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.
I know what you mean with taking LO somewhere. I was going to stop by my work for something yesterday but changed my mind because the thought of all that attention when I was feeling super exhausted was overwhelming.
misshart00 glad you think your parents are okay, but that's an awful thing to wake up to.
modernfairytale8709 T&Ps for you and your family. I hope the treatment works swiftly and y'all get to go home soon.
@nolagal I haven't supplemented, but my nephews were FF and my baby is EBF and their infant poops are nothing alike in smell, color, consistency. At least not as I recollect those terribly stinky formula poos.
Post by lilyelayne on Mar 24, 2015 10:52:26 GMT -5
DS skipped his midnight feeding again last night! Crossing my fingers our new bedtime routine keeps working, though he makes 3 weeks Thursday so I'm betting the growth spurt throws us off just in time for our first trip.
I do get tired of all the effort to get out of the house now. Sometimes the amount of stuff we need is overwhelming.
cloe111479, I hope today goes fast and you get many pics of LO!!
modernfairytale8709, my thoughts are with you, I hope dd keeps getting better! You are an awesome, strong mama!!
Today dd is one month and I can't believe it. I think she slept decently last night but I kind of don't remember, I pulled her into bed with me and I think she slept good after that.
Hitting the one month mark did make me realize I need to get the birth announcements out. MIL gave me a list of 12 more people (on top of the list I already had of her people from my shower) for announcements and it looks like most of them won't be getting one. Whoops! Shoulda told me before I ordered!
DD is 1 month old today! She's reverted back to eating every 3 hrs (so sleep 1.5-2 hrs). Hubs is out of town so last night was my 1st night completely alone. Two MOTN feeds; she looked at me crazy afterwards when I changed/burped/rocked her (normally DH does this part). We survived
We submitted DD info to our medical insurance at 2wks (after getting her SS#) but realized we never received any confirmation. Pedi called today saying they tried to run it, but she's still not on our policy. WTF!! We're now past 30 days so I'm going to flip if we're screwed up.
Update: BCBS says they never received anything. I called his work benefits people who claim they never got it either. I'm now required to EMAIL them the info. I expressed my reluctance to email (through my gmail no less) DOB, SS#s, but was told that was the only way as it must be in writing to process today (and DH is out of town on business w/work laptop acting up). Granted, we've already enrolled in credit protection after the BCBS Anthem security breach, but heck, let's just make it easier on identity thieves!
DD is 1 month old today! She's reverted back to eating every 3 hrs (so sleep 1.5-2 hrs). Hubs is out of town so last night was my 1st night completely alone. Two MOTN feeds; she looked at me crazy afterwards when I changed/burped/rocked her (normally DH does this part). We survived
We submitted DD info to our medical insurance at 2wks (after getting her SS#) but realized we never received any confirmation. Pedi called today saying they tried to run it, but she's still not on our policy. WTF!! We're now past 30 days so I'm going to flip if we're screwed up.
I'm sorry for your insurance troubles but I'm so glad you posted this. We're going through the same exact thing and coming up on 30 days. This reminded me to have DH call today. Our insurance company is a PITA. There is always some sort of drama on their end. It's exhausting to deal with.
Post by toadandbuggie on Mar 24, 2015 12:35:36 GMT -5
Question: I have a doctor appointment today (colon specialist). Would it be weird to bring DS? I could ask my sister in law to watch him but I'd also just like to bring him... Not sure if I would get a side eye though.
Question: I have a doctor appointment today (colon specialist). Would it be weird to bring DS? I could ask my sister in law to watch him but I'd also just like to bring him... Not sure if I would get a side eye though.
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 read that frozen breastmilk is only good for 24 hours after it thawed so I don't think it matters how long it was in the fridge previously.
Post by cougarette on Mar 24, 2015 14:35:57 GMT -5
Thanks ladies. I keep getting conflicting advice regarding burping. Why can't there be one standard that all babies follow? (That goes for more than burping, haha!)
Question: I have a doctor appointment today (colon specialist). Would it be weird to bring DS? I could ask my sister in law to watch him but I'd also just like to bring him... Not sure if I would get a side eye though.
My two year old went to pretty much every doctor's appointment with me until he was 2 1/2 and started preschool a couple mornings a week. Now I try to schedule for when he is in school just for convenience but the baby goes with me.
Question: I have a doctor appointment today (colon specialist). Would it be weird to bring DS? I could ask my sister in law to watch him but I'd also just like to bring him... Not sure if I would get a side eye though.
My two year old went to pretty much every doctor's appointment with me until he was 2 1/2 and started preschool a couple mornings a week. Now I try to schedule for when he is in school just for convenience but the baby goes with me.
This. Babies go with me pretty much anywhere. I don't want to waste a babysitter on that.
Just received approval from my job to spend another 3 weeks on maternity leave!! I'll be able to take 9 weeks total and still pay our bills. I'm very happy.
Post by cougarette on Mar 24, 2015 16:43:28 GMT -5
DH is considering a new position at his work. The increase in pay would more than make up for me taking the other 4 weeks of mat leave that my company offered and didn't take since it's unpaid.
The problem is, he's not sure if it's something he'll want to do. We wish we knew if it would be a good fit before making the commitment to a new role. Of course, that's life, and could be a good challenge and chance to grow.
Can we talk about poop? What happens to I poop when you start supplementing with formula? Weird things, right?
I think it depends on how much breastmilk they're getting compared to formula. When LO had a higher ratio of formula to breastmilk, it was definite solid formula poop. Since my supply is slowly creeping up and he gets about the same amount of formula as before, it's more like normal EBF poop. But really smelly and smelly farts.
Post by seamonster on Mar 24, 2015 17:10:41 GMT -5
My child resists all soothing and trying to get him to sleep when he's first sleepy. So then he winds up overtired and when he finally crashes, it's for hours and I can't get him to wake up to eat. And then it ends up being him awake for way too long MOTN. I wanted to run away this morning to a land where babies take naps in the morning. But I'm sure he'd track me down.
Post by seamonster on Mar 24, 2015 17:15:07 GMT -5
I really hope I'm not getting my period. Two days of no bleeding and 3 weeks of just using pantiliners, and bam, today I'm back to using a pad. I'll put a call into the midwives tomorrow morning, but this sucks.
Yeah....I wonder if she is having a little intolerance to the formula. It definitely was not solid and almost green. Today was a little better. I'll see what happens in the next day and evaluate.
Maybe you've got a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance going?
Had a baby playdate with my best friend and her 4 week old! I had such a good time!
We have Charlotte's second ultrasound tomorrow for her hip dysplasia... fingers crossed everything is still ok!
I also have a job interview tomorrow... for a position I'm not super crazy about. I currently "float" in my position where I work, so I work in different places each day and have hours that vary daily. My schedule is always up in the air, which was fine before baby, but will be hard now. I love my manager (she is actually my best friend) and the mileage I get paid to drive to various locations is insanely awesome. I hope I get the new position just for stable hours, but at the same time, I won't be that sad if I don't because I really enjoy my job now.
Oh, and I did my FOURTH workout since Saturday! WHAAT?!?! I know. So proud of myself.
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