I didn't get my period back until 2 months after I weaned. I thought my body was broken! I felt like I was pmsing for 2 months and it was terrible. I am now back on a normal cycle and feel good!
@schaze I would like a TTC board. We are going to be trying in the next few weeks it would be nice to have people to talk to about the process and commiserate with
@babycakesday Moving is the worst! You never realize how much stuff you've accumulated until you have to move it all. It'll be worth it once you get settled in though. Congrats on the house!
I will not be TTC anytime remotely soon lol but I am excited for all of you mama's who are ready to try again. I thought I would be one and done but now that C's getting bigger I have a serious case of baby fever that I imagine is only going to get worse as he continues to grow into this awesome little person! I swear time speeds up once you have a child. We'll see where life takes me in the next few years...
Part of me is jealous of the TTC soon mamas. I had a horrific pregnancy (hyperemesis, preterm labor scares, and severe preeclampsia causing early delivery) and was so glad I was having twins and that I got one of each. But now that they're here and amazing I'm like welllll mayyyybe. But DH and I had always said two and done. We just ended up doing it in one pregnancy. I think part of me came to terms with it a week or so ago when I sold their rock and plays and swings that theyve outgrown. But man I can't wait until my two friends that are pregnant right now have their babies and I can snuggle the crap out of those tiny babies, and then give them back and go home to my children who mostly sleep through the night, haha.
Yeah I have serious baby fever too, especially with all the leetle teeny babies being born right now! I just went to my best friend's baby shower today and watching her open all those teeny tiny newborn baby girl clothes....oh man.
Married 6/1/13
BFP #1 7/2013 MMC 9/17/13
BFP #2 5/2014 MC 6/15/14
BFP #3 11/13/14 (Found in ER with ruptured cyst) Diagnosed MC 11/15/14
BFP #4 4/2015 MC 7/1/15
BFP #5 10/21/15 EDD 7/3/16 Praying for our rainbow!
We move every 3 to 4 years, sometimes less than that. It's not fun at all. We went from a house with water views, big yard, and hardwood floors to an apartment in a complex, with a view of a parking lot, awful carpets, and loud neighbors. We PCS (move) again next year and I'm praying we find a house to live in.
And why do I manage to get sick every time DS is teething?! It's like the world says a teething baby isn't awful enough, here's a head cold and migraines.
I am also in the baby fever camp!!! I see other pregnant women and I miss being pregnant so much. My baby is almost walking! I need another newborn. We aren't trying until January though. I'm so excited for those of you who are starting soon!!
Moving wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Having a house is nice, but I wish everything would unpack itself.
We decided to wait until January as well. I would like for my kids to be at least 2 years apart if not more. Some days I find myself with major baby fever, other days I think just the one would be fun.
I haven't posted for a few weeks, so catching up...DS poops 1-2x a day, sometimes small, sometimes huge. Thank god we haven't had any blow outs since 3 or 4 months (though he did pee all over himself and I accidentally yesterday. He was really upset about it and tried to stop peeing twice).
If if you can't follow my instructions, you don't watch my kid. If my mother or MIL or even DH didn't follow clearly written instructions without a damn good reason, DS wouldn't stay with them.
I got got my period back when DS started eating more solids. It's super light and still irregular, but the PMS and cravings and crappiness suck
LOVE the idea of a TTC board. Not sure if we are trying at 18months or closer to 24, but Id seriously love another.
Sex JUST started not hurting last week. I'm still not super horny ever, but at least now, if I am, it won't feel like I'm being torn open again. DH is happy with his hand jobs if I don't want sex. He figures, if he pushes sex on me, I'll start to hate it and then he'll never get it
Small victory dance tonight because I put P in his crib before he was actually asleep (usually I rock him to sleep or nurse him to sleep) and he only fussed for about 15 min before falling asleep on his own! Yay for a smooth bedtime!!!! Also, I've been beyond stressed lately trying to bring in enough business to make my income 'quota' for the month (based on our need-to-pay-bills minimum lol) so I can keep working from home, and out of the blue I got my biggest wedding order of the year today! I finally feel like I can breathe. And tonight I'm eating ice cream (dairy free of course) and NOT thinking about work for once. Hallelujah.
Married 6/1/13
BFP #1 7/2013 MMC 9/17/13
BFP #2 5/2014 MC 6/15/14
BFP #3 11/13/14 (Found in ER with ruptured cyst) Diagnosed MC 11/15/14
BFP #4 4/2015 MC 7/1/15
BFP #5 10/21/15 EDD 7/3/16 Praying for our rainbow!
Any other SAHMs or primary care givers have issues on weekends? DH is a wonderful father, but someone in this family has to provide a living and it isn't me, haha. The twins are pretty well behaved for me when it's just the three of us all week. But on weekends? Hellions. I feel awful for DH because he hardly ever gets to see them on good behavior. I don't know if it's because their "routine" is messed up, even though feedings and naps are still at the same time, or what. It's like I pray for the weekend to come, and then I end up praying for it to be over again. Anyone else in a similar situation or are my kids just being jerks?
Well I am happy to report my weekend away went very well!! She did so good with my husband and he REALLY seemed to enjoy all the one on one time he got with her. I think he felt a real sense of pride doing all the meal planning, naps and bedtime routine. I must say, I was shocked! I was ready for him to hand her over today and ask for some alone time but we all hung out together and played which was awesome! Defintely what I needed after being away for a couple days.
Any other SAHMs or primary care givers have issues on weekends? DH is a wonderful father, but someone in this family has to provide a living and it isn't me, haha. The twins are pretty well behaved for me when it's just the three of us all week. But on weekends? Hellions. I feel awful for DH because he hardly ever gets to see them on good behavior. I don't know if it's because their "routine" is messed up, even though feedings and naps are still at the same time, or what. It's like I pray for the weekend to come, and then I end up praying for it to be over again. Anyone else in a similar situation or are my kids just being jerks?
If DS doesn't stick to is routine, roughly, I have a baby monster. My DH definitely isn't as in tune to DS as I am since he works and is away from home most of the time. Your kids aren't jerks. I think it's just a change in routine that throws them off and mommy alone is part of that routine.
What are your favorite baby shower games? My mom has given me this task for my sisters shower and I've literally been to two showers (my own included). They're team green.
@mnkenned We did a "What's on your phone game?" Things like if you have pinterest 5 points. Pictures of a baby under 1 was like 10 points. I saw it on pinterest. Guess the baby was super popular. We had a few people send us baby pictures of themselves. Only one person got them right. Our friend also put together a guess who game where it would be like "who wanted to be a teacher when they grew up?" And people would answer mom or dad. We had a lot at my baby shower. My best friend loves them.
We played baby BINGO....passed out bingo cards with various items written on them. If they were opened, you marked it off. It made present opening more entertaining!
There's a "pin the sperm on the egg" game (if your crew isn't too easily shocked). There's an activity where you have pictures of mom and dad's faces and you cut them up into slivers (eyes, nose, mouth, hair...) and then rolled can glue together what they think baby will look like. And at mine (baby book themed), we played a trivia game about baby books.
I'm a weird person who loves baby shower games, lol. Guess the children's book from one sentence out of the book, unscramble titles of baby related things, the one I went to this weekend we did a Disney song trivia game because the mom-to-be loves Disney princesses, haha. Guess the number of something in a jar, cut a string to put around the baby belly and whoever is closest to the right measurement wins (if the mom to be isn't sensitive about her size! We did this at my cousins shower and it was fun, but she is super chill and thought it was hilarious). Not really a game, more of an activity, but at my shower everyone made a page for an ABC book, so they drew a picture of a word that started with the letter of the page they picked. Then my SIL put all the pages together to make a book for P.
Married 6/1/13
BFP #1 7/2013 MMC 9/17/13
BFP #2 5/2014 MC 6/15/14
BFP #3 11/13/14 (Found in ER with ruptured cyst) Diagnosed MC 11/15/14
BFP #4 4/2015 MC 7/1/15
BFP #5 10/21/15 EDD 7/3/16 Praying for our rainbow!
Catching up: L is EBF, really only solids he gets is little bites of what we are eating (he seems to love food but won't actually eat anything close to a meal. More like a tasting). He has 3-6 poopy diapers a day, always completely full/borderline blow out.
Like @FTM53 if someone can't follow directions/respect my choices for my child, they get no time without me there/no baby sitting. Then again, I'm apparently "rude"/"mean", have "too many rules" and no problem calling people out. *shrug* I have only been really "away" from L twice. (Approximately 2 hours both times. We went to a matinee for our anniversary when L was 3 weeks. My mom had him, she respects the "my child, my rules" stance. Then he stayed with Daddy while I had an EEG that took longer than expected). We go by our kids don't stay any where over night (without us) until they can ask to do so (barring emergencies of course)
@LDSJM123 Same, still haven't started. Not since Oct 15. Not looking forward to it.
Love the idea of TTC board. Not trying yet, but deciding when after we wean.
Right now the thought of sex makes me roll my eyes so hard my head hurts So much nope
I too love baby shower games! You forget the "Don't say baby" game!
Probably one of the most tacky games but I absolutely love it - the melted chocolate bar in the diaper game! It's hilarious to watch everyone try to figure out what the candy was. And now that I'm changing poopy diapers and wondering what S had that made her poop a color - like the carrots the other day that gave us orange poop - it makes this game even funnier to me! LOL!
I know people totally make fun of baby knee pads, but after seeing P's knees today I see the draw! Any one else have serious crawling bruises? He doesn't seem bothered and still crawls at lightning speed everywhere, but man! Our house is mostly hard floors and so are both Gma's houses who do all the babysitting, so I know that doesn't help.
Married 6/1/13
BFP #1 7/2013 MMC 9/17/13
BFP #2 5/2014 MC 6/15/14
BFP #3 11/13/14 (Found in ER with ruptured cyst) Diagnosed MC 11/15/14
BFP #4 4/2015 MC 7/1/15
BFP #5 10/21/15 EDD 7/3/16 Praying for our rainbow!
Yep - I just started noticing the beat up knees, too! I was just saying that to my husband tonight. Sad part is she's almost always in pants or jammies so I'm not sure the knee pads will really help!
I just had the worst vacation ever. We took a long weekend and drove into the mountains to the hot springs, which I thought would be relaxing! And we did a 1 bedroom VRBO so we had a separation from us and Q when he went to bed so we could stay up and watch a movie or something. Well he had just started this next leap, seemed like he was in a growth spurt, and is teething! It was hell. He was terrible everywhere we went. The last night I had to take him out of the restaurant we were in and have my hubs pack our food Togo. I sat outside just bawling my eyes out and vowed to never go out to eat again. Then it got worse!! That night, he realized we were sleeping in the same bedroom as him. He stood in the pnp and screemed at us if we put him down. I tried to let him cry for a little, but there are neighbors and I felt bad. So I tried bringing him in our bed, but he thought it was time to play! He will not sleep in our bed!! I ended up having to hold him all night. I got maybe 2 hours of sleep and let the hubs sleep so he could drive us home. I was just baffled that he wouldn't sleep in our bed. Even when he was out and I set him down he would start screaming! It was terrible not sure how we are going to do vacations from here on. Anyone have any advice on how to vacation with your LO?
@arhodes6 I am so sorry about your vacation experience, teething and growth spurts combined are never fun. I hope you and LO are feeling better!
As for recommendations, we haven't been on vacation since C was 6 months, but maybe getting a two bedroom. Last time she still slept in her PnP with us, but the other room was useful for storage and laying out diapers etc, maybe having his own space could help and something like a comfort object? We did Air BNB and it was comparable to a one bedroom rental.
@arhodes6 I'm so sorry the trip was terrible! You had bad luck that all this was going on. Vacations will be better in the future! I just got back from vacation. DD2 wouldn't sleep in the crib in the hotel room so she slept in the middle of our king size bed. I think she woke up 8 times the first night and 4 times the second night We had a rental car so we went on long drives for her naps. DD1 used to take most her vacation naps in the stroller or car when she was younger too. I'm exhausted but sleep was the only negative. DD2 did great otherwise. So there is hope!
I'm thinking of getting baby knee pads with mops attached. Two birds, one stone. Haha, kidding.
We are currently out of town for a family funeral. We got a PNP in the room to hopefully keep up with what we've been doing at home. As I've posted before we're working on sleeping in his crib at night but well, with teething and a sick mommy, it hasnt been perfect. Anyway. He was up all night last night. It was hell. I think our babies can tell when they aren't in their home, as we've gone out of town a lot lately due to ill family. It's always awful. I was hopeful the PNP would help but it didnt. He ended up with us. They get anxious and nervous just like we do. I have an extremely clingy mommas boy and these trips make him extra clingy. I brought blankets from home and right now I was able to get him for his nap in the PNP. It's hard with all of us in one room. I think the comfort of his blankey is helping for nap so I'm hoping tonight is better.
We traveled with L when she was 3 months. It was a breeze. That being said, I KNOW it would be a whole different ballgame now. I feel like they know when they're out of their safe/personal space, and at least for my LO...I'm sure it would play a part in serious sleep issues. I told my husband I really want to try an overnight'er soon. Not because I think it'll be the most enjoyable getaway ever, but because I do want her to get used to traveling. I think bringing the familiar items from home would be helpful, as much as you can. Maybe this is just a rough age to travel with them? There's a lot that can affect them right now - leaps, growth spurts, teeth!!
@arhodes6 I'm so sorry you had a rough vacation. We haven't done any yet with E, but are spending one night in a hotel with her in a few weeks and I'm really nervous. She's supposed to be out of her current leap by then so my fingers are crossed.
Bruises are everywhere! They keep popping up on her shins and arms. Not ready to see all the new ones that'll come with walking.
I'm so sorry to hear your vacation wasn't relaxing We leave next Friday for a week at the beach and I'm so nervous! We plan to have him sleep in a pnp in our room, but now I'm reconsidering. I hope you were able to come home and get back to normal quickly!
@arhodes6 i know I would be so frustrated. Baby J has had off days to the point where I've stood outside with her because she just won't calm down. She has had a rough time adjusting to the new house, but last night she went back to just waking to eat and right back down. Thank goodness.
We have a plan to go to California at the end of may and I'm so nervous for the lack of sleep.
Thanks for the support ladies! I think it all came down to us being in the same room. He has been in his own room since 3 weeks, so when he realized we were in his room he thought it was time to party. I did find it super weird that he wouldn't even sleep in our bed... what kid doesn't like to sleep in mom and dads bed?! We have decided that on any feature trip, we will make sure he gets his own room even if that means sleeping on a blow up bed in the living room! I am not doing that again.
@arhodes6 I think that would definitely be a problem for us too!!! She needs to be by herself to go to sleep. If we were all sharing a room I can almost promise no one would get any sleep. I think your future plan sounds spot on!!
For those Momma's that aren't ready to TTC yet, are you already tired of hearing people ask when the next baby is coming or saying that LO needs a brother or sister?? I swear this week has been worse than most with multiple people asking me. I get that in the 1950s & 1960s people popped babies out one after the other so maybe they have a sibling whose only 15 months younger than them but that's not grounds to assume that I'm going to be pregnant again soon. We're right back to the lack of filter people have when you're pregnant!
Surprisingly we haven't had any "when's the next one coming" comments. Which is good, because we haven't even really talked about it ourselves yet. The couple times we have brought it up, we both have agreed on not right now. Lol
@HoneyBear40 Ugh, so many times! Definitely back to the no filter! Like @LDSJM123 we haven't really talked about it. When it has been brought up, it was agreed we want to focus on just him for now. (Not that we could focus on anything else lol He's usually, when not teething, a super smiley, happy baby normally but also very clingy and demands all our attention most the time). There's more to it than that, but it definitely factors in.
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@schaze I would like a TTC board. We are going to be trying in the next few weeks
I will not be TTC anytime remotely soon lol but I am excited for all of you mama's who are ready to try again. I thought I would be one and done but now that C's getting bigger I have a serious case of baby fever that I imagine is only going to get worse as he continues to grow into this awesome little person! I swear time speeds up once you have a child. We'll see where life takes me in the next few years...
And why do I manage to get sick every time DS is teething?! It's like the world says a teething baby isn't awful enough, here's a head cold and migraines.
We decided to wait until January as well. I would like for my kids to be at least 2 years apart if not more. Some days I find myself with major baby fever, other days I think just the one would be fun.
If if you can't follow my instructions, you don't watch my kid. If my mother or MIL or even DH didn't follow clearly written instructions without a damn good reason, DS wouldn't stay with them.
I got got my period back when DS started eating more solids. It's super light and still irregular, but the PMS and cravings and crappiness suck
LOVE the idea of a TTC board. Not sure if we are trying at 18months or closer to 24, but Id seriously love another.
Sex JUST started not hurting last week. I'm still not super horny ever, but at least now, if I am, it won't feel like I'm being torn open again. DH is happy with his hand jobs if I don't want sex. He figures, if he pushes sex on me, I'll start to hate it and then he'll never get it
Also, I've been beyond stressed lately trying to bring in enough business to make my income 'quota' for the month (based on our need-to-pay-bills minimum lol) so I can keep working from home, and out of the blue I got my biggest wedding order of the year today! I finally feel like I can breathe. And tonight I'm eating ice cream (dairy free of course) and NOT thinking about work for once. Hallelujah.
If DS doesn't stick to is routine, roughly, I have a baby monster. My DH definitely isn't as in tune to DS as I am since he works and is away from home most of the time. Your kids aren't jerks. I think it's just a change in routine that throws them off and mommy alone is part of that routine.
There's an activity where you have pictures of mom and dad's faces and you cut them up into slivers (eyes, nose, mouth, hair...) and then rolled can glue together what they think baby will look like.
And at mine (baby book themed), we played a trivia game about baby books.
L is EBF, really only solids he gets is little bites of what we are eating (he seems to love food but won't actually eat anything close to a meal. More like a tasting). He has 3-6 poopy diapers a day, always completely full/borderline blow out.
Like @FTM53 if someone can't follow directions/respect my choices for my child, they get no time without me there/no baby sitting. Then again, I'm apparently "rude"/"mean", have "too many rules" and no problem calling people out. *shrug*
I have only been really "away" from L twice. (Approximately 2 hours both times. We went to a matinee for our anniversary when L was 3 weeks. My mom had him, she respects the "my child, my rules" stance. Then he stayed with Daddy while I had an EEG that took longer than expected). We go by our kids don't stay any where over night (without us) until they can ask to do so (barring emergencies of course)
@LDSJM123 Same, still haven't started. Not since Oct 15. Not looking forward to it.
Love the idea of TTC board. Not trying yet, but deciding when after we wean.
Right now the thought of sex makes me roll my eyes so hard my head hurts So much nope
I too love baby shower games! You forget the "Don't say baby" game!
As for recommendations, we haven't been on vacation since C was 6 months, but maybe getting a two bedroom. Last time she still slept in her PnP with us, but the other room was useful for storage and laying out diapers etc, maybe having his own space could help and something like a comfort object? We did Air BNB and it was comparable to a one bedroom rental.
We are currently out of town for a family funeral. We got a PNP in the room to hopefully keep up with what we've been doing at home. As I've posted before we're working on sleeping in his crib at night but well, with teething and a sick mommy, it hasnt been perfect. Anyway. He was up all night last night. It was hell. I think our babies can tell when they aren't in their home, as we've gone out of town a lot lately due to ill family. It's always awful. I was hopeful the PNP would help but it didnt. He ended up with us. They get anxious and nervous just like we do. I have an extremely clingy mommas boy and these trips make him extra clingy. I brought blankets from home and right now I was able to get him for his nap in the PNP. It's hard with all of us in one room. I think the comfort of his blankey is helping for nap so I'm hoping tonight is better.
Bruises are everywhere! They keep popping up on her shins and arms. Not ready to see all the new ones that'll come with walking.
We have a plan to go to California at the end of may and I'm so nervous for the lack of sleep.