willow hang in there one of these times it will be real! The last few weeks are so hard physically and mentally especially when you keep getting false signs!
It's been a lazy rainy day here. Trying to catch up on all the lost sleep from having a clingy newborn with a cold! Right now we're watching a One Direction concert on Hulu, lol. Waiting till the kids go to bed so I can't watch some Grey's.
We're hanging out at home all weekend. Colette is just a few days old and breastfeeding all the time. DH has been taking our 3 year old out for a couple hours each day just to give him something to do and give me a break for a bit. We've also had a crazy amount of visitors the past week. I think nobody is scheduled to come tomorrow and I am so looking forward to not having anyone else here. It's sweet, but it's all a little overwhelming right now.
I still have lots of help, but the help was preoccupied today so I did manage both kids by myself a couple times. The inlaws leave tomorrow, and H may go to work on Monday. I'm terrified.
I did 7 hours alone today and I'm not gonna lie, it was tough. Not impossible, but tough. My cousins are here now, one has he baby and one has the toddler. Dh is napping and I'm going to go to the mall to return some stuff and have a little me time.
I ended up going to MOA and managed to convince my mom to come with me. (Although really it wasn't much convincing ...shopping and all, lol). We spent 3 hours there and I am absolutely exhausted now. They recently put in a Hanna Andersson store and my mom wanted to buy baby everything we saw, lol. After seeing the price tags, though, she kept it to 3 outfits haha.
We had a good 24hrs. F cluster fed yesterday afternoon but then we had a few solid 3 hour chunks of sleep through the night. A successful pumping attempt (I think? 4oz in 33 mins?) and DH got to feed him
Yay for sleep! Are you EPing? Careful not to create too much demand or you might end up with oversupply! My LC said if I am nursing and pumping not to do more than 15 min increments.
No! Thanks I didn't know that! Per breast or total?
Now that I have enough for 1 or 2 feeds I think I'd like to just pump once a day while DH gives a bottle to give me a bit of a break and then maybe once more to start building a stash for when I go to work.
Did she tell you when to pump? I'm always afraid I'll pump and then he'll wake and be hungry and I'll have nothing left to feed him (other that what I pumped but that defeats the purpose lol)
Yay for sleep! Are you EPing? Careful not to create too much demand or you might end up with oversupply! My LC said if I am nursing and pumping not to do more than 15 min increments.
No! Thanks I didn't know that! Per breast or total?
Now that I have enough for 1 or 2 feeds I think I'd like to just pump once a day while DH gives a bottle to give me a bit of a break and then maybe once more to start building a stash for when I go to work.
Did she tell you when to pump? I'm always afraid I'll pump and then he'll wake and be hungry and I'll have nothing left to feed him (other that what I pumped but that defeats the purpose lol)
15 min total if you are using a double pump. She is having me pump about an hour before my next scheduled feed no more than twice a day (no worries about having empty boobs, you are continuously producing). Mornings tend to have a boost in supply because hormones, but my freak of nature body seems to do the best in early evening, so experiment for what works for you.
Post by littlesthobo on Jul 23, 2016 19:53:08 GMT -5
We went out to dinner, I was hoping for a Murphy's Law type labour situation. No dice.
Poor DS has been hot to the touch all day and I thought it was just the heat; turns out he has a pretty high fever. No other symptoms. I gave him Advil and a cool bath, hopefully that helps. Poor guy.
Today DS is getting pumped breast milk. This is to just confirm him having a lactose issue and changing to formula is for the best.
Tomorrow DH goes back to work. I will miss my nap time.
Yesterday's visit to grandparents house went ok. But it is quite rude to just hold your arms out for the baby and not ask to hold the baby. MIL barely let anyone else hold DS. He slept the whole time. I think I was more over stimulated than DS. Lol
This staying home 24/7 thing is getting old. It's still 100+ degrees out so we can't play outside, DH is catching up on work stuff, and I don't feel physically up for taking 2 kids out by myself. My 4 y/o continues to be in my face every minute. I am so thankful she's going back to summer camp tomorrow.
I've hit the super emotional weepy phase. I just put away most of my maternity clothes and it makes me weepy that I don't think I'll wear them again. I'm weepy that my baby is over a week old. I'm weepy because I'm so thankful to have her at all. I just feel nuts.
Today is our first wedding anniversary and H's last day off before he starts work again. We'll most likely just spend it at home together since it's supposed to be hot out and Sam gets #hangry as soon as he decides he wants to eat. But H got me a bottle of my Cupcake Moscato for us to have a drink tonight in celebration, it'll be my first alcoholic beverage since mid-October. Definitely looking forward to it!
We are being lazy today. Too hot to do much. DS1 has been peeing a tiny dot in his undies on purpose all day. I'm not concerned he's going to regress, but I think he is just trying to be a stinker.
Ds2 is super clingy. Going to try out my k'tan soon. He hates to be put down and wants to sit on the boob. But I have some nasty bruises and one nipple has a blister that needs a break.
Today is our first wedding anniversary and H's last day off before he starts work again. We'll most likely just spend it at home together since it's supposed to be hot out and Sam gets #hangry as soon as he decides he wants to eat. But H got me a bottle of my Cupcake Moscato for us to have a drink tonight in celebration, it'll be my first alcoholic beverage since mid-October. Definitely looking forward to it!
Happy anniversary! Enjoy!
I had half a Guinness yesterday and it was amazing lol
Post by housecarder on Jul 24, 2016 12:23:28 GMT -5
The wedding went well. We had DS stay with my sister so he didn't have to do the long drive. The babies got swooped up by my ILs as soon as we got there and they passed them around to my MILs family. So I let it be and just went and danced and had a great time.
H's cousin and I talked a long time about her IVF experience and it was nice to be open about.
I'm glad I took my Moby though because Finn for over stimulated so I wrapped her. Then when all the aunts started leaving I tucked Evie in the Moby too and they slept for 3 hours like that holding hands. I ended up dancing a lot with them wrapped and everyone loved it
Post by housecarder on Jul 24, 2016 12:27:27 GMT -5
I did get two creepy comments from drunk uncles about the babies being wrapped.
Drunk Uncle 1: Hey looks like they have the best seat in the house. Can I join them?
DU2: Oh I didn't realize that there were babies in there, I thought you just had big tits. Are they boy/girl, two boys? Me: Two girls... DU2: That's appropriate, girls laying on your girls. *he laughs as I awkwardly slink away*
I did get two creepy comments from drunk uncles about the babies being wrapped.
Drunk Uncle 1: Hey looks like they have the best seat in the house. Can I join them?
DU2: Oh I didn't realize that there were babies in there, I thought you just had big tits. Are they boy/girl, two boys? Me: Two girls... DU2: That's appropriate, girls laying on your girls. *he laughs as I awkwardly slink away*
Are they blood uncles of yours, or your H's?! So awkward!
I did get two creepy comments from drunk uncles about the babies being wrapped.
Drunk Uncle 1: Hey looks like they have the best seat in the house. Can I join them?
DU2: Oh I didn't realize that there were babies in there, I thought you just had big tits. Are they boy/girl, two boys? Me: Two girls... DU2: That's appropriate, girls laying on your girls. *he laughs as I awkwardly slink away*
Are they blood uncles of yours, or your H's?! So awkward!
This was all H's family. One was his aunt's husband, so step father to the groom, and one was the brides' uncle so no blood relation to H at all. The brides mother was so drunk that she was head banging and twerking on the dance floor by the end of the night. Makes me very thankful that we had a dry wedding.
And VERY thankful that I added a panel to the top of the dress since my post partum boobs were hanging out the top when I first put it on.
melody330 - I love my k'tan!! So easy to use and secure as well. Every time she goes in she is passed out! I didn't baby wear with DS so it's been nice to do with DD
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Post by sarcaztic10 on Jul 24, 2016 17:17:57 GMT -5
housecarder ewww to the drunk uncle comments. Glad to hear you had a good time being out!
We arranged our bedroom today and cleaned up a bit. I made doughnuts and ate a bunch of them. We also went shopping for our weekly supply of fruits and veggies. 2 more days...
Just bathed both girls solo (DS helped a bit). So we now have two clean content babies.
Bath day here too. DS has been pretty neutral on baths but he was furious with tonight's! Holy moly, I've never heard him scream that much,that loud! But now he is snoozing on my chest after nursing so I'd say he's fine.
I am so done with visitors. I lost it today and had H tell MIL to go home and now he's upset with me. It's basically been a party for H's family at our house and I cannot take it. I hate that advocating for myself turns me into the bad guy
tootsie I hear you on the visitors. My MIL lives near us and I have had several conversations with H that he needs to control that shit. No just stopping by etc. He knows when I give him a look to kick her home lol
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BFP # 2 - Chemical Pregnancy confirmed 05/29/15 Diagnosed with PCOS After 1 cycle of Clomid and 2 cycles of Femara - BFP #3 - 11/10/2015 Sweet Baby Girl born 07/08/16
Post by housecarder on Jul 24, 2016 20:18:31 GMT -5
tootsie I love my MIL but I had to set boundaries because she was expecting to practically stay here the first couple weeks. We see her every Sunday so that helps, but we've kept visitors here to a minimum.
madamewaffles Finn likes baths more than Evie but I've started putting a wet dish towel over her chest/belly/legs while washing her head/face/arms and that helps her stay warm and content. For the first time I didn't have at least one losing their shit. I also try to keep them pretty quick and either right after a feeding when they are most content, or right before so if they start screaming I can calm them with a bottle.
I think I finally figured out my ring sling. Dh goes back to work tomorrow. I'm so nervous. Dd is passed out in it. Haha
MH goes back tomorrow too. It's going to be weird since he's been home for about 8 weeks (two weeks before they were born so he could help with the kids being out of school and me being on bed rest). I'm nervous about juggling 3 kids solo since DS doesn't start preschool until August 1st. I will be wrapping the girls as often as I can.
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