FFFC!

dancegurl1118

Cause...

dancegurl1118

I can't celebrate its Friday because it's my weekend on but I can still participate right?

LO is still in her jammies. Her fleece jammies. It's 430pm. She slept like crap when I took her out of them for her nap so...whatever.

KaLikeAWind

I took LO out briefly to pick up some Chinese food. On the way back, he fell asleep. Since we have arrived home, I have left him in his car seat while I changed clothes, dished myself some pineapple chicken and wonton soup, got a rye IPA to pair, and are now sitting on the couch eating my delish Chinese food.
Also - he is still in HIS jammies, too.

Edited to add that of course the car seat is here in the house with me, not still in the car, which I figured everyone knew, but ya never know

ETA2 - oh crap he just woke up

rklinge0

I spent close to 20 on 2 cocktails last night. I am definitely a cheap a$$ but it was worth it.
I was also happy that the mom's night out was on a Thursday because my lo is always awful on Thursday at 6 p.m. the rest of the time she is usually pretty good. So I didn't have to listen to her screams.

ChardeeMacDennis

I have no idea how well to clean my baby girl's privates*. Like, it's a sensitive area so I don't want to get all up in there with soap and irritate it, but I also wonder what's lurking in there? With grown up ladies it's a pretty self-cleaning area, but we also don't poop our pants. Boys are so much easier!

*I also have no idea what to call them. Vulva? Labia? Again, boys are easier. Penis, balls. Boom, done.

dancegurl1118

@ChardeeMacDennis I always wipe in the crevice of the labia pretty deeply when she poops. When she gets a bath I just wipe with the washcloth at the end. I don't get all up in there inspecting I just wipe. Maybe I'm doing it wrong?

HoosOnFirst

We still don't have a crib.

aj1327

We are transitioning to the crib (or TRYING) to, and I so, so badly want to flip LO on his belly to sleep. I know he'd sleep so much better. I think we're going to go back to the rock & play tonight but he's getting too big for it. I can't wait until he can roll over on his own!!!

KaLikeAWind

I haven't seen any episodes of 'I didn't know I was pregnant' in my channel guide for awhile. And... I kinda miss it

rrcameron21

I've been letting LO sleep on his tummy for naps this week. He sleeps so much better!! I'm always right next to him so it's fine.

The pediatrician asked me today if he's sleeping on his back at night and for naps and I lied

ETA: He sleeps on his back at night!

ChardeeMacDennis

dancegurl1118 said:

@ChardeeMacDennis I always wipe in the crevice of the labia pretty deeply when she poops. When she gets a bath I just wipe with the washcloth at the end. I don't get all up in there inspecting I just wipe. Maybe I'm doing it wrong?

Good, that sounds like what I do. Just second guessing myself, I guess.

alcrimmins

Lately I've been putting l/o in her car seat and loading the dog up for a car ride. She sleeps so much better after a 10 mile drive (and I leave her to nap in the car seat on the kitchen table or her room until I've finished my household crap. Plus, the dog loves car rides...win win for all of us.

MaliKaela

Oh yeah, boys are so much easier. Says the women not constantly covered in rocket pee.

virginiaunicorn11

MaliKaela said:

Oh yeah, boys are so much easier. Says the women not constantly covered in rocket pee.

Yeah, once LO learned to turn on his side, he practiced on the changing table - rolled right at me and peed down my leg.

FFFC: I'd rather be peed on than spit up on. Warm, sticky breast milk spit up disgusts me.

KaLikeAWind

I am eagerly awaiting the day DH gets peed into his mouth. He never covers to be safe, and in talking and making faces at LO on the changing table, it has to happen someday. I hope I'm there to see it when it happens, so i can laugh >-

rrcameron21

I got poop on my glasses once during a changing. Projectile poop happens.

klkonwi

When your child has head control it is perfectly fine to tummy sleep. We wouldn't survive without it.
Yes I am a caring parent, I promise.

rklinge0

@klkonwi what if your baby only has head control only on their stomach? Does that work? I know that sounds weird but even her pt was baffled by her lack of head control when upright but how good it is during tummy time.

jessieR358

rklinge0 said:

@klkonwi what if your baby only has head control only on their stomach? Does that work? I know that sounds weird but even her pt was baffled by her lack of head control when upright but how good it is during tummy time.

I'd just like to interject that the AAP recommends putting the baby back to bed on his back. Having head control doesn't mean to put him down on his tummy per the AAP. The risk of SIDS is greatest at 2-4 months of age. I just don't want you to think a medical professional is telling you it's ok to put your baby down on his tummy... unless you discuss this with your MD...and not the Internet. If he rolls onto his tummy then the thought is there is enough head control but not if you place LO that way. It's a safety issue here IMO to give out advice like that where people know your a nurse. Do not mean to offend I just needed to get that out there.

klkonwi

I'm not telling her as a medical professional I'm telling her as a mom. @jesshrou

klkonwi

@jesshrou I've never given advice on here where I was high and mighty about being a nurse. I can be just a mom sometimes telling another mom what I do.
Tummy sleeping saves us. That is all.

rklinge0

I was making a joke. Obviously I will do what is right for me and my child.
That being said, I have let her sleep on her stomach for naps because it gets her to sleep. And I have no shame in telling her medical professionals that I do.

LolaMarley23

We have LO's baptism tomorrow with a luncheon at our house afterwards so i SHOULD be scrubbing toilets, prepping food and running errands. Instead i am soaking up all the snuggles with my little man and I don't even feel guilty. When DH gets home from work, we can do it together... which I'm sure he will love after working all day on a Saturday. Haha

KonaCoffeeBean

I've actually heard plenty of people (not doctors) say that tummy sleeping is safe after babies can roll off of their tummies, but I've wondered about the wisdom of this advice. My understanding is that one of the theories around SIDS is that it is caused by a neurological problem where the brain does not signal to the body to move the head when breathing is obstructed. If that's the case, then the ability to move the head or roll isn't really a sufficient protective factor.

Personally, I put my baby down on his back... right next to me. And then I say to myself "Kona, DO NOT roll over and crush the baby." Can't get more safe than that.

virginiaunicorn11

^^love this!! Kona, you NEED to be my friend!

KonaCoffeeBean

virginiaunicorn11 said:

^^love this!! Kona, you NEED to be my friend!

I thought we were already friends?

klkonwi

Yeah co sleeping isn't considered "safe" either but a lot of people on here are all about it! It's your kid do what works for your baby/you I always say.

mindaa

I'm still bumming around in some of my maternity tanks. They just got into the rotation and stayed there.

KaLikeAWind

mindaa said:

I'm still bumming around in some of my maternity tanks. They just got into the rotation and stayed there.

I have two maternity tanks I purchased. The rest of my maternity wear was from the sisterhood of the traveling maternity clothes - a friend was given them by another gal, and they just make their way around the people she knows to whomever is pregnant and needs them. But the two tanks I bought are AWESOME. Stretchy, clingy, but not round-bellied, so they fit a post baby gal just fine. Needless to say, they are not going into the communal maternity clothes. I am keeping those suckers.

virginiaunicorn11

Sometimes when LO is distracted while nursing, I shoot some milk at him. It entertains me (to no end!) and gets his attention again.

lovethatcolosun

^^LMAO ) I'm calling CPS on you.

virginiaunicorn11

^^Do it!! They will take him for a night, and I will get some sleep, and the next day the judge will realize I'm not actually so terrible!!

(Obviously mostly kidding... Only because I'd be too stressed to sleep... But am pretty willing to try almost anything at this point ;-) )

lindsladle15

Dude. Stomach sleeping = great for everyone (baby, mom, dad, etc)!
Although...DH seems to sleep regardless of how the baby sleeps.

Sammy K

ChardeeMacDennis said:

I have no idea how well to clean my baby girl's privates*. Like, it's a sensitive area so I don't want to get all up in there with soap and irritate it, but I also wonder what's lurking in there? With grown up ladies it's a pretty self-cleaning area, but we also don't poop our pants. Boys are so much easier!

*I also have no idea what to call them. Vulva? Labia? Again, boys are easier. Penis, balls. Boom, done.

Boys are so much easier to clean! And my delicate flower has rolls, so there are all kinds of creases to clean.

As far as what to call it, we're debating that right now. The other day, DH called it her junk, which made me laugh. I told him, she doesn't have "junk" so then he called it "bits and pieces". We're real mature over here.

ciennah99

hoodoll82 said:

We still don't have a crib.

You make me feel better. We don't either

virginiaunicorn11

@hoodoll82 and @ciennah99 no crib here, either. Meh. I am waiting to hear how a good friend's foray with a futon mattress on the floor works out with her 1 year old ("Montessori style" she says).

@Sammy K I've read good arguments for just teaching your kids the proper words (literally a line was, "we don't play with our vulva at the table"). And as I read them, I can see the point. But on the other hand, we use baby speak for almost everything else. And while it's not wrong, I do have a hard time picturing my two-year old LO trying to say "scrotum." So I am hoping he will find his own hilarious words we can use. Example:

A German friend told us her kid called masturbation "going to the office" (in German - and he was too young to really understand masturbation). He kind of made it up before he was aware of what the phrase really meant. But one day they had a party, and somehow a friend said he couldn't do something at the party because he "had to go to the office tomorrow" - and apparently their kid's eyes got huge, and he couldn't believe the dude was going to be doing, um, That, all day. They then had to explain there's a real thing called an office that has nothing to do with touching yourself!
(Hope I'm explaining this properly because I was on the floor laughing when they told us this!)

mindaa

virginiaunicorn11 said:

Sometimes when LO is distracted while nursing, I shoot some milk at him. It entertains me (to no end!) and gets his attention again.

Love it!

MaliKaela

virginiaunicorn11 said:

@hoodoll82 and @ciennah99 no crib here, either. Meh. I am waiting to hear how a good friend's foray with a futon mattress on the floor works out with her 1 year old ("Montessori style" she says).

@Sammy K I've read good arguments for just teaching your kids the proper words (literally a line was, "we don't play with our vulva at the table"). And as I read them, I can see the point. But on the other hand, we use baby speak for almost everything else. And while it's not wrong, I do have a hard time picturing my two-year old LO trying to say "scrotum." So I am hoping he will find his own hilarious words we can use. Example:

A German friend told us her kid called masturbation "going to the office" (in German - and he was too young to really understand masturbation). He kind of made it up before he was aware of what the phrase really meant. But one day they had a party, and somehow a friend said he couldn't do something at the party because he "had to go to the office tomorrow" - and apparently their kid's eyes got huge, and he couldn't believe the dude was going to be doing, um, That, all day. They then had to explain there's a real thing called an office that has nothing to do with touching yourself!
(Hope I'm explaining this properly because I was on the floor laughing when they told us this!)

That's too funny. But seriously, we'll be using proper names for all body parts ex. Penis/Vagina. I don't know that we'll go into as much detail as scrotum/labia (ex.) at first, just because I don't think it's necessary. You teach "ear" before "earlobe," and "nose" before "nostril." But when the time comes for more detail, the proper terms will be taught. Although i'm kind of reconsidering this now, and thinking about junk and bits and pieces instead. Lol.

dancegurl1118

Yeah, I'll definitely be using basic proper genitalia language. I have a huge issue with made up words...my parents still don't use proper language and it drives me nuts. I've read horror stories about parents/teachers not being able to identify abuse because of using weird words. Vagina! Penis! So easy!

virginiaunicorn11

Sometimes I "try on" opinions on here to see how strongly I feel about them. Nothing major. But I will throw out a statement like the above re: baby parts, so I can see how other ladies feel, and then use that to develop my own stance.
Eg, @dancegurl1118 makes a great point about penis/vagina. So I'm back on the "proper terms" side of the fence. You ladies make good, informed statements.
I wish I had a J15 Bump community to challenge me and help me examine more elements of my life! (Though our conversations are pretty far-reaching!)

Sammy K

When LO is old enough, we'll use proper words. Right now I'm entertained by DH's discomfort.