Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

hlm184 · December 2014

Doc said the other day that 102 is too high for teething. M's fever is gone but omg this is an awful night. He is just shrieking. I don't know how to fix it.

Jessimax · December 2014

Going to see santa today. Baby has been up 3/4 of the night and the visit lands during normal afternoon nap time. Looking forward to some fabulous shots.

On another note, how the hell am I suppose to function at work on this little sleep when I go back in 3 weeks? I don't know how you guys do it. As a nurse I require the use of my brain to not kill people. I'm lucky I remember to wear pants most days.

Jessimax · December 2014

Most nights our pretty sleepless here. I get 5-6 hours most nights with a wake up somewhere in there. I don't know why this baby hates sleep so much.

hlm184 · December 2014

thank god last night was the night DH came home! we had to alternate holding DS all night long.

hlm184 · December 2014

And now we have a full body rash.

edoliesmom · December 2014

hlm184 said:
And now we have a full body rash.

Oh no!!

JessieAlbin · December 2014

Omg I die at the bicycle Wat gif in Dani's vacay.

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hlm184 · December 2014

eme520 said:

@hlm184‌ That looks pretty classic for roseola, a viral illness. Good thing is the fever usually ends pretty quickly after the rash arrives. Baby should recover just fine. Things to look out for are fever more than 3 days, unable to hold liquids down or any other concern you have. Hope he feels better soon!

ETA: link
https://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/skin/roseola.html

@eme520 that was what my google-fu told me! I'm glad you agree!

His fever broke yesterday (3 days of it), then the rash started late last night, so it looks like he is following the timeline exactly!

ETA: He's been napping in his crib for almost two hours now, so hopefully catching up on much-needed rest.

hlm184 · December 2014

eme520 said:

hlm184 said:

eme520 said:

@hlm184‌ That looks pretty classic for roseola, a viral illness. Good thing is the fever usually ends pretty quickly after the rash arrives. Baby should recover just fine. Things to look out for are fever more than 3 days, unable to hold liquids down or any other concern you have. Hope he feels better soon!

ETA: link
https://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/skin/roseola.html

@eme520 that was what my google-fu told me! I'm glad you agree!

His fever broke yesterday (3 days of it), then the rash started late last night, so it looks like he is following the timeline exactly!

he's reading the book. Did you tell your pediatrician yet? I seem to remember he was on antibiotics, so they may want to stop those now. It doesn't hurt to check.

He just had a one-time ABX shot, so that's done. I can't talk to my pediatrician on the weekend, I'll just get pushed to a national line who can pretty much only tell me to go to urgent care, so I was kinda holding off on calling them.

Teresa1896 · December 2014

My dd had roseola as a baby. A day or two of fever and then the rash appeared once the fever broke. She was acting normal as soon as the fever went away! If it is roseola he should be feeling better soon. :-)

CalinAZ · December 2014

poor sick babies. Glad he's feeling better @hlm184!

Appreciating all the autism stuff - thanks for bringing it up @soultermination. We have some definite risk factors on both sides so it's something we're very aware of. Right now the only concern for me is that he's not babbling yet. Makes plenty of noise, but no repetitive sounds. Otherwise, he is pretty interactive, so I'm trying not to worry. It is on the list to be worried if he isn't doing it by 9 months, so we've got a month to get him into gear

smushi · December 2014

hlm184 said:

And now we have a full body rash.

Oh no!!! What did doc say???

ETA caught up now, glad you have an answer, hope he feels better soon

smushi · December 2014

@soultermination @calinaz

The newest studies are showing that lack of joint attention can be the first possible marker, which babies start to exhibit around 6 months.

Smiles and copying you (claps etc) are good things right now to see too. Interactive attention getting games like peekaboo are good things to see as well.

hordol · December 2014

This is going to sound dumb but I don't even understand how to play peekaboo. I always confuse myself. Do I cover my eyes or DS's eyes? Haha I realize I sound idiotic but I honestly don't know. I asked DH and he had no idea either.

smushi · December 2014

hordol said:

This is going to sound dumb but I don't even understand how to play peekaboo. I always confuse myself. Do I cover my eyes or DS's eyes? Haha I realize I sound idiotic but I honestly don't know. I asked DH and he had no idea either.

You can do either. Right now babies are learning about object permanence, so if you cover your face then reappear and say peekaboo LO will probably get a kick out it.

My LO started covering his face on his own then pulling the blanket down, so we just started saying peekaboo! when he does. It's an attention getting game on his part; if he does it, he gets a reaction from us. They'll also start doing things eventually (even naughty things) just to get reactions. They also learn that way.

Teresa1896 · December 2014

Attn: Cranberry bliss bars fans: I just made this recipe from skinny taste, and it is spot on to the original. Do yourselves a favor and make them immediately!!!

https://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/12/skinny-cranberry-bliss-bars.html?m=1

snowbound · December 2014

So... Toronto is a nice city! Big and busy! A few creeps here and there trying to pick fights but not bad overall.

deidremaria · December 2014

Dude! I called myself lurking over on parenting. Those bitches be cray (is that how you say it?)

snowbound · December 2014

So... I've caught DS walking on his hands and feet a lot recently. Is this a prelude to walking or no? Might be a silly question but I'm just curious.

ladygali · December 2014

hordol said:
This is going to sound dumb but I don't even understand how to play peekaboo. I always confuse myself. Do I cover my eyes or DS's eyes? Haha I realize I sound idiotic but I honestly don't know. I asked DH and he had no idea either.

I play both ways. I also play if he peeks around a piece of furniture. He thinks it's hilarious to disappear and reappear.

SoulTermination · December 2014

Vjlewis07 said:
For those who's LOs have teeth. How high ( if at all ) did their fever get ?? LO just spiked a fever if 102 no other symptoms that I'm aware of .. Just trying to figure out if it's teething or something worse

Probably kind of late here, but for the last month or so Alera's had fevers off and on in that range with little sign of anything else wrong, so I assumed it was teething. As of the day before yesterday, she finally got her bottom two central incisors in!

deidremaria · December 2014

Screw em. Bf your little ones as long as they want to. They're not even that old.

SoulTermination · December 2014

lia619 said:

3crazykitties said:
My mom keeps making comments I should stop breastfeeding or that I've been breastfeeding too long. [-(
Ugh. My family is so weirded out by breastfeeding too. My sister keeps making comments about how she hopes I'm not going to to BF DD until she's 10. Yeah, no. I'm not but thanks for making me feel like a weirdo.

"Uh, no. I'm not Lysa Arryn."

juniper75 · December 2014

lia619 said:

3crazykitties said:
My mom keeps making comments I should stop breastfeeding or that I've been breastfeeding too long. [-(
Ugh. My family is so weirded out by breastfeeding too. My sister keeps making comments about how she hopes I'm not going to to BF DD until she's 10. Yeah, no. I'm not but thanks for making me feel like a weirdo.

My inlaws are like this SIL included. And my grandmother has told me that she thinks women breastfeeding past 6 months is gross.... There isn't really anyone in my family or DH's who breastfed their babies past a few months if at all so they all act like I am some kind of new age hippie for chosing to.

ladygali · December 2014

lia619 said:

3crazykitties said:
My mom keeps making comments I should stop breastfeeding or that I've been breastfeeding too long. [-(
Ugh. My family is so weirded out by breastfeeding too. My sister keeps making comments about how she hopes I'm not going to to BF DD until she's 10. Yeah, no. I'm not but thanks for making me feel like a weirdo.

This just happened to me last night! Dh's grandpa made some remark about how long I plan to breastfeed and how he's (LO) not sleeping because he has to get up to "chow down." I said I have no idea but that trying to wean right now would be a huge nightmare and I don't feel like listening to a screaming baby who loves to nurse. It was like inappropriate comment night. Ugh.

hlm184 · December 2014

People like that make me a liiittle concerned about nursing on the plane this coming weekend. Lots of people seem to think DS is way older than he actually is (I think it's the hair). I mean, not a huge deal because I have an awesome resting bitch face and some snarky comments ready to go, but still.

deidremaria · December 2014

hlm184 said:
People like that make me a liiittle concerned about nursing on the plane this coming weekend. Lots of people seem to think DS is way older than he actually is (I think it's the hair). I mean, not a huge deal because I have an awesome resting bitch face and some snarky comments ready to go, but still.

Girl dylan and I are flying to ny in the summer and I'm praying he won't have weaned by then just because I know nursing will help a lot during the flights. I wish someone would look at me sideways while nursing my 15 month old

deidremaria · December 2014

tlp2558 said:
I'm flying (19 hr trip) in 2 weeks and WISH I was still nursing. Thinking about bottles and formula while juggling a very active 8 mo old alone is making me a little panicky already. I think I'll be having myself an in-flight cocktail while he naps. Or two.

Girl have them!

michaelad3 · December 2014

DH's grandma said she never breastfed any of her kids, so I think she's a little weirded out by it, but my SIL is also still nursing her 8 month old, and no one ever says anything to us about it. I think formula came out in the 40s and was very highly promoted as the best, so it was very much the norm to bottle feed in the 50s and 60s

Teresa1896 · December 2014

The norm when I was a baby was to wean by 6 months and switch to milk (not formula). My mom EBF me and my twin brother and still side-eyes me for "still" nursing LO.

I can't even imagine EBF twins. My mom couldn't pump either, so she was pretty much tied to us for 6 months straight.

ladygali · December 2014

@tlp2558‌ some members of MH's family don't have much of a filter, unfortunately. But I agree with you: mind your own business grandpa!

JessieAlbin · December 2014

Every time I see a baby Sullivan's size at work when I ask mom or dad how old the kid is over a year old. Tonight I asked a mom how old her baby who was smaller than S was and she said 15 months.. Twice his age!! Apparently my kid is baby Hulk.

kseccomb17 · December 2014

I miss the closeness I experienced with Gavin while I breastfed. I still struggle with wondering why he weaned himself.

snowbound · December 2014

MrsStanton87 said:
Blasting the page.

Update on trying to find wooden toys not made in China for DS. Big fat fail. ALL toys sold in stores are made in China, apparently

Ended up ordering on a site that will sort by made in USA toys. So excited to get them for his Christmas gifts!

https://www.papadonstoys.com
These are wooden toys made in Oregon!!

michaelad3 · December 2014

DD has been sleeping in her crib for the past 3 hrs and 15 min, which is huge for us considering she has still been sleeping in the RNP in our room. However, she's sleeping on her stomach for the first time, so I'm crazy paranoid

ladygali · December 2014

michaelad3 said:
DD has been sleeping in her crib for the past 3 hrs and 15 min, which is huge for us considering she has still been sleeping in the RNP in our room. However, she's sleeping on her stomach for the first time, so I'm crazy paranoid

I'm sure she's fine but it is nerve wrecking the first couple times it happens. DS has slept on his stomach now for a few months and likes to smush his face into the mattress.

ladygali · December 2014

Ugh, I'm sorry @lia619. I usually go watch tv when DS won't sleep but needs to be held. It was a two episodes of Downton Abbey night last night

ladygali · December 2014

Fighting is how we just started our day. Hooray.

hlm184 · December 2014

DS is feeling soooo much better! We had a pretty normal night, and his rash is fading. Yay!

deidremaria · December 2014

Hopefully it gets better soon @lia619‌ I agree with letting relatives take turns with her. You never know, there may be some nice spirited grandma who keeps her calm.

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