My parked car got hit in a restaurant parking lot. No witnesses. I already filed a police report. The damage is $1,200ish so I have to pay my $500 deductible. No, it's not waived. Progressive sucks. Can I take the restaurant to small claims court?
How often do you (general 'you' not OP) sterilize your baby bottles and pump parts?
Not often. I washed in hot soapy water daily, but only sterilized (using microwave steam bags) maybe once every few months.
Oh good! That's about where I'm at. I was reading Amazon reviews on something and people were talking about boiling and sterilizing daily, or even multiple times a day.
I am irrationality really annoyed that the tshirt I sent in for DD1 got mixed up and she ended up in someone else's dingy way too small old shirt. They decorated them individually so she's all excited about it and meanwhile I'm fuming my kid is up there looking like I sent in this shitty old shirt. I wrangled 3 kids in Michaels the week before Christmas to get that damn tshirt. I'm so pissed. I need to get over it.
I've been trying to keep it minimal. Maybe 5 toys total, 3 new books each and some clothes. Everyone just had birthdays so we already have a ton of new stuff our family sent.
mccallister84 Not much progress, but we're going back to lactation on Friday. Some days he just screams and refuses completely, and then like today he will latch and suck a little bit, but then quickly get frustrated at the speed. I'm really hoping lactation can help us.
I was ready to give up and just pump, but now I'm apparently having a lipase issue so keeping and storing milk is a whole other process added on.
mccallister84 Good luck to you! Did LC give you the shells to try for your nipples? Mine were also flat before DD1 and they helped until they came around after nursing for a bit.
DS was a preemie, and we had to work pretty hard at breastfeeding. We sort of always used a combo of breastfeeding for some sessions and pumped bottles for others. But once he got the hang of it, it was smooth sailing from there on out.
If you're having a little bit of trouble getting your letdown to start, then try pumping just a bit to get things going then put baby on. You could use a manual pump for this.
Hope that helps!
I tried this just now with my manual pump and it helped. Well, stinker still wouldn't latch, but I will keep doing this as a primer. Thank you!
One thing that may help you is to wear your baby when you aren't nursing. The NICU nurses swore by kangaroo care, and I found that it helped encourage me and feel like I was doing ok.
(((Hugs)))
He's at home. He's a month old now. We luckily didn't have any nicu time. I had been wearing him in the moby but this week he was not happy about it. I think he's big enough now to try out the Beco.
kershnic, Thanks for giving me hope! And for your kind words. When he started latching a few times it felt like success, but now we need to get past that hump. I'm glad to hear it can be done. I'm happy he's fed, so I'm trying not to stress over it too much either way, I just miss nursing more than I thought I would. And the bottle and pump washing is destroying my hands. I will keep trying for sure.
househunter, I think my sister actually used one of those with my nephew, That might help us get past the frustration of him waiting for let down. Thank you for the suggestion!
When we travelled last year I made some busy things for our 1 yo. Little clean plastic containers that I put glitter and pom poms in, and then layered stickers and different kinds of colored tape. She spent her time picking off all the tape to try to get the containers open.
Those gel window clings were good for my other daughter. And a DVD player for sure.
Has anyone here successfully been able to do this? DS was a month early and never successfully latched for more than a second at the hospital. We started him on bottles and I've been pumping ever since. I can get him to latch with the nipple shield about 1-2x a day where he'll actually nurse for a few minutes. But then he quits and gets frustrated so we go to the bottle. I don't want him to get too frustrated with it so I haven't been pushing it when he gets upset.
Lactation said I should be working with him for 30-40 minutes each time to get him to feed, but that's just not going to happen. He'd be a starving, inconsolable mess if I made him try that long. Also I have two other children so I can't focus on anything for 40 minutes.
I'm not ready to give up just yet, but its starting to feel hopeless. Any tips or anecdotal stories are appreciated!
chicago, This is what I had with my most recent pregnancy. Healthy baby boy is 3 weeks old now. But I had a major bleed (on my freaking birthday!) and an awful ER visit, followed by a rough pregnancy. The hematoma was huge, but resolved itself quickly. I followed with the MFM for the remainder of the pregnancy, mostly to track the baby for potential anemia because they found fetal blood cells in my amino, meaning he lost blood during the bleed too.
I'm happy to answer any questions you might have, here or by PM.
I would go through it now. There are probably things you can part with. I'd separate out gender neutral and/or white onesies, that way if you end up going for another and it's a girl it's easy to ditch the rest. A lot of it may be more worn than you remember, or you might not like it anymore.
We went to a charity event over the weekend and they had a play area for kids with a few hula hoops, and a variety of toss games, just using decorated buckets.
I would hope it would have my name separate from my husbands because we don't share a last name. But I've found more often than not it ends up being Mr and Mrs H Lastname. I wouldn't say it bothers me, but I'm always surprised people didn't bother to check.
Oh my, I'm so incredibly sorry. I know sorry is the most hollow word at a time like this. My father died when i was 9, my youngest sister was 4 months old at the time. I'm not sure how the heck my mother carried on, but she did, and amazingly so. You have the strength in you, even if it doesn't feel like it now.
My thoughts are with you and your family. Many, many hugs to you.
It took DD1 7 months or so after potty training to lose the night time pull up. She finally started waking up to pee in the middle of the night. She's always gone commando since then. Letting it breathe and all that.
H is not allowed to touch any laundry because he insists that bleach needs to go in every wash regardless of the color of the items. Our nice maroon sheets are now splotchy white and he insists it was not because of the bleach. And he refuses to use color safe bleach so he has been banned.
Wtf? Can you maybe give him a quick demonstration, maybe on a favorite tee of his, because dude, no.
Team deal breaker. As a SAHM I would be devastated if my H felt this way or heaven forbid had the nerve to say it. I would not be able to stick around with someone like that. I'm very thankful my H has always been grateful and respectful of my contributions. Even when I was making a paltry salary, he was always proud and supportive.
There would be a CTJ talk if I were you, and I'd be making plans to figure out my life without him. Its a team effort.