So since my friend had her baby today, we'll probably go visit them sometime this weekend or next week.
Should I bring an edible arrangement, pre-made Costco meal (like chicken alfredo), or make something? If I should make something, what's a good meal to make to bring over? They live about 1/2 hour away if that makes any difference.
I'm also going to find a cute outfit to buy for the babe since they were team green and didn't really get any clothes at their shower.
Casseroles you can pop in the oven are the best after baby arrives. My friend and I always fix each other this Ritzy Chicken Casserole: 2 cups of pulled fully cooked chicken 1 stick of butter 2 cans cream of mushroom soup 1 pint of sour cream 2 sleeves of Ritz crackers, crumbled (one sleeve to mix with other ingredients and one to top casserole with. Salt & Pepper to taste Bake in oven at 350 for 45-60 mins
You can prepare a day ahead of time and refrigerate. It goes great with salad because it is rich and yummy!
A lot of times I don't even notice them unless I happen to touch my belly at the time. Your belly just gets super, super hard. So you may have had them and not known. Mine usually happen when I change positions after an extended period of time like driving home from work for 1+ hr then getting out of the car.
So what you're saying is that I'm probably experiencing them and not realizing it...and so I'm going to handle real contractions like a champ?? Sounds good to me.
Lol! That would be pleasant! I'm a STM and still don't really know if I know what a BH is either. My dr actually was the first to point it out at my appt on Thursday when my belly was too clenched for her to physically feel around for the baby's position for a minute. I honestly didn't even know anything was happening!
Depends on your kid. Mine never took to one. I do think 10 is way too many, pick one or two faves and return what you can and use the money for something else! DS1 had a slight attachment to a hand-crocheted blanket someone made for him, but it wasn't the end of the world if he didn't have it for nap or something. His cousin was crazy attached to his wubbanub and a blanket.
I can't return hardly any of our presents because every single thing is monogrammed or has her full name on it! The couple of loveys we've gotten that aren't monogrammed, I have no idea where they came from.
The monogramming is out of control--we'll either have to just box up all the personalized stuff she has once she outgrows it, or our next kid is going to be the epitome of the "neglected" 2nd child, wearing hand-me-downs and playing with toys that have someone else's name stitched on them!
My mom loved dressing me and my sis in matching monogrammed sweaters (it was the 80s). When My big sis outgrew hers, mom would pick out he embroidery and have it redone for me. I suppose it helped that 2 of our 3 initials are the same.
So since my friend had her baby today, we'll probably go visit them sometime this weekend or next week.
Should I bring an edible arrangement, pre-made Costco meal (like chicken alfredo), or make something? If I should make something, what's a good meal to make to bring over? They live about 1/2 hour away if that makes any difference.
I'm also going to find a cute outfit to buy for the babe since they were team green and didn't really get any clothes at their shower.
Pre-made meal all the way. Those were Godsends after we had DS!
So since my friend had her baby today, we'll probably go visit them sometime this weekend or next week.
Should I bring an edible arrangement, pre-made Costco meal (like chicken alfredo), or make something? If I should make something, what's a good meal to make to bring over? They live about 1/2 hour away if that makes any difference.
I'm also going to find a cute outfit to buy for the babe since they were team green and didn't really get any clothes at their shower.
I personally LOVED when my inlaws brought over a huge tray of fruit all cut up. We got quite a few casseroles brought over and while they were delicious and I was grateful, they were all quite heavy meals and I was so thankful for some good, nutritious fruit.
Post by bendherova on May 12, 2015 15:28:48 GMT -5
random: would you go to a black tie optional dinner for your husband's department at work (it's a residency and fellowship graduation dinner) at 38w5d pregnant?
random: would you go to a black tie optional dinner for your husband's department at work (it's a residency and fellowship graduation dinner) at 38w5d pregnant?
If it was in town and I was feeling okay, I would probably RSVP as a Maybe and play it by ear.
I'm already too tired and cranky. I hit the wall today. My belly hurts and I'm exhausted. Wish I was sprawling on my couch in some comfortable formation, munching on oreo cake (really baby, the day before I start checking my glucose you want a sugar bomb?!) and working through the dvr. I don't want to dress up for my friends commencement or my shower on Saturday. Black tie sounds awful.
I don't participate on this board as much as I'd like to. I only manage to get online occasionally and I find myself overwhelmed with new posts and don't know where to start. I'm hoping that will change after we have our babies. I still love my S13 board.
It's hard for me to keep up with the speed of this board at times too - I try to comment as much as I can, but I know I definitely skip over some posts if I know I can't contribute much.
As for lovies - I'm on the page that we got 2 or 3 for my first and she never really got attached to them. She was briefly attached to a terry teether that was super cute, but that faded. She likes her lovies, and we leave one at daycare just so she has something to snuggle with, even though it's not a super-attachment thing.
Her biggest things lately are a wolf stuffed animal, and her doll which she has to have at bedtime, and stay in bed. Every kid is different though, clearly - we have the gamut here with the big siblings!
belle0720, I think it's awesome to bring her some food! I would have loved that with my first... I agree that even something as simple as the cut fruit from the grocery store would be so welcomed. After a friend of mine had her son people all brought her lasagna... literally she had 5 pans of frozen lasagna in her freezer and although it was a nice gesture she was so tired of pasta after a week!
You could even find a grocery store near here and pick up a roasted chicken and some salad/sides at the salad bar for her - that would make a yummy and quick meal.
random: would you go to a black tie optional dinner for your husband's department at work (it's a residency and fellowship graduation dinner) at 38w5d pregnant?
random: would you go to a black tie optional dinner for your husband's department at work (it's a residency and fellowship graduation dinner) at 38w5d pregnant?
If I already had an appropriate dress to wear, I'd probably try. If it required me to go shopping for semi-formal wear... probably not.
I am leaning towards no, bc boring and I'd have to find a babysitter for DS1, plus being huge and pregnant.
but I do have a fancy-ish dress that I wore to a wedding when pregnant with DS1.
trixi282 lol Yeah I kind of figured that Lasagna would be a go to for people to bring them so I want to avoid that. I'll probably do an edible arrangement and maybe grab one of those big Caesar or Asian salads from Costco for them. Just a couple of weeks ago her and I actually talked about how we'd love for people to bring us food after our babies are born so I definitely want to bring something for them to eat!
I also think it's great to bring by something edible for the new parents. I'll probably do the same for my friends as well.
My best friend is in right now for a c-section after labouring since yesterday evening. I'm anxious for her but know she'll be alright. I can't wait for the text from her hubby on if it's a boy or a girl and on how she's recovering.
Is everyone else getting Braxton Hicks contractions? I still haven't had any yet.
You may not feel yours like me. I only discovered I have painless ones at my MW appointment. My bump went rock hard for a few minutes and she told me that was BH.
I mentioned this in my 10 things, but S+TMs, did your kids actually play with loveys? Are they just something for babies to grab? We've got about 10 of them at this point...
Noooope. Not one, not once. But that's just one kid...
Is everyone else getting Braxton Hicks contractions? I still haven't had any yet.
You may not feel yours like me. I only discovered I have painless ones at my MW appointment. My bump went rock hard for a few minutes and she told me that was BH.
Is it the whole bump that goes rock hard or just closer to the pelvis? I've definitely had my bump feel rock hard, but it definitely isn't uncomfortable at all and I wouldn't even notice if I wasn't rubbing my belly. I just assumed that baby was in a position with her butt pressed up against me.
I mentioned this in my 10 things, but S+TMs, did your kids actually play with loveys? Are they just something for babies to grab? We've got about 10 of them at this point...
OMG Puppy One. If I'd been able to predict that would be THE lovey I would havr bought three and rotated them regularly. DS was obsessed with Puppy. I lost him at the grocery store once and spent an hour searching high and low, almost in tears, to find it. Uultimately it was XH who lost him on his watch when DS was three. It was horrible. Five years later DS will sill sometimes cry for him. Puppy Two has never quite filled the void.
So yes. They do often attach to one lovey especially.
Oh yeah... DS may not have a normal lovey, per se... But heaven forbid Orange Car goes missing. Has to be this one little orange hot wheels hatchback. It is missing about 1/4 of its paint already.
You may not feel yours like me. I only discovered I have painless ones at my MW appointment. My bump went rock hard for a few minutes and she told me that was BH.
Is it the whole bump that goes rock hard or just closer to the pelvis? I've definitely had my bump feel rock hard, but it definitely isn't uncomfortable at all and I wouldn't even notice if I wasn't rubbing my belly. I just assumed that baby was in a position with her butt pressed up against me.
The whole bump because BH is about your uterus which is the whole thing surrounding your baby. Ditto. I would only know if I was firmly touching. I felt one in the shower. It stayed rock hard for a few minutes again. You know this means a pain free birth for us!!!!!! Haha one can only wish.
My married name is the name of an animal so we have about 8 loveys of this animal - 4 of which are identical! I guess people wanted to buy his namesake...lol. I hope he takes to them tbh, b/c he's got a lot of the same one and I feel like that'd be handy should he choose to puke/poop on the original. Been there, done that with trying to kidnap my little nephew's bear lovey to chuck in the washer after various accidents :S
My mind automatically filled in with the first lovey DS was given. Giraffe is, after all, such a common last name. I need sleep.
Guys...my H has cystic fibrosis and the FDA advisory panel approved a new combination therapy drug that treats his mutation! The drug goes up for full FDA approval in July. Between this and the baby....wow. I'm speechless this year!
Okay, my kids are total weirdos. They are both OBSESSED with monster trucks. I have no idea how this happened, but it has. DD's favorite is called "Zombie". Zombie...for a 2.5 YO little girl! They have made me watch 5 Youtube videos now that are nothing more than grown men playing with monster truck toys... I am baffled that this actually holds their interest, lol
DS, too. I had to cut him off from monster truck videos, though (Blaze and the Monster Machines being an exception) because otherwise his trucks have a tendency to try to "crush" Mommy's face or hands. Nuh-uh.
random: would you go to a black tie optional dinner for your husband's department at work (it's a residency and fellowship graduation dinner) at 38w5d pregnant?
Unless I happened to have an appropriate dress beforehand, nope. (As it happens, I kind of do. I went to a Day-of-the-Dead themed wedding when I was 5 months with DS, so I have a really nice little black maternity dress.)
On bringing food... Depends on the person's situation. Do they have a large support network? Bring fruit or a favorite dessert of hers (GD here - I want a black forest cake. I can't stop fantasizing about it.) If they aren't social butterflies, bring a pop-in-the-oven meal.
Not a single person brought anything last time (I say that with no bitterness, I should note). Seriously doubt anyone will bring anything this time either, though we've been here over 2 years instead of barely 2 months. We just don't know many of that type of person.
random: would you go to a black tie optional dinner for your husband's department at work (it's a residency and fellowship graduation dinner) at 38w5d pregnant?
I would. My DH has a huge black tie event that he's running 11 days before my due date and I'm going. I figure, all I have to do is sit in a fancy hotel in a pretty dress and eat food from a 5-star restaurant. Yes please!
Good God you guys. One of the daycares in town just called me back and gave me a quote for $230/week for 2 days a week and $290 for 3 days a week. I'm only going to need daycare from November-June next year when my mom is retiring but gahhh!! heart attack, that is a lot of money!
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