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Hittin' the half year mark with the July Mamas

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yay, it's me! I started it!
 
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Okay mommas need some input - does increased congestion due to a cold and or drooling from teething effect the color of poop? The last few days they have been very green. No solids on a regular basis and none in the last week. Thoughts?
Yep! I've noticed that A's poop will be more mucasy too when she's got increased congestion. Yummy isn't it?

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Juicy Juice, my dd1 did that about this age. She wouldn't nurse to sleep, and I had to bounce her in the sling and pat her butt until she zonked out.

This card swap had me frazzled! What card do I send? Am I supposed to send one of those witty family letters? Ack! It's just a card!!!

Amelia has been my best sleeper by far. It's taken me 3 times to get it though! It is SO nice!

I am just getting a regular old Christmas card to send.

So...what does everyone here celebrate? Christmas, Winter Solstice, Hannukkah (I never spell that right), Kwanza...what do we celebrate?

I celebrate Christmas. However, I wish that I got 8 nights of gifts and parties!


Oh yeah...and WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?!?!? I have 1,140 posts, but I am not a Senior Member yet! What do I have to do to become one??
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So...what does everyone here celebrate? Christmas, Winter Solstice, Hannukkah (I never spell that right), Kwanza...what do we celebrate?

I celebrate Christmas. However, I wish that I got 8 nights of gifts and parties!

For us that would be Chanukah (if it makes you feel better there is no *correct* spelling in english - Hanukkah, Hanukah, Chanukah, all work!)

But one side does Christmas as well, so this year DD will get gifts spread out over the 8 nights and a stocking at Grandma's. After many lengthy discussion we have decided that "Santa Clause only goes to Grandma's house" and hope that by the time we have to have a deep theological discussion on the matter she will be old enough to understand
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This card swap had me frazzled! What card do I send? Am I supposed to send one of those witty family letters? Ack! It's just a card!!!

I'm sending our usual card.

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Oh yeah...and WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?!?!? I have 1,140 posts, but I am not a Senior Member yet! What do I have to do to become one??
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I think you PM either Ms. Mom or abimommy? Check Q&S.

I just got my CD and am listening to it right now! Thanks for putting this together Miss J.
 
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So...what does everyone here celebrate?
We celebrate Christmas, but we don't do Santa. Lots of reasons and dh and I went through this big pros/cons thing when ds was 2 trying to decide what to do.

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I just got my CD and am listening to it right now! Thanks for putting this together Miss J.

Yes, yes, yes! I
my cd! As soon as I listened I was ready to do another one! And when we are ready, dh has some blank cd's just waiting to get burned. BTW, dh was listening and he said "Is there any guy music on there?" When we got to the REM song, he made a comment about someone having good taste in music.
I assure you, we all have good taste. I think it's fantastic.
 
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I think the CD is GREAT too! I first listened to it in the car and it had me teary eyed and I couldn't drive very well!

As for the Card exchange, this is the first year that DH and I did a letter type thing, so I'm going to send that along. HOpefully I can get it together for the mail for tomorrow ... I'm so bad about procrastinating.

DS has the drool, green poop thing going on here too. And I think a tooth too! I'm not ready for all of this.

We do Christmas. Complete with midnight mass (I'll probably stay home with DS this year for that service ... luckily there's a family service earlier in the day). I'm not sure about whether or not we'll do the Santa thing or not. Tanya, why don't you do Santa? I don't like the lying side of it. DH doesn't like that Santa is the secular Christmas and not the Christian Christmas.
 
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Hiya ladies! Glad we're all back!

Tanya, that's me with good taste
My DH said the same thing about the CD. When I cried about track 4 he was like
Men ::snort::

Personally I'm just really impressed that it all goes together so well. All very different but together makes a really beautiful harmony. Kind of like us


Ok now I'm sappy!

Hah JJuice, that is our evening too. Except it's a mayawrap and I'm passing the stove and giving whatever it is in the pot a quick stir.

Short note on the maya... I've gotten so many comments lately! Mainly from women my grandmother's age saying they wished something like that had existed when they had their babies


And now... I'm off to watch The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the original of course)
 
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Quick hello...having a rough day...some things I need to figure out in regards to dcp and I'm feeling rather nervous breakdown-ish. ugh.

I think ds2 might be getting sick...he sounds like ds1 did before he got ill...and it was BAD. I am so worried about it. ds1 is still coughing badly and stuffed up 12 days later (and suddenly now complaining about a sore throat - strep is going around)...
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We celebrate secular Christmas here. We do Santa, though I did stress over whether to do it when ds 1 was little (the lying thing). In the end, I remembered how much I truly loved the magic of it all when I was a kid and we did decide to do it. I don't go crazy with it and make up stories...I usually answer his 5000 questions with "I don't know, what do you think?"...hopefully I'll handle it right when the time comes...if not, there is always therapy.
kidding!

Off to bed. My head is pounding from the stress. I could use a big ol' stinky drink about now...
 
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This will be my first Christmas in Mexico--all the other years I've gone back to the states. I'm going there in January this time. I'm kind of nervous because Viet does not do any holidays, and my family does them BIG, so I could suffer some disappointment if I don't prepare mentally. My plan is to be the holiday person, the Santa, this year--I have never been the adult! I have always been on the receiving end. My first year to stuff little stockings! I am psyched.

Cori sending you some love about your dcp.

Speaking of postpartum thingamajigs, I got an IUD today! (hope this is okay to post about) I am totally psyched to feel like I am taking control of my fertility and NO MORE SURPRISES, much as I love these two!! I was mega-nervous about getting it (the ouch factor) but it has been a non-issue.
 
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Speaking of postpartum thingamajigs, I got an IUD today! (hope this is okay to post about) I am totally psyched to feel like I am taking control of my fertility and NO MORE SURPRISES, much as I love these two!! I was mega-nervous about getting it (the ouch factor) but it has been a non-issue.

I have one too. Just beware that you could spot for a while. That happen to me. i also love the fact that there won't be anymore surprises.

Cori~ Thinking of you.
 
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Tanya, that's me with good taste
My DH said the same thing about the CD. When I cried about track 4 he was like
Men ::snort::

Personally I'm just really impressed that it all goes together so well. All very different but together makes a really beautiful harmony. Kind of like us


Short note on the maya... I've gotten so many comments lately! Mainly from women my grandmother's age saying they wished something like that had existed when they had their babies

I love R.E.M. and was so excited to see them on our cd!!! I agree with you, we all go together so well...just like our songs
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I get people telling me that about the Mayas too! I actually had a couple the other night tell me how cool they thought it was and that they wanted to get one for each of their daughters-in-law. I thought that was awesome!

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Quick hello...having a rough day...some things I need to figure out in regards to dcp and I'm feeling rather nervous breakdown-ish. ugh.

I'm sorry that your dcp is still giving you fits. I hope that you can get things sorted out soon and that you can once again breathe. Btw, I sent your white noise cd out yesterday


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This will be my first Christmas in Mexico--all the other years I've gone back to the states. I'm going there in January this time. I'm kind of nervous because Viet does not do any holidays, and my family does them BIG, so I could suffer some disappointment if I don't prepare mentally. My plan is to be the holiday person, the Santa, this year--I have never been the adult! I have always been on the receiving end. My first year to stuff little stockings! I am psyched.
I love getting to play Santa!! My mil likes to do it too and I have a small issue with this. I feel like no matter what I do, she will always do better. When we're out there we have to use her stockings and she does mine, dh's, and the kids stockings. Anything that I want in there has to go on the side. It is kind of hard. But...what do you do? I love my mil, so I don't want to hurt her feelings. *sigh* I guess I'll just grin and bear it.
 
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Tanya, why don't you do Santa? I don't like the lying side of it. DH doesn't like that Santa is the secular Christmas and not the Christian Christmas.
The lying and the secular side has something to do with it. Christmas is a sacred celebration for us, plus there's the commercialism of Santa that I just don't like. The huge thing for us was the lying. Some say they want their kids to have the same magic of Christmas they had as a kid (which we considered ourselves), and the last few years we have seen ds still have the magic of Christmas without Santa. This year, dd1 is really into the lights, the tree, the music, etc. We explained to ds that Santa was a real man a long time ago and gave a short version of what he did for needy kids. We also explained that the Santa he sees in stories is just a character based on the real man. To him, Santa's no different than Frosty the Snowman or the Grinch. This year was our first year where he might say something to a kid at school. We talked about it being a game some parents play and that it was our secret that he wasn't real. You know what he said? "I want to play the game!"


Beyond that, he hasn't said anything else about Santa. It wasn't an easy decision to make because Santa is fun. I talked with friends who did and didn't do Santa and just went with what worked best for us.

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And now... I'm off to watch The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the original of course)

I took my babe and my cd and went to the store for some milk, eggs, and oatmeal as we used up the last of it this morning. I went without the other two and they watched that with dh. It was so quiet. I loved it. Wish I needed more things from the store.
 
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Anyone have experience with any of the sicknesses in such a youngun? She is just 4 mos.
Oh, Kimya!


I'm so sorry Panda is so sick! When my dd1 was just 6 weeks old, she got an URI, but not RSV, that landed us in the hospital for a few days. She had stopped breathing and turned purple, so we rushed to the ER with her in my arms to make sure she could be stimulated to breathe if she did it again. It was stressful, to say the least. She also nursed less often during that time (kind of how adults don't eat as much when they're sick). We made it through and you will as well! We spent time sleeping upright, in the bathroom turned steam room, and suctioning her nose constantly.

That doctor should not have scared you like that. Makes me wonder where he got his degree because when he told you you'd have a "SIDS baby" because you didn't temporarily wean he was talking out of his "UA violation". Nursing is absolutely the very best thing for a baby with RSV, and generally if the baby can have pedialyte then the baby can have breastmilk. He is also another "UA violation" if he thinks cloth diapers cause UTIs.

We're here for you, mama! Rest as much as you can, and nurse as much as she wants. RSV babies who aren't breastfed aren't usually doing well enough to go home from the ER. They're usually admitted.
 
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oh kimya, that sounds dreadful, just awful. I'm sorry you had that experience, and happy your sweetie is on the mend.

I think someone on the other thread mentioned this, but in the future, say no to that catheter. Some things are primarily for the medical peeps' convenience.

Also fwiw, we've had much better experiences with regular ERs than Children's Hospital ERs - not sure where you went. The Children's people are so desensitized to hurting kids.... at the other hospitals they're all "oh, so cute, blah blah blah," which makes them much more patient! My oldest had stitches at such a hospital, at age 2, and the doc did them while he nursed the whole time (and these stitches were on his forehead). My second had stitches in his head at 18mos in the sling. lol...
 
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Kimya - I'm sending the biggest
imaginable! Poor baby and you too! I hope she recovers quickly! You are a good mama....

You've scared me a bit though as Nathan is hoarse this morning...and those symptoms you describe are exactly what ds1 and dh had...so I'm scared we might be in the same boat soon....

All - thanks for the hugs about dcp. I might post elsewhere about it. I don't feel like posting something so personal to me (and something that is weighing so heavily on me - I can't stop crying) for the whole world to see - I know we are being heavily watched. I'm sure that doesn't make sense but I don't really feel 'safe' here right now.
 
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