SQS 8/29

[Bluedaisy]

Aug 30, 2015 17:51:43 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Aug 30, 2015 17:25:03 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

Hey I'm finally posting on the right day. Two stupid questions: First LO has some wax in his outer ears. I assume I shouldn't use q-tips to clean it right? Just leave it? It's not bothering him I'm just curious if I should be trying to get rid of it.

Also I know this really doesn't matter but if LO is propped up and rolls over off the towel does that "count" as rolling over since I assume it would be easier?

I would clean the ears. Its easy enough to do so why not?

Im having a hard time imagining #2. I would have to see it to judge

I was just worried it was one of those things you aren't supposed to do for fear of scarring them for life lol!

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Aug 31, 2015 4:24:54 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Aug 30, 2015 23:39:11 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

bookninja mine goes through phases. Today she took 20 min micro naps. It's such a bummer when they do that especially when you go through so much to help them sleep.

This. I was getting super long naps around week 10. But lately (week 12) I'm getting 4-5 short naps. And yeah, he seems happy and refreshed afterwards. I want my naps back.

We are in the same boat. Long naps week 10 and now week 12 it's just 20-30 min naps. Her longest nap yesterday was 45 min. So annoying! But she does t wake up refreshed from them so maybe it's all she needs right now.

[bendherova]

can someone remind me of the rules of using pumped milk when dealing with thrush? We are on day 12/14 of treatment, and I will need to use expressed milk on Thursday (so, the day after treatment ends).

I can't use something I've already pumped/frozen in the last 10 days can I?

This is complicated by the fact that the boys and I are getting on an airplane on day 14 and I wasn't planning to bring my pump.

[tiffbot]

This is a stupid question, more for the mom's with older kids or people who have dressed older children.

Could you tell me if when you are looking in the toddler section of Carter's website, if a 4T shirt is equal to a boys 4 in the kids section?

DS currently wears 3T but we are looking for a size up for his Halloween costume so a sweater or jacket can fit under it (#canadianproblems) and then he can wear it later rather than outgrow it soon.

[tiffbot]

Aug 31, 2015 16:13:54 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

tiffbot my understanding is that the 3T size is for toddlers, while the size 3 is for older kids. So a size 3 would probably be significantly larger than a 3T.

Thank you! That's what I was wondering. I was however hoping maybe I had opened myself to twice the selection of clothing haha.

[turtletyme]

My husband thinks that our kid has big feet. I guess they are not dainty.. The 0-3 sox are small now. He said it's like giant paws on a st bernard puppy and she is going to have clown feet. True or false?

[baileybaileybne]

Aug 31, 2015 17:02:29 GMT -5 turtletyme said:

My husband thinks that our kid has big feet. I guess they are not dainty.. The 0-3 sox are small now. He said it's like giant paws on a st bernard puppy and she is going to have clown feet. True or false?

I apparently had big feet as a baby but now I'm 5'11'' and I'm a size 38 - a U.S. 6? My siblings are shorter with bigger feet who were more petite as babies. So no, I don't think it's an indicator yet.

[mrsmonogrammed]

Aug 31, 2015 15:47:58 GMT -5 bendherova said:

can someone remind me of the rules of using pumped milk when dealing with thrush? We are on day 12/14 of treatment, and I will need to use expressed milk on Thursday (so, the day after treatment ends).

I can't use something I've already pumped/frozen in the last 10 days can I?

This is complicated by the fact that the boys and I are getting on an airplane on day 14 and I wasn't planning to bring my pump.

You're correct! You do not want to use anything from the time you recognized the thrush or from during the treatment or it could reinfect LO. Do you have any other stash that you could use? I hate wasting pumped milk but I wouldn't want to risk reinfection:(

[bendherova]

I have a total of 8oz pumped. (he isnt taking a bottle well anyway, and I SAH). We've been dealing with thrush since 7/15.

I read something on kellymom that said I could scald it, which I do have the ability to do once we get to my parents'. Anyone have thoughts on that?

[musicfrk2002]

How do I know if the baby's back is sweaty from being in his carseat, or if he peed up his back? And how is it possible for him to pee up his back?

[shahoi]

Aug 31, 2015 3:44:26 GMT -5 erbear said:

Tmi sqs - anyone else still have some discharge going on? I'm 11 weeks pp today and, yeah, still need to wear pantiliners. It's gross. I don't think it's something I should call my ob over.

Ugh. Yes. I'm so over all this discharge. I'm so ready for my body to go back to normal!

[shahoi]

Sept 1, 2015 19:20:09 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

How do I know if the baby's back is sweaty from being in his carseat, or if he peed up his back? And how is it possible for him to pee up his back?

Sniff test? Lol

[mcp6286]

bookninja are you attempting naps on a schedule? H sleeps great during the day if I "force" her to nap on schedule. Every two hours, I swaddle her (arms in) and give her a tiny bottle (1 oz) to put her to sleep. Once she dozes off, I can slowly ease her into the RnP with the Rock and vibrate both turned on. She'll sleep from 2-4 hours like that twice a day. The other naps are 30-45 mins. Our dr said as long as she's in the RnP where she can't roll, it's fine to swaddle arms in.

Some days it's a bit of a fight and I have to sit next to the RnP holding paci in and stroking her head for 20 mins or so. But our rule is that once she gets in the RnP, we don't take her out unless she screams bloody murder. It's worked great...the consistency really helps her. Even our sitters have said that they can tell she's conditioned to sleep as soon as they start the routine with her. Now we can put her in there awake and she just looks around silently until she falls asleep. The only time it doesn't work is if we eff up and let her stay awake longer than 2 hours.

Good luck!

Side note: my mom said I was the same way and HAD to nap on schedule or I was a nightmare. Maybe it's genetic...

[Widget123]

Sept 2, 2015 12:17:17 GMT -5 budders said:

Moms who pump at work: do any of you do one side at a time? I feel like I get less during a session when I do them both at the same time. It's a pain in the ass to do one at a time and will take forever, but my schedule won't allow me to add pumping sessions, so I don't know what to do.

Also, it's only day two and I am already so sick of pumping.

With my pump suction isnt as good if i only do one side. I wouldnt do it because of that. Your body will hopefully adjust to the pump to some degree and hopefully become a little more responsive.

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Sept 2, 2015 12:38:56 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Sept 2, 2015 12:17:17 GMT -5 budders said:

Moms who pump at work: do any of you do one side at a time? I feel like I get less during a session when I do them both at the same time. It's a pain in the ass to do one at a time and will take forever, but my schedule won't allow me to add pumping sessions, so I don't know what to do.

Also, it's only day two and I am already so sick of pumping.

With my pump suction isnt as good if i only do one side. I wouldnt do it because of that. Your body will hopefully adjust to the pump to some degree and hopefully become a little more responsive.

I do one side at a time because I get way less doing both at once. I can get 4oz pumping one side and that is what I need. When DD BF she only has one boob at a time so maybe my body is just used to producing that way.

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Sept 2, 2015 12:17:17 GMT -5 budders said:

Moms who pump at work: do any of you do one side at a time? I feel like I get less during a session when I do them both at the same time. It's a pain in the ass to do one at a time and will take forever, but my schedule won't allow me to add pumping sessions, so I don't know what to do.

Also, it's only day two and I am already so sick of pumping.

How many times a day does your schedule allow and how many minutes are you allowed?

[Widget123]

Aug 31, 2015 16:29:58 GMT -5 tiffbot said:

Aug 31, 2015 16:13:54 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

tiffbot my understanding is that the 3T size is for toddlers, while the size 3 is for older kids. So a size 3 would probably be significantly larger than a 3T.

Thank you! That's what I was wondering. I was however hoping maybe I had opened myself to twice the selection of clothing haha.

Carters also has a size chart on their website so that you can see the height and weight for both 4T and 4 and from there you will see that size 4 is larger.  ETA But the difference isn't as much as I would have expected.

[Deleted]

Question for any BF mamas. We are going to a wine/food tasting event Sunday night from 730-1030ish probably be home by 11am. LO wakes up anytime between 12-3am for her first feed. Then she either wakes again every 2 hours after that or sleeps through until 6am wake up. Should I give her a pumped milk bottle from earlier that day instead of BF her when she wakes for the first feed? I'm not sure how long the alcohol would be in my system. Then would I pump and dump after I feed her in MOTN?

I think I'll be drinking up to 3 glasses of wine

[Widget123]

Sept 2, 2015 13:06:44 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

Question for any BF mamas. We are going to a wine/food tasting event Sunday night from 730-1030ish probably be home by 11am. LO wakes up anytime between 12-3am for her first feed. Then she either wakes again every 2 hours after that or sleeps through until 6am wake up. Should I give her a pumped milk bottle from earlier that day instead of BF her when she wakes for the first feed? I'm not sure how long the alcohol would be in my system. Then would I pump and dump after I feed her in MOTN?

I think I'll be drinking up to 3 glasses of wine

If you pace yourself evenly throughout the night I think you would be fine to breastfeed (as in about 1 drink per hour) vs. chugging tons of wine at the end of the event (which it doesn't sound like you will be doing).

[periwinkledaydreams]

I think the rule of thumb is if youre intoxicated, like you "feel" drunk, too drunk to drive, etc then don't breastfeed. No need to pump and dump to the point of emptying your entire breast but if you are drunk and engorged you can express and discard for comfort. I guess the point is, you don't have to dump so much because much like the alcohol leaves your bloodstream it leaves your milk the same way. Its not like it is "stuck" in the milk from the time you were drinking. This is how I understood it anyway. 3 glasses of wine in three hours doesn't sound over the top, but of course everyone is different. Maybe just give the bottle for your own peace of mind, but from what I understand you only have to "pump and dump" to the point of comfort if you are engorged.

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Sept 2, 2015 14:33:30 GMT -5 budders said:

Sept 2, 2015 12:51:47 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

How many times a day does your schedule allow and how many minutes are you allowed?

I can only do it twice a day, once during my morning planning and again at lunch. I have about 40 minutes during my planning, though I would prefer not to use all of that time. I get 25 minutes at lunch.

Today I pumped for 25 minutes with both sides, and got about a half an ounce from each. I then stopped and did one side at a time for five minutes each and got over an ounce from each.

Ok. I was pumping 4 times a day for 20 minutes once every 3 hours ( similar to our feeding schedule at home) so that's the reason I pumped only one boob at time. You might have a timing issue pumping one at a time and doing each boob because to fully empty each you would need at least 15 minutes for one boob. I actually needed 20 minutes to fully empty on pump. But maybe other moms can chime in. Also check the BF board if you haven't already. Is there anyway you can pump fist thing in morning sitting in your car outside work before you go in or is that just adding more time to you commute? I found I was most productive first thing in morning. My end of day pump session (4pm) was almost no output so I eventually dropped it completely

[jessila]

Any other csection mamas still have numbness between their incision and belly button?

[Widget123]

budders did you try looking at pics/videos of baby, smelling his clothes, etc.? Also are you relaxed? Maybe try hand expressing a little in the beginning?

[Widget123]

Also paging billyhorrible for any other thoughts

[sabrinaml]

Sept 2, 2015 14:59:59 GMT -5 jessila said:

Any other csection mamas still have numbness between their incision and belly button?

Yea, my dr said it could feel that was for a year.

[sabrinaml]

Those of you who's LO got a fever after shots, how long did it last? Cole still has a low grade fever, it doesn't seem to bother him (usually 99.2-99.8ish). He got his shots Friday afternoon but didn't get the fever until Monday evening. When he wakes up in the morning there is no fever, it usually comes back around 11ish. Do I need to consider calling the dr? He eats fine, sleeps and plays normal.

[Widget123]

Sept 2, 2015 16:55:00 GMT -5 sabrinaml said:

Those of you who's LO got a fever after shots, how long did it last? Cole still has a low grade fever, it doesn't seem to bother him (usually 99.2-99.8ish). He got his shots Friday afternoon but didn't get the fever until Monday evening. When he wakes up in the morning there is no fever, it usually comes back around 11ish. Do I need to consider calling the dr? He eats fine, sleeps and plays normal.

Some peds wouldnt consider a temp below 100.4ish a fever. He Sounds like he is probably fine.

[sabrinaml]

Sept 2, 2015 17:17:49 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Sept 2, 2015 16:55:00 GMT -5 sabrinaml said:

Those of you who's LO got a fever after shots, how long did it last? Cole still has a low grade fever, it doesn't seem to bother him (usually 99.2-99.8ish). He got his shots Friday afternoon but didn't get the fever until Monday evening. When he wakes up in the morning there is no fever, it usually comes back around 11ish. Do I need to consider calling the dr? He eats fine, sleeps and plays normal.

Some peds wouldnt consider a temp below 100.4ish a fever. He Sounds like he is probably fine.

Good to know! Thanks!

[billyhorrible]

Sept 2, 2015 15:53:25 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Also paging billyhorrible for any other thoughts

budders, you've got PM

[silv3rlining]

Sept 2, 2015 15:50:14 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

budders did you try looking at pics/videos of baby, smelling his clothes, etc.? Also are you relaxed? Maybe try hand expressing a little in the beginning?

In addition not sure what pump you have but make sure your membranes are good/replaced as needed, are you using the proper flange size, try massaging your breastfeeding as you pump (obviously easier said than done but I've noticed if I can massage mine I get better output), also a warm compress may help.