Two very important things: 1) Took LO to a taproom last night for a flight and it was a huge success, bar tender loved her 2) can't believe it took me so long to have a Not Your Fathers, but I'm having one right now - SO GOOD.
@lovethatcolosun im genuinely surprised every day that I have hair left!
I'm so behind. Now that I'm interning and working on my general exams on my off days I feel like I don't have any time!
Anyway... I think I beat everyone. I was on prescribed drugs for depression, anxiety, ADHD, and fibromyalgia pain when I got my BFP on Sept. 30th. Plus, I had a full set of dental x-rays done that morning! Go me! @mellymar Remember, how you had that weird drug test mix-up where they thought you were on a gazillion things? Well, that was probably my urine test. To make it worse, I couldn't just quit taking everything when I found out, going off meds too suddenly can cause a shock to the system and cause you to lose the pregnancy. So I had to wean myself off of everything in two weeks, wondering the whole time if my poor baby was going to be messed up. He was born with a hypospadias that requires surgery. There is no way of knowing for sure, but I have this deep guilt about it because I fear I caused it. The rational part of me has done the research: none of the drugs I was taking have an established link with hypospadias (although that doesn't prove anything), and I was completely off of everything by the sensitive period for genital formation. The irrational, blame myself for everything, part of me feels responsible. I'm just really grateful that he is incredibly healthy and the birth defect isn't in his heart or something more difficult to fix.
@lovethatcolosun and @rrcameron21 I feel both of you! Now LO is grabbing my hair and gets it all tangled in his hands. Between it falling out and him pulling it out, I am going to be bald!
Two very important things: 1) Took LO to a taproom last night for a flight and it was a huge success, bar tender loved her 2) can't believe it took me so long to have a Not Your Fathers, but I'm having one right now - SO GOOD.
I just finished a Not Your Father's! Cheers! Bet your flight was good
@MaliKaela omg that's a lot of meds! But stop that second guessing, mama, none of that had anything to do with anything. You did well
@MaliKaela Go watch that "not your fault" scene in Good Will Hunting. That's you, girl. NOT YOUR FAULT!!
@amccoy129 Ditto on LO grabbing fistfuls of hair. It hurts, and somehow I always get super angry when my head is hurt (I cry every time I bump my head because it makes me irrationally rage). I have to really work to be calm with LO when he does this. I'm gonna just chop my hair when I get a moment.
Ugh! The hair pulling! It's out of control recently. I hate putting my hair up because when I take it down more hair falls out. But I am constantly picking my hair out of her hands and off her clothes.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
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Me too, thinning bald spots at my hairline, ugh. Got my haor chopped earlier this week and the hair loss is better. But I'm still pulling those hair balls out of all our clothing after laundry.
Last night LO was laying on the bed and our 50 pound dog jumped up and stepped on her. She stepped right on Brooke's eye and her nails scratched her forehead. For a second my heart stopped. In the second it took me to push the dog and get my baby, I imagined all sorts of crazy things like that my dog poked a hole in her eye or that she was going to be blind in one eye. Thankfully she is okay but I am still so shaken up. My poor baby.
And thennnnnn... I read about the threat to a university near Philadelphia. Here I am thinking that an hour and a half is far away enough to not be considered "near Philadelphia" and then I get an email from my college saying that campus security and the town police will be monitoring the school more closely because of the threat. I have class tomorrow and I feel like I want to stay home.
@mvargas12 What a day. I feel you on the dog. I just realized that are 50lb herding dog, although gentle with kissing LO, has no reality of his size. Will walk all over him so we are trapped in rooms baby gated off for now unless we can stay right with LO the whole time. So annoying. Crawling will be extra interesting. Working to train him.
This is random but..... With all the babysitting I did growing up you would think I would have figured out that babies are completely bipolar individuals lol...........
I somehow forgot.
Most of the time I don't blame him because it's how I want to act when I'm tired/hungry....! Someone put me down for a nap damn it......
@mvargas12 What a day. I feel you on the dog. I just realized that are 50lb herding dog, although gentle with kissing LO, has no reality of his size. Will walk all over him so we are trapped in rooms baby gated off for now unless we can stay right with LO the whole time. So annoying. Crawling will be extra interesting. Working to train him.
Glad there's been no incident yet on campuses
We have to better train our dog as well. She jumps over baby gates so they're totally useless.
@mvargas12 What a day, lady! Hope you can get a glass of wine and a bath, or your own equivalent, to de-stress. Hoping for continued safety for you and LO.
It seems like some of our regulars are dropping off, probably due to busy lives. Waaahhhh!!!
Am I just mental or do other moms out there read some of these children's books and think WTH?! I read "Love You Forever" and thought "Well, this is kind of creepy...why is this woman breaking into her son's home to rock him while he is asleep?!"
Made me grateful that my MIL lives so far away, I'm sure I'd see her crazy ass trekking a ladder to our house to rock DH while he sleeps.
Am I just mental or do other moms out there read some of these children's books and think WTH?! I read "Love You Forever" and thought "Well, this is kind of creepy...why is this woman breaking into her son's home to rock him while he is asleep?!"
Made me grateful that my MIL lives so far away, I'm sure I'd see her crazy ass trekking a ladder to our house to rock DH while he sleeps.
Reading Curious George to DS drives me nuts. Why to continue to leave your monkey unattended and trust him to not get into trouble, when he has proven time and again that he has no self control?!?
^^there's been a few that DH and I have read LO and have said we are never reading this again. For bedtime we have been reading Aesops Illistrated Fables or Grimms Fairytales. LO has more interest in picture books during the day.
^^ ha, I'm still reading grown up books to LO. I'm not done with the Wheel of Time series yet, so we have to finish that. Of course. Otherwise he won't know what a pivotal role he plays in saving the world from the Dark One.
^^ I like that you read grown up books to LO! I may try that. My LO is often super fussy during official book time, so I've started reading other things to her. DH's cousin has 11 month old quads - yes, as in 4 tiny humans going through leaps and spurts at once @-) Anyway, she keeps a blog in her "spare time" and I read that to her the other day and she loved it for whatever reason. I'm going to make that girl a reader yet!
My Aunt sent us "Guess how much I love you" when LO was born and neither of us had ever read it. DH and I are so immature that we snicker every time we say "little nut brown hare." But really..?
Am I just mental or do other moms out there read some of these children's books and think WTH?! I read "Love You Forever" and thought "Well, this is kind of creepy...why is this woman breaking into her son's home to rock him while he is asleep?!"
Made me grateful that my MIL lives so far away, I'm sure I'd see her crazy ass trekking a ladder to our house to rock DH while he sleeps.
Reading Curious George to DS drives me nuts. Why to continue to leave your monkey unattended and trust him to not get into trouble, when he has proven time and again that he has no self control?!?
This made me BURST out laughing!!!
When LO is witching, I put him in the Bjorn and pace the apartment, reading aloud whatever book I'm reading in the moment. He seems to dig it. But lately he's been SUPER into anything with pages. He stares at Grandma while she flips through catalogs, and sometimes she will let him crumple a page, much to his delight.
DH turned the volume of the baby monitor off and it was never switched back on. It's been 5 hours and I've been sleeping. I was just thinking "wow, she's doing great in her crib!" It makes me sick to my stomach that she was likely crying and I had no idea. She's been waking up about an hour after I put her down for the night. She must have been screaming. She's sleeping now. I feel like a terrible mother. I wanted to do the Ferber method, but definitely not this way.
Am I just mental or do other moms out there read some of these children's books and think WTH?! I read "Love You Forever" and thought "Well, this is kind of creepy...why is this woman breaking into her son's home to rock him while he is asleep?!"
Made me grateful that my MIL lives so far away, I'm sure I'd see her crazy ass trekking a ladder to our house to rock DH while he sleeps.
@awolfff lol, I had this exact thought when I was reading this to LO the other night... I had to add my own twist to the story and told him I would not be sneaking into his room or house when he's grown. And told him not to pick me up and rock me when I'm an old lady either.
And the creep factor went up at the last page when it was implied the "boy" was going to do this routine with his baby daughter. Sheesh.
Yesterday evening I took the kids to the library and as we were leaving a lady stopped me and told me I have very well-behaved children. It was really nice to hear. I'm doing something right after all.
I'm going to meet a friend for coffee who just had a baby 2 weeks ago..... I will be looking like complete shit/scrubby because I remember those days. Can't have that girl feeling bad ! Lol amiright?!
I'm going to meet a friend for coffee who just had a baby 2 weeks ago..... I will be looking like complete shit/scrubby because I remember those days. Can't have that girl feeling bad ! Lol amiright?!
I feel like I'm still in those days! And kudos to her for feeling up to going out 2 weeks PP.
So I had updated in another thread but forgot to come back here. Sorry guys! LO did have esophageal thrush. It looked terrible. The meds worked wonders and he started eating the next morning. As of Monday he had gained 5oz but, my brother had came up to the hospital with his twins (born July 30th) and they had "colds". Who brings sick babies to see a sick baby???? So now that "cold" has ended up being RSV and LO is battling yet another hospital stay. This time it's going to be time spent on oxygen and maybe even in an oxygen tent. Ugh! I could hurt my brother right now.
@devyns2nd so sorry your LO is sick! That was a bad move by your brother. Sending prayers for quick healing. My LO has a nasty cough after she caught her brothers cold. Praying she doesn't end up in the hospital like DS did.
@devyns2nd so sorry your LO is sick! That was a bad move by your brother. Sending prayers for quick healing. My LO has a nasty cough after she caught her brothers cold. Praying she doesn't end up in the hospital like DS did.
I hope not. Coughs can go from bad to worse in no time. I hope your LO gets better soon!
@devyns2nd WHAT THE HELL?!? I'm sorry but that is completely unacceptable of your brother. As someone who works in a hospital I can never wrap my head around 1- bringing children to visit anyone (it's a cesspool of germs) and 2- parents bringing kids anywhere if they are sick. What if other patients on your sons unit are immunocompromised? A "cold" could kill them. I'm so mad at this. And I'm so sorry for you and your LO. Wishing your family a very speedy recovery
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
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Re: Randoms!
This just blew my mind. I have been wondering why all of a sudden LO has been ready for bed at 7pm, when he used to be OK until 830-9
#iamgoingtobebald
1) Took LO to a taproom last night for a flight and it was a huge success, bar tender loved her
2) can't believe it took me so long to have a Not Your Fathers, but I'm having one right now - SO GOOD.
@lovethatcolosun im genuinely surprised every day that I have hair left!
@MaliKaela omg that's a lot of meds! But stop that second guessing, mama, none of that had anything to do with anything. You did well
@amccoy129 Ditto on LO grabbing fistfuls of hair. It hurts, and somehow I always get super angry when my head is hurt (I cry every time I bump my head because it makes me irrationally rage). I have to really work to be calm with LO when he does this. I'm gonna just chop my hair when I get a moment.
Hair loss.... Ugh. I can't wear a ponytail anymore bc it shows how thin my hair is. Definite bald spots.
Catching up on the bump is one of the best parts of my day. I love this group and would be so lost without you all!
Last night LO was laying on the bed and our 50 pound dog jumped up and stepped on her. She stepped right on Brooke's eye and her nails scratched her forehead. For a second my heart stopped. In the second it took me to push the dog and get my baby, I imagined all sorts of crazy things like that my dog poked a hole in her eye or that she was going to be blind in one eye. Thankfully she is okay but I am still so shaken up. My poor baby.
And thennnnnn... I read about the threat to a university near Philadelphia. Here I am thinking that an hour and a half is far away enough to not be considered "near Philadelphia" and then I get an email from my college saying that campus security and the town police will be monitoring the school more closely because of the threat. I have class tomorrow and I feel like I want to stay home.
It's been an emotionally draining 24 hours.
Glad there's been no incident yet on campuses
I somehow forgot.
Most of the time I don't blame him because it's how I want to act when I'm tired/hungry....! Someone put me down for a nap damn it......
It seems like some of our regulars are dropping off, probably due to busy lives. Waaahhhh!!!
Tonight DH and I are going to Tequila Tuesday though so I'm going to get to unwind and get twisted 8-}
Made me grateful that my MIL lives so far away, I'm sure I'd see her crazy ass trekking a ladder to our house to rock DH while he sleeps.
When LO is witching, I put him in the Bjorn and pace the apartment, reading aloud whatever book I'm reading in the moment. He seems to dig it. But lately he's been SUPER into anything with pages. He stares at Grandma while she flips through catalogs, and sometimes she will let him crumple a page, much to his delight.
And the creep factor went up at the last page when it was implied the "boy" was going to do this routine with his baby daughter. Sheesh.
J15 unicorns unite. :P
J15 android users - mobilize!
I will be looking like complete shit/scrubby because I remember those days. Can't have that girl feeling bad ! Lol amiright?!
@devyns2nd I hope LO gets better fast. That was a seriously stupid move by your brother.
As for the children's books: there are a lot of terrible ones. Unfortunately, LO still hates being read to. WTH baby? Why do you scream when I read?