September 2021 Moms
optimisticoctopus
member
Options
Weekly Check-In 9/16-9/30 (week of 4/5)
optimisticoctopus
member
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: Do you have a celebrity doppelgänger?
Re: Weekly Check-In 9/16-9/30 (week of 4/5)
-Got my 2nd dose of the vaccine today! Not looking forward to some potentially unpleasant symptoms, but I am so glad to have it done!
-1 week to my solo getaway weekend, 2 weeks to immunity, 4 weeks to the anatomy scan, and SIX WEEKS until summer!
-I've ordered most of the freebie baby sample boxes that I could get my digital hands on, and have started to receive some. So far I'm underwhelmed by Noobie box, especially considering it cost $10 to ship it. And I'm also surprised by how large the sample diapers are from the companies I've received. I think they mostly sent size 1s, except for Abby & Finn (where I requested NB), and most of the 1s are all so wide!
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 9/18 16+2
DS: 6/1/18 (Pre-E; IUGR; seizures; NICU)
TTC #2: 12/2019
Sept 2020: HSG possible blocked right tube
Nov 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFN
Dec 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFP!!! EDD 9/18
@Aerialmrs the noobie box was a huge disappointment. Also the buy buy baby bag (but watching my husband and son go around with the scanning gun was a fun part of that swag experience). The Babylist box was my fave so far.
@krash_ In between symptoms and full-blown movement is the worst! It drives me nuts not knowing when its just quick movements. I always find myself going “hello, was that you, could you just do that again please if it was?” but of course no response lol
@emeraldcity1214 I’ve got the organizing bug pretty bad right now too. We got new hutches for the dining room recently so that I could de-clutter (so glad I did, we didn’t feel so crowded in the room on easter), I cleaned my 9yr old’s explosion zone (room) this weekend and went crazy labeling all of his storage areas, and I recently tackled all my craft supplies with a new craft-specific hutch (it has a cubby sized for my cricut). The need to get rid of the mess/clutter in my house is super strong right now.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 9.19 / 16+1
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: A dill pickle
Upcoming appointments: Thursday checkup with the OB
How are you feeling?: Hip pain is still around, but progressively better as I keep seeing the chiro. Exhaustion still hits nice and hard around 6/6:30 and I have to stay on point until at least 8 for work each night so that’s definitely still a struggle. But feeling pretty good overall still
Rants/Raves: My 9yo physically went back to school for the first time in over a year today. I was able to work without my husband or my son pestering me for hours. I got So. Much. Done. It was amazing, and he really enjoyed his day.
Questions: I didn’t put my first in daycare, my mom watched him until it was time for preschool. I just realized the other day that she won’t be able to watch this kiddo this time around. When do we need to start looking at daycares and getting a name on a list? Are we late? Too early? I haven’t had to do this before
GTKY: Do you have a celebrity doppelgänger? I haven’t been compared to anyone that I know of. Guess I have a unique face?
@chewie5990 I'll post my side effects in the in the COVID vaccine thread, too, but so far this morning I've been mildly nauseous, very tired, some general body aches, and some mild chills (but no fever!). My arm is just as sore as it was with the first dose, overall nothing crazy or scary, and pretty consistent from what I've been hearing from others who have had side effects from Moderna. I'm about 18 hours post shot now.
@kissyfir1586 GO DO IT! Lol. With my job I've been working out and yelling over loud music with a mask on since July. It's not super fun, but it's doable. Especially since you're vaccinated, I'd recommend sticking to the plain old non-woven disposable surgical masks, they are by far the easiest to breathe in, and are the least annoying when they get sweaty. I wish I could find a cloth mask that is tolerable during exercise, but I haven't found one that's as good as a surgical mask yet.
Also, I think I've been feeling movement a bit yesterday and a tiny bit today. It's hard to feel when I'm really busy but it just feels so different than my first 3 that I keep questioning if that's what it is or not, even though I know that's what it is lol
@CanadianGamerMom does he know his numbers? When my 2yo started getting up early we bought a super cheap digital alarm clock and taped over the second 2 numbers. Now she knows she’s not allowed out of bed until she sees a 7 or 8. It took maybe a week of reminding her and now she stays quiet until 7 every day!
7pm it turns yellowish (this is the sleep color he chose) we are in his room at this point reading books and getting ready for bed. When we are finished with books I turn his song on and it stays on all night with the yellow color. He knows if wakes up in the MOTN or early that if his light is yellow it means it's still night time. (when he was younger we set night time to red because he knew Red meant stop and the association with stop - go back to sleep was easier.
6:30am his light turns bright green and he music stops (this doesn't actively wake him up, but he knows if he wakes up and his light is green then it's time to get out of bed.
He does quiet time now for 2 hours, but it was the same when he had naps - turns yellow at 2:00 and green at 4:00.
There are plenty of colored alarm clocks but the hatch connects to your phone and it has a simple design that can grow with the child and not look babyish. We are definitely planning to get another one for DS2 when he's around 2-3 yrs old.
@Aerialmrs my babies all went directly into size 1s!
@g@grizzlymama86 It depends where you live, I think. Some people get on waiting lists around here when they’re trying to conceive 🙄
@sleepydaze Ive been feeling super grouchy too. I hope once I get back to the gym, I'll be a nicer human being
@A@Aerialmrs ok I'm doing it! Today! Lol And I signed up at a gym yesterday. I'll take your advice on those disposable masks...thats what we buy anyway so that helps! Are you a fitness instructor?
@krash_ that anxious in between spot is the worst!
@whatabout2ndbreakfast wahoo! The house is listed! It’s definitely a sellers market right now! When we sold our last year it sold in 3 days- we had 4 offers all over asking price! Good luck!
@sleepydaze we’ve used the same crib/mattress with all our kids with no issues, so I would not buy anything new.
I am pretty body conscious (not overweight but most of my high school friends were thin Dutch girls so I was the roundest of them all) and I've definitely found motherhood to be tough on keeping up physique, too. This is the first pregnancy where I've been excited to look big. Something that helps me is reminding myself that once I've gotten through that infant stage, I can take time, however it looks, to start getting back to where I want to be physically.
Anyway I lost about 30 pounds last year, so I totally get it. I'm a runner too and just can't seem to get back into my groove (I can't breathe and RLP makes it miserable). It's tough to let go of these goals that I've been hyper-focused on for so long! Its been helpful to me to divert my focus to eating the best possible things for the baby, and staying active where I can. I joined a gym and am going to a new fitness class today (a little nervous about that! Hope I don't die)