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August 2018 Moms
livinthesunnylife
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STM+ Check in 1/3
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1) How far along are you?
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far?
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to?
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays?
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far?
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to?
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays?
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2) I can't tell if I actually have morning sickness this time or if I'm just nauseous from being sick? I never had it at all last time.
3) (Rave) My little guy is a little over 1 and he's just so fun right now! Every day he learns something new and wants to show off his new talent. He figured out how to climb in our shower this morning and was having a blast in there moving around all the shampoos. (Rant) Between the ear infection and the two teeth he's getting....please sleep angel baby, Momma is sick and she's tired.
4) We traveled for the holidays and I tried to take my little man out to see snow for the first time. He wanted nothing to do with it! Too cold for my warm blooded boy. So I brought snow in and let him play with it in the house
8 weeks today!
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far?
Yes, quite a few actually! With my first, my boobs were extremely sore and already growing. Thankfully, that's not happening yet. I was also really nauseous and had a horrible taste in my mouth my first. This time around, no bad taste yet. I definitely have nausea but it doesn't seem to be as bad as the first time around. Or, maybe I just don't notice it as much because I'm busy with an almost 1-year old. Or, because I've had a cold that won't quit since finding out I was pregnant, so those symptoms are in the forefront instead of pregnancy symptoms. Who knows.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to?
DD will be 1 soon! I am currently experiencing all the feels about this. I can't believe it's been a whole year already and she won't be considered a baby anymore. She also recently started walking pretty consistently on her own, so that's exciting! She was taking tentative steps for a while, but we finally saw her stand up on her own from the middle of the floor with no assistance, which was huge!
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays?
Not much really. She was largely unimpressed with the holidays, except for the fact that she got to have bites of things she would normally not have (cookies, cinnamon rolls, thanks Nana........)
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? Not really. Like some others, I don't have many symptoms, so it doesn't feel as "real" compared perhaps with others who are unfortunately very sick from m/s. First u/s is tomorrow, so that may change. The other major difference is I am a LOT more lax already. I'm pretty sure I've forgotten to take my vitamin here and there, but I'm not freaking out because I know that I eat a balanced diet, for instance. I am drinking coffee. I ate a ham sandwich. I am fine with all these things.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? Rave: DH is being extra, extra sweet to me lately. I love it!
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? We got DS a play kitchen and he loves it! I cook A LOT and I see him kind of copying me when I'm cooking (the play kitchen is right near the actual kitchen) and it's so freaking cute I can't even stand it.
DS: Born 5-17-16
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? Yes, I actually feel pregnant this time. Morning sickness is worse. With my son I didn't really feel pregnant.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? My son is so sweet and fun. He turned 3 in October and we just upgraded his bed to our old queen and he thinks it is SO cool. Kinda scares me that he'll fall off, though.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? I loved that he finally kind of understood what Christmas was. He also noticed "Baby Jesut" everywhere. Lol. At first it sounded like he was calling him "Baby Swingset." So funny.
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? I'm having twins this time, but other than that, not really. Still always hungry and feel nauseous before and after eating.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? My son is 15 months old, walking, jumping, getting into as much trouble as possible. I love having a boy.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? He has picked up the weird mocking of talking on the telephone. We only have cell phones and are rarely on phone calls, but he will pretend he has a phone to his ear and in a super high quiet voice, go "hiya, hi hi" and act like he's talking on the phone.
2) So far everything has been the same as last time -- has me wondering already if #2 is another boy.
3) DS is a running, climbing terror at 14 months old. I don't know how I am going to manage two kids!
4) DS was not phased by Christmas at all. I wasn't expecting much since he also had no interest in gifts at his recent birthday before the holiday. Maybe next year? Haha. Though he did get a little trike/stroller for Christmas and he had been obsessed with climbing into it while we weren't watching and getting stuck/falling out of it... so yeah, that had to get moved to the garage immediately.
2) This pregnancy has been so much harder. Not sure if it's just because I'm older or like everyone who said they are chasing a toddler... just ugh.
3) DS is 16 months and is such a climbing, exploring, curious little boy! It's so fun to see him discover something new, or watch him figure out how something works. I say it about every month, but this is my favorite age so far!
4) We went to visit family for New Years and my sister and her husband are planning on trying for their first soon. So they wanted to "test drive" parenthood with my little guy. They changed diapers, fed him his lunch and took him grocery shopping with them! They loved it and he was on his best behavior for the most part. It was adorable!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
@juliebird6 - Yay for DD walking! Are you doing a big 1st birthday party?
@vinerie - yes to the more lax this time around, coffee is life! And that's awesome that your DH is being so sweet!
@Firemanswife11 - so sorry about the ms, I hope it passes soon! And I love that your kiddo loves his big boy bed so much!
@Piperella Twins! Congratulations! +1 here on the trouble making little boy - it's so much fun! And I love that yours is talking on the phone! Mine found a toy hammer this weekend that makes all these noises and one is a phone ringing. So now the hammer is a phone. 1 year old logic for the win!
@suzystar829 - mine had no interest in the presents either! We kept them hidden instead of under the tree until Christmas Eve because we thought he would destroy all the things. Couldn't have cared less. That's so cute that he loved his new trike so much!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? big time. I’ve never had morning sickness before and I’ve thrown up 3x so far, and gagged or dry heaved countless times. I also don’t have the debilitating first tri exhaustion like in the past. I’m tired as I normally am from the cold weather and life but it’s not the same level.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? my oldest is in 1st grade, and I’m so glad school is back in session lol. It’s been too cold to do much this past week and the cabin fever was sky high.
my middle is almost 5, almost time to plan his batman bday party!
and my youngest is 2.5. He’s been waking at night anywhere from1-4x every night for the last month or 2 and it’s getting realllllly old.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays?
it was a really nice Xmas!!! Everyone believes and ‘gets it’ which was fun. When we went to breakfast with santa at a local petting farm, santa really did so much and he picked my oldest to help him play a trick on frosty and told him a secret (about how he has a magic key to get in houses). My oldest isn’t generally a kid who always gets picked for that sort of thing and he was just BURSTING!
Right before cmas he as he told me he wanted us to open family gifts first before santa gifts ‘because family is more special than santa’
11/18/16 missed m/c 9w1
08/03/17 no hb 8w
@pghctwife a batman birthday party sounds awesome! And that is so cool that your oldest was picked by Santa - what a great memory! And I'm tearing up about the gifts. So sweet!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
@mrsbubbles-2 No big birthday party for us. We are just having our parents and siblings who are in town over for dinner/cake, which will be about 10 people total. Honestly, I don't get the big fuss with a huge party for a 1 year old. I'm more of the camp that I will save my birthday energy and ideas for when they are old enough to care.
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? I’m not as tired nor as sick, hoping it stays this way.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? DS1 is 3.5 and back in preschool for half days, thank goodness, threenagers are real here. And DS2 is 1 and super cute
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? They both loved their presents and I think the funnest part was moving the elf, my youngest had so much fun finding it every morning, it was the most adorable thing ever.
I’m soooo not ready for him to stop believing (6.5, so I hope we have a few more years), but if this is a baby step towards that understanding? What a perfect way. (And now IM crying too lol)
11/18/16 missed m/c 9w1
08/03/17 no hb 8w
@mrsbubbles-2 We kept the gifts hidden too even though it also made no difference. DS is more interested in pulling this one ornament off the tree repeatedly. It took him a solid 4 or 5 days to even notice the tree at all when we put it up haha
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? I feel about the same as I did with my second pregnancy. With the first I was super tired but I didn't feel that way last time or this time. Probably because having Littles I'm just so used to always being tired now lol.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? DD2 is almost 7 months old, so I'm still pumping and trying to get her BM but my supply is already starting to tank. I have about 550 oz frozen so hopefully I can pull through to a year using that up. She is really good with solids already so I'm happy about that, her sister had zero interest at this age. Shr also has a cold right now, which stinks. DD1 is 2.5 and has just started playing pretend...like last night she said "i am going to be Kristie now" and put on a hat and was like "hello, I'm kristie, what is your name?" And I had a conversation with kristie for a few minutes until she took the hat off and said "ok I'm not kristie anymore" haha. She had also started running full speed away from us in public places, like the airport, so that's a fun stage.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? DD2 saw snow for the first time and DD1 went sledding for the first time so that was fun. Yesterday was their first day back at school in 12 days and apparently they were both Nightmare People in the morning (i leave for work before they wake up but DH was not impressed with the performance). Hopefully we're back on track now.
DS: Born 5-17-16
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? I feel less tired and less sick than last time, plus like some others have mentioned I’m way more relaxed about everything.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? DS is 2 and his favorite new saying is ‘whatcha doin’ in a super high pitched curious voice. It’s adorable. I’ve been really proud lately about how good he is with his manners too. I work hard to incorporate them into everything so he learns them early.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? We had our first stomach virus and it was scary and horrible. But we got through it and had lots of fun over New Years! Nothing really in particular just had solid time together
August '18 March Siggy Challenge - You had ONE JOB
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? I feel like I'm more tired this time and a little more nauseous. Although my mom says I was this tired last time, I just don't remember it. I also didn't have a toddler to chase around and wake me up in the middle of the night. sigh.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? We just celebrated DS's second birthday and I'm totally loving this age! He's getting really talkative and curious. Right on cue for his second birthday, he started asking "WHY" to everything. He does it in this adorable drawn out "Whyyyyyyyy?" I'm sure I'll get tired of it, but right now I'm loving the curiosity of this age!
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? Took him sledding and playing in the snow in upstate NY for a few days. He's just barely old enough to like it. It took him 3 days to feel confident walking in the snow; we had 8" on the ground, so he could only walk where it was already packed down. He liked sledding with one of us, which was so fun.
@livinthesunnylife My little guy just turned 2, and is barely old enough to enjoy the snow. It's hard when they're that little.
@mrsbubbles-2 That's so cute that your LO gave your family a good experience! I am totally with you that every age is "the best age so far!!" I hope I feel that way with our second!
@ssthomps Great photo! She looks so thrilled.
@pghctwife Your Santa experience sounds magical! What a wonderful stage to be in! The batman party sounds really fun too. Post some pics when you get closer!
My 2yo has been having terrible sleep the past few months. And much more separation anxiety too. I don't know if it's the emotional and cognitive leaps he's taking or what, but I need it to end! Last night I was too tired, and luckily he was crying for daddy anyway so SO got up to sooth him. Twice!
@delujm0 My 2yo is just barely starting to get into pretend and I love it. He gives us pretend cookies and we eat them, and then give him some and he pretend eats them. He also likes moving his little fisher price people around and driving their cars and planes places.
With my DD, I had slight morning sickness. My with DS, I had none. Now with this one, I have MS again.
We told our 3yo DD that I’m having a baby and she ONLY wants a sister. She won’t even entertain the thought that it could be a boy.
My kids loved the holidays this year. It was fun because my DD really believed, and she was so excited about everything.
1) How far along are you? 6 weeks 6 days
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? I don’t remember when the m/s started with DD but it was pretty much just throw up once or twice in the morning and be good for the day. I’m not getting sickness this time, but the nausea lasts all day and no food sounds good ... I’m not sure which is worse ?
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to?
Rants ... DD has pneumonia for the second time and a double ear infection
Raves ... I got my dating ultrasound appointment today January 18 . I think I should be exactly 9 weeks and i cant wait to find out for sure !
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays?
this was the first year DD really understood who Santa was. Since October she’s been saying “ho ho will bring me a doll house and stuffed puppy” she was beside herself Christmas morning when she got both
@hfooter I hear you on the threenager....2 don't have nothing on 3
@Firemanswife11 A friend suggested to me putting a pool noodle under the fitted sheet
1) How far along are you? 8 weeks tomorrow
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? The nausea isn't constant this time, but it's still there. I'm having insomnia a lot earlier on this time, i've been up since 430. Pizza does not sound appetizing most of the time, that was all I wanted to eat with DS.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? RANT-Pregsomnia + 3 y.o. who is randomly screaming out in his sleep 2-4 times a night is starting to get to me. This has been going on a couple months now. RAVE-He was so sweet with his little friend that was over for a playdate this morning. He's finally getting to the age(3) where they are more playing together that just around each other.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? The holidays were busy. Lots of board/card games with the two older kids, but no real stories. A slight bummer of a story. Santa isn't a big thing in our house so DH & I compromised that we will do one Santa gift on Christmas morning with DS. So Christmas morning DH got up to put together the gift, a kids trampoline, and the tool broke and so he couldn't finish it with just him and me. So no Santa gift this year
HX
DSD: 17
DS: 4(Nov'14)
MMC:8/17
MMC: 1/18
BFP: 2/7/19 EDD:10/16/19
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2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? My first time I was literally never hungry, where as this time I'm hungry but don't want to eat. MS is much milder which is great.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? We're trying to get DS out of our bed and we are failing horribly. Basically when I went back to work DS refused to eat from the bottle, so my pediatrician had me feed him over night. Even after he finally started eating he decided he loves sleeping with mommy and eating at night. He's almost a year now and I am done. Our bed is not big enough and I want to actually be able to move when I sleep. We tried the nice way all last week to get him out of our bed so I think this weekend we're going to try the cry it out method. Super not looking forward to it.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? This was his first Christmas and DS loved all of the wrapping paper and tissue paper. Also we took him sledding for the first time and he had a blast. He's a little daredevil
Sorry to hear a bunch of you had sick kiddos, that's the worst.
I'm with @suzystar829 about 2 under 2. DS was a physically demanding baby and the idea of having to handle something like that while dealing with another one still in diapers kinda freaks me out.
9w 2d
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far?
I think I am more nauseous/tired this time but probably because I have a 4.5 year old this time demanding things haha. I definitely am more bloated faster too.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to?
Well he's turning into this sassy boy that has quick comebacks. He's also suuuuuuper whiney right now about everything. He apparently thinks that we're "yelling at him" when we tell him no. He's also started crying every morning before school now but he claims it's because he doesn't like nap. Every morning at drop off is like ground hog's day.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays?
Nothing really than him telling us he didn't want a baby brother or sister hahahah
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? Way more nauseous this time. Less tired, I think, although as others have said, I may just be used to it!
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? DS is so much fun these days, but he has started screaming in public (happy scream) and I can’t get him to stop.
He seems to be pretty solid on one nap, now, which is really nice since it’s 2+ hours and I can actually get some stuff done.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? He got Duplos and he loved them. He gets better at stacking them every day.
@laufisch The notion of having two young ones is literally keeping me up at night haha. I blame my husband for this. "Let's have another one!"... easy for them to say!
11/18/16 missed m/c 9w1
08/03/17 no hb 8w
i think 7+5
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far?
a little more nausea. Like a teeny tiny bit.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to?
I watched Trolls Holiday so many effing times over the past two weeks that I was dreaming about it last.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays?
DS had a blast at my sister's wedding and he was sooooo cute in his little thx!!!
We did want to have them close together but I was thinking 2 to 2.5 years apart, not 18m. Still this is our last and it's kind of nice to know our family is complete after this.
I hope we have nice calm babies this time
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? Not really! Nauseous, sore boobs, headache and exhaustion. Pretty much identical. Although I’ve been breaking out on my face since during my TWW, which never happens in general or last pregnancy!
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to?
DS is 2.5 and is so much fun! Is vocabulary expands almost daily, he’s officially in the early preschool room at daycare and I have NO idea how that is even possible! He is all boy and currently obsessed with fire trucks and Paw Patrol.
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays?
Nothing huge other than it was fun to see the holidays through his eyes this year. We talked about Santa, stockings, and he still is talking about the ‘big firetruck’ Santa brought him!
DS: 5.28.15
DS#2: EDD 8.31.18
2) Have you noticed any differences in your pregnancies so far? Last time I had slight ms but nothing this time yet. My back pain has definitely started earlier and I have been having crazy dreams/insomnia nightly which I didn’t have last time.
3) Rants/Raves, what are your others up to? Rant: insomnia stinks, my kid wakes up early and I still have to work so I am a zombie. Rave: I’ll be an aunt in 2 weeks, so that is helping to pass the time until my 1st appointment (6 days later). DS is 13 months and getting close to walking on her own. She is talking a lot more, when I ask for kisses she presses her face to my lips, and is pretty much the happiest kid I could have hoped for (except when I take my phone away from her. Sigh)
4) Fun kiddo stories from the holidays? We went to visit my MIL in early December and she got to see snow for the first time, which she loved! Also we aren’t telling my parents yet since my sister wants her kid to announce it (gotta wait until he’s born) so it’s been interesting hanging out with my parents daily for the past several days and keeping my mouth shut. I tell my momma everything so this secret is going to be impossible to keep!
@lalala2004 going down to 1 nap was life changing! DS will nap 2-3hrs on the weekends and it’s the only time I get things done it seems!
So sorry for the sick kiddos! I swear DS is always congested and fighting something. He had RSV bad at 6 months, so when he gets even a mild cough we do breathing treatments because even a small cough hits him hard. We’ve had 2 so far this winter and I’m just praying we stay healthy in 2018!
DS: 5.28.15
DS#2: EDD 8.31.18
Fortunately DD2 is super easy and has been STTN since she was 3 months old, knock on wood, so I'm not as worried as I should be about it!