Post by mrsmonogrammed on Sept 4, 2015 6:26:25 GMT -5
Headed to a craft fair tomorrow and I am so excited to find cute headbands for DD! And I'm leaving her with DH and FIL because it's going to be 93 and sunny, so we'll see how that goes;)
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Sept 4, 2015 6:27:57 GMT -5
And I hit my goal of having 300oz in the freezer before I got back to work! I'm actually up to about 330oz, so it's making me feel a lot better about going back to work. Super paranoid my supply will crash being there:(
Post by pghtruelove on Sept 4, 2015 6:53:51 GMT -5
Heading up to my lake house today with Jules. SO is sick so he will be staying home. I'm nervous to be without him. No cant wait to spend some time out in the sun. I feel like I've been in doors most of the summer and I'm dying to just hang out outside.
It's rib fest this weekend, there are fireworks we can see from our backyard on Sunday, our friends from London are in town, we're going over our other friends' house tomorrow for dinner, and it's going to be really hot and muggy all weekend. Lots going on!
We're also taking our almost five year old niece out today for her birthday gift. I want to make her a cake since my sister is being a butt and not having anything for her. I get that she doesn't have a lot of money right now, but come on, buy a box of funfetti!
We have a whole lot of nothing much planned and I couldnt be happier!! We have a BBQ at my sisters on Monday but thats it... A lot of time will be spent relaxing and going for family walks!
We have a whole lot of nothing much planned and I couldnt be happier!! We have a BBQ at my sisters on Monday but thats it... A lot of time will be spent relaxing and going for family walks!
Ditto. This is the least eventful weekend we have had in months and I couldn't be happier!
We are leaving for the beach early tomorrow morning!!! We are going with H's family and we tend to all get along all the time. I'm super excited. We've also been informed that we are being forced on at least 2 dates.
So, today I'm supposed to pack everything except H's clothes which I'll end up packing anyhow. I'm surprised at the sheer volume of baby crap we plan to take (PnP, bouncer, swing, beach/bath chair, stroller). I knew babies came with a lot of gear but now that we're facing a week away from home it's much more obvious.
The house we're staying in is on the beach and has a huge pool. So even if O hates the beach I can at least be in the pool. Trying on my swim suits yesterday was slightly traumatizing but whatevs-sunshine!
Like pghtruelove said being stuck inside all summer is no fun.
mrsmonogrammed I am impressed at your 300 oz of milk! I have 33oz and am excited. I still have 2 weeks until I go back. My plan is to have 45oz anything beyond that is surplus.
I'm off today, so I'm hanging out at home with my baby girl while DH works a half day. Then I have to run and get my bridesmaid dress for the wedding next weekend altered. I hope I can find someone who can do it fast enough or my friend is going to kill me lol
Tomorrow we're headed to NJ to celebrate my bff's bday. Temps are going down to the low 80's, so we're having a BBQ and then going to a movie.
Sunday we're considering going to the beach...debating how bad we think traffic will be. Monday will be our last pool day and the ILs will prob come up to hang out.
Post by musicfrk2002 on Sept 4, 2015 9:20:19 GMT -5
Bringing J to H's work around lunchtime. Apparently, they are throwing us a baby shower. They wanted to do it before J was born but didn't get around to it I guess. Then (fffc?) exchanging ant clothes we get that are smaller than 9 months.
Tomorrow we are going to a coed baby shower for a friend of H's. They don't live near here, and aren't registered anywhere that i have checked, so I need to figure out what to get as a gift.
Sunday no plans yet. Probably just hanging around at home all day.
Post by holliberry28 on Sept 4, 2015 10:02:16 GMT -5
Tomorrow hopefully going for a brunch with friends to celebrate H's belated birthday while MIL watches the baby. They have awesome spanish wine which I forgot the name of, so I'm looking forward to drinking away my anxiety over M's shitty eating lately. On Sunday we'll probably have family over and order sushi to celebrate.
pghtruelove, aw poor baby to be feeling sick! Hopefully you can still get outside even if it's not at the lake!!
erbear, that's so nice of you to step up! I would hate to not see a niece or nephew not celebrating a bday..esp the fifth birthday! That's one whole hand old!
We are going back to our hometown to visit our families. This will be our first trip back with T. I'm already dreading it. Not only do I work Saturdays, effectively nullifying it for being a weekend day, but MH has three different family events that we need to go to: his moms, his dads and his moms parents. His parents are divorced so we always try to spend equal time with each, but then we are running around the whole time. Plus, we have my parents to go see too. Christmas is going to be a clusterfuck with everyone wanting to see the baby :/
And I hit my goal of having 300oz in the freezer before I got back to work! I'm actually up to about 330oz, so it's making me feel a lot better about going back to work. Super paranoid my supply will crash being there:(
Holy shit, I don't know if I'll ever see that much milk in my life! That's so great! I've been pumping at work for almost four weeks now and it's not too bad, supply wise. Some days I pump a ton and some days it's pretty scarce. That being said, I do get anxious on the days that I pump less.
And I hit my goal of having 300oz in the freezer before I got back to work! I'm actually up to about 330oz, so it's making me feel a lot better about going back to work. Super paranoid my supply will crash being there:(
How?! While breastfeeding?! Tell me your ways oh wise one!! I go back on Sept 21 and I've got about 35 oz at this point. (25 of which are unscalded- I found out my milk is high lipase and B doesn't like it after I froze them. Hopefully he'll drink them half and half with fresh)
And I hit my goal of having 300oz in the freezer before I got back to work! I'm actually up to about 330oz, so it's making me feel a lot better about going back to work. Super paranoid my supply will crash being there:(
How?! While breastfeeding?! Tell me your ways oh wise one!! I go back on Sept 21 and I've got about 35 oz at this point. (25 of which are unscalded- I found out my milk is high lipase and B doesn't like it after I froze them. Hopefully he'll drink them half and half with fresh)
Ha, it's probably not an answer you'll like;) I get up 2x's MOTN to pump! Charlotte STTN but my boobs are killing me by about 1/2am so I get up and pump. I usually get about 6-7oz between both sides. Then she wakes up around 5am and my H gives her a bottle of pumped milk (3oz) and I pump again. She never fully empties my breasts in the early morning so I was having to pump afterwards anyway. I get about 5-6oz at that session. So I've been banking about 9oz/day for the past few months. Now that we're hitting 12w on Monday and my supply is pretty well established and I have a pretty good stash I'm going to start dropping that first MOTN pump:)
And I hit my goal of having 300oz in the freezer before I got back to work! I'm actually up to about 330oz, so it's making me feel a lot better about going back to work. Super paranoid my supply will crash being there:(
Holy shit, I don't know if I'll ever see that much milk in my life! That's so great! I've been pumping at work for almost four weeks now and it's not too bad, supply wise. Some days I pump a ton and some days it's pretty scarce. That being said, I do get anxious on the days that I pump less.
That's reassuring! On days that you pump extra do you just keep it in the fridge for when you have a lower supply day? Or have you been freezing it?
How?! While breastfeeding?! Tell me your ways oh wise one!! I go back on Sept 21 and I've got about 35 oz at this point. (25 of which are unscalded- I found out my milk is high lipase and B doesn't like it after I froze them. Hopefully he'll drink them half and half with fresh)
Ha, it's probably not an answer you'll like;) I get up 2x's MOTN to pump! Charlotte STTN but my boobs are killing me by about 1/2am so I get up and pump. I usually get about 6-7oz between both sides. Then she wakes up around 5am and my H gives her a bottle of pumped milk (3oz) and I pump again. She never fully empties my breasts in the early morning so I was having to pump afterwards anyway. I get about 5-6oz at that session. So I've been banking about 9oz/day for the past few months. Now that we're hitting 12w on Monday and my supply is pretty well established and I have a pretty good stash I'm going to start dropping that first MOTN pump:)
Ugh. I wish Beckett would sleep through the night. We're still getting up atleast 1-2 times to eat. I suppose I could pump after those sessions, but I just don't think I produce that much milk. I'd really like to see my stash hit 100 oz before I go back, so I've got some serious work to do!
Holy shit, I don't know if I'll ever see that much milk in my life! That's so great! I've been pumping at work for almost four weeks now and it's not too bad, supply wise. Some days I pump a ton and some days it's pretty scarce. That being said, I do get anxious on the days that I pump less.
That's reassuring! On days that you pump extra do you just keep it in the fridge for when you have a lower supply day? Or have you been freezing it?
I have those lids that have the days of the week on them. So when I make all of T's bottles for daycare, I keep the extras from that morning in a bottle and put those lids on it with the day marked. I keep it in the fridge for about 3 or 4 days. Each day I end up pumping about one, sometimes two, servings more than T needs for his next day at daycare, so again I put that extra in the fridge with the day marked. Then on Friday or Saturday, I freeze whatever's in the fridge after smelling it from the earlier parts of the week. I do one pumping session Saturday and Sunday morning for daycare bottles on Monday (and I usually have a little extra left over) and then repeat the whole cycle the next week. This way, I'm usually a day and half ahead of what T needs.
Post by billyhorrible on Sept 4, 2015 12:25:10 GMT -5
Soooo somehow when I packed my bag last night I didn't pack one of the little yellow parts of the pump where you attach the membrane. So looks like I'll be pumping each breast individually today.
I'm thankful I have an office where I can just close the door, since it seems like I'll be topless for a better part of the day.
DH is off for THREE.WHOLE.DAYS. I know this is NBD for most of you, but my DH works most Saturday's and sometimes has to go in on Sundays. His paycheck matches his long hours, but it is really rough. And lonely.
Tonight, we are either going to the drive in or to the first home football game at High School I teach at. I think we'll probably go out to breakfast atleast once. We are planning on going to Harmony Park Safari tomorrow (it's a drive through zoo)- and then who knows what else! I might get a pedicure! Or clean the house! I am so excited to have my husband home!
Going to see H's grandma for the first time since Jude was born. H was just feeding him and telling him about meeting his great grandma, and then started talking about how his grandpa didn't get to meet him (he died just after we announced the pregnancy). It was so sad and sweet.
On a happier note, no matter what else happens this weekend, I'm getting a pedicure. I haven't had one since i was 39 weeks, and I used to go weekly, so it's been torture.
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Sept 5, 2015 11:29:37 GMT -5
I think this weekend Im going to put LO in the stroller and walk until I can't walk anymore. Im so upset with SO for ditching us last night and I don't want to be here whenever he gets back! I posted about it in MOTN thread but, last night I was a bridesmaid in my brothers wedding, and whenever the ceremony was done and I went to go say hello to SO and baby girl before picture time, he just announces to me "So Friend of mine bought a car, its in Virginia, we're road tripping to pick it up, we're gonna leave tonight at 2AM!" That's a 6-8 hour drive each way. So I just was like.. "uhhh wow, imagine if I just up and left for Virginia in the middle of the night. How crazy would that be?? Must be nice! Here's the baby!"
So yea, I'm stuck at home with the aftermath of the wedding (house is just a mess and lord KNOWS Im not lifting a finger while he's off road tripping) and no way of getting anywhere except walking. Im not even upset that he went, Im just upset that he dropped it on me as an announcement, no conversation. To think I was kind of looking forward to him being off work for the long weekend since he's never off on weekends. Now Im just trying to figure out what the heck to do with myself. God I wish I could drive, we'd be outta here!!!!!
Post by carolyngrace on Sept 5, 2015 13:25:15 GMT -5
periwinkledaydreams, yeah I'd kill him. Think of something big you get in return for this! A night out with a friend, no baby, at the absolute least...
Oh man, you people excited about football confuse me. Couldn't care less about sports.
I'm nursing DB in just a diaper and had forgotten how sweet skin to skin feels...
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