We bought it on craigslist for $100. It's a twin, solid wood, with the long rails on both sides. They still sell it and I think with the rails it's almost $900 or something. It was purple so we painted it. I have nothing for Fiona. We're nowhere near ready to move her now. Ds isn't even in his bed yet. Here's a pic I just took after painting. The rails aren't tightened
She made a HUGE improvement after her last trip to the ER, so we kept her appt for yesterday. We were debating even cancelling it because some days she seemed totally normal. The pulmonologist said she likely has laryngomalacia, which is basically a floppy airway. Linus had it and outgrew it quickly and it never caused any problems other than a bizarre high pitched rattly breathing. She said she should outgrow it eventually. She said also that being a large baby (i.e. she's roly poly and has a couple chins) could also literally be causing problems. She said it's not necessarily something WRONG, just basically an anatomy issue. She said she's particularly floppy (her body, not just her airway). She said it could be that she's so large- 13.5 lbs at 5 weeks, that it's a lot for her body to handle in conjunction with her airway. Plus, with her drinking insane amounts she said she is probably literally crowding her lungs if her stomach is so full. So basically if she gets worse at all we have their direct number so we won't have to go through all of this again. It's nice to hear some actual reasons though. Thanks so much for everyone's thoughts and checking in with us.
Here's some sibling love pics for making it through. They are in loooooove and take their new role very seriously.
Give her to meeeeeeeeee! I die at the chubs. How has her breathing been B?
lol, chubby babies are so cuddly. I'm c&p'ing since I'm eating and nursing and typing 1 handed.
Her breathing got a lot better like overnight. It seems like that last time we took her to the er when it was really fast and then slowing down was when it started getting better. It's still not normal, but the pedi agreed at her 1m that it wasn't anything like before. Her appt is tomorrow so they'd better get these roads cleared.
Thanks everyone. I think the thing is that we started noticing it more the more he's around other kids. Boys too. It seems like he scares the girls off because at the museum he always find the little boys. But even they sometimes just stop and stand there and stare lol. I know Fiona is very sensitive, but he scares her. They'll be running around together having fun, then he takes it to the next level and she'll stand there shaking and crying and come hide behind me.
Thanks everyone. She's hilarious. She's turning into such a ham already. She is just full of smiles. I'm not going to lie- I cried a few days ago when I went to get her up for the morning and she turned and cooed with a giant smile. Fiona was never a smiley baby so I missed it.
I feel bad posting this, but sometimes I worry about Linus. He is freaking hilarious as hell, but he is sooooo hyper. I mean all.day.long. He'd already started at this age and Fiona's nowhere near like he is. My mom said none of us 3 sisters acted anything like that either. We just moved from the country and didn't have many play groups or other kids to hang out with, but we would try and get to the museum/zoo a lot and he loved interacting with other kids. But it gets really awkward because the other parents a lot of time just kind of stared and laughed (nicely) at him. Like he will ALWAYS steal the show- running, screaming, laughing like a maniac. He just seems soooo much more hyper (I'm putting that nicely, sometimes he verges in maniacal the way he acts lol). He's starting preschool in August and I find myself getting really self conscious that this isn't normal. I mean, I haven't been around other kids much, but even dh agrees that based on everyone else's reactions to him when he has been that he's a bit over the top. I see preschool pics of them all sitting nicely and doing crafts, listening to a story and have a hard time believing he'll chill out in a structured environment.
If I let her sleep as long as she wanted (when one kid wakes up I get both big kids up) it would be 14 a night probably. But they both usually sleep 12 a night and a 2 hr nap. She's usually sleeping when I wake her up from her nap and would prob do 3 hrs. Linus wears her out...
Last weight was 13 lbs I think a little over a week ago. She's grown since then but I don't have a scale. Id guess she gained a pound since.
I think something about her is weirdly shaped, like maybe her torso's long? Because some brands 3-6 still fits her. Although I bought circo 3-6m sleepers the same time as Carter's 9m and they were the same size. Because I had her in 3m, they were too tight, moved her to 6m and didn't notice hardly a change at all!! The arms and upper body got looser but there still wasn't enough crotch room. Kind of the same with diapers. She's been in 2's for a bit, but I felt like as soon as I out her in them there wasn't enough room. The waist has plenty but I feel like they're just too short or something.
Her breathing got a lot better like overnight. It seems like that last time we took her to the er when it was really fast and then slowing down was when it started getting better. It's still not normal, but the pedi agreed at her 1m that it wasn't anything like before. Her appt is tomorrow so they'd better get these roads cleared.
This is getting insane!! Granted, they were Carter's, which I think run smaller than some. Like some 3-6 fit her fine. But guys, there's really not a HUGE amount of room in them. She's a beast. I never expected her to be bigger than Linus. My back is killllling me. Like keeps spasming. We had to buy new bottles because we were using the little baby 4oz ones and had to keep refilling. She seriously drinks 40+oz every day. We try and hold her off and she absolutely shrieks. It's genuine hunger.
lol, I was just going to post this because she outgrew her 3 month sleepers so I put her in 6m, but there's not much room. So I hate to buy more because I know she's going to be in 9m soon. I shit you not.
Post by biblionerd on Feb 23, 2014 18:45:59 GMT -5
I'm awful about this. I was pretty prepared with Fiona, but honestly a lot of it was because she had all new clothes and I got to do the girly thing for her room. She didn't even use her nursery, but it was ready. Ruby on the other hand... sorry Ruby lol. Justin had to leave the hospital to go buy diapers, bottles, and formula. Woops. Her room hasn't been touched. I got the newborn clothes washed. She didn't even end up wearing them though so I had to dig out the 0-3. None of her cute crafty stuff is done either. I do feel guilty.
Post by biblionerd on Feb 23, 2014 18:38:20 GMT -5
No. I complained about this before. The only thing Fiona had going for her is that she was a girl so people got to do the girly thing after having Linus. But I'm not going to lie... I was really sad about it. Even after she was here I felt like it was different. With Linus everyone was coming over as much as they could, but it seems like the newness maybe had just worn off. MIL still prefers Linus obviously and it's sooooo frustrating. Don't even get me started about what it was like to have a third. "Oh, you're having a baby this week? I had no idea." MIL and FIL went out of town for 3 weeks right after Fiona was born and 7 weeks now after Ruby, so that shows you how excited they were about having a new grandchild... MIL would have cut off her right hand before she went out of town after Linus was born. This time nobody's hardly gotten her anything. It's not about the "stuff", just the acknowledgement I guess. We're a gift giving family honestly, so it's REALLY weird. My mother got her a RNP bassinet, which was awesome, and even she's shocked that nobody got anything. MIL got a couple sleepers. No cards, hospital flowers, etc. Everyone's just blah. My sisters live about 45 minutes away and one has seen her twice and the other has seen her once. BIL and SIL live 5 min also and came over once for a couple hours. My parents have to be begged to see her.
Post by biblionerd on Feb 23, 2014 18:29:27 GMT -5
We just got them each one of the little Circo target dolls as their own baby. They thought it was great. It was more of just a token though since it was so close to christmas. I have some gifts and toys put back to occupy them on harder days, but they're not from Ruby and we haven't even given them any yet.
Yes, I kind of hate where I live now and we pretty much only live here bc family is here. It's just so effing cold in michigan. We are in Florida right now and it's so nice that we can go outside and play, Macy keeps yelling outside outside!! And no snow no snow!! I feel bad that where we live we can barely go outside half the year. I would love to move further south but our families are so close to us I don't think we could ever leave. It's kind of depressing.
I know, I feel this way too. It's just depressing. IN winters suck. I REALLY want to move somewhere else, but just feel trapped. Kind of like I'm just stuck with the life I ended up with (the location, not my family, etc!). We were always so close to my grandparents and cousins growing up though and I can't imagine our kids not being the same. But I just hate that I don't really feel like I even have the option of moving.