Is there any interest in a dedicated thread for PP fitness/healthy weight loss? I don't want to make it a numbers game, but I've seen threads on earlier BMB's that were tasteful and supportive check ins, kind of like ticker changes. I know it can be tricky especially for those of us that are BF/pumping to find the right balance between limiting calories and exercising but not messing up your supply.
Maybe it's too early in the month yet, I know we don't have that many babies on the ground.
Do they do still do footprints/ handprints at the hospital or do I need to do that on my own at home? Amazon prime has a deal today on a washable ink kit for this purpose and it made me think of it.
Ours gave us a little keepsake birth certificate with footprints. No handprints. Probably depends on the hospital.
I would be interested in something like that @erin7264 since being home alone I've noticed how hard it is to eat much less eat healthy. And I don't want the stroller to collect dust and we never go for walks. I would love some sort of check in/easy snack ideas/whatever else.
@erin7264 I was thinking of proposing the same thing but didn't want to get flamed for suggesting it lol. The weather since he was born hasn't really been conducive to getting outside and I've been going a little stir-crazy inside not doing anything. I'd definitely be up for some gentle PP fitness plans and healthy eating discussion.
I love this idea too but don't want to put too much pressure on myself to make this a weight loss thing. More of a "get out and move" and "eat healthy, nourishing foods" thing. I had reached my goal weight a year before getting pregnant but a few vacations and this pregnancy have me well over that number. I do want to get back there slowly but surely. I love that we're all having July (and May and June) babies so we can really enjoy the nice weather before it is icy and snowy (at least in my area).
M has his two week check up at the pediatrician today and I am feeling so nervous. I don't know why, I just keep feeling like something will be wrong because nothing has been wrong so far so it just seems bound to happen?
Sounds good, ladies. I know what you mean, @jennyleigh16 I thought about it for quite a while before posting. I got the idea from the May BMB, I felt like they did a good job of emphasizing health and wellness instead of making it about the scale numbers. I think it's going to be really important to acknowledge that our post-baby bodies are as individual as our pregnancies and just want to encourage each other to eat healthy and get some exercise in, we don't need to talk pounds or scales or sizes at all.
@theshannondee thanks! I know, I can't believe how big he is already! Everything was great at the appt, he's gained plenty of weight and is well over his birth weight! I don't know why I'm always so sure he's going to have lost weight, especially when he's been nursing non stop for days haha. Our pediatrician did say that now he's over his birth weight it's okay for us to not wake him at night so maybe we can sleep in slightly longer stretches!
We've been using Dr. Bronner's baby soap and then rubbing a little coconut oil on him to keep him hydrated. Also, @Nerdchild we've been seeing some diaper rash too, and I've been using coconut oil. It seems to clear it up nicely! I've heard that breastmilk helps too but I haven't tried yet.
I love the idea of starting a healthy PP thread to help us all figure out our new healthy selves post baby! Along those same lines would anyone be interested in a thread dedicated to PPD/Anxiety? A place where everyone could discuss their emotions and mental well- being and offer words of encouragement to each other?
How are you getting your babies to sleep independently? Camille sleeps well on me but shortly after laying her down she gets fidgety and starts crying. Everyone says sleep when baby sleeps but I don't see how this is possible unless I sleep with her which is a no no bc of SIDS. Right now DH is watching her for couple hours at night usually from 11-3 while I sleep but he goes back to work next week so sleeping in shifts won't work anymore.
How are you getting your babies to sleep independently? Camille sleeps well on me but shortly after laying her down she gets fidgety and starts crying. Everyone says sleep when baby sleeps but I don't see how this is possible unless I sleep with her which is a no no bc of SIDS. Right now DH is watching her for couple hours at night usually from 11-3 while I sleep but he goes back to work next week so sleeping in shifts won't work anymore.
Honestly overnight I usually fall asleep nursing and when I wake up and he's fallen asleep on my boob I just shift him so he's on my chest and go back to sleep. When I try to move him to his crib he wakes up and fusses and I end up nursing him again to get him to settle. We both get more sleep if he sleeps on me.
I like both ideas - PP health and PPD/A/MentalHealth!
Agree! I'm not PP yet, but have bad anxiety to begin with so I am worried it'll get worse once LO comes. I didn't even know there was PPA until a month ago.
Me: 28 | Husband: 39 Married March 2016 DD: born 7.22.16 DS EDD: 6.23.18
@Heathereaddy what works for us is getting him really milk drunk and in deep sleep on my chest and then moving him to the rock n play next to my bed. Him getting older has helped too and figuring out where he likes to sleep. It was a never ending guessing game for awhile. Hang in there!!
@heathereaddy Elise was doing the same thing. Just scream and scream. After some trial and error, we finally figured out what she likes! I think it might just be to try and figure out what your LO prefers. This is what we do now. I do my bedtime feeding with her in the dark and play classical music during that time (my husband figured out she liked it). We also turn a fan on. She gets really relaxed and I lightly swaddle her (turns out she hates the tight Velcro swaddles) and then I put a hat on her to keep her warm because of the fan. We don't talk to her at all during this time and she falls asleep. When she wakes up I just change her diaper, feed her, and put her back in the bassinet. I also try to do most of her naps in the bassinet. Sometimes I miss her too much and take her out, but I think that helped too. For a bit there I let her sleep on me in bed because she would just scream forever unless I was holding her. I was too exhausted to care at that point.
We are having a super fussy day over here if E hasn't been sleeping, she's been screaming. She also won't let anyone else hold her. My in-laws came over today to give me some relief so I could take a nap, and she wouldn't stop crying until I took her. She won't even let DH hold her, and she usually loves daddy snuggles. Really hoping this doesn't last the entire night, or any more this week. I'm trying really hard not to get frustrated. I'm thankful she's at least still eating normally.
@schaze sorry to hear you're having a rough day! Hopefully she calms down tonight! You're doing a great job!
Everyone suffering from itchy stitches, swelling, aching vag etc...I HIGHLY recommend the bathtub. For some reason I hadn't taken a bath yet, I guess I thought it would be uncomfortable or something. I was wrong, it was the most relieving thing I've done.
@schaze Aw man hopefully it's just a fussy day and things will return to normal (whatever that is?) soon!! Hang in there and let her cry with your hubby if you need a break! It will be okay!
Everyone suffering from itchy stitches, swelling, aching vag etc...I HIGHLY recommend the bathtub. For some reason I hadn't taken a bath yet, I guess I thought it would be uncomfortable or something. I was wrong, it was the most relieving thing I've done.
My dr told me for the first week to fill the tub with about 6 inches of warm water and baby soap and soak for 15 minutes three times a day (or more if I wanted). It was really comfortable to sit in for 15 minutes and relax and the warm water felt really good.
@stellaluna14 somehow I missed your update. HURRAY glad he's growing just fine and you had nothing to worry about. I have to say that no longer setting a timer to feed was awesome... E still gets us up every 3 or so hours but I love that its on his terms. Way to go Milo!
@schaze we had a fussy day over here today too! It was rough! Ds was also really clingy and at one point both of them were crying (LO screaming)and I started crying too! I'm usually a pretty laid back person and don't let much get to me but being a mom of 2 is definitly harder than when I had 1! Ds is only 13 months and I feel like I'm shorting him on the one on one attention he deserves as well as not being able to give LO all the time I gave ds when he was a baby. I'm doing my best to spread my attention around but I still just feel kind of inadequate and down on myself after today's breakdown. i knew having 2 so young would be a challenge and I just hope tomorrow's a better day!
An awesome treatment for hard to treat diaper rash is Aquaphor mixed with Maalox. You can find exact quantities via Google (I honestly just kind of slop it together). DD has a rough diaper rash from her constant pooping, and I wasn't sure if she was old enough for that treatment, but the pedi gave me the green light to use it today.
I'm relieved that it's just from so much pooping because I was afraid she had a milk allergy or diaper allergy (I had actually temporarily switched to expensive unbleached diapers just in case).
Hi!!! Just wanted to check in and say we still exist PP... Did all the cluster feeding and didn't sleep until about 2am last night when my milk showed up. Today has been a breeze in comparison and I can't wait to get a solid 5-6 hours sleep tonight!
Still pregnant and lurking. Sorry some of you had tough days and hope it was just today. My first was the kind of colicky where she had ear piercing screams pretty much anytime she was awake (which was a lot more of the day than the books said she should be). Just read this blog and figured I'd share in case anyone finds them self in the same boat. Wish I'd read it back then, but makes me at least feel a little more confident of we have to deal with colic again. https://www.thefussybabysite.com/blog/why-its-not-just-colic-or-fussiness/
We've definitely experienced those all day fussy days. They are not fun!! I'm not usually easily rattled but the other day I was almost crying with her too. It's just so hard not being able to read their minds and do exactly what they want you to! Or just knowing they just need a cry and that's it. I just keep reminding myself she's as new to all this as I am. It takes time to get to know each there and establish a routine. At the end of the day we're all doing the best we can.
Tonight she was a bit fussy when some friends stopped by and I could tell she was just so tired but fighting it. My girlfriend got her down after about 5 minutes of trying. She has two small nieces and many older nieces/nephews. No kids of her own. Part of me wanted to praise the ground she walked on. The other part of me was like WTF why didn't that work for me?! Ugh. Parenting....tough stuff!!!
Thanks, ladies! She only woke up twice last night (yay!) so we're chalking it up to a growth spurt. Your comments all made me feel much better-this thread, and really the whole group of July ladies are seriously the best.
Thanks ladies. I'll keep working to see what she likes regarding sleeping. Last night was kinda rough and she had a difficult time latching. I ended up just holding her once she finally went to sleep and was able to nod off here and there. I know this will get better but right now I'm just exhausted. I'm also concerned that she's not getting enough milk. She had no poop diapers yesterday and none today so far.
My doc said no poop is okay as long as it doesn't go longer than like 4 or 5 days. Aubrey was the same when we first brought her home. Maybe call your doc and double check?
@Heathereaddy no advice on the poop issue, although I know as our babies getting older BF babies can go as long as a week with no poops. My DS consistently went on Wed lol. But that is when they get closer to, I think, a month. But as far as getting baby to sleep on their own, with DS and now with DD when I transferred them to the RnP they would always wake up and start fussing. So what I did was lay them down and then place my hand, somewhat firmly, on their chest and gradually ease up. I would hold it on there for about 30 seconds sometimes longer. This worked REALLY well for me. I learned about it on my DS's bmb and I know a lot of the moms on there used it also.
I second how wonderful having you ladies has been!! It's so reassuring knowing I have a group of either been there done that moms that help answer questions or moms going through all the same stages. My overall attitude has been pretty positive in these first couple blurry weeks of parenting and I owe a lot of that to this group!!
Thanks @Singingmama10 I don't have a rnp but I'll give it a shot using the newborn napper that came with the pnp. So far she doesn't like it too much and only wants to sleep on me or DH.
I'm having the same sleep issue- LO only wants to sleep in someone's arms and when we lay him down (even after being sound asleep being held) he wiggles around and eventually cries. I keep debating if I should let him "cry it out" or if I should just pick him up and snuggle him back to sleep over and over. He is 1 month old today. The struggle is real!
If your LO got the Hep B vaccine before leaving the hospital, were they completely exhausted afterwards, and how long did the tiredness last? DS got the vaccine last night around 12:30, and wouldn't wake to BF until 5:45 this AM. He seemed to make up for it and was nursing quite a bit early and late this morning. Nurses seemed to be ok because I could still get him to nurse and he was still having wet/stools diapers. We came home and I got him to nurse a bit between 12-1, and he's had a wet diaper since, but he is very tired and I haven't been able to wake him to nurse much. Prior to the vaccine he was nursing well. Just wondering how long the tiredness will take to wear off, I remember DD always was exhausted after getting her vaccines when she was small.
Re: Newborn/Postpartum Thread
Maybe it's too early in the month yet, I know we don't have that many babies on the ground.
I would be interested in something like that @erin7264 since being home alone I've noticed how hard it is to eat much less eat healthy. And I don't want the stroller to collect dust and we never go for walks. I would love some sort of check in/easy snack ideas/whatever else.
The weather since he was born hasn't really been conducive to getting outside and I've been going a little stir-crazy inside not doing anything. I'd definitely be up for some gentle PP fitness plans and healthy eating discussion.
Along those same lines would anyone be interested in a thread dedicated to PPD/Anxiety? A place where everyone could discuss their emotions and mental well- being and offer words of encouragement to each other?
Married March 2016
DD: born 7.22.16
DS EDD: 6.23.18
Everyone suffering from itchy stitches, swelling, aching vag etc...I HIGHLY recommend the bathtub. For some reason I hadn't taken a bath yet, I guess I thought it would be uncomfortable or something. I was wrong, it was the most relieving thing I've done.
I'm relieved that it's just from so much pooping because I was afraid she had a milk allergy or diaper allergy (I had actually temporarily switched to expensive unbleached diapers just in case).
Tonight she was a bit fussy when some friends stopped by and I could tell she was just so tired but fighting it. My girlfriend got her down after about 5 minutes of trying. She has two small nieces and many older nieces/nephews. No kids of her own. Part of me wanted to praise the ground she walked on. The other part of me was like WTF why didn't that work for me?! Ugh. Parenting....tough stuff!!!
But as far as getting baby to sleep on their own, with DS and now with DD when I transferred them to the RnP they would always wake up and start fussing. So what I did was lay them down and then place my hand, somewhat firmly, on their chest and gradually ease up. I would hold it on there for about 30 seconds sometimes longer. This worked REALLY well for me. I learned about it on my DS's bmb and I know a lot of the moms on there used it also.
ETA he does this even when he's swaddled! :-/