My kitchen cabinets are becoming stocked with stuff that looked good while I was shopping but I doubt I will touch. But definitely getting nutty bars today...and moar cereal...good thing my H is a human garbage disposal.
Post by CoachTsWife on Feb 22, 2017 10:34:51 GMT -5
Oh no bootsorhearts! I'm sorry, I'm disappointed for you!
gamergirl360, I had Taco Bell Tuesday night. I haven't had TB in years (mostly due to dietary restrictions and I'm paying for it now with increased pain), but I had to have it.
Cythe, I dread every meal. I can't even cook meat, my husband has to do all of that.
5 years TTC 2 c/p's 2 failed IUIs/1 cancelled IVF 1 failed IVF 1 failed FET BFP 12/1/15. We said goodbye to Tiny 1/4/16 Fresh cycle #3 2/16 8R/7M/5F BFP 5/12/16 We said goodbye to flutter on 5/27 and poprock on 5/28 BFP 8/30/16 We said goodbye to Samuel 10/3 (Trisomy 16) Moving on to Donor Embryos BFP 12/20/16 We said goodbye to Turtle 12/30
Post by augustblooms on Feb 22, 2017 11:53:57 GMT -5
I'm on day 2 of a nasty cold and sore throat. I hate not being able to take the good medicine. On the plus side DD is at daycare and I get to indulge in binge watching tv.
Mercifully, the dealership couldn't get me in today, so I have an appt for Friday. I'm so happy to be able to hit the morning sickness reset button and hope Friday is better.
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Le sigh. DS had speech therapy today, and since his speech is no longer an issue, the therapist and I usually talk about other topics we can work on with him. Well, honestly, I love her most of the time, but today was one of those times. She is pushing me to get DS out of my bed and stop nursing him except for 1 time a day. I do understand why she is saying what she is saying. What I don't think she fully understands is that I am completely solo at night and always have been. I have always done what I needed to do to survive, and even now, I am not looking to have him cry it out. I know he is 2.5, but I have never been interested in CIO because he was such a high needs infant and does continue to need a lot of touch and cuddling. I truly believe is his personality.
So IDK what I am going to do. I am going to change a couple things in our daily routine, but I don't know how much I am going to invest in the nighttime situation. There are some things I have a really hard time taking advice about, and this is one of them. It is a lot easier to tell someone to let their kid cry when you don't understand that he will literally cry for 3 hours. Maybe I will be surprised and wrong. IDK. Lots of feelings right now.
Tl;dr: I did not really agree with what my kid's speech therapist advised me to do with him today, and I am having a lot of feels about it.
Le sigh. DS had speech therapy today, and since his speech is no longer an issue, the therapist and I usually talk about other topics we can work on with him. Well, honestly, I love her most of the time, but today was one of those times. She is pushing me to get DS out of my bed and stop nursing him except for 1 time a day. I do understand why she is saying what she is saying. What I don't think she fully understands is that I am completely solo at night and always have been. I have always done what I needed to do to survive, and even now, I am not looking to have him cry it out. I know he is 2.5, but I have never been interested in CIO because he was such a high needs infant and does continue to need a lot of touch and cuddling. I truly believe is his personality.
So IDK what I am going to do. I am going to change a couple things in our daily routine, but I don't know how much I am going to invest in the nighttime situation. There are some things I have a really hard time taking advice about, and this is one of them. It is a lot easier to tell someone to let their kid cry when you don't understand that he will literally cry for 3 hours. Maybe I will be surprised and wrong. IDK. Lots of feelings right now.
Tl;dr: I did not really agree with what my kid's speech therapist advised me to do with him today, and I am having a lot of feels about it.
You know what works for you and your son better than she does. If it doesn't feel right to do, don't. I'm a strong believer in defaulting to the parents' experience and knowledge when it comes to comfort, so long as it is not adversely affecting the child's health.
Le sigh. DS had speech therapy today, and since his speech is no longer an issue, the therapist and I usually talk about other topics we can work on with him. Well, honestly, I love her most of the time, but today was one of those times. She is pushing me to get DS out of my bed and stop nursing him except for 1 time a day. I do understand why she is saying what she is saying. What I don't think she fully understands is that I am completely solo at night and always have been. I have always done what I needed to do to survive, and even now, I am not looking to have him cry it out. I know he is 2.5, but I have never been interested in CIO because he was such a high needs infant and does continue to need a lot of touch and cuddling. I truly believe is his personality.
So IDK what I am going to do. I am going to change a couple things in our daily routine, but I don't know how much I am going to invest in the nighttime situation. There are some things I have a really hard time taking advice about, and this is one of them. It is a lot easier to tell someone to let their kid cry when you don't understand that he will literally cry for 3 hours. Maybe I will be surprised and wrong. IDK. Lots of feelings right now.
Tl;dr: I did not really agree with what my kid's speech therapist advised me to do with him today, and I am having a lot of feels about it.
You know what works for you and your son better than she does. If it doesn't feel right to do, don't. I'm a strong believer in defaulting to the parents' experience and knowledge when it comes to comfort, so long as it is not adversely affecting the child's health.
Thank you. That is what I needed to hear. I know that I do probably need to get better about accepting other people's opinion of how I should do things with at my child, but at the same time I don't want to. I have a lot of respect for her, especially since she is around kids DS's age for a living, so I do understand where she is coming from. At the same time, she herself had 3 kids under 4, so I know that her personal experience is vastly different than mine, and that is where some of the conflict comes from.
I am also not one for pushing a ton of independence on DS if he is not ready for that. He is a really great kid who happens to be a questionable sleeper, but he has made a ton of progress just in the past two months, and when it's just me and him, of course no one else sees that to be able to understand it.
I think things will be vastly different when we get to fall and he starts preschool, and I am fine with taking things slow until then. I love my cuddly little boy, even if he is needier than I enjoy some days. And sometimes a person just needs to vent about being touched all the time.
My nose is also being assaulted this morning. I broke a jar of garlic and threw it out immediately. I even double bagged it! Every time I walk in to the garage, I almost vomit from the smell. I had an aversion to garlic with my first and this time seems to be no different. Thank goodness tomorrow is garbage day.
I've started getting the "smelling in HD" symptom, too. (phrase copyright a friend of mine, haha)
Yesterday, when MrRama kissed me on the forehead/eyebrow, I was all, "wait, what was that smell? Come back here." He brushes his beard with a sandalwood comb in the morning. I was smelling the sandalwood a full 12 hours later still in his beard.
You know what works for you and your son better than she does. If it doesn't feel right to do, don't. I'm a strong believer in defaulting to the parents' experience and knowledge when it comes to comfort, so long as it is not adversely affecting the child's health.
Thank you. That is what I needed to hear. I know that I do probably need to get better about accepting other people's opinion of how I should do things with at my child, but at the same time I don't want to. I have a lot of respect for her, especially since she is around kids DS's age for a living, so I do understand where she is coming from. At the same time, she herself had 3 kids under 4, so I know that her personal experience is vastly different than mine, and that is where some of the conflict comes from.
I am also not one for pushing a ton of independence on DS if he is not ready for that. He is a really great kid who happens to be a questionable sleeper, but he has made a ton of progress just in the past two months, and when it's just me and him, of course no one else sees that to be able to understand it.
I think things will be vastly different when we get to fall and he starts preschool, and I am fine with taking things slow until then. I love my cuddly little boy, even if he is needier than I enjoy some days. And sometimes a person just needs to vent about being touched all the time.
I agree with Rama that you know your son best. You can just nod and say,"oh good idea" but then keep doing what's working for you. (Which I know is hard because I have a hard time doing that myself!) I'm not sure what his sleeping arrangements have to do with his speech. My DS is also seeing a speech therapist and she hasn't asked about anything like that.
I also know what you mean about being touched out some days!
Post by blackmamba on Feb 22, 2017 13:18:12 GMT -5
briarrose, trust your gut. It sounds like you're working with a great professional and their advice seems to work most of the time. However, there is a difference between professional recommendations based on seeing you once a week and what will actually work in practice for you and your family. Don't be too hard on yourself.
Has anyone been able to find the exact caffeine content of k-cup brands? I use Mcafe cups and the plain coffee equivalent is only around 100mg of caffeine. I need to know if my k-cup is similar because 2 cups of coffee > 1 cup.
From Keurig FAQ: Coffee contains between 75 and 150 mg. of caffeine per 8 oz. cup, depending on the roasting strength and other factors. It is difficult to measure the nutritional content of coffee, because it varies depending on many things. Generally, the darker the coffee is roasted, the less caffeine it contains. Almost all decaffeinated coffees still contain some caffeine. The international standard by which decaffeinated coffee is characterized is by having at least 97% of the caffeine removed. Decaf coffee should fall somewhere in the range of 2 to 4 mg. per 8 oz cup Espresso, in general, has more caffeine than an average coffee. However, the usual serving size for espressos is much smaller than for coffee – compare the size of a 1.4 oz shot of espresso with roughly 50-75 mg of caffeine to a standard 8 oz cup of coffee containing 75-150 mg of caffeine. We offer teas with a wide range of caffeine content – from naturally caffeine free herbal teas to green and black teas with naturally occurring caffeine. For most of our caffeinated teas the caffeine content ranges from 50-75mg Most of our specialty beverages contain little to no caffeine. However, specialty beverages containing tea, coffee, or chocolate may have up to 60mg per 8oz serving
Thanks! I wish I could narrow down if it is closer to 75 OR 150 since that can be the differ nice between one cup and too. I shall not rest until I find the answer.
Post by blackmamba on Feb 22, 2017 13:23:47 GMT -5
I've been exhausted during the day, but up constantly at night and I've had a cold for the last few days. Not a great combo. My sister and niece came to visit from Monday until this morning, so that was great. I told my sister I'm pregnant, so it's nice to have someone other than my husband that knows.
This morning when I dropped DS off at daycare, they mentioned that he hasn't been himself the last few weeks. He's been moody at times, or has thrown tantrums. And I guess he cries and asks for me once a day. They asked if anything new is going on. I'm not sure how to respond. Maybe is is aware that somethings going on with me, even though I haven't told him I'm pregnant? Maybe he's noticed that I'm tired and a bit irritable? I feel like the worst mom and I wish I knew what to do. I also with daycare had mentioned this sooner.
Big hugs, briarrose. Bedtime is super hard and major props to you for doing it solo!
**feel free to ignore my unsolicited advice!!** If you are interested in non-CIO crib-transition methods for when you are ready, I strongly recommend "Good Night, Sleep Tight" by Kim West (aka The Sleep Lady Shuffle). We were 100% not comfortable with CIO and, while I think there are tears no matter what you do, we at least felt a little better knowing he wasn't crying alone in his room. It took a few nights to really click and we did it while my H had a week off from work. Not as relaxing as a vacation but worth it for us in the long run!
From Keurig FAQ: Coffee contains between 75 and 150 mg. of caffeine per 8 oz. cup, depending on the roasting strength and other factors. It is difficult to measure the nutritional content of coffee, because it varies depending on many things. Generally, the darker the coffee is roasted, the less caffeine it contains. Almost all decaffeinated coffees still contain some caffeine. The international standard by which decaffeinated coffee is characterized is by having at least 97% of the caffeine removed. Decaf coffee should fall somewhere in the range of 2 to 4 mg. per 8 oz cup Espresso, in general, has more caffeine than an average coffee. However, the usual serving size for espressos is much smaller than for coffee – compare the size of a 1.4 oz shot of espresso with roughly 50-75 mg of caffeine to a standard 8 oz cup of coffee containing 75-150 mg of caffeine. We offer teas with a wide range of caffeine content – from naturally caffeine free herbal teas to green and black teas with naturally occurring caffeine. For most of our caffeinated teas the caffeine content ranges from 50-75mg Most of our specialty beverages contain little to no caffeine. However, specialty beverages containing tea, coffee, or chocolate may have up to 60mg per 8oz serving
Thanks! I wish I could narrow down if it is closer to 75 OR 150 since that can be the differ nice between one cup and too. I shall not rest until I find the answer.
I wish you luck! I know my answer wasn't totally helpful but I figured some info was better than 0 info. I did try and find a specific answer but the Google machine didn't help much so I gave up, sorry
IUI 1-3 BFN IVF #1 - Oct '15 - 10R, 3M, 0F IVF #2 - August 16 - 12R, 11M, 5F. 1 to transfer and 2 to freeze - BFP!! - MMC caught at 7w5d FET #1 - 1/26 - BFP, due 10/14
IUI 1-3 BFN IVF #1 - Oct '15 - 10R, 3M, 0F IVF #2 - August 16 - 12R, 11M, 5F. 1 to transfer and 2 to freeze - BFP!! - MMC caught at 7w5d FET #1 - 1/26 - BFP, due 10/14
IUI 1-3 BFN IVF #1 - Oct '15 - 10R, 3M, 0F IVF #2 - August 16 - 12R, 11M, 5F. 1 to transfer and 2 to freeze - BFP!! - MMC caught at 7w5d FET #1 - 1/26 - BFP, due 10/14
Post by gamergirl360 on Feb 22, 2017 14:22:31 GMT -5
briarrose No new advice, just wanted to say you are a great mom and it sounds like you are doing a fantastic job. Take what you find helpful from people's advice, and leave the rest.
Do what you need to do, for you and your son. You know what's best.
My daughter was a terrible, very dependent sleeper until just over 2yo and I was on my own all the time. We did end up doing CIO, but my husband took time off of work to do it, because I couldn't.
Thanks! I wish I could narrow down if it is closer to 75 OR 150 since that can be the differ nice between one cup and too. I shall not rest until I find the answer.
I wish you luck! I know my answer wasn't totally helpful but I figured some info was better than 0 info. I did try and find a specific answer but the Google machine didn't help much so I gave up, sorry
Oh girl, it was super helpful! Thank you for looking into it at all!
I also noticed I misspelled "two" in my previous post 😳
Post by gamergirl360 on Feb 22, 2017 14:29:34 GMT -5
I've been doing the new Bikini Body Mommy 90 day challenge, I started before finding out I was pregnant, and I'm super proud of myself for keeping up with it. I just finished day 38, and put DS down for nap. Time to take a much needed shower, then get ready for work.
Thanks ladies! I feel so much better. DS and I went to the playground and had a nice time, and we are implementing her method of trying to get him to have 5 minutes of quiet time without Mom in his room in the afternoon, eventually working up to longer stretches. He cried the whole time, but 5 minutes is manageable for me to listen to, and he does genuinely need to learn to play independently better than he does.
bubblefan, I will totally be checking right now to see if my library has that book.
mommabakes, I so wish DH could take all the time off to get DS in a bunk bed in his room. if DH could be with him while he cried to go to sleep, I would feel much better about it. that is actually somewhat what we had planned to accomplish when DH takes his FMLA when the new baby comes. I started looking for used bunk beds this week.
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