Week of Feb 4

[thoseareradishes]

Hi everyone!

E said her first words over the weekend - uh oh! and da-dee.  Sweetest sounds I've ever heard

It's so nice here today, I think we'll go to the park after she's up from nap.  She loves being outside so much.

[loira]

We got a whole 4cm of snow and my city is in a panic. A is thrilled, haha. The rest of Canada is mocking us now.

[pandora89]

We had our RE appointment, got all the req forms for bloodwork; H’s SA and an HSG for myself. Lots of fun. I guess here we go.

DS is finally starting to feel better. We are flying to California on Thursday so I am sure we will all catch another awful bug on the flight lol. I am also dreading the flight with a 9 month old who refuses to sit still, ever.

This 8 month sleep regression is not fun.

[kellikans]

L has had a fever since Saturday night. I just got home and took it and got 101.8. It hasn't gone below 100.6. This morning DH said it was 98.2 and I'm not sure if I believe him, because L was burning up when I got home. I think he got a misreading. So he hadn't had any Tylenol or motrin since last night until now. We called the pedi last night, and the nurse basically said to keep doing what we're doing unless it gets higher, but I feel so bad for my little guy. He's miserable. If he still has a fever tomorrow, I'm taking him in.

[cactuscookie]

I've survived the first week and a half with a newborn and a toddler! My older daughter loves the baby and has shown very few signs of jealousy, which is great. So far, the baby appears to be a lot easier than H was as a newborn, but we're not getting too comfortable. Colic scars you forever! And even easier newborns are exhausting. I know this time is so short and precious and all that, but I'm so eager to get to the point where she holds her head up on her own, smiles, and doesn't wake me up 4-5 times per night.

[kellikans]

Feb 4, 2019 16:23:49 GMT -5 kellikans said:

L has had a fever since Saturday night. I just got home and took it and got 101.8. It hasn't gone below 100.6. This morning DH said it was 98.2 and I'm not sure if I believe him, because L was burning up when I got home. I think he got a misreading. So he hadn't had any Tylenol or motrin since last night until now. We called the pedi last night, and the nurse basically said to keep doing what we're doing unless it gets higher, but I feel so bad for my little guy. He's miserable. If he still has a fever tomorrow, I'm taking him in.

Now I'm wondering if he has an ear infection because he's been shaking his head "no" a lot.

[kellikans]

Well, we just got back from the pedi. No ear infection, but he does have bronchiolitis. 😔 I hate how there's really nothing I can do for him except ride it out.

[EllenGriswold]

Paid the clinic today for our FET, now waiting to schedule delivery for my meds and get the official FET calendar.



We are thinking about switching G out of his crib and I got to thinking about our options for a nursery for baby #2. I would love some feedback on what you guys would do - our house currently has 2 bedrooms and one bath downstairs and 2 beds and one bath upstairs, and no true master (all bedrooms are big). The one issue is the upstairs rooms are technically connected by a hallway (there is no door in between). Right now, we have one of the downstairs rooms, G has the other one and upstairs is the guest space. If you had two kids how would you do it?

1. Move us upstairs - Pro: we get a large master suite with the upstairs bath, both kids downstairs. Con: we either lose the guest room or guest space is short of shared with master.

2. Move both kids upstairs - Pro: we would have a guest room downstairs, we could get some toys and kid stuff out of the rest of our house, make the upstairs sort of an old school "nursery" space. Cons: would be hard with a newborn to share space with G and to be on a separate floor from us, would involve moving G who is generally a good sleeper. Would have to make sure he could not get to the stairs at night. 

3. Keep bottom floor as is, put any new baby upstairs - Pro: would keep G in the room he is used to, would allow me to sleep in big guest bed upstairs while up at night with newborn. Con: would be sort of weird with guests having to share w/ baby. 

4. other option I'm not thinking of? What would be your ideal situation in a few years when they aren't newborns anymore? At that point I think I would like them both upstairs but I'm not sure. 

[EllenGriswold]

Sorry to hear kellikans, sick babies are so sad! Hopefully he is feeling better ASAP!

[scm1011]

EllenGriswold, my ideal long term would be both kids upstairs. I'd probably make the move now and put a bed in the nursery so you can crash there in the early days.

[pinkpeony08]

kellikans - I hope he feels better soon!

EllenGriswold - we have a two bedroom house and have the kids on the first floor sharing a room and we are upstairs (1.5 story so the entire upstairs is our bedroom/bathroom). We are moving because the kids on the other floor is no fun for anyone. Even with the younger one being almost 4, he still wakes up needing something about 50% of nights. Going up and down the stairs in the night is no fun. My sister has the crib in their guest room, and they move the baby into their bedroom in the pack n play when they have guests. Maybe that's an option? If your older child does ok sleeping without waking up, maybe just leave him alone? You can always change later if the choice you make doesn't seem to work well.

[pooh8402]

Feb 5, 2019 16:28:34 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

EllenGriswold, my ideal long term would be both kids upstairs. I'd probably make the move now and put a bed in the nursery so you can crash there in the early days.

What she said.

Baby can sleep in your room the first few months so you don't have to worry about a newborn on a different floor. We kept our older son in our room the first 6 months and plan to do the same with this one.

ETA:
We are also losing our guest room, but fortunately the room is large so I was able to leave the queen bed in there. Once we move baby into that room, I plan to just move him back into our room in a PNP when we have guests. Our eventual goal is to have the kids share, and get a dedicated guest room back.

[shauni27]

kellikans, ugh, I am there with you. S I think has bronchitis. He has had a cold and fever since Sunday (never higher than 101) but he is wheezing and coughing awful. I keep giving him his inhaler and he is pretty miserable. Also--he has been running SO hot and sweaty, I go check his temp and that is when it is LOWEST (like 98 something).
pandora89, I somehow missed that you guys were back in the saddle with TTC#2! Exciting! Hope your trip to San Diego goes well
thoseareradishes, congrats on the first words! They are so cute, right??

S is sick, I am staying with my mom who just returned from open heart surgery (and trying not to get her sick from the toddler) to help her get by, I am working full time and all in all just trying not to collapse into tears at every single moment.

[oneslybookworm]

so many hugs, shauni27. That sounds incredibly stressful.

Not a ton going on here. I applied for, and was offered, a new role in my company! I'm excited to make the move, it's the group I've been interested in for a few years now. It's also a promotion, which is fantastic, and completely unexpected!

G is doing well! He's babbling a TON right now, still no words. We've started SLP with him, and he's started pre-school, so we're hopeful those will help him along. He seems to like it, so that's a win!

[mpc]

EllenGriswold, We are downstairs and my kids' rooms are all upstairs. It's been no big deal. We kept the baby in our room until she started sleeping a little better. I would move G up at least a couple months before any baby comes, just so he doesn't associate the baby with making him move.

oneslybookworm, congrats on the promotion!

[mpc]

Speaking of moving kids around, we moved DD2 upstairs to her room this past weekend. She is 4 months now and finally sleeping better. i know the 4 month sleep regression is coming soon (days? weeks?) and I am so dreading it. The baby's room is our old guest room and the guest bed is still in there. It's the first time we've had a regular bed in a baby's room and I'm pretty sure I will start spending some nights up there when things get bad.

[shauni27]

oneslybookworm, congrats! that is great! Also, S seems to babble a lot right before he gets a word explosion--I bet you are going to get one ASAP!

EllenGriswold, I agree with mpc with regards to the bedroom situation. I think that is perfect.

Speaking of words, S has started putting words together! "night night daddy," "daddy's boots," "bye bye poppop!" and "love you" (which sounds like lubbuuuu). It is so fun

[thoseareradishes]

Congrats oneslybookworm!

Hugs shauni27, that is a lot all at once. I hope you get a break soon.

So E's been asking to use the potty pretty frequently. She's still in diapers and wears a onesie under her clothes (for warmth), so it's an ordeal getting her undressed to sit on the potty. Not sure if we should be doing anything else at this point. She seems to know when she needs to go, but not all the time - she peed on the bathroom floor before bath yesterday. I guess I just don't know what the next step is - pull ups? It's too cold to go without pants. I should probably read up on this, heh.

[woowoo]

You guys can probably relate. I just clotheslined my shirt (over my 23 week pregnant belly) on a doorknob, then went in my office and cried of happiness that I actually have a belly to clothesline.

I think I've legit lost my mind...LOL.

[knx9211]

What a day.

I woke up with a ton of bleeding this morning. My RE doesn’t have staff to do scans on the weekends but offered to move my Tuesday ultrasound up to tomorrow. Nope. I’m too insane for that. So off to the ER we went.

Got to see a beautiful baby measuring right on track at 6+4 with a 147 heartbeat. And a pretty sizable SCH. im glad we went in. I feel so much better and had to get my Rhogam shot anyway.

[cactuscookie]

Oh my gosh. So stressful. I'm so glad everything is all right.

[icedcoffee]

Oh man knx9211 I’m glad everything is ok. I had that with both pregnancies and it is terrifying. Glad they got you in!

[thoseareradishes]

Oh that's scary knx9211! Glad everything is okay. I had a SCH that bled all through 1st tri; thankfully it finally dried up around 12 or 13 weeks.