August 2016 Moms

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  • AliKay20 said:
    @AliKay20 I'm pretty sure you and I would be bff's in real life. We just got a three pack in the mail today because I couldn't resist the summer-ness of the print. 
    I think they are softer than the Aden and Anais brand personally. Can't wait to wash them up and use them. I agree you can never have enough swaddles.
    Lol, this! This thought has come across myself as well. Guess what I had in the cart but didn't check out?

    Yep. No joke, the same set. I wanted to get the matching bibs too but they were sold out. #greatmindsthinkalike 
    I have almost bought these for Peter like 5 times. I can't justify either fruit other than the lemons lol. And my favorite is the strawberries. DH told me no when I asked him if I could make them work lol. Use them for me. I'm over here sad they didn't have those when I had DD. 
  • AliKay20 said:
    @AliKay20 I'm pretty sure you and I would be bff's in real life. We just got a three pack in the mail today because I couldn't resist the summer-ness of the print. 
    I think they are softer than the Aden and Anais brand personally. Can't wait to wash them up and use them. I agree you can never have enough swaddles.
    Lol, this! This thought has come across myself as well. Guess what I had in the cart but didn't check out?

    Yep. No joke, the same set. I wanted to get the matching bibs too but they were sold out. #greatmindsthinkalike 
    I have almost bought these for Peter like 5 times. I can't justify either fruit other than the lemons lol. And my favorite is the strawberries. DH told me no when I asked him if I could make them work lol. Use them for me. I'm over here sad they didn't have those when I had DD. 
    I may have to include them in my next HDBD photo then. :) They do have some cute boy prints too!
    *TW Spoiler*

    DD: Aug '16

    10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks. 
    10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero placenta surgery
    11/2/17 Twin A & B born 
    11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
    Benched 6 months 
    BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18  BO
    BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18

  • AliKay20 said:
    @AliKay20 I'm pretty sure you and I would be bff's in real life. We just got a three pack in the mail today because I couldn't resist the summer-ness of the print. 
    I think they are softer than the Aden and Anais brand personally. Can't wait to wash them up and use them. I agree you can never have enough swaddles.
    Lol, this! This thought has come across myself as well. Guess what I had in the cart but didn't check out?

    Yep. No joke, the same set. I wanted to get the matching bibs too but they were sold out. #greatmindsthinkalike 
    I have almost bought these for Peter like 5 times. I can't justify either fruit other than the lemons lol. And my favorite is the strawberries. DH told me no when I asked him if I could make them work lol. Use them for me. I'm over here sad they didn't have those when I had DD. 
    I may have to include them in my next HDBD photo then. :) They do have some cute boy prints too!
    They do! I just feel like the buffalo and arrow theme is so overdone at this point, at least here in Texas lol. They are adorable and would be really cute for this fall. The fruits are just so stinking adorable. Do include pics!!! I want to see baby aria all snuggled as a strawberry lol. I googled to see what other prints they have and found some at anthropologie and there's a pineapple print that's super cute! Maybe I'll snatch that one up
  • @jacmkelley I feel like I deserve them, especially after nights like tonight. :wink: I mean I know they are for baby, but also serve as cute things for mommy. 
    *TW Spoiler*

    DD: Aug '16

    10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks. 
    10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero placenta surgery
    11/2/17 Twin A & B born 
    11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
    Benched 6 months 
    BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18  BO
    BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18

  • @jacmkelley I feel like I deserve them, especially after nights like tonight. :wink: I mean I know they are for baby, but also serve as cute things for mommy. 
    Yep! I love the swaddles we have but I'm bored at looking at them lol. I need to leave the house today. I did last night because a local grocery store was going out of business and everything was 30% off so I grabbed some formula because when can you buy formula at 30% off!? Lol I need to get out and do something not infant related. Like wine.
  • Little Unicorn has THE cutest things, that's where my diaper bag/purse is from. I've talked myself out of buying anything else but you ladies are giving me the urge to buy some swaddles!! 
  • Nikkoli98 said:
    All day I've been contemplating which is worse, to wake a sleeping baby,  or to let him sleep with a slightly dirty diaper... either way i feel really bad. 
    I debate the same thing quite often. 
    *TW Spoiler*

    DD: Aug '16

    10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks. 
    10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero placenta surgery
    11/2/17 Twin A & B born 
    11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
    Benched 6 months 
    BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18  BO
    BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18

  • @midwestbaby I've had DH do the same thing the last couple of nights. I just needed a stretch of sleep longer than 2 hours. I've felt a little guilty since I'm trying to EBF this time, but I need some sleep!



  • @Bookhousegirl I feel like a few times here and there to make it though these difficult weeks is totally necessary for my poor nipples and mental sanity. We deserve a break in my opinion. :) 
    *TW Spoiler*

    DD: Aug '16

    10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks. 
    10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero placenta surgery
    11/2/17 Twin A & B born 
    11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
    Benched 6 months 
    BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18  BO
    BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18

  • @Curls919 I often wonder how I am going to be able to pump enough for her when I go back to work plus feed her. That's still a whole ten weeks away, but I'm already planning. Hopefully she has long stretches between feeds when that time comes so that I can pump. 
    *TW Spoiler*

    DD: Aug '16

    10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks. 
    10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero placenta surgery
    11/2/17 Twin A & B born 
    11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
    Benched 6 months 
    BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18  BO
    BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18

  • tmk0325 said:
    I SUCK at swaddling. Or he is really good at getting out of them  




    Disclaimer- this was after he got mad that I wasn't getting him and his bottle fast enough. He was kicking around for about 5 minutes. I did NOT put him in the crib this way!! 
    I highly recommend some SwaddleMe Swaddlers. They have Velcro and are amazing. They sell them at target. Otherwise my Houdini boys look just like that
    Ours breaks his arms free from all three of the different brand Velcro swaddles we have.
  • @KMeredith82 I'm right there with you! I feel like such a bad mom but with DH being gone so much these past few weeks, my not being able to chase DS, and dealing with LO he's on the tablet watching lots of Disney Junior and PBS Kids. 

    And mine doesn't go to daycare so he's watching more M-F. Oh well! I'm trying.
  • Hot bath and a glass of wine... feels amazing. But really wish I could stay in here with the whole bottle
  • Hot bath and a glass of wine... feels amazing. But really wish I could stay in here with the whole bottle
    I can't wait to take a bath. I plan after my 6 week PP appt to take a nice bubble bath with candles. Maybe a glass of Stella rosa and some Lana Del Rey tunes. 
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  • @Curls919 I often wonder how I am going to be able to pump enough for her when I go back to work plus feed her. That's still a whole ten weeks away, but I'm already planning. Hopefully she has long stretches between feeds when that time comes so that I can pump. 
    And she will!!  Her stomach is still so tiny but in 10 weeks it will be bigger

    what I did before going back to work with DS1 was once he was giving a longer stretch when we first put him down at night (around 8 weeks), I would wait 2 hours from nursing and I would pump. He'd usually give me 2-3 hours after that so I was fine to nurse by the time he was ready. 
  • Just dropped my phone on J...it only hit his arm and he barely moved but boy do I feel bad. Especially since I'm constantly telling DH to not drop his phone and be careful  :#
  • Curls919 said:
    @Curls919 I often wonder how I am going to be able to pump enough for her when I go back to work plus feed her. That's still a whole ten weeks away, but I'm already planning. Hopefully she has long stretches between feeds when that time comes so that I can pump. 
    And she will!!  Her stomach is still so tiny but in 10 weeks it will be bigger

    what I did before going back to work with DS1 was once he was giving a longer stretch when we first put him down at night (around 8 weeks), I would wait 2 hours from nursing and I would pump. He'd usually give me 2-3 hours after that so I was fine to nurse by the time he was ready. 
    I've shared this link before, but it helped me understand the process a little better.  

    https://www.ashleysgreenlife.com/2011/09/how-i-go-green-with-my-pumping-baby.html

    Basically you need 1 - 2 days worth of milk to get started (of course more for backup would be nice) and what you pump one day at work she will eat the next day.  I had it in my head that you needed a TON of milk to be ready to go back to work...
  • Nikkoli98 said:
    Curls919 said:
    @Curls919 I often wonder how I am going to be able to pump enough for her when I go back to work plus feed her. That's still a whole ten weeks away, but I'm already planning. Hopefully she has long stretches between feeds when that time comes so that I can pump. 
    And she will!!  Her stomach is still so tiny but in 10 weeks it will be bigger

    what I did before going back to work with DS1 was once he was giving a longer stretch when we first put him down at night (around 8 weeks), I would wait 2 hours from nursing and I would pump. He'd usually give me 2-3 hours after that so I was fine to nurse by the time he was ready. 
    I've shared this link before, but it helped me understand the process a little better.  

    https://www.ashleysgreenlife.com/2011/09/how-i-go-green-with-my-pumping-baby.html

    Basically you need 1 - 2 days worth of milk to get started (of course more for backup would be nice) and what you pump one day at work she will eat the next day.  I had it in my head that you needed a TON of milk to be ready to go back to work...
    Sometimes DD1 would eat an extra bottle while I was at work, so I was glad to haves decent stash when I went back
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  • squishy0511squishy0511 member
    edited August 2016
    I dropped my phone on baby's head.. I feel terrible!!
  • I fell asleep nursing LO for like an hour each time for the first 3 or 4 days we were home. It terrified me and I felt so awful! I was also really grateful DH didn't catch me. 

    Now when I get up in the middle of the night with her, I refuse to sit comfortably so I stay awake. 
  • I stink. Literally. I haven't showered in 2 days, and have been sweating like crazy. I feel so gross, but not sure I'll do anything about it today
  • I stink. Literally. I haven't showered in 2 days, and have been sweating like crazy. I feel so gross, but not sure I'll do anything about it today
    Girl take a hot shower you'll feel revived. 
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  • If LO let's me put him down. Hasn't yet today, but hopefully soon. I just have to resist the urge to clean, which is what I did yesterday instead of shower lol
  • I used the nose Frieda on baby today and got two huge boogers. It was strangely satisfying. 
    To baby A, the world is ending. Her cries are so angry. To momma, what a sense of relief. All that milk booger has cleared out and I feel like I can breathe again. 

    Totally. Get. It.
  • I feel soooo guilty when I've had to ask DH to help during the night, there's only been three times in the past 3 weeks where I've had to wake him up but he has to work & with breastfeeding there's not a whole lot he can do. The problem nights are where she won't let me put her down, as soon as I do her eyes open, if I lay down with her (sometimes I do as a last resort) she wants to eat again, eats for five minutes, falls asleep, and it repeats. She won't take a pacifier. Anyway I get to the point where I'm like okay can you please take her downstairs for one hour so I can sleep at least one hour tonight (we have a 5 & 7 yo too that I'm home alone with all three kids). Then the whole day I just feel so bad for not letting him get a good nights sleep and he's at work or on weekends he helps out and does a lot around the house right now. Am I the only one feeling so guilty? I'm sure hormones are playing some part in this.  
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