Post by smallpotato on Mar 15, 2017 6:38:50 GMT -5
The snow turned to rain fairly early yesterday, so our total was much lower than forecasted. I'm home from work again today because MH apparently caught the bug that N is getting over. He came in from shoveling yesterday complaining that he felt nauseous, and got worse as the night progressed. He barely slept last night, so here we are. If N still has diarrhea today, I'm probably going to call the pedi to see if they want to see him. I really hope G and I can avoid it.
We have less snow now than we did before the blizzard because it turned to rain here too. DD2 was up every 2 hours last night. After sleeping through 2 nights in a row. And after not feeding her for 3 nights in a row, I fed her twice. I didn't even go back to sleep training because she had a fever yesterday so I know she's sick. But ugh did it bum me out. I hope it didn't undo the sleep training we did before her getting sick. I hope she was up because she was sick and not because she was revolting against sleep training. I hope we don't have to do it more. I don't know when its going to be ok to go back to it. Just very disappointed today. No plans which DD1 is prolly going to send DD1 over the edge. I may just venture out to a drive through and drive around with them.
Pump break. I've been trying to pump 4 times a day this week to get my supply up. So far it seems to be working. My doc started me on vitamin D supplement and I realized I haven't given baby those vitamin drops for breastfed babies. 😳
Post by macaronmama on Mar 15, 2017 8:59:51 GMT -5
Dragged myself to work, but my cold is getting worse and I wish I could have stayed home. The flooring folks said today was gonna be the noisiest day yet, though, so here I am. May take a nap if my boss lets me take a "sick" hour.
TTMA traveling with the baby. Driving from the DMV all the way to Indiana this weekend with DS. I know we can expect a lot of stops, but any rec's to make it easier?
Post by macaronmama on Mar 15, 2017 9:00:44 GMT -5
sanibel21, DS was up a couple times last night as well despite STTN for a few days. And he's not sick. Maybe it just takes a bit longer to really set in? Sorry momma.
Post by hikingmama222 on Mar 15, 2017 9:09:26 GMT -5
smallpotato Hope everyone feels better on your house! sanibel21 Sorry for the rough night. Hope DD feels better! becole Im lucky if I remember to give DS the vitD drops once a week! macaronmama Hope you feel better!
Either DS's sleep is finally improving or I'm having complete amnesia from the first wakeup of the night. Twice this week I went to bed around 10 and first wakeup I recall was 245. How bad is it that I'm so used to him being up every two hours that I don't trust he actually slept longer than that?
Lunch date with my girlfriend today. We're going for all you can eat sushi to celebrate both our birthdays last week. Yummy so excited. DD has preschool this afternoon. Need to do some cleaning and start packing for our overnight trip Friday.
Pump break. I've been trying to pump 4 times a day this week to get my supply up. So far it seems to be working. My doc started me on vitamin D supplement and I realized I haven't given baby those vitamin drops for breastfed babies. 😳
I'm awful about those too. She's get them for a week or two then I forget again.
Dragged myself to work, but my cold is getting worse and I wish I could have stayed home. The flooring folks said today was gonna be the noisiest day yet, though, so here I am. May take a nap if my boss lets me take a "sick" hour.
TTMA traveling with the baby. Driving from the DMV all the way to Indiana this weekend with DS. I know we can expect a lot of stops, but any rec's to make it easier?
We went to Minnesota last weekend and are also driving to Indiana this weekend to see my family (6.5 hours). This age is tough because they can't do much yet, we've had good and bad trips. I just bring a lot of toys to rotate and plan on stopping a lot. Try to drive during the long afternoon nap time.
P.S. What area of Indiana are you going to? We're headed to Southeastern IN.
Dragged myself to work, but my cold is getting worse and I wish I could have stayed home. The flooring folks said today was gonna be the noisiest day yet, though, so here I am. May take a nap if my boss lets me take a "sick" hour.
TTMA traveling with the baby. Driving from the DMV all the way to Indiana this weekend with DS. I know we can expect a lot of stops, but any rec's to make it easier?
The only thing I would try to do is leave right when he'd be ready for a nap if he's a good car sleeper. Then bust out as much distance as you can while he's sleeping. I would also bring a white noise machine or download an app and put it in the carseat with him while he's sleeping.
Post by smallpotato on Mar 15, 2017 9:29:24 GMT -5
FFWC: I should be giving G vitamin D drops, but I always forget. I should just put it in a bottle so I know he'll get it. That's what we did with N.
I agree with leaving at nap time if possible. Definitely be prepared to stop often. The first trip we took with N I ended up sitting in the backseat for the last stretch.
My poor H. It's a good thing I stayed home. So far no diarrhea for N, so maybe he'll be able to go to day care tomorrow. G is definitely going regardless. MH has already decided he is calling in sick tomorrow. I guess it's a good thing my ILs are no longer coming to visit this weekend.
Post by smallpotato on Mar 15, 2017 9:34:43 GMT -5
Belly sleeping has been a game changer. G slept 11 hours last night and is currently napping in his crib. I don't think he has napped in his crib in his entire life.
ETA: five minutes after I posted this G woke up crying. Oh well.
macaronmama, is driving through the night a possibility? This is what we do when travel from the DMV to either New Hampshire or South Carolina. My mom and the in-laws already have pack n plays or beds made up for the kiddos so it's a quick transfer once we arrive. I find that the baby sleeps through most of it and we make one stop (7 hours total) for gas and I feed/change baby then too. It's perfect because we have people to watch the kids so we can sleep in from the long drive.
becole, I'm going to do the same thing today- I only got 5 oz this morning with my first pump :/
macaronmama Obviously all babies will tolerate travel differently. We never had issues with DS1. Sure, he'd cry when hungry but he was content to ride in his car seat awake and easily napped when tired.
DD was not such a good traveler. It's been a year since we've taken a 5+ hour car ride but I do hope she can handle it better now that she's two. She's never been good about sleeping in the car so that was the biggest issue. But she also wasn't interested in just playing with toys or being read to or sucking on a pacifier. She was just whiny. The best we could do is provide opportunities for her to play with toys and an environment conducive to sleeping (shades drawn, music, lovey). Having someone sit next to or behind her only made it worse.
One thing I did was pump and bottle feed. So I'd pump 15 minutes before we'd stop and bottle feed so I knew exactly how much the baby was getting. This was more important once they became distracted while nursing. That way if they started fussing a few miles down the road, I didn't question whether they were hungry.
Honestly, we didn't make any more stops with babies than we did with just the two of us. We only stopped to feed and change diapers and we'd need to stop to eat or go to the bathroom ourselves. Stops took longer but not more frequent.
For us, more frequent stops happen with potty training toddlers. We couldn't even make a 50 minute trip on Sunday without a potty break:)
Add me to the Vitamin D slacker list. I was great while on leave, but forgot since I've been back. Well, aside for the time I got that bottle confused with the probiotics and gave him a bigger D dose than he needed 😳
macaronmama, is driving through the night a possibility? This is what we do when travel from the DMV to either New Hampshire or South Carolina. My mom and the in-laws already have pack n plays or beds made up for the kiddos so it's a quick transfer once we arrive. I find that the baby sleeps through most of it and we make one stop (7 hours total) for gas and I feed/change baby then too. It's perfect because we have people to watch the kids so we can sleep in from the long drive.
becole, I'm going to do the same thing today- I only got 5 oz this morning with my first pump :/
5 ounces would still be good for me since I got only 3-4 ounces on first pump last week. I need that 7 ounce first pump! I also found the milk maker cookies do better for me than the mothers milk tea.
smallpotato - That is so awesome about the sleep! DS still doesn't really like being on his belly - he's getting a little better about it, but really he's not a big fan. I kind of wish he would. I miss the little sleeping baby butt sticking up the air from when my girls were babies.
macaronmama , is driving through the night a possibility? This is what we do when travel from the DMV to either New Hampshire or South Carolina. My mom and the in-laws already have pack n plays or beds made up for the kiddos so it's a quick transfer once we arrive. I find that the baby sleeps through most of it and we make one stop (7 hours total) for gas and I feed/change baby then too. It's perfect because we have people to watch the kids so we can sleep in from the long drive.
I wanted to drive through the night as much as possible but DH nix'd that option for a reason I can't remember, sigh. So we're leaving at around 9-10am on Saturday. DS is inconsistent with whether or not he tolerates his car seat. Pls say prayers.
Post by ksyknelvr73 on Mar 15, 2017 10:50:52 GMT -5
It's really cold here - 30 degrees and supposedly there is some light snow happening in some places around me but I haven't seen it personally. The weather this winter overall has been totally crazy.
Nothing much going on here today, work and DH has a game, so solo parenting on tap tonight. I am still insanely tired from this past weekend - traveling, DST, staying up late hanging out with my family, so I am really ready for it to be Saturday to sleep in for a bit.
I'm having a major "I hate my job" day, which has been happening more and more frequently, and DH reminded me that if I can find a part time job with mothers hours, we can swing it financially. So, I did a quick search and found the most perfect job for me. It's in the same town I work in right now, just a few minutes down the road and it's for a part-time marketing coordinator position...M-F 8am-1pm, but it says the hours can be flexible. I immediately wrote a cover letter and applied for it. OMG, I hope they call me for an interview. I'm way overqualified, so that makes me nervous, but I hope they give me a chance.
Post by ksyknelvr73 on Mar 15, 2017 11:06:53 GMT -5
I have somewhat of an update...well, a couple updates with regards to the situation I posted about last week - my new cousin who was in foster care and in the process of being adopted who was acting inappropriately.
First update - while I was out of town this weekend, the leadership over the children's ministry at our church asked to meet with DH about my cousin, who I'll call "A". We had both mentioned to DS2's teacher and also the head of the kids' stuff that we were generally uncomfortable with A being in his room. They told DH that they have had to tell A numerous times that she was acting inappropriately affectionate with the kids (2 year olds, for reference) and not just my kid. They told DH they were going to move her to a different age group and out of that room, and they are supposed to talk to her parents (my aunt and uncle) as well.
Second update - DH decided to call my aunt to talk to her and he tried to keep it very matter of fact and just gave her some examples of the contact and affection A has had with my kids and he asked that she talk to her and ask her to let our kids initiate affection if they so choose (essentially asking her to back off but in a nicer way). He said my aunt seemed surprised and was very short with him and just said "Okay thank you" and hung up.
Later, she sent DH a text that said this:
"Just wanted to let you know we talked to A. She became real upset and swears she did not do what she was accused of. She says she wants to talk to you so maybe next Sunday you can talk."
I have so many issues with this response. I feel like we've gotten nowhere.
becole - I haven't taken a PNV in so long. I probably should have kept up with it.
I poofed it because it was sensitive info but the very condensed version is I have a new cousin who is 13 being adopted by my aunt and uncle who is inappropriately affectionate with my kids and DS2 is legitimately terrified of her - she volunteers in his room at church. She sends up major red flags for me. There have also been some mentions of perceived inappropriate contact between her and my uncle. I may poof all of this again so PDQ.
ksyknelvr73, understood. I'm so sorry your family is in this situation. You couldn't have handled it more beautifully IMO. Go with your gut. You have that instinct for a reason - follow it. Unfortunately, it does happen. I hope it doesn't rise to this level, but this may be useful to you and all other mamas out there - prevention is key! It's so good to know because education/knowledge on this subject is so important and powerful.
I also have a great child-friendly coloring/activity book that I think is great for kids 3-6 years of age. I just went over it with my DD yesterday. I can scan it and upload it on the private board later this week if there is any interest.
Post by ksyknelvr73 on Mar 15, 2017 11:43:11 GMT -5
jcrewgirl thank you for posting that link! I'm going to spend some time reading up on it today and see if I can see the behaviors/signs, etc from what's been happening with us.
So far, the contact with my kids has been a LOT of unwanted hugging, having them sit in her lap, and trying to kiss them on the mouth. It's still a bit much for me and the biggest issue is my kids don't WANT this affection. DS2 is very, very outgoing and he is never shy/afraid of anyone, so the fact that he basically runs and hides when he sees her is alarming to me.
ksyknelvr73, so sorry that was the response you got. Def sounds like they're just passing the buck back to you because they don't want to deal with it. Has no one at the child group spoken to them (being your aunt and uncle) either? Hugs.
becole - I haven't taken a PNV in so long. I probably should have kept up with it.
For real take it. All your vitamins go to your breastmilk and you're left with what's left. Your body will take calcium right from your bones if there's not enough. The pnv is for you. Baby takes what's already there.
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