Party Time Tuesday

[PirateCat]

BabyStandish OH NOOOO, what a mess, I'm so sorry!

[lastkiss]

Jan 24, 2017 11:20:12 GMT -5 PirateCat said:

lastkiss, I'm glad to hear that you like it! Is it easy to find sheets for it? And does it pack small for traveling?

It packs nice and small for travel.
As far as sheets go, we just used regular playpen sheets. They were a little big but we were able to tuck them under just fine. I never actually looked for sheets specific to that travel crib

[icedtea]

PirateCat, thanks for the reminder that I wanted to look into a portable washer/dryer for diapers. We're also getting both a PnP and a Halo. The Halo will be for our bedroom, while the PnP will be for downstairs and such. The one we're registered for also has a removable bouncer. I tried to get H to switch to one of the cheaper ones on sale yesterday, but he is very serious about his PnPs apparently.

For travel, we're getting a little bed that folds up.

rosesquared, good luck with your appointment and your lip!

BabyStandish, I hope the mini flood wasn't too bad!

[sleepymonkey]

Jan 24, 2017 10:58:48 GMT -5 PirateCat said:

sleepymonkey, how long do you think he'll fit in the bassinet and once he outgrows it will he move into the nursery? We don't have specific plans for when we want to move the baby out of our room but I want to have the option of keeping him longer if that seemed best. I could probably also just fit the crib in our room for a while so that could also be an option...

It says up to 20 lbs, but I would not be comfortable using it once LO can sit up. If you have the space, a pnp will give you longer use time. We only plan on keeping baby boy in our room for 8 weeks max (DD was only in for 6 weeks) so we aren't concerned with a long-term solution.

[PirateCat]

sleepymonkey, I think we can definitely fit the smaller PnP and that'll give us the most flexibility. I really want to minimize the amount of stuff we buy so versatility is good.

Thanks everyone! I think I am mostly decided on the Graco travel crib - talking it out helped!

[PirateCat]

lastkiss, one more questions - how long were you able to use it?

[lastkiss]

Jan 24, 2017 12:38:33 GMT -5 PirateCat said:

lastkiss, one more questions - how long were you able to use it?

We didn't use it daily past 6 months (we had moved him to his room by then) or so but we took it with us camping and in trips. He slept in it when he was 20 mos old camping with no issues. DS has always been a 50 percentile for both weight and height.

[setsuna17]

BabyStandish, oh no! I hope they get it fixed quickly!
rosesquared, I hope your PT appointment goes well. I'll be talking to my OB about SPD so I hope you get some relief! I hope your mouth problem goes away soon too!
nikonine, that sounds fun! I love Wayne's World!
txcatlady, good luck on your review and have fun at Target!

Wow all this baby gear talk! I had an arms reach cosleeper last time and I loved it. They're pricey though. Thank goodness my mom wants to buy it! For downstairs we have a rock n play and a swing. I hope he likes them. For the inlaws (who will babysit) they have a pack n play.

I have gotten very little ready for LO and I feel bad. I am concurrently grading and figuring out storage options for the space in DD's closet I want to make him.

I am having the worst craving right now for peanut butter cookie dough. There is two problems with this.

1. I shouldn't eat cookie dough.
2. I'm allergic to peanuts.

The world is unfair!

[nikonine]

setsuna17, I was just about to ask if anyone's used an arms reach co sleeper. I'm glad you liked it. I wished I'd had something like that with DD. She slept in PnP in our room for 6 months, but until she was about 3-4 months she did spend a lot of time sleeping in her rock n play (due to reflux) right next to my bed, but it was lower so you had to reach over the edge. They are spendy, but I'm hoping to find a gently used one. I've seen then for about $75 which seems worth it to me.

[nikonine]

Ugh, the heavy breather across from me is really getting on my nerves today. She's also stressed out so in addition to her regular heavy breathing and groaning, there's a lot of sighing going on. Can't you hear yourself?!?!?!?

[setsuna17]

Jan 24, 2017 13:47:56 GMT -5 nikonine said:

setsuna17 , I was just about to ask if anyone's used an arms reach co sleeper. I'm glad you liked it. I wished I'd had something like that with DD. She slept in PnP in our room for 6 months, but until she was about 3-4 months she did spend a lot of time sleeping in her rock n play (due to reflux) right next to my bed, but it was lower so you had to reach over the edge. They are spendy, but I'm hoping to find a gently used one. I've seen then for about $75 which seems worth it to me.

Yeah, it was totally worth it to me to not have to bend so far to get her. It made it soooo nice for night feedings.

[rosesquared]

setsuna17 (and everyone who wished me gl) I found the physical therapist soooo much more useful than my mw lol. She gave me all the do's and don't's and made me feel sooooo much better about my situation. She also explained in detail with a skeleton pelvis what is going on etc. This PT place I go has a whole pelvic health division. So if you don't feel like you get answers from your ob maybe ask for a PT recommendation. I'm also trying to get an appt with a local chiropractor who is supposed to be good for this stuff.

BabyStandish so sorry about your washing machine hookup! That is no fun!

PirateCat and icedtea I didn't even think of the idea of a portable washer/dryer for upstairs but that's genius! DW desperately wants laundry machines upstairs but we just don't have the space for it... even portable small ones.

PirateCat I put travel crib size sheets on my registry!

[txcatlady]

My review went great! My boss even said she's going to organize a lunch baby shower in a month or two 🙂

[BabyStandish]

I've never heard of a portable washer/dryer. I am intrigued.

[nikonine]

Congrats on the great review txcatlady!

I'm glad you had a good appointment rosesquared

[icedtea]

setsuna17, hmm cookie dough. I am no help.

rosesquared, glad it went well!

txcatlady, yay!

Our washer/dryer are very accessible and easy where they are, but I like the idea of a totally separate machine for cloth diapers.

[BabyStandish]

txcatlady yay for the good review!!

I'm planning on hitting the gym and then meeting some girl friends for sushi tonight. I don't really want to go, but it's a chance to "escape" for a bit. Plus, at least one of my good friends is coming. The rest kind of annoy me. I feel like they all complain about their husbands the whole time and although I understand the need to vent it gets old quickly for me.

[icedtea]

BabyStandish, I'm terrible with people who complain all the time. Some amount is normal. But eventually I just wonder why they don't do anything about it. And then I eventually have one glass of wine too many and say that out loud

[cubbiebear325]

rosesquared For your lips, otc Hydrocortisone 1% mixed with otc clotrimazole 2x/day for 10 days is usually what we recommend for angular chelitis (I'm a derm NP). However, those will both be category C for pregnancy and you are putting it on the lips so possibility for swallowing some. Also, use aquaphor as a chapstick throughout the day. That is what I typically do instead of medicating!

BabyStandish bummer on the mini flood...hope it wasn't too bad and was able to be managed quickly. We had that a few months ago when DH didn't hook the water return back up correctly. He had no one to blame but himself for the mess!

I have nothing done for this kid and probably won't for a while. DD was in our room until around 6.5-7 months bc we have a split bedroom ranch and she was a freaking terrible sleeper. So this one will be in our room for awhile, which means I'm probably not doing much for awhile. We started with the bassinet feature on our PNP in our room then changed to just moving the crib in there (We have a huge master) after about 3 months until she moved to her room.

[rosesquared]

cubbiebear325 I legit was just sitting here reading online and thinking of going upstairs and breaking out the clotrimazole! I've been dousing with vaseline to hopefully prevent cracking. I will definitely try your mixture! Thank you sooooo much!

[BabyStandish]

icedtea LOL yep. This one girl in particular is bad and from what she says it sounds like she needs to leave this guy. Red flags everywhere. Like moving around large sums of money without telling her (like 40,000...who even has that?), admitted to being addicted to porn, goes to restaurants across town for his lunch break that don't make sense since they aren't close, he didn't bring her or tell her about his work Christmas party, the list goes on and on. We've straight up told her that she needs to either get his butt in line to therapy or leave, but she has done neither and continues to complain. So it's REALLY hard for me to listen to that. I do feel really bad for her because she has admitted to having an eating disorder from it all and is obviously struggling. It's just a tough situation though and I know not everyone is a no-nonsense type person like me.

**probably going to delete just in case so PDQ

[rosesquared]

cubbiebear325 I realized what I have upstairs from last time is monistat... will that work ok with hydrocortisone? (Sorry to be picking your expert brain here!)

[lupincat]

DS is cuddling on me but I really want to get a pizza ordered because I'm lazy today and none of my food sounds good.

We need like no clothes for DS2 since we're able to reuse all DS1's stuff but I went to target and found a sleeper that says "little brother" and it was cheap so I bought it. There was also a Tula that was returned and therefore marked down that I really debated on but ended up leaving it. It was a really cute pattern though!

[icedtea]

lupincat, ahh pizza sounds so good.

BabyStandish, holy shit. That does sound frustrating. Also, I wish I had that much money somewhere to move it. Damn.

[lastkiss]

BabyStandish that's so hard. Especially when they keep complaining about it. Definitely not a relaxing night out.

[katie0919]

Jan 24, 2017 11:17:27 GMT -5 @lildiamondeyes said:

I feel like I have nothing ready for kid3. I am not sure where to even begin.

Ditto - as of now, kid 3 has no room. I'm going to move kid 2 in with kid 1, but I want to wait as long as possible since kid 2 is only 15 months old. Kid 3 is going to have like, nothing, when he is born. DS#2 is too little to move from a crib so we even have to get another crib!!

[cubbiebear325]

rosesquared It should be fine as long as the generic name ends in -zole, which most otc yeast infection creams do

[PirateCat]

BabyStandish you need a portable washer/dryer right meow.

icedtea aside from not wanting to go down to the basement for laundry, I think they would be much more efficient for the small but frequent loads.

[PirateCat]

My cat's been mean to me and I might have cried a little about it.

[PirateCat]

But she is sitting on my lap right now so I guess we are friends, for now.