1. Weird question: When do birth certificates arrive? I can't for the life of me remember if we received my baby's birth certificate. If I need to get another copy, where do I go/who do I call?
This varies by state. Here in VA you are not given a birth certificate at the hospital, nor is one sent to you. You have to request and pay for one through the County Clerk's office. It was a huge PITA. Multiple forms, fees, it was really annoying. I'm glad I did it though, I unexpectedly needed his birth certificate today actually!
Ditto. DS was born the end of February and it was COLD. He slept in a cotton footed sleeper with a Miracle Blanket (swaddle). We kept the house at 72 degrees so obviously it's not cold indoors. He wore the sleeper 24/7 really. When we went somewhere via car, I buckled him in and put a blanket over him, or a shower cap style cover. NO heavy coats under the car seat straps!
Thank you both! I saw on a car seat site to layer a tank top onesie, long sleeved onesie, top, sweater, leggings, pants, hat and then use two blankets over the car seat. I think I would be sweating buckets with all that even if it was freezing!!
Good lord no! That's way too many layers. DS was always fine in a footed sleeper, blanket, and hat. I mean, he's going from a heated house to an already-warmed up car, or cars warm up pretty quickly.
DS has diaper leaks almost every night. It's driving me crazy because it makes wakeups 10x worse. He's large for 8mos and I've tried putting on a size 4 (during the day he wears 3s) with the same results. We are using Pampers Cruisers and I'm changing him during the night - sometimes he leaks within 3-4 hours. Suggestions?
Huggies Overnights a size up. So size 4. DS was a super heavy wetter very early on, Huggies overnights are the way to go.
DS has diaper leaks almost every night. It's driving me crazy because it makes wakeups 10x worse. He's large for 8mos and I've tried putting on a size 4 (during the day he wears 3s) with the same results. We are using Pampers Cruisers and I'm changing him during the night - sometimes he leaks within 3-4 hours. Suggestions?
Huggies overnights. We've had to size up TWO sizes, lol. So, regular 3 during the day, overnight 5 at night, lol.
1. My 4.5mo is holding his own bottles and re-paci-ing himself. Normal or twy sentwa?
2. I'm cleaning bottles nightly, rotating between two sets every other day, and the nipples are looking foggy. Should I boil them or normal or new nips needed?
2. Have you used the Medela no scrub soap? We turn the nipples inside out and soak them and then run your hand over them. They don't look foggy. (We use dr brown bottles). I still scrub the bottles with that soap but it takes off all the breast milk residue so much better then regular soap. (We used dapple before the medela soap)
1. Weird question: When do birth certificates arrive? I can't for the life of me remember if we received my baby's birth certificate. If I need to get another copy, where do I go/who do I call?
2. My baby weight loss has plateaued and I'm eating like a truck driver. I have about 10-15 pounds to go. Is this because I'm breast-feeding? Will my appetite go back to normal and will the weight fall off when I wean? PLEASE SAY YES.
Our hospital gave us the paperwork to request a copy. You had to pay and mail it in.
I'm still EPing at 9 mos and eat all.the.time. I hope it stops when I wean.
DS has diaper leaks almost every night. It's driving me crazy because it makes wakeups 10x worse. He's large for 8mos and I've tried putting on a size 4 (during the day he wears 3s) with the same results. We are using Pampers Cruisers and I'm changing him during the night - sometimes he leaks within 3-4 hours. Suggestions?
We had to size up in overnight diapers and layer a regular diaper over that for a few months with DD. Luckily, she eventually grew out of her super pee phase.
DS has diaper leaks almost every night. It's driving me crazy because it makes wakeups 10x worse. He's large for 8mos and I've tried putting on a size 4 (during the day he wears 3s) with the same results. We are using Pampers Cruisers and I'm changing him during the night - sometimes he leaks within 3-4 hours. Suggestions?
Overnight diapers.
For some reason I thought the Cruisers *were* overnights, or as close as Pampers got. Sigh.
1. My 4.5mo is holding his own bottles and re-paci-ing himself. Normal or twy sentwa?
2. I'm cleaning bottles nightly, rotating between two sets every other day, and the nipples are looking foggy. Should I boil them or normal or new nips needed?
DS has diaper leaks almost every night. It's driving me crazy because it makes wakeups 10x worse. He's large for 8mos and I've tried putting on a size 4 (during the day he wears 3s) with the same results. We are using Pampers Cruisers and I'm changing him during the night - sometimes he leaks within 3-4 hours. Suggestions?
My newborn (born in November) slept in a sleeper with nothing under it and a Halo sleep sack swaddle. During the day she was normally in a long sleeve onesie with a short sleeve onesie over top, pants, and socks.
We actually went out almost daily. I had the JJ Cole shower cap style car seat cover, and put a hat on her to go outside. If it was below freezing I added a blanket or two on top of the straps but below the cover.
Does baby food actually expire? One of my fiancés coworkers gave us a huge bag of jarred food when DD was born that their son hadn't eaten. We just remembered we had it, and the majority of it has "best by" dates of May-July 2015.
Leo will be starting daycare for the first time in two weeks. Any general tips about what to send? They didn't give much direction.
Can't see how old
At daycare my 2.5y/o has: 3 full changes of clothes (newly potty trained-used to have just one) One pair of shoes (again, added recently in case of a major pee) Snuggly blanket for napping Sunscreen for playing outside Pkg of wipes because toilet paper doesn't cut it for poop wiping
At daycare my infant has: 4 onesies (huge spitter) 1 pair pants and socks 2 4oz bags of breast milk in freezer in case they spill or she is extra hungry Diapers and wipes If she has a diaper rash we send cream but don't keep any there
I notice some other infants have paci and sleep sack for napping.
Cuz I have 2. 1) We are having DS1's daycare teacher babysit Sat night cuz we have a concert and our nanny can't do it. It will be from 4-11/12. Would you have dinner there? Order pizza? Tell her there ckn nuggets in the freezer? 2) Ds2's bday is in a couple weeks. Favors are a big deal around here. Typically $5-10. We are doing a dump truck theme. Any ideas for favors? We will have have about 20-25 kids from babies-about 8yos.
They have those cute fork and spoon sets that look like dump trucks and bulldozers? Construction vest and a hard hat..
Cuz I have 2. 1) We are having DS1's daycare teacher babysit Sat night cuz we have a concert and our nanny can't do it. It will be from 4-11/12. Would you have dinner there? Order pizza? Tell her there ckn nuggets in the freezer? 2) Ds2's bday is in a couple weeks. Favors are a big deal around here. Typically $5-10. We are doing a dump truck theme. Any ideas for favors? We will have have about 20-25 kids from babies-about 8yos.
They have those cute fork and spoon sets that look like dump trucks and bulldozers? Construction vest and a hard hat..
loskadoodle don't get those fork & spoon sets, they're POS. I got them for DS and they broke after just a few uses. Worthless.
DS has diaper leaks almost every night. It's driving me crazy because it makes wakeups 10x worse. He's large for 8mos and I've tried putting on a size 4 (during the day he wears 3s) with the same results. We are using Pampers Cruisers and I'm changing him during the night - sometimes he leaks within 3-4 hours. Suggestions?
Huggies overnight in a size up. I dint typically like Huggies but their overnights are the best
PSB's last day of camp is tomorrow. She especially enjoyed and talked about 5-6 kids in her class. Should I leave a note with my contact info and let them know how much she enjoyed them and ask them to contact me if they want to get together? If so, should I leave one for all the kids or just the ones she talked about?
Just give them to the kids she talked about. Have her give the notes to the counselor and ask the counselor to give them to the kids (or write a note asking this). The counselors should do it discreetly.
Does baby food actually expire? One of my fiancés coworkers gave us a huge bag of jarred food when DD was born that their son hadn't eaten. We just remembered we had it, and the majority of it has "best by" dates of May-July 2015.
smell it first, but i'm sure it's fine. "best by" doesn't mean it turns toxic a day later
Anyone care to share their stories of cervical status and when they went into labor? 36 weeks, 5 days today and I am 60% effaced, but only fingertip dilated. I know you can be a few cm dilated and still not going into labor for weeks, but what about effacement? Just curious if anyone else remembers from their pregnancies!
I was 3cm/70% at 36 weeks. I was 5/80% at 38+4, delivered the next day. I think I had an irritable cervix because I started contracting about 12 hours after my cervical check, unless my OB swept membranes and I wasn't aware. I also started contracting some after my first cervical check at 36 weeks.
Anyone have a great, go-to gift for a 1 year old baby girl???
My DD loves mega blocks, her shape sorter cube, play food and kitchen, crawling tunnel, books (Moo Ba La,La,La is a huge favorite), kid size broom and dust pan set. She is 15 months.