August 2012 Moms — The Bump

Random Fact of the day...NBR

vic8504 — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:29:26 +0000

I learned today that it costs $405 to find out your cat has 12in of crap in it, the enema to get it out and then the foods and meds needed to hopefully prevent it from happening again...

I think my cats cost me more a month than DD does. Good thing I love them!!

Today sucks.

gollywollypog — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:31:29 +0000

This morning we got the call that my H's grandma passed away. I am so grateful he went to see her one last time on Wednesday. He held her hand and talked to her and cried and while she was unable to talk or even really look at him, she did squeeze his hand. He'll never regret going.

My sister just came over and told me she's moving (with her H and my nephew who is 6mo younger than Emery) in 5 weeks to Vancouver WA. I'm so sad about it, so, so sad.

Gun in the home?

Maizey06 — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:21:03 +0000

DH bought a Groupon for a shooting range/gun certification class. I was totally fine with that but now that he received his certification he wants to buy a gun. I am completely against a gun in the house. He said it would be locked and we would not have bullets. That does not make me feel any better. I do not want a gun in the house. We are not in a fight about it but he said this is his house too so he has a equal say. Am I being unreasonable?

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bellag8212 — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:00:51 +0000

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bellag8212 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:48:03 +0000

UO!!

rp-chicago-mom — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:48:11 +0000

We can still do this on Halloween!

austenfan

rp-chicago-mom — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:44:45 +0000

Did you update the preschool situation? What did you decide to do?

Wonder Week 64?

vvvvvfee — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:06:43 +0000

Has anyone else's kid been going a little nuts lately? DS has been testing limits non-stop and acting deliberately mischievous. He's also been impossible to get to bed in the evenings- he's been really hyper and is super-tough to settle. I realized there's a Wonder Week around this time and it sure sounds like what's going on:

For the first time, your child is now able to change programs he’s learned so far. And he loves playing with this. You can see how he varies the programs endlessly and studies all consequences of this. You can see how he does all kinds of “physical antics,” gets acquainted with the outdoors, starts to be more skillful with things and language, imitates others, role-plays daily life, practices emotions, starts to think ahead, starts nagging to get his way, starts to put on drama-play, starts to “demand” a vote, starts to be “aggressive,” can distinguish between mine and yours, starts being nice and placating to get on mom’s good side, starts to make jokes to get around the rules, starts negotiating and bargaining, starts experimenting with “yes” and “no,” starts to know how to get someone to do something for him, learns to do something together, wants to help in the household, and experiments with “thoughtless” vs. “careful.”

https://www.thewonderweeks.com/mental-leap-9/

just looking to commiserate. i also had a cold this week and i am exhausted!!

@abbyful and @ColeyJ88

jessalynn521 — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:30:47 +0000

I have so many good thoughts going out to both of you for your scans tomorrow. Hoping for fantastic news for both of you tomorrow :-)

Mirena

102007 — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:30:59 +0000

or other IUD people....at what point would spotting concern you?

I had Mirena placed at 8 weeks pp, had about 6 weeks of bleeding/spotting, and then nothing really since then. Maybe a handful of random days of spotting so light you wouldn't even notice it. I stopped nursing completely on September 14 and had been down to 1x a day for several weeks by that point. I got a period on October 13, which was light, but enough for a tampon. It lasted about 5-6 days, but was mostly pantyliner light. (pre-pg I had pretty heavy, 7 day long periods). Now since then....I've still been spotting. Never a ton, but something in my underwear for about 2 straight weeks. I checked today and I could feel a string. I don't really have any pain.

Would you just keep waiting and watching? Or would you be concerned enough to consult a doctor? My nagging worry is colored by a friend who just had to have hers surgically extracted because it had migrated somewhat - the strings were still in place but the device had somehow done a 90 degree turn or something and was outside the uterus. She had experienced a long time of daily spotting and occasional cramping.

Thoughts?

Hair Pulling

ashlyn1584 — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:56:58 +0000

Hi all,

My 15 month old son has been pulling hair at daycare (and also some at home with me but not as often as at daycare)...when he does it, my daycare provider sternly says no and he will just laugh/smile and then try to do it again. I have told her to remove him from the playroom every time he does it, but it does not seem to be working and I am ready to pull my own hair out!! lol...any suggestions for other things to try?? I know when he is doing it at daycare the kids are screaming (which is understandable as I'm sure it hurts)but that is just giving him a reaction, and reinforcing it...I'm at a loss..

No Candy for obese kids????

britvahok — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:09:12 +0000

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/30/obese-halloween-letter/3312537/

She can't be serious!! This woman is awful! I'm sure her house will be egged tomorrow!

We are off!!

alake — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:25:08 +0000

I had meetings with DD1 & 2 teachers this afternoon. We got their school work for the next month, with the possibility of another few weeks. We are headed for Canada first thing tomorrow morning, for our family Christmas and we leave next Wednesday for Ireland!! The kids are excited. I hope that you all have an amazing Halloween, and a great month!!

Car seat rule change?

BluepointToasted — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:22:06 +0000

Did you guys know this? https://www.wgrz.com/news/article/231163/37/Car-Seat-Changes-Coming-in-Early-2014

How you grew up vs. how your child will grow up

alrighthamilton — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:50:44 +0000

Yesterday we went to my childhood friend's parent's house for a fall party and hayrides. My friend grew up a mile away from us, and we lived in the county. Like "the" country, among the farms in rural SW Michigan. My graduating class was barely 70 kids. Being at her parent's farm house, riding through all of our old familiar county roads on the tractor pulled wagon, reminded me of how different Kate's upbringing will be from my own. I grew up with 85 acres of woods, dirt biking, horse riding, target shooting, going to tiny, old rural cemeteries to find the supposed "glowing" grave stone as entertainment on weekends. We now live in the suburbs, five minutes away from the downtown area of our city. Kate will go to public schools where there will be hundreds of kids in her class. There are pros and cons of each way of upbringing, but it was a reminder of how vastly different hers will be from mine. Just curious if your child will have a similar upbringing as you, or different, and your thoughts on it.

Teeth

sadeathe — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:54:31 +0000

How many does your little one have?

Albert has two bottom teeth. He got his first tooth around 10 months then his second in about a month. Then nothing the last five months. Anyone else?

abbyful

Bemyselfandi — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:18:01 +0000

Was there an update? I've been thinking of you. Hope you're doing well.

Second time around

rjacques — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:33:58 +0000

For those of you who are pregnant again, did you do anything special to break the news? I POAS this weekend, twice, and although it wasn't a dark plus sign it was definitely a plus sign! I would like to tell my DH in a creative and fun way and possible involving my 14 month old.

Any suggestions? How did you reveal your second (third, fourth, etc..) pregnancy?

Twatty twat! Twatty twatty twat twat twat!

rp-chicago-mom — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:42:12 +0000

Who is a twatwaffle in your life?

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abbyful — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:04:17 +0000

moved to "twat" thread instead

Today's your day, @LucyD1029!!

gollywollypog — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:58:17 +0000

Happy Birthday, dollface!

Hiccups

fastcarsandfreedom3319 — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:29:25 +0000

Recently, LO has been getting these awful, painful sounding hiccups, and he hasn't had them really since the newborn days. Think it's something to be concerned about or could it just be from increased saliva due to teething?

@rjacques

rp-chicago-mom — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:50:00 +0000

Did you tell him??

TTC #2 help

kacenka — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:03:10 +0000

Hi Ladies, I have been very MIA (as you can tell by my very old pic of LO in my ticker!) but have been lurking. Must say I accidentally clicked on Aug 2013 and was surprised by all the drama! This place has always been great. ANYWAYS, the reason I'm writing. We have been TTC for #2. I full weaned in Sept and got my first PP period Sept 25th. I have no idea how long my cycle is or if this first one is out of whack. I am now a few days late and took a pregnancy test this morning but negative. What should I do? I'm feeling very in limbo with no period, but no pregnancy symptoms/neg test. Do I just wait a few more days and test again? Call gyno? Anyone go through this? I also live out of the country and the pregnancy test are those cheapy paper ones - not too sensitive, I think. Any advice would be very appreciated.TIA!

Help milk blister

rp-chicago-mom — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:09:10 +0000

I do not want mastitis. I think if it comes to that I'm just done nursing. Any magical tips to make it go away before it gets infected or do milk blisters even lead to mastitis?

Flying

Toni79 — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:33:37 +0000

So I'm sure this has been discussed before! But DH and I just decded to visit his brother's family for Thanksgiving. We'd fly from Baltimore to Atlanta (about 2 hours direct flight), and then rent a car and drive another 2 hours.

So ...

1. To save money, I don't plan on buying DD a ticket. I can have her sit on our laps (since she's under two). We flew with DD once before when she was about 2-3 months old. And at that time I had no problem keeping her on my lap! She pretty much BFed the whole time! But now that she's active and walking I'm worried that I'm crazy to hold her on my lap for 2 hours! Even if it were around her BFing/nap time, I think she'd be more interested in all the people around her to BF or nap. Am I crazy to attempt to hold her for 2 hours?

2. If she refuses to BF during take off and landing, how can I make sure the pressure doesn't bother her ears?

3. What's the differance between checking the carseat at the gate versus checking it curbside? I plan to take one with us so I don't have to rent a nasty one at the car rental place. I'm thinking if I check at the gate, and there just happens to be an extra seat in our row, I may be able to put the seat on the plane. I'm worried about cheking curbsite because I don't want it tossed around alot on all their conveyor belts! I'm guessing if it were checked at the gate it wouldn't be tossed around as much?

Any advice would be apprechiated!

Meal Plans

CoUnTryBB1 — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:12:53 +0000

What you got ladies -

Tonight - Pork chops with rhubarb chutney, roasted red potatoes and broccoli

Tues - Spaghetti with homemade meatballs

Wed - Butternut squash soup and fresh arugala salad with dried cranberries

Thurs - Homemade chicken nuggets and sweet potatoe fries (or regular fries if SO has a hissy)

Fri - Leftovers

Sat - Roast turkey breast, stuffing and green beans

Sun - not sure yet, maybe buffalo bites and some other football snacks.

Veggie snacks

binklesss — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:25:32 +0000

Hi ladies! Hope everyone is having a great weekend. :) So, I don't care for the snacks that DD's daycare provides, so we send in our own. They do 3 snacks a day, and we usually send oatmeal or yogurt with fruit (or a Kashi cereal bar on days we're running late) for morning snack, a fruit, and a veggie, sometimes a cheese stick. Fruits are pretty easy because they don't have to be cooked first, but I'm having a hard time coming up with easy veggie snacks. We do cucumbers pretty often, but I'm not sure what other veggies she can eat raw. Anyone know or have quick/ easy recipes that your kiddos like that would make good snacks? Thanks!

Finger sucker

Msbean22 — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:52:49 +0000

So, Evie never took to a pacifier. She did the finger sucking thing for the first two months or so, maybe three months, but after that her mouth was mainly just used for jabbering.

The past two weeks she's been sucking on both her index fingers (not a the same time, just interchangeably) to the degree that they are red and puffy, almost blistered looking. Is this...okay? Will they toughen up, so to speak, or should I be doing something to discourage this? Anyone else have a chronic finger sucker?

(oh, and we decided to go with hockey player for Halloween because we already had the stuff, and husband and I can wear our jerseys too.)

Picky eater help!!!

AmySmolos — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:03:30 +0000

DS is a horrible eater. He won't try new things ever. If I try to mix something in with his trusted Mac and cheese he will wipe it off the middle or throw the noodle out. He will eat almost any fruit, Mac and cheese, and yogurt. Other than that it's hit or miss. He will most if the time eat avacado and pancake or toast. He only will eat puréed veggies. He seriously refuses all other food. Help me please! I think the pedi might refer us to a speech therapist to help with the eating at his 15 month and I want to do it on our own. I give him food to try, let him play with it, let him feed me, but nothing works. He's also not drinking enough. He has about 16oz of milk in his bottle morning and night and other than that doesn't even finish one sippy of water or diluted juice. What's up with my kid? He's always been picky with food. It's making meal time so hard.

Clinger/ night waking

AmySmolos — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:08:45 +0000

My ds has been super clingy to me. Ever since he got sick back in august it's just been getting worse. He will wake up at night again now too just for snuggles. This weekend he woke up for milk and would not calm down until he got it and then he sucked it down. My question is does anyone have any ideas to get through this? I tried sending dh in last night but ds screamed until I went in and then he snuggled up and went back to sleep. He woke up three times last night with the last one at 3am asking for milk. I'm so tired and it's impacting my work. Any advice? Just a phase? CIO is not rally an option because he will wake the entire house screaming and since his febrile seizures I have to go in to check him because those fevers spike out of nowhere fast. I can't risk that by not checking on him. Thoughts?

Chronic constipation

AmySmolos — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:32:40 +0000

DS has been constipated for the past three weekends. He screams, body goes rigid and my mom has had to literally dislodge the poop with her finger to get him to pass anything and then it is hard and so large and so much. Tonight there must have been about two feet worth! It's awful. He's been going all week on his own so I don't know how in just one day he got so impacted. Any ideas? We've done prune juice, fruits, some diet modification but he's a picky eater so it's hard to adjust. We did milk of magnesia for the doctor recommendation. I can't take watching him in so much pain anymore:(

How soon after a flu?

mmknightly — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:13:19 +0000

How long after a flu should I wait to give milk and normal foods again? My kid spent all morning throwing up yesterday and stopped at around 10 am. I gave her carbs and clear liquids the rest of the day. When she wakes up this morning, should I go back to normal, or give it time?

Can I follow you on IG?

brandyleighxx — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:18:28 +0000

I know this has been done several times so I'm a little late to jump on the bandwagon. I searched old threads but apparently it searches every board. Sooooo, can I see all your cute babies on IG? My username is iheartlogiebear.

Preschool problems (long)

austenfan919 — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:40:38 +0000

So my 3 year old started preschool last month two days a week. She is usually pretty quiet around other kids, so we wanted her to have more opportunity to get comfortable in social settings.

On Tuesday, her teacher asked me to encourage her at home to be doing the songs and fingerplays at school. I was a little surprised because she has been singing the stuff at home, so it isn't that she doesn't know the words. That afternoon, DD told me she had had timeout, but she couldn't remember why. So today at drop off I asked. And the teacher told me the timeout was for not singing with the group!

This is on top of finding out yesterday that someone at the preschool or the church it is in forged my initials on a check for a book order. I wrote it to Scholastic, and someone crossed it out, made it out to the church, and wrote my initials by it. We already got the books, so I know they didn't pocket the money, but still. Talk about a breach of trust. DH is talking to the bank and church office about that.

I am fairly certain today will be her last day there, but I wanted to see what you ladies thought. Are we overreacting? Or is it just wise to pull her out of this place?

Ambsies and punkrockabye

jesslinnn — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:53:45 +0000

Any chance I can get you to edit your posts quoting me in the FB thread below? I planned on deleting my name after a while, but didn't think about quotes. Just delete my last name, pretty please!

Can we talk about Gravity? (spoilerific)

NeneCakies — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 15:55:11 +0000

We saw it last night and OMG. At first I had no interest in this film because the movie Space Camp in the 80s still gives me a tension headache, and the trailer for Gravity called back that childhood trauma. It was worth it though. The scene where she makes it into the airlock and slowly curls into the fetal position, floating there like an ultrasound photo, was my favorite. While the backstory about her daughter was heartbreaking, it was an interesting contrast between the fragility and resiliency of life (perhaps not the best theme for our dear bumpies presently struggling with child loss though). I will say the end got a little silly between the fire, near drowning by suit and again by seaweed and/or sinking parachute. DH and I were sure she would be eaten by a shark or run over by a jet ski! Whew! They also left it open for a sequel where she survives the seemingly deserted land she found. All she needs is a lost volleyball named Wilson to float to shore. ;) So I loved it. Your thoughts??

Coats and carseats

piphigirl — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:49:48 +0000

Help me out, car seat experts!

Charlotte has this coat. (Bought at a consignment shop for WAY less than sticker price.)

This would NOT be car seat safe, correct? I adjusted the car seat straps about a centimeter to put her in wearing it.

Should I get her something like this for car rides, and just save the Patagonia down jacket for playing in the snow?

Other question: do hoods on jackets affect car seat performance, meaning I should get a non-hooded jacket and have her wear a hat, or can she wear her hood up in the car seat?

Grandparents

twinkletoes3126 — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:43:32 +0000

How often do your kids see their grandparents? Do they babysit often? Spend the night at their house? My mom is constantly pressuring me to babysit and have my son over night. We don't have the need for babysitters too often and I am happy to have him with me most of the time. We have never had him sleep at her house. However, I do feel bad that she is so upset with me. My mom tells me I'm not normal and I'm just curious what other moms do. Thanks!

Need advice!!

stlmomma27 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:06:36 +0000

Need advice!

My son is peeing through his diapers overnight. I have tried Luvs, Huggies and grocery store brand. Nothing is working. He is saturated in the mornings.

Keep trying brands? Get a bigger size? Cloth diapers?

HELP!!