February 08 - Bring Out Your May Flowers! - Page 12

[birthmommom]

so I got my first twinge to have another baby today. : We won't be for awhile. I was at Publix today and saw a couple with a 2yo and like a 7 mo and thought...maybe we should get the baby stage over with...ugh!!!

[nolonger]

Oh, don't get the baby stage over with! Cherish every second of it.

I'm still talking about it and thinking about it but my body can't do anything about it just yet.

[sarahn4639]

welcome selesia, i'm tandeming too. my dd is 2.5 and only nursing am and pm but she would like to nurse more i just can't handle it. if she was younger i would nurse her more.

[eilonwy]

Throughout BooBah's infancy, BeanBean (19.5 months older) nursed more than she did. In fact, Bean nursed more than she did right up until she weaned, and I lost my milk shortly thereafter. BooBah decided she was finished, and Bean sat down at the ripe old age of nearly-three to have a serious discussion about the fact that there was no milk in my nursies. After Bella was born, though, he was right back to the boob.

[jaxinsmom]

Originally Posted by birthmommom

so I got my first twinge to have another baby today. : We won't be for awhile. I was at Publix today and saw a couple with a 2yo and like a 7 mo and thought...maybe we should get the baby stage over with...ugh!!!

Dp and I talked about having baby #3 when dd is 2ish. that would mean trying NEXT xmas...But, I truly LOVE the baby stage. I love looking at Nellah and having her recognize me and get that huge gummy baby grin!

It is nostalgic to think about finding out a year ago that I was pregnant. I knew right away. I can remember because ds was 2.5 and had just started sleeping through the night on a regular basis....I'd had about 2 weeks of uninterrupted nightime sleep...then I started getting up to pee, and I knew

What a journey.

dp gets back from his trip to Ireland today. He's been gone for the last 12 days, and I am so ready to see him!!!!! I've had my dad here helping out, then my mom came for a few days to help; but they're still guests. Jeff and I have a great groove -- we know what needs to be done without either having to ask the other person, kwim.
I just really miss him

[flapjack]

That's sweet.

[Dea]

HI Mamas!
Glad we're back!

I found this article today
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/us...ng&oref=slogin

I know most of you don't formula feed, but golly, this had me a little panicked, because guess which kind I"m feeding Trixie?
Oh yes Similac Organic. I know I said earlier that I wouldn't feed her Similac but that's what they gave her in the NICU and I wanted the last disruption to her wee system, but now I"m going to change.

grrrr.....

[Jezzy]

nak. hi Selesai welcome!

NOS I am with you. I cherish the baby stage too, maybe we both know all to well how fast it is gone and how fast our babies turn into teenagers,

[.:Melissa:.]

Joining in late ...

Hi, everyone!

I've lurked on MDC here and there for a while, but just started joining in the other day.
DH and I just had our first, Ryan, on 2/13.
When I got pregnant, I had no idea how many options were out there. I kind of just thought "everybody today just goes to the hospital, gets drugs, yadda yadda". I never really put much thought into a natural birth (and I had always thought "natural" meant "vaginal" and that's it!) I was poking around on the internet, reading about childbirth classes, and saw a little writeup on the Bradley Method. I'm not a super-"crunchy" mama, but I've gotten more and more so. I thought Bradley sounded like a good idea and DH and I signed up. I am SO glad we did! We learned tons about all our choices and did more research on pros/cons of pretty much every aspect. We had a wonderful, natural birth in a birthing center (unfortunately, with an old OB who was VERY opposed to all the "weird ideas" I had, but my DH and doula helped with being diplomatic but still advocating for me.) Since then we've been learning the joys of cloth diapering, babywearing, and I'm enjoying the breastfeeding relationship we've developed. I am LOVING being Mommy and DH and I are all ready talking about #2 (my parents think it's too soon ... I'm just loving this too much, I can't wait to have more! ) About 3 weeks ago we moved to Japan (DH is in the AF). I was kind of worried about the flight and so many changes and stress, but we made it here just fine and everyone seems to be pretty well adjusted. I haven't met too many other mammas out here, so I'm grateful for the online conversation, advice, and information I'm finding on MDC. I'm looking forward to chatting with you gals!

[flapjack]

Hi Melissa!

Dea, would you be offended if I showed you some links on the International Code of Marketing for Breastmilk substitutes? It kind of ties in a bit with the whole sugar-in-similac thing, but I don't want you to feel that I'm having a go at you. I'm just very conscious of the fact that at the moment, you have consumer power to vote with your feet, should you choose to :

Jezzy, River appears to have missed his baby stage. He's growing up far too fast

[the elyse]

hi melissa!! welcome!

[operamommy]

Welcome to our new mamas.

Peter's yeast issue turned out NOT to be yeast at all. We've switched doctors, and after the nystatin failed to work I took him in. The dr. prescribed magic butt cream and now the rash is almost gone...yay! We've been fighting this rash on and off for 8 weeks. 4 different types of diapers, 7 different diaper creams. Please cross your fingers that once he's cleared all the way up that he can go back to his cloth diapers!

[salt_phoenix]

Originally Posted by Dea

I found this article today
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/us...ng&oref=slogin
I know most of you don't formula feed, but golly, this had me a little panicked, because guess which kind I"m feeding Trixie?
Oh yes Similac Organic. I know I said earlier that I wouldn't feed her Similac but that's what they gave her in the NICU and I wanted the last disruption to her wee system, but now I"m going to change.
grrrr.....

Wow Dea, Dh sent me that article yesterday. It made me sick to read it. Thank goodness I swore off the "big two" from the get-go. I still have to supplement Ms. Ember from time to time, however I started her on Earth's Best Organic but it made her little farts stink so bad, none of us could stand her! That upset me. THEN I found GoodStart Supreme with whey and bifidus. (nobody shoot me... it's the lesser of evils) I'm not promoting FF for ANYONE that has a working set of boobies, and a baby with a mouth big enough to transfer milk, but her little farts have calmed down and so far, so good. I'm just glad I've pumped and gave her mostly bm. Even on a high supplementing day, she doesn't get more than 6-7 oz.
On a BETTER note... she's not needed any formula for two days now. It's always a roller coaster with this one! Maybe someday before she's two, she won't need ANY more FF!

[Jezzy]

Welcome Melissa:.!

Flapjack, you have any more pics of him? I am sorry that it is going by so fast. I am glad that I still have my squishy baby

Video of Ashlee talking (baby talk)

[Dea]

Flapjack, I would totally not be offended.....
salt_phoenix, good to know, the one that was suggested to me by my mom's group was the Earth's best.
So much to think of.

[nolonger]

Originally Posted by Dea

HI Mamas!

I know most of you don't formula feed, but golly, this had me a little panicked, because guess which kind I"m feeding Trixie?

Dea, please don't be afraid to talk about ff here. I know I take my ability to breastfeed for granted and need a reality check sometimes to keep from buying into society's mandate to get a REAL job and put Terran in daycare. I know I'm better off pulling the cost of a month's worth of formula out of the boys' college funds so i can pay the bills and putting it back later, but swimming upstream and ignoring the criticism inside my own head isn't always easy.

[Teenytoona]

Hey hey all! Seems like I always miss something on my weekend hiatuses (hiati?) Yeah I know it's wednesday, but better late than never, eh?

Operamommy, I'm SOOO glad you found something that works for the diaper rash. Oh that must be a relief!

Salt Phoenix, hey, it seems that even with the occasional supplementing you're still pulling through it so well. Really you're doing a bang-up job.

Welcome aboard Selesai and Melissa!! Nice to see you here!


I tried to take a totally groovy picture of DD in this crazy hat and her crazy wiggleworm cover and a purple mouth, but our camera was nowhere to be found. Alas.

Anyone find their babe seems to have suddenly (overnight even) jumped up in clothing sizes. I swear Sunday I was popping her into 0-3 month things and 3-6 months looked too big. And Monday, everything I pulled out in 0-3 was suddenly not coming anywhere near fitting her! Oy! I don't have so many warmer clothes in 3-6, as I figured 3-6 would be pretty much all summer. ha! Off to the thrift I will be a-going soon. I need to jump into the getting more OS diapers realm here. She's growing, oh my is she ever.

I haven't really had any new baby desires around here. For one, it's not something terribly practical. For another, I'm totally feeling very anti-self lately for letting my hb go to crap and ending up whining and going to the hospital. I had no real reason to go. I'm kicking myself for it. This weekend there was a great convention in my area with some excellent speakers and sessions and we watched the film "Orgasmic Birth." Well actually I couldn't watch it all, I felt so badly that I screwed up things that I didn't mind when 'Nara started fussing because she needed her diaper changed. Then I get to work and someone started telling me about her friend's hospital birth where the dad caught the baby, and I almost bawled on the spot, because that's what we were supposed to do. I've got some issues to sort out here. I havne't even called my MW about it, because well, I'm supposed to be ok with the transfer. At least that's what I've told everyone.

But Mr Toona knows better. I'm so angry with things - myself, birth as it seems to be in this culture, the stupid hospital doctors (Dr. whiny "I-wanna-go-see-the-c/s-while-he's-sewing-up-my-bits"), and a few other things - that I'm literally nearly every day yelling at him and arguing and picking fights. Thank NOTA that he doesn't fall into the trap, and that he's unfathomably calm. I said to him yesterday that I think I need to get help. I think I might.

[applecore]

Hi to the new gals! Welcome!

To those of you FF, don't for one minute feel like you can't bring it up. You do what you can, and nobody knows what your situation is or how they would cope with it themselves. We're all just trying to be the best mamas we can.

Teeny, I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling with feelings from your birth. Maybe you should talk to someone about it. And don't beat yourself up. There will always be things we wish we could change or wish we did differently. But since we can't, it is not positive to wallow in guilt. I hope you realize that you are a great mother, and 'Nara is lucky to have someone who cares so much.

[firecat]

oh Teeny

welcome new mamas!

I have second thoughts about my birth so much too... I wanted a uc but went to hospital...things happened I never wanted to happen...I lie awake at night thinking about it, going over and over about it in my head. Maybe one of these days I'll write the whole thing down and stop obsessing about it, also get some help processing it for next time. I'm not angry about it tho, just sad and disappointed in myself. But at the same time I'm so proud of what I did do because giving birth to him was far and away the hardest thing I've ever done. I've decided that as much as I thought about uc I never reaaly got down to the business of *planning* it...just didn't prepare myself because never having given birth my mind couldn't go there, yk?

I so want to up and uc next time but I know dh will be even more difficult to convince than before...now that I have a better idea on how to prepare myself and how birth feels I might be able to do it.

As far as the next little one is concerned, I want to have around year after jackson weans before I get preg again. Ideally but we'll see... I also want to have #2 before I'm 35 so that puts TTC at about 3 years (max) from now. Then we might have a chance at #3...

[flapjack]

Cheryl, Teeny, would it make any difference if I told you that I've had four "perfect" homebirths and every time there is something I wish I'd done differently? Saying that, I think that if you're wondering if you should talk about it, you almost definitely need to.

Dea et al, an overview of the politics and legislation surrounding infant feeding.

Jezzy, I'll get some pictures up on the blog tomorrow...he's scrumptious though. And Teeny, he's growing out of his 6-9 month clothes That's cos he never stops eating except when he's asleep, though...

Operamommy, I'm glad you got the non-yeast yeast issue fixed

I applied for a job today, as a family support worker with our local surestart. I'm not hopeful, because I don't have any qualifications in the field and all of my work has been voluntary, but I'd like it. Oh, and it's part-time (20 hours a week.)