So doesn't feel like Monday. Last day of school vacation for DS1. Baby boy has his one month appointment on Wednesday. And I have another incision check on Friday. Hopefully it looks ok now. The ILs are coming to visit this weekend. I'm hoping for a big snow storm so they can't make it. 😂
Hope everything is still going well @cahistoryteacher. FX baby is already here.
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crimpgirl love that you got the cat in a photo!!! They are all so cute. I hope to do that too. We were the weird ones who got our cat in some of our engagement photos.
Our induction is scheduled for 7:30pm tonight. So little dude has only 12 hours left to decide to come on his own. If not, we will go out to dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant where we had met for our first date.
crimpgirl, those pictures are so amazing! Also, holy moly that boy has some long legs!!
I have been up since Cora woke me at 4:45. I fed her and passed her off to DH so I could get to the grocery store before he had to go to work. I know I'm going to be too exhausted to go tonight when he gets home, and I'd rather not take Cora to the grocery store if I can avoid it. It's just easier to go alone and get it done quick!
Since then I've spent the morning packing up the Christmas crap. It feels like we just put it all up. Usually by this point I'm sick of seeing it. I put the pack n play out where the Christmas tree was so we have a place to put Cora down flat without worrying about another kid (or the dog) stepping on her.
And speaking of the dog, this was happening while I was un-decorating the tree:
mrswillie the days are blurring together. I'm afraid my maternity leave will be over before I know it. crimpgirl love the pics, GL baking! @kc295905 agh, those baby rolls! sdgal Exciting to know the wait is almost over, GL! Lucy you're so productive, I'd be a zombie at that early hour. And that is ond adorable pic. Cora's looking so big she'll have her own baby rolls soon enough.
Post by WineNChocolate on Jan 2, 2017 13:13:31 GMT -5
mrswillie hahaha on in laws not being able to come.
crimpgirl omg great pictures. My lil mans is tomorrow. Probably only be me and baby...DD needs to go to school..she is going stir crazy.
Lucy got all my crap downstairs from Christmas now we are back to normal. On to my other projects...finish DDs room and get the nursery together. Paint my bathroom finish the dresser and wardrobe.
A part of me is missing work..lol..it drives me crazy to be home.
sdgal yeah baby eviction in t minus 12 hrs!! Can't wait to see him!
Baby is in swing and I'm watching Leo eat lunch. Alex was up last night from 9 pm til almost 2 am. As in wide awake. Usually he'll nap at some pt in that time frame. By midnight I kept nodding off. :/ Today I'm trying some more spread out awake time.
I sent dh grocery shopping. I think I'm down to 2 freezer meals left. I need to start meal planning again. Esp if I want to avoid the sugar.
Embarrassing FTM question over here... I seem to never know the best time to change baby's diaper. Do you have any rules you go by? Like always before eating or always after?
She tends to dirty her diaper while she's eating (like half the time), so changing it before seems pointless. However, if she doesn't dirty it and she falls asleep while eating, I hate to wake her up to change her. And in that scenario, she peed on me several times while changing her yesterday.
Feels like we're wasting a bunch of diapers right now.
When she's all swaddled at night and I go to lay her back down, she'll start tooting... I just stand over her feeling awful to potentially let her sit in a dirty diaper for several hours, but she doesn't seem to care and I know it'll take forever to get her back down if I change her again...
Also, dh and I are just hanging out the rest of the day. We may trade off and take walks outside, it's a bit too cold to walk with the baby.
Our moms were here for about 24 hours, it's so hard to say goodbye to my mom. I feel like I need her more now than ever. Mil was driving us nuts so we were glad to see her go, though!
They're only 2.5 hours away but it's just far enough to mean that day trips are pretty rare. Really wish we had more family nearby.
Post by requiressnacks on Jan 2, 2017 14:28:04 GMT -5
Winnifred....at night I change before feeding so that if they are drowsy they go right back to bed. During the day I change after feeding because I'm trying to keep them awake.
FFMC....I am missing my pre-baby life today. Every day just feels like so much work. Sigh.
Monday blues? Two babies would surely keep me busy all day. I feel like the opposite is happening in my house. I don't do much, just enough to cover basics. If it's not the baby on me, then my toddler wants snuggles (esp at bed time which can become a looong endeavor). I'd say I miss my pre-preg life when I had energy for socializing.
I'm curious to know if other people are using Vaseline or creams during a change. We were told not to use anything unless her skin appears irritated. At the same time, I might feel a little better if she had a layer between her and any motn poo that I'm not aware of or don't want to wake her to change.
I'm curious to know if other people are using Vaseline or creams during a change. We were told not to use anything unless her skin appears irritated. At the same time, I might feel a little better if she had a layer between her and any motn poo that I'm not aware of or don't want to wake her to change.
I was using aquaphor first as just a barrier. But his skin is sensitive so it gets irritated easily. So now I alternate with desitin. Once his skin looks less red I go back to the aquaphor (which is like vaseline).
Post by lastnamewithheld on Jan 2, 2017 15:20:58 GMT -5
Winnifred I'm glad you asked the diaper question. I feel like we're going through sooooo many diapers. We are still using disposables and they have stuff in them to bump up absorbency, right? Like I really don't need to change him as soon as that strip turns blue, right?
I feel like my hormones are starting to crash because I'm just feeling weepy about dumb shit. And I constantly feel like I'm going to break my sweet perfect little baby. Gah.
He had his 2-week follow up with the pediatrician today (fun fact: we saw my old pediatrician!) ... he's up to 9lbs and 20.something inches! My big boy!
I have a follow up with the OB regarding my incision/infection drainage issue I had last week. It drained A LOOOOTTT yesterday after my shower. (HORK) so hopefully it is getting better. I hope the doc says it looks great and will be healed up in another week or two. Lol
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IVF+ICSI March 2016 (6R/5M/5F - 3 embryos on ice) 4/7/16: first ever BFP! EDD: 12/17/16 DS Arrived via C-Section 12/19/16! FET #1 June 2019 - 1 embryo didn't survive thaw & the one that did didn't stick around. BFN FET #2 September 2019 - last embryo didn't survive thaw.
Post by lastnamewithheld on Jan 2, 2017 15:35:12 GMT -5
Here let's try this again! mrswillie, I'm hoping for snow, too! sdgal good luck tonight!!!! Lucy that's pretty genius to go to the store super early before YH has to go to work!! crimpgirl, what a sweet little peanut. Love the pictures!! @kc295905 I love N's little arm rolls!! So adorable!! WineNChocolate, he's so dear! littlelion I hope Alex stays awake for longer stretches for you today! Winnifred, I've been using desitin after I realized I probably shouldn't be going through a diaper every hour.
IVF+ICSI March 2016 (6R/5M/5F - 3 embryos on ice) 4/7/16: first ever BFP! EDD: 12/17/16 DS Arrived via C-Section 12/19/16! FET #1 June 2019 - 1 embryo didn't survive thaw & the one that did didn't stick around. BFN FET #2 September 2019 - last embryo didn't survive thaw.
My MIL has managed to do something so horrendously shitty today that I think we're pretty much done with her for good now. It will take a lot of apologizing and groveling on her part to even begin to make this one okay again. A LOT. I mean, I've been done with the evil wench for a long time, but I've dealt with her for DH's sake. Now she's managed to be shitty enough for him to be done with her too.
I should be more angry than I am, but most of me is just happy to be done with her.
I'm curious to know if other people are using Vaseline or creams during a change. We were told not to use anything unless her skin appears irritated. At the same time, I might feel a little better if she had a layer between her and any motn poo that I'm not aware of or don't want to wake her to change.
FFMC....I am missing my pre-baby life today. Every day just feels like so much work. Sigh.
I promise you that it gets easier sooner than you think. Otherwise, no one would ever get knocked up a second time on purpose!Â
Thanks. I am hoping it gets easier soon. I was thinking how my maternity leave is 1/2 over and I can't even fathom going back to work in my current state.
Winnifred, I use a zinc and castor oil cream I bought on Amazon that they sell in the UK and call nappy cream. It's magic on diaper rashes. If there isn't a rash I don't put anything on her right now. I will probably use Aquaphor t bedtime when she's older and goes most of the night in the same diaper. Right now we're still changing her before each feeding through the night.
FFMC....I am missing my pre-baby life today. Every day just feels like so much work. Sigh.
Monday blues? Two babies would surely keep me busy all day. I feel like the opposite is happening in my house. I don't do much, just enough to cover basics. If it's not the baby on me, then my toddler wants snuggles (esp at bed time which can become a looong endeavor). I'd say I miss my pre-preg life when I had energy for socializing.
Let's hope by spring we are all ready to be out socializing.
Trust me. Yesterday I did THE LEAST as a parent. The. I was feeling guilty because the babies just ate and napped all day. There was no "play", no tummy time, etc.
Today I tried harder as a parent and then nothing got done around the house. It doesn't help when I read about baby milestones and one of my babies is not doing any 2 month milestones.
My MIL has managed to do something so horrendously shitty today that I think we're pretty much done with her for good now. It will take a lot of apologizing and groveling on her part to even begin to make this one okay again. A LOT. I mean, I've been done with the evil wench for a long time, but I've dealt with her for DH's sake. Now she's managed to be shitty enough for him to be done with her too.
I should be more angry than I am, but most of me is just happy to be done with her.
Post by legalbeagle on Jan 2, 2017 16:18:43 GMT -5
MFFC: S is 13 days old today and just received her first proper bath. She's either fallen asleep or been so fussy off the boob that the most I have done is run a wet washcloth on her -- maybe last week? Time with a newborn is a weird thing.
Also I have been home since the 24th and have only left the house twice to take S to her appointments. Between figuring out breastfeeding and my tailbone pain (pro tip: breastfeeding pillow makes a good seat in a pinch) and generally just being exhausted I don't know how I could leave. Maybe this is also bc we are waking her every 1.5 hrs during the day? She just takes so long to eat. Anyway all this is to say requiressnacks that I've only been doing this for 13 days with one baby and I am spent. DS goes back to school tomorrow thank goodness.
Glad we're letting the feels out today! Were still just getting by and it's day 13. I don't know how everyone else is doing so much already. I'll also admit that since my hormones seem to have leveled out, I'm not feeling those intense love emotions for baby. It makes me feel like a shit mom. We went through so much heartache to be here, and I'm just meh. I know it's normal, but it just sucks.
My MIL has managed to do something so horrendously shitty today that I think we're pretty much done with her for good now. It will take a lot of apologizing and groveling on her part to even begin to make this one okay again. A LOT. I mean, I've been done with the evil wench for a long time, but I've dealt with her for DH's sake. Now she's managed to be shitty enough for him to be done with her too.
I should be more angry than I am, but most of me is just happy to be done with her.
ANy details you can share?
Not many that I am comfortable sharing -- most of it has to do with some really personal things that happened to DH and his brother before I met DH (we've been together for almost 15 years, so it's a really deep hurt for both of them). The most minor things she did in her whole tirade were attacking me as a parent, and saying that one of our children is her favorite. Everything else is even more personal and unforgivable.
Post by requiressnacks on Jan 2, 2017 17:13:26 GMT -5
legalbeagle....no shame on the bath thing. Let's be honest...are they really dirty?
And thanks for the virtual fist bump 👊. Time with a newborn is a funny thing. You are so right.
My mom went back to work after 6 weeks with each of her 3 kids. That should be illegal. Now I understand why the maternity leave in the US sucks so bad.
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