Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

michaelad3 · July 2014

Oops! I just realized dd has been napping for almost 3 hours. I have been trying to get her ready for bed between 8-9, but seeing how it's almost 8 and she's still napping, I don't think that's happening. She has been taking really short naps for a week or so, so this threw me for a loop! I don't know if I should wake her or just let it continue...decisions decisions

spano41 · July 2014

I want to cry happy tears. I am super stressed this week because the written part of my thesis is due on Thursday and we can't send DD to daycare like we originally planned because of her cleft so I've been taking care of a special needs baby full time and trying to work on my thesis at night and on weekends when DH can watch her. Well today a friend came over and delivered meals (lunch and dinner) for the week so I don't have to worry about grocery shopping or cooking. I'm definitely one of those people with out a village so it feels really good to have someone be so kind out of the blue. Makes me want to pay it forward when everything in my life calms down.

mandacann · July 2014

elyse4281 said:
Amanda and Lia, I met you at the moms meet up, too! I don't post much on here but I guess I lurk (sorry everyone). It has been helping me feel less alone to read everyone's comments.

Can I join the A14 Facebook group?

Hey girl hey! Apparently our meet up was an unofficial bump meet up lol. I believe the girl whose son shared my daughter's birthday said she was a bump lurker too but probably on March.

Also, I'm jealous of the cloth diaper mom's. Mostly just because I think they're cute. We don't have a washer and dryer in our apartment though and I'm too cheap for a diaper service and too lazy to have more laundry that I have to leave the apartment to do.

Jennmoak · July 2014

Not at all human baby related but here's a picture of a momma doe and her babies while I was enjoying the sunset tonight. They still have their spots too :x

kseccomb17 · July 2014

Thank you! Nothing happened, I was born this way unfortunately

. I think the heat is exacerbating everything. My jaw hurts from clenching all day. Not sure what it is, but I just can't calm down. And I accidentally just put sunscreen on Gavin instead of lotion after the bath.

cnbean · July 2014

@Vinny424 If you can sew at all you probably can make your own CD. I've made most of my stash and while I don't have an exact amount I know its saved me money. Not to mention I can get cuter diaper fabric to use than is available for most commercially made diapers.

cnbean · July 2014

Personally I love the Fattycakes pattern. Its easy and I like the way it fits my thunder thighed kids. I've also used the Darling Diapers pattern and liked it as well. The "downside" of the patterns I use is that they are sized instead of one size, so I have to make a stash for every size (break my heart

). But I feel like I get a better, trimmer fit with sized diapers and they just don't seem to make them anymore. There are patterns to make one size diapers yourself, but off the top of my head I don't know which ones. As for the inserts I gave up on making them myself. I didn't like doing it and I could never seem to get a good absorbency. I just used my outgrown prefolds as my inserts and it works great.

RedDawnsRevenge · July 2014

I have a GF that makes all her own diapers. And my student midwife made her own as well from wool sweaters she got at the thrift shop.

KatieGummow · July 2014

@mrscrcalli, sorry, boo! I hate the app so much I don't bump very much any more

@poru, that was the nicest thing anyone could have ever said about me. Thank you. I love you.

Boys are hitting their 12 week wonder which is keeping me mad busy. But they are super smiley, talk so much more, are reaching and grabbing and just being so cute. They both want to be held so much and now are super reactive:

RedDawnsRevenge · July 2014

@Vinny424‌ EBF poops can be thrown in the wash so you really don't need liners if you EBF. Even when DD1 went to solids I used them only a handful of times and it was a PITA and I still had to spray the diapers out since it had poosploded over the liner. IMO it's just more work, but I might be the minority. Have occasionally used for rash creams before I learned there were CD safe creams.

RedDawnsRevenge · July 2014

Why are you using Vaseline? To prevent rashes? There are many CD safe and much healthier alternatives to petrol products. CJs Butter makes a great one (and great scents), and grandma Elle's, groves magic stick to name a couple. Or plan virgin coconut oil works wonders. I'm sure others have good recommendations on their favorite creams.

michaelad3 · July 2014

I just had the weirdest pumping session. I decided to pump before bed in case dd sleeps long again, and I got a little over 4 oz out of righty and only 1 out of lefty.

spano41 · July 2014

I use coconut oil to prevent diaper rash with my cloth diapers. Works well for me.

mrscrcalli · July 2014

12 week leap is here <:-P

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Roufi · July 2014

I haven't used any creams sincemaking the switch - even in our hottest most humid days lately. Cloth seems tobreathe better and rub less.

I do like the disposable liners despite EBF because his poop smells STRONGLY of sour milk and this way that smell isn't around for the two days waiting to wash.

@KatieGummow‌ your boys are SO CUTE IT HURRRRTS!

goblue555 · July 2014

Vinny424 said:
But lets say I contain myself and go the cheaper route. Am I looking at $300? More? Less?

Another thing to consider is there is a great market for used diapers ... CD didn't work out for us for DD but we were able to sell them for about 80^% of what we paid! So if it doesn't work out-- probably not a huge loss (and most people love it!)

pineconey · July 2014

I need
This kid
To sleep

Tferr02 · July 2014

I'm having a rough morning. DS1 is 2 and been complaining about headaches for almost 2 months now. He goes to the eye dr today to test his eyes and I feel awful but I'm hoping it's his eyes. I feel awful for hoping he has to deal with bad vision. If it isn't vision, they want to do brain wave testing and check for seizures. They want to scan his head again and make sure everything is still ok. Those options all scare me a lot more than glasses.

Jennmoak · July 2014

It really sucks when it's not the baby that wakes you up in the MOTN. We woke up to the sound of sirens and can see the start of yet another fire across the valley. Pretty scary to wake up and see a bright orange glow in the sky out of our bedroom window. Let's hope they can get it out fast and safely. There's already been two big fires here in NorCal that are so close to home - I could really go without another!

kseccomb17 · July 2014

Ugh

edoliesmom · July 2014

mamrotu73 said:
I had a dream this morning that we were all on a bump date. We were at a buffet and it was all pancakes and waffles. Silver dollar pancakes, normal pancakes, giant fluffy pancakes. Circle waffles, square waffles, real Belgium waffles. There was a big vat of maple syrup but also little cups of it with butter melting in the middle.

We ate as much as we could and it was awesome.

Now I need to make waffles for breakfast.

=P~ That needs to happen. In my mouth. Immediately.

SoulTermination · July 2014

Holy hell, my kid slept for 7 hours! I only got to sleep for about half that, but I had no idea she could sleep so long! O.O

rtv3 · July 2014

Big hugs @kseccomb17‌! Anxiety sucks so much

One weird thing that helps me is to give myself a deadline for being anxious. So I'll say "At 2 o'clock, it'll be over, at 2 o'clock I can calm down, just 10 more min and then it'll be ok..." Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Big kudos to you for taking care of you LO while dealing with anxiety!

@Jenmoak - that is scary! Glad you guys are safe and prayers that there won't be anymore fires in the area!

rtv3 · July 2014

I just have to say - it is crazy what a difference a dark room makes for baby sleep. We just moved the beds to the new place yesterday and don't have curtains in DD's room yet. This morning she was wide awake staring at the window. I fed her, laid her down sleepy, and bam, she went straight back to staring at the window. Took 3 min to duct tape a blanket in front of the window and the second it was dark her eyes fluttered shut and she went straight to sleep

thomas930 · July 2014

My oldest turns 5 today! <:-P and Logan is 3 months!

mamahann · July 2014

Skipping 100 posts - you ladies are busy!

I just went to update my iPhone and it encountered an error and it's totally wiped. Fingers crossed my restore brings back all the newborn pictures of LO. I might have a breakdown at work if it doesn't

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PoppySeedWindsor · July 2014

macgrs said:

Our town is completed plastered with speculation over a 15 month old who died in a hot car yesterday. There isn't a lot of information, but it hints that the dad forgot to drop off for daycare. I feel so so sick for the poor baby and his family and ragey over all of the assholes who want a name so they can gossip and point fingers. Like the parents are not destroyed enough already. I just can't even imagine, it's like my biggest fear. DH is on drop off duty and I made him swear up and down that he puts his bag in the backseat so this doesn't happen.

I read about this last night while I was nursing! What a sad, sad event. :-(

PoppySeedWindsor · July 2014

Soooo taking Merri swimming this afternoon. I have a suit and a rash guard and a terry cloth cover up and a cute little sun hat. I also have a swim diaper...cover? Just wondering if anyone knows how to deal with the diaper situation when it comes to swimming. I'm pretty clueless.

hlm184 · July 2014

PoppySeedWindsor said:

Soooo taking Merri swimming this afternoon. I have a suit and a rash guard and a terry cloth cover up and a cute little sun hat. I also have a swim diaper...cover? Just wondering if anyone knows how to deal with the diaper situation when it comes to swimming. I'm pretty clueless.

I'm pretty clueless too, but what we did is take him down in his normal dipe, switch to swim right before we took him in the water, then when we came back out, dried off and back in the normal diaper.

PoppySeedWindsor · July 2014

Re: The AC and humidity. I'm in Northern Kentucky and am dealing with this constantly. We have a teeny tiny apartment, so keeping it cool is pretty easy. I keep the AC set around 74 for most of the day, but when it's nearing bed time for Merriwether we crank it down to 70 so she's not a sweaty beast while sleeping. Doing this late at night is pretty nice because it tends to be cooler. Then in the morning when I wake up for the 4-6 am nursing session I put the AC back onto 74. It usually doesn't kick back on until noon.

Dahlia414 · July 2014

Oops accidentally posted

RedDawnsRevenge · July 2014

Did anyone other than me read the article on kelly mom about colic potentially being early migraines?

Tferr02 · July 2014

Yesterday version of the gym-bathroom time alone, treadmill for 15 mins, swam/floated in pool and then shower.
Today version- hour long class of Zumba
I liked yesterday better

pineconey · July 2014

I also hate summer because of the heat. 107 expected on Monday. Eff that.

Swim diapers- we just have 1 reusable one. It's an iplay. I get him ready right before walking out the door- he wears a swim diaper, long sleeved/pants swim "suit", hat, and life jacket. I change him back to regular clothes before coming back from the pool. Has worked great every time!

sking72 · July 2014

Tasha575 said:

So on Sunday, DD woke up with a bright red and puffy eyelid. It was also a little dry. Her eye itself wasn't red. We called nurses line and they asked all these question. They said to call back if it got worse and to call doc on Monday.

I called Monday and wasn't able to get an appt until Tuesday morning. Her eye got a lot better by then. Luckily I took pictures of it. Right now it's just dry skin on eye lid.

The doctor thinks it might be some type of infection based on pictures and what she saw, so she prescribed some drops. If it doesn't improve in 10 days, we go back next week. She has dry skin behind the ears too.

I think it might be eczema, but I'm no doctor. I've been putting aquaphor on her ears to help with the scratching.

Hopefully whatever it is, it clears up soon. She's been a trooper through all of this. Giving the eye drops suck though.

LO has the very dry skin behind her ears too. Dried, cracking, scabbing. I've been putting vaseline on them and it has helped a lot. I'm worried about eczema but my mother is reassuring me that a lot of times spit up just gets trapped back there and irritates the skin. Let me know if your doc says anything about it!

Emily041285 · July 2014

AprilMay9 said:
Dd has been very fussy today and she has shots later today. I'm so worried

Good luck! Ours are today too. :-S

Roufi · July 2014

@KendraColeslaw‌ what kind of cut are you going for?

Mamamonzo · July 2014

celticlullaby said:
I'm having an overwhelmed day trying to balance cranky clingy toddler and fussy clingy baby. Storytime at the library was horrible failure. We went late because I was feeding the fussy baby, but I thought I should still try to do something for the toddler - and a librarian implied the meltdown that ensued was because I didn't bring the boy on time when the other kids got there. I was so embarrassed and pissed off.

Now I've been nursing a fussy baby for like 40 minutes and the toddler's been whiny crying next to me the whole time, hanging on my arm. I want to give up on today and get a do over.

I wonder if they're both sick...I'll have to take DS1's temperature whenever I can put DS2 down.

That's when you flip the librarian the bird!

sprightlysparrow7 · July 2014

That's it: I'm officially putting a "no soliciting" sign on my front door. If ONE more person comes and rings my bell, I'm gonna lose it. What typically ensues is my dog maniacally barking followed by a tired baby being woken up from his nap. I DO NOT NEED YOUR SERVICES! GO AWAY!! The poor young man who just rang my doorbell just received a raging glare of fury. At least he won't come back!

LaBelle0412 · July 2014

@Jennmoak‌ I hope things have settled down around there. That is scary to be in the summer danger zone where fire nearby could happen any day. We deal with similar fire issues in the mountains of CO and I have been thinking a lot lately about our new evac plan with baby.

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