My first was diagnosed with IUGR, he was born at 4 lbs. 4 oz. I was induced at 37 weeks for pre-eclampsia. This pregnancy I am about 25 weeks and last week at my appointment the doctor measured and said that I was measuring about a week an a half behind. He scheduled me for a couple of growth ultrasounds in the next month to month and a half. He also just said that maybe I just have small babies, but they want to keep an eye on things.
Is a condo/house (VRBO or similar) an option? Or do you have to stay in a hotel?
We just rented a condo at the beach. M actually slept in our walk-in closet because our friends were in the other bedroom. He slept great! (He's only 9mo though; not sure if 18mo is a tougher age.) It was a great setup because we hung out with the friends, drank, and played games after the kids went to sleep.
We will be at hotels. We are taking driving and will be in a different city every night.
How do you do it? We are going on vacation in a couple of weeks with our 1.5 year old. How do you get them to sleep in a hotel room? Do you just go to bed early? Give me your tricks and tips!
Yeah, that is crazy! We had a similar stay and a similar bill.
Re pacifiers - on day six of our seven day NICU stay the nurses told us that we could keep the dropped pacifiers instead of tossing them - after we and they had tossed several. We wouldn't have had to buy any if we would have known that!
We just had a major hail storm in our area. We had our insurance adjuster come out to see if we had damage. He found extensive damage and they are covering a decent amount for us. When the insurance guy came he asked if we had a contractor coming to go over it with him. We didn't, which was fine. There have been storm chasing roofing companies come by to give us a "free inspection" but they all give off a shady vibe. The insurance guy said not to mention to the roofing companies that we were going through insurance or they will want to see the insurance amount and base their quotes on that.
I think it is okay. I mean not every kid might have a yellow shirt but you would probably still have "yellow day". Unless there is a punishment for non-participation I think that it is fine.
When I was nearly EPing I would try to have my son nurse and clear it out. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. I don't know what your reasons are for EPing but maybe give that a try.
We have him take at least one nap. There are some days that we offer two, if he seems tired, and he will just play in his crib for an hour or so. I think it is kind of like the sleep training/CIO - if he knows you come if he is screaming he is going to scream. This was about the age that some days he started only needing one nap.