It's September!

[kellikans]

Ugh, but it's like 90 degrees outside right now. Definitely not getting me in the mood for fall. Too hot!

We're getting over hand foot mouth in our house right now. DS caught it at daycare. Luckily it seems to have been a very mild case, but he definitely had some sores in his mouth and was so miserable. I ended up with a few bumps on my hand, DH had a few bumps oh his hands and sores in his mouth. So far it looks like DD escaped unscathed, thank goodness.

DS has been learning so much lately. He amazes us with new things everyday. It's crazy how much he picks up on things around him. He hears us telling the dogs "up" while nudging them with our feet and he started doing it when he wants them to move. It's so cute!

DD is 2 months now. She's starting to coo and smiles so much. She seems to be a pretty happy baby. We are dealing with some horrible diaper rash (called jacquet's dermatitis) and it's not going away even after the treatments our pedi has recommended. We've tried neosporin/Lotrimin, prescription hydrocortisone, a bunch of different diaper rash creams... Nothing is really working. We change her right away, too. I'm going to have to call the office on Tuesday to follow up. We may need to visit a pediatric dermatologist. I think it's being caused by acidic poops (she has some reflux). Maybe I'll get some maalox today to mix in with her cream to see if it helps.

[grover]

Got everyone loaded up in the van to go grocery shopping this morning, to only to turn on the car and get a flat tire warning. Service dept is closed til Tuesday morning. H's car can only fit 2 kids at a time. Tuesday's gonna be crazy for daycare dropoff and pickup. (Note: I do have a backup sitter who can come to my house, but I'd still be out the $100 I'd still owe daycare.)

kellikans, I'm glad your son had a mild case, and your daughter avoided HFM. And LOL, our younger pup will only move if you tell him to move his butt, so DD will run around and yell "Move your butt Max! Move butt! Move butt now!"

[thoseareradishes]

I hope E figures out how to entertain herself a little more, or else this is going to be a long winter. She doesn't seem to like her toys, she just wants me to read all the time. Guess we'll be going to the library more often.

Instead of saying mine or do it myself, she says OWN! It's pretty funny. She also thinks she is quite funny, says cats say woof and traffic lights are purple. Also, she got onion stuck up her nose a few weeks ago, and now claims the cat helped her get it out. Stinker.

[red]

Just waiting to see what this hurricane does. Off all week because of it. We’re in SC, bordering an evacuation zone, not sure if that will change in the coming days. Praying for the Bahamas, so heartbreaking.

[loira]

Thinking of you, red!

thoseareradishes, don't despair. 2.5 was when A really started playing by herself for longer stretches of time. I'm sure it'll happen soon.

We had an amazing holiday over to Vancouver and up the coast on the mainland. A's massive, mind-blowing, ear-splitting tantrums seem to have paused (not going to tempt fate by declaring them gone) and she's back to being a joy to be around. When she's not informing me that I'm an idiot and she's the only smart one. I swear, this girl is 3 going on 13. The sass is off the charts. She often raises 1 eyebrow and looks at us like we're TOTALLY LAME before saying something like "YOU'RE not going to stop me. I'M going to do what I WANT!" I worry she's going to become one of those Veruca Salt -type only children, but then she'll do something like try to teach the baby at the next table over to wave, or give me her last handful of popcorn, and I think it'll be okay.

[shauni27]

thoseareradishes, ugh, seriously. S would love to be outside all the time but I just do not feel comfortable with him out there alone, as we do not have a fenced in yard. He is going through a SUPER clingy stage with me (always has preferred me) and it is making life so difficult. SCREAMING and whining if I am not 100% with him. We built him a little sensory corner to comfort himself when he is angry but right now it seems like it is 24-7. The only way to appease him is to turn on the TV, which I HATE doing, and have been relying on too much. But he just wants me to hold him all hours of the day if we are at home at all. If we are not at home he does much better.

IT doesn't help that he is cutting his molars, is going through a sleep regression and has a cold, but fuck, man. This is really, really hard. It has been 2 weeks of this now and I literally dread mornings and evenings :/

[thoseareradishes]

Hugs shauni27, that sounds really hard. I hope he is feeling better soon and you can get a break.

loira, I thought of you today because E is scared of public restrooms now. Poor kid shook and screamed the entire time I peed and washed up at Target today. Damn electric hand dryers.

[loira]

Sept 4, 2019 13:55:21 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

Hugs shauni27, that sounds really hard. I hope he is feeling better soon and you can get a break.

loira, I thought of you today because E is scared of public restrooms now. Poor kid shook and screamed the entire time I peed and washed up at Target today. Damn electric hand dryers.

Those hand dryers are so awful. They make MY ears hurt! Poor E. 100% recommend noise cancelling headphones. Even with them, A only started relaxing more in public washrooms a few months ago.

[shauni27]

Sept 4, 2019 13:55:21 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

Hugs shauni27 , that sounds really hard. I hope he is feeling better soon and you can get a break.

loira , I thought of you today because E is scared of public restrooms now. Poor kid shook and screamed the entire time I peed and washed up at Target today. Damn electric hand dryers.

He did great last night--slept almost 12 hours. So that was nice. But then again this morning, total meltdown and would not do anything but let me hold him. 

I am second guessing every little parenting decision and wondering if he doesn't like daycare or something. It is so, so hard.

[cactuscookie]

I love my baby so, so much from 6am to 10pm. But she makes me so frustrated at night. She's 7.5 months old and waking up twice to eat most nights. It's extra aggravating because two months ago, she was waking up once per night regularly and occasionally sleeping through the night. But she regressed majorly once she started daycare at 6-months old. She only goes for five hours a day, but she only drinks a few ounces of milk while there, so that's basically her fasting time, and she makes up the calories at night. I haaaaate waking up in the middle of the night.

[red]

Our power went out at 5:30 this morning, it’s 11:30 at night and still out. Bye bye food in the fridge. Thankfully no other damages from Dorian, but it’s going to be tough sleeping with no AC. Hoping it comes back some time tonight since it will be in 90s tomorrow. I have a headache and feel like garbage due to eating crap processed food today. Obviously we are lucky overall so I hate to complain.

[shauni27]

cactuscookie, Can you start doing a night weaning? I know she does not eat much during the day at daycare, so that would make me worried, but if you do some night weaning, maybe then she will start eating more at daycare?

red, I hate losing power and sleeping without the white noise and especially the AC!

[thoseareradishes]

I took E to the dentist today and he said we have to ditch the pacifier. UGGGHHH. I know we need to I'm just dreading it. Thankfully it's a wubanub, so she can keep the animal and I'm hoping that will help.

I also want to start potty training so need to do this asap, because I think both will be too stressful on her (and me).

[EllenGriswold]

Sept 10, 2019 12:29:15 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

I took E to the dentist today and he said we have to ditch the pacifier. UGGGHHH. I know we need to I'm just dreading it. Thankfully it's a wubanub, so she can keep the animal and I'm hoping that will help.

I also want to start potty training so need to do this asap, because I think both will be too stressful on her (and me).

We did this over the spring this year - we potty trained in January, and then got rid of the wub and moved him to a big kid bed both in May. We were down to one pacifier and I had been telling G over and over that when that one broke we were not getting any new ones but it kept hanging on. We had been talking about cutting the pacifier off but one day G actually came to us and said he wanted to cut it off. About 15 minutes after we did it he said he wanted it back on and it was an EPIC fit when he realized that wasn’t an option. That night was also TERRIBLE but the next night was wayyy better and by the third day it was pretty much a non-issue. All that to say prepare for a bad day or two but hopefully it will get better quickly. And I thought the little animal would help a lot too but once we cut the paci part off he was pretty much done with it altogether. Like he was mad at the little critter for not having a pacifier anymore.

[shauni27]

Sept 10, 2019 12:29:15 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

I took E to the dentist today and he said we have to ditch the pacifier. UGGGHHH. I know we need to I'm just dreading it. Thankfully it's a wubanub, so she can keep the animal and I'm hoping that will help.

I also want to start potty training so need to do this asap, because I think both will be too stressful on her (and me).

I would be nervous to do both as well! I would probably start with the paci just because it seems easier, and what I plan to do when we are ready (also planning for between 2.5-3 YO) is to tell them the binky fairy came. Leave a toy in it's place. Etc. I expect a similar reaction to EllenGriswold's kiddo.

Good luck!

[thoseareradishes]

EllenGriswold, shauni27, so far she's playing around with her pillow and isn't crying. I offered her the kitty without the pacifier on it, but she didn't want it so I left it next to her bed. We watched a Sesame Street episode where Elmo gives up his pacifier, so maybe that helped?

[EllenGriswold]

thoseareradishes I hope the rest of the night went great! That’s awesome that she didn’t seem too upset!

[thoseareradishes]

She did pretty well; took about 2 hours to fall asleep, woke up around 3am and just needed to be covered up, then up at 6:15am for the day (yuck- we aren't normally up until 7:15). I put her down for nap a little while ago and there has been a lot of crying for us but hopefully she is settling down. I feel so bad for her, it must really suck to try to fall asleep without something you've always had.

[loira]

shauni27, I thought of you today when A was so excited for her first day of school this year, and came home so happy. Even last year, when she started, there was still drop off anxiety and she cried at drop off for a good month. But this year it's like she's a different kid. She even had her first babysitter experience (well, caregiver who wasn't my mum, dad or sister) in a strange house on our trip last weekend, and she let this girl put her to bed and everything. It will get better, I promise. If A can become relaxed about this stuff, than S will for sure in time. Hang in there.

[shauni27]

Sept 11, 2019 16:15:49 GMT -5 loira said:

shauni27, I thought of you today when A was so excited for her first day of school this year, and came home so happy. Even last year, when she started, there was still drop off anxiety and she cried at drop off for a good month. But this year it's like she's a different kid. She even had her first babysitter experience (well, caregiver who wasn't my mum, dad or sister) in a strange house on our trip last weekend, and she let this girl put her to bed and everything. It will get better, I promise. If A can become relaxed about this stuff, than S will for sure in time. Hang in there.

That’s so nice of you to share! And I’m so so so pleased for you guys! I think of you and A when I am dealing with s and how separation anxiety from me and it helps knowing I have a friend going through similar stuff. ♥️

[pooh8402]

So I'm a NP student, right? My local NP association has monthly dinners that are put on by pharma companies where we learn about new meds. Most of the time, I'm just going for the networking, but today it was related to womens health (a medication for vasomotor symptoms of menopause, fwiw) so off I went. And was not just for NPs, there were physicians there too.

I saw my RE there! The one who helped me conceive E2, and said she would hire me after graduation. I hadn't seen her in person since I was 10 weeks, last year. I got to chat with her and shared pictures and everything. So good to see her!

[shauni27]

pooh8402, that is so exciting! And what a nice thing, to reconnect with them!

[pinkpeony08]

My kids started school, which has been good for everyone. They love it, but we are all tired from the busier schedule.

I finally got answers from reproductive immunology. We are set up to start to try to conceive next cycle. I'm pretty nervous. I'll be on prednisone (already started low dose) and lovenox with lots of monitoring to adjust pending my immune system. Potentially IVIG if I get insurance coverage. They said the clinic success rate is 70% with their treatments. I went for a follow up last week and they rechecked my immune labs after being on a gluten free and dairy free diet for a month and they were way better! I'm hoping that means I can minimize meds. I sometimes can't believe we are going to try again, yet I really feel like if we don't, I'll regret it.

[King26]

Hey ladies. I miss you all and feel so out of the loop. Work is stressing me out and J is having some speech issues which is also stressing ne out. Otherwise, he turned 2 last month and is a pretty awesome dude.

[King26]

Sept 4, 2019 14:30:44 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Sept 4, 2019 13:55:21 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

Hugs shauni27 , that sounds really hard. I hope he is feeling better soon and you can get a break.

loira , I thought of you today because E is scared of public restrooms now. Poor kid shook and screamed the entire time I peed and washed up at Target today. Damn electric hand dryers.

He did great last night--slept almost 12 hours. So that was nice. But then again this morning, total meltdown and would not do anything but let me hold him. 

I am second guessing every little parenting decision and wondering if he doesn't like daycare or something. It is so, so hard.

J is in this phase also. He wants to be outside 24/7 and is suoer clingy, more towards dh then I but dh is home with him all day. Like he walks downstairs and J melts down. We are also in the 2 year sleep regression which is tough man. I love my child dearly but sometimes toddlers are hard. He also started daycare 2 days a week last month and i dont think that is helping.

[King26]

Sept 10, 2019 12:29:15 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

I took E to the dentist today and he said we have to ditch the pacifier. UGGGHHH. I know we need to I'm just dreading it. Thankfully it's a wubanub, so she can keep the animal and I'm hoping that will help.

I also want to start potty training so need to do this asap, because I think both will be too stressful on her (and me).

We ditched the binky at 21 months and it was rough. Major sleep and nap regression. The first week was hell. That being said, we gave j a blankie and had to sleep train again which was week 2 of taking binky and after that he has been fine and doesnt even miss it. Fx its not too bad for you.

[shauni27]

Sept 23, 2019 20:59:03 GMT -5 King26 said:

Sept 4, 2019 14:30:44 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

He did great last night--slept almost 12 hours. So that was nice. But then again this morning, total meltdown and would not do anything but let me hold him. 

I am second guessing every little parenting decision and wondering if he doesn't like daycare or something. It is so, so hard.

J is in this phase also. He wants to be outside 24/7 and is suoer clingy, more towards dh then I but dh is home with him all day. Like he walks downstairs and J melts down. We are also in the 2 year sleep regression which is tough man. I love my child dearly but sometimes toddlers are hard. He also started daycare 2 days a week last month and i dont think that is helping.

100%. The meltdowns when I leave a room. It has gotten a bit better the last couple of weeks but still. And no joke, I never really felt like S had a true sleep regression before...then he turned 2. It was so hard.

[thoseareradishes]

Sept 23, 2019 21:01:31 GMT -5 King26 said:

Sept 10, 2019 12:29:15 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

I took E to the dentist today and he said we have to ditch the pacifier. UGGGHHH. I know we need to I'm just dreading it. Thankfully it's a wubanub, so she can keep the animal and I'm hoping that will help.

I also want to start potty training so need to do this asap, because I think both will be too stressful on her (and me).

We ditched the binky at 21 months and it was rough. Major sleep and nap regression. The first week was hell. That being said, we gave j a blankie and had to sleep train again which was week 2 of taking binky and after that he has been fine and doesnt even miss it. Fx its not too bad for you.

It's gotten better but she still has nights and/or naps where she yells for me for a long time.  It's been 2 weeks today since we took the pacifier.   Luckily once she's asleep for the night she usually stays asleep until morning.  It's so hard because I refuse to sleep in the room with her or start any new bad habits so it means listening to a lot of screaming.

[pandora89]

DS's sleep is really crappy. He used to sleep through the night since he was 4 months but recently is up 3 times a night screaming and crying. We litter his crib with pacifiers and he will throw them all out on purpose so we will have to go in to put them back in and he will settle down after. But argh. Yesterday he was only up once but then it took me over an hour to fall back asleep after.

Our FET is this Sunday and I am slowly starting to lose it. I do not miss this stress and anxiety. We only have one blast from our most recent IVF cycle in August that is untested and I really dont know if we want to do another cycle, at least anytime soon. So if anyone has any single embryo success stories, please share lol. We had to go through 4 embryos last time before we had DS, with one being an ectopic.

[shauni27]

pandora89 , I am sorry that E's sleep has been crappy! More importantly, I am sorry you have to deal with the stress of another FET. Think good, positive thoughts. My fingers are crossed for you!