is no fun when trying to mama. I would have to agree with the no decongestant, if your supply is touchy. But of course if you are absolutely miserable, it might be worth just one dose so you can get some sleep. No sleep begets supply issues, too...The neti pot with saline works somewhat for my sinus congestion, which is also usually the cause of throat drainage...it's worth a try. You can also use a turkey baster or even a little pitcher (like a gravy boat, with a little spout).

Danile- IME, oversupply does not necessarily = fast weight gain. It can, of course, but that wasn't true in our case. Lily gained normally, not above average. It turned out she was getting tons of foremilk and almost no hindmilk. She pulled off and gagged, spit up undigested milk, and had lots of gas. My problem was oversupply + overactive let-down, which made her gag and sputter and refuse to nurse. We eventually figured it out after a couple of weeks. I had to either express or pump before nursing her for a while, then gradually decrease the volume and force of milk by block feeding (feeding only one side for several feedings). It took us at least 2 months to get to where she actually *liked* to nurse and wouldn't cry and fight at the breast. I have no idea if this is your problem, though. I think kellymom.com has a list of signs/symptoms that might be helpful if you think this might be it.

Sarah

[afishwithabike]

You know I always forget this is here. I can't believe they're turning FOUR this year. Crazy isn't it?

[fiddlefern]

Ok, all caught up. I'm in a daze of posts. What sticks out?

Welcome, ecco, and yay meesa for jumpin on in. And welcome back, fish-w-a-bike

heatherfeather and danile, I SERIOUSLY don't know how you mamas do it.

Yay for the return to mmf of renae and nuggets, safe travels for jstar and jacqueline (I waved to jacq and KK as I flew over Colorado today!)

hooray for the actually-no-big-deal news from lisa. Oh and lisa, even though you feel the emotional roller-coaster was not worth it, you are right about that being a hindsight observation. No way to know until you got through it all.

sarahbee, I am enjoying your more frequent postage as of late.

Renae, thanks for the article. I agree that real-life meetings with flesh-and-blood, warts-and-all people are super important. I am so thankful to have irl mama friends! (some of whom I met right here in the May Mamas!) It seems like the mama who wrote the article was drifting about both irl and online, till she was able to let down her gaurd and bond. The relationships we have developed here over the past 4 years are a close second to being able to see each other in person, and there's something comforting about being able to get the mmf love 24-7. I am so thankful for all of you!

[afishwithabike]

I just wish I would have been here for the DDC before Lilly was born. I love you ladies.

[DucetteMama21842]

alright alright... i'll head on over to kellymom..


sarah- you described my sitch to a t- only- she always wants to nurse and suck... like she's always hungry or has a strong sucking need. I lovingly call her my little piranha...

[Mama Faery]

Darn it, I have NO TIME for a proper post this morning. Fridays are the s*ckiest!
eccomama, HI! Welcome welcome!
Fish with a bike! YAY!! Welcome back!

We love you all, and we rule, so jump on in!

Okay seriously, that's all I have time for. Grr.

Fridays suck because we leave the house at 9:30, and Rowan doesn't return until 6 or so, when DH picks him up from the nanny gig, and then *I* don't get home till closer to 8, specially if I have to stop at the grocery stgore or something on the way home. Loooooong day indeed. :

Anyway, hope you all have a good day. I'll try to write something with more substance this weekend! We'll see how that works out.

[Miss Juice]

Dang, Renae, that *IS* a long day! I hate days when I get home late - it's such a sprint to get everything done and people fed and changed and storied and bedded...

Well, I'm certain I had something else to say. Maybe the : has frozen my brain.