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Post by dizzycooks on Apr 10, 2018 18:27:08 GMT -6
Also... dizzycooks spill your potty training secrets!! Inquiring minds want to know! And how are you feeling!? Where is that boy? 😂 Pdq He was born last night. By far our biggest at 8lb 6oz. I started labored at 2am and then went in for my weekly appt at 9am and was told to either get admitted or stay nearby and walk. We chose to go to the mall and shop and have lunch. Checked in at 130ish and had my water broken at 5. Na.than was born at about 8pm. No real tearing this time (omg so amazing!!) so I have just one little stitch. It doesn’t hurt to pee you guys!! It’s amazing. I am however terribly bruised and stiff from labor and delivery. He is a big snuggle bug and pretty calm so far.
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Post by scorpioscuba on Apr 10, 2018 18:30:17 GMT -6
OMG!!!!!!! He’s beautiful dizzycooks! I had a feeeeeeeeling 😉 I’m glad you are feeling good. Congratulations! And I love the N name you picked. I think it is perfect with the others. 😍
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Post by scorpioscuba on Apr 10, 2018 18:31:49 GMT -6
❤️❤️❤️❤️ him! I’m crying again! 💙💙💙💙
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2018 18:32:22 GMT -6
dizzycooks congrats, he is adorable! I can’t believe he’s here! Time has flown! Love the name! Enjoy those snuggles!
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Post by scorpioscuba on Apr 10, 2018 18:32:35 GMT -6
Have the girls met him? What do they think? Sorry! So many questions! 😂
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Post by dizzycooks on Apr 10, 2018 18:51:30 GMT -6
Have the girls met him? What do they think? Sorry! So many questions! 😂 Nope. They are at home and my mom has no way to drive them all. Dh went home to take dd1 to an activity, but after school all day it’s just too late. If for some reason we don’t go home tomorrow he will get them up to visit. They’re doing great and very excited I “got the baby brother”. 😂
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Post by kcrkcs on Apr 10, 2018 20:31:12 GMT -6
dizzycooks he is so squishy and wonderful, big congrats 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
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Post by lollipop on Apr 11, 2018 8:47:43 GMT -6
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Post by nellieoleson on Apr 11, 2018 10:18:30 GMT -6
dizzycooks - Yay! Congratulations! So so happy for all of you. 😊😍😊😍
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Post by nellieoleson on Apr 12, 2018 21:08:14 GMT -6
I’m having a serious case of Mom guilt right now over how much I lose my patience with dd2. She can be such a handful sometimes and is constantly into everything. Totally normal for her age, but man, I feel like I lose my cool with her much more often than I would care to.
That being said, she is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better to take places now. She actually listens, doesn’t run off, and is a pretty good sport. I need to remind myself of these things when I’m completely fed up with her general toddler craziness at home.
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Post by nellieoleson on Apr 13, 2018 7:46:27 GMT -6
....and I think dd2 had a night terror last night? She woke up crying and was inconsolable and crazy. It was kind of insane. Like I thought she maybe needed to go to the hospital, but after 45 minutes was completely fine and is fine now.
Anyone have any experience with night terrors?
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Post by scorpioscuba on Apr 13, 2018 9:52:10 GMT -6
nellieoleson DS has them and I think dd has had at least one. They are really scary, more for us than them. Was she seemingly awake but completely unresponsive to your attempts to console her? That is how DS’s are. All the research I’ve read is that you shouldn’t try to pull them out of it as they are truly still asleep even though they look awake. They never remember them in the morning. It’s so hard. When DS has them I go lay next to him and I do try to make sure he knows I’m there and make sure he doesn’t hurt himself. Otherwise I’m just there till he calms down and is back asleep. Or normal asleep at least. He never remembers what happened in the morning. Ever. Hopefully this is not a regular thing for her.
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Post by nellieoleson on Apr 13, 2018 10:01:26 GMT -6
Yes, that’s exactly how it was. After a little bit I started suspecting she wasn’t really awake, because she was just completely crazy and not herself at all. Nothing I did calmed her down, she would just scream and sob.
If it happens again I’m going to try to not disturb her and hopefully it will pass. I think trying to console her made it worse because it halfway woke her up. Once she completely woke up she was fine, but we ended up awake on the couch from 11 to 1.
But it’s so hard! How do you know they aren’t really awake when they are suddenly screaming “MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY!!”? Obviously my first reaction is to pick her up and see how I can help her. Poor baby. She seems fine today, I’m the one who is tired and shaken up.
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Post by scorpioscuba on Apr 13, 2018 11:02:40 GMT -6
Yup! It’s so hard. DS does the same thing and screams scary things like people are trying to get him, screams for us etc. but when you are there and they don’t respond to you AT ALL you know it’s a night terror. Just stay with her, calm, quiet voice if needed. I usually try to keep a hand on his shoulder or something if I can until he calms down and is out of it and settles back down. Now he just rolls over and is back asleep after about 5-10 minutes and it’s like nothing ever happened. But he’s 7. DD will also wake up after hers and it is harder to get them back to sleep after.
They also seem to come and go in phases. He has had them since an infant I believe. He goes through periods were he gets them frequently (1-2 a week) for several months and then they taper off and disappear for awhile. He went through a rough bout in the fall and and now he hasn’t had any for a few months. I’ve read sleep deprivation can be a contributing factor so if they pick up frequency I try to make sure we are sticking closely to our sleep routine.
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Post by lollipop on Apr 13, 2018 12:30:45 GMT -6
My mom is going to be babysitting the kids on Sundays when I'm working, but she needs a new car seat for M, because the 3-in-1 seat that was supposed to last for a few years that she bought when M was an infant is too small. So we're getting a seat like S's that goes from 5 point harness to high backed booster to backless booster. It's a giant hassle. We went to Costco yesterday, but they don't carry the seats in store only online. So we went to Wal-Mart, and they have the seat, just not in stock. It was supposed to come in last night, so we went back just now, 45 minutes later, and we're going to ANOTHER Wal-Mart to pick it up finally.
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Post by tinydancer on Apr 13, 2018 21:05:39 GMT -6
CONGRATS dizzycooks! Your boy is precious. I can't believe he's here already! And sounds like a pretty nice labor.
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Post by tinydancer on Apr 13, 2018 21:11:56 GMT -6
HI! Sorry I've been absent. I've been trying to follow along and commiserate with the 2 year old sass.
We moved into our new house two weeks ago and are trying to get through the last of the boxes. LO constantly says we're at the new house and sometimes asks to go "home." I'm not sure he totally gets that this is our new home. We moved him to a big boy bed and he's doing pretty good, but now sometimes wakes up overnight. He turns on his nightlight (which plays music) to put himself back to sleep and it sometimes wakes us up. A preview of what it will be like with the new baby I guess.
We tried to do a 3-day style potty training with him when he had spring break from preschool last week and it failed miserably. He refuses to go on the potty. One day he held it for 8 hours while running around pants-less. He will generally sit on the potty, but he will not go in it. And if you ask him where the best place to pee or poop is he will say the potty. So he knows what to do but will not do it. We're letting it go for now and we'll try again later.
I am less than 2 months from my due date and feeling pretty large. I have one more flying trip for work next week, and then likely an overnight driving trip the week after and then I'm staying put. Starting to feel exhausted.
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Post by nellieoleson on Apr 14, 2018 7:50:33 GMT -6
Hi tinydancer! That’s pretty great he turns on his light and music to soothe himself, even if it does wake you up. Resourceful little dude you’ve got there. 😊 We moved last year, shortly after dd1 turned 3. She STILL talks about our old house, and calls our house now “our green house.” Glad you guys are getting settled and hopefully get some time to nest before the baby arrives!
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Post by nellieoleson on Apr 14, 2018 7:51:17 GMT -6
dizzycooks - How is it going, lady? Thinking of you and hoping you are getting a little bit of rest.
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Post by dizzycooks on Apr 14, 2018 9:27:52 GMT -6
dizzycooks - How is it going, lady? Thinking of you and hoping you are getting a little bit of rest. I’m good. I could use more rest, but it’s kind of hectic around here. I’m hoping naptime next week will be more restful. He’s a decent sleeper so far, but he loves to eat so he prefers to be in my arms. I’ll take it. It’s hard to believe this is the last time a tiny baby will be all mine to snuggle and comfort.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Apr 16, 2018 1:44:07 GMT -6
dizzycooks, CONGRATULATIONS!!! He's so adorable! I'm sorry I've been AWOL the last few weeks. I've been working 13-hour days 6 days a week since the beginning of March, plus DH is seriously stressed and a hair's width away from occupational burnout. He's been applying to other jobs, but no luck so far. Hiring processes take longer here (because it's harder to fire people), but he needs to get out asap. Tomorrow is a dr's appointment that he has asked me to go to with him so I can help him explain his symptoms. He's supposed to get a referral to a cardiologist because all the stress has been causing heart arrhythmia (discovered at a different medical visit he had), and his grandfather died of a heart attack at age 50 (DH is 39). So yeah, life is stressful at the moment. :/ DD3 is super cute, but DDs 1+2 have been fighting non-stop lately. They have phases like this, and it drives me up the wall every single time. They cannot sit next to each other for 5 seconds without one of them hitting the other. And for the icing on the cake, DH was saying it's really hard to get craftsmen to come right now because they have so much to do, so since we'd been planning on adding a bathroom upstairs in the fall (there's a room that's meant to be a bathroom but it's currently unfinished and we use it for storage), we started the process. Now it looks like it's going to be done by the end of June. That's freaking me out a bit because I hadn't planned on needing the money until the fall. It'll be ok, and it'll be great to have that bathroom finished, but I'm still feeling a little panicky about the financing. The official quote should get here in the next week or two and then we'll see.
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Post by dizzycooks on Apr 16, 2018 13:07:34 GMT -6
crimsonandclover Ive been wondering where you were! I’m sorry for all the craziness.i hope your dh gets a clean bill of health and a new job quickly. My girls are spurts like that too and it is SO annoying. I’ve made them play together more and kept them apart. Neither seems to help 😆
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Post by lollipop on Apr 17, 2018 11:00:04 GMT -6
I need to brag you guys, because I'm super proud of myself. At my last weigh in I'd lost 15 lbs, and I started going to the gym again. I forgot how much I like it. It's great, time to myself, with my music, and bonus! I use my mom's membership so it's not costing me anything except the gas it takes to get there and back. And of course it's good for me. It's so much easier to stick with it now that I don't have to drag H and a toddler with me every time I want to go.
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Post by dizzycooks on Apr 17, 2018 16:05:13 GMT -6
lollipop that is awesome! I am so glad you found a way to get some time to yourself and take care of YOU! An important reminder to us all. We are having never ending winter here. Supposedly 5 more inches of snow are headed our way tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 18:06:53 GMT -6
I need to brag you guys, because I'm super proud of myself. At my last weigh in I'd lost 15 lbs, and I started going to the gym again. I forgot how much I like it. It's great, time to myself, with my music, and bonus! I use my mom's membership so it's not costing me anything except the gas it takes to get there and back. And of course it's good for me. It's so much easier to stick with it now that I don't have to drag H and a toddler with me every time I want to go. That’s awesome! You should be proud! 😀
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Post by crimsonandclover on Apr 18, 2018 10:28:17 GMT -6
In other news, did you guys see the 2019 bmbs are now up?!? 3 years ago we were starting to get our bfps. Crazy.
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Post by dizzycooks on Apr 18, 2018 13:02:38 GMT -6
In other news, did you guys see the 2019 bmbs are now up?!? 3 years ago we were starting to get our bfps. Crazy. That is crazy!! I am not ok with my baby girl turning 3...nope. She’s a darn cute baby that turned into a real sweet toddler. We can skip prek tyvm. Of course my kindergartener just read me a beard stein bears book all on her own so...yeah kids get big too fast.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 8:39:00 GMT -6
tinydancer hi!! glad your travel is winding down! remind me, do you know if you are having a boy or girl? exciting times! I'm almost 21 weeks, time is flying! can't believe it's been three years since the bfp! I didn't really believe mine! I tested way too early and the line was way too faint. I showed DH right before work and neither of us were really convinced! I think I took a test that night to confirm. I remember driving to work in a daze. We were in shock I think! DD is getting so big! She is very tall for her age and looks older. She is starting to act like a little kid, I think! I'm so excited to watch her grown but there will always be a little part of me wishing she were my little baby still!
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Post by dizzycooks on Apr 19, 2018 13:58:52 GMT -6
dd3 has been increasingly clingy over the last few days. She adores her brother, but things that wouldn't normally set her off are major meltdowns lately. Both for me and for dh so I'm trying to be a little more attentive to her. She is all about doing what her sisters do and it's hard because I don't really love sending her outside alone and WONT send her out to the front yard alone. This of course is a major problem in her world and I have found her opening the door and trying to leave all by herself. Yes, she navigates child locks perfectly. ugh.
I am in that stupid pp haze of "what the heck was I just doing?" as I stand and stare at something. Like I do not have a clue why I came to that room. I'm trying to give myself space and not make to do lists and micromanage my day, but dang, I can't focus on a task to save my soul.
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Post by kcrkcs on Apr 19, 2018 19:40:35 GMT -6
We are finally getting back to normal after an unbelievable blizzard bookended by stomach bugs for L and I. Hi to all!!
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