Chat: Week of Feb 5th

[oneslybookworm]

First, I can’t believe it’s already February!!!


We are in NOLA! Finalization is this week and we are taking in the sights. G experienced his first Mardi Gras parades yesterday, complete with beads, and it’s been a blast so far!

G is 7 months today, which also blows my mind. He’s starting to act like he’s trying to crawl, so I think that’s coming. He’s nearly 6 month’s adjusted, but his PT is really happy with his progression. Overall, I’m glad we decided to have him evaluated and work with a PT, it’s been good so far for him.

Oh, and we’re over the Influenza A and RSV, but yesterday as we were traveling, we noticed his eye looked funny (very gunky). Took him in to be seen...double ear infection. This kid can’t win!

[shauni27]

poor G! I am glad that he seems to be happy despite the awful ear infection. and also, HAPPY FINALIZATION WEEK to the entire oneslybookworm family!!!

S had his 6 month shots today plus the flu vaccine. We had a hectic weekend but all survived. He is sitting up independently all the time now, but he cannot get himself into that position on his own. Still no helmet, we go back in 2 months to see if it improves. It seems SO flat to me, but the specialist isn't too worried yet.

Exhausted after watching the super bowl last night.

[janegold]

B is 14 months today, time flies! He melted my heart yesterday. I was talking to my mom on the phone when he woke up from a nap. I got him out of the crib and put my mom on speaker phone and he lit up when he heard her voice; he hasn't seen her since Christmas. (My parents live 700 miles away.) And then he gave the phone a big kiss.  <3 <3 <3  He was also giving H kisses on Facetime last week.  

[knx9211]

oneslybookworm, YAYYY FINALIZATION!!! This is so exciting!!

[knx9211]

P is going to be EIGHT MONTHS later this week. It's CRAZY and I don't know where my teeny tiny little baby went. He's officially on the move, doing a pretty killer army crawl. He wants to eat everything we eat and is a little piggy.

[loira]

Feb 5, 2018 10:19:44 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

poor G! I am glad that he seems to be happy despite the awful ear infection. and also, HAPPY FINALIZATION WEEK to the entire oneslybookworm family!!!

S had his 6 month shots today plus the flu vaccine. We had a hectic weekend but all survived. He is sitting up independently all the time now, but he cannot get himself into that position on his own. Still no helmet, we go back in 2 months to see if it improves. It seems SO flat to me, but the specialist isn't too worried yet.

Exhausted after watching the super bowl last night.

When A gets home tonight, I'll try to take a picture of her head and send it via PM along with one of her at about 6 or 7 months when it was flattest. We were discouraged from going the helmet route because the flat spot was on the back and all the doctors were convinced it would improve with time (they only do helmets for extreme cases in Canada). She didn't start sleeping on her stomach until about 10 months and I was SO concerned and wondered if I should have pushed harder. But it has vastly improved. It's still a tiny bit flat, but I doubt anyone else would really notice at this point. The top has rounded out a lot, too.

[shauni27]

loira, that is really reassuring. S now sleeps on his back or his side, he really dislikes being on his belly at all. But now that he sits up independently that will hopefully make a difference.

[mpc]

I have a story. Last week DD started fighting at the boob. She hasn't seemed this hungry/unsatisfied since I first got back from all that traveling I did last fall. I thought, maybe she's going through a growth spurt? Then just for the heck of it I took a pregnancy test. Positive. Holy crap.

[janegold]

mpc, omg congrats! My friend discovered she was pregnant the same way, when her son started fighting her on nursing. I guess the taste of her milk changed.

[mpc]

Feb 5, 2018 13:47:57 GMT -5 @daylily said:

 mpc

oh my goodness! how are you feeling about that?

I mean... I don't really know. We were on the fence about if we wanted to try for another. I am really really happy with my family as it is now. But my reaction now has been more holy crap, 18 months apart, rather than holy crap I don't want this. So I guess that tells me something. My history of miscarriage has made this feel really weird too. I just don't really know what to do with it. I guess maybe now that it's here I want it. But I'm afraid to say that because then I will lose it. But I also don't want to walk around in constant fear and stress for the next few months. 

[mpc]

I don't know wether to go back to the RE for bloodwork/early monitoring or just relax and go to the OB and not get any early attention.

[icedcoffee]

OMG congrats mpc!!

[shauni27]

mpc, woah! That is wild! I hope that you get peace with determining how to go forward with this (RE, OB, whatever the case may be).

[scm1011]

OMG, mpc!! Congrats to you!!

[kellikans]

Congrats mpc!

[oneslybookworm]

Congratulations mpc!!! Keeping everything crossed for you!

[Mushe]

OMG, mpc! Fingers crossed for you. Did you take any progesterone supplements or anything? At this point, I was just over it with early betas, and didn’t go this time. They did get me in at the OB for an ultrasound just as early as I could have gone to my RE, though.

[Chrysanthemum]

Holy shit, congrats mpc!
loira, PM coming soon!

[thoseareradishes]

Congrats mpc!

Yay for finalization oneslybookworm!

[scm1011]

DS' 15 month appt was yesterday and our pedi seemed slightly concerned that he only has 1 word (ball). She wants him to go for a hearing test, which seems like a waste to me because he follows directions very well so I know he can hear just fine. The facility that does the testing is out in the burbs and the whole thing would just be a useless PITA in my opinion, so I think I'm just gonna KOKO. I mean, it isn't that strange that he doesn't have a lot of words at almost 15 months, is it? I don't want to be neglectful, but I'm just not that concerned at this point.

In other news, he is now tipping the scales at 19lbs 13oz, jumping from the 5th to 12th percentile lol.

[mpc]

Mushe, I'll be starting progesterone supplements today. No betas. The RE wasn't going to do anything for me until I went and did bloodwork, but the OB was like, oh, you took progesterone last time, I'll send in a script today. I think I felt like you said, I didn't have it in me to go do betas and all the hoopla. They are going to have me come in for a viability ultrasound after 6 weeks, which I appreciate. Technically by LMP I'd be 6 weeks on thursday but I told her I strongly suspect I ovulated about a week late so they are going to take that into account when scheduling me. That was such a relief to hear too. I'd rather wait, and have a better chance of seeing something.

[mpc]

scm1011, I don't remember exactly when DS said his first word, but he only had like 3 or 4 at his 18 month appointment. It still seems so early, there's plenty of time for him to catch up. Our word explosion came about a month before he turned 2. Basically, I'm inclined to think KOKO is the right call at this point.

[shauni27]

scm1011, I love little C, but I am biased and not a medical professional. I say KOKO. And come up and visit me

[scm1011]

Feb 6, 2018 8:37:15 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

scm1011 , I love little C, but I am biased and not a medical professional. I say KOKO. And come up and visit me

<3 <3
Yes, we will figure something out when the weather warms up! I'd love for C and S to meet   

[pandora89]

Congrats mpc!

[shauni27]

Feb 6, 2018 8:48:04 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Feb 6, 2018 8:37:15 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

scm1011 , I love little C, but I am biased and not a medical professional. I say KOKO. And come up and visit me

<3 <3
Yes, we will figure something out when the weather warms up! I'd love for C and S to meet   

YAY YAY YAY!

(as an aside, we will be in Boston in May for a wedding sans baby S...maybe we can do lunch?)

[scm1011]

shauni27, yes! I'd love to meet for lunch in May!

@daylily, no experience, but I found the below. Maybe get it checked out? I'm sorry, mastitis is the worst

While lactational mastitis may be caused by blocked milk ducts, non-lactational mastitis during pregnancy is usually caused by a bacterial infection. This usually occurs when bacteria from the skin enters the milk ducts through a break or a crack in the skin of the nipples. The bacteria then multiply, leading to an infection that causes the typical symptoms of mastitis. These bacteria are usually harmless when they remain confined to the skin. However, they are harmful to the breast tissue which is why they cause an infection.

[Mushe]

mpc, that sounds like a great plan. Yay for supportive OBs!

scm1011, my DS was very similar, but still had few words at 18m, so we got him started in speech. It took forever to do all the testing and paperwork. That’s really not uncommon, though, and I wouldn’t worry until you have reason to worry! The speech therapist observed me with him, and gave me some great feedback. We were always anticipating all his needs, and not encouraging him to verbalize. She had us do things like encourage him to verbalize before we gave him the food he wanted, for example, and hold the item close to our mouth while we overenunciated.

[scm1011]

That's helpful, Mushe.  I suspect we do the same (anticipate needs, don't encourage verbalization). I'll be more mindful of that, and do what your therapist suggested. If he doesn't start to pick up more words in the next month or two I'll look into testing. Thank you!

[knx9211]

HOLY CRAP mpc, CONGRATS!!!