My daughter was put on a high calorie diet by her ped of Friday. She's always been on the small side- usually 20th percentile. About 6 months ago she went down to 10th percentile for height and weight. At her 3 year check up on Friday she was down to the 3rd. We feed her I swear. Anywho... We need to pack her a lunch instead of the lunch provided by her preschool. I just packed her first lunchbox. ALL OF THE FEELS. Wahhhh
@pinottoparenthood Thanks for the words of encouragement, I definitely needed to hear them. Usually I have a lot more resolve, but I have been super cranky/emotional lately. I'm hoping it's a hormonal thing that will pass.
@littlesocks Nope, she doesn't usually sleep in the car anymore, so I would probably just cruise around for ages. I could/should have tried strapping her into the ergo and walking around, but we've been trying to get her to rest on her own more.
@NachosAndPeaches I think I need to change my DD's bed back into a crib again (I have removed/added the side several times now, most recently because she was trying to climb into bed and go to sleep at a friend's house). Independent play before sleeping sounds glorious.
DD was at a point where she was doing pretty well in her crib (for the first time in her life -- she was spoiled by cosleeping), and then she was awakened in the night by the cat getting in her crib (because at her request I had foolishly agreed to leave the door cracked instead of closed), and she was really worried that was going to happen again.
Sleep has been a struggle for the past two years... I have a lot of plans for doing things differently with the new baby.
I reached a whole new level of either lazy or awesome today. I ordered our groceries... Online. I pick them up in the morning. Where has this been my whole life?! With a full time job, a toddler, and 1st Tri fatigue, the grocery store is the last place I want to go. And now I don't have too! Best part... It's free!
I lived in Manhattan for 7 years. Grocery delivery is a wonderful, WONDERFUL thing. I just discovered FreshDirect is in my part of NJ. One post-partum challenge solved!
Former Manhattan-ite here, too and FreshDirect is my jam. I live in the burbs now, but I still order from them once a month or so.
@thaisac1 how many weeks are you? I'm mobile. One of my us techs last time around told me that they definitely see more girls than boys crossing their legs earlier on. Just a fun fact! Obviously not a certain predictor, but more reliable than silly owt.
@NachosAndPeaches I am 14.5 weeks now, but 13 weeks when I did the self-ultrasound above. Never heard about the leg crossing. I have had a strong feeling of boy from day one though, wondering if I'm right or wrong? We will find out on Nov 3 , can't wait! We will be thrilled with either sex of course.
brenlo42, I can totally relate, have a 3rd old DD and oh my gosh I feel like a horrible mother who cannot control her child these days. She definitely had terrible 2's and now we are into really terrible 3's. She has the worst meltdowns and its almost impossible to try and reason with her. I feel like every conversation is a negotiation so we can just get her to cooperate and to be honest just putting your foot down almost 100% guarantees listening to crying for an hour or more. Taking naps, going to bed is a battle, eating dinner can be a battle, and now the clothes thing has become insanity. Normally we let her pick clothes, but sometimes in a hurry we try and pick something and man if she does not like the outfit trying to convince her to put it on is a chore. I keep hearing it gets better, but boy oh boy. And to be honest, I wonder if we did it differently, would we have a different outcome or is this just 2/3 yr olds exerting independence.
Last week I had a real bad episode with dehydration and ended up in the hospital for half the day getting IV fluids and zofran. I started getting severe headaches on Sunday and it went downhill from there, could not hold water, food or Tylenol down. I was already planning on getting a flu shot, but after that terrible experience I made sure it was done right away at my next dr's appt, in which she had a preservative free shot specifically for pregnant women. I would never want to be in that situation again, for the sake of myself and my baby. Has anyone else had to deal with severe dehydration?
My name Ali and I have a problem. I can't just be happy with the week I'm in, each week I always have to look ahead! Why can't I just be content with my week and my assigned fruit!? #prunesareweird #iwannabealime
I laughed so hard reading this. I relate entirely too well.
Can we make a new random thread on a weekly basis (aka Weekly Randoms Thread) or is this "the one?"
Doesn't really matter to me, but I'm pretty sure March '16 had a weekly randoms thread and went down to just making "one thread to rule them all" for whatever reason. Just depends on what people want to do.
@huskerfan246 this is exactly what's been happening to me for the last two months. I live in the Caribbean, where temperatures and humidity stay high... I'm talking 103°F this past Friday with average humidity at 79% all year... So I'm taking in an average of 90 ounces of water a day and still end up with migraines, overheating, and ending up with an iv in me for dehydration. This pregnancy's been a hell of a ride... And I'm only a third of the way in!
(I'm not from here, I'm from TN... So my body isn't adapting well.)
I'm worried there's something wrong with me because I am still not that excited about being pregnant. I just thought the first ultrasound was weird and the heartbeat thing seemed really lame to me. Maybe I'm just not an emotional person but posts here make me think I'm supposed to be emotional and really excited. I feel very apathetic about this whole thing. Will this change? I hope I don't have it and still feel like whatever.
@RoseShadow873 I think the way you are feeling is normal. You may find that you connect more with your baby when you can feel him/her kicking. Are you finding out the sex? Maybe once you know if it's a boy or girl it'll make a difference because you won't have to refer to it as "it." I also think it can take until meeting your little one to feel truly connected - and even then, it can take new moms time. Not everyone falls in love immediately. Nothing is wrong with you. It'll happen.
I'm worried there's something wrong with me because I am still not that excited about being pregnant. I just thought the first ultrasound was weird and the heartbeat thing seemed really lame to me. Maybe I'm just not an emotional person but posts here make me think I'm supposed to be emotional and really excited. I feel very apathetic about this whole thing. Will this change? I hope I don't have it and still feel like whatever.
I had the same kind of response to DD's birth. Everyone talks about this magical moment of falling in love like you've never felt before ... Nope. I was excited, but nothing mind blowing or magical. And the whole new kind of love thing really came around 3-4 months when she first showed signs of a personality. I'm also not a very emotional person (I'm the one who takes care of everyone and keeps it together after a death etc) but I still had a lot of mom guilt about it for a while. As for pregnancy apathy, that gets much better for me around the second half of the second tri when I started feeling movement and we could do more physical planning like nursery set up and showers etc.
I really am not a center of attention kind of person.
We have dinner almost every Sunday with SO's family and every week they're asking me questions about baby, pregnancy, etc. This week the question was "Are you craving weird things?". Why does everyone want to know that? I try to divert the attention to SO but he is pretty similar to me so he doesn't do a good job at reading my signs. lol
NBR at all: I'm freaking out a little because all the most important people in our school district are coming into my classroom tomorrow to see a "showcase" lesson of a program we were trained on last year. I feel like I use the program regularly in my class, but I'm nervous that something will go terribly wrong. Also, I'm not putting together some fancy version of things to show off, just trying to show how it's actually used, so I'm nervous that they're expecting more than I am giving.
So I finally 'let the cat out of the bag' (about my pregnancy) at work today. I had already told the Chairman of my division, who was very happy and supportive, and today I told the Chief of echo as I know he is putting together next year's echo lab schedule, and it is fair for him to know. I told him he can share the news - so now it's only a matter of time til everyone knows.
It felt weird in a way (I kept thinking, "Am I jynxying myself?"), but at the same time it was a relief. I hate hiding stuff from people!
Here in Canada we can take up to a year of parental leave. I am thinking of taking 6 months.
I ran my first half marathon this weekend! I threw up before the race into a planter in front of a bunch of people and peed twice during, but I managed to finish sub 3 hrs. I wish I could've run a better time, but I'll take anything at this point! Now I waddle around with ice packs on my legs lol. Here's to hoping baby is ok!
I have to climb two flights (in an unventilated area though) to get to my Sunday school classroom and it kills me. So yeah.....you're amazing @mechekitty
@thaisac1 ummmmm did I know you were living in Canada???? Wtf! I don't think I did! I know you're a cardiologist and from Brazil, right? Can we do a new Gtky thread of the regulars now. I feel so bad I had no idea, lol!
First BFP 12/2012, MMC at 9 weeks
Second BFP 6/2013, resulted in DS, born 2/23/14 :-)
Third BFP 5/2015, natural MC at 6 weeks
Fourth BFP 8/2015, hoping for sticky little brother or sister to H!
Proud SAHM to our little monkey H.
Pro Vax, extended breasftfeeder, ring sling and stroller loving mama. I don't judge you unless you don't vaccinate!
Thanks ladies it was certainly an accomplishment I was glad to check off my list. I know how you both feel about the stairs. Living at a higher altitude really takes the wind out of me too. I was at an advantage going down to sea level to run the race
@thaisac1 A whole year of parental leave sounds amazing. Do they offer the same time off for the father?
I have to climb two flights (in an unventilated area though) to get to my Sunday school classroom and it kills me. So yeah.....you're amazing @mechekitty@thaisac1 ummmmm did I know you were living in Canada???? Wtf! I don't think I did! I know you're a cardiologist and from Brazil, right? Can we do a new Gtky thread of the regulars now. I feel so bad I had no idea, lol!
@NachosAndPeaches I've posted about being in Canada here and there. a synopsis for you: I am indeed Brazilian, I went to medical school in Brazil but moved out 10.5 years ago when I graduated medschool. From there I moved to Rochester, MN, USA where I did all of my residency, fellowship and research training over 8 years. Then, 2 years ago I moved to Ottawa, Canada where I practice as an academic cardiologist and clinician-scientist. Hubby is Canadian, from the east coast of Canada (PEI), and we've been together for 12.5 years (married for 8.5). So there you have it, my life synopsis in 1 paragraph.
@mechekitty In Canada parental leave can be split by both parents as they wish. I could take 1 month and hubby takes 11 for instance. The government pays a little bit of money (it varies by salary base and maxes out at about 1500/month) to the mom for 19 weeks, then if the father takes leave after they pay a bit of money to the father (and by father, read other partner. Same sex couples are entitled too) for another several weeks. Then your employer chips in and that varies from job to job. My employer pays me in full for 6 weeks, then about 30% for the rest of the time I decide to take off. I also get about $1000/week for 9 weeks from the Ontario Medical Association. Canada has a high tax burden (and about to get higher given last night's election results) but the upside is that there are many social benefits such as this, and free healthcare for example.
I have unofficially decided on a woodland themed nursery because I had a piece of art that I bought MONTHS ago and hadn't hung up yet. In my head, it goes perfectly with that theme with out being baby/cutesy (which is what I prefer). I also happen to already have a rug that flows perfectly too!
I *may* change my mind after we find out the sex next week. I just don't see it being very gender neutral so if we are having a girl, I will most likely change the theme.
I have unofficially decided on a woodland themed nursery because I had a piece of art that I bought MONTHS ago and hadn't hung up yet. In my head, it goes perfectly with that theme with out being baby/cutesy (which is what I prefer). I also happen to already have a rug that flows perfectly too!
I *may* change my mind after we find out the sex next week. I just don't see it being very gender neutral so if we are having a girl, I will most likely change the theme.
**Edited for words
I think mine's getting some kind of animal theme. Over several years of wildlife photography, I've got about a half dozen different animals sticking their tongues out. I always thought they'd make a cute collection for a kid's room.
I really am not a center of attention kind of person.
We have dinner almost every Sunday with SO's family and every week they're asking me questions about baby, pregnancy, etc. This week the question was "Are you craving weird things?". Why does everyone want to know that? I try to divert the attention to SO but he is pretty similar to me so he doesn't do a good job at reading my signs. lol
Seriously, how does a person stop herself from saying something like chalk and cow chips? I need to take lessons on being sincere before this baby comes!
Re: **The Everything Random Thread for April Mamas**
@littlesocks Nope, she doesn't usually sleep in the car anymore, so I would probably just cruise around for ages. I could/should have tried strapping her into the ergo and walking around, but we've been trying to get her to rest on her own more.
@NachosAndPeaches I think I need to change my DD's bed back into a crib again (I have removed/added the side several times now, most recently because she was trying to climb into bed and go to sleep at a friend's house). Independent play before sleeping sounds glorious.
DD was at a point where she was doing pretty well in her crib (for the first time in her life -- she was spoiled by cosleeping), and then she was awakened in the night by the cat getting in her crib (because at her request I had foolishly agreed to leave the door cracked instead of closed), and she was really worried that was going to happen again.
Sleep has been a struggle for the past two years... I have a lot of plans for doing things differently with the new baby.
I can totally relate, have a 3rd old DD and oh my gosh I feel like a horrible mother who cannot control her child these days. She definitely had terrible 2's and now we are into really terrible 3's. She has the worst meltdowns and its almost impossible to try and reason with her. I feel like every conversation is a negotiation so we can just get her to cooperate and to be honest just putting your foot down almost 100% guarantees listening to crying for an hour or more. Taking naps, going to bed is a battle, eating dinner can be a battle, and now the clothes thing has become insanity. Normally we let her pick clothes, but sometimes in a hurry we try and pick something and man if she does not like the outfit trying to convince her to put it on is a chore. I keep hearing it gets better, but boy oh boy. And to be honest, I wonder if we did it differently, would we have a different outcome or is this just 2/3 yr olds exerting independence.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
This pregnancy's been a hell of a ride... And I'm only a third of the way in!
(I'm not from here, I'm from TN... So my body isn't adapting well.)
I also think it can take until meeting your little one to feel truly connected - and even then, it can take new moms time. Not everyone falls in love immediately.
Nothing is wrong with you. It'll happen.
Okay in my defense I was searching for UO: "unpopular opinions" did not draw my attention nearly as much. Habit from last BMB.
@thaisac1 ummmmm did I know you were living in Canada???? Wtf! I don't think I did! I know you're a cardiologist and from Brazil, right? Can we do a new Gtky thread of the regulars now. I feel so bad I had no idea, lol!
@thaisac1 A whole year of parental leave sounds amazing. Do they offer the same time off for the father?
Then your employer chips in and that varies from job to job. My employer pays me in full for 6 weeks, then about 30% for the rest of the time I decide to take off. I also get about $1000/week for 9 weeks from the Ontario Medical Association.
Canada has a high tax burden (and about to get higher given last night's election results) but the upside is that there are many social benefits such as this, and free healthcare for example.