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Post by alwayscheese on Mar 24, 2018 7:35:59 GMT -6
I really need to be better about napping during the day but it's so hard to make myself lay down and sleep. +1
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Post by nuggetrn on Mar 24, 2018 7:40:46 GMT -6
Darn my leaky right boob and nipple shells. I am once again soaked because I leaned over too far. And wasted milk 😩😩
I moved her from my arms to the crib. Fx she sleeps there.
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Post by polson on Mar 24, 2018 7:56:51 GMT -6
cornpop that is so sweet that she is so excited about her sister! dd2 only woke up at 2 ...i feel like she is lulling us into a false sense of sleep security only to change it up soon. i am scarred from dd1 and her crappy sleep. we went out to breakfast this morning and h is now at the children’s museum with dd1 and i’m watching cooking shows while dd2 snoozes. my aunt offered to watch the girls so h and i can go to a quick happy hour this afternoon. waiting patiently for some more babies to make their appearances!!
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Post by polson on Mar 24, 2018 7:59:02 GMT -6
does anyone have experience with baby eczema? i think dd2 is starting to get it on her eyelids. i definitely plan on bringing it up at her 1 mo, but i’m worried this means she has a dairy sensitivity or something. any anecdotes would be greatly appreciated
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Post by cornpop on Mar 24, 2018 8:45:53 GMT -6
does anyone have experience with baby eczema? i think dd2 is starting to get it on her eyelids. i definitely plan on bringing it up at her 1 mo, but i’m worried this means she has a dairy sensitivity or something. any anecdotes would be greatly appreciated Em has eczema but only a little patch on her foot. We treat it with aquaphor and then a steroid cream if it's really bad. She did have a dairy sensitivity for the first year so we had to do soy formula. The ezcema didn't really start until after she started dairy so I do wonder if it's connected but hers has never been so bad the Drs wanted us to cut dairy out again. I did hear that slathering a baby every night in Vaseline is supposed to prevent ezcema. I'm not sure if that would help at this point?
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Post by babybean on Mar 24, 2018 9:44:59 GMT -6
It’s my first full solo day with both the kiddos. I’m starting to crash but don’t think DS will nap. Toddlers are much harder than newborns. 😴😑
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Post by katietopaz on Mar 24, 2018 10:01:34 GMT -6
DH and I went to Disney last night and left DS1 with my mom. It was nice to get another little date night in. The goal was to get lots of walking in and with any luck, get things moving, but I think I had maybe one contraction all evening. The mall and IKEA are on the list for the weekend, because it can't hurt to stay active, right?
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Post by woodenshoes on Mar 24, 2018 10:05:38 GMT -6
It’s my first full solo day with both the kiddos. I’m starting to crash but don’t think DS will nap. Toddlers are much harder than newborns. 😴😑 Solo parenting with both children has been tough. My 4 year old is much more needy than the baby. I know my 4 year old is just bored. There isn’t much to do by us. We need nice weather so we can go outside. I love DS1, but he is driving me crazy.
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Post by polson on Mar 24, 2018 10:16:15 GMT -6
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Post by sunshinedaisies on Mar 24, 2018 10:24:56 GMT -6
Add me to the list of people with babies who didn’t sleep last night. I had high hopes for last night because DS2 was up all evening yesterday. Nope. I think the longest stretch I got was 2 hours. Once. Otherwise it was every hour. He just wouldn’t go back down after the feedings. DH finally got up for good with him at 6 am so I could get some sleep (aka a whole hour until DS1 got up).
I hope I get to nap today. But DS1 is going stir crazy so we need to get out of the house. I think we are going to try the park to let him run his little butt off.
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Post by cp3 on Mar 24, 2018 11:40:05 GMT -6
Last night was our best night yet. I fed baby while Mh started bedtime with DD1 and she fell asleep without her fussy period so I was able to finish bedtime with DD1 which was nice because she was really wanting my attention last night.
Fed baby every two hours and the last two times she woke on her own to eat which was nice to not have to wake her. I'm hoping this means we are making a turn with her jaundice and she won't be as sleepy to eat anymore. I feel so much better about things today.
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Post by whatsit on Mar 24, 2018 11:43:03 GMT -6
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Post by clementine on Mar 24, 2018 12:10:55 GMT -6
It has been over 2 weeks since I have stepped foot outside of my house. And the last time was only for an hour at L’s 2 week pedi appt. I think I need to get out and breathe some outside air, even though the outside air is 30 degrees. My parents are here so they’ll be happy to hang at home with L. Now... where to go. Target, I think. And maybe to get ice cream.
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Post by cornpop on Mar 24, 2018 12:30:39 GMT -6
clementine that sounds like a nice break! We're headed home!! Ellie's billirubin is a little high but they still feel okay discharging us, we just have to go to the Peds on Monday instead of Tuesday. So right now I have her sunbathing in front of the window to try to help with the bili levels while waiting for my H to get the car seat. I'm a little anxious to see how Em will be at home once she realized Elle is sticking around so I'm glad to just get that over with soon. Plus... There's still ice cream cake at home!!
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Post by clementine on Mar 24, 2018 12:39:54 GMT -6
So L had the milk blister on the middle of his top lip, which I’ve read is common. But then the rest of his lips got blister-y, dry, and started peeling. It didn’t seem to bother him, but I just felt so bad. The main blister eventually fell off and his lips were back to normal. But now they’re getting dry and blister-y again. Is this normal? I’ve also read the blisters can be a sign of a bad latch, but everything seems to be fine with that. He’s nursing well and it’s not painful for me or anything.
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Post by nuggetrn on Mar 24, 2018 13:33:43 GMT -6
Baby slept for 2 hours and 45 minutes this morning. I ended up getting to sleep for like an hour. I'm not sure what's with this 2 hours and 45 minutes. That has been basically exactly how long she slept the last three times. It's a little weird.
My sister-in-law is here. I tried to nurse DD right before she got here so that she would be good for a little bit, but she flat-out refused. So of course an hour later she screaming bloody murder for food. So DH and sister-in-law left to get us lunch and now baby is nursing.
She just popped herself off happily, I told her that my nipple was pinched and that that was a sign of a bad latch and she started screaming immediately. So now I know that baby does not respond well to constructive criticism 😂😂
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Post by calendula on Mar 24, 2018 13:40:11 GMT -6
Flameful here. I've been ambivalent (at best) about nursing and reading everyone's posts about nursing (both the woes and the more positive posts) is making me dread the whole thing even more. It's just reminding me of how stressful the whole thing was with DS and how it took away from my ability to bond with him at all in those early days.
Is 40w3d too late to decide I don't want to BF?
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Post by auri on Mar 24, 2018 13:55:09 GMT -6
Flameful here. I've been ambivalent (at best) about nursing and reading everyone's posts about nursing (both the woes and the more positive posts) is making me dread the whole thing even more. It's just reminding me of how stressful the whole thing was with DS and how it took away from my ability to bond with him at all in those early days. Is 40w3d too late to decide I don't want to BF? I don't think that's flameful. With DD I did a combination of exclusively pumping and supplementing...I didn't like the feeling of her actually feeding from my breast. I'm still debating if I want to try that again or just exclusively formula feed. Pumping made me really stressed out and I'm not sure if I want to deal with the potential stress this time around. I hope you just figure out what works best for you and your family and don't get pressured into doing something that you don't really want to.
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Post by nuggetrn on Mar 24, 2018 13:58:25 GMT -6
Flameful here. I've been ambivalent (at best) about nursing and reading everyone's posts about nursing (both the woes and the more positive posts) is making me dread the whole thing even more. It's just reminding me of how stressful the whole thing was with DS and how it took away from my ability to bond with him at all in those early days. Is 40w3d too late to decide I don't want to BF? No. Not at all. Breastfeeding is hard. And I wish it felt more like bonding and less like torture. I go back and forth on how we will continue daily. My nipples are in rough shape. Especially on the right. I think we are getting better but man is it hard. I think the next step for me would be exclusively pumping. Thankfully I am at least producing milk. Which I was worried about because PCOS. She just latched beautifully on the left side, which is sometimes a problem because my nipple is really flat. So today I guess we will continue breastfeeding, because it's a good day. Tomorrow will likely be another story.
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Post by nevertoomanyshoes on Mar 24, 2018 14:27:09 GMT -6
Newborn photos is a great idea... except my husband is really into photography and will do them for free lol. Sigh. She’s “having a think” for more ideas.
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Post by nevertoomanyshoes on Mar 24, 2018 14:30:28 GMT -6
And oh my god I’m not the most coordinated person normally, but does anyone else have the clumsy dropsies really bad? I can barely reach down to pick shit up but I’m dropping things left right and centre. So annoying!
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Post by ArielMermaid on Mar 24, 2018 14:35:02 GMT -6
calendula no flames here. I’ll fight anyone that tries to shame you for that. Feed that kid however you want.
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Post by calendula on Mar 24, 2018 14:45:34 GMT -6
I feel like I've already given myself all the permissions...I'm intending to combo feed from the start, if we have serious latch or supply issues I'll move easily to EFF. Or if by some miracle of God I don't get bad mastitis a million times like last time (odds are slim since I got it from just being pregnant with this one). Basically I'm only willing to try BF to leave room for the possibility that it will go really smoothly and I might actually like it.
But IDK. That seems so, so unlikely. Like maybe I should just be realistic and head to the hospital like, I don't want to do this. I don't even know how to do that.
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Post by leatherpants on Mar 24, 2018 16:28:35 GMT -6
I LOVE THIS! Did you see that Tessa and Scott were on Ellen last week? And they played the “Definetly Not Dating Game”.
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Post by cornpop on Mar 24, 2018 18:02:20 GMT -6
calendula no flames!! I knew both times I didn't even want to attempt it. I'm so in awe of everyone that does because it seems so impossibly difficult. For me it was a matter of choosing to not even put that pressure on myself so I could enjoy Parenthood a little more.
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Post by mrsmonogrammed on Mar 24, 2018 18:24:20 GMT -6
And oh my god I’m not the most coordinated person normally, but does anyone else have the clumsy dropsies really bad? I can barely reach down to pick shit up but I’m dropping things left right and centre. So annoying! I dropped like 4 things at target yesterday and could. not. bring myself to bend over to pick them up because my back hurt so badly from doing things in the nursery all day. Sorry target employees for gently pushing them to the side of the aisles🙈
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Post by alwayscheese on Mar 24, 2018 18:35:52 GMT -6
clementine girl yes unless you're more of a homebody than me, get yourself out of the house! It's definitely a challenge to get the baby out of the house, but o haven't yet regretted it and if you can get out without the baby for an hour that's even better! calendula I think auri said it very well. It's hard even when it's going "well".
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Post by calendula on Mar 24, 2018 18:40:38 GMT -6
calendula no flames!! I knew both times I didn't even want to attempt it. I'm so in awe of everyone that does because it seems so impossibly difficult. For me it was a matter of choosing to not even put that pressure on myself so I could enjoy Parenthood a little more. Can you tell me a little more about eff from the start? What to expect in the hospital, what the first feeds look like, what to bring and how to prepare, that sort of thing?
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Post by dizzycooks on Mar 24, 2018 18:42:45 GMT -6
calendula nope not too late at all. You can make that choice anywhere along the line ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by cornpop on Mar 24, 2018 18:52:20 GMT -6
calendula no flames!! I knew both times I didn't even want to attempt it. I'm so in awe of everyone that does because it seems so impossibly difficult. For me it was a matter of choosing to not even put that pressure on myself so I could enjoy Parenthood a little more. Can you tell me a little more about eff from the start? What to expect in the hospital, what the first feeds look like, what to bring and how to prepare, that sort of thing? At my hospital they give you the nursettes of formula so after I delivered Thursday they brought in 2 bottles and i fed her while doing ski in to skin. After we got to the Pp room they gave us another 30 nursettes to cover more than our stay. It's really NBD and I was at a baby friendly pro BF hospital. They have you track ml eaten and poos/pees.
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