Hey hey ladies what is new with you? Slept well I hope?
DD is running a slight fever after her vaccinations yesterday poor girl. I hope she feels OK today as we will be traveling all day. We fly to TX to visit my parents I am excited. I am not excited about the flight plan today however, my dad booked it when I was truly a walking zombie caring for a 2wk old. So I will spend probably 14hrs traveling door to door. Eep. He just didn't even think about the length of layovers at all.
@holachica I hope you get a nap in today and can enjoy your concert. I say go if you can we forced ourselves out of the house this weekend even though we had a rough night and we both are glad we did.
Yesterday was DH's first full day back at work and thus my first full day at home alone with DD. Naturally, I was scared shitless. My game plan was to mainly stay in bed watching movies and only get up for meals and diaper changes, but that turned boring really quickly so we took a walk in the stroller and bought some groceries. Yay!
Post by toadandbuggie on Mar 24, 2015 6:39:33 GMT -5
@holachica oh no. I hope you get to nap and can enjoy yourself.
LO slept for 4 straight hours! I think the vaccines yesterday really tired him out. Either way, barely any fusses last night and although he woke up at 1, 3:30, and 6, Id say it was a great night.
Surviving the experience as an EBF. The switch from EP is a bit difficult on my nipples. So far we've only had 1 bottle since 11am yesterday morning. I'll have to do something about the milk stash I got in the fridge.
So breast milk is good for like 5 days in the fridge. If I had milk that is on day 3 in the fridge, then I put it into the freezer today - when I retrieve it from the freezer, would the milk be good for 5 days in the fridge or just 2 now?
LO still sleept poorly during the night again and needed some soothing to get back to sleep. I don't know how much napping I actually did. I feel achy all over. Hopefully this isn't a sign that I'm falling sick.
Today is our birth class reunion. I'm looking forward to seeing all the babies!
I think I have a stomach bug. I have felt awful all night. I hope it goes away cause I have a to do list a mile long today. Tea seems to be helping.
I want to change out my island to have a butcher block counter top. I can't stop thinking about it and I want it done now!! I wish it would warm up so DH can start his list of renos I have made for him!
I think DS's blocked duct is clearing! I Dr googled it and tried a different way of massaging it and its really helped.
Barely holding it together on my way in to work. I'm stopping for Starbucks to try and cheer myself up
I already texted the MIL to ask her to text me pics all Day. She already said no problem, I get it.
BIG HUGS! my heart feels your pain. I told people on my first day to not ask how I was doing because I was seconds from tears and just needed to make it through the day.
Why am I wasting time trying to burp? Overnight I stopped him to burp, and actually got some good ones out. Then he spit up of course and was wide awake. I held him upright trying to rock him back to sleep. Eventually he got fussy and I couldn't tell if he was actually still hungry. I tried the pacifier but he kept spitting it out. I put him on for about 8 more minutes and then he started drifting off.
I feel like the stopping to burp didn't really help and just wasted time.
Then this morning even though I stopped him a couple of times he still didn't burp, but did spit up a little. Now I'm worried that he has trapped gas that I'll be dealing with later... or maybe not? Ugh, so frustrating.
cougarette, I don't try that hard to burp at night. Breastfed babies don't need to burp that often. Unless he's been fussy at the boob and I think he's been swallowing a lot of air, I leave him alone if he falls asleep at the boob. I do try to burp him though when he pulls off and I don't think he's finished yet. I read that in one baby book and it helps - I used to think he was finished, but he really just needed to burp. So I burp, put him back on, he can finish, and then he's asleep again.
I think I have a stomach bug. I have felt awful all night. I hope it goes away cause I have a to do list a mile long today. Tea seems to be helping.
I want to change out my island to have a butcher block counter top. I can't stop thinking about it and I want it done now!! I wish it would warm up so DH can start his list of renos I have made for him!
I think DS's blocked duct is clearing! I Dr googled it and tried a different way of massaging it and its really helped.
I've been wanting H to do a lot of things I want done around the house too. Yesterday he hid the tv cables in the wall so they weren't an eyesore anymore.
My parents are flying back from vacation today. I wake up this morning to a notification of a flight crash over France and texts from family asking what my parents flight number is.
Post by modernfairytale8709 on Mar 24, 2015 8:52:23 GMT -5
Morning ladies! It's been a struggle for me the last few weeks. I'm in the hospital with DD, she was admitted through the ER due to complications from her severe hemangioma. Despite careful care, it ulcerated on Saturday, and she's been in pretty constant pain ever since. They've started a drug therapy to stop the hemangioma from spreading further. We're hoping to see signs of involution in the coming week. I can't stand to see my baby in pain. DH hasn't been able to stay with us, because his anxiety is still not well controlled. Watching him leave last night was so difficult. I wasn't sure I'd make it through by myself. But the nurses here at the Children's hospital are fabulous. DD is sleeping well on her tummy, since her bottom hurts too much to lay her on her back. Please keep us in your thoughts.
My parents are flying back from vacation today. I wake up this morning to a notification of a flight crash over France and texts from family asking what my parents flight number is.
Morning ladies! It's been a struggle for me the last few weeks. I'm in the hospital with DD, she was admitted through the ER due to complications from her severe hemangioma. Despite careful care, it ulcerated on Saturday, and she's been in pretty constant pain ever since. They've started a drug therapy to stop the hemangioma from spreading further. We're hoping to see signs of involution in the coming week. I can't stand to see my baby in pain. DH hasn't been able to stay with us, because his anxiety is still not well controlled. Watching him leave last night was so difficult. I wasn't sure I'd make it through by myself. But the nurses here at the Children's hospital are fabulous. DD is sleeping well on her tummy, since her bottom hurts too much to lay her on her back. Please keep us in your thoughts.
Morning ladies! It's been a struggle for me the last few weeks. I'm in the hospital with DD, she was admitted through the ER due to complications from her severe hemangioma. Despite careful care, it ulcerated on Saturday, and she's been in pretty constant pain ever since. They've started a drug therapy to stop the hemangioma from spreading further. We're hoping to see signs of involution in the coming week. I can't stand to see my baby in pain. DH hasn't been able to stay with us, because his anxiety is still not well controlled. Watching him leave last night was so difficult. I wasn't sure I'd make it through by myself. But the nurses here at the Children's hospital are fabulous. DD is sleeping well on her tummy, since her bottom hurts too much to lay her on her back. Please keep us in your thoughts.
I'm sorry you and DD are going through this. T&P for your family!
T&P's modernfairytale8709 I hope it's a short hospital stay and your LO gets better soon!
Today is my 6 week PP appointment. I need to wake DD up soon to feed her a little early so that her feedings later today don't coincide right with my appointment time. I'm still getting used to feeling so much more restricted in when and how I can leave the house.
I'm also taking DD over to my mom's office after my appointment since she works across the street from the hospital where my OB's office is. I'm looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time. I hate being the center of a lot of attention, but I know that everyone is very excited to see her.
Poor rashy baby. DS has the newborn acne bad, he woke up with a diaper rash this morning and has some kind of spotty rash showing up on his scalp (he has a lot of hair so it's not very visible and therefore difficult to identify). All my children have such sensitive skin (which they get from me). It seems like they get every skin affliction they could possibly get and in the worst way. He's still handsome though.
Oh no modernfairytale8709 . I hope they can get her pain under control. What is the treatment plan for that and how long do you think you'll be there? My sister is a PICU nurse at a Children's, so I know they take good care of kids and parents. Hang in there! You are tough!
They're starting her on propranolol to shrink the hemangioma and an ointment to help the ulceration heal. We caught it early enough that the ulceration hasn't become infected, which they were concerned about because the hemangioma covers her entire diaper area and beyond. The ulceration is in her gluteal cleft, the top of her little butt crack. The treatment is an off-label use of the blood pressure medication, so we'll be in the hospital until they work her up to the full dose. They just want to make sure she's tolerating it well, because it has the potential to slow her heart rate significantly. Everything is looking good so far. If she continues on this positive trend, we get to go home tomorrow and continue the therapy ourselves.
Post by modernfairytale8709 on Mar 24, 2015 9:43:33 GMT -5
miniwheat sorry to hear about the stomach bug. That really sucks. Hope you feel better soon.
cougarette DD almost never burps, and I never worry about trying with night time feedings. I often lift her to my shoulder to pat/rub her to sleep. Sometimes we get a burp, most times not. The only trouble I have with gas is when she cluster feeds all day long.
Morning ladies! It's been a struggle for me the last few weeks. I'm in the hospital with DD, she was admitted through the ER due to complications from her severe hemangioma. Despite careful care, it ulcerated on Saturday, and she's been in pretty constant pain ever since. They've started a drug therapy to stop the hemangioma from spreading further. We're hoping to see signs of involution in the coming week. I can't stand to see my baby in pain. DH hasn't been able to stay with us, because his anxiety is still not well controlled. Watching him leave last night was so difficult. I wasn't sure I'd make it through by myself. But the nurses here at the Children's hospital are fabulous. DD is sleeping well on her tummy, since her bottom hurts too much to lay her on her back. Please keep us in your thoughts.
Your LO is in my thoughts! T&ps you can go home tomorrow and she starts feeling better! Hugs. Nothing is worse than seeing your LO in pain.
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