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[mels823]

Not sure why, but LO decided 4 AM was a great time to wake up.  This will be a long day at work. 

[flyster]

Since our vomit explosion yesterday lo seems ok. He was in a bad mood most of yesterday. I think the pedialite was not a great substitute for milk. Oh well. He slept pretty well last night but I feel another cold coming on. Apparantly my previously seller immune system rested solely on how much I slept.

[aggiebug]

It's a dreary rainy day here and I am heading out soon to run errands. Fun times.

[osumegs]

Little sis is coming over with her 8 month old to run errands with me (if the babies cooperate with that plan) or to walk. I get scared leaving house alone with lo in case she has a meltdown, so Im looking forward to this outing.

[hollydfromtn]

Headed out later to go switch over my phone plan and hopefully get a new phone for myself and DH. He still has one of those old straighttalk phones that doesn't even have internet. He's been really bummed lately because I've been sending daily pics or videos of DS to our parents but his phone is too ancient to get them. Anyone have experience with both the iphone and a galaxy? I've had an iphone forever but I'm not sure if I want to stick with another one or not. I would love to hear what you ladies think about your phones.

[jensoprano82]

I'm getting jealous of the people who are having so much weather (rain and snow) on this board. Southern California's drought is getting scary, and the weather is showing absolutely no signs of relief. Wish you guys could send us your rain!

[junebugjam]

hollydfromtn I have an iPhone and my H used to have a galaxy. They are both good but I'm a creature of habit and like that even when I get a new iPhone, I know how to use 90% of the features because they're the same. Android seems a lot more customizable though, if you care about that. Also the newest Galaxy is huge.


My spam is that I'm making myself a crazy person over my baby's temp. He screamed bloody murder out of nowhere last night. Took his temp and it was 100.3 which is normal but dangerously close to a fever if you ask me. It was a gorgeous day here so we had windows open in the house but maybe it got too hot for him upstairs. We did skin to skin and took him in the basement where it was cooler and his temp dropped to 99.2 pretty quickly, so I felt confident he was just overheated.

Slept him in just a diaper and his swaddle, he slept really well for him, and woke up happy. But his neck still feels hot to me. Temp is 99.6 but I'm worried about overheating him again but I don't think it's hot enough for no clothes. He only had a onesie on yesterday so I'm just paranoid.

Of course my crazy brain over here is convincing myself he's getting an infection from me cutting his finger yesterday.

I was never a worrier but this baby thing has sure changed that.

Sorry for the long vent.

[osumegs]

Apr 14, 2015 7:43:06 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Headed out later to go switch over my phone plan and hopefully get a new phone for myself and DH. He still has one of those old straighttalk phones that doesn't even have internet. He's been really bummed lately because I've been sending daily pics or videos of DS to our parents but his phone is too ancient to get them. Anyone have experience with both the iphone and a galaxy? I've had an iphone forever but I'm not sure if I want to stick with another one or not. I would love to hear what you ladies think about your phones.

I went from an iPhone5 to a galaxy last fall. There are things I like better with the galaxy (speed and the keyboard) but overall I liked the ease of the iPhone better. I felt like it was more user friendly. DH and BIL both switched, though, and they prefer the galaxy due to the high quality. We all had issues making the switch as far as receiving msgs. Something with msgs from other apple users not coming through, though I'm not techy so I couldn't tell you why. Sorry, I'm rereading this and realizing not much help!

[miniwheat]

I just picked up a cup of tea from yesterday and took a huge gulp. Barf. DS decided 1am was morning time!

aggiebug, My favourite days are days where I just putter around the house and do a bunch of errands!

[lilyelayne]

DS was up a few extra times last night just because of congestion. His last stretch of sleep was his longest and clearing his nose just now wasn't as awful so maybe he'll get a little break from feeling lousy. Poor kiddo.

[cougarette]

hollydfromtn I have the galaxy s5. I really like it overall. However, I really hate the swype on here. The one on the S2, which I had previously, was a lot better. That's literally my only complaint, though.

[aggiebug]

Apr 14, 2015 8:33:03 GMT -5 @holachica said:

H and I are going out for Mexican food and margaritas tonight while my parents watch DS. I can't wait for a marg!

Jealous!

[aggiebug]

Apr 14, 2015 8:25:43 GMT -5 miniwheat said:

I just picked up a cup of tea from yesterday and took a huge gulp. Barf. DS decided 1am was morning time!

aggiebug, My favourite days are days where I just putter around the house and do a bunch of errands!

Me too sans the rain the traffic is awful. Awful. I am supposed to meet someone at 10 and I am going to be late.

[cougarette]

I wanted to go to the LLL meeting this morning, but when DH woke up at 7 still sounding congested I knew we should stay home and rest.


Warning: annoying FTM questioning ahead

He just fell asleep in the swing without it being on! I'm starting to get worried that he won't be able to fall asleep on his own without movement (or sound, but I'm less concerned about that for some reason).

Actually, at what point should I be worried about that? He's 7 weeks, and I don't mind rocking him to sleep at night (truth be told, I love the snuggles), but I also know it's important for him to learn to fall asleep on his own.

Also, is it a good idea for him to be napping in the swing or should he be in the crib? Again, maybe that can come later, but I'm not sure how important it is.

[cougarette]

Apr 14, 2015 8:33:03 GMT -5 @holachica said:

H and I are going out for Mexican food and margaritas tonight while my parents watch DS. I can't wait for a marg!

No fair! I want one!

[mishka29]

I was expecting to have another night of screaming but was surprised by a decent sleep with 2 wake ups. And suddenly I feel like a new person! The cleaning lady is here too! Good day so far!

junebugjam, i ageee with the overheating especially when a temp drops that fast!

[PikoPiko]

LO usually feeds every 3 hours. Last night he kept waking up every 2 hours and all he actually wanted was to fart. Silly kid, please learn to fart in your sleep already, this is getting old.

[missys]

Pretty good sleeper last night getting up at 1 and 445 then up for the day at 8. This was awesome for us. Tried to let his arms out of the swaddle but he kept moving and grunting. As soon as I reswaddled the arms he was quiet.....tricky baby.

I am getting the Mirena in on Friday and am nervous. Nurse told me to take 800mg of Ib profen an hour before. Anyone wanna let me know what to expect? Ps I had a c section if that makes a difference

[mishka29]

cougarette, I always go with do whatever works for the first 3 months then I focus on crib transition, working on self soothing, creating more of a routine, getting LO dressed for the day rather than sleepers, etc.

[mmarie]

I've been pretty MIA lately, just love titing here and there. It's been a crazy last few weeks. Easter, shots, her first cold, doing wedding stuff, trying to find a job, and now this weekend we are going to be traveling. The weather is finally warming up so we are spending more time out and about!

I have a galaxy. I like it. I liked iTunes a little better than Google play but overall I like the galaxy better.

[cougarette]

Apr 14, 2015 8:53:32 GMT -5 mishka29 said:

cougarette, I always go with do whatever works for the first 3 months then I focus on crib transition, working on self soothing, creating more of a routine, getting LO dressed for the day rather than sleepers, etc.

That's what I was thinking. I do think 7 weeks is early to worry about this, but wondered what others are doing.

[PikoPiko]

Oh, c'mon kid, you're yawning so quit fighting sleep already!

[cginge]

Second crap night of sleep in a row-- LO was up every 2 hours, screaming like I starve his roly poly self. Let's see if he cluster feeds twice an hour this morning like he did yesterday morning. There's no official 9 week growth spurt, right? I hope we both get a long nap today.

(On the plus side, H forgot to set his alarm this morning but LO made sure his Daddy didn't oversleep).

[miniwheat]

cougarette, I just wrote you a novel of what we did with our first but it disappeared! The short version was we just do what works and will try to get DS napping in his crib by 12 weeks.

[mamabisme]

I'm not sure what it is about 2am, to this guy. Every night he wakes almost exactly at 2:00 (give or take 2 minutes either way). I'm not complaining at all since this is usually the only time he wakes up each night. It's just really strange to me that he's so consistent. There was really no schedule with my other 2. They would just wake whenever, until they stated STTN.

[lotsofdotts]

I'm trying to get motivated to go have lunch with a girlfriend. I need to get off my arse and dry my hair if I plan to be there by noon.

Is it bad that I hope it rains so that my son's track meet will be canceled today? I am not looking forward to sitting out there with the baby.

[aggiebug]

hollydfromtn another android os user here. H and I always have been and can't imagine ever going with an apple product. We currently have HTCs and I really like it.

The Android OS is much more flexible and customizable which I love.

@holachica as far as messaging goes I know several people who gave difficulties when the first switch from an iPhone to add android. It has to do with how the iPhone receives messages, the wireless company should be able to fix it for you quickly.

[mands1125]

Apr 14, 2015 7:43:06 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Headed out later to go switch over my phone plan and hopefully get a new phone for myself and DH. He still has one of those old straighttalk phones that doesn't even have internet. He's been really bummed lately because I've been sending daily pics or videos of DS to our parents but his phone is too ancient to get them. Anyone have experience with both the iphone and a galaxy? I've had an iphone forever but I'm not sure if I want to stick with another one or not. I would love to hear what you ladies think about your phones.

I went from an iPhone 5 to a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and don't regret it one bit. I will probably never go back to iPhone. This phone is amazing.

[junebugjam]

cougarette I'm a FTM but I worry about those things also. My DS sleeps in the RNP with the vibration on and I worry that I'm conditioning him to need it. Our ped said to try to get him out of sleeping in the RNP at two months (this Thursday!) so we've been trying out naps in the cradle. He slept fine in it for the same length of time he sleeps in the RNP so I'm less worried.

He does still need to be rocked to sleep for all naps and bed though. He has never fallen asleep anywhere on his own, so I don't know about that. I have noticed a few times when I put him down he'll open his eyes and go back to sleep, but other times he won't. I think 3 months is when the can self soothe and put themselves to sleep? But I could be wrong.

[mands1125]

Oh and I did have issues with iPhone users and messages at first but it seems to be fine now