Speech was a bust again, but she got him to come out of it a little with a bug bear hug and some joint compressions. She's pulling all the strings for us to start ot next week or the week after, and she's having one of the physical therapists come and show us some techniques next week.
It caused me to remember when he was one he had a gross motor delay, and one of the things the therapist had us do was joint compressions in case it was sensory. Turns out, it was.
W had diarrhea this morning and has been so fussy all day. He slept crappy and I haven't started drinking caffeine yet but I may start that today. He doesn't cry often so today is hard with the constant fussiness, crying, and comfort nursing. Eta: because he does cry but usually I can solve it with a boob and a snuggle. This is something else entirely.
motownthrowdown Glad to hear she did well! Did she get the ETV after all? And yay for the NICU group! How awesome!
@janetheconquerer You're totally allowed to be bummed. That stinks that your anniversary wasn't relaxing and fun.
runningmommy519 You know, I don't ever remember pumping in the car with DS, but I've done it a ton with Eliza. Annoying, yes. But it's convenient at least!
We're having a "catch up" day around the house. Laundry, mopping, etc etc
DS is super pumped to be making spider treats (arranged pretzel sticks with chocolate drizzled in a spiral around them) for his preschool class' Halloween party tomorrow.
Post by shannonabigail on Oct 29, 2015 13:35:10 GMT -5
Just had to make an emergency Target run on my lunch break to get new valves for my pump. Why? Because I got angry that mine wasn't coming detached so I could clean it after a pump break and I banged it on the table as I have done many times before and it broke in half. Yikes.
I can't believe I've been back to work for almost a week. Jake is doing great in daycare. I bumped into some other parents yesterday who's daughter is next to J. They arrange their cribs by birth date. She's 8-10, he's 8-28. They have a 3 and 5 year old there and couldn't stop gushing about how much they love it there and how the kids go through the whole program together and will become best friends. That was really good to hear! We picked the daycare w out actually talking to any parents so it's nice to actually talk to some of them. I miss the little guy so much during the day. I wish I had a live feed so I could watch him like I can with the dogs at the pet hotel! LOL!
Pumping at work has been hard I have no time to eat bc I pump through my lunch. I'm so paranoid about my supply tanking. I've already had to dip into my freezer stash. I need to eat all the lactation cookies!!
Someone just posted on my FB sell-swap group that they were selling a "NIP photo album," which of course means "new in package photo album," but I read it as "nursing in public photo album."
And for a second I'm like, OK? You do your thing, momma. And, then I'm like, ohhhh.
This place has ruined my brain.
Um...first thing I thought too.
I thought the same thing. I was curious who would want another mommas album of NIP pics.
My store manager (the one who got huffy at me pumping) told me she got me a new pump since mine isn't working right. Idk what kind it is but she said it had good reviews.. I told her she REALLY shouldn't have and she said she got a good deal and she wanted to help me out.
Is she being nice? Is she going to hold it over my head?
My store manager (the one who got huffy at me pumping) told me she got me a new pump since mine isn't working right. Idk what kind it is but she said it had good reviews.. I told her she REALLY shouldn't have and she said she got a good deal and she wanted to help me out.
Is she being nice? Is she going to hold it over my head?
Idk how to feel about this.
I wouldn't know how to take it either. I feel incredibly guilty when people do things like that for me.
Post by arimaythea on Oct 29, 2015 14:22:12 GMT -5
Whenever I see this post, I sing the Mary Kate and Ashley chorus "Gimme pizza, P-I-Z-Z-A" in my head. Is that weird? Haha... when I was younger I was obsessed with them and had all their VHS tapes.
DH for the win. A has been extra fussy and extra-not sleeping so I'm a zombie. Just got a text from DH that says "I'm in charge of dinner tonight." I love that man. Obviously for more reasons...but not having to worry about dinner is a big thing these days
I need to get a pumping bra that makes my boobs look normal LOL! I can't wear my sports bra ones w my work clothes. So I've had to use both hands to hold the things on.
Well now I'm depressed. I know I mentioned the massive pain in the ass it was to get my pumping time approved. Now work is being a big bad of dicks about baby bonding time. Basically I get 12 weeks of FMLA, I used 8 weeks with my maternity leave so I have 4 weeks left to use and I have until the day before Jake's first birthday to use that time. So I have to have my boss and HR fill out a form saying how I can use the time. I knew there was no way they'd approve the "up to 40 hours a week" that Metlife told me to apply for so I was waiting to hear back what they'd approve. Keep in mind this is the first one my boss and my HR rep have ever done. They approved my for up to 8 hours Thursday only. WHAT!? Are you kidding me?!? How is that even helpful??? My direct supervisor felt really bad and it was really awkward when he told me but it's not up to him. He kept asking if he wanted me to see if there was something he could do and I was crying. Ugh. I hate crying. I'm so upset. But seriously? What's the point? I can't make him be sick on only Thursdays, and what if he has an appointment on another day of the week?! I told him just to file it and that I probably would be even use the time. I've never known someone to only get approved for a specific day. It's always a certain numbers of hours a week but only Thursday?!
Edit: as I submitted this I got an email about how my company was named one of the top 100 companies to work for for the 14th year in a row by Working Mother Magazine. =\
I want to finish getting her room together because we are having all of our family up for E's baptism on the 22nd. Our anniversary is Sunday.
And then I'm travelling from Toronto to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving by myself with baby. DH is super unsure about me driving for the 8 hours by myself but I have done the drive so many times growing up that I'm sure it's going to be fine. I'm planning on driving down on the Wednesday so I'm not rushed and I'm sure we will take closer to 10 hours with stops. My 7 of my cousins have had babies from June to the first week of Aug. so it will be fun to have all the babies together! And a second Thanksgiving! Nom!!!
Have you ever done the drive on the day before Thanksgiving, though? That is one of the worst traffic days of the year, pretty much everywhere in America. Just prepare yourself for possibly being on the road longer than you think you will...
I have! And to be honest, it's usually not that bad.. The promise of pumpkin pie and family reunions is just too great!!
TL;DR Advice needed: How do you transfer breastmilk to a bottle without losing the fat and not having to heat it up first?
At daycare I have to bring the bottles ready to go which means if I have to dip into my freezer stash I have to have it thawed and in a bottle but I have no idea how to transfer without losing all the good fatty stuff that separates at the top. When I warm the bottles, no problem, but these would obviously still need to be cold.
I kind of gently squish and swirl the bag around a little before pouring into the bottle to loosen the fatty stuff from the sides. Sometimes pouring a little milk back in the bag from the bottle will loosen it up too.
PSA for fb friends... Virginia Neal is not from this board. I THINK she is my former psychologist. I'm not sure how she found me or why she even looked for me, but it appears that she added a lot of you possibly bc of the "people you MA know thing." She's just an old lady and isn't trying to creep on anyone.. I'm pretty sure she just doesn't understand fb. Delete her, anyways. Hope everyone's having a good day!
PSA for fb friends... Virginia Neal is not from this board. I THINK she is my former psychologist. I'm not sure how she found me or why she even looked for me, but it appears that she added a lot of you possibly bc of the "people you MA know thing." She's just an old lady and isn't trying to creep on anyone.. I'm pretty sure she just doesn't understand fb. Delete her, anyways. Hope everyone's having a good day!
I saw her birth day was in 1944 and had my doubts lol.
PSA for fb friends... Virginia Neal is not from this board. I THINK she is my former psychologist. I'm not sure how she found me or why she even looked for me, but it appears that she added a lot of you possibly bc of the "people you MA know thing." She's just an old lady and isn't trying to creep on anyone.. I'm pretty sure she just doesn't understand fb. Delete her, anyways. Hope everyone's having a good day!
PSA for fb friends... Virginia Neal is not from this board. I THINK she is my former psychologist. I'm not sure how she found me or why she even looked for me, but it appears that she added a lot of you possibly bc of the "people you MA know thing." She's just an old lady and isn't trying to creep on anyone.. I'm pretty sure she just doesn't understand fb. Delete her, anyways. Hope everyone's having a good day!
Yeah thank you. I had no idea. I was about to post that people message whoever they are adding so we can make the correlation. Even if it seems obvious.
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