Thanks kdrake8carawestt and imimahoney . Last summer I was pregnant and nauseous and felt like I wasn't 100% the mom I wanted to be and now this. I think I need to just let go of some preconceived ideas about what makes me a "good" mom. Just like I had to do with Lily's sleep a few years ago. We are going to play a board game soon while he naps so that should be fun. I bought a clip board at the dollar store so she can color on the couch next to me, we can set stuff up on it too like her magic clip dolls.
Baby is still breech (frank breech, apparently) and the tech estimated her weight at 7lb 3oz. What?! Maybe she can't turn because she is HUGE.
Lily was breech (complete not frank) and she flipped the day I went into labor. Did they check your fluid levels? I think that has more of an impact than her size. I also do the Webster method at my chiropractor which I believe helped the most (also did spinning babies and acupuncture and the ironing board trick).
Baby is still breech (frank breech, apparently) and the tech estimated her weight at 7lb 3oz. What?! Maybe she can't turn because she is HUGE.
Caleb was the same way. Until week 36, he was sitting straight up so his head was popping out right under my sternum. Has your doctor talked about a version? You might consider spinning babies also. I don't know if that did it or he just flipped on his own, but I tried some and the morning of my version, he'd flipped around.
We cannot safely do a version because I have an anterior placenta. The placenta position might also be part of the reason she can't/hasn't turned. I did try some of the spinning babies stuff but it hasn't helped yet.
I'm at the beach, and I'm a bit irked that Carter just told me that I can't build a sand castle with him because "only boys can." I debated joining him anyway and proving that girls can build amazing castles, but I'm going to let my pride rest while I enjoy my sand and child-free blanket.
There is so much nasty seaweed today. Stupid storm surge.
Luke still won't nap in something besides my arms or carrier. While he's napping I can't do as much with Lil and she plays with the iPad a lot. I take it away when he's up but I feel guilty. What do you guys do if your baby naps like this? I don't know how to fix it. Plus he's been restless in his sleep the last few days and waking up squirming and crying during his nap and in the early morning , I think his tummy hurts or he has gas. I notice it happenes when I eat oatmeal for breakfast, is that even a thing!?
She is allergic to oats but never had gi symptoms. She gets hives, swelling, runny eyes and nose. She never seemed to have an issue if I ate it but I never looked for it.
ETA: We found out after she ate it herself. Allergist says she's anaphylactic and won't grow out of it.
Post by charmediamsure on Jun 30, 2015 15:43:15 GMT -5
OB's office called. We are going to schedule a c section at my appt on July 14. Since my OB is going to be on vacation the last 2 weeks of July (stellar timing) I will meet the OB who will deliver for her and we will pick a date for when I am 38 or 39 weeks. Meep! I'm almost at the finish line!
I just tried to get Ada to take a picture for bootd. She refused and told me "my life is not for taking pictures of my shirt". Lol so I guess I won't have an outfit picture today.
I saw a mom today at the mall with 4 year old twin girls and 2 year old twins boys. They were little redheads and I thought of jnoellee. This mom didn't even have a stroller and they all walked together so nicely while I chased Brady down and wore A.
Post by monkeybabe on Jun 30, 2015 17:25:01 GMT -5
Zoe's not allowed to talk to MIL on the phone until after we go visit. I'm so glad my MIL is more of a chat or text person, and not a caller. Zoe's called my mom twice, using the speed dial function on my phone. She knows the "M" is the one that means Grandma. Anyways, both times, the conversation went like this:
Hello? HI GRANDMA Heeeey Zoe! MAMA HAS A BABY IN HER BELLY
I saw a mom today at the mall with 4 year old twin girls and 2 year old twins boys. They were little redheads and I thought of jnoellee. This mom didn't even have a stroller and they all walked together so nicely while I chased Brady down and wore A.
Lol! Mine would not be walking like that. I wonder what tricks she had up her sleeve!
People do love to see me walking down the street when I drop Elias off at preschool. I have the double stroller with Elias on the glider board. I guess when number 4 comes I'll have one strapped to my chest as well!
I know I've talked about this before, but I'm so tired of being tired. Every night, it's the same thing: Caleb sleeps in his own bed until anywhere between 10:30 and 2 (usually between 10:30 and midnight), when he wakes up and insists on sleeping in our bed. Rarely, I'm able to convince him to go back to sleep in his bed, but he always wakes up again at most a few hours later.
When he gets to our bed, sometimes it's a peaceful night, but most of the time I end up being woken up by him rolling into me, kicking me, asking for his water, etc.
When we got back from Florida, I decided to try something. I told him if he wanted his pacifier, he had to stay in his bed. I figured, I'd break him of one bad habit or the other. Well, it didn't go the way I wanted, and now he'll cheerfully toss his pacifier on his bed to get into ours.
Last night was just awful. He woke up before 10:30, wouldn't stay asleep in his bed, so Dh brought him in. He was restless for the next several hours, until 4, when he decided he wanted his pacifier. He agreed to go back to his bed, and seemed to be asleep. Twenty minutes later, he was up again, insisting on me and his pacifier (DH went in). I told DH to forget it and let him come in. At 5, Caleb was awake crying for a sandwich and insisting it was time to get up.
Poor Dh had to be up by 6. I'm able to sleep in a bit, but I have no idea what to do about this all. At what point does, "He'll grow out of it" actually happen?
Is Caleb in a toddler bed or bigger? We had been co-sleeping with G for so long by the time we moved last summer that it was a hard habit to break and wasn't worth the hassle for a long time. I loved the toddler cuddles, but I ended up on the edge and didn't sleep well. What ended up working for us was a very gradual transition. We told him he couldn't sleep in the bed, but he could sleep on his crib mattress next to our bed. He didn't feel as separated from us and I got more sleep. After a while we tried naps in his room and then finally took the plunge. Trust me, it was a positively glacial transition and he still has days where he asks to sleep with us. Would C go for setup like that?
We went out to dinner tonight and I got a salad, and I ate about half of it before I saw what I swore was a dead green bug in my salad. I gasped and everyone was trying to figure our if it really was and the waitress ran over...I was halfway out of my seat to the bathroom before they all said, "it's a soybean!" It was too late, my stomach had already made up its mind I was really embarrassed. I SWEAR it looked like it had legs that was moving.
ETA: they all looked at it and swore it was a soybean...but I looked through the entire menu just now and there is no such ingredient in there! I'm telling you- it was a bug!!!
Ewww what restaurant? You're near me right now right? I don't want to go to the bug restaurant!
Post by monkeybabe on Jun 30, 2015 19:29:57 GMT -5
Patrick said is this one's a boy, we'll ask his mom if she likes Maxwell or Luca better, when we go visit. I will shamelessly allow her to call my potential boy Lukey if she wants, since Great Big Sea's song by that name is one of her favorites, if she'll be on my side.
It takes william so long to fall asleep since I stopped nursing him. Tonight I had my phone so I took a video of my singing a song then just replayed it over and over for him. Genius idea! Easier than singing to him for 30 minutes straight
I know I've talked about this before, but I'm so tired of being tired. Every night, it's the same thing: Caleb sleeps in his own bed until anywhere between 10:30 and 2 (usually between 10:30 and midnight), when he wakes up and insists on sleeping in our bed. Rarely, I'm able to convince him to go back to sleep in his bed, but he always wakes up again at most a few hours later.
When he gets to our bed, sometimes it's a peaceful night, but most of the time I end up being woken up by him rolling into me, kicking me, asking for his water, etc.
When we got back from Florida, I decided to try something. I told him if he wanted his pacifier, he had to stay in his bed. I figured, I'd break him of one bad habit or the other. Well, it didn't go the way I wanted, and now he'll cheerfully toss his pacifier on his bed to get into ours.
Last night was just awful. He woke up before 10:30, wouldn't stay asleep in his bed, so Dh brought him in. He was restless for the next several hours, until 4, when he decided he wanted his pacifier. He agreed to go back to his bed, and seemed to be asleep. Twenty minutes later, he was up again, insisting on me and his pacifier (DH went in). I told DH to forget it and let him come in. At 5, Caleb was awake crying for a sandwich and insisting it was time to get up.
Poor Dh had to be up by 6. I'm able to sleep in a bit, but I have no idea what to do about this all. At what point does, "He'll grow out of it" actually happen?
Is Caleb in a toddler bed or bigger? We had been co-sleeping with G for so long by the time we moved last summer that it was a hard habit to break and wasn't worth the hassle for a long time. I loved the toddler cuddles, but I ended up on the edge and didn't sleep well. What ended up working for us was a very gradual transition. We told him he couldn't sleep in the bed, but he could sleep on his crib mattress next to our bed. He didn't feel as separated from us and I got more sleep. After a while we tried naps in his room and then finally took the plunge. Trust me, it was a positively glacial transition and he still has days where he asks to sleep with us. Would C go for setup like that?
He's in a toddler bed. I've wondered if a bigger bed would work, but there's no space in his room for one and I'm not willing to take the expense on a chance.
For the first two years of his life, he was sleeping in our room, in his own bed, so we kind of started out with that setup and it led to this.