What day of the week is it??? Friday Randoms

Ineedmorecoffee

I love the cute baby pics! We have the cutest kids! Last night was bad. Baby slept okay but my 3 year old was up multiple times. WTF!

rox825

flutterbuggie said:

@bethas  So you think that's what it is then?  A growth spurt?  It's weird because I have never experienced her eating all the time like I have heard growth spurts are like.  Maybe this is how she does her growth spurts by just sleeping all the time?

I haven't really either except maybe a little around 3 weeks. My LO is 7 weeks and has been sleeping away the past week, so I assume he's sleeping his way through growth vs. eating.

KMW08

Dh & I are both pretty patient. Dh will raise his voice and I just remind him LO is a baby and raising voices doesn't help anything. I think keeping your voice calm and heart rate stable helps esp if LO is laying on our chests.

I flipped my shit on dh the other day though and felt awful. Dhs mom passed away 12/12/14 so it's been really hectic with all that and the holidays with a newborn. Dh has been trying to spend time with his bro & dad -- which I get and we are all neighbors, BUT it leaves no time to give me a moment to myself.

I broke down in tears telling dh I felt selfish and I didn't know how to not make it seem selfish and it was awful timing, but I/we needed him right now too. 30min-1hr to myself is gold.

It's gotten better now that we've determined LOs formula was causing him fussiness. He's a much happier and less needy baby with the new formula.

smboswell1

So stressed about money. I know this won't seem like a big deal, maybe it will, idk.

I pay 440 a month in bills. This isn't a bill deal when I am working. But, I was on maternity leave. I am 2 payments behind and my grandfather doesn't seem to understand that I don't have any money coming in. My doctor bills haven't even started coming in yet. He is now threatening to take my car away... Wtf?

Luckily, I am working a little tonigh and I officially start back Monday. It just amazes me how I don't get a break. I am the only one out of my siblings that pays for my car insurance and phone. I've always had a job and I've always payed for my bills. My sister doesn't have to have a job and she gets a credit card. Ugh. So stupid.

Sorry for the rant. I am just pretty upset.

smboswell1

@flutterbuggie‌ yes, my grandfather handles the financials and I pay him. So, he pays the bills but then I pay him!

@targetpopcornmomma‌ because I haven't paid my car insurance for December:( and my January payment is coming up.

lizzielu82

I tried our humidifier out for the first time last night and it worked great. Not nearly as many sad piggy noises coming from LO.

Do any of you ladies put oils in yours? I was thinking of adding lavender to help add to the calming sleepy environment.

minibean16

@KMW08‌ I'm so sorry for the loss of your MIL - it will always be hard, but the timing makes it especially so. Don't feel guilty for needing your H though - as much as you want to support him, this baby-raising is exhausting!

NunyaBennis

Aaaaaack! V has been refusing to take a bottle. I go back to work Monday. This is a problem. My mom and husband are working together in the other room trying to get her to take one now. She's wailing something awful, I'm about to cry, and my boobs hurt bad.
This fucking sucks!
I know this pales in comparison to, well, just about anything else that has been mentioned but I had to vent.
Carry on. Hugs all around.
eta: it did give me a little warm fuzzy when she calmed down as soon as hubby picked her up. There's that.

crizz13

@smboswell1‌ money matters suck...and so does unfair treatment of siblings...I'm sorry!

@NunyaBennis‌ we are going through the bottle stress right now too (we've actually been struggling with it for the past four weeks). The two times LO successfully took a bottle were both when I was physically out of the house completely. It's still stressing me out so much knowing that daycare is looming...

I can't remember which thread I read it in and I'm mobile bumping, so no searching....but holy cow, L has been sleeping ALL DAY LONG. Seriously, she's only been awake for diaper changes and nursing. And even then, she's eating with her eyes closed. I'm hoping we don't have a completely sleepless night. She's never had day/night reversal....is it possible to start at 7.5 weeks? Or is it likely he coping with a growth spurt?

smboswell1

I honesty don't know how you working mommies leave your babies!! I'm nannying tonight and left Beckham with my mom. I miss him so much!!! So glad he is going to be able to go to work with me.

smboswell1

One of the girls I nanny is 4. She is really into everything I do for and with Beckham. She is fascinated with me nursing and she will follow me around to watch me nurse Beckham. Well, I am currently pumping and she is so excited. She gets excited and screams when she sees the milk drop into the bottle. She told me not to hold the bottle because she was going to do it. I can't stop laughing.

Lilwatz

lovebuggies1 said:

Totally random: There's this thing called breast milk jewelry! If you want to commemorate your experience breastfeeding... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/breastfeeding/breastmilk-jewellery

I've heard of this!  I kind of want one...which I even find weird or myself...but I do...

Lilwatz

Wolkie said:

@lovebuggies1‌ I suppose its only in the US?

This website, https://www.mommymilkcreations.com/ordering-from-overseas/ , says it ships overseas...but like everything is out of stock...

Lilwatz

lovebuggies1 said:

Lilwatz said:

lovebuggies1 said:

Totally random: There's this thing called breast milk jewelry! If you want to commemorate your experience breastfeeding... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/breastfeeding/breastmilk-jewellery

I've heard of this!  I kind of want one...which I even find weird or myself...but I do...

You should get one!  After all you've been through you need to commemorate it!

I definitely should!! @Wolkie I hope they get new stock soon and the website is Australian right? So hopefully they are advertising a company that ships everywhere.

Nope.  I believe this is a woman in Rhode Island.  Turn around time is a year, but I am in no rush.  I think it would be cool to give it to LO someday.  Am I just a big weirdo mom now!??!  We have worked so hard and I made this milk just for her.  

mander82

Baby is having a rough day...he gets all squirmy, cries, and just acts like he is in pain after he eats. It's so hard to burp him when he is wriggling around like he does.
Does this sound like reflux, or something else?
We started with regular similac, then tried sensitive, now we are on enfamil gentlease. I am going to try enfamils AR formula. It's supposed to be thicker to help with reflux and spit up. Gio isn't having a lot of spit up, but he does have a lot of wet sounding burps, coughing & hiccups. We burp often, feed him upright, and hold him upright after feedings.
Aside from taking him to the dr to try and get a reflux diagnosis, I don't know what else to try.
He cries so much....I don't know about his squirming around after he eats. Do babies normally do that? Or is that a sure sign that he is in pain?
He will often act like he wants to eat more too, but when you try to feed him more, then he acts like he is full and doesn't want it.

I am trying to do whatever I can before we try to get him on meds. Just not sure if he really does need help or if this is just normal for babies. I am trying to tough it out.....everyone I talk to just seems to think he is a baby and that's what babies do.
I am convinced he is colic. Maybe it's reflux....I just don't know.

Sorry for the rant, just at my wits end and figured I would run the squirming thing past you guys to see what you think about that.

MrsC430

@mander82‌ I don't know much about reflux, but have you thought about maybe a milk/soy protein intolerance? I ask, because one of my girls was having a lot of the same issues, and that ended up being her diagnosis. She's now on Similac Alimentum (hypoallergenic formula) per her pedi, and we've noticed a huge difference. It's a simple stool test that might be worth asking about it? I hope your LO feels better soon!

mander82

@MrsC430‌ Oh dear, no I didn't even think of that. There are just too many possibilities!!
I wish I had more time to figure him out before going back to work. 'Murica needs to fix their maternity leave time. 6 weeks is NOT enough time to establish anything.

lizzielu82

@mander82‌ sorry you are going through that and poor little guy! 

This isn't a long term solution, but a warm bath seems to really help my LO and her digestive system. She's one of those babies that doesn't like to poop and the bath always relaxes her enough so she can. 

 Hope he feels better soon!

smboswell1

Got home from work and this sweet boy was so excited to see his mommy!!

mander82

@lizzielu thank you! He does love bath time. He seems to be pooping fine. He goes every day. He does grunt and make faces, but from what I understand that's normal.

I just wish my little boy was a happy baby. He just seems so miserable all the time. I feel like I need to fix him and I just don't know how.

This is parenthood I suppose!

Good night ladies!

Snuffy007

@mander82‌ Sorry you are dealing with that! this doesn't address all your LO's issues, but I've found mine is similar in fussing after feeding (seemingly still hungry but doesn't eat). I give him his pacifier at that point and after a couple min he is happy--just needs some more "nursing" time, I guess!

mander82

@Snuffy007‌ oh I wish he would take the binky. He hates it. Just spits it out and keeps crying. He ate at 10. Pooped. I kept him upright for 20 minutes. Changed his diaper, then he cried and puked, cried and puked, cried and puked til midnight....fed him again, and now he is crying again.

Where is that gif with the head banging against the wall? That's me right now. And now SD is up playing mother to him......back to the grind I go.

Fuck me come Monday when I go to work. FML.

silverwings72

@mander82‌ - this does sound like reflux. What does his Ped. Think?

Snuffy007

Oh @mander82‌ I'm so sorry. That sounds miserable for all involved. I wish I had another idea for you!

mander82

Sorry to bump yesterday's thread, but wanted to say thank you all. I mentioned to the dr at his one month appt about him crying a lot, but she didn't seem to care much. Just chalked it up to him being a baby. The after and during feeding crying thing just started in the past week or so. I am going to try the other formula this weekend and if it doesn't seem to help any I am going to call them on Monday. Something has to give here.
Thanks again ladies!