October 2021 Moms
chindimples04
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Weekly Check In w/o 6.28
chindimples04
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Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:Β
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:
Team πππ:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY:Β
TTC History
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
Re: Weekly Check In w/o 6.28
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:Β He can now sense light differences; he is the size ofΒ
Team πππ: π
FTM/STM/TTM+:Β STM
Upcoming appointments:Β 24 week appointment next Wednesday
How are you feeling?:Β exhausted, and constantly having to pee. Otherwise great!
Rants/Raves:Β Rave -Β We close on our mortgage refinance today and we are getting a new back fence so my dogs quit attempting to jump into the neighbors yard over their tiny fence. Daycare is also closed this week so I get lots of time home with DD and Iβm excited to tackle potty training again!Β Rant -Β See weekly Randoms about DHs behavior towards maternity and newborn pics.Β
Questions:Β Nope!Β
GTKY:Β
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 23+ 2
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Donald, my daughter's 12 inch baby doll.Β
Team πππ: π
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming appointments: Friday for a follow-up scan and Saturday for a much needed haircut π€ͺ
How are you feeling?: good just big and scared of how big ill be getting
Rants/Raves: Rave: Camping birthday weekend was so much fun! Rant: just still so much to do around the house before we can list it.and we desperately need to move and everything feels stacked against us.Β
Questions:
GTKY:Β
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: Oct 9th, 25 + 2!
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a head of cauliflower! I always think itβs so weird when they choose round things. Like, the baby isnβt a head of a cauliflower, sheβs probably more like a tall water bottle π
Team πππ: π
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming appointments: This afternoon! Regular 24 week appt but also US Β follow up and hopefully we can get a good look at this girls heart and profile today
How are you feeling?: Pretty good! I seem to be transitioning from easy 2nd trimester to third trimester pregnancy pains. I get a lot of hip pains, leg pains, back pains. And my heartburn is awful but manageable with Pepcid.Β
Rants/Raves:Β
RAVE! I spent the day with my childhood best friend on Saturday who is also pregnant!! We havenβt seen each other in a couple years, and a couple more years before that. It was a really nice day. I left before my kids got up and got home after they went to bed and itβs been years since Iβve been away for an entire day. So that was a much needed refresh.
Rave + rantβ¦ my family is visiting this weekend for the 4th!! My dad, stepmom, and three younger siblings (who are middle school, high school and college aged). I havenβt seen them since December 2019. My littlest brother is now vaccinated so everyone is except my two little kids. Weβve been waiting so long for this! I am SO EXCITED!! BUT, that also means I have to clean my entire house this weekβ¦ especially my neglected bathrooms π€’π€’
Questions:Β
GTKY
@vampirina, I'm sorry everything feels stacked against you for the house! When do you move and when are you listing your old place? Hopefully you have some overlap time so things don't feel so rushed.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: Oct 29 // 22w3d
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: size of a burger, which sounds delightful π
Team πππ: greenΒ
FTM/STM/TTM+: STMΒ
Upcoming appointments: 25 weeks for early glucose test π¬
How are you feeling?: pretty good. Some headaches, tailbone pain if I sit too long, and this baby enjoys stomping kn my cervix, so that's a strange feeling!
Rants/Raves:
I'm getting my hair cut today for the first time in a year. It needs a cut so badly!! But I'm one of those people who immediately regrets every hair cut I get, so I have mixed emotions, LOL.
Questions: for the STM+ crowd: when did you stop using a monitor (or specifically video monitor) for your bigs? With DD, we specifically chose a video monitor where we could add a second camera later, but now that model is discontinued and we can't find the extra cameras in stock anywhereπ€¦ββοΈ I'm torn between buying a whole new set-up so we can have multiple cameras, vs just buying a cheap audio monitor for the toddler. She'll be freshly 2 when this babe is born.
GTKY: this cracked me up! Apparently I could be a kick ass adult if I could just stay awake when I lie down on the sofa for the evening π€£
We got rid of our video monitor around 1 years old, but our house is one level and small so it was easy enough to hear DS and DD if anything was amiss.Β
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a baseball glove π³
Team πππ:π
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Upcoming appointments: Next midwife follow up is 7/15Β
How are you feeling?: Ugh. Uncomfortable. My lower back pain is every day now. And sleeping has become really difficult. Hip pain during sleep is now a thing also. Iβm exhausted easily as well, so my moods have been pretty up and down lately.Β
Rants/Raves: Had a great cry/talk with DH yesterday about whatβs overwhelming me, and what I could use more help with. Im seriously so thankful to have a spouse who listens the way he does. Also, people are starting to buy gifts off my registry for my first joint shower with my SIL in July! So excited π₯°
Questions:
GTKY: I rarely need to brush my hairβ¦ anyone else? LolΒ
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a philly cheesesteak (and now I want Penn Station)
Team πππ:Β π
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming appointments: was supposed to have my 24 week tomorrow, but the doctor won't be in that day so next Tuesday
How are you feeling?: Just tired. I'm not sleeping well at all so I am waking up super groggy like I didn't sleep from 930 - 6
Rants/Raves: Rant and Rave all into one, we are camping for DH's extended family 4th of July lake outing event. It's every year but we haven't gone since 2018 because DS was born end of July 2019 and covid last year. I am excited but also anxious. I get like this every time with DH's family. The majority of my extended family is local, so I didn't have extended, overnight/several day trips with them, we just saw each other more frequently, so I am still not use to it. I need my space.Β
Questions:
GTKY:Β
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: size of a TI-89 calculatorΒ
Team πππ:π
FTM/STM/TTM+:FTM
Upcoming appointments: this FridayΒ
How are you feeling?: still doing pretty good overall
Rants/Raves:
Questions: I want to start to stock pile on diapers and wipes. I am not sure what size diapers I should be gettingΒ
GTKY: not sure how to copy and paste the playing boardπ«
My son was 22 months when my daughter was born and still in his crib. The monitor was a huge help because if he was yelling or crying we could respond quickly so he didnβt wake the baby. (We can talk to them through their monitors) And great for when the baby napped but he didnβt anymore but I wanted him to have quiet time in his room and the monitor helped assure me he was in there being quiet. Also, I found it very helpful when he transitioned out of his crib and into his big kid bed so we could physically see if he was getting out of his bed and easily correct the behavior.Β
And now, even though the monitors arenβt necessary, itβs helpful for little things. When theyβre playing in their rooms I can observe all kinds of thingsβ¦ if theyβre doing something totally disastrous like emptying out their drawers, or my daughter is napping and making noise but I can see sheβs going to fall back asleep, or sitting in the corner and obviously pooping LOL, or just being super sweet in their beds and I sit and watch and listen HAHA.Β
@galentine We are still using a video monitor with DD and sheβs 26 months. We are also switching to a two camera baby monitor when Oct babe arrives. I like being able to check in on her, and will definitely want one when she transitions to a toddler bed. We also have blink indoor mini cameras in the corner of each of the kids rooms and the playroom to see the whole area just in case. She still likes the camera so we will keep it until sheβs not longer comfortable with it. Also jealous of your haircut!
@madiirosee Yayy for baby items!!!
@gingermama46 Iβm with you on the crap sleep. Iβm exhausted 24/7. Itβs ridiculous. I woke up with horrendous hip pain today from having to sleep in my side all the dang time. Ugh.
@jtayl962 I bought a few packages of newborn, I think probably a few hundred diapers, and then went to size 1. I donβt have much size 1 but thatβs the size Iβm buying now.
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
@galentine, we actually just bought one for my daughter's room for the first time (she just turned two). It'll be useful for managing her transition from crib to bed, and it's fun to check in on her in the morning when she's sitting in her crib playing with her animals π₯°
@jtayl962 I'm probably not the biggest help with an exact answer to your question since we were using preemie diapers for so long. I guess a good rule of thumb is that babies always get bigger, so they'll need whatever sizes you buy eventually. Some babies graduate through sizes relatively quickly; others camp out in one size for a while.Β
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: eggplant
Team πππ: π
FTM/STM/TTM+: 4tm
Upcoming appointments: none
How are you feeling?: Good! Starting to get swollen ankles more consistently π seems early for me but prob due to summer heat and travelling
Rants/Raves: on vacation visiting family and it's been so nice
@jtayl962 As a FTM, not sure I'm much help, but I got about 1-2 weeks' worth of newborn size diapers and then a bigger supply of size 1's. I figure that will give me time to get more of the newborn ones if needed, but I won't have spent too much if he ends up never wearing them.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 10/12, 25+0
GTKY: