It’s gunna be May Randoms

[filingjointly]

May 1, 2018 6:44:18 GMT -6 ArielMermaid said:

This baby would be perfect if she slept at night like she does during the day.
I’m so tired.
Also trying not to verbally destroy my husband who is concerned about “what we’re going to do when he goes back to work.”
Uh, you’re going to continue to roll over and go back so sleep when she fusses and I’ll continue to try not to die from not sleeping. Asshole.
We don’t newborn well.

MH went back to work this week. He’s currently sleeping in the basement whilst I deal with the newborn all night and then the newborn/2yo/4yo all day. I feel pretty murdery about it but he’s so useless at night when he tries to help anyway. He does let me sleep a lot on the weekends so that’s how he’s still alive.

[cp3]

That is beyond frustrating mattsgirl2004. I'm sorry.

[cp3]

This morning has been rough. I got myself ready early and was feeling good and thought I would even be able to get D1 to school early today. Instead she was a little late and missed her phonics class.

I was planning on running errands after I dropped her off since the baby was sleeping. I went to put gas only to realize I left my wallet at home with only 4 miles of gas left in my car. 😬

[cornpop]

I swear Elle has a hole in her mouth or something. I was watching the whole time I fed her and didn't see much formula drip out but now I moved her and we're both soaked. This happens all the time. WTH

[ArielMermaid]

I NEED THIS CHILD TO BE AWAKE IN THE DAY TIME. She can sleep through anything! Arrrg.

[mrsmonogrammed]

May 1, 2018 13:46:40 GMT -6 ArielMermaid said:

I NEED THIS CHILD TO BE AWAKE IN THE DAY TIME. She can sleep through anything! Arrrg.

O has been like that both yesterday and today, WAKE UP BABIES!!

[Leaf 🌱]

Apr 30, 2018 18:13:34 GMT -6 tinyjoys said:

Hi. I'm having a baby tomorrow! In like 15 hours, assuming she doesn't attempt her appearance prior to my RCS.

HI HOW ARE YOU DOING ARE YOU SNUGGLING A BABY YET?!?

[sunshinedaisies]

May 1, 2018 13:46:40 GMT -6 ArielMermaid said:

I NEED THIS CHILD TO BE AWAKE IN THE DAY TIME. She can sleep through anything! Arrrg.

Trade. My baby won’t go to sleep. He’s been up since 7 am. PLEASE NAP!!!!

[tinyjoys]

She’s here & she’s perfect. I had some access bleeding & complications during, so it took a little longer than expected, but we’re both good. She’s latched decently so far. I’m kind of groggy still from loss of blood & all the anesthesia, but my legs are slowly gaining feeling again.

My big kids were up here about an hour ago. I’ll share pics & stats sometime this evening.

[auri]

Congrats tinyjoys!

[stardust84]

May 1, 2018 12:22:54 GMT -6 cornpop said:

I swear Elle has a hole in her mouth or something. I was watching the whole time I fed her and didn't see much formula drip out but now I moved her and we're both soaked. This happens all the time. WTH

I am going through the same thing. I keep thinking everything will stay down and then I move him and we are covered.

[ArielMermaid]

May 1, 2018 15:33:26 GMT -6 sunshinedaisies said:

May 1, 2018 13:46:40 GMT -6 ArielMermaid said:

I NEED THIS CHILD TO BE AWAKE IN THE DAY TIME. She can sleep through anything! Arrrg.

Trade. My baby won’t go to sleep. He’s been up since 7 am. PLEASE NAP!!!!

Mine starts that at midnight and it ends around 7 am. 😭

[ArielMermaid]

Glad you’re both ok tinyjoys!

[cornpop]

Congrats tinyjoys!!

[leatherpants]

Congrats tinyjoys!! I’m glad all is ok and that she is here ❤️ Can’t wait to hear more!

[cornpop]

Does anyone have any idea what texture formula fed poo should be?

My first was on soy so hers were always very solid.

Elle's are pretty watery. I thought this was normal for non-soy formula but my H disagrees.

She's also spitting up a lot.

I wonder if I should take her into the Ped?

[polson]

congrats tinyjoys! can’t wait to hear the details. i’m flad you are both doing alright

mattsgirl2004 that is incredibly frustrating...did you ever end up hearing from any of the parents?

[polson]

today was a much better day! dd1 is still sick but no where near as bad as she was yesterday. we even managed to get outside to play and go for a walk.

h is on call tonight and just informed me he won’t be home for bath/bedtime. i’ve done it a handful of times now, but only managed to have no crying from either one like two times. how do you ladies who have 2+ handle bath/bedtime alone? am i just going to have to get used to some level of crying with this for now?

edited for clarity - what do you do with the baby while you get older one ready for bed?

[auri]

J had his one month checkup and S had her 5 year. They measured J 4 times and my dr finally ended up doing it. They kept getting measurements that would have said he was shrinking. Other than that they said he’s perfect.
As for S, the dr said she looks pretty good. Best part for her was that she didn’t need to get any shots today.

[mattsgirl2004]

May 1, 2018 16:51:29 GMT -6 cornpop said:

Does anyone have any idea what texture formula fed poo should be?

My first was on soy so hers were always very solid.

Elle's are pretty watery. I thought this was normal for non-soy formula but my H disagrees.

She's also spitting up a lot.

I wonder if I should take her into the Ped?

The pedi told us consistency of peanut butter for formula fed babies. R is exclusively formula fed and that's what his is like. It wouldn't hurt to call and ask the pedi, especially with the spitting up too. Could be an intolerance or allergy to something in the formula.

What formula are you giving Elle?

[cornpop]

May 1, 2018 17:48:10 GMT -6 mattsgirl2004 said:

May 1, 2018 16:51:29 GMT -6 cornpop said:

Does anyone have any idea what texture formula fed poo should be?

My first was on soy so hers were always very solid.

Elle's are pretty watery. I thought this was normal for non-soy formula but my H disagrees.

She's also spitting up a lot.

I wonder if I should take her into the Ped?

The pedi told us consistency of peanut butter for formula fed babies. R is exclusively formula fed and that's what his is like. It wouldn't hurt to call and ask the pedi, especially with the spitting up too. Could be an intolerance or allergy to something in the formula.

What formula are you giving Elle?

Enfamil newborn. Em had an intolerance but her poo had blood in it so it was obvious.

[gldnbearz]

So far this kid is resisting napping in Pnp and Rnp today. Every attempt to put down wakes him up. I've held him for one nap and he's using the car seat on the living room floor for another.

[mrsmonogrammed]

May 1, 2018 17:07:10 GMT -6 polson said:

today was a much better day! dd1 is still sick but no where near as bad as she was yesterday. we even managed to get outside to play and go for a walk.

h is on call tonight and just informed me he won’t be home for bath/bedtime. i’ve done it a handful of times now, but only managed to have no crying from either one like two times. how do you ladies who have 2+ handle bath/bedtime alone? am i just going to have to get used to some level of crying with this for now?

edited for clarity - what do you do with the baby while you get older one ready for bed?

My H just called to say he won’t be home until late- this will be my first night putting 2 to bed on my own😩. I think I’m planning to nurse the baby while I read DD’s bedtime book and song....we’ll see how this goes😬

[mattsgirl2004]

polson So glad things are going better today for you!

I do bath time at least 5 times a week by myself. I haven't gotten into a great routine yet, but getting there. Right now I feed my kids dinner and either put R in the ergo (if he's awake) or in the RnP (if he's sleeping) and get pj's, washcloths, towels out and ready to go while my girls eat. Once they're close to being done, I run their bath water and get them in right after dinner, this means I have to put R down if I'm wearing him. Sometimes he cries, but not always. I just move fast. No playing in the bath when it's just me. DD1 can dress herself. So she's bathed and let out first, then DD2 and I dress her while holding R sometimes. He's last and then he gets a bottle right after. I give my DD's their kindles or pull out their books to keep them occupied while I care for him. It's chaotic and sometimes more than one kid is upset, but again...I go fast. Once it's all done I get everyone settled down and ready for bed.

Once they're asleep, I clean up the kitchen, dining room, and bathroom. I almost always eat while I clean up or sometimes I just don't eat. When DH is home, things go much more smoothly.

[mattsgirl2004]

polson The mom did eventually end up texting me saying they went to their grandma's for the day to give me another day off. She thought her husband told me and he thought his wife texted me. So, miscommunication I guess.

[snowmoon]

May 1, 2018 17:52:15 GMT -6 gldnbearz said:

So far this kid is resisting napping in Pnp and Rnp today. Every attempt to put down wakes him up. I've held him for one nap and he's using the car seat on the living room floor for another.

We're living the same life. Her longest stretch today was 1.5 hour while I was wearing her.

[mattsgirl2004]

cornpop R was on that at first and he seemed to have a hard time with it. We switched him to Similac Sensitive and he's doing really well with it. Maybe you could try a different formula?

[polson]

mattsgirl2004 at least you heard back...but that sucks you got up and prepped for the day. thanks for running down what your night looks like. i know it’s going to take awhile to find my groove, but it’s good to hear how others cope with the same situation. dd2 decided to be easy and fell asleep right before dd1’s bathtime so things went fine tonight.

[leatherpants]

May 1, 2018 17:54:55 GMT -6 mrsmonogrammed said:

May 1, 2018 17:07:10 GMT -6 polson said:

today was a much better day! dd1 is still sick but no where near as bad as she was yesterday. we even managed to get outside to play and go for a walk.

h is on call tonight and just informed me he won’t be home for bath/bedtime. i’ve done it a handful of times now, but only managed to have no crying from either one like two times. how do you ladies who have 2+ handle bath/bedtime alone? am i just going to have to get used to some level of crying with this for now?

edited for clarity - what do you do with the baby while you get older one ready for bed?

My H just called to say he won’t be home until late- this will be my first night putting 2 to bed on my own😩. I think I’m planning to nurse the baby while I read DD’s bedtime book and song....we’ll see how this goes😬

This is what I do. L is old enough and enjoys getting his own stuff so he picks out his own pjs and comes into my room where I’m nursing B. And he picks out two stories he wants me to read to B. Then usually I get B down and then L into bed.

Baths fuck everything up so I try to avoid until SO is home. But L is getting more and more independent so if I can get him into the bath, he’s usually good until B is asleep.

I often think about how I have no idea what I would do if L was younger.

[tinyjoys]

X-posted from May15.

Okay. Our visitors are all gone & I’ve gotten up out of bed a few times. Right now, we’re doing skin to skin. We’re currently supplementing with formula, while offering breast, but she’s getting super frustrated at breast. She had some glucose issues at birth & they’ve had to poke her a few times 😞 We’re both doing well, though. OB talked to H while I was being wheeled into our room and said nope nope nope octopus to number 4. My uterus is dunzo (my words, not his). So much scar tissue. I guess I just shy of hemorrhaged while they were sewing me up. I’ve been extra sleepy throughout the afternoon.

We named her Aud.rey Gra.ham and we’re completely smitten. She weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz at birth, so she seems so big & so Little all at once (she’s exactly two pounds bigger than the big kid & A was 3oz bigger than him). She’s perfect.

I’m good. Hungry, but good. I’ve eaten two Jello cups, a veggie broth & a popsicle so far today. I’m ready for real food in the morning. H has been awesome at taking care of us. He offered me sushi tomorrow for lunch once I’m cleared to eat.

And pictures!

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