Week of 11/5

[Mushe]

So, how did you all survive time change? Loved that extra hour, but wish I’d had time to nap. A friend stopped by as she drove through town, and it ate up the afternoon. Worth it, though!

We went and got flu shots for ourselves, but neither pharmacy would give one to DS. Ugh! He got one there last year, but this year they are saying minimum 7 or 8. He’s 7 in a few weeks. We talked to our au pair more about the flu shot, and she doesn’t want to get it. 😥 I am an idiot and didn’t even think to disclose pre-match that it’s a requirement for us.

Did I tell you all about B’s 4 month? She’s at ~50th percentile for height, weight, and head (adjusted for age)!!!!! She looks so great. She tracks DS all the time. It’s so sweet.

Also, I donated another 200+ ounces of breastmilk this weekend. I used a FB group to find people. I joked that I’m not entirely sure the guy was picking it up for a baby. 🤷‍♀️

[woowoo]

Survived daylight savings just fine I suppose, but I honestly want to nap all the time now. I know I'm lucky to not be puking (just kind of feel off most of the time) but the tiredness is taking some getting used to.

[woowoo]

Also Mushe, the breastmilk donation is badass. Thank you for doing that!

[Mushe]

Nov 5, 2018 16:43:19 GMT -5 woowoo said:

Also Mushe, the breastmilk donation is badass. Thank you for doing that!

I’m really grateful to be able to do it! I don’t want to exclusively pump, but at least I can help some other babies while I’m doing it.

[kellikans]

Glad B is doing so well, Mushe!

L has been waking up earlier since the time change (7am on Sunday, 4:15am today), but at least he's been sleeping through the night again. DH is out of town, so solo parenting until Wednesday night so hopefully the sleeping through the night continues.

I think he's FINALLY over his cold. Hopefully he can go longer than a week before he gets sick again.

We have Christmas pictures this weekend that I'm a little too excited for. L is going to be so cute!

[pooh8402]

We survived time change okay. We kept E up an hour later on Saturday, and he woke up at the usual time on Sunday, so no sleep lost.

I updated elsewhere, but our anatomy scan and fetal echo were last week and everything looks perfect. Baby is measuring slightly ahead, about 55-70%ile.

Mushe, that's an awesome donation! Glad B is doing so well!

[thoseareradishes]

E did pretty well with the time change. She was awake early but just hung out in her crib. Shortish nap today but made it to bedtime without much fuss.

I stopped giving her a morning bottle, and she's not great about drinking from a cup. She drinks more at dinner, then gets a 6oz bottle before bed. She's been leaking out of her diapers from all the pee. I have her in a size 6, which is huge on her, and she pees in the potty before bath and before bed. I wish she would drink more earlier in the day, but I also don't push it because once she's done drinking she messes around with the cup and gets her shirt soaking wet and it's too cold for that baloney.

[pandora89]

We surivided the time change! We had been putting DS to bed later each day and put him down for 8 Saturday night. He slept in till 7am (so what would have been 8am). He was able to stay up till 7 last night but went down today at 6:30 so hopefully tomorrow morning isn’t an early one.

I am officially done pumping! Also, can’t believe DS is 6 months on Wednesday. We measured him at home and he’s almost 28.5 inches, I bought out all his 6-12 months stuff and length wise he’s already too long or just fitting most of his pants but everything is so baggy on him hip wise. He is over 20lbs, which puts him in the 80th some percentile for weight but I guess because he’s so long everything is so loose.

We also have our Christmas pictures this weekend and then the weekend after we are doing some instudio 6 month photos of DS. Too many photos lol. 

Mushe - that is so amazing of you to do! 

[shauni27]

pandora89, S is long and lean, too. Like, he is in 18 month pants fine for length but they fall right off him. He is always drooping his pants, lol.

S did well with the time change but he has a lot of teeth coming in. We think that is why he might be waking up in the night occasionally. This morning he woke at 4 am SCREAMING and would not calm down with us at all. He cried straight through until 6 am when I finally gave up and put him back in his crib so I could get 20 more minutes of sleep. He screamed again for a minute but then settled. I got my twenty minutes and H stayed home a little late with S so he could get some extra sleep. Poor baby.

[ivy]

We're surviving the time change pretty well. DD had just gotten to the point of waking up after 7 which was so amazing, but she's been waking up between 5:30 and 6 the last couple of days. H just goes and gets her and brings her to our room where she will snooze for a few more minutes before our alarms go off. Hoping with time she'll stretch back out her wake up time. She, of course, had no problem adjusting her bedtime to an hour later. I guess her morning internal clock is pretty strong.

[dellabear]

We did fine with the time change, it’s the spring one that’s always tough for us.

I put away the last of the onesies this weekend as DS really has outgrown them. Kind of sad - but we got a huge pile of size 2-3 clothes from our neighbour last year so it was kind of fun to pull them out and there were lots of nice things in there for him. We actually don’t need to buy him anything probably until spring/summer.

I’m off for an extra long weekend all by myself, squee! It’s been a long time and I’m really looking forward to it.

[oneslybookworm]

Hey ladies! The time change was fine...I was actually looking forward to it because G was going to bed at 8pm and now it's closer to 7:30pm, which is much nicer. He's finally cutting his last canine, so that's good to be done (we only have his 4 molars left that they get around 2-3 years). Hoping for a break from teething! He is now 16 months, nearly 15 months adjusted...which is crazy to think about! I'm waiting for a "language explosion" because he only has 3 words right now and I get worried from time to time about it. Otherwise, he's perfect!!! We do need to get his second flu shot this week/weekend, so that's on the list.

[woowoo]

Can any of you share when you were weaned off your transfer meds for your successful cycle? I'll be 10 weeks Sunday and based on my bloodwork this week they are taking me off the estrogen patches this weekend, and I also start PIO EOD instead of ED starting this weekend. I'm nervous as hell but trying to trust the science.

I also just talked to my IVF nurse for what will hopefully be the last time as I graduate to my OB this week. I might have cried a little, she's been AMAZING. I want to send her something (I would buy her a new car if I could) as a thank you - but feel like that's not appropriate. Any suggestions? Just send a card? I couldn't have gotten through this the way I did without her.

[scm1011]

woowoo, I went cold turkey at 10 weeks both times. It remains to be seen if this will be a successful pregnancy, but my first was.

To be honest I've been bad about wearing my estrogen patches for a few weeks. They make me itch like crazy and I couldn't handle wearing 2 at a time, and often I'd rip off the one I was wearing halfway through the day. I mentioned it to my RE at my 7 week appt and said I wore them as tolerated and they didn't give me any grief.

[pinkpeony08]

woowoo a heartfelt card is perfect.

I'm just on progesterone suppositories, 10 weeks today. I go back to my OB on Monday. Not sure what the plan is for when I go off, but whenever it is, I'm nervous about it. Not sure when the "normal" time is to stop? I know the placenta supposedly takes over around 12 weeks, but I feel like when the placenta is taking over is when all my prior losses have happened. Thinking maybe it makes sense to continue to 15 weeks even if just for my own peace of mind?

[icedcoffee]

woowoo, I went cold turkey at 10 weeks and 1 day for my successful pregnancy. I thought at the time it felt super early and I was nervous, but it was fine!

[pooh8402]

pinkpeony08, I've gone off progesterone at 11 weeks and 10 weeks, respectively. I'm sure your OB will let you stay on it for a few more weeks for peace of mind though.

[starryfish]

I am back from my crazy travel month. I was gone for 2 weeks for work (Alabama and then Tokyo) and then went straight to our vacation for a week. It was busy and stressful and glad to be home. IUI#2 was BFN and we are taking this month off due to timing and trying to qualify for a IVF trial. If IVF doesn't work with the trial, we are done, which will be so sad. I might be open to fostering in the future (an older child) but my heart is not ready right now.

[kellikans]

woowoo I quit everything cold turkey at 10 weeks when I was transferred to my OB. The last PIO shot was the best thing ever.

[kellikans]

DH comes back tonight. Yay! I will be so happy to have an extra hour of sleep in the mornings before work (I have to get up an hour earlier when he's gone to get the baby and the dogs ready to go before I have to leave). L is cutting his third tooth. They all started popping up suddenly. I'm gonna miss his gummy smile, but those little teeth are so adorable.

This weekend we're finally getting the landscaping redone in our front yard and I hired a cleaning lady to come clean the house on Saturday. My parents come next week to stay for the holidays and I just don't have the time or energy to do it myself.

[shauni27]

kellikans, YAY to having your husband back--and to more sleep! I feel you on that one. In the winters when it is just me and S, it is SO MUCH MORE WORK in the mornings. Ugh.
I am so sorry your IUI did not work, starryfish. I hope the IVF trial works for you guys!!
woowoo, like everyone else I was cold turkey at 10 weeks and it was fine. I also know exactly what you mean about your nurse. If I remember, I sent them a card when I graduated, as well as an email/review for their website. Then, because I was hella afraid I would jinx myself, after S was born I finally sent them a gift basket (and one to my midwifery center and the birthing center). All three organizations were so, so wonderful, patient, kind, helpful, supportive...I swear they were the reason I would consider getting pregnant again and I wanted to really thank them all.
oneslybookworm, I would not be too worried yet--did you talk about it with G's pedi at his 15 month? At our 15 month last week they asked if he had between 3-5 words. She wanted to know what they were and said mama and daddy didn't usually count, but I have heard others say it does. I would see what your pedi says. I have also heard from women on here that a lot of kids are just slower to speak and then all of a sudden are VERY verbal around 18-22 months. I think scm1011 had a late talker (did I remember that correctly?). Also--totally jealous that G is done with his teeth for now. S has no canines, though one appears to be cutting, and 3 of 4 molars cutting (one is in.)

[scm1011]

Nov 8, 2018 8:09:56 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

oneslybookworm , I would not be too worried yet--did you talk about it with G's pedi at his 15 month? At our 15 month last week they asked if he had between 3-5 words. She wanted to know what they were and said mama and daddy didn't usually count, but I have heard others say it does. I would see what your pedi says. I have also heard from women on here that a lot of kids are just slower to speak and then all of a sudden are VERY verbal around 18-22 months. I think scm1011 had a late talker (did I remember that correctly?). Also--totally jealous that G is done with his teeth for now. S has no canines, though one appears to be cutting, and 3 of 4 molars cutting (one is in.)

Yes, my pedi recommended EI at Cal's 15 month appointment because he didn't have the recommended 5 words. I think his only consistent word at the time was ball. I did not pursue it for a couple reasons 1) laziness: the first step was a hearing test and the only provider was far away. I knew he could hear perfectly fine because he was great at following directions, so I was against taking a day off work for a useless test, and 2) I just wasn't concerned at that point. 

He's now a few days away from 2 (sob) and talks up a storm. He easily has over a hundred words, and repeats everything I say. Moving up to the toddler room definitely helped, and he had a big word explosion around 18-20 months. He still speaks some gibberish, but again, I'm not worried. This morning we were watching Muppet Babies and he turned to me and said "oh no! Piggie not nice!" lol.

[oneslybookworm]

scm1011 and shauni27, yeah...I’m not too worried. His doctor asked at our 15 month appt about talking and we told her his three words and she seemed fine. He’s not yet 15 months adjusted, so I think it’ll just take time. Plus, he seems to be towards the later end of the “normal” range for most of his milestones, so I think he’s just taking his time.

[icedcoffee]

Guys! My baby is 2 today. :::Sniffle:::

He also had his first dentist appointment today. Remember my posts on MMM that he won't open his mouth? Yeah, he didn't really do it for them either. He screamed the whole time he did the evaluation which the dentist actually really preferred because his mouth was wide open. LOL. The dentist said he actually did better than a lot of other patients.   Everything looked good and he was very quickly cheered up with stickers, balloons and toys.  Highly recommend a pediatric dentist.  They were so sweet!

oneslybookworm, my DS has been slow to speak too.  When I voiced my concerns at 18 months the pedi said to call EI.  I thought he was jumping the gun so I didn't do it right away.  I actually did make an EI appointment eventually since we still haven't had an "explosion" and the evaluation will be next week, but daycare tells me they think he's normal.  And they see a lot of kids.  So....who knows.  LOL  If you're worried, just remember it takes a while to get into EI.  2 years was kind of my benchmark.  I told myself I'd seen an outside opinion if there wasn't an explosion by then.  To be fair, he does talk a lot, but I can't make most of it out.  Haha

[shauni27]

scm1011, icedcoffee, I cannot believe you guys have an almost and an already 2 year old! That is crazy!!!

oneslybookworm, I am glad you are not stressing yet. And if he seems right on track for HIM then that is all that matters

[oneslybookworm]

icedcoffee, what is EI?

[icedcoffee]

Nov 8, 2018 10:25:31 GMT -5 oneslybookworm said:

icedcoffee , what is EI?

Early Intervention.  I guess it's different by state.  For us it's through the county public schools.  Free speech therapy if he qualifies.

[oneslybookworm]

Nov 8, 2018 10:27:16 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Nov 8, 2018 10:25:31 GMT -5 oneslybookworm said:

icedcoffee , what is EI?

Early Intervention.  I guess it's different by state.  For us it's through the county public schools.  Free speech therapy if he qualifies.

Ahhh, ok. We already have a referral with our state program and used them for PT when G was around 5 months. We’re already in the system so it won’t take long.

[mpc]

Hi all. I haven't been online much since having the baby. She was born Oct 1 and is doing well. I just posted a birth story on GotP if you are interested. pandce.proboards.com/thread/603653/birth-story

I am so f-ing tired. She wakes up 5 times a night, still. I expected that for the first couple weeks, but she's over a month old now.

Anyway, I've been reading the board in the MOTN, I'll try to post more again. I need adult contact in my life

[thoseareradishes]

woowoo, I did PIO until 8 weeks then suppositories for 2 weeks. I was SO glad to be done.

icedcoffee, E screamed at her dentist appt too. Thankfully it was quick - she doesn't like the dentist any more than the doctor I guess. She's been better about letting me brush her teeth lately, even though she still bites the toothbrush.

oneslybookworm, speech delays in preemies is so common. We have E in speech and honestly I have mixed feelings about it. Part of me thinks she is too young, but she has learned a bunch of signs and seems to like her teacher. She is almost completely silent there though, whereas she babbles and makes noise all the time at home - so that's frustrating, because I'd like her teacher to hear she can vocalize! Sounds like G is off to a good start though and since you're keeping a close eye on it I'm sure you will know if its time to get extra help.

So when E had her ear infection re-check, the doctor noticed a lot of wax in her ears and gave us drops to put in. HAHA. I'm supposed to put them in while she sleeps, but she sleeps on her left ear which is the one that's particularly bad. Trying to do it awake resulted in screaming and running away. Sigh.