Thursday Randoms ***

erinchrisitne424

I haven't been on since I posted Eli's birth announcement so I figured I would start the randoms thread and try to catch up a little

Leysin97

So yesterday I was so excited because LO got 4 hours of sleep....tonight she slept for almost 5! I did have to give her a bottle of expressed milk last night though because after a long feeding session she was still hungry. For some reason I was not
producing enough for the 1am feed.

[Deleted User]

I just changed DS and now we are nursing, again. After this he's going to spend some mamaroo time so I can get in a nap.

Mewwwwws

4:30 where I am and up nursing , craving Pinkberry pumpkin frozen yogurt with whipped cream and pecans. Mmmmm mmmmm.

Leysin97

@Mewwwwws‌ mmmm that sounds delicious!

ashie0610

The only thing worse than not sleeping is being teased by just a couple nights of four-five hour stretches, then going back to being up every two hours.

sabby2

crawford411 said:

I hate that for all intents and purposes, 7:30 is still the MOTN us, since we are lucky to have gotten 4 non-consecutive hours of sleep.

Same. I have a pounding headache to go along with the lack of sleep too.

cshade07

His hair explains how our night went perfectly..

windwithfingers

My favorite part of laid back nursing is how the baby burps himself halfway through. Maybe the pressure on his abdomen helps?

Syllessa

Baby boy vomit every 2ish hours, 3 sheet changes, 6 changes of clothes, and FI working nights = crying, sobbing mess. Even after the big puke, Alex still pukes smaller amounts in his sleep, so I sat up and held him all night.

Emerald27

@Syllessa‌ big big hugs and T&Ps

AppleGrapeMSTK

My cat is missing. He occasionally goes outside through our open kitchen window but always stays in our yard. He went out Tuesday morning and I haven't seen him since. Usually he is sitting by the front door after a couple hours, waiting to come in. 

 

I put food out for him, but there are so many strays out that I have no way of knowing if he is eating any of this. And it has been so cold!! I'm even more upset that no one else in the family is as worried as I am. It's his adoptiversary on Saturday, too.

ETA: I just went outside to call him again, and he came running towards me.  D'awwww. My precious Mr. Pumpkin Patch is home.  :x

Emerald27

We've been up nursing since 4. I know it's after 8:30, but I want so badly to go back to sleep...the task will be to achieve two naps at the same time this afternoon. It's harder than you'd think. Once the toddler is asleep and the house quiet, baby thinks it's time to wake up!

...why can't my baby cluster feed during the day? I-)

AppleGrapeMSTK

@FamousEa I totally posted prematurely because he just came home- not even five minutes after typing that.  Thanks for your sympathies! 

SweetMandyB12

I'll be returning LOs Halloween onesies today since she obvi won't be born in time to wear them :-(

savicke2009

I have so much to do in the next hour before we go for Aubreys weight check.. and im just laying in bed.. kids need breakfast and to get dressed, I am a hot mess, need to put dinner in the crock pot.. ughhhhh who wants to come over? and I need a nap.. ive had one nap since she came home- I am TIRED!

LightBright515

I smell like maple syrup.

LightBright515

And my computer is being dumb. I just want to do the live webcast for some certifications!!

meggiev123

Cantisa said:

When do postpartum night sweats end !?!

I didn't know this was a thing, but I've definitely got them too. Makes waking up in the MOTN even less fun!

narabug

Cluster feeding a cranky baby sucks. DS has wanted to eat every hour and a half to two hours since 3:30 yesterday afternoon and he's been almost inconsolable between feedings since midnight. I'm so tired.

MrMrsandBaby

What is it with grown men and video games? I'm so relieved that DH isn't into them.

TheOtherJacobsons

SweetMandyB12 said:

I'll be returning LOs Halloween onesies today since she obvi won't be born in time to wear them :-(

Aw, sad face.

bumpuser10309732

MrMrsandBaby said:

What is it with grown men and video games? I'm so relieved that DH isn't into them.

Haha I wish I could tell you! Sometimes it's nice when I just want to be left alone or watch a girly movie but other times like I've said before he's lucky those controllers are cordless.

caranichole

@syllesa t&ps for you guys

yella726

Cantisa said:

When do postpartum night sweats end !?!

Oh my goodness!! Totally didn't realize that was an actual thing! I was going to post about waking up in the middle of the night absolutely drenched these days! I wonder what it's all about...

yella726

I think I have a forceful let-down. It doesnt happen all the time, but when it does, my 18-day-old guy can latch on and start feeding ravenously...only to suddenly unlatch 5 min later by pulling his head back intensely and start coughing/wheezing as if he's almost choking on milk. Does this happen to anyone else?? Sigh.

Saragoeswest

Cantisa said:

When do postpartum night sweats end !?!

I'm actually kinda thankful for the night sweats. Because it's helping the number on the scale go down, right? Still gettin' sweaty wit it at 2.5 weeks post-partum.

bumpuser10309732

I don't know if it's hormones or just the fact that we have a baby now but a plane crashed into a building in my hometown when it lost an engine at take off and it's not my husband, but I just burst into tears. My worst. Fucking. Nightmare.

LaDyBostonRN

I HATE my MIL. And I don't hate very many people. 

I don't hate anyone actually .. except my MIL. She makes me want to cry. Which is what I spent this morning doing, because of her. 

Saragoeswest

theresat858 said:

Summary of why baby/toddler is fussy or not sleeping for the first 2.5 years:

Growth spurt. Gas. Growth spurt. Growth spurt. Developmental leap. Gas. Growth spurt. Teething. Teething. Teething. Illness. Developmental leap. Teething. Growth spurt. Teething. Developmental leap. Teething. Teething. TWO.

I want to screenshot this and make it the wallpaper on my phone.

Saragoeswest

@SweetMandyB12‌ bummer about the Halloween onesie

@MrsBabe614‌ that is terrifying and so sad.

ashie0610

yella726 said:

I think I have a forceful let-down. It doesnt happen all the time, but when it does, my 18-day-old guy can latch on and start feeding ravenously...only to suddenly unlatch 5 min later by pulling his head back intensely and start coughing/wheezing as if he's almost choking on milk. Does this happen to anyone else?? Sigh.

Yes this happens to is at most feedings and it makes me feel terrible. I could spray milk across the room. I always have a towel with me to catch the forceful squirts when I first letdown. He hates having to wait but at least he doesn't choke!

bennikki

On the down side, it's looking more and more like my Oct. baby is going to be a Nov. baby.  He has an eviction notice of Nov. 6 if nothing happens before then.  On the up side, our cleaning service is at my house today, and all my laundry is done, folded, and put away thanks to a long baseball game last night.  On the totally random side, I woke up at 5:30 this morning with LFO's Summer Girls stuck in my head.  "New kids on the block had a bunch of hits.  Chinese food makes me sick. And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer.  For the summer."  Man, they were quite the word-smiths, pure poetry, they just don't write stuff like that anymore.

caranichole

geetargirl05 said: Is it just me, or has our board stopped having babies for the last few days? I think all of us end-of-the-monthers are going late. That or at least no one I recognize. 

scottysgirl77 said: I think voldy went to a different board and this is what she is doing: I don't even know (eta:) who that is. Have I really been that absent?! Oops. Sorry y'all. 

MuffinMom14

LightBright515 said:

I smell like maple syrup.

Me too!

MuffinMom14

It's not Halloween but close enough.

golfingdarwinfish

kfitzguerra said:

Someone please tell me this pain/burning feeling goes away from my tear site soon...

It does!  It just takes a bit.    I think it took about 7 days for me to be able to sit down normally (with a 2nd degree tear), and after that it was only bothersome when I over exerted myself.  There was one stitch that definitely bothered me more than others.

Ibuprofen helped me, and I waited way too long to use the Tucks pads, which definitely helped.  Dermoplast is also supposed to help a ton, but for some reason I never used it.  Probably stupid of me. 

pnwlover12

Super anxious about G's pedi appt today. Hoping his bilirubin level has gone down.

AmandaJean12

pnwlover12 said:

Super anxious about G's pedi appt today. Hoping his bilirubin level has gone down.

Good luck!!! I hope his levels are on the way down!!!

bumpuser10309732

pnwlover12 said:

Super anxious about G's pedi appt today. Hoping his bilirubin level has gone down.

Thinking of you both! FX for him!

MuffinMom14

I love you bitches, I mean it, but I want to cut you people who complain about tearing. Trade you in a minute.

Weaky face because I do love you. But this sucks two weeks later. And the internets tells me c section people get to have pooches forever. I ugly cried about that last night.