Tuesday Schmooooosday

[aggiebug]

Good morning. DD will fall asleep if put down drowsy after her 9/10pm feeding. Yay! Yet she won't stay asleep unless she is touching us after her 3am feeding. Boo. Babies are weird.

We fly home today. It's been an awesome trip visiting my parents and friends but I am ready for home too. DD has been uncharacteristically fussy with gas the last few days so part of me is stressed she is going to continue on the trip. Is proactive gas drops a bad thing?

[mels823]

I'm up too! As soon as 630 hits my dogs go crazy waiting to be fed. Then at 7 when H gets home they are so excited and make so much noise. I can never fall back asleep. @nolagal 5 AM sounds like torture

Lo did not wake once last night. From 10 to 7. Hallelujah!!! Dreading the crib transition BC I know these nights will be over.

[aggiebug]

Also my best friend from high school went to the hospital last night to be induced so I will miss meeting her baby. I told her that wasn't fair

[abb1701]

I need this child to go to sleep right now so I can look halfway decent to employers today. Then I need him to stay awake most of the day so he can sleep tonight! I'm seriously considering taking a nap at my mom's before we come home.

[abb1701]

Btw does your LOs have nightmares? Sometimes when DS is sleeping he'll randomly start crying red face and all. But then quiet down like nothings happened and his eyes stay closed. The crying only last a minute at most.

[miniwheat]

Good luck today abb1701!

DD is going to DH's parents house today so I am cleaning the house and also enjoying a clean house and no Disney Jr for a couple hours until she gets home.

I am getting pretty excited for Easter weekend! All the foods!

[modernfairytale8709]

I've got my postnatal appointment today. And I still don't know what birth control method I'm asking for. Go me.

We're supposed to he getting 5+ inches of snow tonight, and I'm over here like OH, HELL NO!

I'm ready for spring officially. No more flipping snow.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Not in the mood today! Ugh lol

[mels823]

modernfairytale8709, wooooah. 5 inches of snow?? Doesn't mother nature know it's spring?? We got a dusting yesterday and I was annoyed. I can't imagine 5 inches!

Forgot to mention that we FINALLY heard back from the orthopedic specialist. Charlotte's hip dysplasia is still looking like it's correcting itself! No harness, X-ray in 6 months, and if that looks good like they are expecting, we are in the clear!! woohoo!

[boxerrrmama85]

Gooooood morning ladies! LO has decided that 4am is a good time to wake up-- despite that I need to be up at 5:30am-- and she still sneaks in one more feed before I go to work. I'm sleeeepy-- to the point that after I stopped at Starbucks this morning I got into the wrong persons car!!! In fairness, they were both the same car... Oops

[mommadozer]

well LO just woke up screaming bloody murder in his crib. He was choking on a good amount of stomach acid. I have not seen it this bad before and his breath has started to consistently smell like stomach acid. Calling the doctor today....

[jensoprano82]

DS just woke up HARD. He's still working on getting to 9.5 lbs (at almost ten weeks) so he's growing like a weed and still small, so we still haven't gotten to the 4.5 hours (of sleep in a row) Mark. When he does almost make it, like tonight, when he does wake up he shakes the entire time I warm up his bottle and guzzles frantically when he gets it. I think his blood sugar still gets low when he's gone too long. Either way, I'm worried about how much air he swallowed with all that gulping. Poor kiddo.

[toadandbuggie]

Mar 31, 2015 6:29:49 GMT -5 abb1701 said:

Btw does your LOs have nightmares? Sometimes when DS is sleeping he'll randomly start crying red face and all. But then quiet down like nothings happened and his eyes stay closed. The crying only last a minute at most.

My LO does that too. I think he just wakes up, gets confused and upset, then falls back asleep.

[lilyelayne]

aggiebug safe travels!

mels823 woohoo for LO sleeping so long! And so glad to hear her hip dysplasia is self correcting!

abb1701 I would totally nap at my mom's after a day of job interviews. And yes sometimes DS looks upset or squalls for a second while sleeping. I don't know if it's a bad dream or just part of his body learning to do lots of things at once, like sleep and digest and grow and ignore sounds while sleeping.

@modernfairytale8708 hope your appointment goes well!

@boxerrrrmama85 good luck getting through today! Hope Starbucks helps keep you awake!

[cougarette]

I thought DS was getting up around 8, but when I walked over he was still snoozing. We're meeting with a LC at 10 so I wasn't sure if I should let him keep sleeping or feed him a little. I chose feed because I'd hate for him to be screaming at 9. I hope he's hungry enough again at 10.

[toadandbuggie]

Mar 31, 2015 7:41:28 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

DS just woke up HARD. He's still working on getting to 9.5 lbs (at almost ten weeks) so he's growing like a weed and still small, so we still haven't gotten to the 4.5 hours (of sleep in a row) Mark. When he does almost make it, like tonight, when he does wake up he shakes the entire time I warm up his bottle and guzzles frantically when he gets it. I think his blood sugar still gets low when he's gone too long. Either way, I'm worried about how much air he swallowed with all that gulping. Poor kiddo.

My ten week old is around the 9.5lb mark. Does that mean something for sleeping? My pedi said 12lbs was the magic number for sleeping through the night.

[lilyelayne]

I'm going to lunch with MIL, grandmother IL, my mom, my two grandmothers, and some of the grandmothers' friends. Only problem is we need to leave right at DS' feeding time, and I'm driving MIL and grandmother IL to the restaurant (40 miles away). Baby logistics are hard!

[toadandbuggie]

Good morning! Today should be the last follow up for LO's tongue tie. Thank god, because it's over an hour away and I'm tired of driving there. Hopefully it's all good!

I'm so tired I sneezed and said "thank you" to myself.

[lilyelayne]

NoLa mamas, have you seen this? Gave me a laugh this morning! www.neworleansmomsblog.com/2015/03/31/nola-mom-problems/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=New%20Orleans%20Moms%20Blog&utm_content=Only%20in%20New%20Orleans%20...%20%23NOLAmomprobs

[toadandbuggie]

Mar 31, 2015 7:53:10 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

I'm going to lunch with MIL, grandmother IL, my mom, my two grandmothers, and some of the grandmothers' friends. Only problem is we need to leave right at DS' feeding time, and I'm driving MIL and grandmother IL to the restaurant (40 miles away). Baby logistics are hard!

They are hard and babies can be so sporadic. At least mine is with eating. Can you pump and someone give him a bottle in the car?

[toadandbuggie]

Mar 31, 2015 7:55:29 GMT -5 @nolagal said:

Mar 31, 2015 7:52:19 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

My ten week old is around the 9.5lb mark. Does that mean something for sleeping? My pedi said 12lbs was the magic number for sleeping through the night.

this is BS is my opinion. It all depends the kid. My DD didn't STTN until she was a year old. This kid has already slept more in 6w than DD1 did her first year.

Yeah I figured it's more dependent on the individual kid. I think the need of a MOTN feed is gone once the weight goes up but it doesn't mean they won't wake up for one - for comfort, whatever.

[mels823]

Mar 31, 2015 7:52:19 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

Mar 31, 2015 7:41:28 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

DS just woke up HARD. He's still working on getting to 9.5 lbs (at almost ten weeks) so he's growing like a weed and still small, so we still haven't gotten to the 4.5 hours (of sleep in a row) Mark. When he does almost make it, like tonight, when he does wake up he shakes the entire time I warm up his bottle and guzzles frantically when he gets it. I think his blood sugar still gets low when he's gone too long. Either way, I'm worried about how much air he swallowed with all that gulping. Poor kiddo.

My ten week old is around the 9.5lb mark. Does that mean something for sleeping? My pedi said 12lbs was the magic number for sleeping through the night.

My LO is at 9 and 12 and sleeps through the night most nights, so don't worry, you may not have to wait until 12 pounds!! Maybe it's genetic. I looooove sleeping. She must get it from me lol

[lilyelayne]

Mar 31, 2015 7:55:32 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

Mar 31, 2015 7:53:10 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

I'm going to lunch with MIL, grandmother IL, my mom, my two grandmothers, and some of the grandmothers' friends. Only problem is we need to leave right at DS' feeding time, and I'm driving MIL and grandmother IL to the restaurant (40 miles away). Baby logistics are hard!

They are hard and babies can be so sporadic. At least mine is with eating. Can you pump and someone give him a bottle in the car?

I haven't started pumping yet. I actually haven't even opened my pump. I give it the side eye when I walk past where it's stored. Not sure why I have such an aversion to opening it, but now that the 3wk growth spurt is over I told DH I'd try it.

[hollydfromtn]

DS slept in his RNP all night last night, and by all night I really mean the hour and a half sleep sessions between each feeding. I'm so ready for him to start stretching out his 2hr feeding schedule. He's well over the 12lb mark at 2 months old, so I'm gonna say BS to the magic number theory too.

One of my friends from work is coming over to see DS today. I haven't seen her since he was born, so I'm pretty excited.

[hollydfromtn]

Does anyone know of any good YouTube channels for yoga? I joined a gym this week with the hopes of taking their yoga class twice a week, but then I was informed you have to pay extra for the yoga. I'm to cheap to pay for the classes, so I figured I'd try this route.

[lilyelayne]

Mar 31, 2015 8:19:26 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Does anyone know of any good YouTube channels for yoga? I joined a gym this week with the hopes of taking their yoga class twice a week, but then I was informed you have to pay extra for the yoga. I'm to cheap to pay for the classes, so I figured I'd try this route.

I know there's lots of good resources on YouTube but I haven't looked there. I like doyogawithme.com which is also free streaming videos.

[miniwheat]

Mar 31, 2015 7:55:29 GMT -5 @nolagal said:

Mar 31, 2015 7:52:19 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

My ten week old is around the 9.5lb mark. Does that mean something for sleeping? My pedi said 12lbs was the magic number for sleeping through the night.

this is BS is my opinion. It all depends the kid. My DD didn't STTN until she was a year old. This kid has already slept more in 6w than DD1 did her first year.

Agreed. I hate those "magic numbers" out there for sleep. My DD didn't STTN until she was 2. At almost 3 she doesn't consistently sleep all night either. 

[miniwheat]

I made a smoothie that I saw on Pinterest. Its looked good and it was purple. I followed the directions and its a weird gross brown colour. It tastes so good but the visual is ruining it for me.

[PikoPiko]

I've already accepted my LO isn't going to follow any magic number rule when it comes to feeding and sleeping. During his grow spurt, last week he woke up often but didn't want to eat, he was up just to fuss (took a pacifier and roles back to sleep instead of getting angry and root for milk). Having overfed him before, I was cautious with when to feed him, the doctor said don't feed him if his last feeding was less than 2 hours. Now I wonder if I should have tried to feed him when he was up to fuss after a sleep cycle. Oh well, too late.

He started sleeping better this week and knocking on wood that he continues this trend. I'm hoping to see him drop a feeding at night eventually, but I'm not holding my breath. I'll take however small a victory I can get.

[pitdigger]

Back from my appointment and all's well. Incision is healing nicely and I can get back to the gym and rugby! I'll be hitting the gym tomorrow and now that I can carry him in his carseat, I can start back at the museum soon.

I did find out that there will be no VBAC for me on island. It's due to the rec/requirement of having the anesthesiologist onsite. They just don't stay onsite here, so unless the rec changes, its RCS for me while living here. Can't say I'm not disappointed, but it is what it is and I'm certain I'll need to talk it out at some point.

Also, still waiting on the marriage certificate. I really want to get this kid his passport, dependent's letter, and report of birth abroad soon so that we can start making plans for the summer and beyond. He's 6 weeks old already and this thing has been in transit for a month.