4-20 Momma Check-In!

dp21

Good morning fellow mommas! 

This is the eighth week of our new check-in for mommas on this board
that just want to feel connected, bond, and connect with each other on a
weekly basis!  Check-ins will be on Mondays.

How are things going this week?  Any updates? 

 
QOTW:
Who is your celebrity crush?  Just realized National Infertility Awareness Week.  Are you doing anything?  I'm thinking about sharing a post on facebook but not revealing a ton. 

@mrs.AmyDylan
@CWhitaker27
@hopeby2015 
@CarrieB.
@Mayzie15
@mnj05   
@Maladroit  
@starlightgator 
@kfdecarie
@1983Lindsey2

dp21

Hi guys,

So my first day back I got cancelled, so my real first day was Saturday.  We were overstaffed, so I got to work half a day, I was crying at work and really needed to leave.  Baby did well and ate bottle from dad no problem.  Yesterday (Sunday) was my first full day and my hubby had a horrible day.  I bf her at 1:45p, left for work at 2:30p, by 9pm she only ate 3.5 ounces of bottle, was crying non-stop, and hubby was frustrated.  While I was in pumping room, before I knew it was all bad, I asked to facetime and she screaming the whole time.  I started to cry.  I was soo sad On top of worrying about my starving baby, trying to fit in 1 hour to 1.5 hours of pumping time is brutal.  I only pumped twice and held out last pump because I knew I needed to wake her when I got home (hubby finally got the starving baby to sleep).  I work evenings, so got home after midnight, showered, fed her, and then I had to scald my stupid milk.  Finally got to bed and she woke up at 5:30am to eat again.  Before return to work she had been sleeping through night every night for a week, so not sure how all this is going to work.  Thank god I'm part-time and I'm trying to schedule myself no more than 2 days in a row.  Thank goodness I'm going back in between semesters too, hopefully we get a routine set before class starts.  Oh and work was busy, esp with pumping taking time out of day, my one pt decided to throw up in bed twice and all over everything.........  Have two days off with my baby, lots of cuddles, lots of bf time, it will be perfect. 

QOTW: Not really a crush anymore but I loved Brad Pitt while growing up haha  

Maladroit

@dp21 I'm so sorry that your first couple of days back sucked!  It's a hard transition to make! 

I just got off a 4day stretch and have the week off and couldn't be more excited about it.  It'll go fast since I have a ton to do.  We are heading to closing on our houses, so YAY!  For Infertility Awareness Week I posted a Facebook shout-out to the team that helped us have baby Griffin.  I'm not too shy about my infertility.  I used to be, but I think it needs to come out of the closet.  I don't say anything unless anyone starts the topic, though.  When people ask why I'm not having another baby my canned response is "Yeah right, it took 3 years and almost 30grand to get the ONE we have - I'm not going through all that again" and laugh a little. 

QOTW: Johnny Depp - I husband looks quite a bit like him, too hahaha! 

mnj05

@dp21 - I'm sorry it was so rough! LO will adjust and y'all will have a routine. Yay for cuddles the next two days!

We're doing well. H is learning new things every day and his baby brother is kicking me 24/7. I'm in my most stressful time of the year with state testing but I'll survive, always do.

QOTW - celebrity crush is hard, probably Matthew Mcconaughey. For NIAW, I usually change my cover photo on FB and sometimes post a video a friend of mine does. I used to not talk about it much just because no one ever brought that up, but now I think everyone knows so I may post more about it.

CarrieB.

I took the kids to the zoo on Sunday morning, and then they both went down for a two hour nap! That was a true miracle. I got to read the paper and work on my garden.

QOTW: Jimmy Fallon is one of my celebrity crushes and he went through IVF w his wife so he's a great pick for NIAW.

Mrs.AmyDylan

Hugs @dp21 hope LO is getting better with the bottle. I had a friend who's baby reverse cycled due to bottle aversion. Your LO will figure it out

I'm 11w today. I'm definitely sporting a pooch. Like an "is she packing on the lbs? Or is she pregnant?" kind of look. It depends on what I'm wearing. I never really dropped the IVF med weight, so it has rolled itself into my preg weight. We are enjoying every last bit of good weather before the summer heat hits. We went to the zoo today and had a great time as always. 

Qotw:

Not really a celeb crush gal, with one exception. Anthony Kiedis in his gorgeous dark brown, long hair, no shirt Chili Peppers days. Yum! Typically that is not my physical attraction look. Sadly, he looks gross these days.  

1983Lindsey2

@dp21 Hope things are getting better! 

My little guy just popped 3 top teeth, maybe a 4th too that looks like it wants to pop through, and he was a terror last weekend because of it.  I didn't know so many teeth could come through at once.  He already had two bottom teeth, but this was something else.  I have him heavily medicated with motrin and tylenol now and that seems to help.  I am hoping by tomorrow I won't need to give him the meds anymore as it looks like they about about through.   Other than that, not too much is new and all is going well.    

QOTW: Ryan Gosling obviously!!!