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Post by jt2378 on May 24, 2018 9:22:55 GMT -6
+everyone to mobile babies being exhausting. We don’t have any cages or gates and I really think we need one to prevent him from going into the kitchen area when we are cooking bc he tries to go near the oven and it’s a mad dash to scoop him away from it when it’s on. Dh thinks it’s no big deal and we should just put him in his chair or jumperoo while we cook but if he’s having fun crawling around I don’t want to force him to be sedentary. 🤷🏻♀️ OMG same, MH is like "just put her in her seat" while we are cooking dinner and I'm like no dude then she yells and wants to be moving around. She also will get pissy and want to be fed that minute once she is in the seat, LOL Also I have been giving tylenol like every night because I swear she is a bear because of teeth but then feel guilty like I'm drugging her sooooooo can't win really
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Post by kristyw on May 24, 2018 13:52:30 GMT -6
We joined the crawling club this week as well. Only an army crawl but my gosh she is fast. Goodbye free time. I'm now always checking on one of the kids. And likely pulling a non-food item from one of their mouths. (Whoever asked when they stop eating non-food things....DS will be 3 and still does randomly; like my mothers day flower or a Kleenex, or his blanket... I'll let you know if that EVER stops.)
It feels like summer here lately so we've been enjoying all the sun shine. I feel like I've been absent. Sorry ladies!
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Post by muscari on May 24, 2018 15:52:36 GMT -6
D. is starting day care one day a week as per june 1st and she has her first trail stay tomorrow morning. It will just be 2h. I am equal parts excited as freaking out. 😲🤗😲🤗😆
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Post by addymac on May 24, 2018 16:48:54 GMT -6
D. is starting day care one day a week as per june 1st and she has her first trail stay tomorrow morning. It will just be 2h. I am equal parts excited as freaking out. 😲🤗😲🤗😆 How exciting and nerve wracking!
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Post by addymac on May 24, 2018 18:45:48 GMT -6
The level of mobile now has changed everything and yes all the gates and baby jails and never letting them out of your sight ever is exhausting. Also there is no food or non food item DD doesn’t want to eat. Keeping the floors clean is impossible. I think the floor is clean and she finds something. Or tries to eat a GD ant !! Omg this reminds me- i was visiting my friend and her 20mo DD. I gave N a mummum and her DD was like meeeeeee so I gave her one and she dropped a piece so she had to get downnoff the table to get it and we were outside at a restaurant. My friend was like oh A just leave it. But girl was determined. So my friend glances down and goes NO A STOP! Just as A puts it in her mouth... piece had fallen into a pile of ants and we are 97% sure she ate some ants 🤦🏻♀️🤢
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Post by king26 on May 24, 2018 19:22:47 GMT -6
addymac I'm glad your h is so supportive about pumping but don't let him push you into continuing if it isn't what you want. Also that sucks about the sleep. I'm sorry you've been having bad nights. J is so hit or miss with sleep I feel like we will never sttn. He does great half the time then 2 nights ago he was up from 12 -130 and just crying...it sucked.
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Post by king26 on May 24, 2018 19:25:17 GMT -6
muscari I hope it goes well and yay! We've been debating sending j once or twice a week.
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Post by unicornsparkles on May 24, 2018 19:28:55 GMT -6
Hey I’m here, sorry I’ve been a bad A17er lately! I spent today in toddler hell so I’m actually sitting down and relaxing instead of trying to clean/do laundry/anything productive because my efforts are futile. I hope you all are doing well. I’ve had a challenging couple of months with DS2 so he’s been getting more of my energy/time than anyone else/thing lately. He’s been in and out of doctors and specialists trying to figure out some health stuff. So far he’s acquired 3 food allergies and 11+ environmental allergies, serious GI issues that have us on a poop management regimen, lots of medication and his third surgery is scheduled for two weeks from now...he’s getting his third set of tubes and adenoids our (he’s 2.5yo). All of this while trying to improve our ASL so we can communicate effectively with him. I’m so thankful that DD is an easy baby, she’s so awesome, sweet and relaxed. I’ll try to do better at checking in here and will go post some pics of DD on the private side! How are you all doing? I’ll try and read and catch up 🙂
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Post by addymac on May 24, 2018 19:35:27 GMT -6
unicornsparkles oof that sounds rough. With three kids I don’t know how you do it!! I hope this surgery helps fix things for your DS2. Glad to hear dad is so relaxed. Post pics in the private thread!
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Post by unicornsparkles on May 24, 2018 19:44:05 GMT -6
That’s a lot of things all’s at once for DD2 ! unicornsparkles glad You stopped by to say hi Thanks for tagging me 😘
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Post by muscari on May 25, 2018 2:18:04 GMT -6
unicornsparkles oh oof that sounds like a lot to deal with - poor DS2. I hope he will soon start to feel better!! And ah even tho tis likely TMI but what on earth is a poop regimen?? #toocuriousformyowngoodprobably
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Post by muscari on May 25, 2018 2:25:07 GMT -6
So we dropped D off at dc earlier and I am now enjoying some peace and quiet in the garden with a cuppa. So weird!! I almost dont know what to do with myself haha. There are a ton of things I should could would do but really just want to sleep haha (couple of bad night ugh) so I settled for quiet time enjoying the lovely weather.
I think D will do okay at dc... There are only 2 other babies in her group today, a girl her age and a boy 7mo, and she was quite interested in them. Picked up a toy right away and the other girl came to her soon after and they were checking eachother out and smiled and giggled. So cute. We sorta just snuck out and when we got our last paperwork sorted I peaked around the corner and she was happily sitting looking around. 🤞🏻 this continued when she realized we were really gone! Tis just for 2h today so we will go pick her up in an hour already again. Just long enough - especually for daddy who said he had a knot in his stomach when we left. 😘
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Post by jt2378 on May 25, 2018 6:40:23 GMT -6
Glad you checked in unicornsparkles. I’m sorry for the rough time with DS2. I hope he feels better soon. I can barely keep it together with 2 so kudos to you handling 3 like a rockstar 😊 Hope D’s first day went well! muscari
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Post by king26 on May 25, 2018 14:51:24 GMT -6
How is my baby 9 months? While I was at work today DH wrote and said he crawled foe real! Wahhhh! He's been army crawling but this is new and I missed it.
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Post by unicornsparkles on May 25, 2018 20:38:52 GMT -6
unicornsparkles oh oof that sounds like a lot to deal with - poor DS2. I hope he will soon start to feel better!! And ah even tho tis likely TMI but what on earth is a poop regimen?? #toocuriousformyowngoodprobably He’s currently being treated for severe constipation so we alternate using Miralax, suppositories and enemas to get him to poop 😕
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Post by jt2378 on May 26, 2018 6:09:02 GMT -6
unicornsparkles oh oof that sounds like a lot to deal with - poor DS2. I hope he will soon start to feel better!! And ah even tho tis likely TMI but what on earth is a poop regimen?? #toocuriousformyowngoodprobably He’s currently being treated for severe constipation so we alternate using Miralax, suppositories and enemas to get him to poop 😕 Poor guy that sounds horrible. DD1 was pretty bad and we were on miralax for months but only had to do a suppository once and it was terrible so all my sorries 😞
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Post by king26 on May 26, 2018 9:14:07 GMT -6
J has been waking up at 530 for a week now no matter if he goes to bed at 7 or 8...what the heck?????
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Post by king26 on May 26, 2018 9:15:08 GMT -6
Ugh I'm sorry. J gets constipated often and it sucks to see him grunting, pushing, and all red. We've never had to do the suppositories thiugh I'm sorry for you and him. unicornsparkles oh oof that sounds like a lot to deal with - poor DS2. I hope he will soon start to feel better!! And ah even tho tis likely TMI but what on earth is a poop regimen?? #toocuriousformyowngoodprobably He’s currently being treated for severe constipation so we alternate using Miralax, suppositories and enemas to get him to poop 😕
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Post by addymac on May 26, 2018 11:59:58 GMT -6
addymac I'm glad your h is so supportive about pumping but don't let him push you into continuing if it isn't what you want. Also that sucks about the sleep. I'm sorry you've been having bad nights. J is so hit or miss with sleep I feel like we will never sttn. He does great half the time then 2 nights ago he was up from 12 -130 and just crying...it sucked. Have a few min- thanks. You’re totally right. It’s a mixed bag of emotions. It’s like I need the support to keep going but when I get barely anything out after a pumping session and my nipples are sore and my boobs hurt and I’m frustrated bc I kno there’s milk in there but I can’t get it out I get frustrated and want to quit. So he’s having a hard time being the right level of supportive and not too much and not too little. Poor guy has been walking on eggshells lately and trying to help me and avoid me all at once 🤣 I did snap at him last night about it so I think he realized he was being a bit pushy and has backed off a bit. Which is nice. It’s hard I feel bad for snapping at him but 🤷🏻♀️
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Post by kristyw on May 26, 2018 18:24:59 GMT -6
addymac oh I remember having all the emotions with. DS when my supply started dropping. You said you're still feeling full after pumping but not getting much out; feel free to tell me to shove it, but have you tried switching out the pump tubing and membranes? That helped me a bit with DS.
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Post by addymac on May 26, 2018 20:43:32 GMT -6
addymac oh I remember having all the emotions with. DS when my supply started dropping. You said you're still feeling full after pumping but not getting much out; feel free to tell me to shove it, but have you tried switching out the pump tubing and membranes? That helped me a bit with DS. I haven’t! I’ll look into that. Do I just order new tubing on amazon or whatever? What are the membranes? 😔 I’m lost on most things. I just try to hand express afterwards but that’s so time consuming I can’t do it with every pump session, esp at work. Emotions emotions are no fun.
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Post by kristyw on May 26, 2018 21:00:26 GMT -6
addymac oh I remember having all the emotions with. DS when my supply started dropping. You said you're still feeling full after pumping but not getting much out; feel free to tell me to shove it, but have you tried switching out the pump tubing and membranes? That helped me a bit with DS. I haven’t! I’ll look into that. Do I just order new tubing on amazon or whatever? What are the membranes? 😔 I’m lost on most things. I just try to hand express afterwards but that’s so time consuming I can’t do it with every pump session, esp at work. Emotions emotions are no fun. Well it probably depends what kind of pump you have. I have a medela pump in style and could get a full replacement set (tubing, flanges, valves, membranes) on amazon. The membranes on that one are the little white piece that snaps into the yellow valve. Like a thin piece of silicone.
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Post by addymac on May 26, 2018 21:31:07 GMT -6
I haven’t! I’ll look into that. Do I just order new tubing on amazon or whatever? What are the membranes? 😔 I’m lost on most things. I just try to hand express afterwards but that’s so time consuming I can’t do it with every pump session, esp at work. Emotions emotions are no fun. Well it probably depends what kind of pump you have. I have a medela pump in style and could get a full replacement set (tubing, flanges, valves, membranes) on amazon. The membranes on that one are the little white piece that snaps into the yellow valve. Like a thin piece of silicone. Yep I have the same one! Ok cool thanks. I’ll try that out! I really appreciate it. I’m such a newb 🤦🏻♀️
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Post by kristyw on May 27, 2018 1:07:56 GMT -6
Well it probably depends what kind of pump you have. I have a medela pump in style and could get a full replacement set (tubing, flanges, valves, membranes) on amazon. The membranes on that one are the little white piece that snaps into the yellow valve. Like a thin piece of silicone. Yep I have the same one! Ok cool thanks. I’ll try that out! I really appreciate it. I’m such a newb 🤦🏻♀️ Awesome. I hope it helps. Thankfully it's not super expensive so if it doesn't work you're not out a ton of money.
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Post by kristyw on May 27, 2018 1:10:57 GMT -6
I'm awake because E has learned how to get from laying to sitting and has to practice 14683 times in the middle of the night. She's currently sitting up staring at the door yell/crying. I'm trying to resist going in.
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Post by cali on May 27, 2018 4:42:50 GMT -6
Hi! I'm the absolute worst and can't seem to keep up no matter how hard I try so just wanted to say hi to all of you and that I miss you all.
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Post by bsouls on May 27, 2018 6:44:07 GMT -6
R took a 3 hour nap yesterday morning, then a 2 hour nap in the afternoon.
Today we are going to H’s friend’s house for a get together. There will be three other babies all within a couple months of each other. Fingers crossed R has a good morning nap, because I’m not sure she’ll nap somewhere else and we’re leaving about 1pm.
I’ve also given R toast, scrambled eggs and blueberries the past couple of days. Yesterday, she had a rash around her mouth after eating the scrambled eggs - I’m guess I should hold off with the egg whites?
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Post by pennylane on May 28, 2018 5:02:46 GMT -6
Here’s my random vent: My ILs drove to our state to visit us and BIL (we live 1.5 hrs apart) and are not communicating when they were going to be here vs there. I am so annoyed. Then at like 10 last night they told us they invited 6 other people to come to our house to BBQ this afternoon?! Soooo that’s just great. They are both newly retired and just doing whatever the heck they want with no regard to us.
DD is so busy right now though, I got video of her trying to jump on our toddler trampoline the other day. 😲 If she doesn’t figure out walking in the next month or so I’ll be shocked.
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Post by muscari on May 28, 2018 7:46:21 GMT -6
Well it probably depends what kind of pump you have. I have a medela pump in style and could get a full replacement set (tubing, flanges, valves, membranes) on amazon. The membranes on that one are the little white piece that snaps into the yellow valve. Like a thin piece of silicone. Yep I have the same one! Ok cool thanks. I’ll try that out! I really appreciate it. I’m such a newb 🤦🏻♀️ I pumped with the medela freestyle then one day some months ago hardly got anything pumped. Thought first i was having a crap boob day but same day after etc. So i figured it was maybe the pump?? Or parts of. Had it checked and it was still pumping fine. Glad i had that checked before buying parts cause medela isnt cheap. I was about to give up pumping but I got to borrow and try a different and suddenly I pumped a ton again. So it seems my boobs decided to start hating the medela.... i caved and invested in a new pump. A horrigen chicture (sp?). Thought my insurance covered most of it but they denied ugh. End of random story!
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Post by addymac on May 28, 2018 8:48:12 GMT -6
Yep I have the same one! Ok cool thanks. I’ll try that out! I really appreciate it. I’m such a newb 🤦🏻♀️ I pumped with the medela freestyle then one day some months ago hardly got anything pumped. Thought first i was having a crap boob day but same day after etc. So i figured it was maybe the pump?? Or parts of. Had it checked and it was still pumping fine. Glad i had that checked before buying parts cause medela isnt cheap. I was about to give up pumping but I got to borrow and try a different and suddenly I pumped a ton again. So it seems my boobs decided to start hating the medela.... i caved and invested in a new pump. A horrigen chicture (sp?). Thought my insurance covered most of it but they denied ugh. End of random story! I’m glad you figured out the pump was the issue! It didn’t even occur to me 🤦🏻♀️ I’m thinking of trying the pumps at work- they’re Ameda ones. It’s getting ridiculous. The tubing and membranes won’t arrive til Wednesday but my boob was rock hard this morning and I got more out handexpressing than with the pump! Oof.
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