**Weekly Randoms 5/8-5/12**

bacorrea

 I feel like this song is an accurate description of pregnancy. Here is to another week and hopefully some more May babies!!

bacorrea

Good luck with induction tonight!!! @rebecca517-2

bacorrea

I couldn't fall asleep until past 1am and now I'm awake. I'm so tired and uncomfortable! Boo

bacorrea

Has anyone seen the new Baby Dove Line? 

kns1988

bacorrea said:

Has anyone seen the new Baby Dove Line? 

No, but someone gave us Aveeno baby lotion. Do people put lotion on their babies?

heath313

@bacorrea I just bought some yesterday at Target! 

Teachers- how are you doing? I have 10 days left of work (4 of them being proctoring PARCC today through Thursday.) I feel so extremely done. I may have this Friday be my last day.

WombThereItIs

kns1988 said:

bacorrea said:

Has anyone seen the new Baby Dove Line? 

No, but someone gave us Aveeno baby lotion. Do people put lotion on their babies?

Yes, lots. You don't need to bathe newborns very much at all (I think we did weekly for a long while?), blowouts more or less dictate the frequency but after baths you should always lotion them because their skin dries out so easily. I think we did lotion at least several nights a week before pajamas too because they can be prone to dry skin. That was winter baby so this one may be different but they often need the extra moisture. 

kns1988

@WombThereItIs, good to know, I'll start using it. DH gets pretty dry skin, so I assume our baby will too. We've been bathing him every 3 days with sponge baths, and he loves it. 

KMD1106

@heath313, my last day was Friday. I'm not due until the 19th, but taking 5 total weeks off because I don't get to use any of my paid time in the fall. It feels great to be done and able to relax and wait/prepare for baby now. My sub is already calling me this morning though, so I'm hoping he can handle things! 

bacorrea

@kns1988 I never put lotion on DD. We didn't have any issues with dry skin though. I'm very much a person that tries to use the least amount of product on my kid. She is also a spring baby though, so again no skin issues. If there was any cracking I would just use a smidge of aquaphor.

NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot

Even with lotion, DD would get pretty dry skin. We used aquaphor all over and that worked the best. 

Yiggle09

@bacorrea I saw it at rite aid. Almost bought some
We used lotion when the winter months started because he got these little patches of dried skin in the creases of his elbow knees thankfully it was winter and he wore long clothes to cover it 

thistlenweeds

So I've been up since four timing contractions. Letting the husband sleep for now.  

starphish18

@thistlenweeds FX this is it!

thistlenweeds

@starphish18 it better be, it hurts! Lol

jlonie614

@thistlenweeds Come on baby! Hope this is it for you.

bacorrea

Come on baby!!!! @thistlenweeds

CherryBananas

@thistlenweeds I hope this is it!! 

jayandaplus

Hope this is the real deal @thistlenweeds!

rkstro2

Omg @thistlenweeds hoping this is it for you!  Fingers crossed! 

onebadmotha

@thistlenweeds - Fingers crossed your contractions pick up and result in a baby soon!

@bacorrea - I hadn't heard about the Dove baby line, but I am so excited now- I love Dove! 

For DS, we didn't use lotion very often when he was a newborn, as we were advised not to by the ped- something about clogging his pores very easily. He was a November baby, but we never had issues with dry skin in the beginning. Once he was a little older, we incorporated it into the post-bath routine (every other night or so). We use the Burt's Bees calming lotion and do a little baby massage before PJs, which he enjoys (mostly because he's incredibly ticklish). We also use Aveeno eczema cream or Aquaphor on his face when he's teething to project his skin from the gallons of drool. 

lulubemadness

@bacorrea  I did I did I wantto try it so bad but D's has very sensitive eczema prone skin so I can only use completely non scented aveeno oatmeal one or his eucerine(I believe that's how u spell it) ones. Which are still great. But I was just so excited to see the baby dove line out including the wipes

hp_momma

+1 for lotion here. We use the unscented Aveeno line because DD1 has eczema. She has to have lotion everyday no matter what climate we live in. DD2 has "normal" skin and can go a few days between lotions. 

vrj0522

We were told at the hospital not to use lotion for the first month. We have a big stash of Aveeno lotion which is what's worked for our kids.

starphish18

I've been so cranky today. I know I likely still have a couple weeks to go, but I'm so over the constant pain. I decided to run to the store to get Pillsbury biscuits to make myself feel better. I made two this morning and just put two more in the oven. Want all the biscuits.

psherman42wwsa

newborns have skin that is basically like peeling off. I think Putting lotion on a newborn is sort of like putting lotion on skin that is peeling from a skin burn, it just delays progress. I'm pretty sure Johnson & Johnson lotion does nothing, other than small nice for about 5 minutes. The aveeno eczema lotion moisturizes very well and I also like honest lotion and honest healing balm.

bubsalicious

The emotional pregnant lady in me wants to cry right now. So for baby, we went out and made a really expensive chair purchase. It's a amazing chair. It rocks, swivels, has extra room, and isn't hard. We had it for a month and it broke. The guy came today and said it takes too much energy for him to fix so he'll just have them send us a new one. But it's going to take awhile, even longer if it's a custom order. Of course it's a custom order, and I believe it took almost a month to get the first one. Part of me wants to blame H for all of this because he was the one sitting in it when it broke and it's my chair, not his (to be read as a toddler having a tantrum). I just want my comfy chair back!! Did I mention the broken one gets to sit in our house until the new chair comes in? So I get to look at it every day and not enjoy it too.

jayandaplus

@absbubbs That really stinks! Can you move it somewhere where you won't look at it much? If it broke after 1 month, it was bound to break sooner or later, whether or not DH sat in it. I know that sometimes you just want to be mad and sad and emotional, and you have every right! I'm sure you put a lot of thought into that purchase. Hang in there.

bailey8809-2

@thistlenweeds - Good luck, hope contractions pick up and you get to meet your little one soon! 

We started using lotion on DS when he was about a month old because his skin was so dry. Both DH and I have dry skin and the air is so dry in CO! I really like Aveeno and Aquaphor.

RainyDays86

@NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot congrats!  So glad he decided to make an appearance and that you are both doing well!
@thistlenweeds good luck!  I hope your silence means things are progressing!
@starphish18 good for you!  You deserve all the biscuits.  You're creating life!
@absbubbs that is so frustrating!  I'm sorry its going to take so long and that you have to look at the broken one.  I would be really upset about that too.

Thanks to those who suggested I call re: weird uneven ankle swelling.  My OB office wasn't terribly concerned, especially because it went down quite a bit overnight.  I have an appointment tomorrow morning anyway so they told me to just watch it and call back if it is really hot or painful (potential signs of a blood clot).

I've had a rough morning.  DS had a regular well-child check up this morning at his new pediatrician.  I wanted to get it out of the way before baby arrives but when I made the appointment I didn't think about the fact that DH can't do Monday morning appointments because he has a few big work calls every Monday morning that he can't miss.  When I realized this, I figured no big deal, I'll take DS and then bring him into school afterwards.  I have had to be pretty hands off with parenting since surgery since I can't lift anything over 10 pounds but I thought I could handle getting DS up and ready and out the door and he could climb in and out of the car by himself.  Yeah, I definitely underestimated how physically taxing the whole thing would be post-surgery.  He had a small accident overnight so I needed to change and wash the sheets which was tough (bending down is still painful), and then I needed to help him get up on the table a few times at the doctor's, not to mention up on my lap to get his walking cast on and off so he could be weighed.  It was challenging but ok until it was time to leave when he had a huge meltdown in the parking and I had to lift him in the car and fight him to get buckled into the car seat.  He cried basically the whole way to daycare and I ended up calling DH to come to daycare because I realized there was no way I was going to be able to get him out of the car and into school when he was throwing a fit.  Luckily DH was able to come and he took over and got DS into school and I left and cried in my car.  

I feel stupid that I thought I could handle the whole thing myself, but I'm also incredibly frustrated that I couldn't.  I know I'm still healing and it's temporary and all of that but it is incredibly disheartening to realize that I actually can't take care of my kid by myself and I'm about to add another one to the mix. I feel bad that I got frustrated with DS for what was really very normal 2.5-year-old behavior, and my now arm/former boob hurts and I'm worried I screwed something up there.  I think the hardest part is that even though I should be fully/mostly healed from surgery in another month, I still have chemo, radiation, and reconstruction ahead.  Some days I feel like I'm kicking ass with this whole cancer thing, but other days I realize how much is still ahead before I can feel normal and before I can be the kind of mom I want to be and it is very overwhelming.  

So anyway, that is my sob story for the morning.  I'm now at a little coffee shop in town that I love trying to do some work, and I just might get a second breakfast to make myself feel a little better.  If you read this far, you deserve a prize, thank you.

llenadevida900

@RainyDays86 you definitely deserve that second breakfast, and all the donuts and coffee your stomach can hold. I'm sorry you had such a rough morning. You're doing great every day, even if it doesn't seem like it. Internet hugs for you!

Jens_Hoes

@RainyDays86 I'm sorry today has been so awful.  You are doing so fantastic with everything that has been given to you this pregnancy.  I can't imagine how tough it is to want to do things that you just can't do right now.  Creepy internet hugs to you.  At least this will all soon be behind you!

starphish18

@RainyDays86 I'm so sorry you had such a rough morning. Yes, you deserve that second breakfast.

jlonie614

@RainyDays86 sorry to ready about your rough morning. I'm glad you told us about it instead of holding it in. You are a great mom and a super strong woman - you go this. Creepy internet hug for you. Now go order a croissant (my personal favorite) and FX this day turns around for you  

thistlenweeds

And we're rolling! Admitted at the hospital, 6cm.

Jens_Hoes

Whoop whoop @thistlenweeds good luck!!

inomniaparatus2

@RainyDays86 I'm sorry you had such a rough morning. Sometimes it's a hard pill to swallow when we realize things we used to do just fine are now done with difficulty. You have been such a trooper these last few months and are not expected to be all sunshine and rainbows. So today was a bad day, you got your sons well visit done, he made it to daycare and now you are enjoying your coffee shop. Don't think about the hurtles ahead just take it one day at a time and look at all you accomplished this morning with all the curve balls thrown in. You got this!

bubsalicious

@RainyDays86 that is very frustrating! It's really hard to try something and end up being limited because your body physically won't. It probably doesn't feel like it, but there have been many days when you've told us about all the things you did that was far more than we have! A second breakfast sounds amazing right now.

emilyalso

@RainyDays86 - I hate that you had such a rough morning! It's tough to be confronted with limitations, especially when you want to be self-sufficient.  I hope you ate ALL THE CARBS at the coffee shop and that you can get a break physically to recover from your stressful morning. 

@thistlenweeds - HOORAY! Fx for quick progress and an uneventful delivery! 

nda_roxybabe

@RainyDays86 Ugh, I'm sorry Here's to it going uphill from here!
@thistlenweeds woohoo! How many minutes apart are they?

erinh2005

@RainyDays86 When it rainydays it pours!  I still think you get credit for taking all of that on right now! You're a great and inspirational momma!