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[penguin129]

[penguin129]

HL has been spitting up both projectily and silently (where she swallows it) for most of the time she's been on the formula. H and I suspected GERD when she was nursing, but it wasn't pronounced yet. I am already using the Gentlease because that is what we had to use for AG. I am taking both girls into the doctor since it is an hour trip and AG might have something more going on than allergies. My FIL is driving us in case HL has an episode on the way to the doctor.

I'm looking for a pediatrician in town because this driving an hour to get to the doctor just isn't working anymore. I hate change, but know its time.

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Dec 12, 2016 8:43:06 GMT -5 penguin129 said:

HL has been spitting up both projectily and silently (where she swallows it) for most of the time she's been on the formula. H and I suspected GERD when she was nursing, but it wasn't pronounced yet. I am already using the Gentlease because that is what we had to use for AG. I am taking both girls into the doctor since it is an hour trip and AG might have something more going on than allergies. My FIL is driving us in case HL has an episode on the way to the doctor.

I'm looking for a pediatrician in town because this driving an hour to get to the doctor just isn't working anymore. I hate change, but know its time.

Hugs for the GERD. It's such a nuisance to deal with. DD is also a spitter, but way more of a happy spitter than DS ever was. She doesn't complain, no arching or anything. We're also using the Walmart version of Gentlease (we also had to use Gentlease for DS). She's doing well o it which is lovely since it's half the price. She has her 2 month appt on Wednesday, if she's gaining fine then we will just keep trucking. DD also silently refluxes so I will have the doctor check her chest just to make sure she's not aspirating any.

As for us today, we're not up to much. It snowed overnight and now it's raining, so outside is a nasty mess and kind of dangerous. 

[hikingmama222]

penguin129 Hope you get some answers. Good luck finding a pedi!

@snuff9861 This weather is just crazy. Looks like we are finally coming out of the deep freeze from the last week.

Probably going to head to the mall this morning to pick up a few things and DD has dance tonight.

DD's sleep has gone to shit the last week and it's driving me nuts. Is a 4 yr sleep regression a thing? I'd blame the baby but she's been fine the last 2 months. She wakes up a bunch in the night and always comes to find me and is up a good hour or two earlier than usual. She usually sleeps 11 hrs straight. She's also my little shadow and follows need everywhere around the house all.day.long. I locked her out of the bathroom yesterday so that I could shower in peace, which didn't end up being peaceful since she was banging on the door the whole time.

[vavavictoria]

Morning ladies. Our roof is being replaced this am. Holy loud. I knew it would be loud but didn't really get how loud. Took us about 10 minutes to decide to send the dogs to camp until it's finished. Miraculously C slept through over an hour of it before waking up at a normal for her time. I did get punished for my sleep yesterday last night. She woke up 4 times instead of 2. I forgot that you pay for screwing around with baby sleep and two days of being off schedule will definitely do it.

Not much planned for today. I was going to go running but now my running stroller is held hostage in the shed in the back yard. I am not even attempting to go back there while they are throwing things off the roof. Maybe I'll suffer through a run on my treadmill while C naps. I prefer the stroller bc I'm not trapped following her schedule as much since she comes along for the ride.

penguin129 good luck with your pedi apt and finding a closer doctor for future visits. I would not want to drive an hour for every apt.

@snuff9861 enjoy staying home and out of the bad weather!

hikingmama222 that sucks about DD's sleep. We have a 1st floor master and the kids rooms are on the 2nd floor so we actually lock DD's door bc I'm afraid she would come out of her room and fall on the stairs. It prevents the nighttime visits but we have a baby monitor in her room so she just incessantly screams for mommy or daddy so the sleep interruption happens regardless. I am also dealing with a clinger right now though. DD wants to be carried everywhere. It makes you feel so over touched/over stimulated. I feel like I have very little alone time. So no solution but solidarity

[danizee]

@vabavictoria I feel for you when our neighbors got their roof replaced I was miserable at home with my son and nephew. When we had to get ours done we scheduled it for when we were going to be out of town because of how loud it is. Hope it's a quick job! You've inspired me to consider getting on treadmill, I forget about it often!

[macaronmama]

penguin129, hugs for GERD, hope you find a doctor in town you like.
vavavictoria, ugh, I am dreading getting the floors redone with the baby at home. So sorry.

Baby slept okay last night, but he's taking the longest nap ever (2+ hours now). I don't want to wake a sleeping baby because I'm getting so much done, but really afraid it's gonna mess with his sleep tonight. He's doing six hours for the first stretch of the night and I really love that.

So effing cold, but at least we don't have snow and ice yet, praise the weather gods. Though every winter I wish I lived in southern CA.

[britta]

Good morning! It is still morning, yes?

DS2 went back to his old ways last night after his schedule got messed up by refusing to nap until late in the day. So, he went down at 8:30ish and was up at 1, then up for the day at 4:45. *yawns*

Snow days galore around here. With all said and done we have over a foot of snow, over half of which fell Saturday and Sunday. Snow was done falling by the time I got up with DS last night, so the roads are totally fine this AM. Took DS1 to daycare and then went grocery shopping this morning. Plans for the rest of today are addressing and stuffing Christmas cards and cleaning the bathrooms.

DS1's Christmas program is tonight. He's been practicing his songs so hard!! Unfortunately, after 10+ years of hoping, the hospital didn't close due to bad weather, so H is most likely going to miss it. Aside from the just sucking in general, it also means I get to pick DS1 up from DC, get some dinner quick somewhere, and then drop him off in time for rehearsals all with DS2 in tow. Solo. Yay. I'm excited to watch it though. Hopefully DS2 just sleeps in his car seat.

[jcrewgirl]

penguin129 - I hope you get some answers.

H's 2 month wellness exam was this morning. He was off all day yesterday and developed a pretty significant cough and congestion over the weekend. Our wellness exam quickly turned into a sick visit. H was tested for RSV and it came back positive. Poor little guy has the saddest sounding cough and doesn't know what to do with the mucous when he coughs it up. Breaks my heart. I wore him in my wrap basically all day yesterday. Ugh.

We go back Wednesday for a follow-up appointment. He had a slight wheeze but no breathing treatments were necessary. Having a sick 2 month old is the saddest thing. I know it doesn't come close, but I have a new found respect for you Mamas who had babies in the NICU. Seeing your baby sick is the absolute worst.

[vavavictoria]

jcrewgirl hugs mamma. #1 had RSV at this age and it sucked. We never had to have her hospitalized thankfully but the cough was scary and she was so miserable. To this day any time she gets a cough it sounds horrible.

[fem]

I'm sorry jcrewgirl. It is so hard to see them sick and feel so helpless. Hoping for a quick recovery!

Besides taking DD1 to daycare for the morning I've done nothing, and it's already 11am. Winter makes me so lazy. Also O's sleep is getting worse instead of better. Since birth her first stretch is 4 hours, now she's up almost every hour after that, where she used to sleep another 3.

[jcrewgirl]

Dec 12, 2016 12:13:09 GMT -5 vavavictoria said:

jcrewgirl hugs mamma. #1 had RSV at this age and it sucked. We never had to have her hospitalized thankfully but the cough was scary and she was so miserable. To this day any time she gets a cough it sounds horrible.

Thanks. I'm so sorry your first had it. I hate the way he sounds. And he gets so frustrated when he's nursing because he's so congested. We end up making a mess because my letdowns freak him out.

[britta]

Thinking of you jcrewgirl.

DS1 had RSV a couple days before he was 3 months old. We spent a couple days in the hospital because he was having significant trouble breathing. Diagnosed with asthma a month later. I know how you feel. That cough/congestion is the worst. It's way diff than a run of the mill cold.

[adouces06]

jcrewgirl hope your little guy gets better soon. Sick babies are the worst

It's like a switch flipped this weekend. DD is suddenly obsessed with her wubbanub. I thought she was going to end up being a baby who hates pacifiers because she refused them. This weekend everything changed. She loves it and does great with it. We are doing pretty well with bottles, although she'd much prefer the breast. Makes me feel a bit more at ease with going back to work on the 27th.

[jcrewgirl]

britta - it's the worst! I'm so sorry you guys were admitted. I'm hoping to avoid that. His oxygen level was a 98. They wanted at least a 95.

[sanibel21]

jcrewgirl so sorry you have such a sick LO! Hope he improves quickly

[britta]

Dec 12, 2016 13:41:51 GMT -5 jcrewgirl said:

britta - it's the worst! I'm so sorry you guys were admitted. I'm hoping to avoid that. His oxygen level was a 98. They wanted at least a 95.

That's good to hear. FX for you guys. The virus peaks between 3 and 5 days, then they start to get better. It took a good 5 days for us.

[sanibel21]

Both girls are sleeping, so I'm just resting for a few minutes after straightening up the house a bit. I never want to start anything major because DD2 is not consistent with daytime sleep. Sometimes she'll sleep for 12 minutes, sometimes 2 hours. Going to sleep right when does at night still also doesn't leave any room for major projects then either. I'd love to crochet some hats for them. And wrap Christmas gifts. And switch out DD2s clothes. I just don't have it in me to have any projects left half done.
I did end up with some alone time yesterday, but it was frantic Christmas errands. Still glad to have been able to get a bunch done. Just rushed so much, I didn't really enjoy it. Don't mean to sound ungrateful.
I just need to make sure I keep getting some alone time every week. Every single waking moment dealing with a toddler and a newborn is not good for me.
I had an appt today to discuss going on medication. I'm going to continue to think about it.
Not sure what we're doing this afternoon. It's kind of gross out, but I think I need to exercise more. So if it's atleast not raining or snowing I may take them for a short walk.
I keep hemming and hawing about taking the girls outside in the yard because it's so cold, but then I drove by a daycare last week around 430 pm at 30 degrees and they had the kids out, so I started thinking I should feel less bad about taking them out in the cold.

[erien22846]

jcrewgirl you're back! I was worried about you.

Sorry to hear about the rsv. DS was hospitalized with it at 6 months. I've never seen a baby look so pathetic. I didn't even want to hold him because it didn't bring him comfort and I was afraid I was making him feel worse. Hope H recovers quickly and avoids hospitalization.

[erien22846]

Dec 12, 2016 12:55:03 GMT -5 adouces06 said:

jcrewgirl hope your little guy gets better soon. Sick babies are the worst

It's like a switch flipped this weekend. DD is suddenly obsessed with her wubbanub. I thought she was going to end up being a baby who hates pacifiers because she refused them. This weekend everything changed. She loves it and does great with it. We are doing pretty well with bottles, although she'd much prefer the breast. Makes me feel a bit more at ease with going back to work on the 27th.

Still struggling with bottles here. Although we've only tried three times. He rather go a little hungry and wait for me to get home than drink from a bottle. We'll just keep trying every couple of days.

[iwantbacon]

jcrewgirl I hope your baby feels better soon and he's cleared after his next check.

DS2 had his 2 month check today. His growth has slowed but he's ok on the curve. The pedi noticed a murmur which hasn't come up before. She referred us to a cardiologist but also said she wasn't super concerned. Anyone else dealing, or dealt, with a murmur?

I still need to do his 2 month photos, but cant get myself to do them. Maybe tomorrow so he can rest now after shots.

[ksyknelvr73]

Lazy Monday over here. The baby slept from 8-3 then back down from about 3:45-7:15ish so that was good, but DS2 is sick AGAIN. He has a pretty persistent cough and he isn't sleeping well at all. We have an appt at 4 today to see what's up. His room at daycare has a big sign on the door that there is a case of strep and also RSV in there...ugh.

[britta]

sanibel21 there's research that suggests that the more time kids spend outdoors, even in the winter months, the less respiratory infections they seem to have. Our daycare takes the kids outside twice a day, unless the temperature and/or windchill factor is below zero.

[hikingmama222]

jcrewgirl sorry your little one is sick!

We went and walked around the mall for a couple hours. DD rode the carousel they have there and DS slept in the Solly the whole time. DD fell asleep in the car on the way home and transferred to her bed! DS is almost done eating then I'll grab some lunch and do some tidying up.

[jwinct]

jcrewgirl, - I hope your little one is feeling better soon! Poor thing!

iwantbacon - Hopefully the murmur really is nothing and will resolve on its own.

DS wasn't very interested in a pacifier until I tried a size bigger and he does so much better with that one. We have always used the Nuk pacifiers and I remember DD1 always preferred a larger size, and I happened to have one package that I'd accidentally bought (thankfully!). Since my Target is constantly out of the ones I need, I just ordered a bunch from Amazon of the 6-18 month size to replace all the smaller ones I had bought. I'm going to put some in his stocking. I have to admit, I hate having to find things to buy for him just because Santa needs to bring him presents, too, for the sake of my older kids.

So far, DD1 is the only victim of the stomach bug. Knock on wood. Hopefully we're in the clear, but I know it can strike at any time.

[becole]

Sorry H has rsv jcrewgirl. DS had it maybe 4-5 months and he wheezed all the time after that. They said it was from the rsv but it was never in his lungs. I wish they could get a vaccine for it since it's so damaging to littles.

[becole]

We just got back from our trip to Nashville, we went there instead of Gatlinburg. It was good and we had fun but it was a lot of work and Especially more than normal with H being on crutches (he tore his miniscus.) Im really hoping the crutches and rest do the trick so we can go to Disney in January and he'll be back to normal.

[Deleted]

jcrewgirl Sorry about the rsv. Hopefully it passes quickly and H feels better soon.

Day 9 of the period from friggin hell. Like I still need to change tampons every 2 hours. Thank goodness I was actually trying to use them up so I can go back to my diva cup. But ugh. I'm over this.

[jwinct]

Dec 12, 2016 15:41:56 GMT -5 @snuff9861 said:

jcrewgirl Sorry about the rsv. Hopefully it passes quickly and H feels better soon.

Day 9 of the period from friggin hell. Like I still need to change tampons every 2 hours. Thank goodness I was actually trying to use them up so I can go back to my diva cup. But ugh. I'm over this.

I feel your pain. I had my period for 21 days (finally ended this weekend) and two of those weeks I went through so many super and super plus tampons. I thought it would never end. I hope yours ends soon! 

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Dec 12, 2016 16:05:20 GMT -5 jwinct said:

Dec 12, 2016 15:41:56 GMT -5 @snuff9861 said:

jcrewgirl Sorry about the rsv. Hopefully it passes quickly and H feels better soon.

Day 9 of the period from friggin hell. Like I still need to change tampons every 2 hours. Thank goodness I was actually trying to use them up so I can go back to my diva cup. But ugh. I'm over this.

I feel your pain. I had my period for 21 days (finally ended this weekend) and two of those weeks I went through so many super and super plus tampons. I thought it would never end. I hope yours ends soon! 

21 days?!? Hell to the no