The Weekend!!!!

[penguin129]

It's the weekend!!!!! What's going on??

[penguin129]

Today we are going to try to go to Arts in the Park. It is cool today. I can't believe I think the 60's is cold now. I really can't. This afternoon we're going to my in-laws to celebrate my birthday. Part of me feels weird about still getting stuff for my birthday. Tomorrow is our 5 year Wedding Anniversary. I still have to figure out exactly what I want to do.

[vavavictoria]

Today we have a baby shower and then H and I are going to dinner and to see Ron White. I can't wait to have some cocktails!

Now I have a question. With #1 it was obvious she was starving and needed her milk increased in her bottles at daycare. For #2 what do I look for to know she needs more milk? She is such a chill baby. She doesn't even cry much. Will she eat her bottles more closely together? Right now she drinks 4 x 3oz bottles at 9,11/1130,130,4 ish. That last one has gotten progressively earlier every day. It was almost at 5 on day 1 and was at 4 on Friday. I'm pumping 14oz ish every day and have been sending her with 12.

[iwantbacon]

Happy early anniversary penguin129!

vavavictoria have fun seeing Ron White. That was actually our first outing without baby after DS1 was born. As for bottles, i rely on daycare's opinion. That said, i often wonder if im not feeding DS2 enough. He's pretty chill (minus his overnight fussiness right now), so i hope he's not hungrier than he appears.

[iwantbacon]

As for my weekend, we need to clean up around the house, plus meal plan and groceries. Take some naps. Sort through baby clothes to see what to give away, donate, or try to sell/consign.

[macaronmama]

penguin129, ditto on happy early anniversary! YAY five years!

vavavictoria, if she's eating a bottle earlier, I'd say she's probably definitely getting hungrier. DS has been like that - he had 5oz at 5pm yesterday and typically has been going 3-4 hours between bottles. But he was starving when I got home at 6:30 and ended up nursing him because he was inconsolable to everything else. He probably only drank about 2-3oz from me, but still. I will admit, though, even those he's a chill baby, he takes his food seriously.

iwantbacon I hope you get a well-deserved nap!

Heading out at noon to pick out flooring for the marble replacement. Good news is we don't have to also buy a car on top of the floor! My schedule got approved for late-night telework so I can leave work early to pick up DS from daycare when he starts on the 13th. Whew. Our savings account will stay intact.

And tonight the benefit! SO PSYCHED.

[adouces06]

penguin129 happy early anniversary!
macaronmama have fun at the benefit!

Pretty chill day today. Probably going to spend some time at the park to let DS burn off some energy. I also want to take down my outside Christmas decor (that I asked MH to take down 3 weeks ago) and get some laundry folded and put away. I might get out the 3-6m clothes since DD is almost in that size.

[erien22846]

Hanging at the ILs today while DH works. Hoping to sneak out for a run this afternoon during naptime. Tonight we're going to our friends' house to finally exchange Christmas presents.

Tomorrow we have lo's 3 month pictures.

I hate being busy and away from home on the weekends. I get so far behind on chores at home with no hope of catching up. But I did a ton of laundry on Thursday in preparation so I feel good about that.

[hikingmama222]

Me and the kids are sick. Me worse than them. So much sinus pressure pretty sure we're skipping gymnastics this morning. Birthday party for my best friends son this afternoon, might just drop DD off, she's not that bad (just a bit of a runny nose). Nothing else planned for the weekend. Naps and cleaning need to be done.

Jealous of the chill babies. DS is anything but. He's already started freaking out when I leave the room and he can't see me. We were so spoilt with DD she was such an easy baby.

During one of the many night wakeups last night I told DH "I can't wait to sleep train this kid". Never thought I'd say that but I just can't keep going with so little broken up sleep. He absolutely cannot put himself to sleep so he wakes up after every sleep cycle. All naps top out at 40-45 minutes for the same reason.

[penguin129]

hikingmama222 Sorry you guys are sick

[hikingmama222]

Jan 28, 2017 11:46:21 GMT -5 penguin129 said:

hikingmama222 Sorry you guys are sick

Thanks. I shouldn't complain. At least it's just colds. So many have had much worse stuff going around!

[becole]

Jan 28, 2017 10:14:54 GMT -5 vavavictoria said:

Today we have a baby shower and then H and I are going to dinner and to see Ron White. I can't wait to have some cocktails!

Now I have a question. With #1 it was obvious she was starving and needed her milk increased in her bottles at daycare. For #2 what do I look for to know she needs more milk? She is such a chill baby. She doesn't even cry much. Will she eat her bottles more closely together? Right now she drinks 4 x 3oz bottles at 9,11/1130,130,4 ish. That last one has gotten progressively earlier every day. It was almost at 5 on day 1 and was at 4 on Friday. I'm pumping 14oz ish every day and have been sending her with 12.

I just found a Kelly mom article that has a calculator.

kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/pumping/milkcalc/

[britta]

Happy early anniversary penguin129! We're celebrating 5 years this June. Congrats!
@macaonmama so glad you've been able to figure out the daycare situation. What a relief. Have fun at the benefit!
hikingmama222 commiseration tit. DS2 is anything but a chill baby. Actually he's pretty much straight up a grump. I hope sleep gets better for you. We certainly aren't as bad off as it sounds like you are, but I'm at the "how soon can I sleep train" point too. Feel better hun.

I'm still salty about MH not getting up with the baby last night. I'm fairly certain he knows it too and it seems like he's trying to make up for it. I told him I wanted to go to Target, more just to get out of the house without the kids than because I need anything, and he suggested he come with and maybe we could stop for lunch somewhere. So that's what we're doing.

[iwantbacon]

hikingmama222 I said the same thing about sleep training. He falls asleep ok but now wakes himself up all night. Which wakes me up. Which makes me a cranky jerk.

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DD slept through the night for the first time. She slept from 1030-730 when DH woke her up to feed her. We switched her to pampers from buggies last night, so I guess time will tell if it was a coincidence or not (she's in cloth the rest of the time).

[fem]

Happy birthday and anniversary penguin129!

We just went to Costco. It's the next big town over 45 minutes away so we made an afternoon of it and went to an Indian buffet also. It was so good. We live in a decent sized town but the ethnic food is definitely lacking, I miss that about the Twin Cities.

[becole]

The baby has had loose stools all day. Not sure what's going on. It's a little greenish and weird but he's not acting fussy. Idk.

[erien22846]

My MIL clearly has no experience with breastfed babies. She was holding him when he pooped. She freaked that there had to be so much and it was watery and for sure going to leak out. So I changed him. It wasn't much more than a shart. Definitely not in danger of a blowout. SMH.

[erien22846]

Jan 28, 2017 16:21:39 GMT -5 becole said:

The baby has had loose stools all day. Not sure what's going on. It's a little greenish and weird but he's not acting fussy. Idk.

LO started doing this when he drank frozen breast milk from November. Baby poop is tricky. It seems like every thing can be considered normal. Good sign he's not fussy.

[becole]

Jan 28, 2017 17:00:51 GMT -5 erien22846 said:

Jan 28, 2017 16:21:39 GMT -5 becole said:

The baby has had loose stools all day. Not sure what's going on. It's a little greenish and weird but he's not acting fussy. Idk.

LO started doing this when he drank frozen breast milk from November. Baby poop is tricky. It seems like every thing can be considered normal. Good sign he's not fussy.

This week it's all been fresh from me from the day prior. I wonder if I ate too much cheese.

[fem]

Jan 28, 2017 17:19:59 GMT -5 becole said:

Jan 28, 2017 17:00:51 GMT -5 erien22846 said:

LO started doing this when he drank frozen breast milk from November. Baby poop is tricky. It seems like every thing can be considered normal. Good sign he's not fussy.

This week it's all been fresh from me from the day prior. I wonder if I ate too much cheese.

That was one of my signs DD1 had a dairy intolerance. But she also has extreme gas pains with a rock hard stomach and lots of screaming.

ETA: intelorance not allergy.

[fem]

I think I have a clogged duct, I have an achy spot in my left breast. Same place I got mastitis with DD1. I missed a pump at work yesterday, dang it.

Going to try heat before she nurses next.

[iwantbacon]

htle07 adorable!

[hikingmama222]

Jan 28, 2017 21:55:55 GMT -5 @kitchen said:

DS is trying to sit up in the swing. So not sure how long we'll have before he tries hard enough to launch himself out.

hikingmama222 sleep training is a light at the end of a tunnel that was just about the only thing that got me through DD2 being a young infant. She was not chill.

Never thought I'd consider it but I've got no choice this time. DD was a rockstar sleeper. I could handle 2 or 3 wakeups, not every 2 hrs or so. I'm going to lose my mind and will fall into depression without more sleep. He's only gotten worse since he was born...

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*poof*

[macaronmama]

hikingmama222 , hope sleep starts looking up after training - we did training from early on to ensure that he slept well because I get sicksicksick with no sleep. Working decently so far - he switches from 4 to 8 hour stretches. Keeping FX'd for you.

htle07 , omg so cute!!!

@snuff9861 , love the bebe laughs!

fem, hope the heat helps and the spot goes away.

[hikingmama222]

Jan 28, 2017 23:37:53 GMT -5 @kitchen said:

Jan 28, 2017 21:59:40 GMT -5 hikingmama222 said:

Never thought I'd consider it but I've got no choice this time. DD was a rockstar sleeper. I could handle 2 or 3 wakeups, not every 2 hrs or so. I'm going to lose my mind and will fall into depression without more sleep. He's only gotten worse since he was born...

Sleep training was essential for my mental health with my first two kids.  There is abundant evidence that care providers being mentally healthy is important for children. 

Definitely. I can feel myself losing it more and more every day. Strong history of PPD in my family and I'm at risk so I need to do what I can to avoid this getting worse.

[jwinct]

Good morning, ladies. DS was up and wide awake at 5:30, so we're downstairs watching the morning news. I'm exhausted. I finally came down with the cold that everyone at work seems to have had recently and don't feel great, and didn't sleep very well.

It doesn't help that every day Nazi Dictator Trump scares me more and more. I have never been so affected by a president or politics before in my life. This shit is so scary. He needs to be stopped.

[ksyknelvr73]

jwinct right there with you re: our POS in chief. I am horrified daily. I have no idea how more people aren't. DH is convinced that we are going to go to war, and I'm not thinking he is wrong. I am truly scared.

[jwinct]

Jan 29, 2017 8:54:21 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

jwinct right there with you re: our POS in chief. I am horrified daily. I have no idea how more people aren't. DH is convinced that we are going to go to war, and I'm not thinking he is wrong. I am truly scared.

I have been thinking the same thing. I'm terrified.