Spam: AW moment- it's my bday and I turn 30 today! I feel really happy. I so badly wanted to have a baby by the time I was 30. It took us 2.5 years and a lot of help from modern medicine, but DS came along!
To celebrate, the in laws are babysitting & DH are going out for the first time alone. Trying out a place I've been wanting to go for over a year.
GTKY: Vermont in the fall or early winter. I love the NE states and have never been there.
hollydfromtn my H is really not into holidays. I saw I am expecting nothing for MD, because that's what I am sure he would like to get me. If I do actually end up with nothing you better believe that man will feel a wrath like never before. In short- I feel ya sister.
Working for me today (I went back part-time), and dinner with the IL's tonight. The whole family does dinner every other week and they eat so late B always melts down during dinner since that's usually bed time for her. This week I said I would be leaving by 7:30 to get home on schedule for her. It's no fun for anybody when she screams bloody murder through the whole meal. We will see how it goes.
GTKY: I would love a weekend trip to anywhere with a sand beach and cold drinks…
Getting my iud shortly. At the drs office now waiting. I'll be glad once it's in, but I know the procedure sucks. Plus it's with one of the male drs which typically I try to avoid, but today is the only day it made sense to try and get it done
It's Friday!! Thank you lord! Finishing trial prep around this office. Had a great afternoon with my dd and furry daughter. Taking a long walk in this pretty spring weather. I know before long it's going to like Africa hot here in Nola.
DH asked me when will you start your training the other day. Um... I kinda have to get back to that. I have a 1/2 marathon scheduled in jan here in Nola and princess in Disney in February 2016. Hoping my cough is gone next week and I can get back to it. (I'm slow as hell but need to get my distance back up!)
Dd had a good sleep night. She crashed about 8:30. Only woke up around 3 for a bottle and went right back. Thank god!
I want to sleep in so badly tomorrow. DH had a huge drainage project for the backyard so looking forward to sol dd and I time. Maybe do some bday present shopping for her cousins
I also forgot the gtky. I would say a b+b on cape cod of the summer. We went once for a wedding on new years and it was wonderful. I'm crossing fingers we get an invite this summer to the friends that had the wedding. Their first baby is 8 months...staying at their beach house puts the weekend in our budget
DD woke to eat at 3am and was fussy/gassy (I had pad thai for dinner).
GTKY: a few days camping/hiking in Broken Bow, OK or somewhere. Note: camping = me in cabin; boys can have the tent. For extended vacation, we're planning on St. John for possible Fall 2016. I miss that place.
ETA: DS woke up bco the storms last night. He was stalling so we said he could stay up w/us watching weather IF he ate a raw carrot. He would take a bite and grudgingly chew it. I was proud that he was eating the whole thing (I hate carrots too). The last bite was bigger and hit the back of his throat, stimulating the gag reflex and resulting in regurgitated carrot all over him, me, and the couch. Poor kid.
I'm so over sleeping in 2 hour increments. Why DS won't STTN is beyond me. I was so pumped the short time period where he slept 4 hours straight. I'm exhausted. I'm SO jealous of all you ladies who have babes who sleep...
I'm so over sleeping in 2 hour increments. Why DS won't STTN is beyond me. I was so pumped the short time period where he slept 4 hours straight. I'm exhausted. I'm SO jealous of all you ladies who have babes who sleep...
Hugs for solidarity. I'm right there with you. We're just now getting 3 hr stretches consistently each night.
Post by kerrigrooves on May 8, 2015 10:40:57 GMT -5
Happy its friday but Im still not feeling great, hoping its a short-lived cold
junebugjam same with us, LO is 3 months and I want him in his own crib so I just started putting him in his crib for naps and I will try the overnight this weekend.
GTKY: hmmm a short weekend trip; Id say North Carolina to see my 87 yr old grandma with the kiddos before she passes away
Well night two in the crib was not fun. Probably because of the late bedtime, LO ended up going to bed over an hour after he usually does and then was up every 1-2 hours after that.
LO went to bed late because we had our Bradley class reunion last night. It was really fun to see the other babies, but then they stayed telling birth stories and I started to feel lousy. Turns out I was then only one that did not have a Bradley birth. I thought my feelings of disappointment had faded, but they all came front and center last night. I am very happy everyone else was able to have awesome births, and they all have adorable boys. It was really cute seeing the babies interact also.
Anyway, hopefully tonight goes better, but we are meeting my uncles down in the city for his birthday dinner. I'm excited for them to see the baby, they haven't seen LO since he was a few weeks old. I just hope we get home before bedtime!
G spent 40ish minutes rolling to his side to watch the hockey game just now. I'm waiting for the washer. They tried to deliver while I was at the gym this morning. We had requested an afternoon delivery, so I wasn't expecting them.
GTKY: I guess we'd go somewhere with a direct flight. Weekend trips with a baby aren't really something that's logistically reasonable with the available flight times.
Yay! They cancelled shows at the theatre for today and tomorrow due to weather. That means H gets to come home soon. So happy I don't have to be here alone with the kids during severe weather.
@hollyfromtn mmmm doughnuts! My taste buds are telling me that sounds amazing but, my love handles are saying oh heck no!
DH's phone was near me and a calendar reminder beeped. So I looked and the reminder is to get me a Mother's Day gift. Haha. Guess you gotta do what you gotta do DH.
DS had another long night. By 3am I grabbed him and we slept together in the guest bedroom. We were sleeping and DH wanted to mess around at 7am and was waking up DS. Mind you, DH just got back from a business trip and got to sleep in a hotel without a crying baby. Well I told him to go away. Haha. I've been so sleep deprived, I need the sleep. Anyhoo, DS and I finally woke up and it's 10am. Now I gotta hurry and get ready so I can get some Mother's Day gifts.
GTKY: we will go anywhere and have been going quite a bit of places with DS without meltdowns. We have Disneyland on the brain right now. DH was down there for a conference and I would love to go back. DH wants to take me to New Orleans soon too.
It's been a rough week in our household. Not only are we all getting over our colds, but DS had his 2 month checkup. Overall, he did well, and was a champ with his shots. However, he'd still been having blood in his stool, despite being on Nutramigen and me eliminating dairy from my diet for the expressed BM he was getting. So, I had to take him to a lab to get blood drawn that day. Awful, awful experience. They poked his one arm, but the blood wouldn't flow into the tube, so they kept wiggling the needle around in his arm. DS was crying and screaming so loudly. He actually had tears streaming down both cheeks. Then they had to poke his other arm, which thankfully worked or the next step was his foot. Poor little guy had 5 band-aids by the end of the day from all his shots and blood draws.
The next day we had to see a GI specialist at the local children's hospital. Basically, we have to give DS only EleCare, which is freaking $45/can. (I'm hoping insurance will cover some, if not all of it.) I know this is best for him, but it's emotionally hard on me to stop giving him BM. He wasn't getting much from me anyway, it's just tough when I've been busting my butt for the past 6 weeks trying every supplement and trick in the book to increase my supply and now I have to stop my BM production altogether.
The GI doc (loved him, btw) said he's seen moms continue to breastfeed even though it made their LOs intestines bleed. I can't imagine doing that. He said that 85-90% of kids grow out of this milk allergy by the time they're one. He said DS really has a mild case compared to others he sees, so it's promising. The allergy could also explain why he hasn't gained weight as quickly as expected since his body isn't absorbing all the nutrients.
Kudos if you read this, I just needed to vent. On the plus side, I can have all the ice cream and wine I want now.
TL;DR: DS's milk allergy is worse than initially thought, so now he has to have expensive formula only and no BM.
It's been a rough week in our household. Not only are we all getting over our colds, but DS had his 2 month checkup. Overall, he did well, and was a champ with his shots. However, he'd still been having blood in his stool, despite being on Nutramigen and me eliminating dairy from my diet for the expressed BM he was getting. So, I had to take him to a lab to get blood drawn that day. Awful, awful experience. They poked his one arm, but the blood wouldn't flow into the tube, so they kept wiggling the needle around in his arm. DS was crying and screaming so loudly. He actually had tears streaming down both cheeks. Then they had to poke his other arm, which thankfully worked or the next step was his foot. Poor little guy had 5 band-aids by the end of the day from all his shots and blood draws.
The next day we had to see a GI specialist at the local children's hospital. Basically, we have to give DS only EleCare, which is freaking $45/can. (I'm hoping insurance will cover some, if not all of it.) I know this is best for him, but it's emotionally hard on me to stop giving him BM. He wasn't getting much from me anyway, it's just tough when I've been busting my butt for the past 6 weeks trying every supplement and trick in the book to increase my supply and now I have to stop my BM production altogether.
The GI doc (loved him, btw) said he's seen moms continue to breastfeed even though it made their LOs intestines bleed. I can't imagine doing that. He said that 85-90% of kids grow out of this milk allergy by the time they're one. He said DS really has a mild case compared to others he sees, so it's promising. The allergy could also explain why he hasn't gained weight as quickly as expected since his body isn't absorbing all the nutrients.
Kudos if you read this, I just needed to vent. On the plus side, I can have all the ice cream and wine I want now.
TL;DR: DS's milk allergy is worse than initially thought, so now he has to have expensive formula only and no BM.
That is really rough. Internet hugs! Sorry you have to give up BF but hopefully the new formula is what your LO needs.
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