Thursday-- randoms

[cupcakecutiern]

What's going on?

[cupcakecutiern]

Holy cow-- both kids slept. Toddler fell asleep in the car ride home from my dads around 8-- transferred into her own bed and stayed asleep. Baby fed around 10 and slept until 4, and I actually fell asleep around 1030, woke up at 1-- terrified bc it was so quiet. Today is off to a good start. We are going to an open gym with inflatables for dd1. She seems to have less two year old tendencies when we get out of the house and actually do things.

[esgrunner]

Today will be better! I can just feel it will, especially for those of us that had crappy days yesterday.

We are doing our last nursing session of the "night." Oh how I wish E would go back to sleep after this one, but he never does. He had a decent night last night though, with good sleep in between feedings. Much better than the previous night!
I may try a trip to the library, to get him signed up for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Are you guys familiar with that program? It is to promote reading. And it is free and E will get a new book every month until he is five, I think. Check your library for details!
ETA: looks like you can sign up on the website, I am just too lazy to link it now, I will later. We will still go to the library though so E can meet the children's librarian. She worked there when I was a kid and is so sweet

[amberlie]

Sleep? What is sleep?

[hopefulreturn]

We have our weight check at 8:30. Here's hoping we have something to show for our frequent eating sessions!

[lemon200]

I got some sleep too cupcakecutiern, I'm not counting my chickens yet that it will mean a non psychotic baby girl today but here's hoping!

The Internet guy is coming today to set it up. I've been internetless for the last 2 weeks since moving into our new house and I'm excited to not have to do everything on my phone!

[zonagirl]

So I'm up nursing Ava and she is cracking me up. She keeps coming off me and smiling. Then she will smile while latched too. It is like she is really trying to eat but can't stop thinking about something hilarious. I think have only seen her really smile once before so I'm still not totally confident about real vs reflex smiles but these look pretty real!

[oopsiedaisies]

Been up since 430 for his last feeding. He took awhile to get back to sleep...then once he did big sis woke up and came into my room and wouldn't go back to sleep. Yay! I'm ready for my nap. That is if I can get both kiddos to sleep at the same time this afternoon.

[Deleted]

I hope everyone has a better today than they did yesterday.

Must.Have.Coffee My son who was sleeping long stretches of time has decided to punish me with waking/eating every 2 hours. now i remember why i hate growth spurts and teething. this too shall pass....just bring on the coffee until it does.

[joi922]

We have a new game at my house: is it baby acne, eczema, contact dermatitis or something else? It doesn't seem to bothering her, whatever it is, but baby girl has red bumps all over her face, neck and ears. Poor thing.

[RandomName]

Today is my babywearing meetup. I'm very excited to try out a ring sling! Also, the store where I bought DDs cloth diapers is having a 40-90% off sale. With two in cloth we don't have enough diapers anymore so we're going to pick up about 20. Today's a good day - I just hope the kids are good!

[elvenqueen]

We had our 6 week health visitor checkup and the twins got weighed. A is now 9lbs 11oz (6lbs 5oz at birth), E is 8lbs 9oz (5lbs 6oz at birth). I'm so pleased they're growing on track and that breastfeeding them on demand seems to be doing the trick. Counting down the weeks now 'til they start doing longer stretches at night...

[layloo08]

Third day being so nauseous I can't stand it and the zofran isn't helping. Woke up just now to diarrhea. Happy birthday to me ?

On the bright side, N only woke up twice MOTN to feed. They were short sessions so I'm worried. Hoping he's just becoming a more efficient eater since we have a better (not perfect by any means) latch now.

[Deleted]

You know you have pp emotions when you find yourself crying at season finale of home free, because everyone won a house.

seriously self, we dont cry at these shows..

[oopsiedaisies]

Happy birthday layloo08!

Today's our wedding anniversary...we both forgot to tell each other happy anniversary this morning. Tired parents of a newborn and toddler...lol

[sweetsyrup]

Three hours of sleep. I'm done with today already and its only 6:30. Baby is fussy and will not go back to sleep. DS was up twice last night again. I wish I did caffeine......

[zonagirl]

Happy birthday! layloo08 I hope it gets better for you!

I bought the scale that abvintage recommended the other day and it arrived yesterday. I dont know why it didn't occur to me to do this sooner. I love being able to weigh her whenever I want and not have to wait for doctor appointments. My baby A is 8lbs 8 oz, up from 6 lbs 11 oz at birth. It is funny because now at five weeks old she weighs what I weighed at birth!

[mommabakes]

I'm taking both kids shopping by myself today. I'm slightly terrified of this. DH has been on 3rd shift this week, and DD was awake when he got home this morning. She was so heartbroken that he couldn't play with her (because, sleep.) So we are currently watching sesame street to cheer her up.

[ampaints]

Happy birthday layloo08.

Happy anniversary oopsiedaisies.

Can't really form coherent thoughts yet. FX today is better for everyone.

[runningmommy519]

layloo08 happy birthday!!! Hope you feel better!

oopsiedaisies happy anniversary!

mommabakes good luck with the shopping trip. I can only do it if I wear Ethan.

[runningmommy519]

Ethan decided to go 4.5 hours between feeds last night. To bad DH snoring woke DS1 up and scared him right in the middle of that stretch.

Yesterday we met with the district and found out DS1 qualifies for special Ed services. This makes me sad and happy. I'm so glad he'll be getting the help he needs. The bonus is preschool and busing will be paid for. He qualified for his ADHD and his social, emotional and behavioral development.

[thewop]

Sept 10, 2015 6:16:28 GMT -5 joi922 said:

We have a new game at my house: is it baby acne, eczema, contact dermatitis or something else? It doesn't seem to bothering her, whatever it is, but baby girl has red bumps all over her face, neck and ears. Poor thing.

same here. I went out last night and bought a different baby wash (expensive and organic ugh) but his skin looks less irritated today. We were using Aveeno and I switched to Babyganics.

[2dumbdogs]

If I had 2 poop blowouts yesterday, we are probably ready to size up in diapers, no?

I mean, I'm finishing off this box of newborns because cheapskate, but we should be moving on to 1s next.

[incir]

Speaking of free books. If any of the other babies here have at least one Jewish parent you can sign up for the PJ library. Free monthly books in Jewish themes for the first two or three years. It varies a little by region.

[thewop]

Baby was only up once last night from 3-4. But up again at 5:30. We went out early and got a Sbux PSL and some more coffee beans for the week/end. I ended up getting some decaf since B seems sensitive to caffeine if I drink it after 9:00am. I like the ritual of coffee so I thought decaf for those late morning starts would be better.

[motownthrowdown]

runningmommy519 I'm with you on the therapy. I'm so glad Amelia will be getting what she needs, but I'm sad that she needs it. It's just physical therapy right now.

[elizabethnevadap]

Good morning! It's my birthday, which H cares about more than I do so he's trying to get me in the b-day spirit. He took the day off of work, he didn't tell me until we woke up this morning, that was really nice. He's also going out later "for a couple hours," which probably means fun birthday stuff. Dinner at our favorite restaurant, too, which should be interesting with a newborn. But yummy!
One of our cats, Emmylou, jumped onto a TV tray that my coffee was on and the full cup splashed all over me and our leather couch. I'm just glad none got on Jack!

[runningmommy519]

Happy birthday elizabethnevadap

[elizabethnevadap]

Sept 10, 2015 6:30:55 GMT -5 layloo08 said:

Third day being so nauseous I can't stand it and the zofran isn't helping. Woke up just now to diarrhea. Happy birthday to me ?

On the bright side, N only woke up twice MOTN to feed. They were short sessions so I'm worried. Hoping he's just becoming a more efficient eater since we have a better (not perfect by any means) latch now.

Happy Birthday, Birthday Twin! I'm also nauseated and have diarrhea, what's up with that?
And today is oopsiedaisies anniversary, I think?

[elizabethnevadap]

Sept 10, 2015 6:35:34 GMT -5 oopsiedaisies said:

Happy birthday layloo08!

Today's our wedding anniversary...we both forgot to tell each other happy anniversary this morning. Tired parents of a newborn and toddler...lol

Oh, I just saw this. Lol