week of July 3

[mpc]

I go back to work next Monday. I'm not ready! 

I went through my closet and packed away all my maternity clothes last week. I am so torn on if I should keep them or get rid of them. I just don't know. I ended up dividing them into 2 piles, one to keep, one to get rid of. It's... hard. I wish I could just know.

[mrsgoontz]

mpc hard to believe it's time for you to go back to work. I get it on the maternity clothes. I think what you did is good, keep those that you aren't ready to part with and donate the ones that you are. Nothing wrong with that. It's so hard to not know if you can have more since IF takes so much out of our hands, hugs. Do whatever you feel is right. Even after this pregnancy I plan on keeping most of my maternity clothes just in case.

I am working today which sucks but I get off early. I plan on making some cookies for the kids on my street since we will all be hanging out doing fireworks. Tomorrow we are going to a friends house with a pool for a cookout. I plan on being in the pool, lounging in all my glory, I hope they are ready.

[lo]

I also just packed up all my maternity and most of the newborn stuff. I decided I wasn't going to think about it all yet and just pack it away!

[King26]

DH is painting the nursery and I'm so freaking glad. I've been bugging him to do it for a month and I think he's tired of hearing me nag but I need it finished so we can build the crib and get it out of the way then I can actually set up the room and put things away. One coat is done and he plans to finish it this evening. FX it's done by tomorrow!

I also have an appointment on Thursday. Just my bi-weekly appointment. I feel like I've gained a ton of weight since I last went 2 weeks ago. UGH

[knx9211]

My baby will be one month on the 7th whyyy he feels so much bigger already I'm very weepy about it.

[King26]

How is that even possible knx9211,? Time flies!

[knx9211]

Jul 4, 2017 6:37:37 GMT -5 King26 said:

How is that even possible knx9211,? Time flies!

I put a pic of him in his car seat the day he came home next to one from yesterday and then I cried, so I think I'm having an emotional time right now. Haha

[loira]

knx9211, I feel like it was just yesterday you had him! Haha, every time I get emotional about how big A is getting, I remember that I now get a full night's sleep and then I feel marginally better.

[shauni27]

one month, knx9211!?!? Crazy! But I see his pictures and still think he is such a sweet and tiny newborn <3

I am back in the office today for the first time since Friday afternoon. I left early Friday because my back was just too much. While I did work Monday, it was from home and I was able to moan and groan and lay about while doing so, which helped, lol. It was a nice long weekend with perfect weather other than flash flooding on Saturday. H and I had a great time relaxing and being outdoors and focusing on us. Baby has been a lot lower, but not consistently unfortunately. Lots of lightening. I have my first cervical check on Friday and hope that there is something there other than 0 and 0.

[starryfish]

We are back from our first family of 3 vacation! It was fun but a little stressful as it was with 22 other family members. Glad to be back home.

S is rolling both directions and is trying to scoot. She LOVES jumping in her jumperoo!

S has a milk allergy, so I have been dairy free (including hidden dairy) for 5 months now. I am somewhat ready to have my body back, eat dairy, etc but OMG is it SO emotional. Ugh, I am torn....

[boiler717]

thoseareradishes I hope you are enjoying your little girl!!
starryfish T had a dairy allergy and a tree nut allergy. I chose to keep nursing (he's 18m) and it's been easier than I expected! It's fine to wean as well but if you want tips on nursing while dairy free let me know!

[starryfish]

Jul 5, 2017 12:24:36 GMT -5 boiler717 said:

thoseareradishes I hope you are enjoying your little girl!!
starryfish T had a dairy allergy and a tree nut allergy. I chose to keep nursing (he's 18m) and it's been easier than I expected! It's fine to wean as well but if you want tips on nursing while dairy free let me know!

sending PM now :-)

[boiler717]

T is 18m! He's giant now (75th for height and weight and off the charts head). I think because she's such a big eater, although I'm sure the picky phase will start soon. The other day he ate an entire 6" sub himself (holding it in his hands), LOL.
Total annoying #mombrag ahead. We had his 18m well check. She asked him a bunch of questions. She was super impressed and said he was doing things that she wouldn't necessarily expect to see by a 3y well check. We haven't tried to teach him things but he loves books and picks up so much from them. She was really impressed that he recognizes letters and his name, spells his name, counts to 20 (and by 2s), and conceptually understands numbers (up to about 4). It's adorable. He will be in a mixed age preschool this fall (18m-3y) which will hopefully be a good thing for him.
I don't know if I mentioned here but he has a tree nut allergy (anaphylaxis) and a dairy allergy that was diagnosed this spring. We are adjusting well but dining out is a challenge still. His eczema is completely gone but his asthma still has been uncontrolled. He gets a nebulizer steroid twice a day plus Singulair and Zyrtec.

[Chrysanthemum]

OMG boiler717, I am cracking up at the image of your lil' guy holding and chowin down on a 6inch sub!
starryfish, the vacation sounds a little stressful, but lots of babysitters?! Did you and H get a date out of it?
Happy (almost) 1 month baby knx9211!

C turned 6 months this week. His pediatrician visit was a mixed bag. It's always something! He's 37%ile for weight, <1 for height, and >99 for head size. WTF?! PDQ We got two specialist referrals--one for physical therapy since he isn't moving much at all yet (duh, big head!) and one for a cranium specialist because the back of his head is pretty flat (again, BIG HEAD=heavy!). Has anyone gone through any of this and can offer insight? There's talk of helmet therapy which I really would like to avoid.

[boiler717]

Chrysanthemum do you follow me on IG? I posted a video! I'm sorry about the mixed bag. Head size sounds like he has a big brain .

[Chrysanthemum]

Jul 5, 2017 17:30:17 GMT -5 boiler717 said:

Chrysanthemum do you follow me on IG? I posted a video! I'm sorry about the mixed bag. Head size sounds like he has a big brain .

No....I just have a mental image!

[loira]

Chrysanthemum, A had a pretty bad flat spot on the back of her head because she used to love sleeping on her back and didn't roll until about 9 months. Here they tend not to prescribe the helmets, especially if there's no facial asymmetry or other problems. It made me very nervous because I feel like a lot of GBCN mums go the helmet route and I felt I should have pushed to get her one, but at almost 18 months her head has rounded out considerably. It's not perfect, but I think by 2 it likely won't be noticeable. Her (short) hair also helps to hide it already.

boiler717, I can't believe T eats that much! I'm lucky if A eats the equivalent in a whole day.

[janegold]

B will be 7 months on Saturday and he is now mobile.     Just army crawling, he hasn't got the coordination down to crawl on his knees yet but I think he's close.  So my life is 1 million times more difficult now, lol.  H has been OOT for almost 2 weeks and the four day weekend just about killed me.  He traveled a ton during my maternity leave and at one point was gone for an entire month but it was wayyy easier to take care of the baby on my own when he was little and when I could just set him down somewhere.  Now he is in to EVERYTHING and needs constant supervision and interaction.

Oh, also, he has decided his new wakeup time is 5:30.  KILL ME.

He's lucky he's so cute. 

 

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[Chrysanthemum]

Thank you loira , that is what I needed to hear. My mom gut says it will all work out. But hey, I'm new to this momming thing!
What an adorable hat janegold ! The baby is cute too

[thoseareradishes]

Whelp we're exhausted. E sleeps well at night, thankfully, but doesn't nap well during the day (so no naps for us either!). I bought a swing from a friend and she seemed to like it and took a nap in it tonight, so hopefully we can get some down time during the day now.

Anyone use a multivitamin with iron other than the poly-vi-sol? That stuff is nasty, and even with putting it down her tube, she throws it up then smells like beef stock all day.

[thoseareradishes]

knx9211, I have two pictures of me holding E in the same position, one at 5 days old and the other she is about 15 weeks. It's so amazing how different she is. She's grown 8 inches since birth!

[shauni27]

thoseareradishes, I AM JUST SO GLAD SHE IS HOME!!!

[thoseareradishes]

I had to replace E's feeding tube tonight; she cried, I cried, it was horrible. Hopefully I taped it well enough and it stays in.

[loira]

Huge hugs thoseareradishes. I'm so glad she's home with you, but it must feel really daunting.

A good friend of mine who had her baby around the same time as me told me a few weeks ago that she was pregnant. I was having all these weird feelings about it because A is probably going to be an only child due to a number of external factors (finances, fear of being pregnant again etc). She just told me recently that she had a MMC, and now I feel awful for having all the weird feelings. Even though I congratulated her, and never voiced these feelings to her...

[janegold]

Jul 7, 2017 18:49:33 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

I had to replace E's feeding tube tonight; she cried, I cried, it was horrible. Hopefully I taped it well enough and it stays in.

OMG, I can't imagine!  I get stressed over using the Nose Frida.  Good job mama!