Chat Stew 6/19

[alayne926]

Jun 23, 2015 14:04:03 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

Well, I am back in the hospital after being home for 4 days. Sigh. But it sounds like I will only be here a couple of days at most...fingers crossed

Hope you're back home soon.  Keep us updated!

[turtletyme]

Jun 23, 2015 14:04:03 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

Well, I am back in the hospital after being home for 4 days. Sigh. But it sounds like I will only be here a couple of days at most...fingers crossed

Ah crap! Keep us posted. I hope you are feeling better soon...

[mrsmonogrammed]

Jun 24, 2015 8:51:19 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Ladies with outside babies: did you end up with grandparents at the hospital and do you regret it?

Reason for my question: ILs live 5 hours away and the only weekend FIL can leave until the end of July is this weekend. My induction is scheduled for Friday. We check in to the hospital Thursday night and won't be out until late Saturday/early Sunday depending on how long labor lasts. I know for sure that I do not want ILs staying with us at the house in the first couple of weeks we're home, but if they came this weekend, they could meet baby girl, but we would also have some "buffer" at the hospital with nurses, DH, and my parents able to get them to physically leave the premises... not just like go in a different part of the house or something. Do y'all think I'll totally regret this?

I think it depends on your relationship with your in-laws....mine came to the hospital and were there in the waiting room with my mom when DD was born. Everyone waited until I invited them back to the room (we had about an hour and a half of skin to skin before letting them back in:) originally I had said NO grandparents in the waiting room, but I don't regret having them there. DH really enjoyed getting to go out there and tell them her name/weight/height etc.

[bendherova]

With DS1, I wanted no hospital visitors--- my mom came anyway, but only after I'd delivered. She didn't even book her flight until 2h after he was born.

Everyone will be visiting at the hospital
this time. But hospital doesn't allow visitors until at least 2h after delivery, so there is already buffer built in. Plus, we want DS1 to meet his brother first, so they'll have to wait even longer.


I'd have more regret over making the grandparents wait almost a month to meet their grandchild, tbh.

[mcp6286]

Jun 24, 2015 8:51:19 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Ladies with outside babies: did you end up with grandparents at the hospital and do you regret it?

Reason for my question: ILs live 5 hours away and the only weekend FIL can leave until the end of July is this weekend. My induction is scheduled for Friday. We check in to the hospital Thursday night and won't be out until late Saturday/early Sunday depending on how long labor lasts. I know for sure that I do not want ILs staying with us at the house in the first couple of weeks we're home, but if they came this weekend, they could meet baby girl, but we would also have some "buffer" at the hospital with nurses, DH, and my parents able to get them to physically leave the premises... not just like go in a different part of the house or something. Do y'all think I'll totally regret this?

I was super glad to have my ILs at the hospital rather than at my house...the first day my cousin shooed everyone out of my room for me after a 1/2 hour visit and the second day I just pushed the call button for the nurse when I was ready for them to leave (she came in with an excuse about taking baby for tests for awhile). Then because they got to be at the hospital twice, they left us alone the first few days we were home and we got to settle in just the three of us.

[erbear]

We told grandparents about labor but no one came until the day after she was here (she came at 5:26; we didn't get into a room until visiting hours were over pretty much). My H's parents came down her first weekend (last weekend) and it was nice to sleep in some but I wish we had the house to ourselves.

[bendherova]

Hospital hasn't called with induction date/time, and as of tomorrow, my ILs will be staying with us bc their hotel is full.

Come on baby boy, it's time to get a move on. sigh.

[bendherova]

And so begins another night of 'timing' contractions that progress nowhere. I'm terrible at waiting.

[pghtruelove]

Jun 24, 2015 19:17:00 GMT -5 bendherova said:

And so begins another night of 'timing' contractions that progress nowhere. I'm terrible at waiting.

I'm rooting soo hard for you!!!

[Bluedaisy]

Jun 24, 2015 19:17:00 GMT -5 bendherova said:

And so begins another night of 'timing' contractions that progress nowhere. I'm terrible at waiting.

Fingers crossed for you!

[Bluedaisy]

Acupuncture apt. number two....the needles in the toes still really hurt. I'm such a wuss I have no idea how I'll deal with labor! Last time I went I was having contractions while I was there but this time I had absolutely nothing. I'm going to be a July mom yet.

[Deleted]

Jun 24, 2015 15:59:35 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

I'm gonna bitch slap the next person who tells me to bring my son for them to see. A) I had an emergency c section that got infected and am still treating it. B) My husband is over a thousand miles away so he's not here to help. C) If you wanna see him so bad you come out here. Because it's so damn easy to load up a newborn so you can see how adorable he is. Gimme your email I'll send you a picture.

People that ask when am I bringing the baby over to meet them is my pet peeve too. My boss at work actually text me and asked when I'm bringing the baby to work to meet everyone. I didn't respond yet. I have 0 desire to see my office or be reminded of work while on mat leave.

[carolyngrace]

Brag alert - DB just slept 4.5 hours his first stretch tonight! Woke up starving and super angry, but that's ok I can handle that

[baileybaileybne]

Jun 25, 2015 0:19:37 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Brag alert - DB just slept 4.5 hours his first stretch tonight! Woke up starving and super angry, but that's ok I can handle that

That sounds amazing! I can't wait til we make it there. Jealous!

[carolyngrace]

Jun 25, 2015 1:57:01 GMT -5 budders said:

Jun 25, 2015 0:19:37 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Brag alert - DB just slept 4.5 hours his first stretch tonight! Woke up starving and super angry, but that's ok I can handle that

Hoping we have that to look forward to soon! Baby just got 3.5, I got 3. The best part was that I slept straight through that without waking for any noises until he started to rouse to feed. 3 consecutive hours of sleep makes a huge difference!

3 hours is awesome! That's how much I got, too, because I stayed up a bit after putting him down. 

He had been doing 3 or 3.5 the last several nights, so the 4.5 came out of no where. I'm so thankful that the cluster feeding for 3 hours before bedtime paid off in that way!

[Deleted]

Oh man. Last night was a sleep disaster. LO slept ok the first stretch like usual from 8-1230. Then woke up and must have had painful gas and needed to poop but couldn't so she was crying and red faced no matter what I did for an hour straight. Then DS woke up from the baby crying and proceeded to have a full melt down at 130am. He cried mommy mommy while DH was in his room. Then DH gave up and we ended up w DS in our bed asleep the rest of the night. First thing in the morning LO pooped three times. I literally changed her diaper 3 times in a row thinking each time was it. 2 kids is not easier then 1 in this house! Don't know how anyone manages 3 or more!

[baytosa2013]

DD has been doing much better on the liquid version of this Alimentum stuff. Her poops are no longer liquid explosions and she's not screaming! We have done a 30 min walk with her in the bjorn two days in a row. I actually feel more normal after a little exercise, have more energy and the baby sleeps like a charm! Im going to order a lighter weight carrier though for around the house and while it's summer because the Bjorn is just too thick and hot.

Can I just say that I am actually really liking all the baby names that we have for this month! There are so many side-eye worthy names out there these days but we have a classy bunch of baby names over here!

[carolyngrace]

So at almost 4 weeks old, DB is taking the pacifier again! He was screaming and shaking it out of his mouth the last couple weeks. I'm so happy. Now my boobs don't have to be his paci

[carolyngrace]

Jun 25, 2015 18:12:52 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Jun 25, 2015 17:40:35 GMT -5 baytosa2013 said:

DD has been doing much better on the liquid version of this Alimentum stuff. Her poops are no longer liquid explosions and she's not screaming! We have done a 30 min walk with her in the bjorn two days in a row. I actually feel more normal after a little exercise, have more energy and the baby sleeps like a charm! Im going to order a lighter weight carrier though for around the house and while it's summer because the Bjorn is just too thick and hot.

Can I just say that I am actually really liking all the baby names that we have for this month! There are so many side-eye worthy names out there these days but we have a classy bunch of baby names over here!

I was thinking the same thing about names the other day. Some are definitely NMS, but none have been totally WTF worthy. Good job, June '15!

I've seen a couple WTF names. But only a couple.

[carolyngrace]

Jun 26, 2015 12:28:56 GMT -5 budders said:

We had a weight check this morning and the little man is up to 7 lbs 12 oz! That's 2 full lbs since his lowest weight 18 days ago! The ped said there is no reason to ever wake him up to feed, especially at night!

Awesome news!!

[Deleted]

Jun 26, 2015 13:32:57 GMT -5 budders said:

Jun 26, 2015 13:02:37 GMT -5 ajm11 said:

Does anyone have a LO who hates the car seat? DD2 cries almost every trip and it's awful. I feel so bad for her, but nothing seems to help.

Yes. Baby does not find the car seat/car soothing at all. He has to be dead asleep in order to have a successful trip, and even then he only lasts about 20 minutes before he starts screaming and wants to either eat or be held. Everyone keeps saying he might "grow into liking it", and I really hope that's true, especially since we're avid travelers and spend a lot of time in the car!

We had the same problem w DS with the graco snugride. Then we switched to the peg perego and he loved the car seat. DD so far is fine w the peg perego too. It was worth not hearing screaming for 45 min straight!

[billyhorrible]

Jun 26, 2015 13:32:57 GMT -5 budders said:

Jun 26, 2015 13:02:37 GMT -5 ajm11 said:

Does anyone have a LO who hates the car seat? DD2 cries almost every trip and it's awful. I feel so bad for her, but nothing seems to help.

Yes. Baby does not find the car seat/car soothing at all. He has to be dead asleep in order to have a successful trip, and even then he only lasts about 20 minutes before he starts screaming and wants to either eat or be held. Everyone keeps saying he might "grow into liking it", and I really hope that's true, especially since we're avid travelers and spend a lot of time in the car!

It took LBB about 6 months. I'm hoping BabyHorrible takes less time, because so far that's the only similarity he shares with his older brother.

[mirage86]

Jun 26, 2015 13:02:37 GMT -5 ajm11 said:

Does anyone have a LO who hates the car seat? DD2 cries almost every trip and it's awful. I feel so bad for her, but nothing seems to help.

Mine doesn't seem to care for his car seat either, but I am hoping that part of it is just because of the straps. Since he can't hold his head up he would end up with more of his weight pressing to one side and it looked like the strap had irritated his neck. I put some soft covers on them and we'll find out this weekend if it helps. (1.5 hr ride to the IL)

[wegrowsheep]

Kid #1 slept in her carseat like a pro. Kid #2 loathed it with the fire from a thousand suns. Kid #3, thus far, is good with it.

And not to be Debbie Downer, but Kid #2 wasn't happy about car seats til he was forward facing....

[shahoi]

Holy sleep guise. My DH is amazing. We just made the transition to FF, so he took baby duty all night last night so I could get a full night's sleep. I popped an ambien, layed down at 10:30pm and woke up at 7:30am!! I haven't slept so good since before pregnancy!

[turtletyme]

Joolschweets I am doing the "graveyard" feeds every night (between 2 and 5 depending how we are spaced that day) and I still have DH whining that he's so tired and only slept 2-3 hours. Obviously he's sleeping more than that, even if it doesn't feel like it to him. He likes to say he "can't nap" which I have never understood. I hope I can get him to this weekend, because I am so done listening to him. We knew babies don't sttn dude...

ETA a random question... Does once upon a child consign any maternity stuff, or just kids? I have nursing clothes that I washed, and the messenger bag for the medela pump that is still in the box..

[erbear]

turtletyme mine does not accept maternity. We have another consignment store, Kid 2 Kid that does.

[silv3rlining]

Jun 27, 2015 10:13:07 GMT -5 erbear said:

turtletyme mine does not accept maternity. We have another consignment store, Kid 2 Kid that does.

Ditto

[erbear]

Jun 27, 2015 11:27:05 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

Random NBR question for you homeowners. Anyone have home security system? We live in a safe area but I feel compelled to get ADT or something now that baby is here. I mostly just worry about the sliding glass door that's a walk out from the basement (and the ground level windows in the basement). Thoughts?

We used to use an a la carte system called simplisafe when we lived in a not so nice area. Id use it again as you pay for what you need and it's easy to install yourself!

[dogmama22]

Jun 27, 2015 11:27:05 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

Random NBR question for you homeowners. Anyone have home security system? We live in a safe area but I feel compelled to get ADT or something now that baby is here. I mostly just worry about the sliding glass door that's a walk out from the basement (and the ground level windows in the basement). Thoughts?

I love our security system. I'm a bit of a worrier and it just gives me peace of mind. We use Vivint, which costs about $50/ month.