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vflipo · July 2011

Hey ladies! Sorry this is so late this week, it's been a rough few days around here. I was in the hospital on Thursday with an upper GI bleed and gastritis. I still can't eat or do much, so I spent most of my day on the couch or in bed yesterday.

List 1 up and 1 down for the week. Vent any general frustrations you have

QOTW: Is your LO BF/FF/both?

Firedancer1013 · July 2011

Omg I hope you feel better! Up= ds STTN in his crib last night. He woke twice but spent the time talking to his mobile, found his thumb, and put himself back to sleep. Down= I am really having a hard time working. I'm pumping while working right now and all I want to do is go home to be with h and DS. It is not getting any easier and we don't have the finances for me to SAH right now. This just sucks. DS is bf.

vflipo · July 2011

Yes DH and I had 2 days off together... of course it was only because of the whole hospitalization thing.

I have to pump and dump for the next 2 weeks, I have no freezer stash, so DD is on 100% formula right now. After all the work I have been doing to boost my supply, I don't even feel like pumping now that it's just going down the drain.

QOTW: DD gets both, since my supply sucks. Like, bad. And, there's no law in my state that I have to be able to pump at work, so I don't always get to. It doesn't help much...

GracieMaeLovey · July 2011

Wow- feel better soon!! Upper- I worked from home two days this week and although DS went to school both days, it was so nice to not have to commute and lose two hours each day. Downer- DC seems CLUELESS when it comes to certain things. Example: I walked in one afternoon and he was completely flat foot in the exersaucer. We have the same brand at home and it posts warnings to not allow kids to be flat footed. Never. Welp, I suggest this to them & they looked at me like I was cyclops. I asked (told) them to raise it if hes going to play in it. DS is BF.

Jacqui105 · July 2011

Feel better soon! Up- LO is finally having different cues for tired and hungry, NONE of us, not even DC teachers could tell before, so this is making things easier for everyone, and I successfully put her down for naps the last few days. She is an awful sleeper so this is a huge victory for me. Im also hoping it means she is headed towards being less dependent on the boob for falling asleep. Down- DH just doesn't help at night despite talks about the issue and I'm just tired and resentful. I dealt with her at each waking last night, and he is the one napping right now! It's our biggest issue and it just keeps seeming to go unresolved. I just want him to help with her at night without being asked, just once! M is BF.

sarag0116 · July 2011

OP-- Sorry for all you're going through!

Ups: DH had his 1st 2 day weekend in a month. We ate good food this weekend so far.

Downs: Of those 2 days DH had off, we had out of town visitors (his family)... not that I don't enjoy their company, but I at the same time, I'm desperate for 2 days with just DH, DD, and myself. Also, we were supposed to go to the pool all day and I was very much looking forward to it. Well pool was closed for a wedding PLUS it just rained like crazy so we wouldn't have been able to go anyways.

DD is EBF.

sarag0116 · July 2011

GracieMaeLovey:
Wow- feel better soon!! Upper- I worked from home two days this week and although DS went to school both days, it was so nice to not have to commute and lose two hours each day. Downer- DC seems CLUELESS when it comes to certain things. Example: I walked in one afternoon and he was completely flat foot in the exersaucer. We have the same brand at home and it posts warnings to not allow kids to be flat footed. Never. Welp, I suggest this to them & they looked at me like I was cyclops. I asked (told) them to raise it if hes going to play in it. DS is BF.

DD has never been in an exersaucer (she's too short right now), so I don't have any experience with them. Why can't they be flat footed?

GracieMaeLovey · July 2011

sarag0116:
GracieMaeLovey:
Wow- feel better soon!! Upper- I worked from home two days this week and although DS went to school both days, it was so nice to not have to commute and lose two hours each day. Downer- DC seems CLUELESS when it comes to certain things. Example: I walked in one afternoon and he was completely flat foot in the exersaucer. We have the same brand at home and it posts warnings to not allow kids to be flat footed. Never. Welp, I suggest this to them & they looked at me like I was cyclops. I asked (told) them to raise it if hes going to play in it. DS is BF.
DD has never been in an exersaucer (she's too short right now), so I don't have any experience with them. Why can't they be flat footed?

TBH I don't know the thought process behind it. It just was noted not only in the manual but also on the seat cover (where manufacturers like to list any & all disclaimers). My guess is it puts a strain on some sort of growth/development. Plus they're meant to bounce in them & by being flat foot that could pose a problem...I'll ask my pedi at our next appt.

OZZY81807 · July 2011

From what I have heard (I work in the child devel field) and from what I researched online, the main reason why it is advised that LOs should not be flat footed is b/c of safety concerns only... the idea being that if a child is flat footed, they can climb out, tip it over, etc. From a developmental standpoint, it's actually better for LOs to be flat footed vs. tip toes. I agree w/ daycare doing strange things and then looking at me like I'm crazy when I ask them about what they are doing w/ my LO!

OZZY81807 · July 2011

1 up: LO reaches for everything and it's so cute - it looks like he's trying to hug (I know he's not!) but when he does it towards the dogs, it's so precious.

1 down: LO hasn't STTN in 12 days. We were doing so well and I don't know what happened!!! My mantra is "this too shall pass....."

QOTD: EBF

christyp80 · July 2011

Vflipo--wow, I had no idea. Feel better soon!

Up: My supply seems to have recovered from AF last week. I've been pumping enough to not have to dip into my freezer stash at all each day, so I'm feeling waaaaay less stressed. And then pumping more bc I'm not stressed. Weird how that is. Also, I'm in a new position at my company since coming back from maternity leave, and this week I presented my first big project that I'm heading up, and it went really well!

Down: Auds is waking up a lot recently. As in, 8 times last night. Six of those times were between 7:30 pm and midnight, so it could be worse. But it's still so frustrating. It's been the same thing night after night. We keep thinking she's got to sleep longer sometime, and every night we get our hopes up a little thinking maybe tonight's the night...and then it never is.

QOTW: She's EBF, but had 0.5 oz of formula in her bottles a few times last week because my supply tanked from AF.

magdalina.h · July 2011

That sounds awful. I hope you feel better

Yes MH came home from Florida early. He wasn't supposed to get home until midnight tonight, but came home yesterday at 7:30p

I have no down because I'm still on a high of MH coming home early

QOTW: He's BF

Aviee · July 2011

Feel better :-{

Up#1: DD and I have been doing more walking than normal and she's been babbling literally all day since we've started that.

Up#2: We had a great cookout after H was off work wednesday. Perfect relaxing time.

Down #1: House hunting is at a standstill because getting preapproved seems to mean 'approve for the cheapest house you were interested in seeing as if you wanted to buy it tomorrow....' We have yet to see any and can't see much more than the ridiculously cheap one we had on the list now, so why would we buy one without seeing it?.... ick. We're so going to another lendor.

Down #2: H has stomach issues again and has been no help with anything most of this week.

QOTW: DD is BF but has had formula before when I had stash issues galore and was working 4 wks pp. I have to build up a stash again because we're scraping by milk-wise day to day.

Sweetbay505 · July 2011

Up - I did a project with my boss that went well and he was really happy with how I did. It was fun, too. Also, we started a little baby oatmeal and it's so much fun to feed him!

Down - 4 month appointment on Wednesday - I think I hate the shots more than DS does! We came home and gave him a shot of baby Tylenol and me a cold beer!

General vent - I do contract work in addition to my full-time job and have not had a day without some amount of work to do in over 4 weeks now. I'm getting completely exhausted and run down. I haven't done a single thing around our house other than the basic necessities in that whole time. DH and I decided this will be the last project I take. It's just too much now that DS is here.

I pump but can only pump about 60% of what DS needs so we supplement. He's been rejecting the boob since his reflux flared up at about 6 weeks old so I have only been able to nurse him a few time since then. It makes me very, very sad.

daniellepanda · July 2011

Up: LO is eating solids every day now. He is so cute when he is getting is oatmeal and veggies he gets so excited he wants to hold the spoon and feed himself. However the food never stays on the spoon by the time he finally gets it in his mouth, so now I give him his own spoon and feed him with another one.

Down: I have to go to portland,OR for 3 days on the 19th for work. Its my first time leaving LO overnight and im dreading going. I only have 40 oz in my freezer stash which will have to be used in its entirety while i am gone, at least when I get back I will have about 66oz to add from pumping while I am gone.

LO is BF. He gets some FF too though cause the days I work I can never pump as much as he needs.

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