DS is sleeping on my chest right now, and we are watching tonight's episode of The Voice (we recorded it). He hasn't slept more than 10 minutes anywhere other than my arms this evening. Hopefully this doesn't continue the rest of the night.
I have my PP 2-hour GTT tomorrow morning, and the last time I attempted a glucose test on minimal sleep it didn't end well. At least I can just go to the clinic here on base instead of going to the hospital to get it done. And I'll be able to check my results online in the next couple of days instead of waiting for the office to call me.
Me: 31 DH: 31
Married 08/11/12 & TTC Since 10/13
Previous Endo and Ovarian Cyst DX
March 2010: Lap. Surgery & D&C--removed 2 cysts
BFP: 12/20/2013 EDD: 09/03/2014
Travis Karel arrived on 08/21/2014 at 38w1d. BFP #2! Travis is getting a sibling! EDD: 1/24/2017
This has been the longest motn routine ever here. Usually it's a fairly straight forward feed, change, swaddle, feed, bed for the boy. Not tonight. He had his first bottle of pumped BM and it was clearly so much easier to eat that way. So he did not want to cooperate when trying to bf him. I did not give in. He was happy with his pacifier until he finally decided bf wasn't as rough as he thought.
Mom for the win!
Then I nearly got pooped on while changing him, he got new clothes and he wanted to be rocked and held for a long time before I could put him back in his bed. I was ok with that part. He's sound asleep now and dd2 has made her way into my bed. It's time for me to sleep again before it's time to get the big kids up for school in and hour. I may have a nap in my schedule today.
I didn't get to check in at all because every time I tried to read what y'all were writing my eyes would cross! Soo... Tired... Also everyone keeps saying LOs hair is going to fall out. But DD1s didn't fall out. Sometimes I hate people. Maybe I should be a hermit. Did your LOs hair fall out? Have you ever heard this?
@str13 babies hair always falls out but you might not notice bc it's super super fine and tiny. It's just the baby hair and you will probably never even see it. DDs fell out and the only reason I saw it was bc it was on her boppy and I had a light pink and white cover on it and her hair was so dark. It didn't happen until about 3/4 months.
@str13 dd1's hair fell out and she was bald as a cue ball. Dd2 kept hers. I made a little pic of them both at 5 months - dd1 has no hair, dd2 has little pigtails lol
I didn't get to check in at all because every time I tried to read what y'all were writing my eyes would cross! Soo... Tired...
Also everyone keeps saying LOs hair is going to fall out. But DD1s didn't fall out. Sometimes I hate people. Maybe I should be a hermit.
Did your LOs hair fall out? Have you ever heard this?
DD1 lost all the hair she had at birth. It was dark and she's a blonde now. It happened like male-pattern baldness. She was totally bald on top and still had this sad little ring of hair around her head. She looked just like a little old man for awhile. Her hair still isn't long enough for pigtails at almost two years old!
Well LO slept in her crib from 8:30 to 10pm which was the first time since she was 4 days old and she is now 1 month old. I keep trying to put her back down but she is not having any of it. I also have no more swaddle blankets clean she has peed, pooped, or spit up on all of them today...
Married DH 3/14/09
TTC Since Jan 2011 Diagnosed with PCOS Jan 2013 BFP#1 June 2013/ EDD 2/23/2013 Blighted Ovum confirmed July 18, 2013 took Cytotec July 20, 2013
BFP #2 12/28/2013 EDD 9/11/2014 Its A Girl!!! Rebecca Ann!
Rebecca Ann born 8/31/2014 6lb 1oz 19 inches long 8:55am!!!!
Midnight here. DS lasted until 11:30 but only because I kept falling asleep before taking him out of the RnP! But he wasn't screaming so that's a plus. Now just waiting for him to finish. Hoping he sleeps until at least 3:30-4.
Finally! My September Siggy Challenge: TV Show I'll Be Binge Watching
So happy!! LO slept from just before 9pm to midnight! This is good because he has been coming down with a cold (very congested and fussy), and has only been sleeping for 2 hours at a time. Maybe this means he is getting better? FX!!
Well DD has been cluster feeding every hour for the past 6 hours.... Let's hope this time I can get her to sleep for good! I can't stay awake anymore...
Just pumped and only got an ounce. I'm feeling so discouraged. LO was eating for almost 2 hours and my poor boobs couldn't take it anymore so I gave in and gave him a bottle of pumped milk. I feel like I will never get a stash at this rate, and every time I feel like I have a hold on it, I have another setback. So tired!
I don't ever think I'll get sleep between 9 and 1am ever again... I even did her bath and warm bottle at 9, which I thought was sure to make her pass out, but noooooooo. I think after her midnight feed and pump she's finally down. Please Baby Jesus.. momma needs some sleep.
Still up, feeding LO, and I am convinced he is a piglet and not a human, for 2 reasons: 1) he eats so fast he always chokes , and 2) he grunts like a pig when he eats. Lolol
Each night when I read this thread, I fall asleep after reading everyone else's posts before posting myself. Tonight I made it to my own post and now I hear LO rooting away. Maybe one night I'll have the time to share something thoughtful or clever
@mcstrepp my LO prefers the right. He just does better with it.
LO did not fall asleep at all b/n this feeding and last. But I would attach him and he'd pop off. It makes me so frustrated. Then I feel bad for getting frustrated. Today was a LONG day and I just want sleep.
Finally! My September Siggy Challenge: TV Show I'll Be Binge Watching
Thank goodness my LO seems to be getting back to normal. After 4+ nights of extra feedings, DS slept from 9-2. 1 month today and I am dreading his checkup today. Shots suck.
Lo slept for 6 hours :-O but we've been up for 2 hours feeding and working on a poopy. All the while, the wifi not working. Now it's working, babe is in the pnp. Fingers crossed she stays asleep.
@kelbel716 I do this at least once a night, even though I don't nurse at night (LO is refusing to latch and both he and I get frustrated so it's just easier to give him some milk from pumping).
DH was trying to be helpful earlier by feeding LO but spilled like 2oz of my milk on the floor. Screw whoever said, "there's no use crying over spilt milk"... They obviously never spent hours each day at a breast pump to feed their child.
TTC #1: September 2013, BFP 01/01/14, DS 09/14 TTC #2: October 2018, BFP 02/02/19, EDD 10/14/19
Today was such a long day. Good news is we are supposed to go HOME at the end of the week!! Woot woot! Im so excited to get to have my baby girl with me all the time.
No one thought she would come home before 3 months. We didnt know if we'd bring home a 3 month old, a 6 month old or if we would even bring a baby home at all so "nesting" looked very different before baby was born. We were told by experts not to even buy a carseat so we just got that and have to install it tomorrow. We have hardly any 0-3 month clothes so I did some shopping today. I came home tonight (looove being here!). Tomorrow is trying to do as much washing as I can in one day lol... And in home oxygen training. So just a mad rush to get ready but so excited! It's midnight here and know I need to sleep but Im just so excited and my brain is in overdrive.
This is the BEST post of the whole thread! So happy for you, sweetie!!
Why am I awake? DS is sleeping, SO is up and doesn't work tomorrow/today. But here I am at 2:30am. Awake from our 12:30 feeding still. I will regret this soon.
^^^ September Signature: TV series I plan on binge watching with my newborn I do what I want. ^^^
Gage Douglas 09.04.2014...my sunshine after the rain.
Today was such a long day. Good news is we are supposed to go HOME at the end of the week!! Woot woot! Im so excited to get to have my baby girl with me all the time.
No one thought she would come home before 3 months. We didnt know if we'd bring home a 3 month old, a 6 month old or if we would even bring a baby home at all so "nesting" looked very different before baby was born. We were told by experts not to even buy a carseat so we just got that and have to install it tomorrow. We have hardly any 0-3 month clothes so I did some shopping today. I came home tonight (looove being here!). Tomorrow is trying to do as much washing as I can in one day lol... And in home oxygen training. So just a mad rush to get ready but so excited! It's midnight here and know I need to sleep but Im just so excited and my brain is in overdrive.
This is the BEST post of the whole thread! So happy for you, sweetie!! </p>
^^^ WSS. Rock on, that is awesome, Crystal! So happy for you!
^^^ September Signature: TV series I plan on binge watching with my newborn I do what I want. ^^^
Gage Douglas 09.04.2014...my sunshine after the rain.
It's 4:15....I am now wide awake after feeding LO at 3:15. Watching an SVU marathon and aggravated as I listen to DH snoring next to me. We bottle feed so we have a whole cooler set up with 8oz ready to feed bottles that we crack and use 4 oz of for night feedings. The remaining 4 oz get put in cooler with ice to hold over to next day. Helps us not have to heat bottles in MOTN.
Well....DH is supposed to put ice in cooler and bring up 3 ready to feeds when he comes up at night (after playing video games while I put DS1 down). So I wake with LO at 3:15 to find no cooler and no bottles.....SOOOO frustrating! Add that to the fact that he should be the one taking care of LO while I out the big guy to bed but for the last 3 nights he's handed him off to Grandma while he goes downstairs for some "downtime"....ie video game time.
Where is my downtime? And now he will wonder while I'm annoyed in the morning.
On a positive note.....DS1 slept through the night for the 2nd night in a row! A miracle for us!
@crystalangel79 That is so exciting! I can't even begin to imagine just how excited you and your husband must be! I'm excited for you! It's so close to her being in her home!
It's 1:30ish here and this is 1st motn feeding here. I woke up to ds2 wiggling and waking up so I went to the bathroom quickly, came out and found dd2 hanging on the side of the bassinet giving baby brother his bink. Now he's awake, she's awake, and I mean she is AWAKE. luckily dh is trying to keep her out in the living room because she's like a little tornado lately sweeping through the house.
I just want to sleep but the tiny one needs to finish bfing or he will be up again soon.
@crystalangel79 I am so excited for you! That's the best update so far I can't even imagine how happy you are to be taking Madeline home so soon!
B was up at 12:30 for his normal feed and he didn't make it to four. My eyes are burning from me holding them open. Yea it's almost four but I could have used those last 15 minutes.
Today was such a long day. Good news is we are supposed to go HOME at the end of the week!! Woot woot! Im so excited to get to have my baby girl with me all the time.
No one thought she would come home before 3 months. We didnt know if we'd bring home a 3 month old, a 6 month old or if we would even bring a baby home at all so "nesting" looked very different before baby was born. We were told by experts not to even buy a carseat so we just got that and have to install it tomorrow. We have hardly any 0-3 month clothes so I did some shopping today. I came home tonight (looove being here!). Tomorrow is trying to do as much washing as I can in one day lol... And in home oxygen training. So just a mad rush to get ready but so excited! It's midnight here and know I need to sleep but Im just so excited and my brain is in overdrive.
Re: MOTN Check-In
BFP #2! Travis is getting a sibling!
EDD: 1/24/2017
Mom for the win!
Then I nearly got pooped on while changing him, he got new clothes and he wanted to be rocked and held for a long time before I could put him back in his bed. I was ok with that part. He's sound asleep now and dd2 has made her way into my bed. It's time for me to sleep again before it's time to get the big kids up for school in and hour. I may have a nap in my schedule today.
Also everyone keeps saying LOs hair is going to fall out. But DD1s didn't fall out. Sometimes I hate people. Maybe I should be a hermit.
Did your LOs hair fall out? Have you ever heard this?
Married DH 3/14/09
TTC Since Jan 2011
Diagnosed with PCOS Jan 2013
BFP#1 June 2013/ EDD 2/23/2013 Blighted Ovum confirmed July 18, 2013
took Cytotec July 20, 2013
BFP #2 12/28/2013 EDD 9/11/2014 Its A Girl!!! Rebecca Ann!
Rebecca Ann born 8/31/2014 6lb 1oz 19 inches long 8:55am!!!!
I wish I could bottle that sleepy feeling I have at the beginning of a feed and use it on myself at the end of a feed when I'm suddenly wide awake.
@braybee I'm sorry!
Gemma
born August 31, 2014
@kelbel716 I do this at least once a night, even though I don't nurse at night (LO is refusing to latch and both he and I get frustrated so it's just easier to give him some milk from pumping).
DH was trying to be helpful earlier by feeding LO but spilled like 2oz of my milk on the floor. Screw whoever said, "there's no use crying over spilt milk"... They obviously never spent hours each day at a breast pump to feed their child.
TTC #2: October 2018, BFP 02/02/19, EDD 10/14/19
^^^ September Signature: TV series I plan on binge watching with my newborn I do what I want. ^^^
^^^ September Signature: TV series I plan on binge watching with my newborn I do what I want. ^^^
It's 1:30ish here and this is 1st motn feeding here. I woke up to ds2 wiggling and waking up so I went to the bathroom quickly, came out and found dd2 hanging on the side of the bassinet giving baby brother his bink. Now he's awake, she's awake, and I mean she is AWAKE. luckily dh is trying to keep her out in the living room because she's like a little tornado lately sweeping through the house.
I just want to sleep but the tiny one needs to finish bfing or he will be up again soon.
B was up at 12:30 for his normal feed and he didn't make it to four. My eyes are burning from me holding them open. Yea it's almost four but I could have used those last 15 minutes.
BFP #2! Travis is getting a sibling!
EDD: 1/24/2017