After waking up at 2:30 and 6:30 DS is still sleeping so it's just me and DD up right now (well H is off to work) and it's quite nice. The weather should be in the upper 40s/ low 50s today so I hope to get to the park before the dreariness of tomorrow sets in.
I am officially going to Texas with the two kiddos in March. Solo. Eep! That should be an adventure . And S officially has her first frequent flier number. Other than the actual days of travel I am just wondering how S is going to do not in a crib or pack n play. That should be very interesting....
I am hoping to get a pea pod tent from a friend to try.
aggiebug you'll do great on your solo parenting adventure. Hopefully it's a direct flight!
Travel arrangements reminded me, who all has made the transition out of the crib? G is still in his crib, and I don't see any reason to move him. He can take up to an hour to stop playing/chatting and fall asleep at night, and I dread having to remove stuff from his room to make it less interesting if he weren't crib bound.
There were a couple trips in a row where G refused to sleep in the hotel's crib and ended up in bed with us, which is a disaster because he just wants to play with DH the whole time. So I got these inflatable bed rails to pack and bring with us, with the thought we'd get a room with two beds and then either G would be in one, DH and I in the other - or G and I would bedshare, DH in the other.
Of course the next two trips G was totally fine in the hotel's crib. But I thought a bed rail you can reasonably fit in a suitcase wasn't a bad investment so we kept them. More room than building a pillow fort around the kiddo.
lilyelayne obviously we are still in the crib, S is happy so why change it? We don't do well in a bed together which is why I am thinking of other options. There won't be a bed for her at my brother's house so it will be a pallet on the floor or the tent thing, I figured the tent might give her boundaries.
And there is no way I would book an indirect flight a this point lol! Thankfully DC to Houston is easy to find. If we go to MT in the fall that will have to be indirect but that would be all four of us
We are still in the crib even though we had a climbing out incident. We had a toddler bed that we were going to buy but the offer fell through and since then we haven't had any issues with climbing. We will move him for sure if we see he is trying to climb out, but for now he seems content.
The OB consult yesterday was disappointing and also took over 2 hours, with only about 15 minutes actually talking to the OB. He flat out said he thinks all babies should be born via csection. Since I'd like to try VBAC, not what I wanted to hear at all. Plus all the other odds of this and odds of that have put me in a funk ever since.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jan 19, 2017 10:30:56 GMT -5
kartish sorry for the bad consult. Are you going to talk to anyone else? Do you know if the hospital you are planning to deliver at supports VBAC? Maybe someone there could suggest an OB more open to it.
E is still in her crib but we've been contemplating when to move her. She seems to hate the crib but she's never tried to climb out. Her furniture is on the masculine side (dark wood) so if we were having a boy we would definitely move her but since its another girl I'm conflicted about it. Her crib is convertible and I'm wondering if it would be an easier transition to the converted toddler bed vs going straight to a completely different bed. She asks to sleep in our bed sometimes but she also doesn't sleep if DH is there, if its just me and her she does fine.
kartish I would be so mad at that. That is very archaic thinking and if I could I would find a new on even this late in the game. I am sorry that really really sucks.
kartish ugh i am so sorry. i know it's a gut punch when you get news like that late in the game. if that happened to me i'd be asking for recs from my doula and/or local (huge) FB mom group - do you have something like that? if it stresses you out even more trying to find another doctor, it's not worth it, but if you want to you DO have options!
lilyelayne we're in the crib with no end in sight. she does great in there and so far (knock on wood) hasn't tried to climb out. after all the sleep struggles we had, i'm not messing with a good thing! those inflatable crib rails are a great idea! adding those to my amazon shopping list so i don't forget about them.
Thanks everyone. He is the only OB with the midwife practice, but I'm going to call in to my MW today and feel out how she is thinking. If she is still supportive of my VBAC, then it probably won't be a big deal, but if not I don't know.
I don't know the hospital's VBAC friendliness, I brought it up on the tour but didn't get a super supportive vibe from the answer.
I can't imagine looking for a new doctor at this point, I think that would just stress me out more. I'm just hoping the conversation with my MW goes well.
Post by seamonster on Jan 19, 2017 16:47:34 GMT -5
lilyelayne DS is in the crib until he learns to climb out. He can get out of his sleep suit, but can't get out of the crib yet. He tries to get a leg up and gets stuck.
lilyelayne A is still in the crib. She seems to not want out. N was out before two but she's a different personality and did great with it. Anna did great in the hotel pack N play so, sorry, no advice there. dmorgendorffer dark wood looks pretty with yellow or pink IMO! kartish I'm sorry to hear about your disappointment. I would switch if you really want a VBAC
We are home unfortunately but our travels went well. If anyone was debating taking such little ones to Disney like we were I would say GO GO GO if you can! Anna had such a great time. Her reactions were priceless and made me tear up. N had a great time too which we knew she would. I'm so glad we went now vs waiting a few years! I love Disney!! I will post a few sweet pics of character hugs.
ETA: we plan on going again in the future. If you are going only one time ever, it'd probably be best to wait so they can remember it and do more.
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