I dont know heather I am here .. but I agree fefer it is getting quiet but with babies I guess that is expected. Fefer I did go with that guy he will be here august and sept and that is it then his house will be done - he had a drywall walk thru or something the other day and they gave him a date of Sept 17th so he said he would def be out by the end of september then I have to find another tenant but even if i rent it for like a few months here and there I wont mind showing it cause then I dont have to explain whats staying and whats going etc - what they see is what they get and the shorter they are here the less chance I have of someone wanting to paint or crap. Even if I have a gap of a few months It wont be horrible - After this guy for two months that will at least catch me up with the mortgage I am behind in - then if i rent it for more months down the line that will help me pay credit cards and stuff - the BAD thing is if its not rented I have to work full time instead of part time so granted i will realllly try to keep it rented back to back with tenants. I got all my cabinets and closets emptied and my parents took it up to their house today my poor mom has to unload that van full lol then thursday I am bringing the rest of my stuff. Man Violet had me up late last night - I feel like i am going to get my period but i havent gotten it...weird. ↑
Hello ladies. Quick stop in while Caden is being a little hellion. Jaxon slept for...wait for this...9 HRS straight! Crazy...he had a feed at 8pm (BM) and slept till 5am. I was up until 11pm waiting to feed him, fell asleep myself and woke up in a frenzied panic at 4am thinking the worst. fefer: Jaxon is VERY gassy to. He is always gassy and cries a quite a bit because of it. I am hoping its a phase as his digestive system matures more. ↑
Violet is a Gas machine too ddt - I think that is why she is fussy sometimes. You know whats weird last night violet was pitching a fit so i was in bed trying to bf her and I fell asleep too so I must have subconscienly thought it was bad like everyone puts in my head so I jumped up put my hand on her thought she wasnt breathing so i grabbedher and moved her and she didnt move so i almost shit my pants my heart must have literally stopped I jumped up like a nut and grabbed her and she moved and started flailing her arms lol i was like OMG THANK GOD !!! scared the shit out of myself ↑
Hey girls. It's so funny, I was just about to come on here and tell everyone how King slept for 5 straight hours last night. I was so excited. Granted it was on my chest but hey, 5 hours is 5 hours. So this weekend is when we are going to get on a routine with him sleeping in the bassinet. I'm dreading it. I know he's gonna be a little stinker and cry and cry about it. It's my own fault. Oh and Heather I wanted to tell you, I know we were talking about the hotslings before, well I got a moby wrap and King love love loves it. I took him to Walmart today and he slept in it for about 2 hours. Then we went to Babies r us and he slept for another hour. It was wonderful, and also really comfortable for me. It doesn't put too much strain on my back. So I started the mini-pill and I am so ready to get back to lovin my man. Haha I think all the months of not being in the mood is starting to catch up with me. I'm gonna jump his bones, haha. Oh yeah and is anyone else who is breastfeeding insanely hungry. I am more hungry now than when I was preggo. After I had King I lost 20 lbs immediately and was at 154, now I am at 164. I thought I was supposed to lose weight bfing. Oh and does anyone have any ideas on how I can increase my milk. It seems to be coming in less and less. I still am making enough to satisfy him, but I wanted to make a little extra so I could pump and store some, any ideas? Dawn, I gotta see Violets pics! Oh and Fred gets vacation time in September so I was thinking we could come up to the Poconos to see you guys in September and then me and Fred will stay a few days at my dads Pocono house, kinda like a mini vacation for us. Ok Little man is awake, be back later! ↑
lol my little man is FINALLY sleeping 5 hours sometimes at night. They're supposed to start regulating their sleep better around 6 weeks and with his 'adjusted age' since he was early he would be just around that. It's nice because even though curtis gets up with him when he gets home from work, he still wakes me up. My niece's birthday is tomorrow so I'm off to get her some hannah montana pjs ↑
I bought a sling too-- Ellie loves it, it puts her straight to sleep, which makes it a lot easier to take her out. As long as she's fed she won't wake up when she's in that sling for anything haha. A lot of babies don't like it so the second I stepped out of the store I tried it out incase I needed to return it...haha. It's a bit of stress on my shoulder but at least it gives my arms a break. Oh my doctor offered me the mini pill but I declined. Even though they say it's okay I don't want to take any chances of it effecting my milk. I'm going to get mirena when I'm finished. Has anyone used it? I hear great things. My mom had something similar to it before she had me. Heather- Good luck with college :) I'll be headed that way soon. If I work my butt off I'll be graduated before the year is over. Which is pretty good, considering I failed my freshman year in high school due to severe depression. When I started seeking help my grades got a little better but they were still crap. It wasn't until I got pregnant that I finally got my act together. It seems pretty stupid that it took something that huge to give me a wake up call haha. I got my report card today, the lowest grade on it is a B+ so I'm very pleased with myself. Dawn- Yay! Can't wait to see those pictures!! ↑
hey ladies... I dunno if you say my post in the other thread but Kaelyn slept for 6 hours straight last night, man that was a great nights sleep.. I was waiting for her to fall alseep and once she did I went passed out too and we slept for a great 6 hours woke up I fed her and she went right back to sleep! it was great... best sleep I have had since she was born lol. AMANDA, thanks for wishing me luck! Im going to start with this EMT course... its a semester long thing and at the end I can take the test to get certified... then its nursing school and if im feelings really ambitious its pre med then med school but thats way off in the future lol. good luck to you too! Im so proud of you for going to school as a new mommy... a lot of people think us 'youngins' are " throwing our lives away when we have a kid... of course we know that isnt true :) ↑
Gabby september sounds great - it wont be so wretched hot either which is nice. I got a infantino carrier for violet her dad got it so i can carry her around with me all day lol i havent used it yet but i am going to tomorow i think. I just gave her a bath and i been putting her in these one pc pjs with the feet and she seems to love them since she cant really be swaddled anymore she moves wayyyy too much. Gabby I read somewhere that after you BF you can pump a little see if you get any out and if not just the pumping might help you make more milk. I been a lil more hungry too lately but more so thirsty like an animal i drank sooo much gatorade the other day. ↑
I'll try the pumping after he eats. I've been trying to drink lots and lots more water. I was wearing this nursing bra that had an underwire and I think it made my milk leak more because it was kind of constricting. So I went and got a sports bra type nursing bra today and it is like Heaven. So comfy. Oh and King is getting that cradle cap thing where his scalp is super dry and flaky. This poor kid, he gets a nasty ear infection, then he gets cradle cap, adn then I didn't cut his nails short enough so he scratched his face really bad, and he has the baby acne. Oh well he's still super friggin cute, even with all his issues, haha. ↑
I sent you girls the pics it was hard to take a pic of them without a shadow - but I got the first two at sears and the last one i made myself withher holding my finger ↑
did you try the yogurt.. It just seems it worked for me .. might work for you too - O i wear underwire bras all the time i wear the regular bra that just opens in the front its such a pain in the ass sometimes - I need to get a sports bra type one my other friend told me about that also.. ↑
Aww Dawn she's so cute! I love her little dress. I was thinking of going to JC Penny's for Ellie's photos, I hear they do a good job and have nice backdrops. But I'm still waiting for her to fit into the dress I bought her haha. She's just barely out of premie sizes now...but not quite into newborn yet. She can only fit into a few onesies. ↑
Thank you amanda ! That dress she had on we had to sew the straps cause otherwise it came down below her boobies - she is in newborn now mostly but oddly some 0-3 month stuff doesnt fit her either .. im like she has to be at least 9 lbs what in the hell do they expect a 0-3 month old to be? by the time she fits her 0-3 SUMMER clothes it will be fall ... and then her fall clothes wont fit til spring lol ugh! If i go to any baby showers i will not buy anyone clothes - I think its best to wait til baby is here and buy it as you go cause you dont know what will fit until the time is here.. Diapers and Furniture is what they get from me if i go to any showers lol ↑
good morning! Dawn she is so beautiful. King looks like a moose compared to her though, haha. I did some reasearch about increasing the bm and it said to feed on both breasts at each feeding and I can alraedy see an improvement. I think it was just decreasing too because I've been going out alot and have skipped feedings and gave him pumped milk. So I just have to make sure to put him on the boob everytime, and not give too many bottles. And plus the two times that I gave him formula, he got constipated for 2 days. Fred left me a card this morning, just an I love you card. Wasn't that sweet? I got a good one! Well I gotta work today so I'll be back later girlies, have a good day! ↑
hey everyone - Levi has serious gas issues still. Yesterday was my first "hard" day with him. Nothing really made him happy- not the swing, the bouncy seat, his bed or me. We finally went for a walk and he fell asleep in the stroller. He woke up at 3am to eat last night and i fed him in bed and left him with me till almost 9am - he just ate and slept but around 9 he got a little gassy and fussy so we got up.Gabby -did you say you lost weight and then gained 10 back?/What a bummer! I got down to 155 this morning - only 30 more to go and I'll be at my happy weight. :) They say not to loose to much at a time because you release toxins into your body which gets into breast milk. ugh - Rachel is awake - got to go now. Be back later! ↑
dawn - violet is adorable. :) I need to get some pictures of Levi and Rachel but I'm waiting for his skin to get a little better. It's kind of blotchy from little baby acne. :) I did read that it's due to the hormones that are circulating out of their body from us mommies - and they also have very immature skin so it can be irritated easily. It should go away by 12 weeks. :) Gabby - pump after you BF, it will eventually produce more milk - or breast feed on both sides at a feeding. I need to start doing that too for those special occasions. Kay - and everyone else for that matter- glad your LO's are sleeping better for you. :) It really is nice to have uninterrupted sleep isn't it? :) Oh - Gabby - I read that you shouldn't drink TOO much water breast feeding but now I can't remember why! ugh! How much do you drink?? geez..DDT- That is awesome - 9 hours!! That's pretty incredible. the gassy thing is terrible though. I can't figure out what Levi's issue is. He was so bad yesterday. He's sleeping on his play mat now on his tummy. Weird. :) I just put him there for some tummy time and he passed out. haha..Rachel keeps kissing him - or try ing to lick his leg. She's so crazy. :) Anyways, I thought about cutting out the dairy and wheat again but it's so hard to do! Dairy isn't TOO bad but the wheat - the gluten, is in everything, including soy sauce. But, good thing is, you lose TONS of weight that way. I lost 5 pounds in a couple of days doing that with Rachel. IT was crazy!! It never helped her but maybe it will with Levi? Oh,I bought him a shirt that says "Levi's". :) It's an actual Levi's Jeans product but I thought it was hilarious. :) ↑
Fefer, I was barely drinking any water so I've gone back to about 5 or 6 8oz glasses a day. And I have celiac disease , wheat gluten allery, so I am with you on the difficulty of eating. I'm nervous that King will inherit the disease. My poroblem is that gluten free and wheat free foods are heavier and mostly more fattening. They need to supplement the wheat with other stuff, like fat and other crap. And my milk is better today, I'm wondering if I just had a few bad days. ↑
Hello! I was trying to bf violet on both sides but she seems to not eat as much like she doesnt empty them and i thought that is probably why i am not making more milk - i think i make just like 4 or 5 oz per side... i should probably be making more right? Fefer is that how you pronounce his name like levi's jeans? or is it like levy ?When do you girls start using the bumbo? I want to get violet one ... ↑
Well I have a sleeping baby in my lap lol we went to my niece's birthday party today and he was really good. He smiled a lot at people and actually just sat in my lap looking around for once. I also brought his diaper changing mat that I've never used and let him lay on it on top of one of the picnic tables. He actually went to sleep right at the very end and I was so surprised because a lot of times he's a little fuss bucket. I use mylicon for gas so it's worth a try. ↑
dawn - yes, it's levi like the jeans. :) Oh I forgot about the celiac disease gabby. That does suck. I tried the diet for about a month and it was killer. I loooove my carbs. Rice just doesn't cut it - and soy sauce - wow - I can't believe gluten is in that. It's crazy. Dawn - your milk starts to regulate after a while, makes what the baby needs. The best thing to do is keep pumping after feedings if she doesn't eat fully from both sides. It takes a little time but it will work. Mornings are better too - you have more milk then. I pumped a LOT with Rachel...so I have a little experience in that whole thing. Every boob is different though. :) I have got to start doing that myself - I want a freezer full for back up but I'm so lazy - never get around to it. :) The Bumbo - I'm not sure but I think it's around 3 months. A friend of mine last September was using it with her kid and he was 3 months old. I can't wait to try mine out - it looks pretty cool! Rachel likes to sit in it for now. haha..she's still small enough to fit in it and she's nearly 2!!! ↑
Fefer i pump every morning but its not after she eats cause typically i wake up and she is still sleeping and i am super sore so i pump instead thats the only time of day I can pump and store it cause she will sleep and by the time she gets up I have more anyway in there. I think that bumbo thing is cool looking i want to get her one and i think i want to try a diaper genie my mom was going on and on about me taking them OUTSIDE after every changing lol i was like umm yeah OK .. I watched that movie tonight beowulf lol chas was with me i quickly told her to go upstairs lol fresh movie lol ↑
So today was the day that I vowed to start King sleeping in the bassinet, but of course it is 12:30 and the little stinker is wide awake. I am so shocked too because he took maybe 2 half hour catnaps, and then was awake for the rest of teh day. So I think I am seriously doomed for this kid getting on a schedule. I have started a bad pattern alraedy and I don't know how to break it. I'm gonna post a thread and see if teh other ladies with older babies have any advice for me. Fefer, I think I may get the book you were talking about, what is it called again? The book I have doesn't seem to give me advice that is for a young baby, it is mostly for older babies, 6 months and up. ↑
Amanda she is 11yrs old lol so she would have very much so known what was going on i was likeWOAH lol cause it was unrated. Gabby :( Did he fall asleep eventually? I was up til 1 with violet i just held her while i was standing up and walked around a little bit patting her back until she fell asleep then i put her down she slept til 3 then woke again so i did it again and she slept for a little more then she was hungry so i put her in my bed to feed her and she spends the rest of the night with mein my bed then - I am justhappy to get her to sleep in her bassinet for a few hours on her own. ↑
I don't have a chance to post properly but have read through the other posts. I am set to go out shopping....Gabby: Try the shush-pat method to help him sleep in his bassinett. The book that explains it and I found REALLY helpful with ds1 is called "The Baby Whisperer (3rd edition)" and the book fefer was talking about is called "Healthy sleep habits, healthy child" which is also helpful. Both are excellent to have and refer to...I still use it when baffled by my toddler sometimes. Anyway I used the Baby Whisperer routine with ds1 and he was sleeping through the night from 11 weeks and never had a bad night since. ↑
Thanks DDT, I'm gonna buy both tomorrow. I need him to develop healthy sleep habits and I think now is the time to make that happen. I don't want to wait until he's 6 months or even older to get him on a schedule. He's so much more content and happy during the day when he gets a good nights sleep. Dawn, last night was pretty rough. He didn't go to sleep until 13:30 or so, I put him in his bassinet, then he woke up at 1:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep so I came downstairs and as soon as we came down he feel right back asleep in his bouncy chair. So again I took him upstairs and put him in his bassinet and he slept there until 3:30, then woke up screaming. I fed him and tried to get him back to sleep up there but with no luck, so I came downstairs again and he passed out in his bouncy chair within 20 minutes, but by that time I was exhausted and ended up falling asleep on the couch. We both slept like that until 7:30. It was just a long night for both of us. I'm gonna try it again tonight so wish me luck! Fingers crossed! ↑
