PG/Mom Check In - week of 4/21

[aegis2005]

Pregnant


Lauren(babybchbum) due 4/30/2013 (Team Blue)


Tasha (tashaandsage) due 5/28/2013 (Team Pink)


Kim (kimandross) due 8/12/2013 (Team Blue)


Sara (sara76) due 11/19/2013

Kathy (mrsjason) due 11/26/2013



Moms


Liz (aidensmom) mom to Aiden (1/25/2008)


Kim (kimandross) mom to Quinn (2/25/2008)


Kathy (mrsjason) mom to Macy (12/8/2009)


Danielle (dvroxy) mom to MacKenzie (4/10/2010) and Madeline (7/23/2012)


Jennifer (jennifer8080) mom to Kennedy (2/19/2011) and Caleb(8/6/2012)

Chelsea (mrschelseap09) mom to Lila (3/11/2011)

Tasha (tashaandsage) mom to Maisy (3/22/2011) and Beckett (1/28/2008)

Mayette (etteyam) mom to Sophia (5/3/2011) and Juliana (11/14/2009)

Marissa (amellis2) mom to Amelia and Abigail (6/4/2011)

(lovethesun) mom to Mason (7/22/2011)


Lauren (babybchbum) mom to Triston (8/8/2011)


Sara (sara76) mom to Amelia (12/27/2011)


Meghan (mrsmew) mom to Ellie (3/29/2012)


Melissa (mellis74) mom to Mia (4/27/2012)

Shawna (mrsshawanab) mom to Blake (5/22/2012)


Jen (jen812) mom to Dominic (5/31/2012)


Angela (loskadoodle) mom to Drew (6/28/2012)

Janelle (dearselah) mom to Selah (6/29/2012)

Krystal (krystalskitsch) mom to Cannon (9/9/2012)

Kara (April17) mom to Ethan (9/14/2012)


Carolyn
(moonstone523) mom to Samantha
(9/30/2012)


Stephanie
(surfbetty530) mom to Lauryl
(10/14/2012)


Terri (may07wedding) mom to Cooper (1/17/2013)


Kate (mskateb) mom to Lily (7/26/2008) and Brendan (1/23/2013)

Heather (aegis2005) mom to Shane (2/18/2013)


Jen
(mrsjenrn) mom to
Zoe (2/17/2011) and Jack (3/12/2013)


Aly (alzi) mom to Alexandra (3/18/2013)

 

[aegis2005]

Sorry about the formatting. I typically copy and paste, but this week the pasting is wonky and I can't seem to change it.

[sara76]

Ill be 10 weeks tomorrow and I'll be happy when the first trimester suck is over. Yesterday I started getting an appetite back so yay!

Last week I started Amelia in her Wednesday class for 12-24 month olds. It was awesome and she was so cute with the 9 other kids her age. The teacher focuses on them being patient and waiting their turns at this age and Amelia did so good! I still wish she had more words but she totally understands. Last night H asked her if she could please bring him a diaper and she walked into her nursery, opened the drawer, got one, brought it in and handed it to him. H and I both literally teared up. Such dorks.

I'm worried about the whole thing with baby #2. Will if be a healthy baby? Will Amelia be ok? Will I be able to give them both enough time? It's her and I all day so this is going to be a big change for her. The thought has actually crossed my mind to bottle feed #2 because breastfeeding takes so much time in the beginning and I don't know if I can handle it. But them there's the guilt. How can I nurse baby #1 1 for a year and a half and never give baby #2 a chance? So maybe I'll do 3 months and see how it goes, supplementing if necessary to give H a chance to do a night feed. Then again my goal with A was 3 months too.

[etteyam]

Apr 22, 2013 8:48:53 GMT -5 sara76 said:

Ill be 10 weeks tomorrow and I'll be happy when the first trimester suck is over. Yesterday I started getting an appetite back so yay!

Last week I started Amelia in her Wednesday class for 12-24 month olds. It was awesome and she was so cute with the 9 other kids her age. The teacher focuses on them being patient and waiting their turns at this age and Amelia did so good! I still wish she had more words but she totally understands. Last night H asked her if she could please bring him a diaper and she walked into her nursery, opened the drawer, got one, brought it in and handed it to him. H and I both literally teared up. Such dorks.

I'm worried about the whole thing with baby #2. Will if be a healthy baby? Will Amelia be ok? Will I be able to give them both enough time? It's her and I all day so this is going to be a big change for her. The thought has actually crossed my mind to bottle feed #2 because breastfeeding takes so much time in the beginning and I don't know if I can handle it. But them there's the guilt. How can I nurse baby #1 1 for a year and a half and never give baby #2 a chance? So maybe I'll do 3 months and see how it goes, supplementing if necessary to give H a chance to do a night feed. Then again my goal with A was 3 months too.

When I had DD2, I'd sit on the bed to nurse while reading a book to DD1. Or if she's on the floor playing, I'd sit on the floor too and play with her. That way, she's still getting some attention.

[kimandross]

I'm 24 weeks today, which seems both slow and fast at the same time. Things are going ok, still dealing with low hemoglobin even while taking 2 iron pills a day. I'm just tired and out of breath a lot, neither of which are fun. But I know it could be worse, so I try and keep that in mind. After I have this baby I'm going to have to go to a hematologist and figure out the deal with this low hemoglobin thing.

We've started looking for new furniture for Q, which is just a great time. Not really. I'm sure we'll find something, but I just feel eager to get it done, since its really the only thing we're doing.

[alzi]

Things are getting easier...she is starting to sleep in longer stretches, sometimes letting us put her down and go to bed, sometimes on us, but still. We are going to start slowly introducing a bottle/formula. I have no idea how I am going to get to the point where I can go all day without feeding her, but I need to figure it out before I go back to work. I still get majorly engorged when she sleeps a 6 hour stretch.

But she is great and I'm getting the hang of this! I will say that staying home is NOT for me. I am super bored, force an errand a day, and hate being ruled by the eat and sleep of a baby. I dropped some paperwork off at my office and seriously missed it there.

[sara76]

Apr 22, 2013 12:34:20 GMT -5 alzi said:

Things are getting easier...she is starting to sleep in longer stretches, sometimes letting us put her down and go to bed, sometimes on us, but still. We are going to start slowly introducing a bottle/formula. I have no idea how I am going to get to the point where I can go all day without feeding her, but I need to figure it out before I go back to work. I still get majorly engorged when she sleeps a 6 hour stretch.

But she is great and I'm getting the hang of this! I will say that staying home is NOT for me. I am super bored, force an errand a day, and hate being ruled by the eat and sleep of a baby. I dropped some paperwork off at my office and seriously missed it there.

You might want to look into a manual pump just for when you need to relieve some pressure at work. I think they're around $30-40. Will be worth saving yourself from clogged ducts or the M word.

[alzi]

Apr 22, 2013 12:55:27 GMT -5 sara76 said:

Apr 22, 2013 12:34:20 GMT -5 alzi said:

Things are getting easier...she is starting to sleep in longer stretches, sometimes letting us put her down and go to bed, sometimes on us, but still. We are going to start slowly introducing a bottle/formula. I have no idea how I am going to get to the point where I can go all day without feeding her, but I need to figure it out before I go back to work. I still get majorly engorged when she sleeps a 6 hour stretch.

But she is great and I'm getting the hang of this! I will say that staying home is NOT for me. I am super bored, force an errand a day, and hate being ruled by the eat and sleep of a baby. I dropped some paperwork off at my office and seriously missed it there.

You might want to look into a manual pump just for when you need to relieve some pressure at work. I think they're around $30-40. Will be worth saving yourself from clogged ducts or the M word.

bleh, does that mean there is no hope that i can regulate to just not feeding during the day and keeping it up at night? i don't want to have to pump!

[sara76]

Apr 22, 2013 12:59:12 GMT -5 alzi said:

Apr 22, 2013 12:55:27 GMT -5 sara76 said:

You might want to look into a manual pump just for when you need to relieve some pressure at work. I think they're around $30-40. Will be worth saving yourself from clogged ducts or the M word.

bleh, does that mean there is no hope that i can regulate to just not feeding during the day and keeping it up at night? i don't want to have to pump!

You probably can but it might be uncomfortable at times. A manual pump in case of emergency isn't really pumping. It's just insurance. Im sure if it sounds that bad you can manage without. Where there's a will there's a way. I would try and talk to someone first though. You know me, I'm pretty afraid of mastitis.

[loskadoodle]

Apr 22, 2013 13:07:20 GMT -5 sara76 said:

Apr 22, 2013 12:59:12 GMT -5 alzi said:

bleh, does that mean there is no hope that i can regulate to just not feeding during the day and keeping it up at night? i don't want to have to pump!

You probably can but it might be uncomfortable at times. A manual pump in case of emergency isn't really pumping. It's just insurance. Im sure if it sounds that bad you can manage without. Where there's a will there's a way. I would try and talk to someone first though. You know me, I'm pretty afraid of mastitis.

I don't think I could have quit nursing during the day, cold turkey.  I would have been in serious pain.  If I were you, I would try to start dropping a session a week at a time (or something like that) so you can at least hand express at home if you have to.  Will you not be able to pump at work?

[alzi]

I plan on slowly dropping it, hopefully. I have 7 weeks to make it work.

I don't want to pump at work. Would be tough with my schedule, and I just don't want to.

[babybchbum]

Alzi- Honestly pumping was a nice break for me at work, but I understand in your field how it might be difficult.

O is still hanging out and seems pretty comfy. I am excited to have made it to 39 weeks (tomorrow) and to have made more progress than I did with T. I think my body was just getting so tired at the end with T esp being pregnant dirk g the summer.

T is still loving his half day daycare as well as his swim lessons. He starts gymnastics next week on Thursday mornings. I can't wait to see how he does.

[aegis2005]

I think S is starting to develop some type of food intolerance. He has his 2 month visit on Wednesday, so I'll be talking with the pedi then. Other than that, his personality is really starting to emerge and I love it.

[aegis2005]

Here's a pic of my little guy at 2 months

[sara76]

Apr 22, 2013 19:51:46 GMT -5 aegis2005 said:

Here's a pic of my little guy at 2 months

Ahhh!!! We all have some seriously cute babies!

[mrsjason]

Apr 22, 2013 19:51:46 GMT -5 aegis2005 said:

Here's a pic of my little guy at 2 months



Oh gosh, how cute is he?!  I love his little outfit.  Oh and BTW, the piece of furniture he's sitting on looks awesome too.  Is that a couch or a chair?  I would love to get new, grown up couches but I think it would be best to put off until I am out of the baby/toddler stage.  Plus I don't have money for shit like that these days

As for me, I am doing ok.  I am working on getting into a new doctor.  I have to request my medical records from my old doctor which I am kinda dreading that awkward conversation.  I really love all the staff at my old OBs office and I sorta feel like I am cheating on them for jumping ship and going with another doctor.  But the more I think about it, the more I realize I need to find a new doctor.  There have been a few things over the years that haven't sat well with my old OB.  

Today I purchased a new bed for Macy's big girl room.  I thought I was getting a deal on a shabby chic iron headboard/footboard from and antique store in town.  It's super cute, dainty and distressed, exactly what I was looking for.  However, when I got it home my H made it clearly known he thought it was the ugliest thing he has ever seen, LOL.  Like, he totally hates it and thinks it looks like trash.  Ugh.  So yeah, I am just going to keep decorating her new room and hope he comes around and likes the finished result.  I also recently purchased an antique dressing table for her room and I am in the process of sanding it down and painting it.  Hopefully when that's finished and in the new bedroom his opinion will warm up.  If not, oh well!  We also have a crystal chandelier and a velvet chase lounge that will go in the room too.  I really think it will turn out cute.  I am going to keep the colors soft and neutral so hopefully it won't be too overwhelming or too shabby chic'ish where it becomes nauseating 

[jen812]

Apr 22, 2013 16:49:32 GMT -5 alzi said:

I plan on slowly dropping it, hopefully. I have 7 weeks to make it work.

I don't want to pump at work. Would be tough with my schedule, and I just don't want to.

I did this for a while. Eventually, D preferred the bottle over my boob (less work). I haf to pump to make bottles. Then I decided pumping was too time consuming when I'd rather spend that precious time fully interacting with D, not stuck to a pump. That

[babybchbum]

Apr 22, 2013 19:51:46 GMT -5 aegis2005 said:

Here's a pic of my little guy at 2 months

He is adorable!

[tashaandsage]

The other night we went to Beckett's kindergarden orientation. I can't believe it's possible we are approaching real school already. So exciting for him, but I'm a little in denial this is already in our near future.

Also after 3 days of 103.something fevers and 2 days of low grade and a very miserable little boy, Beckett is back to his usual self. No idea what he had, but luckily it seems the rest of us escaped it.

Nothing new in the pregnancy department other than I'm starting to feel an overwhelming need to insanely organize everything in my entire house, even things that don't really need it. Only I don't seem to have the time or energy to be as ambitious as I'd like.