Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jul 11, 2015 10:54:13 GMT -5
We have a 1st birthday party to go to on DH's side tonight (who has a 1 year olds party from 4-7??) and I'm pretty pumped because I am totally team "hold my baby" and I know she'll sleep well when we head home! Only downside is that it takes 45 minutes for us to get there. Ugh.
Joolschweets I'm totally with you on wanting to go swimming! But ice cream in the shade sounds nice too;)
Joolschweets that sounds like so much fun! My sister just got back from visiting our extended family in Scotland. My grandmother's entire family is there and we know them well because they came every summer when I was growing up. My grandma passed away in January, so my sister went to Scotland with my uncle so they could scatter her ashes at the lake where Gran's family used to vacation. My great-aunts went with them; it was lovely. Wish I could have been there but I was a little tied up with having a baby.
So far today I've cleaned up an explosive spit up, changed a massive poop, and realized my sink/garbage disposal/dishwasher are clogged. Thanks, Saturday. So now I'm taking off what remains of the gel manicure that I've had for 5 weeks while DH attempts to fix it. Can't wait for our date tonight!
Post by tatersalad on Jul 11, 2015 11:09:37 GMT -5
Joolschweets in my experience flying is easier the younger they are so I hope you have a good experience! We will be making a 10 hour flight when baby is 12 weeks old. Easy to just wear them most of way and feed them during take off and landing to avoid altitude issues.
Joolschweets I am with you on wanting to be in the pool- I've been dying to go swimming. 3 weeks left for me
My parents are visiting this weekend and next week and I am going insane. I am dying to go out and do things- but it is 100+ degrees outside and LO is cluster feeding. We went to lunch yesterday and tried to do some shopping but LO had a meltdown. All my mom wants to do is rock the baby all day and make him sleep, which coincidentally meant that he wouldn't sleep last night. To make matters worse, DH is off at a bachelor party/wedding this weekend having a great time. I feel so frustrated and tied down. My parents are content with sitting around the house all day, but I am going batshit crazy. Ugh.
Post by tatersalad on Jul 11, 2015 13:32:21 GMT -5
tatersalad ok so it is possible! Its about a 7hr overnight flight so I'm cautiously optimistic he might sleep...Think I need to invest in a k'tan though![/quote]
I use the KTan Breeze all the time with this LO but I might suggest investing in an inexpensive Infantino Bjorn style buckle carrier for the flight. We did multiple flights in the first year with DS and in my experience almost every airline will want you to unbuckle the carrier (or take LO out completely) during take off and landing so it was easier to have baby sleepily strapped in and just unbuckle everything when they asked and rebuckle. I also found it easier to give a bottle of breastmilk or formula in that style carrier although it might be easier to nurse in the KTan -no experience with that. So glad to hear you get to visit your peeps!
Post by billyhorrible on Jul 11, 2015 13:36:09 GMT -5
Joolschweets, I feel you! Father's day was the week after BH was born and we spent the entire day at the pool. So hard to watch the lazy river and not be able to go in it!
This has been my morning:
*BabyHorrible naps while DH vacuums and LBB and I do bubbles and color.
*I feed BH while LBB and DH color.
*Family dance party to "classic alternative" - all the music from the 90s. DH and I are NOT old enough for our music to be "classic."
*BH starts getting fussy, so it's naptime. He's been dancing with DH, so DH is going to put him down. I tell DH I'm going to poop and take a shower while BH naps, is he okay handling both kids? LBB is off sulking because we won't let him bring his foam glow sticks to the movies tonight.
*I sit down on the toilet and all hell breaks loose. I hear LBB knock over his milk glass that's on the coffee table. DH, still trying to get BH to sleep, starts yelling at him, LBB is crying. I call out for LBB to go grab the paper towels from the kitchen, when I realize I'm arms reach from a towel, so I call him to the bathroom to hand him a towel. On the way out of the bathroom he bangs his head on the door and starts bawling. DH is screaming for me and asking what the hell I'm doing. Both kids are crying. There's milk everywhere. Seriously, I deal with the two of them on my own two days all week. I can't even take a shit in peace when DH is in charge!
Yesterday I spent a chunk of the afternoon organizing and storing a giant bag of hand me downs that a friend dropped off for DD. Partway through I started feeling emotional because the same friend also handed down DS's clothes to us and I remember doing the same putting away with his stuff thinking it would be forever before he fit into them and now a bunch is already back in storage after he outgrew them, anyway, so it was the first time it really hit me DD is going to grow up so fast too! Wtf hormones, leave me alone!
It's been really hot here, but both kiddos are down for a nap and we're having an afternoon thundershower so not sure what to do this afternoon now. Chill out I guess, which is a good thing to do once in awhile!
*Family dance party to "classic alternative" - all the music from the 90s. DH and I are NOT old enough for our music to be "classic."
H is a VP so was at high school grad this year and he said it's depressing how clear and good quality the grads baby pictures are now (in their memory slideshow) lol!
Joolschweets in my experience flying is easier the younger they are so I hope you have a good experience! We will be making a 10 hour flight when baby is 12 weeks old. Easy to just wear them most of way and feed them during take off and landing to avoid altitude issues.
Vitamin d drops for breastfed babies in the summer yea or nay? My ped recommends them-I gave them for 2 days and Lo power puked and was gassy both days is taking her outside good enough?
Post by mrskblack11 on Jul 11, 2015 16:54:38 GMT -5
Welp. Had our first poop blowout today while at Target. All the ladies were fawning over him as I changed him and attempted to clean up the leakage on the car seat.
Vitamin d drops for breastfed babies in the summer yea or nay? My ped recommends them-I gave them for 2 days and Lo power puked and was gassy both days is taking her outside good enough?
I'm trying to decide how necessary this is as well. Our ped didn't seem convinced that they really were, but told us he still has to recommend that we use them.
My pedi said she didn't think we needed the vitamin d drops right now. We'll evaluate in a few months!
We successfully went an hour away and I nursed in public/outside the house! The Bebe au lait cover was fantastic. She met H's coworker's 10 month old baby and it was adorable. She also stayed awake for an hour on the way home without fussing or crying. We sang the guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack to her and she was making little noises back and gah, my heart melted.
Joolschweets, I feel you! Father's day was the week after BH was born and we spent the entire day at the pool. So hard to watch the lazy river and not be able to go in it!
This has been my morning:
*BabyHorrible naps while DH vacuums and LBB and I do bubbles and color.
*I feed BH while LBB and DH color.
*Family dance party to "classic alternative" - all the music from the 90s. DH and I are NOT old enough for our music to be "classic."
*BH starts getting fussy, so it's naptime. He's been dancing with DH, so DH is going to put him down. I tell DH I'm going to poop and take a shower while BH naps, is he okay handling both kids? LBB is off sulking because we won't let him bring his foam glow sticks to the movies tonight.
*I sit down on the toilet and all hell breaks loose. I hear LBB knock over his milk glass that's on the coffee table. DH, still trying to get BH to sleep, starts yelling at him, LBB is crying. I call out for LBB to go grab the paper towels from the kitchen, when I realize I'm arms reach from a towel, so I call him to the bathroom to hand him a towel. On the way out of the bathroom he bangs his head on the door and starts bawling. DH is screaming for me and asking what the hell I'm doing. Both kids are crying. There's milk everywhere. Seriously, I deal with the two of them on my own two days all week. I can't even take a shit in peace when DH is in charge!
Omg I'm so sorry but I literally LOL'ed at this! You poor woman! You should totally be able to take a peaceful dump with parent #2 in charge.
Today my SIL flew in so we picked her up and swung by the grocery store. Now we are chillin for the evening. Tomorrow I have no clue...playing it by ear I suppose.
I'm on the hormonal growing-up-too-fast train too. Today I realized he was calm during a diaper change instead of screaming and I felt like those moms in the weird old spice commercials. Also saw a one week old at Walgreens and realized we are past that brand new fresh from the hospital stage. He'll be a month old on Wednesday and I can't believe it.
(Reality check: I wrote this as he screams from the backseat. Little babies aren't all dreamy moment montages.)
Vitamin d drops for breastfed babies in the summer yea or nay? My ped recommends them-I gave them for 2 days and Lo power puked and was gassy both days is taking her outside good enough?
Pedi says yes. DS1 had similar vomit comet issues, so they stopped reaaaaally quickly. He has no issues from not having the supplement.
DS2 seems to enjoy them, so we continue with them.
We're currently at my mom's for the weekend. E did a great job and slept for almost the entire 4.5+ hr car ride. The biggest thing so far today was when I weighed E, since we don't have a scale at home. He weighs over 10.5 lbs now! Definitely getting too big too fast for me right now.
Post by lunalovegood on Jul 11, 2015 21:32:13 GMT -5
billyhorrible so sorry about the not being able to poop in peace. I feel your pain. I actually told DH that all I wanted for our anniversary at the end of June was a poop and a shower without anyone bugging me. I blasted my RENT station on Pandora and sang my little heart out so I couldn't hear the chaos that was happening outside the sanctuary of my shower.
As for this weekend, we are finally home from day 1 of a baseball tournament. It was actually a lovely day to be outside all day. I'm hoping tomorrow is just as nice and that we don't get rained out.
Post by littlemissgrump on Jul 12, 2015 2:11:26 GMT -5
My LO is in his room for the first time tonight. I am feeling sad and a little nervous but he is such a loud sleeper that I am awake a lot more than I need to be. I am thankful for video monitors.
Did anyone else have a nicely set up and organized nursery pre-baby and then babynado hit?
We had to change around so many things; swapped out the rocker for a sofa, switched clothes drawers around, rearranged the diaper changing station, etc. It's almost back to organized but I think we're going to have to switch to 3-6 month clothes soon. Eeeep!
Post by baileybaileybne on Jul 12, 2015 3:25:29 GMT -5
littlemissgrump ha ha yes, the first day we were home from the hospital I realized I had packed everything in stupid places and rearranged loads of stuff. My LO is between sizes now so her newborn onesies are a bit small but the 0 to 3 month are huge on her. How are you deciding wen to do the switch?
littlemissgrump ha ha yes, the first day we were home from the hospital I realized I had packed everything in stupid places and rearranged loads of stuff. My LO is between sizes now so her newborn onesies are a bit small but the 0 to 3 month are huge on her. How are you deciding wen to do the switch?
We're switching them up now (1 month) b/c a) its a performance to get NB on -the headholes are all too small for this boys giant head b) they all look like muscle shirts on him now! Lol. Have you switched out of NB diapers yet? How do u know when to? (Seems obvious, but not to me) They're starting to leave marks on his legs but 1's look huge and I have the fear over a blowout!
The way I see it, the bigger the size the greater the cost per diaper usually is, so unless the "smaller" size diaper is providing inadequate coverage I'd wait to move up diaper sizes, personally.
littlemissgrump ha ha yes, the first day we were home from the hospital I realized I had packed everything in stupid places and rearranged loads of stuff. My LO is between sizes now so her newborn onesies are a bit small but the 0 to 3 month are huge on her. How are you deciding wen to do the switch?
Anytime something is too small I just put it in a bin in the closet. Now that I have put a bunch of clothes up he's running out of things to wear so we switched up to the next size in onesies. He isn't ready for a switch up in sleepers or pants though.
Joolschweets, As for diapers, they started leaking quite a bit after shorter periods of time so I had to switch up. The little stinker is already in size 2's. If he has smaller diapers left over, I will use them if I think he will need a change earlier. We use cloth during the day so I try not to worry about the extra cost.
I've also been quite emotional over the fact that my baby is going to be one month old this week. Where is time going?!?!
Totally know what you mean! I went and bought her month stickers yesterday so I can take the pictures and I couldn't believe that in 3 days, I no longer have a newborn...I have an infant! The whole first phase of her life is over already! I'm both sad and excited.
littlemissgrump ha ha yes, the first day we were home from the hospital I realized I had packed everything in stupid places and rearranged loads of stuff. My LO is between sizes now so her newborn onesies are a bit small but the 0 to 3 month are huge on her. How are you deciding wen to do the switch?
We're switching them up now (1 month) b/c a) its a performance to get NB on -the headholes are all too small for this boys giant head b) they all look like muscle shirts on him now! Lol. Have you switched out of NB diapers yet? How do u know when to? (Seems obvious, but not to me) They're starting to leave marks on his legs but 1's look huge and I have the fear over a blowout!
You actually have a greater chance of having a blowout in a smaller diaper than a larger diaper...you can sort of go by weight on the package but that's not always the best bet. I was trying to use up all the NB diapers I had left but she was having too many blowouts son switched to size 1. We'll be switching to cloth soon. I usually CD with DS but have been using sposies during the transitions. (New baby and moving)
Joolschweets glad you can go home for a visit, it would be hard to be so far away. I associate places with foods too and go through withdrawal if I don't get them at least once a year.
Jealous of all the ladies with access to a pool, lazy river etc. We just don't have that kind of thing in my town, all the pools are private an $800+ for a 3 month summer membership. We can't swing that with me being SAHM.
billyhorrible I'm sorry you can't get a peaceful bathroom break. Amazing how quickly the wheels fall off, isn't it? I try to chalk it up as a good reminder for DH of what I deal with daily.
Carried DS2 to a neighborhood party last night and stayed just over an hour. I didn't wear him, just held him and had been on my feet a lot yesterday... I'm paying for it, so much for thinking things were in good shape down below. Yikes.
Off to start prepping brunch for all the ILs this a.m. So glad I made most of it ahead of time!
My LO is in his room for the first time tonight. I am feeling sad and a little nervous but he is such a loud sleeper that I am awake a lot more than I need to be. I am thankful for video monitors.
Did anyone else have a nicely set up and organized nursery pre-baby and then babynado hit?
We had to change around so many things; swapped out the rocker for a sofa, switched clothes drawers around, rearranged the diaper changing station, etc. It's almost back to organized but I think we're going to have to switch to 3-6 month clothes soon. Eeeep!
How was her first night in her room? O is a really loud sleeper as well, but I still kind of freak out at the thought of her being in her own room. Did her sounds on the monitor still keep you awake? Did you find yourself not sleeping soundly because you kept looking at the video screen? I think I would do all these things, lol.
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