Monday fun-day

[jennybeans]

Good morning S16! What's the plan for today? How did everyone sleep?

[watermelonseed]

Morning!

Slept pretty good! I've thrown pulled pork in the crock pot for dinner. Might make a Target run today.


I already told the LC thanks
But no thanks to her follow up visit. Standing strong in the EPing corner. Feels like a thousand pounds off my shoulders.

[singingsea]

Good morning! It's my birthday today. #33. I'm so happy today. Sleep deprivation aside lol. Not sure if this requires a trigger warning but I'll put it out there. This time last year I was in the middle of my loss and today I'm hugging my squishy rainbow So so thankful!

[fem]

Glad you feel good with your decision watermelonseed! Sounds like you're doing exactly what you and your LO needs.

Clifford is parenting while I drink coffee. Then we're headed to music class and maybe the library. DH tells me to take her to daycare and rest but I know these 1:1 days are ending soon and I just can't do it.

[fem]

Happy birthday singingsea!!

[jennybeans]

I woke up before E so I got a shower, ate breakfast, unloaded the dishes, and folded laundry. I'm feeling so accomplished today!

We are nursing now and plan to go to a breastfeeding group with an LC again this morning. Hopefully she will have gained some weight over the weekend so I can feel a little better about how we are doing nursing. I also ordered some mothers milk capsules that are supposed to help boost supply that should be arriving today as well (yay Amazon!).

[jennybeans]

Happy birthday singingsea!!

[watermelonseed]

Happy birthday singingsea and hope you have a great day!

[jennybeans]

watermelonseed, I'm glad you feel good about your decision. A happy mama is so important and you have to do what feels right to you.

fem, take all the one on one time you can! I wish we'd had some more before baby came - it's so much harder than I thought it would be to still feel like I'm there enough for DS.

[annapunkalunka]

Happy birthday, singingsea! Reading your post made ME feel happy, too. Enjoy your day with your squish!

[hurricanerek]

Happy birthday singingsea! I hope you get lots of squishy snuggles to treasure today!

watermelonseed good for you! No need to feel pushed around when you know what's right for you and your family.

I think we get to go home this morning. Of course things are moving so slowly in the NICU today, I'll be lucky to get out before noon. DD2 has to retake the hearing screening and I haven't seen them at all yet.

[annapunkalunka]

Daniel Tiger is parenting over here. My mom will be here soon to entertain C for a bit.
E is fussy. He's definitely more awake than he was at first. But it seems like when he's awake he's constantly uncomfortable... he's never really content to chill. I feel bad, I think he's just got so much gas.

[sodapop]

Happy birthday singingsea. I'm so glad you made a decision and are happy with it watermelonseed, you're the only one who knows what works for you. I know it's hard, but you're doing great.

Not much going on here today. We're having decent nights so I'm not complaining. DS is still in love with his little brother, so I'll take it. He's been needing more attention though. Everyone is still adjusting to being a family of 4.

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Sept 19, 2016 7:51:41 GMT -5 singingsea said:

Good morning! It's my birthday today. #33. I'm so happy today. Sleep deprivation aside lol. Not sure if this requires a trigger warning but I'll put it out there. This time last year I was in the middle of my loss and today I'm hugging my squishy rainbow So so thankful!

Happy Birthday!!



As for us, just hanging out with DS. It looks like it's going to rain. I hate these days because I feel trapped inside and then feel guilty when it doesn't rain. Still no sign of DD wanting to come out to play.
At some point this week I have to go to the bank and deal with some tax stuff. Ugh.  

[cbrandt1]

Sept 19, 2016 7:51:41 GMT -5 singingsea said:

Good morning! It's my birthday today. #33. I'm so happy today. Sleep deprivation aside lol. Not sure if this requires a trigger warning but I'll put it out there. This time last year I was in the middle of my loss and today I'm hugging my squishy rainbow So so thankful!

Happy birthday, and I'm so happy you have your squish this year!

[cbrandt1]

Morning! DH and G are asleep. G cluster fed until 2 this morning, then I got 3 hours straight of sleeping, then another 2.5 hour stretch. It feels so nice! I'll definitely need a nap at some point though.

I can hear D downstairs and all I want to do is go snuggle him. I missed him so much! I really want to take him to do something fun, but the stairs get me out of breath so I think I need to take it easy for a few more days.

[WittyLittle]

Morning! We also had an ok night, though DS has been testing his limits climbing all over things, demanding.to be held.when he wakes up at night, refusing naps and his fav foods. Toddler stuff.
Dd had less cramps so that helped us get some more sleep! Her chord has aaaaaalmost fallen off. Getting there

[merryrissmas]

Happy birthday singingsea!

[LadyNymeria]

Happy Birthday singingsea!! It's an amazing feeling to look down and see your rainbow baby is your arms.

Good for you for making the decision you want watermelonseed! I'm glad it feels like a weight has been lifted!

[watermelonseed]

@uringthebell thanks! Sorry to hear that. Family think they are being helpful or excited for you and can show it in the worst ways sometimes! Hope H can talk to her for you

[cbowl]

Happy Birthday singingsea !

[cbowl]

Good morning y'all! Kiddo is at school after another screaming fit in the middle of the night. I just am stumped. She has been such a good sleeper since sleep training at 6 months...why is she waking up multiple times a night now?! I'm nervous for the newborn wake ups + the toddler wake ups. Argh! Sorry I'm a broken record over here.

[LadyNymeria]

R is currently in the habit of nursing for 5-10 min then passing out and I can't seem to keep him awake to nurse longer most sessions. I means he ends up looking to nurse again a half hour later.

He's eating so that's great, but it's making it tough to get into a nursing then pumping.

[LadyNymeria]

Sept 19, 2016 9:49:07 GMT -5 cbowl said:

Good morning y'all! Kiddo is at school after another screaming fit in the middle of the night. I just am stumped. She has been such a good sleeper since sleep training at 6 months...why is she waking up multiple times a night now?! I'm nervous for the newborn wake ups + the toddler wake ups. Argh! Sorry I'm a broken record over here.

Hopefully it's just a short phase and she goes back to sleeping well soon!

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Sept 19, 2016 9:39:05 GMT -5 unringthebell said:

Ugh. My SIL thinks she's coming to the hospital Wednesday. I'm having my abdomen cut open. I'll still be in bed with a fing catheter in. The only person I want stopping by is my mother because I know she won't over stay her welcome. I thought I was clear with my H that I didn't want people coming by til I could get out of bed. I'm seriously about to cry right now but I won't because I'm at work.

My ILs way over stayed their welcome last time....like all friggin day. I blame them for all the issues because I didn't get more than a couple of minutes of skin to skin with DS before they held the baby all damn day.

[cbrandt1]

Sept 19, 2016 9:39:05 GMT -5 unringthebell said:

Ugh. My SIL thinks she's coming to the hospital Wednesday. I'm having my abdomen cut open. I'll still be in bed with a fing catheter in. The only person I want stopping by is my mother because I know she won't over stay her welcome. I thought I was clear with my H that I didn't want people coming by til I could get out of bed. I'm seriously about to cry right now but I won't because I'm at work.

Well maybe he didn't want to deal with the fight today. Make it clear to him that no one but your mother is to come on Weds. Tell your nurses as well. He can use your surgery as the excuse. It's your decision.

[eboyd83]

Hey guys, how's it going? Things have been okay here. August is nursing really well. It isn't the painful experience it was last time. But I'm still having a lot of back and hip pain and its making it hard for me to get around. Dhs has to go back to work today and I'm bummed about that.

[NJgirl84]

Hey guys! I'm struggling here with the constant feedings, but it helps to read I'm not alone. I hear it gets better after 6 weeks, I'm hoping that holds true and I can make it that far.

As I've mentioned before DS1 never latched right so we switched to formula fairly early on so this is all new for me. It is so hard and tiring, maybe worse knowing how much easier it could be if I switched and then DH could help. But I really want this to work. My goal is to breastfeed at least until I go back to work in February.

[kerbear]

Good for you watermelonseed!

Happy birthday singingsea! I'm glad you're hugging your LO today!

I take those capsules too jennybeans. I wish they weren't a million dollars lol

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[mc13]

It's a rainy day here too so Curious George is parenting R while I get some stuff done. We got our newborn shoot photos back last night and I am so in love with them. I ordered birth announcements this morning and can't wait to send them to our family and friends.

E and A are still amazing babies and way easier than R ever was...and there's 2 of them! I keep waiting for them to turn into crazy babies like she was but we're 3.5 weeks in now and still going strong. Keeping my fingers crossed that they stay this way.