E & I have survived our first outing alone. People are a lot nicer when you have a baby. A guy asked if we needed a ride as I was walking back (no bc I don't want to die & also don't have a car seat), everyone stayed back like 50 ft from the crosswalk when they saw us waiting to cross and then a teenager backed up his car at an apartment exit so I wouldn't have to walk behind him.
People have been nicer to me since being pregnant & having baby than I've ever experienced in my life lol
Had my 6 week checkup yesterday. From my pain and symptoms, dr is 90% sure I fractured my tailbone during delivery. Fun thing is, there's not a thing they can do. She said she can order an X-ray just to check but besides steroid injections to lessen the inflammation and giving me NSAIDs I just have to deal til it heals. Woo.
Also, i know I have a big baby but I didn't realize how big til I saw several other moms with their 6 week olds at the ob's. I haven't ever seen a newborn besides mine either. My child looks like she could eat them. I looked up her weight, she's in the 97th percentile for her age. The nurse asked what I was feeding her. The souls of other babies apparently. It kinda makes me sad, bc I feel like I missed out on that tiny newborn stage. She was only less than 10 lbs for like 2 weeks. Now she's 13.6.
Wtf four year old?! Why did you paint the kitchen floor with four containers of food coloring in the middle of the night? This stuff won't come off your skin. You are going to be the talk of preschool today because you look like the hulk. The blue patches on your face are just bonus.
kaeguri - at one month I was so big people thought I was several months to a year old AND I was 4 weeks early. People would come up to my mom, point and say "She's fat." I was on a diet by three months and my mom had been EBF the whole time.
My mom always said bigger babies slept better so I hope you are experiencing that!
2dumbdogs happy birthday. Aww, at least your H was trying to be thoughtful, but I agree... You deserve to have something of your own that doesn't involve baby.
laurasuzanne2006shellyr we're taking LO on a flight in 3 weeks. I'm nervous, but it's only an hour. I'm assuming they'll let me bring bottles of milk in my carry-on? I'll have to look into this.
kaeguri I'm expecting my OB to tell me the same thing about my tailbone... So frustrating that there's nothing that can be done. I have good days and bad days, but I can actually feel it clicking/popping in and out of place.
2dumbdogs happy birthday. Aww, at least your H was trying to be thoughtful, but I agree... You deserve to have something of your own that doesn't involve baby.
laurasuzanne2006shellyr we're taking LO on a flight in 3 weeks. I'm nervous, but it's only an hour. I'm assuming they'll let me bring bottles of milk in my carry-on? I'll have to look into this.
kaeguri I'm expecting my OB to tell me the same thing about my tailbone... So frustrating that there's nothing that can be done. I have good days and bad days, but I can actually feel it clicking/popping in and out of place.
flying with newborns is easy. and yes they will let you bring milk on.
Post by bcmomsaysso on Sept 16, 2015 9:50:01 GMT -5
I thought I could stop at target quick and be done before she got hungry... Not so much. Now we are trapped in the dressing room for the next 20-30 mins.
2dumbdogs happy birthday. Aww, at least your H was trying to be thoughtful, but I agree... You deserve to have something of your own that doesn't involve baby.
laurasuzanne2006shellyr we're taking LO on a flight in 3 weeks. I'm nervous, but it's only an hour. I'm assuming they'll let me bring bottles of milk in my carry-on? I'll have to look into this.
kaeguri I'm expecting my OB to tell me the same thing about my tailbone... So frustrating that there's nothing that can be done. I have good days and bad days, but I can actually feel it clicking/popping in and out of place.
What's crazy is that his parents sent me a gift card and he was like "buy something for yourself, no nursing bras or baby stuff, it's your birthday!" doh.
As for flying, no restrictions on fluids for baby but they need to be inspected. I would print out the rules from the tsa site because it's something that the agent may not have done before or in a while, help smooth things along.
DSHM13 she does sleep pretty well, 4-6 hour stretches at night so yay! I was a huge baby too. Or as my H puts it, more rolls than a bakery and more chins than a Chinese phone book. He's classy.
queenb ugh sorry you're dealing too. Yeah some days are worse than others. I made the mistake of lying down on the floor a few weeks ago. And there I laid in pain for about an hour, it hurt too bad to get up. And when I tried to climb some stairs last week, I almost cried from the sharp pain in my tailbone. I can't even sit for too long or it hurts.
It's my birthday! My husband got me a mug with pictures of the baby on it.
He also showed me a ring he wanted to buy, but we learned years ago he is terrible at buying jewelry. It was really ugly. He wanted to buy something with peridot (for her)and sapphire(for me), just not a cute combo.
How do I tell him, nicely, that my birthday is mine and does not have to be completely baby centered? Every minute of my day is focused on her, I'd like to be treated as a human that has something to offer besides a baby. Ugh.
Happy birthday! I hope you enjoy some time to yourself today.
Id tell him that you had something else in mind and suggest a gift! Haha I only get a birthday gift if I buy it for myself. My DH is just not a gift buyer and rarely plans ahead.
+1 on buying your own gift. I totally do that. Sometimes he will try to buy me something too, so I'll smile and accept and just be happy I already picked something out for myself.
This year he bought C a Barbie for my birthday, so I know how you feel about baby-centered gifts. He thought it would be cute to have an anniversary year Barbie for her. Yea, on HER birthday!
We have an appt with a pediatric cardiologist on Friday to follow up on the murmur they found at the hospital. I've been doing a pretty good job not worrying about it the last few weeks but now that her appt is coming up I'm freaking out. The hospital pedi made it sound like it was NBD and was small and would close on its own, but our pedi made it sound more serious. And my sister, who is not a medical professional but used to work in the cardiac unit at a children's hospital started telling me about newborn open heart surgery. So cue excessive worrying.
Baby girl was super fussy last night. The only thing that calmed her down was letting her sleep on my chest. Of course, she's sleeping like a little angel in her pnp right now. Booger.
Slept without a bra last night and woke up drenched in milk a few times. Thanks leaky boobs.
Oh and PSLs I do like them, but I have to say I made my own pumpkin syrup with real purée and brown sugar and spices and I've been drinking those. I went to starbucks last night and realized the home version is sooooo much better.
Do you mind sharing your Recipe? I tried making my own once and it was not delicious.
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I was nursing M while in bed before we got up for the day. When he was finished and we moved, there was a basketball sized milk puddle on the sheets. Sorry M.
Very glad H is home today. N is quite fussy and is wanting to eat every hour to hour and a half... Mostly comfort nursing because he only actively eats for about five minutes then dozes and occasionally sucks.
Post by iamthedoctor on Sept 16, 2015 11:23:36 GMT -5
Jonah had his first "long" stretch of sleep last night. 10-5:30! I thought he was going to wake up at 2:45, then 4:45. He's so loud and grunty. But he held off. I'm not telling DH because he's been such a dick off & on and unhelpful so I'll remind him how tired I am on Sunday and let him take the babies. SNS...
The swing batteries have died. This is a tragedy. E & I will be walking to the store in a few mins to solve this problem.
She's sitting in her RnP now (also no batteries) while I get ready. I put it near the window so she could look out but she is leaning her head all the way back to stare at the ceiling fan instead.
babies LOVE fans. Cheapest entertainment ever for them.
Post by iamthedoctor on Sept 16, 2015 11:30:17 GMT -5
2dumbdogs I'm not flaming you, but I would just be glad to get something from my DH. I hate to say he's not thoughtful, but he's just not a gift giver. He actually did get me a pair of workout socks for my bday, but I didn't get them for over a month.
I know. Socks. But that was something vs what I normally get...nothing.
And ETA: happy birthday! I say buy yourself what you want.
Post by runningmommy519 on Sept 16, 2015 12:03:00 GMT -5
Well the dr agreed to look at Ethan and determined that he has the disorder and don't need to test him. I suspected this but was hoping he wouldn't
ampaints we will have to monitor him yearly. It can cause a variety of issues. Tumors on the nerves, scoliosis, learning impairments, there's other stuff too. I had at one time tumors in my brain which have since disappeared.
runningmommy519 so sorry to hear about his diagnosis. Hopefully it's a mild case like yours.
noname B had a slight murmur they detected in the hospital when he was born. She said it was very common in newborns. At a checkup a week later the pedi couldn't find anything, so it cleared up quickly.
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