The other night I had to pump just to make enough bottles. It sucked, big time.
Seriously not fun.
I seriously hate pumping too karlamo, especially MOTN; it feels the "the whole world is asleep and I'm just sitting here with a machine sucking the life out of me."
The other night I had to pump just to make enough bottles. It sucked, big time.
Seriously not fun.
I seriously hate pumping too karlamo , especially MOTN; it feels the "the whole world is asleep and I'm just sitting here with a machine sucking the life out of me."
I've been pumping twice at work and I need 3 4oz bottles for daycare. Each pump session gets me one bottle so then I end up scrambling to get a third bottle. My freezer stash is down to 2 bags and I refuse to touch them right now in case of an emergency. So I thought MOTN pumping would be the best way to get a third in. Well it's not as successful as I thought since L eats ALL.NIGHT.LONG
Between 9p and 9a. LOL. By 9a, I've been at work 60-90m and have gotten myself and the kids up, dressed, fed, and out the door. I feel like my day is half over by that point.
BUUUUT...I do get to sleep from 10p (or 8:30 when the kids go to bed) until my alarm goes off at 6:15. G woke every.single.night. until he was 3 years. So, every night I woke, got him out of his bed, put him in our bed, and then slept like crap with a toddler rolling all over me. Once we got him to STTN at 3.5y, it took me years to sleep all night without waking every hour or so. I don't miss that at all.
MOTN RandomsJul 12, 2016 14:56:43 GMT -5via mobile
Post by cetcar on Jul 12, 2016 14:56:43 GMT -5
I used to pump in the middle of the night too but stopped since I had such a hard time going back to sleep afterwards. Those sessions stunk.
Good luck! If we lived closer and it wasn't weird, I have some in the freezer that I'm probably going to have to throw out soon. I'd send it to you. We took a long hiatus from giving her a bottle so our freezer stash grew.
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
Hiiiiiii everyone. Motn here. P feeds and then needs to be held. Remind me to treasure that snuggle. Ha. But seriously kid. Just go back in the cradle.
Also as im coming out of the newborn fog and starting to feel like a real person kind of - I'm feeling all the feels. A combo of guilt and thankfulness and disbelief that this baby is here and alive and well. That she's ours. And more that she's mine (genetically). I dunno how to process it. Anyone else been there?
Also as im coming out of the newborn fog and starting to feel like a real person kind of - I'm feeling all the feels. A combo of guilt and thankfulness and disbelief that this baby is here and alive and well. That she's ours. And more that she's mine (genetically). I dunno how to process it. Anyone else been there?
Yes!!!!! A few weeks ago I felt overwhelmingly everything, all at once. I think that's what falling in love with baby O has felt like and I still marvel at her tiny toes at bath time and think about how amazing it is that's she's here.
Also as im coming out of the newborn fog and starting to feel like a real person kind of - I'm feeling all the feels. A combo of guilt and thankfulness and disbelief that this baby is here and alive and well. That she's ours. And more that she's mine (genetically). I dunno how to process it. Anyone else been there?
Yes!!! Those times it just hits you like a wave. Hoping all the little ones are falling back asleep.
Is went to bed at 9:30 last night! And only woke up at 2! I won't get used to this just in case.
This holstein is milked and ready for bed... go to sleeeeep little one.
Anyone here watch Mad About You? It was such a good show. Thinking about the episode where Mabel wakes whenever she stops moving, hilarity ensues.
This holstein is milked and ready for bed... go to sleeeeep little one.
I LOL'd at this. Thanks for the MOTN laugh.
I did! I thought I'd be up again so when I looked at the clock I was shocked. I'm definitely not going to jinx myself though... if I plan to have that be a pattern, those 1-2 hoir stretches will feel even worse.
MOTN RandomsJul 13, 2016 10:54:37 GMT -5via mobile
Post by dannigirl on Jul 13, 2016 10:54:37 GMT -5
We have lived in Cold Lake for 3 years and we have never seen a skunk and the last month I have smelt a skunk twice, and of course, it's super early in the morning, or middle of the night when the dog needs to go out and the smell hits you in the face when you open the door and then I panic thinking the dog is going to find the skunk in our backyard. Ugh... Skunks!
We have lived in Cold Lake for 3 years and we have never seen a skunk and the last month I have smelt a skunk twice, and of course, it's super early in the morning, or middle of the night when the dog needs to go out and the smell hits you in the face when you open the door and then I panic thinking the dog is going to find the skunk in our backyard. Ugh... Skunks!
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
Stringy, Both our kids are genetically mine. It's weird, right? I never thought it'd happen. I didn't think either of them looked like me for a long while. Everyone saw it but me. I think it's because when we set out to build our family I had assumed I'd never have genetic kids and I wanted it that way. When we switched to me my superficial biggest fear: ugly kids. Seriously. Thankfully I think they're both dolls and unless people are lying to me, they all agree. So now when people say my kids are beautiful, I automatically think they're secretly telling me I am too. Hehehe
Can I ask if it's not too personal, does P feel different than M in terms of your relationship to them? My wife asked me this after I gave birth to L.
Stringy, Both our kids are genetically mine. It's weird, right? I never thought it'd happen. I didn't think either of them looked like me for a long while. Everyone saw it but me. I think it's because when we set out to build our family I had assumed I'd never have genetic kids and I wanted it that way. When we switched to me my superficial biggest fear: ugly kids. Seriously. Thankfully I think they're both dolls and unless people are lying to me, they all agree. So now when people say my kids are beautiful, I automatically think they're secretly telling me I am too. Hehehe
Can I ask if it's not too personal, does P feel different than M in terms of your relationship to them? My wife asked me this after I gave birth to L.
I think it's too soon to know. I didn't think P looked anything like me until my mom found a baby photo of me when I was actually new. And we are twins (I'll send it to you). But then M and I have this three year relationship and especially in the last year when I've been the more primary parent we have really gotten close. So in the last month I've been missing her and our one on one routine. So in short. Not at this time. I have a feeling it may for my mom though. But she sees P more than she saw M at this age since we live close now. But then she and M spend two days a week together too.
I think in the end genetics aren't gonna matter other than the occasional "aw she looks like me" which people tell me about M anyway.
I think in the end genetics aren't gonna matter other than the occasional "aw she looks like me" which people tell me about M anyway.
This.
H. and Is have this amazing bond, she fell in love right away. We were both curious about how it would be beforehand, but now she's the queen of soothing and settling - I think she'll be the fun/favourite parent for sure.
Stringy, Both our kids are genetically mine. It's weird, right? I never thought it'd happen. I didn't think either of them looked like me for a long while. Everyone saw it but me. I think it's because when we set out to build our family I had assumed I'd never have genetic kids and I wanted it that way. When we switched to me my superficial biggest fear: ugly kids. Seriously. Thankfully I think they're both dolls and unless people are lying to me, they all agree. So now when people say my kids are beautiful, I automatically think they're secretly telling me I am too. Hehehe
Can I ask if it's not too personal, does P feel different than M in terms of your relationship to them? My wife asked me this after I gave birth to L.
I think it's too soon to know. I didn't think P looked anything like me until my mom found a baby photo of me when I was actually new. And we are twins (I'll send it to you). But then M and I have this three year relationship and especially in the last year when I've been the more primary parent we have really gotten close. So in the last month I've been missing her and our one on one routine. So in short. Not at this time. I have a feeling it may for my mom though. But she sees P more than she saw M at this age since we live close now. But then she and M spend two days a week together too.
I think in the end genetics aren't gonna matter other than the occasional "aw she looks like me" which people tell me about M anyway.
Hope you dont mind if I jump in here. I've been feeling a little guilty that I haven't spent as much time with E at times. When I have C and E, C tends to monopolize my time sometimes. Obviously if E is really hungry or is crying I tend to her but it's just not the same as it was with C. I know that at least 90% of that is because E is the second child and not because she isnT genetically mine. But I still feel a Stronger bond with C at this point. I think it's at least in part because I've had C for 2 1/2 years and e is still new. I do love E to death but it's still so new. My greatest fear is treating them different. L is close to C but wasn't at first. She has definitely bonded more with E this time but she is also more used to babies. It's interesting.
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