Week of 7/9

[oneslybookworm]

Hey everyone! Hope are things going??

We had G’s birthday party this past weekend and it was a success! Cajun food and homemade cookies were all done by me, and good lord I’m so glad it’s done. It was fun but a TON of work!

Today is his 1 year visit at the doctor, so fingers crossed everything goes well!

[grover]

oneslybookworm, Happy birthday G!

I think A is going through a growth spurt. She keeps tripping over her own feet. Fell probably 50 million times yesterday, and a shit ton already in the past hour and a half that we've been up. I think she's also teething- I see at least two working their way in.

Today is our 8th wedding anniversary. How time flies. We did an IUI on Saturday, so now killing time until the 23rd. I forgot how much I hate medicated cycling- the TWW never seemed so bad when we were trying on our own either time.

[Mushe]

H made it back last night at 5, with DS and my mom! 😍 I couldn’t stop hugging him, and he was basically purring, so happy to see me. My H always jokes about how bonded we are, and it’s defintiely true. DS asked me why my tummy was still fat, if the baby wasn’t in there anymore. 😆

I was cracking up at the bag my mom packed for DS. There’s a PJ shirt with swim shorts, because they’re kind of the same color, and another PJ shirt with no pants. We will survive!

[Mushe]

oneslybookworm, I love that you did a Cajun theme! So fitting.

Good luck, grover! The TWW is a unique form of torture.

[mpc]

My son tested positive for flu this morning. Poor kid. I'm also kind of freaked out about me catching it. Grandparents were going to keep him home from school today, but they balked once they heard flu, which I can't blame them. I think my H is going to have to bear the brunt of his care this week. The baby has been coughing too, but she hasn't had a fever. I'm wondering if I should take her to the doctor to get her tested anyway.

[scm1011]

Yay, Mushe!! I'm so glad you're reunited with your boy <3 lol about the clothes

Fingers crossed for a successful IUI, grover!

Happy Birthday to G, oneslybookworm! I'm glad all went well.

We had a great weekend. The heat wave broke and we were able to hang outside without dying of heat stroke. I attempted to bring DS to the splash pad but he was terrified. I gotta say, my kid is a bit of a wimp lol.

TTTC-wise, I'm just waiting for CD1 so I can start meds for my FET. I'm excited and ready.

[shauni27]

oneslybookworm, I loved the pictures insta--what a sweet birthday party! Happy birthday, G!!!
Happy anniversary, grover! Good luck with your TWW!
BEST UPDATE EVER, Mushe!!!!!! I love this

I had kind of a rough last few days off. I ran out of my zoloft about a week ago and never got around to picking it up. Which holy shit. I have been crying and a ball of stress since then. I will pick it up today. I also think I am anemic which is making functioning really tough. I called my PCP to get seen and get blood work done and there is a 3 month wait!! I will get blood done ASAP and she will call me with the results, but for an actual appointment with her it will not happen until end of September. Anyway, I hope I start feeling better soon. I am miserable to be around right now and everything is making me unhappy and even more fatigued. S has also been a bit of a bear lately--only wants me, needs to be held all the time, sleep not going well, etc.

[ivy]

I dropped DD off at school this morning with a dozen pairs of panties and back up shorts. Good luck potty training, daycare! I know she's ready, I just hope she gets it quickly.

I am an emotional basket case at the moment, thanks to early pregnancy hormones. I hope they even out soon

[cactuscookie]

grover, I always hate those clumsy stages. There was one time when H was about 15 months old when she was sitting still and just sort of...tipped over and head her head on something. WTF?!

Aw, Mushe, I'm so glad DS is there with you now. I'm sure he was eager to see his baby sister again too. I've been reading your blog and it sounds like she's doing great, which is wonderful.

ivy, ha, a good portion of H's undies are stored at daycare, although she's only had one accident there in the week since we started potty training. Knock on wood, but it seems like she's taken to it really well. We didn't even put her in diapers for her naps this weekend, and she usually wakes up dry in the morning. I should probably brace myself for a frustrating setback soon. Also, yeah, my emotions were out of control at the beginning of this pregnancy. I don't remember that from my first pregnancy. I spent a few weeks crying or close to it every evening, and then I spent a few weeks constantly enraged at DH, and then I spent a month or so feeling sort of flat and emotionless. I finally seemed to come out of it at around 11 weeks, and it was unmistakable. Like...oh hey, I'm actually motivated and looking forward to something. That's a weird and refreshing feeling.

[icedcoffee]

Back home after a few weeks of lots of travel. It will be good to get back in our routine. So fun watching DS explore though.

We had another first yesterday...the first time DS vomited in his car seat. It was 20 minutes into a 5 hour drive home. Sitting in a car that stunk was fun. They definitely do not make car seats easy to clean. Crevices everywhere! Ours is supposed to be easy to clean. I can't imagine what the hard to clean ones are like! I'm hoping this is not an indicator that he gets car sick. We've driven a lot this month though and it's been fine so hopefully this was a fluke.

I stopped taking BCP a week ago. Gulp. We'll see what happens. I'm actually hoping this month is not it so I've been avoiding my H. LOL. Next month or the one after would be excellent though. You hear that, body?

[shoeless]

First ultrasound this Thursday. Despite solid betas I’m so nervous there won’t be a heartbeat. Thursday can’t come fast enough.

For DD I really wish we could drop or shorten her nap (~2.5) her 1030 bedtime is killing me!

[thoseareradishes]

Oh no, I hope he's better soon mpc.

Glad you are with your son again Mushe! I've been following along on the blog and oh my goodness, bringing back so many memories.

I took E to gym class again today, she seemed to have a good time but was a little cranky and more clingy than last week. Poor kid has four molars and all four canines coming down, she's got to be hurting.

[cactuscookie]

NT scan this morning went well. The tech gave us a CD with a few pictures and a video. I've watched that 4-second video probably twenty times so far today.

[Mushe]

thoseareradishes, hopefully not like PTSD!

[thoseareradishes]

Jul 9, 2018 15:47:15 GMT -5 Mushe said:

thoseareradishes , hopefully not like PTSD!

No, I get screened for PTSD at each preemie follow-up appt!  They are serious about it because PTSD is pretty common in preemie parents.

It's just thinking back to that time and seeing you and your DD go through the same things.  For example, seeing her in the same CPAP headgear E had, and knowing what a pain in the ass it was to hold her with that thing.  

H and I were watching Outdaughtered last week, and they showed Danielle in the delivery room birthing the quints (at 28 weeks).  I'm getting all teary-eyed and I look over at H and so is he.  E's birth was just so traumatic and unexpected; I don't think I'll really ever fully process it and be okay with it.  But I also don't ever think about it unless something reminds me of it.   

[Mushe]

Jul 9, 2018 20:38:02 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

Jul 9, 2018 15:47:15 GMT -5 Mushe said:

thoseareradishes , hopefully not like PTSD!

No, I get screened for PTSD at each preemie follow-up appt!  They are serious about it because PTSD is pretty common in preemie parents.

It's just thinking back to that time and seeing you and your DD go through the same things.  For example, seeing her in the same CPAP headgear E had, and knowing what a pain in the ass it was to hold her with that thing.  

H and I were watching Outdaughtered last week, and they showed Danielle in the delivery room birthing the quints (at 28 weeks).  I'm getting all teary-eyed and I look over at H and so is he.  E's birth was just so traumatic and unexpected; I don't think I'll really ever fully process it and be okay with it.  But I also don't ever think about it unless something reminds me of it.   

Oh wow. I haven’t even let myself think too far ahead! My HR person emailed me this thing where I could request donations of leave, which she thought I should have ‘because the incidence of post partum depression is high following a premature birth.’ Ugh, thanks B.

[loira]

cactuscookie, yay! So pleased for you!

[shauni27]

oneslybookworm, how was G's 1 year checkup?
cactuscookie, that is very exciting

UGH, we are basically starting sleep training over because we got so lax with it over the last few weeks. It was tough with various events going on that kept S up later than normal and so we gave him extra cuddles and went in if he woke up in the middle of the night. So we need to put a stop to that and are doing full CIO again. I swear it is harder now than it was 4 months ago! His cry is so much louder and more purposeful. And I KNOW he wont remember this or be scarred by it, but I just feel so awful. Last night he screamed in bed from 1:20-2 am. Just wailing and it broke my heart. I kept getting up to give in and go hug him and would stand outside his door and then go back to my room. 4 nights in a row of this. I am exhausted.

[konapoppy]

Loving so many good updates in here (and potentially more tttc babies in the next year ).

Life is crazy over here. The girls have their 9 month appointment this morning 😢 they both had tiny little teeth cut through and they are the cutest.

[oneslybookworm]

shauni27, the appointment went well! He is 30 inches (56th percentile) and 23 lbs (75th percentile). He got all his shots, and he was really out of sorts after. He's never really had a reaction to shots, and he still didn't have a fever or anything this time around, but later afternoon he was pretty whiney and very cuddly (which has NEVER happened after shots, and only happens when he doesn't feel well), so we gave him some Motrin and he did better after that.

Overall, his doctor seems really pleased with his progressions. He's cruising but not walking, and not talking yet, but he's not late on anything, more like "normal" for his age. Since he's only now 11 months adjusted, he's right on target, so we're really happy with everything. We also talked more with the doctor regarding home schooling, which is something we're considering, so we'll be continuing to look into that.

[shauni27]

glad to hear all is well, oneslybookworm! I love the well child checks and learning about how big S is and all those things. Out of curiosity, what is making you look into home schooling?

[oneslybookworm]

Jul 10, 2018 11:04:05 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

glad to hear all is well, oneslybookworm! I love the well child checks and learning about how big S is and all those things. Out of curiosity, what is making you look into home schooling?

Just something we’re considering to give us more flexibility with him. It’s very much in its infancy as an option, but J has been considering it as an option and we’ve discussed to see if it’s something I’d be on board with. It would give us more flexibility in our options for teaching styles, subject matter, and travel (which we feel is really important for him to be well rounded). Who knows if we’ll do it. We have good schools where we live, so it’s not like we don’t have good options, but we’ll see.

[shauni27]

oneslybookworm, I hope I did not come off as judgmental. I was genuinely curious

[oneslybookworm]

Jul 10, 2018 11:32:42 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

oneslybookworm, I hope I did not come off as judgmental. I was genuinely curious

Hahahahaha, not at all! It’s something that I think J would go right to, but I need to be convinced. I don’t necessarily agree that homeschool is right for everyone or if G will be the type that will benefit, so he needs to convince me too. Lol

[loira]

Not much to report here that's as exciting as a new pregnancy or huge milestone. Just trying to get used to my new job - going from freelance to working for the government is quite the change but so far it's good. I'm annoyed that we're having to spend so much on modifying the car just so we can officially import it and register it here. It's a bigger process than I'd thought it would be and now I'm pissed that H didn't just sell it in Texas. Oh well, it's here now...

Oh, A pooped on the toilet yesterday so that was big news! She's a sneaky night pooper so we've been struggling quite a bit with her toilet stalling then pooping in bed. I finally got to the point where I stopped letting her sit on the toilet after she was ready for bed because it just pushed back bedtime by 45 minutes with zero results. Fingers crossed she does it again tonight!

[cactuscookie]

In other potty training news, H is apparently more trained that I might prefer. She called for us at 5am this morning to take her out of the crib so she could pee. I figured it would be bad form to tell her to let me sleep and just go in her diaper.

She's not quite as good as pooping in the toilet. I'm not sure if she's resisting it or constipated, but poor thing needs to poop. She keeps saying her belly hurts. We loaded her up with dried fruit before daycare this morning, but so far, according to the daycare app, no results.

[pooh8402]

Jul 10, 2018 15:29:58 GMT -5 cactuscookie said:

In other potty training news, H is apparently more trained that I might prefer. She called for us at 5am this morning to take her out of the crib so she could pee. I figured it would be bad form to tell her to let me sleep and just go in her diaper.

She's not quite as good as pooping in the toilet. I'm not sure if she's resisting it or constipated, but poor thing needs to poop. She keeps saying her belly hurts. We loaded her up with dried fruit before daycare this morning, but so far, according to the daycare app, no results.

Miralax in diluted apple juice.

[loira]

cactuscookie, ditto Pooh. Also if she'll eat those pureed prune pouches, those work really well in a pinch. A began holding her poop too when we first started PTing, even though she still went at night she would hold it for 2-3 days. I tried to remain super nonchalant about pooping on the toilet and eventually she became regular again. She eats a ton of fruits and veggies, so there wasn't a whole lot I could do to increase her fibre. Still not pooping regularly in the toilet obviously, but at least the constipation issue is solved. That's amazing that H called for you to get her out so she would pee. I'm jealous, but not of the 5am part.

[starryfish]

S turns 19 months old today and OMG is she getting big! I am equal parts excited to see her grow up and equal parts sad to lose my baby. We have not used any form of BC for 10 months....and nothing....so next cycle we are going to do IUI again. I am nervous it won't work and I don't think we will do IVF.....sigh....

[cherryvalance]

Jul 9, 2018 11:37:00 GMT -5 shoeless said:

First ultrasound this Thursday. Despite solid betas I’m so nervous there won’t be a heartbeat. Thursday can’t come fast enough.

For DD I really wish we could drop or shorten her nap (~2.5) her 1030 bedtime is killing me!

Good luck tomorrow!

And oh man at that bedtime. DS's 7 pm bedtime is kicking my ass.