My kid and hair is such a battle I may have told her she was going to get a pixie cut next time we go to the salon.
She doesn't want it up, but then she complains about knots. When I do put it up, she pulls it out or wants to use the hair ties that fall out easily (and I would hide them, but that would be a whole other issue).
Basically I'm just over her and hair and having to do it every day. And I even try and let her pick styles from pinterest, but that lasts maybe 2 days.
Is this just because gestational diabetes can cause macrosomia? Is there any other reason? I had GD with #1 and it drove me nuts the number of things they would do/not do "because of GD," and no one could give me a good explanation of how my risk with well controlled GD meaningfully differed from someone who didn't have it.
I keep hoping for you that you'll go on your own, but either way you are almost done!!
Yeah--I guess large size and also placenta deteriorates faster. Basically every time I've asked there a 1% increase in some kind of risk (that's probably offset by the 1% increase in risk via c/s lol). The u/s tech said my baby "doesn't look like a GD baby". So poo on all of them. Apparently, they generally have big bellies and this baby does not. He's actually looking pretty petite.
Anyway---GD is stupid and I'm over it.
We'll see what happens. I am starting to lose my mucous plug I think...but they also stripped my membranes yesterday so it might just be that.
My body is probably planning on going into labor a few hours after my scheduled c/s.
I feel like giving birth just fucking sucks for a majority of women.
I *wanted* a second c-section. I didn't want to experience a vaginal birth after having had an emergency c/s the first time and I so badly wanted to be rested and calm for the second one (first labor took 27 hours before ending with c/s). I went into labor like 7 hours before I was scheduled and had to wait until my scheduled time. They wouldn't do an epidural, so I was crying and in a lot of pain with the contractions. I'm still mad about it two years later.
I hope you get the VBAC you're looking for. Birth was such a mindfuck for me both times.
Post by picksthemusic on Aug 13, 2019 13:59:23 GMT -5
DD was such a little butt this morning. She's almost 8, so her attitude is getting more and more stubborn. GAH. Basically, she refused to get ready and almost made us late this morning. She was just refusing to do what she was told, and saying, "Don't tell me what to do!!" I'm really trying to curb my yelling, which was SO hard to do when she was being defiant.
My kid and hair is such a battle I may have told her she was going to get a pixie cut next time we go to the salon.
She doesn't want it up, but then she complains about knots. When I do put it up, she pulls it out or wants to use the hair ties that fall out easily (and I would hide them, but that would be a whole other issue).
Basically I'm just over her and hair and having to do it every day. And I even try and let her pick styles from pinterest, but that lasts maybe 2 days.
My dd did get a pixie cut this past year (her choice, she loved how it looked short), but that did not stop ANY of the hair tantrums. Her hair is wavy, she still needed to spray her hair with water or detangler and comb it every morning and comb it again after shower at night, and she'd still complain of knots (although that wasn't as bad as when her hair was longer), but mainly she'd flip out because a piece of hair was not going or staying where she wanted it and she was just not happy about it. Plus she was mistaken for a boy a few times LOL.
I want to complain that I'm super uncomfortable. I posted this over on GP, but just to get more info, anyone use a support belt during pregnancy? I've been carrying low this whole pregnancy, but DD is sitting so damn low and heavy and I am so uncomfortable. So much pelvic pressure, strain, and pain. Anyone have a support belt or something they can recommend?
Yeah--I guess large size and also placenta deteriorates faster. Basically every time I've asked there a 1% increase in some kind of risk (that's probably offset by the 1% increase in risk via c/s lol). The u/s tech said my baby "doesn't look like a GD baby". So poo on all of them. Apparently, they generally have big bellies and this baby does not. He's actually looking pretty petite.
Anyway---GD is stupid and I'm over it.
We'll see what happens. I am starting to lose my mucous plug I think...but they also stripped my membranes yesterday so it might just be that.
My body is probably planning on going into labor a few hours after my scheduled c/s.
I feel like giving birth just fucking sucks for a majority of women.
I *wanted* a second c-section. I didn't want to experience a vaginal birth after having had an emergency c/s the first time and I so badly wanted to be rested and calm for the second one (first labor took 27 hours before ending with c/s). I went into labor like 7 hours before I was scheduled and had to wait until my scheduled time. They wouldn't do an epidural, so I was crying and in a lot of pain with the contractions. I'm still mad about it two years later.
I hope you get the VBAC you're looking for. Birth was such a mindfuck for me both times.
I agree. I'm sorry...this sounds like a nightmare. There's no reason why they should have made you wait for your scheduled time.
I should NOT be complaining about this because they watch my kid for free, but I am so irritated right now. I am super pregnant and emotional. I got P a tote bag with a tractor on it that says "Big Brother." Inside were some construction-type truck toys, still in the insert packaging. I put the toy sin the bag and it was a gift for him for when the baby comes. My mom just sends me a picture and he's clearly playing with them. My dad claims that he somehow got them from the middle of our dining room table by himself and he let him have them even though they were clearly still in the packaging.
I'm annoyed now that I have to come up with something else. But mostly he has been SO hard to parent lately and so moody that I'm pissed and fucking sad that I didn't get to see him when he got them, because he must have been so excited. I just wanted to have an enjoyable, fun moment with him.
Post by icedcoffee on Aug 13, 2019 15:03:21 GMT -5
Question....Say I show up for my c/s on Thursday. Is it unreasonable to ask the doctor to do a cervical check at that point to see if I've progressed enough for any sort of intervention? Am I a day late and a dollar short by that point? Too late to cancel a surgery that's been scheduled for weeks?
I've started losing my mucous plug and I know that doesn't mean jack shit, but...what if I show up for my c/s already like 4cm dilated and no knowledge of it. My last appt was Monday and they basically just said "See ya Thursday!".
Tagging pooh8402 for her professional L&D opinion.
I know I'm hanging by threads here. Feel free to tell me I'm nuts.
Question....Say I show up for my c/s on Thursday. Is it unreasonable to ask the doctor to do a cervical check at that point to see if I've progressed enough for any sort of intervention? Am I a day late and a dollar short by that point? Too late to cancel a surgery that's been scheduled for weeks?
I've started losing my mucous plug and I know that doesn't mean jack shit, but...what if I show up for my c/s already like 4cm dilated and no knowledge of it. My last appt was Monday and they basically just said "See ya Thursday!".
Tagging pooh8402 for her professional L&D opinion.
I know I'm hanging by threads here. Feel free to tell me I'm nuts.
I'd ask. They can't cut until you sign that consent form. What are they going to do if you refuse to sign and just leave if they won't check you?
Yeah--I guess large size and also placenta deteriorates faster. Basically every time I've asked there a 1% increase in some kind of risk (that's probably offset by the 1% increase in risk via c/s lol). The u/s tech said my baby "doesn't look like a GD baby". So poo on all of them. Apparently, they generally have big bellies and this baby does not. He's actually looking pretty petite.
Anyway---GD is stupid and I'm over it.
We'll see what happens. I am starting to lose my mucous plug I think...but they also stripped my membranes yesterday so it might just be that.
My body is probably planning on going into labor a few hours after my scheduled c/s.
I'm convinced nobody actually knows jack shit about this stuff. Yes, I know we're talking an n of 2 and anecdotes aren't data. But my friend had GD with both of her babies, but both wound up being under 7 pounds. I had very mild gestational hypertension and was told the risk was IUGR. I went on to have a nearly 9-pound baby and was diagnosed with cephalopelvic disproportion.
I agree. I feel like a lot of it is just these screenings that then define you as a patient. And I was fine with doing the GD diet even if maybe it wasn't really GD or whatever, but look at me as a whole patient when deciding what interventions you'll do. If the risks are large size and placenta deterioration then maybe you should....measure the baby and check the placenta and decide from there!
Post by simpsongal on Aug 13, 2019 15:13:51 GMT -5
noodleoo I don't recall your kids' ages but we had our first vacation as a family of 4 this year, kids were 2.5 and 5.5. It was ok - any vacations before that were a slog.
Probably not helpful, but when I need a break I just leave, direct the kids to dad, or start drinking heavily.
Question....Say I show up for my c/s on Thursday. Is it unreasonable to ask the doctor to do a cervical check at that point to see if I've progressed enough for any sort of intervention? Am I a day late and a dollar short by that point? Too late to cancel a surgery that's been scheduled for weeks?
I've started losing my mucous plug and I know that doesn't mean jack shit, but...what if I show up for my c/s already like 4cm dilated and no knowledge of it. My last appt was Monday and they basically just said "See ya Thursday!".
Tagging pooh8402 for her professional L&D opinion.
I know I'm hanging by threads here. Feel free to tell me I'm nuts.
I think it would be more than reasonable for you to ask if it's an option. I had a planned c/s because DD was breech, and my doctor offered to do an ultrasound when I checked in that morning just to verify that she hadn't flipped at the last second.
I know he didn't know, but come on. You probably could've connected the dots. I'm just sad. Our fun moments are a little few and far between right now with his attitude so I'm just sad. And super hormonal so I'm really, really weepy.
I know he didn't know, but come on. You probably could've connected the dots. I'm just sad. Our fun moments are a little few and far between right now with his attitude so I'm just sad. And super hormonal so I'm really, really weepy.
I totally hear you. DS and I have been really struggling as well. I'd be pissed if I tried to do something fun for him and someone ruined it.
This morning I told H that my goal is for the next 2 nights before my delivery to not yell at DS. That's how bad it's been.
I just wanted to have an enjoyable, fun moment with him.
I feel this so much with my DD, like I just need a good moment to hang onto when shit gets real (and it's real most of the time with her these days). It sucks so much to go to a bunch of effort and have somebody blow it on you. I'm sorry.
I'm convinced nobody actually knows jack shit about this stuff. Yes, I know we're talking an n of 2 and anecdotes aren't data. But my friend had GD with both of her babies, but both wound up being under 7 pounds. I had very mild gestational hypertension and was told the risk was IUGR. I went on to have a nearly 9-pound baby and was diagnosed with cephalopelvic disproportion.
I agree. I feel like a lot of it is just these screenings that then define you as a patient. And I was fine with doing the GD diet even if maybe it wasn't really GD or whatever, but look at me as a whole patient when deciding what interventions you'll do. If the risks are large size and placenta deterioration then maybe you should....measure the baby and check the placenta and decide from there!
Oh yeah, like I got Dx with gestational hypertension based on two readings, which is the clinical standard, but really? You don't think that like maybe a week of eating practically nothing but fast food while dealing with your FIL's funeral might be an aberration? And from then on, it's like, nope, you can't go a day over 40 weeks, we're so worried about IUGR even though your baby is measuring big and even though you have no other pre-e symptoms you're definitely going to develop pre-e you have to deliver NOW.
I know he didn't know, but come on. You probably could've connected the dots. I'm just sad. Our fun moments are a little few and far between right now with his attitude so I'm just sad. And super hormonal so I'm really, really weepy.
I totally hear you. DS and I have been really struggling as well. I'd be pissed if I tried to do something fun for him and someone ruined it.
This morning I told H that my goal is for the next 2 nights before my delivery to not yell at DS. That's how bad it's been.
I was commiserating about this with a friend of mine, whose kids are fairly close in age to mine. She told me she and her H deal with it by turning it into a competition. You get a point for each instance of yelling/losing your cool, with a low score "winner" at the end of each day. I don't know what the prize is (a drink?), but the approach appealed to my competitive streak, lol.
Question....Say I show up for my c/s on Thursday. Is it unreasonable to ask the doctor to do a cervical check at that point to see if I've progressed enough for any sort of intervention? Am I a day late and a dollar short by that point? Too late to cancel a surgery that's been scheduled for weeks?
I've started losing my mucous plug and I know that doesn't mean jack shit, but...what if I show up for my c/s already like 4cm dilated and no knowledge of it. My last appt was Monday and they basically just said "See ya Thursday!".
Tagging pooh8402 for her professional L&D opinion.
I know I'm hanging by threads here. Feel free to tell me I'm nuts.
You could ask for sure. Like harpy said, they can't do anything until you sign a consent.
As a nurse, I would be fine with a patient requesting a final cervical check before a c/s. And if she gets to labor because she stood up for herself, then more power to her.
Is this just because gestational diabetes can cause macrosomia? Is there any other reason? I had GD with #1 and it drove me nuts the number of things they would do/not do "because of GD," and no one could give me a good explanation of how my risk with well controlled GD meaningfully differed from someone who didn't have it.
I keep hoping for you that you'll go on your own, but either way you are almost done!!
Yeah--I guess large size and also placenta deteriorates faster. Basically every time I've asked there a 1% increase in some kind of risk (that's probably offset by the 1% increase in risk via c/s lol). The u/s tech said my baby "doesn't look like a GD baby". So poo on all of them. Apparently, they generally have big bellies and this baby does not. He's actually looking pretty petite.
Anyway---GD is stupid and I'm over it.
We'll see what happens. I am starting to lose my mucous plug I think...but they also stripped my membranes yesterday so it might just be that.
My body is probably planning on going into labor a few hours after my scheduled c/s.
I already shared my story with you, but, when they hooked me up to the monitor while I waited to digest my breakfast and go in for my you-need-it-now c-section, I was having intense, regular contractions. He had about 3 hours for those to amount to anything. Got me nowhere.
I have made a lot of progress in therapy, but I am still just really in a shitty place as far as being OK with a future C-section. I really really want to have another baby, and I still just really really do not want another C-section. Everybody is always like, "Scheduled C-sections are so much easier!" Well, yeah, people can fuck right off because I have a history of not recovering well from surgery and I don't think it's unreasonable to not want my abdomen cut open.
I also just read about a woman who was diagnosed with pre-e during her pregnancy due to protein in her urine. It didn't resolve after birth, and a kidney specialist told her to lose weight. She got a second opinion, and oh yeah, she had fucking CANCER. So this is not helping my anxiety that medical professionals provide subpar care to fat people. I am told that I am not a good candidate for VBAC in part due to being fat, but nobody seems to know why fat women are more likely to have C-sections. Why would I have a better chance of successful VBAC if I lost a lot of weight? I'm convinced it's because doctors don't believe we can have vaginal deliveries.
Are you into "horrible first experience with scheduled c-section due to hemorrhage and much better recovery experience with unplanned second c-section after spending 41 weeks believing I would have a VBAC" anecdotes? It includes a fat patient, attentive nursing staff and different care directives due to previous hemorrhage history, comparison to slasher films, and jokes.
If you're not into that, I just want to say I was very afraid to have a second c-section, and I'm sorry you have that same, intense fear.
I have made a lot of progress in therapy, but I am still just really in a shitty place as far as being OK with a future C-section. I really really want to have another baby, and I still just really really do not want another C-section. Everybody is always like, "Scheduled C-sections are so much easier!" Well, yeah, people can fuck right off because I have a history of not recovering well from surgery and I don't think it's unreasonable to not want my abdomen cut open.
I also just read about a woman who was diagnosed with pre-e during her pregnancy due to protein in her urine. It didn't resolve after birth, and a kidney specialist told her to lose weight. She got a second opinion, and oh yeah, she had fucking CANCER. So this is not helping my anxiety that medical professionals provide subpar care to fat people. I am told that I am not a good candidate for VBAC in part due to being fat, but nobody seems to know why fat women are more likely to have C-sections. Why would I have a better chance of successful VBAC if I lost a lot of weight? I'm convinced it's because doctors don't believe we can have vaginal deliveries.
Are you into "horrible first experience with scheduled c-section due to hemorrhage and much better recovery experience with unplanned second c-section after spending 41 weeks believing I would have a VBAC" anecdotes? It includes a fat patient, attentive nursing staff and different care directives due to previous hemorrhage history, comparison to slasher films, and jokes.
If you're not into that, I just want to say I was very afraid to have a second c-section, and I'm sorry you have that same, intense fear.
Sure, go for it.
I am not sure intense FEAR is the right word. I have intense DO NOT WANT. I'm sure a scheduled C-section would be better than the hell I went through. But I just have a shit track record of surgical recovery. Every surgery I've ever had has had a much more difficult recovery than most people I know who had the same surgery. I just don't want to deal with another surgical recovery.
I should NOT be complaining about this because they watch my kid for free, but I am so irritated right now. I am super pregnant and emotional. I got P a tote bag with a tractor on it that says "Big Brother." Inside were some construction-type truck toys, still in the insert packaging. I put the toy sin the bag and it was a gift for him for when the baby comes. My mom just sends me a picture and he's clearly playing with them. My dad claims that he somehow got them from the middle of our dining room table by himself and he let him have them even though they were clearly still in the packaging.
I'm annoyed now that I have to come up with something else. But mostly he has been SO hard to parent lately and so moody that I'm pissed and fucking sad that I didn't get to see him when he got them, because he must have been so excited. I just wanted to have an enjoyable, fun moment with him.
If you're looking for something else that he'd like, if trucks are his thing, maybe get a big bruder vehicle? They sell them at TJ Maxx and Marshalls for much cheaper, they are big and exciting for any vehicle lovers, and my 10 year old still plays with his from when he was a toddler occasionally. It was one toy that definitely grew with him and he and dd would play really creative games with them together.
Still sorry they gave your special bag and toys to him early though, that stinks!
Are you into "horrible first experience with scheduled c-section due to hemorrhage and much better recovery experience with unplanned second c-section after spending 41 weeks believing I would have a VBAC" anecdotes? It includes a fat patient, attentive nursing staff and different care directives due to previous hemorrhage history, comparison to slasher films, and jokes.
If you're not into that, I just want to say I was very afraid to have a second c-section, and I'm sorry you have that same, intense fear.
Sure, go for it.
I am not sure intense FEAR is the right word. I have intense DO NOT WANT. I'm sure a scheduled C-section would be better than the hell I went through. But I just have a shit track record of surgical recovery. Every surgery I've ever had has had a much more difficult recovery than most people I know who had the same surgery. I just don't want to deal with another surgical recovery.
So, I had 2 really different experiences, but, recovery-wise, I will say that if you avoid a hemorrhage, it's much, much easier (in my obviously SCIENTIFIC ANECDOTES). Still a c-section. Still terribly painful (I was never one that was like, "Oh, I just took 1 tylenol after I got home and never touched my pain medication!), but for the c-section I didn't need transfusions for afterward, I felt much, much more human and much more able to get up and around quicker.
For my first, it was scheduled. DD was breech. I was (still am) a fat patient the duration of my pregnancy. Did some extra GD testing, but never had any complications beyond my doctor doing some "just in case, because you're fat" extra monitoring. She discouraged me from a version because I was a first-time mom, had lower fluid, and baby's position was a complicated flip. Everything was super peaceful at the hospital, I was first on the day, got through the actual birthing process, and hemorrhaged. My BP was like a deflating balloon, people rushed the room, I really don't remember much. They pulled me back from the brink, I got 4 units of blood, recovery was fucking godawful. Every step was a marathon, my incision was incredibly painful, I was so pumped full of fluid I was the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. My whole leave time was just recovering. I couldn't stand up, I couldn't lay down, I cried daily. It was awful.
When I got pregnant with my DS, still fat and went and gained an additional 60lbs during pregnancy, my doctor said I was a good candidate for VBAC, but ran my numbers through whatever the percentage success predictor thing is, and I was low. She didn't really know why - I'm 33, hadn't had a TOL, it was just my weight driving the number down. She paid it no mind. I had regular monitoring throughout my pregnancy. She let me go almost week overdue. I went in for a checkup and my BP was creeping up and my fluid was creeping down. We had a heart-to-heart: I was not dilated. She was willing to see if she could try a foley bulb/low dose of pitocin, but that she was afraid the TOL would fail and I would be left physically/mentally exhausted and still have to go through with a c-section. She said, "I can't and won't tell you no if you want to try an induction." I never once felt pressured to have a c-section, so I was thankful to be in a VBAC-supportive environment. I asked her what she would do - she said factoring in my desire for no further children and wanting a sterilization procedure done, along with no progress a week overdue, she would choose a c-section.
I cried. I was scared I was going to die this time. I did not want a c-section. I didn't want what happened to me last time to happen again. I didn't want the horrible recovery. But the unknown of labor and the potential to fail overwhelmed me. I agreed to the c-section.
I won't pretend like it went well. The c-section itself was a fucking circus. My doctor and I went from joking and laughing with each other at one moment, to her frantically calling for emergency help - they could not get my son out. More doctors came running in, there was one basically standing on my abdomen, a vacuum assist failed. At one point I said I felt sick, and the anesthesiologist turned my head toward a vomit bowl right as a spray of my blood shot across the curtain like a slasher film. At that point, I had the wherewithal to turn to my husband and say, "Please tell DD I love her," and waited to be put under general anesthesia and never wake up again. My poor DS had an initial apgar of 3. It was alligator wrestling at its finest. But! beat up though we were (poor kid looked like he'd lost a boxing match and I felt like I'd been hit by a train), I didn't hemorrhage because they knew my history. There were different directives in place, right down to the needle size, that kept me from bleeding so much and had the hospital staff prepared in case bleeding started. I also had different pain medication this time around - I had a poor reaction to some narcotics, so my pain management was very different. I literally laughed at the nurse who hung the first bag of Tylenol and was like, "Excuse me, ma'am, but this is a fucking hospital. Where are the drugs?", but in combination with other meds, I felt good and not a loopy, sick mess. My recovery was so much better. I was walking DD to the bus stop the day after I got home. You know, slowly and sucking a lot of air through my teeth, but still out and about. The only difference was that hemorrhage. I'm convinced it made all the difference in my poor recovery.
So, I feel like I understand at least some of your feelings. If you get to a place where you think you can go for it again, I hope my story will bolster that "c-sections are shitty, but maybe this one won't be so shitty" vote of confidence. And, I'll hope for your VBAC, because someone has *got* to fall on the successful side of the percentiles, and it might as well be you!
Yeah--I guess large size and also placenta deteriorates faster. Basically every time I've asked there a 1% increase in some kind of risk (that's probably offset by the 1% increase in risk via c/s lol). The u/s tech said my baby "doesn't look like a GD baby". So poo on all of them. Apparently, they generally have big bellies and this baby does not. He's actually looking pretty petite.
Anyway---GD is stupid and I'm over it.
We'll see what happens. I am starting to lose my mucous plug I think...but they also stripped my membranes yesterday so it might just be that.
My body is probably planning on going into labor a few hours after my scheduled c/s.
I feel like giving birth just fucking sucks for a majority of women.
I *wanted* a second c-section. I didn't want to experience a vaginal birth after having had an emergency c/s the first time and I so badly wanted to be rested and calm for the second one (first labor took 27 hours before ending with c/s). I went into labor like 7 hours before I was scheduled and had to wait until my scheduled time. They wouldn't do an epidural, so I was crying and in a lot of pain with the contractions. I'm still mad about it two years later.
I hope you get the VBAC you're looking for. Birth was such a mindfuck for me both times.
This happened to my sister with her second kid. She had an emergency c-section with her first and a planned one for her second. The night before the date, she went into labor. She was up all night with intense contractions and vomiting. The doctors were like “oh, cool” when she showed up the next day. It didn’t speed anyone or anything up so she was miserable. She does wish she had been checked before the surgery because she wanted to know how dilated she made it and if the section was even worth it.
Wow, @poneybaloney, that’s quite the story. I hemorrhaged during my c-section and nearly had an emergency hysterectomy. Somehow I never wound up getting a transfusion. But I don’t remember the first hours of my daughter’s life at all, and the whole experience was awful. I have a list of nurses (read: every single one who cared for me) who are not allowed to so much as enter my room for a second birth. Fuck those bitches. I’m working in therapy on not letting the anger consume me, but I don’t think I’ll truly ever get over the terrible care they provided me.
My kid and hair is such a battle I may have told her she was going to get a pixie cut next time we go to the salon.
She doesn't want it up, but then she complains about knots. When I do put it up, she pulls it out or wants to use the hair ties that fall out easily (and I would hide them, but that would be a whole other issue).
Basically I'm just over her and hair and having to do it every day. And I even try and let her pick styles from pinterest, but that lasts maybe 2 days.
I'm frustrated with DD2's hair right now too. After a long period of complaining every time I touched her hair, she's now started insisting on French braids. Her hair is curly and would stay in braids 2-3 days, except that she always pulls them out overnight. And then throws a fit when I do her hair in pigtails instead of re-braiding it, because our mornings are rushed enough already without adding in daily French braiding.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Aug 13, 2019 18:11:11 GMT -5
I totally get you, @angryharpy. Bright side - nurse turnover seems pretty high, so maybe none of them will be there if you go for a second? I felt like I ran into the same problems you mentioned the first time around, but I had really never been in a medical situation before, and did not realize just how much advocating I needed to do for myself. I was really clear with the staff the next time around and told them the facts - I hemorrhaged, I am scared, I do not naturally vocalize when I feel bad, so I will try my best to do so, but please push the issue, please keep me on a pain medication schedule, etc.
It really was a night-and-day experience. In many ways, I think the bad stuff helped empower me to have a good experience the second time.
Today was my first day back to work after having the summer off. DS woke up around 6:30, and was babbling happily in his crib (not unusual). Then he started calling out his babysitter's name, which I thought was adorable, but didn't go get him because he was still happy. Then he got quiet, which I took to mean he fell back asleep (also not unusual). I went in to get him at 7, and not only was he not sleeping, but he had pooped and was painting with it *barf*. So I get him cleaned up and out the door and to in-service on time. Pick him up, and as we're driving home, he shoves his fingers so far down his throat that he throws up! There was a lot of laundry to be done today. Thankfully, H got the poop paint laundry done in the am/over lunch, so I was able to get the puke laundry done when we got home. I am so over bodily fluids...