Parenting Check in (May 11)

[karlamo]

Good Monday Morning!

How was everyone's week/weekend?

Parenting
andstilltrying
jazibel
kh826
karlamo
jgy
sherminator
mahler5
wittyandwaiting
kona
strings
mrsnorris
2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)
jennicole
amberreva

QOTW:  How did you spend your Mother's day?

[kh826]

William is 11 months!

Our weekend was good. We had a new AC unit installed on Saturday (thank goodness, it is suddenly HOT!), then we went out and ran some errands and went grocery shopping. On Sunday we went to brunch with my in-laws, and then to a park so William could swing (his favorite). It was a pretty laid back weekend, which is what I wanted. He continues to be all over the place and seems to be more and more like a mini toddler. Well, not mini - he is huge. He likes to test boundaries and look at us with a little grin when he is about to get into mischief. He likes to yank on the curtains and play in the dog's water and a few other things he "knows are no-nos" and he just looks at us knowingly and then does it anyway. Yesterday he found the one drawer in a side table in the family room that we had not baby proofed and managed to jam his finger in there and then scream his lungs out. I felt so badly. Definitely felt like a parenting fail moment.

Otherwise, things are pretty status quo, and he is just such a cool little person.

I struggled a bit this weekend with parenting and also trying to "take it easy" post transfer. It didn't really happen (taking it easy that is). I will talk more about that in my TTC check-in...

QOTW: I already sort of answered this - woops! I will mention that I had a super awesome omelet at brunch yesterday that felt like a mother's day gift! HAHA

[karlamo]

kh826, I hope you're not feeling bad about not taking it easy. You just can't when you have another kid to take care of. My wife and I often say how different being pregnant with #2 is from #1. There's no time to put my feet up. Plus R wouldn't allow it!

I never took 1 day of rest after my transfer. It was go time the second the embryo was in. Well, that's not entirely true, I got about 4 hours of relaxing before we needed to pick R up. I considered it practice for life with 2U2.

[kh826]

karlamo - no, I don't feel badly per se, but I have done a little bit of worrying that perhaps some things have not been good for a sticky embryo (i.e. lifting my very heavy 11 month old, lots of bending, etc.)... I mean, I know deep down that it doesn't matter, and my wife keeps saying "If Dosey isn't meant to stick now, it will be nothing that you did or didn't do." (Dosey is what we are calling #2 as a nickname for now)... and I know she is right. I just worry, because that is what I do.

[mahler5]

C is 14 months

She just had a mini meltdown before her nap, I think because her milk was too cold. I'm not sure exactly. I warmed it up but she screamed another 5 minutes before she would drink it. She's out now.

She was putting her finger in her ear a few times this weekend. It's not very often but I'm going to bring her in. I noticed it twice last week but disregarded it because it was so sporadic. I'm going to feel awful if she has had an ear infection this last week. She hasn't had a fever. But she has been fussier the last few weeks. I thought that was just her going through a stage. She is definitely going through a new round of separation anxiety . She will cling to me and want me to pick her up often. Even when I'm in the same room as her and not going anywhere.

She loved her swim lessons last week! She has been talking a little more. She understands a lot too, which is so great. She will often give me something when I ask for it ( depending on what it is). She has started calling Momma L , Lala. It's cute. She will call her Momma some too. I usually refer to her as Momma Laura, to distinguish from me talking about myself, so I think she picked it up that way.

QOTW: it was ok. We went to brunch. I was getting a little annoyed at L though because after we were seated inside she wanted to move outside because it was so loud. I hate being a nuisance to the servers but they said it wasn't a problem. And c probably did enjoy outside more, but then she was fussy and wanted to run around, and I ended up doing the majority of running around after her. L said she was too tired, etc. And it took forever to get our food. I just wish I could use Mother's Day as an excuse to relax more but it's hard to do that with two moms! The rest of the day was fine. We got a lot done.

[kh826]

mahler5 - RE: her putting her fingers in her ears, is C teething by chance? William has been periodically putting his fingers in his ears for a while now, and we have had the pedi check, and nothing. Apparently it is common teething behavior to tug on your ears. I know William is working on his molars, and he was tugging again this weekend too. Just a thought. Regardless, don't beat yourself up about it - you are doing a great job!

[amberreva]

Emerson is 9weeks old. So she is rolling from tummy to back! Exciting but also means before I know it I won't be able to put her on a surface and just walk away for a minute. She has also regressed in the sleep department. She had been going down at 10pm and not waking up for her MOTN feeding until 3:30am and then getting up again between 5:30 and 6. For the last two nights she has moved her first feeding to 1:30am and the second feeding is closer to 4am so I feel exhausted.

On a non-child note I am puppy sitting my moms dog until Thursday so we currently have three dogs in the house and two cats. My dog has an ear infection and I was unable to set up a vet appointment for the day that R could take him poor guy.

[karlamo]

Today has gotten away from me. Quick update from me.

R is 14 months.

We had a super fun week and weekend. We have been getting out and playing lots. On Friday night we slept at my sister's house and she has a pug. R kept calling the pug Billy, which is our cat's name. He loved that dog. I have a strong dislike of dogs so we won't be getting one anytime in the near future but I'm glad to see him enjoyed her.

Saturday while I went to my other sister's college graduation, my wife took R to a BMB meet up. We have become super close with our BMB and they planned a meet-up for those local to us. It was so adorable to see 4 kids the exact same age play. Each kid ha their own personality and they were fun to watch.

Sunday R got sick. He was running a low grade fever at night but Sunday it reached 103. So after taking him in to the dr today he is now on meds.
I'm not sure what your thermometer preferences are but I'm faithful to rectal ones. My wife wanted to try the forehead type so we bought one and there was a 2 degree temp difference between the 2. I know this is to be expected, but I didn't like not having a true temp, so I went back to the bum temp. Sorry R, mommy likes accurate data.

QOTW: Well with R sick and me working it was a bust. I'm not one to get swept up in feeling pressured to have to do something extra special for the day. R made us gifts from DC which were super sweet and then my wife and I ordered dinner in and ate after he went to bed. Maybe when the kids are older we'll do more to mark the day.

[mahler5]

May 11, 2015 12:00:39 GMT -5 kh826 said:

mahler5 - RE: her putting her fingers in her ears, is C teething by chance? William has been periodically putting his fingers in his ears for a while now, and we have had the pedi check, and nothing. Apparently it is common teething behavior to tug on your ears. I know William is working on his molars, and he was tugging again this weekend too. Just a thought. Regardless, don't beat yourself up about it - you are doing a great job!

Thanks. Turns out no infection. I think it's probably teething related but it's hard to tell. She had a fever a week and a half ago that I think was teething related but hasn't has as many symptoms lately. Although she still has one molar that hasn't popped through yet. I'm glad I checked it out just in case.

If othoscopes were cheap I would totally buy one

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Rory is 10 wk. he is sleeping better now and out of his cranky stage. I think it was a wonder week.

Qotw we went to see Deborah cox Friday night I sang my heart out lol but she didn't come on til 1215 am. Wth. Sooo tiring. Saturday we had a communion and party. Sunday we hosted brunch. Which would have been fine but we had no time to clean all week so we were up late sat doing it.

[mahler5]

May 11, 2015 15:41:40 GMT -5 karlamo said:

Today has gotten away from me. Quick update from me.

R is 14 months.

We had a super fun week and weekend. We have been getting out and playing lots. On Friday night we slept at my sister's house and she has a pug. R kept calling the pug Billy, which is our cat's name. He loved that dog. I have a strong dislike of dogs so we won't be getting one anytime in the near future but I'm glad to see him enjoyed her.

Saturday while I went to my other sister's college graduation, my wife took R to a BMB meet up. We have become super close with our BMB and they planned a meet-up for those local to us. It was so adorable to see 4 kids the exact same age play. Each kid ha their own personality and they were fun to watch.

Sunday R got sick. He was running a low grade fever at night but Sunday it reached 103. So after taking him in to the dr today he is now on meds.
I'm not sure what your thermometer preferences are but I'm faithful to rectal ones. My wife wanted to try the forehead type so we bought one and there was a 2 degree temp difference between the 2. I know this is to be expected, but I didn't like not having a true temp, so I went back to the bum temp. Sorry R, mommy likes accurate data.

QOTW: Well with R sick and me working it was a bust. I'm not one to get swept up in feeling pressured to have to do something extra special for the day. R made us gifts from DC which were super sweet and then my wife and I ordered dinner in and ate after he went to bed. Maybe when the kids are older we'll do more to mark the day.[/


Rectal temperatures are going to be 0.5 degrees higher than an oral ( or temporal/ forehead) temperature. Although 2 degrees seems a bit too much of a difference. I really like our temporal thermometer now I've gotten used to it.

Anyway, hope he feels better!

[jazibel]

Kaden is almost 3 years old, and Owen just turned 1.

I wrote a post earlier but it was erased so here's a quick check-in. As a whole we're doing great. Kaden pooped in the potty last night for the first time in months, and peed in a public restroom for the first time ever (standing up). Hopefully we'll have a fully potty trained kid soon. Owen had a really fussy day today including unusual separation anxiety. He's generally a happy little guy so this threw me for a loop.

Mother's Day was fun filled, brunch, a nap (albeit short), a walk and trip to the beach. The boys and Sienna were soaking wet and sandy by the end. Luckily I keep tons of extra clothes in the car. I'll post a pic later this week. EV is travelling so I'm flying solo for a few days. Hopefully tomorrow is better than today, because today was rough!!

[Stringy]

My baby is 2. She is acting 2. But is also funny and learning new things. We found the right size bar to "hang" on at the park yesterday, which she did for a long time. She had quite the birthday week, a party with her little friends and family last saturday, then her actual day (I was out of town but she saw cousins), and then with just moms this past saturday. She now says "more presents". Whoops.

Sleep is generally okay now but there's still nights she just wakes up so upset and I can't figure out why. It must be dreams. Or those last molars, but no way to get in there to check.

We went to the beach for mothers' day cuz it was hot! That was fun, except even with one not-so-adventurous toddler, you just can't sit down for more than 2 minutes at a time.

[kona]

Olivia is 9 months

We are talking with a sleep consultant tonight. We are both exhausted. I'm hoping that it helps and quickly. It feels like nothing can move forward because we are always fighting exhaustion.

She's really an easy kid other than this sleep issue. BLW is going well she likes to try all kinds of food and likes strong favors. She likes to use a utensil for everything now which makes for some interesting times because she's really not coordinated enough yet but she has fun.

She had her 9 month check up. She's up to 18#. They grow so fast.

QOTW:

Unfortunately I had to work all weekend. And Olivia decided she really didn't want to sleep Sat night and we were all up from 11-2. Fatigue and stress from a cranky baby led to some harsh words between M and I. I am committed to making next year better!

[mahler5]

kona-- hope the sleep gets better soon! Good luck with the sleep consultant. It seems like a lot of people on this board have had a lot of success with them .

[andstilltrying]

This week is trying!!! M is teething and a drool machine but is also constipated! We've been doing the usual to help him get things going but no luck. At least D is being a good boy this week. Last night D was asleep by his usually 9pm but M didn't go down and stay down until Midnight. D of course was ready to start his day at 5:45am. M cried all.day.long yesterday and is continuing that trend today. Just taking cat naps and can't get a good rest in. Maybe he's sad we are getting new livingroom furniture and so we sold our sectional. Now we are spending our day on the blanket on pillows on livingroom floor, bouncy seats, and high chair.

Mother's Day...Drew got me up early...S and I did gifts for each other and from boys and then I went to teach lessons for a bit. We grilled in between rain bands off tropical storm Ana. S enjoyed the last of her "soy" items before switching to soy AND dairy free so we can try and BF D again. This puramino formula is ridiculous!!!!

[Deleted]

This week was awesome. (For a work week) First of all... After a trial period when I was on days, and forced to pick him up later from school, I realized our whole world is alot better when I do pick him up late. 2:15 was just after nap, and it sucked. He either napped and was woken up just before I got there, or didnt and was engaged in a project. I started picking him up 4ish and this week made the commitment. I get more sleep ( I work nights, so I sleep after taking him to school AMs) He gets 2nd recess, and its just over all better. Hes happy after running around more, especially the nicer it gets outside. Picking up a happy boy each night just makes it all better.