April 2019 Moms
lyse01
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STM+ Check in w/o 10/3
lyse01
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How far along are you? How big is baby?
How many kids do you already have? Ages?
How are your other kids doing this week?
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions?
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
How many kids do you already have? Ages?
How are your other kids doing this week?
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions?
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
Re: STM+ Check in w/o 10/3
14+1 so peach/length of a credit card
How many kids do you already have? Ages?
DD is 16 mo
How are your other kids doing this week?
She was hilarious last night in trying to play with her aunt - get attention and run away squealing. And then fall over half the time because she wasn’t looking where she was going.
She’s also been biting me while nursing to sleep, and I’ve been yelping and banning her from that boob until it stops hurting. Not cool, kiddo. Let’s nurse when you’re still waking up and too sleepy to be mean, mmk?
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions?
I really wish I could go to dr appointments without her or at least with DH to help wrangle. It is soooo distracting and she has zero interest in the ultrasound or whatever.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives?
We bedshare now on a mattress on the floor, and she’s probably ready for a toddler bed. She can climb onto/off of a futon safely, so I think she will manage whatever low bed/thin mattress we get, plus she’ll definitely come into our bed to visit for a while. I just don’t want the new arrival to be the thing that displaced her, rather than her being a big girl making her ready to move.
How many kids do you already have? Ages? DD-4
How are your other kids doing this week? Pretty good. DH seems to be able to get her to nap more regularly, although it’s a bit later then I’d like. Which makes bedtime slightly more difficult and later but the late afternoons are easier.
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions?
I thought I was doing better but now I feel like I’m getting more nauseous/ickier as time goes on. Still struggling with breakfast/mornings.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
Maybe a new big girl bed, but a lot is going to depend on what decisions we make about housing for next year.
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BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
13+1
lemon or post it note
How many kids do you already have? Ages?
DD 5, DS 2.5
How are your other kids doing this week?
DS is potty training and is doing great at home (has been pooping on the potty only for a week now!) but refuses to go potty in public.
DD has been super whinny about everything and crying when she doesn’t get her way. So his week has been super frustrating for me dealing with that
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions?
DH is a hunter and deer season just started on Monday and I’m already annoyed by it lol. Mainly because I don’t get a vacation (family vacation) this year with the new baby coming but he gets 4 weekends up north and an entire week in nov to hunt. All while I’m home with the kids. I’m hoping he gets a deer this weekend so we can do more family stuff. Or get a weekend away without kids
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
Both kiddos are in big kids beds so they are good. When the new baby is 1.5 we will transition to sharing a room with one of the kids. DS is potty training, but I’m expecting a regression when the new baby comes.
13 weeks, a large macaron or matchbox car, haha.
How many kids do you already have? Ages?
One son, 4yo.
How are your other kids doing this week?
He's doing pretty well. Finally over a head cold, so acting much more like his normal self. I'm trying to get better at doing school in the morning (we're homeschooling), so it becomes more of a pattern before the baby comes.
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions?
I'm freaking terrified of the transition from one to two. Don't get me wrong, we planned and wanted a second baby, but the reality of it is hitting me this week. We have such a good groove and I know what our day to day reality is that it's hard for me to imagine the change.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
No real new transitions, DS is already in a big bed and very independent. If anything, maybe trying to teach him to wipe his own butt? Any tips on that? Haha.
How many kids do you already have? Ages? DD 2
How are your other kids doing this week? Last week was not the best, but this week she has been pretty perfect
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? follow up appt friday, after the radiologist ultrasound, hoping all is good and I can move on with just enjoying it.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
DD is in the crib converted to a toddler bed. we will reuse her crib and get her a new toddler bed but it should be easy. She is just starting to be interested in potty. Hoping we can have her trained by christmas (she will be about 2.5) to get her ready for the new baby
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014
BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
How many kids do you already have? Ages? 3 1/2 year old twin girls
How are your other kids doing this week? Doing great. Loving our huge dump of snow. All they talk about is making a snowman!
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? I finally told my boss and she jumped out of her chair to hug me. I'm so glad she's so happy for me. She encouraged me to also tell the other lawyer who **TW just told us his cancer has returned and he will be going off work again, not sure if he'll return END TW** but when I did I felt like an ass. He and I haven't worked together for very long and I felt like a jerk rubbing my wonderful news in his face. He didn't really care and I totally get it. I felt so awkward.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom. I don't think we'll be doing much. My kids are in those Ikea cribs that turn to toddler beds and they happily share a room. Thankfully we have enough bedrooms to fit 3 kids but I don't think the twins want to be separated. They sleep better when they're together. Potty training is going great but like @kangstadt we need to work on wiping butts
H: 36
L & N twin girls: 3yo. Born at 30 weeks. 2 month NICU stay
BFP Aug 2018: EDD April 2019
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014
BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
How far along are you? How big is baby? 11+4
How many kids do you already have? Ages? DD - 2
How are your other kids doing this week? No complaints.
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? I'm tired of feeling like crap after 4pm.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
We are going to get her a twin bed this weekend and get it set up next weekend. We also REALLY need to work on potty training. But she is a strong willed child and just doesn't want to do it.
H: 36
L & N twin girls: 3yo. Born at 30 weeks. 2 month NICU stay
BFP Aug 2018: EDD April 2019
How far along are you? How big is baby? 12w4d - plum? green army guy?
How many kids do you already have? Ages? DS - 3.5
How are your other kids doing this week? He's good. He's still fighting bedtime and therefore being A BEAR in the mornings. I need DH to start waking up and helping with him before I get even more pregnant and it becomes unmanageable. DS has a STRONG mom preference in the morning so this transition will take a while.
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? Don't think so!
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
He'll end up in a new bedroom once we build it.
@thatbaintforbetty sorry to hear you're still not feeling well, I'm right there with you!
@blueberrymomma good luck with the potty training, glad it's going ok so far! I'm not even close but I'm dreading that milestone.
@kangstadt glad your little guy is feeling better!
How far along are you? How big is baby? 11 weeks, a lime
How many kids do you already have? Ages? One 9 month old boy
How are your other kids doing this week? He's good! Really animated and happy, but I cannot get him to stop freaking eating, day or night! We've been all over the map with table food because he wants everything we're eating (on top of his very frequent and large baby meals), and I just give it to him because no matter how much he has I still can't get him off my boob most of the night. Oh well...
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? Just impatiently waiting for my NIPT results!
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom. I need to get him in his crib for the whole night before the baby comes. Right now, he usually sleeps half the night in his crib and then the second half in our bed when he's ready for his marathon eating binge. He loves it in our bed, obviously, so like @lyse01 said, I don't want him to feel displaced by the baby and need to fix our sleep problems before April.
2. 1, DD, 18mo.
3. Doing well. She’s been doing a great job of entertaining herself with no tv needed. 🙌🏻 She has three teeth coming in though, so she’s chewing on everything.
4. Massive headache today. Wish I could take something stronger than Tylenol, alas. Tried a little caffeine.
5. We’re hoping to transition DD to a toddler bed but I have no idea how that will go. It might not work. We need to turn our office into her room, which will require new paint, light fixture, removal of popcorn ceiling. And we’ll be turning our basement spare room into a playroom.
12 weeks, 6 days—scoop of ice cream
How many kids do you already have? Ages?
3 kids—13, 12, 8
How are your other kids doing this week?
Good, busy with sports and school.
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions?
Raves-food. It’s so good. I feel like I’m always hungry. Concerns—see my “raves” lol
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
Moving. We need to live closer to my work with a baby on the way. A crazy commute was one thing with older kids, but will not work with a baby. So we need to move to the city.
How many kids do you already have? Ages? one DD, 2 in a few weeks!
How are your other kids doing this week? She's fantastic. Cranky pants, but as long as she's sleeping well, I am NOT going to complain!
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? Nursing is really annoying right now. DH is also being annoying about it "Are you weaning her or not?" No, I'm not. I just don't want to nurse her at 6am because I feel like shit, so stop questioning me. There is a difference between weaning and avoiding a session because I'm tired and not feeling well. I'm a regular ball o' sunshine over here.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom. She'll stay in her own crib (and bedroom) after new baby arrives, so no transition necessary there. Unless she starts climbing out of her crib. We'll do potty training if she exhibits signs of readiness, but I'm not gonna shoot for a certain date.
BFP: 8/20/2018 - EDD 5/4/2019
@catherineclaire78 Ugh, the moving/commute dilemma. When my daughter was born, we moved to the burbs, giving my husband and I each an hour long commute. We couldn't afford day care plus a house in the city. Shortly after, I wound up applying for a job in our town and was offered it - with a 23K pay cut. I turned it down, but I question if I'll regret that choice when we have two LOs to wrangle. How are you dealing with your move situation?
How far along are you? How big is baby? 11 + 6, a lime. I just want the second tri to be here already!
How many kids do you already have? Ages? N (DD) - almost 8 months old
How are your other kids doing this week? N is doing well - happy and wonderful as ever! She's been in day care for a month now and she still isn't sleeping well there (she'll usually get 6ish hours of nap time in during the day at home - at day care, 1.5 if we're lucky). As much as I want to play with her and kiss her up, I'm learning to let her nap as soon as we get home because it's what she needs.
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? I'm just having so much trouble balancing it all right now. N was born in February, we bought our house in April, I had surgery in June, in August we found out about this LO, and in September my husband and I started simultaneous full time work for the first time since N was born. It's SO MUCH CHANGE in such a short period of time, and I'm struggling to keep up. Now that the first tri fatigue is fading, I'm trying to get some systems in place to help manage everything. I'll take any advice anyone has to offer!
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? N is still sleeping in our room (in her crib). We planned on moving her to her own room in August, but I wasn't ready, and then we didn't want to do it right when she started day care. We're redoing her room. We've removed wood paneling and spackled. Still need to paint, replace the molding, and have new carpet installed. We're hoping to have her in there by the end of the month!
How many kids do you already have? Ages? 2 year old DD
How are your other kids doing this week? She's good, we did the pumpkin patch Sunday and she absolutely loved it! Hasn't been too bad of a week so far.
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? My back is still acting up here and there. I pulled it two weeks ago and just thought it would be feeling better than it does. It comes and goes but when I want to get stuff down around the house I'm stuck on the couch unable to move freely. I'm ready to get back to normal.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom She's done all the big transitions and we got the potty training done over labor day weekend. Baby is going to be sleeping in our room for at least the first 6 months so the biggest thing is trying to break her habit of coming by mommy and daddy to sleep by us in the middle of the night. Doesn't happen often but it happens enough to make me worried for when the baby gets here. Jealousy might rear it's head...
How many kids do you already have? Ages? One boy - 21 months
How are your other kids doing this week? B has had some MAJOR temper tantrums this week. But, Daycare said he was being extra sweet today giving out lots of hugs and kisses. 🤷🏼♀️
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? When I start thinking of having a newborn and toddler, I begin freaking out. What did I get myself into?! I know we will all figure out a routine, but it’s still so scary.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom.
We’re going to transition B to a twin bed for Christmas and then hoping to also cut out the pacifier before the baby comes. I have high hopes of potty training, but I don’t think he’ll be ready by April.
@kangstadt are you homeschooling for pre-k only or planning to continue into elementary?
@ashtuesday what a doozy of a year. I’m impressed.
I'm planning on homeschooling as long as it works for us. I was homeschooled until college, and I always planned on homeschooling my kiddos too. My husband is more open to letting our son do public school if he wants to when he's older, but where we live now it isn't the best school district so I would be just as happy to homeschool all the way through.
@ashtuesday and @catherineclaire78, you guys are heroes. I can't imagine an hour commute.
ive always been intrigued by homeschooling (and all the awesome homeschooler programs I’m seeing in my area - art at the art museum, library programs, farm programs, nautical programs at seaside museums), but never been quite sure I want to do it. We also talk about sailing around the world, or at least for a year when the kids are older, and that would definitely mean me homeschooling.
How many kids do you already have? Ages? DD-5, DS-2
How are your other kids doing this week? DD has been having difficulty wanting to go to school. She says she misses us. Her teacher thinks that it is part of the transition from half day to full day. We had a girls day out last weekend and bought her a locket to wear to school. We put a picture of DH and I in it. So she can see us any time she is feeling sad and missing us.
Rants/Raves? Concerns/Questions? Finally feel like I am turning the corner symptom wise. My nausea isn't gone but seems more manageable. I also am feeling a bit more energy and motivation. I am hoping to spend more time meal planning and prepping now. Hopefully make some healthier eating choices.
What transition are you going to try to make before baby arrives? Eg crib to bed, potty training, new bedroom. We will transition the upstairs playroom into the nursery. We aren't in much of a hurry though since LO will probably room with us for the first 6 months anyway. Just starting to think about colors and decorating themes. We also will need a car with a third row since we will have three in carseats/boosters. We are shopping minivans now.
ETA: Ummm week 12 not week 11
If you have any questions, feel free to message me! I know some parents who homeschool just for preschool/kindergarten too due to the cost associated with daycare/private schools.
Any advice STMs on narrow carseats that can fit three across?
I am concerned about how it handles snow though. We are considering an AWD Toyota Sienna just for that reason but the price tag is a little higher than we were wanting to spend.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014
BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
@kangstadt I second the Radian. I don’t have one but everyone I know who have 3 across in their vehicles swear by them. If you go to BuyBuy Baby they let you try out car seats in you car so you can see how they fit