flyster feeding your baby is a necessity, not a privilege, therefore pumping as often as you need to feed is a necessity, not a privilege. Negotiating pump breaks on the trip is not asking for a favor. That being said, the length of the trip or if you want to go at all is really up to you. I would probably try to address your obstacles one at a time to see reasons you have to go or not to go. For example: 1) work performance/experience- what will you gain if you go? What will you accomplish if you are in the office instead? 2) BF- will you have a fridge to store milk overnight so you can bring it home? If you're gone most of the week, what would it take to mail milk back to DH & is that worth it to you? 3) childcare- why are you worried about DH taking care of LO? Or is he the one uncomfortable with being left alone with his child for a week? If he does need the help, maybe discuss with MIL or try to think of someone else who could help?
My LO slept ten minutes shy of 7 hours last night for the first time, then went back to sleep for almost another 3. Took him a little while to settle back to sleep, but that means only one MOTN wake up between 7:30 pm and 5:45 am. Amazing. Still no success transitioning out of the RNP yet but if he keeps sleeping like this I almost don't care.
boxerrrmama85 - check out the Money Matters board (another mass exodus from The Nest). They can help you put together a budget & find ways to cut. pandce.proboards.com/board/28
@nolagal - DS had scarlet fever over Easter (strep throat + rash). He had low grade temp and red itchy bumps all over. Amoxicillin killed it.
Post by jensoprano82 on May 6, 2015 10:00:51 GMT -5
DS just woke up soooo bright eyed and bushy tailed, but an hour or so before I would've liked. My fault for not going to sleep earlier. But uuuugh coffeeeeeee
SIL invited me to lunch at one of my fav restaurants. Lured by the promise of bbq nachos, I picked up a sleeping baby to see if he would nurse. It just made him mad & now I have a soon-to-be-but-not-yet-hungry baby sleeping on my chest. No nachos and stuck under baby. Fail. It also feels like he could be running a little fever again, but turns out our ear thermometer is total crap, and he's content enough it's not worth trying for a temp any other way.
Dr thinks it's most likely parvo virus, since it's only on her arms, legs and cheeks...which means she isn't contagious anymore. It could also be a reaction to the newest antibiotic she's on for her UTI. I have to do a third urine analysis, renal ultrasound, and stop the current antibiotic. Ugh. Today sucks and I'm over it.
Ugh!!!!! Well yay for not contagious??? That sounds so awful though.
Feeling really overwhelmed today. I don't know if it's from the rainy weather or what.
Okay that a lie, I have been out of Zoloft for about a week. I know, I know. Bad bad bad.
I realized earlier that I hadn't switched CVS locations yet so I don't want to/don't have time to travel all the way across town to pick it up.
Plus my house is driving me crazy. Clean laundry is sitting everywhere because DH hasn't put it up yet. It's been there a week now. Dirty laundry will undoubtedly end up mixing in. Dishes are now a mountain in the sink.
All of the clerks at my location are putting in their two weeks. This means a buttload of newbies need hired and trained. My boss is freaking out about it which he vents to me about, on top of venting about what everyone is doing wrong.
And then I realized yesterday that I never filed the paperwork for LO's birth certificate. He'll be three months old on Friday. :/ And the paperwork is in a box somewhere. I don't know where.
Can I just hide in a blanket fort today with a coloring book and pretend real life doesn't exist? Blah.
Sorry for the Debby Downer rant. I feel a little better now lol
@holachica, we have only had two nights of STTN but he was in the RnP. I used to think I was going in too soon but he melts down pretty easy too. andplusalso he some how manages to turn himself 180 degrees in the crib while he is flailing about. i worry he bonk his head.
Last night DD made a full circle around her crib. A full circle. In the middle of the night I checked on her and she was at the opposite end of where she started and when she woke up this morning she was back on the original end facing the other direction. I am not looking forward to when she isn't swaddled and her arms/ legs get through the bars.
@holachica I try really hard not to go in but it is tough because I am up no matter what. I took it slow, "if she is still noisy in 2 minutes I will go in", then 5 etc until now I have figured out how her noises change and I know when she is really about to wake up and can still catch her before she gets angry. I am still awake a lot just listening (que sleeplessness last night) but she is doing better. I had to keep telling myself I have not once slept through her crying I won't tonight to try and shut off my ears and sleep. It's so hard though.
Is this around the time I should be switching LO to his crib? My DH has mentioned it a few times, and he is almost getting too big for his bassinet, but I'm not sure in ready for that. Although is nursery is right across the hall.
@nolagal sorry about the virus, hopefully she gets feeling better soon!
Post by mrsclark731 on May 6, 2015 12:36:19 GMT -5
I made a new mom cinco de mayo mistake yesterday. I ate some tacos that were way too spicy I've been paying for it dearly since 2AM and the guilt is horrible. I'm hoping the gas is gone, but now she's thrown way off any type of schedule I had her on. Lesson LEARNED.
Is this around the time I should be switching LO to his crib? My DH has mentioned it a few times, and he is almost getting too big for his bassinet, but I'm not sure in ready for that. Although is nursery is right across the hall.
@nolagal sorry about the virus, hopefully she gets feeling better soon!
I think in part it is personal preference. What do you think you aren't ready for it?
Once they are more aware of their surroundings I imagine it could be harder to break the habit of being in your room but I am a ftm and every baby is different so that could be incorrect too.
I made a new mom cinco de mayo mistake yesterday. I ate some tacos that were way too spicy I've been paying for it dearly since 2AM and the guilt is horrible. I'm hoping the gas is gone, but now she's thrown way off any type of schedule I had her on. Lesson LEARNED.
Ughhhh. This sucks. The first time I ate Taco Bell, DD was so miserable. I felt like the worst momma ever. It will get better.
Is this around the time I should be switching LO to his crib? My DH has mentioned it a few times, and he is almost getting too big for his bassinet, but I'm not sure in ready for that. Although is nursery is right across the hall.
@nolagal sorry about the virus, hopefully she gets feeling better soon!
I think in part it is personal preference. What do you think you aren't ready for it?
Once they are more aware of their surroundings I imagine it could be harder to break the habit of being in your room but I am a ftm and every baby is different so that could be incorrect too.
I like being able to check on him easily. I worry about popping my head in his room too much, because have only a sound monitor, not a video. But I am starting to think it's time. I can always just go buy a video monitor if feel I need it.
Spam today: I am feeling like starting to make and freeze some baby food before I return to work next week. I know he can't have any for at least another 1.5 months butwhy not make some now?
kartish I can understand that. It sounds like you are as ready as your ever will be honestly. I would try it you can always move back if you aren't there yet. I have a video monitor which I used a lot the first few weeks but honestly I now just have to listen to the monitor to know what is going on and I can open the door to her room every hour and she wouldn't care.
anchovies I think the baby food should ideally be used in less than 3 months or so? I looked into it because I plan to preprep some food for DD but realized it's too soon.
badw0lf DD went through the same thing last week at what I am calling her 12w growth spurt (extra feeds & fussing). I thought I was going to die. Our magic Merlin suits arrived in the mail the next day and I don't know if they worked or the spurt passed but she slept wonderfully!
B and I went to our baby and me Pilates class this a.m. and I have a hair appointment in an hour. I couldn't find anyone to watch her for my appt so she's going with me for the first time. My hair dresser has an in home salon so at least if she get pissed sitting in her car seat it will only be her and I that have to listen to her scream.
I'm jealous of all those babies STTN. DD2 wakes up around 1am and 5 still which isn't too bad because we each take one.
My spam: DH woke me up at the 5am feeding and said DD1 peed through her diaper and it was all over her and her bed. She had a fever last night so we were pushing lots of cool fluids. Ugh, had to strip her and the bed. DH and I worked quick together and she was back asleep after a hose down for three hours!
@nolagal I'm so sorry about your DD. I hope they figure it out soon and she gets better! ((Hug))
Re the baby moving to their own room and transitioning to a crib: I can't wait for DD2 to be out! We are waiting to move so that she has her own room. Right now, I just think if the girls share (which is where the crib is now), they would disturb each other. DD2 is a very light sleeper. I can't even flip in bed without her stirring from it ugh. And her arms stick out of the bassinet. In a few weeks she will be in her crib!! We have a video monitor so I can still check that she's breathing
@nolagal Oh no, I hope she starts feeling better soon!
lilyelayne aw man, that sucks. Maybe you can try to go another day soon?
taberbtb Enjoy getting your hair done! I took LO to the chiropractor last week and luckily it was just me and the office manager there by time he started fussing. She also let me use a spare office to nurse him.
Post by 2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) on May 6, 2015 14:28:59 GMT -5
i really want to transition DS to the crib but it never seems like a good time-- he's still in this wonder week from hell and then every weekend there is something prohibiting it. (would rather do on a weekend than during the week). we cant even get him to sleep in the crib very long. slowwwwwly transitioning.
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