11 things for 11 days till Christmas!

[carrots]

Any tips on getting babies to take antibiotics? M can put up quite a fight!

[carrots]

Also, mini celebration over here:

[ellabee]

That is AMAZING carrots!!! Congratulations!!! ::higest of fives::

[ellabee]

Dec 20, 2017 7:48:18 GMT -6 carrots said:

Any tips on getting babies to take antibiotics? M can put up quite a fight!

Ugh. I'm so sorry about this. What form are they in? Are they liquid? 

This whole week I've had to mix 1oz of water in a bottle with Bs motrin/tylenol doses because that's the only way he'd take them. When it was time for a bottle I'd give the meds first. That way he was hungry/thirsty enough to take them. He immediately spits anything out from a syringe.

[carrots]

I’ll give the bottle with water a try ellabee. It’s liquid amoxicillin and there’s no extra (just enough for her 20 doses) so I hate to waste it! The good news is that she’s ingesting some of it because she’s feeling a ton better.

[Lakes]

That picture makes me so excited carrots! Great work!

[peaseblossom55]

Yay carrots last work pump!!!!!

[peaseblossom55]

Finalizing our plans for Xmas day has been so stressful.

[Lakes]

Dec 20, 2017 21:42:50 GMT -6 peaseblossom55 said:

Finalizing our plans for Xmas day has been so stressful.

I should really start wrapping presents 😬

[judyblume14]

wooohoo carrots!!! Congratulations on breaking free!!!! I have another 5 weeks of pumping... need to make sure my currently-dwindling stash is FULL for when my H and I go on vacation for 6 days!

[judyblume14]

carrots, I wish my babe could hang out with yours. Because A's face seriously lights up when I pull the amoxicillin out. We have 2 more days of it. Then I'm afraid she's going to miss it!!!

I'm working from home today and we're going to see Christmas lights tonight. Hopefully somewhere in between I can get a few chores done and wrap some gifts!

[peaseblossom55]

Dec 21, 2017 6:24:18 GMT -6 Lakes said:

Dec 20, 2017 21:42:50 GMT -6 peaseblossom55 said:

Finalizing our plans for Xmas day has been so stressful.

I should really start wrapping presents 😬

I haven't started either.

[peaseblossom55]

TW: trigger warning for losses, mention of Anne.liese and Maggie

Last night I went to a friend's house her neighbor has a mother who is medium and was around for the holidays who was willing to do readings. I went to see if I could reach out to my babies somehow. She did I told her about Anne.liese and Maggie and she mentioned they were together, there was another baby of ours there with them. I was shocked, I guess she was referencing Bean, I didn't mention that loss at all. She said Bean was a boy, they are all together and happy, and are always checked in on by mine and H's grandparents. She asked if I had memorials for them and I said yes. She said she was getting strong signals from them about a small round circle near their memorial. I said no there was nothing like that. I don't add or change stuff and I know what was there. She said to write it down as it may come to me a few days later. Just before we left I remembered, Maggie's urn is on my nightstand- when I was sick last weekend I had left a tums on my nightstand right by Maggie's urn. There were a few other things she mentioned that were dead on as well. It gave me peace, even though it was emotional.


I just wanted to share.

[Lakes]

peaseblossom55 I'm glad it gave you a sense of peace ❤️❤️ I'm sending up a quick thought for you and all of your babies.

[Lakes]

I just finished wrapping all the presents!
🎉🎉
Now I'm working on a giant pile of laundry I've been avoiding. Such an exciting morning over here.

[meeggaannw]

Dec 19, 2017 6:32:08 GMT -6 Lakes said:

meeggaannw did you survive your trip?

Hi!! Life has been just a mess of crazy since we got back, maybe since we started the trip to be honest. The first half of our trip was full of family obligations and no sleep. The 2nd half was much better. We happened to be on our way to the cabin in the mountains when a snow storm hit. We made it all the way to the road the cabin was on before we couldn't drive any further, our van would not make it up the mountain. We had to hike in the half mile to the cabin and then mh had to make 5-6 trips up and down to get all of our stuff in. It snowed 10 inches and it was amazing! My only regret is that the kids aren't old enough to remember our snowy mountain adventure where we got snowed in for 3 days.

Anyway, traveling the first half of December has completely thrown me off. No Christmas cards this year but that's okay. Also R's birthday is the day after and nothing has been done for that, oh well.

[meeggaannw]

1. I'm sorry for all the ladies dealing with sick houses. Fx everyone is healthy for Christmas!

2. Thank you to those of you that mentioned camelback for Christmas, what a great idea!

3. I can't wait until dd is old enough to "help" me bake. At this point she is still to little to trust in the kitchen.

4. We just started drinking water better here this week. It's like he knows he is turning 1 in a few days.

5.Lakes no thank you to those house guests! We actually have mh's college roommate and his wife staying at our house the 26th(R's birthday) - the 30th. They aren't here to visit us but her grandmother that lives an hour away and mh works the whole time. Still not looking forward to it, I just don't like sharing my space.

6. I have wrapped not one present, but I only have to wrap mh's. he has already done all of the other wrapping!

7. R doesn't really have any words yet. He babbles dada and when I ask his to say more he goes mmmmm but that's really it. He has babble mama but it has no meaning to him.

8. Congrats carrots on your last pump! Awesome!

9. judyblume14 6 day kid free vacation?! That sounds amazing! Where are you going?

10. Wow peaseblossom55, what an experience. I glad she gave you peace, especially this time of year.

11. I really need to go to the grocery store today but mh works tonight so he is sleeping and I really just don't have the energy to take both kids to the grocery store 2 days before Christmas.