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STM+ Check-In 8/30
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This thread is a weekly check in for those expecting their second -- or more! -- child. Feel free to resurrect this thread at any time if you have a question or need to vent about the challenges of having children at home while pregnant.
How far along are you?
How old are your other kids?
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately?
How far along are you?
How old are your other kids?
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately?
Re: STM+ Check-In 8/30
5w 1d
How old are your other kids?
6 and almost 4!
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
Right now I'm just anxious for my first appt to make sure everythings ok in there, so then we can tell the girls.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
I'm really excited I get a little one on one time with this next babe, since my girls will be in school. But I'm also excited the baby is expected to come right before summer break, so I can have some time that I can focus on just me and the new baby and then we all get a summer of bonding together.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
If I start snissing this pregnancy, imma be mad lol.
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately?
My oldests teacher read something about Abraham Lincoln's assassination in school the other day and my DD1 asked why Donald Trump killed him to become president. It took about 5 minutes of cry-laughing before I could answer and correct her.
4w 6d
How old are your other kids?
17m's
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
Nursing aversion... i've already reached out to my local la Leche league for some advice and I have a few friends that have tandem nursed so hopefully I'll be able to figure out the right solution for me and J. I'm concerned that I'm going to be too tired over the next few months to really be a good mom.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
I'm excited that we might be done building our family unit. /shrugs/ I was team one and done and now I'm not, so it's a lot to process.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
Rant: Pregnancy turns me into a bat shit crazy person, and I'm already starting to feel those effects. I'm going to start seeing a therapist next month, so I'll have some help in that department this time around.
Rave: Pumpkin is back at Dunkin Donuts
Randoms: I am a little perturbed that I'm going to be spending Mother's Day in bed recovering from childbirth (I'm such a Leo
Question: does anyone have any good recommendations for yoga maternity pants? Before anyone gets on the people shouldn't wear yoga pants or leggings out of the house bandwagon (you know it's coming) I have to wear them at work because I'm a dance instructor
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately?
He woke up out of a dead sleep yesterday when I asked my SO for a banana while I was nursing him XD
4+5
How old are your other kids?
20 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
Well my son has slept in a zipadeezip since he was 5 mo old. At almost 2 I feel like it’s time to transition him out but last night he screamed for over 2 hrs and finally just brought him to bed with me. Ughhh so tired.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
DS can walk to the car from the front door which will be son nice when I get bigger.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
Sleep lol like above.
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately?
DS woke me up this morning yelling mama in my face and smiled really big when I woke up.
5 weeks, 1 days
How old are your other kids?
17 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
Mostly worried about sleep, as my toddler still is rarely sleeping through the night, so I'm foreseeing an exceptionally exhausting first few months once the new baby comes. Also trying to figure out weaning my daughter, who still comfort nurses multiple times a day. As it is starting to hurt, I feel that I am ready to be done breastfeeding, but want to wean in a gentle and non forced manner. My daughter appears to have other ideas about that haha..
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
Right now, I'm just loving how fun and curious toddlers are! Although they can be super exhausting, it's amazing how much excitement they can get from little things. I can't wait for my daughter to have a sibling, I think she is in the stage where she wants another kid around and is getting bored of just adults.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately?
Pretty much every day we get something hilarious out of my LO. She's learning to assert herself, so her new favourite thing is refusing any breakfast we offer her and requesting pasta instead. She has also learned the word for coffee, so frequently asks for that as well (not that we give it to her)
I also feel you in the coffee front. J has only ever had black coffee once, and I was hoping it would be terrible so he'd never want it again, but he's a monster around other people's coffee cups now. He's also obsessed with beer cans and bottles, which I still don't understand because he's definitely NEVER had those!
For those of you approaching weaning, we weaned very smoothly around me 8 months. I actually reintroduce fed bottle for a few months. She was a bit old to be using bottled but she loved them!
As as for me:
How far along are you? 5+1
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? We are in the middle of a phase where she takes forever to fall asleep and wants us to come into her room a million times for socks, water, different water, because her diaper is wet, etc. hoping it passes soon. I never know if his means I should be getting her to bed earlier or later.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : We are just excited for DD to have someone to grow up with!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions: I got nothing.
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? This morning she saw a water rescue on the news and she was convinced that the rescuer was pulling the person's hair. She just kept saying, "that's NOT berry nice!"
How old are your other kids? 3
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? I posted about my STM guilt so that. Also I hear that you tend to get one of each. My daughter was an amazing baby, chill, good eater and sleeper, healthy, etc. I'm sure this pregnancy/child will be much different.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : My daughter really wants a sibling.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions: I already look pregnant. I know it's just belly bloat but damn I look 4 months along.
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? We visited her friend at a soccer game. She saw some teenagers practicing and ran through their practice and kicked their soccer ball (with impressive force and skill) away from the teens. I was embarrassed but slightly proud. We signed up that day.
How old are your other kids? 2.5 y/o boy
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? Just worried about adjusting, we just moved in April and when baby comes C will be going into a different bedroom. So I'd say my biggest concern is just handling all the transitions well!
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : I'm excited for C to have a sibling! He is very social and I think he'll be really happy to have someone else to grow up with.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions: I'm in the starving all the the time phase and I'm hoping this passes soon so I don't gain a ton of weight at the beginning haha
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? This morning when I get him out of bed he told me I look like a "pretty princess" which made me and my bed head laugh
How old are your other kids? DS turned 1 in June
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? Ugh, just trying to decide how in the world I can handle two babies. DS loves to be held all the time still. He's constantly asking for 'up' so that he can be on our level and see everything on the counters/table. Hopefully that tames down, we've got 8 months
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM: I really enjoyed my first pregnancy, so I'm excited to get to 2nd trimester. A constant success is getting up every morning on time-ish and not just taking an after work nap when I get home with DS and dumping everything on DH. Preserver, moms!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions: Why am I bloated already? Why!!! Maybe I should drink more than 3 cups of water all day
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? Haha, ok, so Sunday DH opened the remote control car DS got for his birthday and showed him how it works. One button remote that alternates between rotating and going forward each time you push. DS was playing for awhile and ended up gripping the button for a longer time while it was on the rotate cycle. His response was to start spinning in circles with the car until he got dizzy and sat down. We had to sit down with him we were laughing so hard
Married: 11/2013
M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
5 weeks 3 days
How old are your other kids?
Turned 1 in July
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
Just not getting enough sleep!
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
Can't wait to complete our family!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
Currently spending more time on the Bump then I should be in order to post pone packing for our Labor Day trip
GTKY: She has a toy cat named Jelly and we sing Jelly cat to her to the tune of smelly cat from friends and she has just started mimicking it, obviously the only word I can make out is Jelly.
How old are your other kids? 3 yo twins
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? I had pretty bad post partum depression/anxiety after my girls were born *TW death* they were born a week after my dad died very suddenly and unexpectedly, so I think MH and I are both slightly worried that the anxiety will come back again, as my due date is very close to the anniversary of his death. *end TW*
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : Nothing specific, I'm just so happy to be pregnant again, and I can't wait to be able to tell the girls. We haven't yet because they're still very much in the Parrot phase, and I know they'll spill to everyone if we tell them.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? Every day with those two is like a sit-com, watching them use phrases to each other that I say to them. Like A calling H "sweetie" all the time, or H telling A that she's "sick of watching Beauty and the Beast!" (I had just said the same thing a few days before that). MH texted me earlier and told me that they asked for pepperoni for their snack and when he said no, they started chanting- A: Peppa! H: Roni!
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
How old are your other kids? DS turned 3 in May
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? No concerns right now. I am worried that if I have bad morning sickness again, that it will be hard to manage with a toddler. I am enjoying the time before it starts and while I still have energy. DS has not been napping at school and he still needs it. He has been falling asleep in the car on the way home and been incredibly overtired in the evenings.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : I am excited to see DS be a helper. He likes to pick out his own clothes or do other things for himself lately, and I think he will like doing the same things for a baby.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions: Rant- it is over 110 here all week and it is miserable. Rave- Getting a pedicure today! Yay!
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? I told him that he was being silly the other day and he told me it was his job to be silly. He also built a robot out of bristle blocks, held him up to his face, and walked around saying, "Beep boop, beep boop, I am a robot," in a monotone voice.
@Knottie9983816 I am excited to complete our family unit as well
@Kaysquared2 it is so nice when they don't have to be carried everywhere!
@elu8108 I am worried about the exhaustion once the baby is here also
@attorneyworkproduct last night, DS needed 10 more hugs and kisses to go to sleep.
@momo214 I wonder how this baby will be. DS was a terrible napper/sleeper, but he was a great eater and still is.
@Jlr025 DS will be moving rooms too. Our baby monitor is mounted in his room and his crib is currently in it's toddler bed stage, so we will make that the baby's room
@artlea2013 I am so bloated, too. I have been downing water and it isn't helping.
@char245 I am also postponing the packing for this weekend! It's the worst
@sandbar517 I bet the conversations they have are the best! That's so cute!
5w1d
How old are your other kids?
DS1 is 5 and DS2 is 16 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
We're trying to figure out how to deal with DS2 and climbing. We had to move all our kitchen chairs into the hallway on the other side of the baby gate unless we're using them otherwise he climbs onto the table the second nobody is looking.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
I feel like my last pregnancy was full of stress and I didn't take the time to enjoy it. This will definitely be my last so I'm hoping to slow down a little a treally enjoy this one.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
Rant - Still sick although starting to get better except a terrible cough. Also this was an unplanned pregnancy and DH is having a hard time adjusting to the idea of a 3rd. Rave - It's finally my weekend! (I work Sat-Tues night shift)
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately?
DS2 has decided that there are theee babies: two boys, one each for DH and myself, and a girl for himself. He also says he wants 100 baby brothers/sisters.
Mama to a crazy toddler (J-5/28/15)
EDD 5-3-18
How old are your other kids? My daughter is almost 19 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? I'm feeling the guilt super bad right now that my daughter will have to share me. She's so attached and the sweetest person. She's still nursing, and is obsessed, so weaning will be emotional for both of us. I don't want to force her off but I also don't really want to be nursing two kids.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : I know that when they are older I will appreciate them having a sibling, and I can't wait for the newborn snuggles again! Even though my daughter was colicky, I genuinely loved the newborn phase!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions: Looking to chat with other mom's who are still nursing, what are you all going to do!?!?!
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? Brought my dad's slippers over to me this morning (he keeps a pair at our house), which meant she wanted to facetime with him. So cute!
5 weeks
How old are your other kids?
DD is almost 3
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? DD is absolutely 100% against potty training and it's driving me batty!
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : I know better what's important and what's not as important and I feel so much less stressed out!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions: My m/s with DD started right at 6 weeks so hard that I couldn't keep liquids down. Is it possible for that to start sooner 2nd time around? Feeling pretty icky today.
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? Last night, DH was putting DD to bed and she let out a huge toot that vibrated the bed. DH looked at her and she had the biggest grin on her face lol.
BFP 2/25/14 EDD 11/5/14 BD 11/4/14
BFP 8/26/17 EDD 5/5/18
I teach dance too! In my first pregnancy, I just bought bigger size workout pants and either let the band sit ontop of my belly (before I hit whale status) or below. I'm also an avid Lularoe lover. If you haven't heard of it, they make buttery soft leggings (as well as tons of cute tops, skirts, and dresses). I've worn them a couple times to class. Depending on how intense your teaching is, they can get a little hot at times, though. But seriously, I'm going to live in these leggings for my pregnancy!
BFP 2/25/14 EDD 11/5/14 BD 11/4/14
BFP 8/26/17 EDD 5/5/18
4 weeks, 2 days
How old are your other kids?
3.5 (4 in November)
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now?
My only concern is how this new baby is going to mesh with our good sleeping toddler
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
just thankful to be pregnant again after having to go the IF treatment this time around
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions:
As I was falling asleep last night, I overheard DH tell DD that "mommy sleeps too much." this morning I told him talk to me when he's pregnant
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately?
whenever I tell DD something she doesn't want to hear, she asks me "where's your mom..."
How old are your other kids? 22 months.
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM+ or questions about things your children are going through now? I completely failed at breastfeeding with my daughter and am apprehensive about trying it for the "first" time the second time around! I'm also not looking forward to all the appointments because I've been doing really well with my health anxiety over the past two years and don't feel like rocking the boat. On a pettier note, I am also sad that we just bought a really nice splurgy bottle of bourbon and now I can't have any!
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM: I can't wait for my daughter to have a sibling! Almost all my friends have at least two or thee kids and I was starting to feel the old biological clock tick, since we'd like to have four if possible. I'm also just glad that I was able to get pregnant quicker-than-we-thought this time around, as we struggled last time due to an undiagnosed thyroid issue. And I'm glad that the current timing works well with an anticipated job-related move to Phoenix in fall 2018! I also have two pregnancy dresses I really like and am weirdly excited to wear again.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions: I FORGOT ABOUT THE BLOAT OMG ALMOST READY FOR PREGGO PANTS IN WEEK ONE
Edit: Also, what is this "Bump implosion" everyone is talking about? Haven't been on the site since 2015!
GTKY: What's something funny your LO has done or said lately? She's obsessed with wiping her stuffed fox's nonexistent privates. In public.