April 2014 Moms

Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

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Re: Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

  • I was DETERMINED to pump my unfed side this morning. Ended up having to do it while nursing DD on the other side. So. Awkward. That's gonna take some getting used to for sure.

    But it feels so productive! Baby fed AND an extra bottle! I try to do that a few times a week in the am.
     
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  • Last night was glorious! After the night before being a royal shit show- he only woke three times and the third time I brought him to bed with me and he slept for 3 more hours and then he side nursed and I fell asleep... So rested. And he's 1 month old!!!!
     
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  • Eleanor is sort of starting to nurse again. She still will only eat for a few minutes at a time, but it's less traumatic. On the other hand, I still have to pump every time she eats, and I'm really hating being a slave to the pump. I'm also concerned that stress is causing my supply to decrease. My mind cannot handle this parenting thing. It's so sad that I'm almost wishing her first year of life away just so I can be done with the breastfeeding worry :-<

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  • It seems that I have the comfy arms and during DS's witching hour he will only be comforted by me. DH is doing the exact same stuff as me (rocking, pacifier, walking) but cannot get him to calm down. What gives? Should DH just keep on trying so that we can both comfort him?
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  • @michaelad3‌ big hugs. That must be very frustrating. Hopefully she'll get back to fully nursing soon and you can put the pump away for a bit.
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  • purespark said:

    Anyone else's LO's eyelashes getting long? I think Cy might end up being one of those boys whose eyelashes make the girls jealous. :)

    Ev's eyelashes are so long! I was admiring them last night because they were almost touching her eyebrows.
  • @michaelad3‌ big hugs. That must be very frustrating. Hopefully she'll get back to fully nursing soon and you can put the pump away for a bit.

    This!
  • purespark said:

    Anyone else's LO's eyelashes getting long? I think Cy might end up being one of those boys whose eyelashes make the girls jealous. :)

    I wish! But sadly, no...not yet anyway (4wks)
  • I got DD calmed and asleep in her PNP and got 1 small corner caulked before she woke up like 5 minutes later. ::sigh:: DS is being a terror. We need to go to Wegman's for produce but now an HVAC guy is supposed to be showing up "sometime", so I don't know when to leave. At least it's almost nap time for DS.

    I know I'm being hard on myself and I'm doing a good job with 2, but only accomplishing laundry and the kitchen seems so unproductive.

    You are doing a great job! I consider it a huge accomplishment if I can get showered and the house isn't twice as messy by the end of the day. Two is hard, especially since they seem to team up and need everything at the same time, but then nap on opposite schedules. Or maybe that's just mine?
  • @pineconey‌ totes do that!

    @KendraColeslaw‌ it gets better. My issue is pooping. I haven't not made it to the bathroom yet, but when I gotta go, I gotta go NOW.
  • purespark said:

    Also, I would post this link as a comment on her video.

    https://violentmetaphors.com/2014/03/25/parents-you-are-being-lied-to/

    If we didn't run in the same social circles I totally would. I don't have the energy for an IRL mommy-war....

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  • @pineconey‌ didn't you make a nursing cover or was that someone else? I'm looking for a pattern so my mil can make me one but I can't find it.
  • pineconeypineconey member
    edited June 2014
    @Emily041285‌ I did, but made up the pattern based loosely on what I saw online. There's lots of great tutorials!!

    https://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/nursing-cover-pattern-with-pocket

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  • Ok. She's old school (and I don't sew). I'll have to check it out and see if I can print one off for her or something. No way can she handle online. She can barely turn the computer on.
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    edited June 2014
    Since the kid seems to be using me as a human pacifier today... I just watched Tom & Huck and Camp Nowhere.  Bad 90s kids' movies for the win.  Now I just need to find something with Tim Allen to watch...

    ETA you guyz... stop reminding me of the scary clown ghosts in my house that only LO can see!
  • smushi said:

    Since the kid seems to be using me as a human pacifier today... I just watched Tom & Huck and Camp Nowhere.  Bad 90s kids' movies for the win.  Now I just need to find something with Tim Allen to watch...


    ETA you guyz... stop reminding me of the scary clown ghosts in my house that only LO can see!
    I watched Pocahontas the other day. It's crazy the improvement in animation since then.
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  • Alera's being admitted to the hospital with a 103 degree fever. I know I'm not really a regular around here (I don't feel like I am, anyway), but any thoughts and prayers would be appreciated. We're so scared for her right now! :((
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  • T&P @soultermination

    Hoping your baby girl is okay!
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    Sending positive thoughts your way Soultermination!
  • DS is playing the game where he sleeps soundly for 20 minutes (leading me to believe that *woohoo!* I can sleep too) and about 5 minutes after I get cozy he fusses, is easily soothed, and the process repeats.
    I knew I should have cleaned the house instead of trying to sleep.

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  • Alera's being admitted to the hospital with a 103 degree fever. I know I'm not really a regular around here (I don't feel like I am, anyway), but any thoughts and prayers would be appreciated. We're so scared for her right now! :((

    Sending lots your way

     

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  • @macgrs our screen came back "unsatisfactory" and I had to call THEM to a) even get those results and b) schedule a rescreen. WTAF?! Oh you didn't think to call because "it was probably nothing"? Thannnks. 

    @soultermination t+p for your babe. Hoping it's resolved quickly- fevers at this age seem so scary!
  • My kid seems to have his days and nights mixed up. Fix it child, I like to sleep when it's dark. :-w

     

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    Alera's being admitted to the hospital with a 103 degree fever. I know I'm not really a regular around here (I don't feel like I am, anyway), but any thoughts and prayers would be appreciated. We're so scared for her right now! :((
    You are way more of a regular than I am, and I'm so sorry about Alera.  I hope everything is fine!
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  • @SoulTermination‌ - thinking of you and your LO.

    @celticlullaby‌ - I would do the same thing. I spend more time than not covered in bodily fluid of some sort anyway.
  • FFC: I am irrationally afraid of taking my son's rectal temperature. I have this nightmare where I puncture his bowels and he's messed up for life. Crazy, I know. But the fear is real.
  • Gotcha!!
    But really Penny... If you just stayed latched then you wouldn't get squirted!
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