Today is my birthday! i think Auri wanted to help mommy celebrate and let her sleep close to 6 hours without a feed. Except today is her 2 week check up and now I'm afraid going so long without eating will be a problem. Sigh...
Happy birthday DSHM13! My pediatrician said if they're gaining weight fine then they can sleep up to 6 hours. I don't remember if you guys were having problems with that but if not then I bet you're fine.
@aliam20 that's so cool about the house. We're doing construction too (although we're doing it ourselves so it's taming much longer) and it's so exciting to see it all coming together.
I tried an experiment where I didn't try so hard to burp LO and keep her upright for very long after feeding her since she usually wakes up and is wide awake. I think it may have backfired because she then has had only two hours between feedings and lots of grunting inbetween. I could have tried to sleep longer but it seemed like she was probably going to wake up soon to eat anyway. Plus I couldn't sleep with all her grunting and thrashing.
This time I fed her and she let out a giant poop while on my boob. Of course she is asleep right now but this time I am going to keep her upright for longer and then I will still have to change her poopy diaper and then try and get her back to sleep. Sleep... What is that?
Rose slept from 10-8 the night before last and from 10-6 last night! It was wonderful! Of course now I am worried my supply is going to drop so I think I might set an alarm to get up at 2 or 3 to pump.
I'm realizing what a fog I've been in the past couple days. Definitely getting out of the house more today and not dwelling on recent feeding struggles. I have my eye on my worries and making sure they don't take over. Is she eating enough? Am I feeding her too much? What happens if she needs to eat here? Why so often? I'm making myself crazy at times. I'm slightly too type A for newborn lack of schedule but trying to embrace it! And I need to enjoy her happier moments.
And another random as I look around, my house is an absolute disaster! So much crap.
I'm almost embarrassed to post this with all of our ladies having a hard time getting their LOs to sleep...
But the transfer from RNP to crib went amazingly! She slept 7-1:30 and 2:15-7. She had a bit of a fit being put down in the middle of the night and so DH said lets do this on the weekend, I cried and was determined it was happening so I fed her more and put her down and she didn't make a peep! I did however sleep on the floor outside her room for an hour in case she woke up..
I also went to the LC yesterday who basically said everything looks good I might just have some pain because she is sleeping longer. E is now 11lbs! At 6 weeks! She was 6lb14 at birth and was 9lbs5 at her 4 week check. The LC said I must be feeding her cream. Baby girl is going to be a heffer and I like it!
Sorry for my humble brag, I know everything will probably change in a week and I'll be pulling out my hair but right now it's just nice when things are working
Post by oopsiedaisies on Sept 18, 2015 7:14:34 GMT -5
DSHM13 happy birthday! And lay off yourself lady! I made C go 6 hours the other night. He woke up at 3, I pushed the paci back in and said to myself if he took it, I was going back to sleep. He did and we did.
Post by sweetsyrup on Sept 18, 2015 7:16:25 GMT -5
Happy birthday DSHM13 ! It's my mom's birthday today too! Good day to celebrate.
Little man just coughed and spit up at the same time. Eeeeew. I need to shower. He also decided to party from 3-5 this morning. I'm wiped. On the bright side, DH should be coming home this weekend. I'm asking for a few hours to nap when he does.
Post by oopsiedaisies on Sept 18, 2015 7:33:40 GMT -5
Taking dd to my mom so I don't have to wrangle her while at ds's 2 week check. The receptionist that originally scheduled my appt, which should have been yesterday, had goofed and put us in the wrong time slot, so they had to reschedule me to today. Glad my mom was available, because wrangling her wasn't going to be fun. I'd scheduled it while she was at preschool to avoid it. We also have to get grocery shopping in today at some point with naps...I'd rather not be grocery shopping at 5 pm on a Friday but we will see.
Post by motownthrowdown on Sept 18, 2015 7:34:29 GMT -5
*possible reference to trigger of critically ill baby, insensitive pregnancy comments*
DH just told me about an incident he had at work the other day. One of his Co workers is pregnant, due in January, which makes her 5 or 6 months along. She's been having issues (she claims that her water broke around week 20, but has been working since then, and also says they are watching her for pre-e), and the other day I guess she was complaining about how tired she is of being pregnant and how she wished she could just have the baby now. DH looks at her, tells her she should be careful who she says that to, explains how I felt having to walk past the huge ladies smoking outside the hospital on my way to see A, after I did everything right during my own pregnancy, etc. Her response was that "well, everything worked out great for you guys, so I think it would be ok for me. I'm just so tired of this." DH replied "oh yeah, it's great spending 3 months in the hospital, watching your baby for the first couple weeks and not being sure if they'd make it. Watching them get sick and not being sure if they'd make it again. Watching them need brain surgery after that and not being sure how this will affect them for their life."
I think I would have verbally assaulted her if I had been there.
Post by oopsiedaisies on Sept 18, 2015 7:39:50 GMT -5
motownthrowdown I'm so sorry this chick is stupid. She sounds horribly uneducated and just plain dumb. I'm proud of your H for being level headed when dealing with her.. I'd have been in your camp with a verbal attack.
We're going to a baseball game tonight with friends. Not a huge sports fan, but looking forward to going out! I'm hoping little man will name so I can put together the jogging stroller.
Post by shannonabigail on Sept 18, 2015 8:17:04 GMT -5
It's time to go back to work. Just paid the bills with H's paycheck and it looks like we're going to be riding the credit cards until I can get my first paycheck back..so another month. At least our bills are paid, right?
Today is my birthday! i think Auri wanted to help mommy celebrate and let her sleep close to 6 hours without a feed. Except today is her 2 week check up and now I'm afraid going so long without eating will be a problem. Sigh...
Post by elvenqueen on Sept 18, 2015 8:38:04 GMT -5
I've so been looking forward to Autumn (not long now!), and today it's actually chilly enough that I needed to put fluffy slippers on. I started thinking it might be a pain in the ass, it being cold, as I don't have a lot of nursing tops and often resort to wearing minimal clothing from the waist up. Babies better keep me warm!!
Post by elvenqueen on Sept 18, 2015 8:41:52 GMT -5
motownthrowdown, I hate that so many women are so completely ignorant about the scary side of pregnancy and prematurity. She just sounds like a genuine AW, and what a completely foul thing for her to mouth off about given what you two have been going through. Hugs to you!
AW Moment- I am packing up items to take to daycare for DS. I am and going to be a hot teary mess all weekend. However the teachers in the infant room seem really sweet. Going back to work stinks.
motownthrowdown ugh that must be so frustrating! Yay for your H.
Today we're going to do some mall walking and shopping, then I'm going to see The Visit with my mom and aunts (I love scary movies) while H takes LO over to his friend's.
Oh, we got our swing yesterday and it's kind of a game changer. I may actually survive motherhood.
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