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Post by addymac on Sept 5, 2017 10:09:00 GMT -6
How often are you guys bathing your LOs? We've done two and keep putting off his next bath for the last two days. I know he needs it but we need a better schedule bc by the evening we are all too tired to go through a screaming episode of bath time. I feel bad. He must be stinky and I don't even notice.
At least I'm getting a shower every day? (Lol)
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Post by addymac on Sept 5, 2017 10:11:29 GMT -6
Ugh, had to go back to school today and it sucks. And today is an extra long day because I have a three hour orientation in the morning before my regular class. Normally I'll just have one two hour in person class on Tuesday and the rest of my classes are online, so hopefully it won't always be as bad as today. I'm so exhausted! I hope I can make it through this semester. I'm supposed to graduate in December so I really just want to tough it out so I can get done! You can do it!!! What classes are you taking this semester? Have you found someone to watch her while you're in class? Let me know if you need help, I can always come meet you at school and the LOs can have a play date while you are in class. 💜
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Post by jexxa on Sept 5, 2017 10:13:29 GMT -6
cali good luck this semester! You're a badass for doing that with a newborn. jt2378 oh no! I hope M doesn't get too bad.
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Post by jexxa on Sept 5, 2017 10:15:45 GMT -6
addymac we're bathing about twice a week right now. I seem to remember from DS that 1-2x a week at this age is sufficient.
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Post by muscari on Sept 5, 2017 10:23:46 GMT -6
Oh no! I hope the baby is spared😢 Thanks, me too so far just snot and sneezes D. caught a cold as well, we all got it- for a while MH felt like he was getting ill even - but luckily tis just been snot and sneezes as well. I was worried she was running a high temp yesterday luckily she wasn't. Hope baby won't get sicker! And that the rest of the household won't either - get well soon!
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Post by muscari on Sept 5, 2017 10:33:18 GMT -6
How often are you guys bathing your LOs? We've done two and keep putting off his next bath for the last two days. I know he needs it but we need a better schedule bc by the evening we are all too tired to go through a screaming episode of bath time. I feel bad. He must be stinky and I don't even notice. At least I'm getting a shower every day? (Lol) We gave D. her first bath when she was 4 days old urged by our PP nurse/caregiver, and she had another bath at 6 and 8 days old. Oh and MH rinsed her off under the shower one day (day 4 or 5?) as she had had a blow out that was impossible to clean up otherwise heh.But we havent bathed her since.. Her skin got a little dry amd flakey so I didnt want to overdo the bathing. We did sorts plan on it the past couple days but like you say it has been hard to schedule. I don't think she is stinky though... or if she is I ain't noticing either heh. Jealous at your daily showers! I finally took a shower yesterday - the other days I just freshened up at the sink cause no time for a proper shower - and was delighted to be able wash my hair again 😊 MH keeps suggesting we skip a BFing session and/or I pump some extra or we give one feeding formula so he can feed her and I can sleep/read/go outside/not be in baby jail but I find it hard to say yes to that. I am working so hard to get my supply up and running and worry to F it up that way??
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Post by muscari on Sept 5, 2017 10:35:26 GMT -6
Ugh, had to go back to school today and it sucks. And today is an extra long day because I have a three hour orientation in the morning before my regular class. Normally I'll just have one two hour in person class on Tuesday and the rest of my classes are online, so hopefully it won't always be as bad as today. I'm so exhausted! I hope I can make it through this semester. I'm supposed to graduate in December so I really just want to tough it out so I can get done! You can do it!!! What classes are you taking this semester? Have you found someone to watch her while you're in class? Let me know if you need help, I can always come meet you at school and the LOs can have a play date while you are in class. 💜 You two are in the same city? So envious! I'd love a playdate hah! One day maybe.. on one of our future US trips..
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Post by muscari on Sept 5, 2017 10:36:40 GMT -6
cali you can do this! Sorry today was extra rough but luckily next classes aren't as long! You got this lady! December will be here before you know it 💛
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Post by jt2378 on Sept 5, 2017 10:47:15 GMT -6
addymac, right now we are only doing baths 2 maybe 3 days a week but probably more like 2 lol. That is more than enough at this age so don't worry
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Post by jt2378 on Sept 5, 2017 10:47:54 GMT -6
Thanks, me too so far just snot and sneezes D. caught a cold as well, we all got it- for a while MH felt like he was getting ill even - but luckily tis just been snot and sneezes as well. I was worried she was running a high temp yesterday luckily she wasn't. Hope baby won't get sicker! And that the rest of the household won't either - get well soon! Sorry D got sick too ☹️ Is she better now?
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Post by bsouls on Sept 5, 2017 10:48:23 GMT -6
addymac We've done two baths a week. I do them in the morning/afternoon. R doesn't mind baths, but T hated them for the first few months. I never bathed T before bed and I just can't get behind adding that to a bedtime routine.
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Post by violajack on Sept 5, 2017 11:53:30 GMT -6
S has gotten two baths in his three weeks of life, including the one the nurses gave him at his 24 check in hospital. I was thinking about washing him again today. Maybe. If I get around to it.
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Sept 5, 2017 12:23:24 GMT -6
We've only done one bath a week, oops. But now he's starting peeing and pooping everywhere at almost every diaper change so I might have to increase that. I've read not to put lotion on their skin at this age, but his skin looked so sad and dry I put a little non scented baby lotion on it and it looks much better now.
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Sept 5, 2017 12:24:25 GMT -6
cali I am super impressed you are doing school and newborn at the same time!!
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Post by cali on Sept 5, 2017 13:15:00 GMT -6
addymac, I'm hoping we can work it so my can just watch her while I'm in class because he works nights but we'll see how that pans out. We definitely need to meet for a baby play date though, that would be so fun! Also, we bathe M like every 2-3 days, but she actually seems to like baths so it's a nice way to relax her before bed. If she screamed we'd definitely do less. jt2378,mh and I both caught horrible colds last week and I was soooo worried M would catch it but so far she's ok. We just used hand sanitizer constantly and tried not to breathe on her. My ped said my breast milk would also help her gain immunity to whatever I had, so I'm assuming that helped. Hope your LO doesn't get it!
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Post by cali on Sept 5, 2017 13:16:01 GMT -6
Thanks everyone. I made it through the first day. If this wasn't my very last semester I wouldn't have done it, but I'm so close to being done I had to just power through!
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Post by king26 on Sept 5, 2017 14:13:57 GMT -6
We had another decent nights sleep last night. About the same as the night before. We got 2 1/2 hours, then 1 1/2 hours, then 1 hour for a total of 5 again. We can do this whole 5 hour thing. We've been doing I get up for the first feed, we get up together for the second, then DH gets up with him the 3rd time. We've done this 3 days in a row so I'm sure it's time for a bad night's sleep :-) J has been fussy all day so I'm planning on a long night. Also, I think J is going through a growth spurt. He is 12 days old. Today he nursed for 2 1/2 hours out of 3 hours then I finally had to give him an ounce of formula because my nipples were so sore. I know milk was coming out as he kept falling asleep and drooling milk but after that long I needed a break. I talked to a LC today and she said she'd rather I didn't supplement but I should put him on each boob for at least 20 minutes per session every 2 hours during the day then every 3 hours at night. They are calling me back after our doctors appointment on Thursday to see what he weighs to come up with a plan. I'm so nervous that he's lost weight. The LC wants him to be back to his birth weight by Thursday but I don't see it happening but I'm certainly trying my best. We have newborn photos tomorrow morning. I'm hoping J is good but I'm worried he's going to be fussy. I really want these and want them to turn out. So here's to hoping he has a good night sleep and is ready to go tomorrow morning! cali I can't believe you are going back to school with a newborn at home. Good for you! addymac, They told us twice a week was good for a bath at this point. We've given J 3 baths so far and he's 12 days old. He doesn't like them but I feel like he sleeps better when we give him one right before bed. your sister sounds awesome @starzia, Send her my way next!
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Post by jexxa on Sept 5, 2017 14:53:26 GMT -6
We had a pretty severe thunderstorm roll through earlier. Currently going on 1.5 hours without power. Of course I had the dishwasher and crockpot running 😡 We got water in our back door so I've got towels bunched up against it. A tree in my neighbor's yard came down and there is just all kinds of debris scattered everywhere.
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Post by jexxa on Sept 5, 2017 14:54:10 GMT -6
I love visitors that clean. My baby sister is thoroughly vacuuming all the rooms in my house. After loading the dishes Into the dishwasher and taking out the trash. Baby sister for the win. I'm glad someone is being useful for you! I can't imagine having a visitor every day like you've had.
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Post by nutmeg on Sept 5, 2017 16:35:45 GMT -6
My baby brother returned to college on Sunday. In St Pete. I'm a nervous wreck and keep texting him for updates. I told him he should just add me to the conversation with my mom so he doesn't have to send everything twice.
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Post by addymac on Sept 5, 2017 17:50:57 GMT -6
jexxa oh no! I'm sorry. I hopenithing else happens and the power comes back on soon. nutmeg ugh I hope your bro is ok. My MIL just reminded us of their house in FL and how it's probably going to get destroyed ☹️ And DHs stepsister lives in the Virgin islands and wasn't able to evacuate so now my MIL and SFIL are super worried about her, too. My parents were helpful visitors but my mil was not. And now DH wants her back for like another week! I expected her to come back for like another 3-4 days, not 7+! Ugh I am not looking forward to it. I guess we have like no friends because no one else has come to visit. I have two work friends who said they want to visit but I haven't heard from them since last week soooo 🤷🏻♀️ I wish we had people bringing food. I miss my mom's cooking 😭
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 17:54:02 GMT -6
Oh no jexxa! I hope it comes back soon.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 17:56:29 GMT -6
A had a good 1 month check up. He's now 10lb 1oz and 21.75 inches. Pedi said they like to see at least one pound gained at this point so he's a little above that.
He's in the 92% for head circumference. lol baby's gotta a big head! Hopefully he'll grow into it. 😆
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Post by nutmeg on Sept 5, 2017 18:06:09 GMT -6
addymac I hope that your family gets through this okay. It's so scary. My brother is evacuating tonight and staying with his roommate's family. The school basically said you can't stay here and we aren't sure when you will be able to come back. So that's promising...
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Post by jexxa on Sept 5, 2017 18:28:12 GMT -6
Power finally came back on after 2.5 hours! My dishwasher had actually started to leak water 😒I think I was able to salvage what was in the crockpot (no raw meats), but we ended up getting Wendy's for dinner anyway.
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Post by jt2378 on Sept 5, 2017 19:04:23 GMT -6
Glad your power came back on jexxa
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Post by nutmeg on Sept 5, 2017 20:14:20 GMT -6
nutmeg why didn't he just stay home ??? Right?!? Alas, he was already on his way 2 weeks ago. He went on vacation with my parents last week.
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Post by muscari on Sept 5, 2017 22:09:21 GMT -6
@starzia I had a similar evening/early night.. D was soooo fussy and after eliminating everything I could think of - cramps, diaper, hungry.. - the only thing that would work was to keep her with me. She had been on the boob pretty much non stop from 9pm already with only brief breaks so I supplemented with some pumped milk but she still wanted more boob so I just put her back and eventually fell asleep on my chest at 1.30am.. i didn't dare put her in her bassinet out if fear of restarting the crying so kept her with me. She woke at 5am and I changed her daiper and nursed her and hope to be able to put her in her bassinet in a cple minutes. She is a slow drinker so it is 6 now - she s had both boobs and time to fall asleep so I really hope this works haha.
Good luck yourself and remember that eventually the night will end 💛
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Post by muscari on Sept 5, 2017 22:10:05 GMT -6
I hope that every one and their loved ones who are dealing with the hurricanes are safe and sound!
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Post by muscari on Sept 5, 2017 22:12:03 GMT -6
Re the bathing - I wouldnt mind adding it to her bedtime routine esp since it seems to tire and relax her but... we don't really have any bedtime routine yet! She tends to want to clusterfeed in the evening/early night till she passes out and a bath just doesnt fit in..??
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