Scene...fav brunch place. 30 min wait...baby wakes from nap. Fussy and hungry. Tried to give her bottle. Not warm enough.DH takes some fruit he had on his plate (grapes) and smushes the inside out. Starts giving baby a taste of the juice and sneaking the bottle to get her to calm down. Being very careful and watching her very closely.. Baby not fussy anymore. As we get up to leave this lady was like I must tell you, looking at me, your baby is much to young for solids and feeding your baby grapes is even more dangerous. She says it loud and everyone turns around. I was mortified. My other daughter was there and so I had to keep my cool. I was like your not a very nice person and walked away.
Dh stays to explain that our daughter is small for age and the doc instructed us to give solids earlier. I cried all the way home.
Also, glitzy07 - it looks like you were at one of the games yesterday?
DH still keeps up with the tournament even though we haven't lived there for more than 10 years. He waits for this video every year. Watched the video this morning...twice.
The part where he calls the one guy old school dirty - I laughed so hard I cried. He's number 5 I believe.
ILs confirmed dates for our trip this fall so I just booked plane tickets for Portland! Whee! Got good flight times and decent ticket prices, plus free bags since we are flying Southwest! Maybe I can pack my snoogle!
What I did at ~23 weeks when we traveled was bought a body pillow pillowcase (Target), and stuck 2 regular hotel pillows into it.
I pulled a huge muscle in my neck and want to die. I keep reading about the stupid risks of Advil in third tri, so I don't feel comfortable taking them. I'd kill for some vicodin.
namasteak I would LOVE a Lifetime Fitness membership! Unfortunately for us, it is far and $$. But it looks awesome!
It means a few sacrifices but I'm really hoping that a regular yoga practice will help me avoid PPD/PPA with #2. In the past I was able to get off Lexapro with a 3-4 time a week practice so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
We have guest passes so you will have to come down to visit
I really think a regular yoga & meditation practice played a role in helping me avoid PPD with DD2. There were other factors--like the meds and therapy I did when I had PPD with DD1, being an experienced mom instead of a first timer learning everything from scratch, having an easier baby, and generally having more realistic expectations of my newborn--but the yoga was definitely part of it. I hope you have the same experience.
Speaking of yoga I had a great time in class with @kirkette tonight. It was so much fun to finally work out with my nestie fitness idol! <)
Scene...fav brunch place. 30 min wait...baby wakes from nap. Fussy and hungry. Tried to give her bottle. Not warm enough.DH takes some fruit he had on his plate (grapes) and smushes the inside out. Starts giving baby a taste of the juice and sneaking the bottle to get her to calm down. Being very careful and watching her very closely.. Baby not fussy anymore. As we get up to leave this lady was like I must tell you, looking at me, your baby is much to young for solids and feeding your baby grapes is even more dangerous. She says it loud and everyone turns around. I was mortified. My other daughter was there and so I had to keep my cool. I was like your not a very nice person and walked away.
Dh stays to explain that our daughter is small for age and the doc instructed us to give solids earlier. I cried all the way home.
End scene
"I must tell you, you are much too rude to be opening your mouth in public."
...is what I would think of to say later.
What a bitch. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I also have very small for age babies and started solids at 4 months per the ped's advice with DD1. A comment like this would have hurt me deeply at that time, especially with my PPD. Hugs.
mrssandro how old is your DD2? Her cute picture reminds me of my DD a year ago. She was always tiny for age too and I'm sorry that woman was so nosy and made those stupid comments.
Yoga to avoid PPD? I want to try this the next time. I am pretty sure I had PPD or something related last year after DD was born. Last year was mentally hell for me with the new baby and my job. Something has changed because this year is mostly so much better. Maybe because everyone got off my back about the baby and I pretty much control now where she goes and what she does? Constant sleep deprivation was probably part of it too. And others in my life are slowly stepping up to actually help me instead of just lecturing me and making me feel like crap. How DD and I survived, I don't know.
mrssandro, that is AWFUL. We got some seriously rude comments with our first because she was super tiny for her age, and I still remember six years later how much it upset me. That would have set me off. I'm so sorry.
Yoga has helped me with my depression so much. I feel like I was pulled out of a dark pit. It makes me so happy and makes me cry on a regular basis. No one ever talks about how emotional some poses can be!
mrssandro how old is your DD2? Her cute picture reminds me of my DD a year ago. She was always tiny for age too and I'm sorry that woman was so nosy and made those stupid comments.
Yoga to avoid PPD? I want to try this the next time. I am pretty sure I had PPD or something related last year after DD was born. Last year was mentally hell for me with the new baby and my job. Something has changed because this year is mostly so much better. Maybe because everyone got off my back about the baby and I pretty much control now where she goes and what she does? Constant sleep deprivation was probably part of it too. And others in my life are slowly stepping up to actually help me instead of just lecturing me and making me feel like crap. How DD and I survived, I don't know.
She is 5 months. Only 10 1/2 pounds. She steadily growing. Just had a rough begining.
I let that lady get in my head and I had crazy anxeity all night. I am taking a mental health day.