"Newest" Moms Hangout... take 2!

Hi ladies, hope you don't mind if I join in and ask a question. I have been reading along for quite a while, but need to vent to people that will understand. I have three children. A girl who is almost 7, another girl who is 4 and Chase was born on January 12th. He is so much different then the girls, that I am at my ropes end. He is always spitting up and the doctor won't do anything about it because he is not unhappy when he does it. She actually told me it is just a laundry issue. I go through through bibs and outfits like crazy. (We also have been to the doctors alot because of weight issues). But the really hard thing is his sleep issues. He is not sleeping through the night and he doesn't nap during the day. He takes these 20-30 minute catnaps and I can't get anything done. At night I have to put his pacifer in and finally around 3 am I give him a bottle. I just don't know what to do. My girls were sleeping through the night by now and taking naps during the day. Sorry that my first post on here is so negative, its just I'm really frustated and don't know what to do.

I don't know if I have posted before about this here or not so forgive me if this is a repeat.

How is he acting while he is sleeping? How is he acting for his cat naps? Is he upset when he wakes up? Does he wake up crying? How he with eating? Is he EBF? What weight issues? Is he not gaining enough?

Have you looked into Acid Reflux or silent Acid Reflux? My DS is 7 weeks and we are struggling to get his moderate/Severe reflux under control ... hence why I jump on this thread once every 10 days or so because I just have no time!
 
Hi ladies, hope you don't mind if I join in and ask a question. I have been reading along for quite a while, but need to vent to people that will understand. I have three children. A girl who is almost 7, another girl who is 4 and Chase was born on January 12th. He is so much different then the girls, that I am at my ropes end. He is always spitting up and the doctor won't do anything about it because he is not unhappy when he does it. She actually told me it is just a laundry issue. I go through through bibs and outfits like crazy. (We also have been to the doctors alot because of weight issues). But the really hard thing is his sleep issues. He is not sleeping through the night and he doesn't nap during the day. He takes these 20-30 minute catnaps and I can't get anything done. At night I have to put his pacifer in and finally around 3 am I give him a bottle. I just don't know what to do. My girls were sleeping through the night by now and taking naps during the day. Sorry that my first post on here is so negative, its just I'm really frustated and don't know what to do.

If your son isn't crying, then the ped is right. Reflux meds don't help the amount of times your baby will vomit each day, they only take away the pain relating to vomiting. My youngest has reflux and is on Prevacid but still spits up all day long. Well, now, at 3.5 months, the quantity is less (in that there is less projectile vomiting, usually much smaller amounts), but that isn't a result of the medicine, just that her sphincter is getting stronger.

My son spit up all the time like your son and it was a laundry issue more than anything. He never cried from it and it never bothered him in any way.

If your son needs meds, you'd know it by this point. My daughter was born 11 days after your son and started reflux meds on 2/26 cause the constant screaming was unbearable by that point. She had hiccups all the time, coughed constantly from the milk refluxing into her throat, her mouth always smelled of vomit, pulled off and screamed while feeding, arched her back, couldn't lay flat. The first medicine, Zantac, didn't help, but the 2nd one, Prevacid, totally resolved the pain issues. She went from crying literally all day to smiling and just generally being a pleasant baby.



The sleep thing, well, all 3 of mine were vastly different. My first never slept. Never. Seriously like 20 minutes at a time at a max, only if she was in my arms or Bjorn, and at night the max was two 4 hour stretches. She never slept through the night till she was 2 years, 5 months old.

My second was a good sleeper at night, 6 hour stretches by 6 weeks old, and all night by 3 months old (12 hours straight). He'd also sleep anywhere. We flew cross-country with him at bedtime at 8 weeks and he fell asleep on the plane at his usual bedtime, slept while I took him in/out of the carseat, drove to the hotel, and put him in the crib. Didn't wake once. But he was not a good napper. Catnapped all day, never in his bed, usually in the swing or in the car.

My third is the best sleeper by far. Great napper, sleeps 12 hours at night, BUT, this one only sleeps in her bed. And as the third child, that is quite a challenge as we are rarely home for her to do that.

So I guess just keep riding it out. He will sleep eventually, just don't expect him to follow your girls' patterns.




The Mothers Day thing, my first Mother's Day was just with my husband and daughter. My mom didn't do anything for me. She and my MIL (and SIL), sent me cards, but that was it.
 
It's not that I expect all moms every where to do something for their daughter on her first mother's day...just my mom. :teeth:

But you guys have given me perspective, it was wrong of me to assume she would.
 
Thanks everyone for the replies. He is a happy baby and I know that medicine will not help. It just is very frustating when sometimes he no sooner gets an outfit on, then we have to change it because he has spit up. Like I said, it is just weird because my other two, never had this problem. As far as his weight, I am a little concerned, when he was born he was 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and we have been all over the place with his weight. At one point he was down to 7 lbs. 11 ozs. At 3 months he was 10 lbs and now we go next week for his 4 month appointment, so we will see. The napping is weird also because he is happy after the catnaps, but fussy maybe a half hour later because he is still tired, so it seems I spend all my time trying to get him to sleep and I feel like I don't spend any time with my girls. Guess I am just feeling overhelmed. Going from 2 to 3 kids is much harder than from 1 to 2.
 

Elliott is mobile now...well, if rolling is considered mobile! Last night he rolled from his back to his belly for the first time. He laughed and thought it was hilarious! He had been furiously trying since Mother's Day.

Also, in even bigger news, my DH got his promotion with his National Guard unit!! He is now a Senior Master Sergeant!! And, he is guaranteed another 3 years in the Guard! Yippee for me, because I have no idea what I would do if I had to give up my one weekend a month without him!!
 
Hi all, we had a very nice low key Mother's Day here. My DH actually found me some tulips, they are my fav!!! From Natalie I got a cute dress, but it is too small for me... it is a size 12 months. Guess I will give it to her, hee hee. And I got a gift card too. I just thanked God for making me a Mommy, it took a looong time for us to have a baby.
 
Elliott is mobile now...well, if rolling is considered mobile! Last night he rolled from his back to his belly for the first time. He laughed and thought it was hilarious! He had been furiously trying since Mother's Day.

Also, in even bigger news, my DH got his promotion with his National Guard unit!! He is now a Senior Master Sergeant!! And, he is guaranteed another 3 years in the Guard! Yippee for me, because I have no idea what I would do if I had to give up my one weekend a month without him!!

Yay for Elliott rolling! That's exciting. I keep thinking that Carys is trying to roll but I know it is still too early.

And yay for your husband! That sounds like a great promotion :goodvibes

Carys has been sneezing like crazy and coughing a little bit. I don't know if she is coming down with something or not, I'll wait another day to see if it gets worse. I have the humidifier running in her room now though. No fever but she is sleeping a lot. The past 3 nights she has slept straight through. Last night has been the longest. 10 hours!
 
Im home!! We had tons of fun... Val, I saw your post on going in August.. It is SO much harder with twins than you can ever imagine. My husband almost knocked a guy out on the bus one night for griping about us being in the way/to slow/ having to many kids... Whatever. It was FUN. But hard. We WISH we had a car. Life would have been grand. Getting on and off the busses with two tired, screaming toddlers... huge stroller..plus our older kids.. It BLEW. Other then the bus thing, we had a simply MARVELOUS time! Well.. Bus thing and plane thing. Anyways. It was fun, cant wait to go back. In about three years. ;):lmao:
 
I can't wait to hear details! 19 days until my trip!:cool1: I'm dreading the stroller on the bus issue. We are moving to CR from POR for our last 2 nights, and doing MK and Epcot. Hello monorail!

I hope I didn't upset anybody with my post about Mother's Day. It really never crossed my mind to expect anything from my mother. But if dh hadn't made a big deal, I would have been pissed! He even made a big deal for my first Mother's Day as a pregnant woman! He bought me the 101 Dalmations video (VHS back then!:hippie:). He isn't much for gooey stuff, but when it comes to babies he is a pretty great guy.

My MIL did buy me something for Mother's Day one year, out of the blue, when the kids were elementary aged. I didn't really understand why? It was nice-just seemed kind of weird?

Katie is now officially walking. She has been taking a few steps at a time for awhile now, but yesterday just took off all over the house. And today when I picked her up at daycare they told me that she refused to crawl all day-just ran circles all over the room. She is quite proud of herself, but exhausted. She is sound asleep right now.
 
I want to go back in 3 years, too. In 2013, Fantasyland will be complete, ST will be new and improved, and the new hotel will be open! I'm already excited. Katie will be 4, and just the right age for all the new princess experiences in MK.
 
Just wanted to share that DS can hold his head up while on his belly and he has rolled over from his belly onto his back three times yesturday. :woohoo:

I tried to catch it on video but everytime he does it the camera is out of reach.
 
Thanks everyone for the replies. He is a happy baby and I know that medicine will not help. It just is very frustating when sometimes he no sooner gets an outfit on, then we have to change it because he has spit up. Like I said, it is just weird because my other two, never had this problem. As far as his weight, I am a little concerned, when he was born he was 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and we have been all over the place with his weight. At one point he was down to 7 lbs. 11 ozs. At 3 months he was 10 lbs and now we go next week for his 4 month appointment, so we will see. The napping is weird also because he is happy after the catnaps, but fussy maybe a half hour later because he is still tired, so it seems I spend all my time trying to get him to sleep and I feel like I don't spend any time with my girls. Guess I am just feeling overhelmed. Going from 2 to 3 kids is much harder than from 1 to 2.

Our kids are similar ages and I felt going from 2 to 3 was way more than 1 to 2. My transition to 2 kids was truly seamless, but the 3rd, wow, 3 is just way more than 2!!

With the weight, Scarlett is my peanut of the pack too. She was 8lbs 1.5oz at birth, down to 7lbs 4oz at her low, and was at the ped's today, 3.5 months old, and was 12lbs 4oz. My oldest was, I think, close to 14lbs at 4 months and my 2nd was 16lbs. My ped isn't concerned though, and just thinks she's finding her growth curve and will steady out. She did, however, say we need to stay on the reflux meds through around 6 months because she doesn't want to risk any reflux pain causing Scarlett to eat less.


Where does your son nap and how often are the cat naps? Maybe you can try to consolidate some of them into a longer nap? Scarlett seems like she is always ready to nap as well, but I am lucky in that all I have to do is put her in her bed and she goes to sleep on her own, so it doesn't really take any of my time. But I'll tell you her basic schedule if that will help you. 6:30 she wakes up, nurses then naps for about 30-45 minutes around 8am. Up, nurses, and plays for awhile (assuming we are back home from dropping the older kids off at school), then she eats again, and around 10 she goes down for a 2-3 hour nap. Up around 1pm, nurses, plays about an hour, back down around 2:30pm, up around 4pm, bedtime is 6-6:30pm. Oh, and she eats a couple more times in the afternoon that I didn't mention. So she spends much of the day napping. BUT, that schedule only applies if we are home all day, which is rare and mostly limited to regularly occuring on Wednesdays and Fridays (though not today...), other days change by the week.


And I hear you on the outfit changing. Scarlett not only spits up, but she projectile vomits (though, thankfully, that is slowing down a lot!), so not only did I spend many, many days changing her entire outfits, but mine as well. And cleaning furniture, the floors, etc. Though my 2nd one spit up often enough, my first one NEVER spit up, literally can't think of one instance. But she did drool a ton so I guess that made up for it. Always needed a bib to contain drool. And this one drools too, compounded by chewing on her hands, so between the vomit and the drool she rarely lasts a day in 1 outfit.


December - Congrats to Katie on walking!!
 
Thanks. I'm so glad she started walking before the trip-easier to let her down to play. I thought she was going to be our earliest walker, but she is the latest. She barely beat her 1st birthday!
 
Anyone have any good ideas on what to get DH for his first Fathers Day?
He bought me a matching mom necklace and bracelet set. Also a new ipod touch I've been wanting.
I'm clueless on what to get him. :confused3
 
Okay, any suggestions for our sleep issue? For the last week, Elliott has woken up every morning between 4:45 and 5, he isn't hungry, though. He is just up, crying, and still tired (in contrast, when he wakes up from a good night's sleep, he is all smiles and content to play in his crib for a while). He can't get back to sleep on his own. I have to go in and give him his Nuk (which he doesn't really even take a whole lot), and turn on his sound machine (this is the only time I use it, haven't used it since he was a few weeks old). I don't know what to do to get him over this hump!!
(And one of the worst parts is, my alarm goes off at 5:30, so essential, for the last week, I have been up for the day by 4:45, since I can't ever fall back asleep after getting him back to sleep!).
 
Hey all! Hope everyone is having a great pre-Friday!
Congrats to all the accomplishments!
December, that's awesome that she's walking! I can't wait for the day when Emma takes her first step! Just gotta be ready with the camera :laughing:
BabyTigger, how fun that he rolled over! And even better that he was so proud of himself that he laughed! :lovestruc

I also wanted to appologize for venting (in a major negative way) about Mother's Day. I think my expectations get out of control when I'm exhausted (that and my emotions are hanging on by a thread!). I am so thankful to be married to a wonderful, loving man and that we've been blessed with a healthy, happy, & beautiful little girl! I couldn't ask for more! :love:
We did have a rough one last night. For some reason, Emma started fussing around 1:30am. She's been so tired the last few nights that she went to sleep litterally around 7 or 7:30. :eek: But she stayed asleep until at least 5:30 or 6. Not last night. We were up until 3:30 trying to calm her. We changed her, we fed her, we rocked her, we fed her again, we changed her again, etc, etc. We finally put her down and let her fuss for about 15 minutes until she fussed herself to sleep. I really hope that was a one-time event and won't be a regular occurrence. Running on fumes today... Come on Friday!!
 
Im home!! We had tons of fun... Val, I saw your post on going in August.. It is SO much harder with twins than you can ever imagine. My husband almost knocked a guy out on the bus one night for griping about us being in the way/to slow/ having to many kids... Whatever. It was FUN. But hard. We WISH we had a car. Life would have been grand. Getting on and off the busses with two tired, screaming toddlers... huge stroller..plus our older kids.. It BLEW. Other then the bus thing, we had a simply MARVELOUS time! Well.. Bus thing and plane thing. Anyways. It was fun, cant wait to go back. In about three years. ;):lmao:

I'm not letting DH see your post! :rotfl: See I'm thinking rental car, DH loves not having to drive on vacay..... there's a car rental site on property isn't there? Maybe over at the Swan/Dolphin? Or the car care center? As long as we could still do DME, I think I could sell the rental car idea.

I just remember it taking both of us to get Dan around on the bus, one to assist Dan & one to haul his stroller, plus a small day bag. And that was fine when it was just us 3, with the twins, I'm just not seeing it. If we could swing the Poly, we could monorail it to both the MK & EP..... but we like getting over to AK & HS at least once a trip.....

So how was the plane? I know you had a long flight. I'm thinking for us it shouldn't be too bad, as our flight would only be about 2 hrs... or maybe that's wishful thinking.

Anyways, can't wait til your settled back in at home & can fill us in on the details.:goodvibes:goodvibes
 
Im home!! We had tons of fun... Val, I saw your post on going in August.. It is SO much harder with twins than you can ever imagine. My husband almost knocked a guy out on the bus one night for griping about us being in the way/to slow/ having to many kids... Whatever. It was FUN. But hard. We WISH we had a car. Life would have been grand. Getting on and off the busses with two tired, screaming toddlers... huge stroller..plus our older kids.. It BLEW. Other then the bus thing, we had a simply MARVELOUS time! Well.. Bus thing and plane thing. Anyways. It was fun, cant wait to go back. In about three years. ;):lmao:

Welcome back! We need more details when you have time!

I hope I didn't upset anybody with my post about Mother's Day. It really never crossed my mind to expect anything from my mother. But if dh hadn't made a big deal, I would have been pissed! He even made a big deal for my first Mother's Day as a pregnant woman! He bought me the 101 Dalmations video (VHS back then!:hippie:). He isn't much for gooey stuff, but when it comes to babies he is a pretty great guy.

I wasn't upset by anything anyone said! I hope no one minded my rant! Everyone was just giving opinions and experiences, I didn't feel judged or anything.

Sorry for all the sleep issues. We're having thm too as usual. We had two great nights followed by two crappy nights. Plus I'm getting sick again.:confused3

I can't wait for today to be over! I have the next 3 days off. :woohoo::woohoo:
 
I'm not letting DH see your post! :rotfl: See I'm thinking rental car, DH loves not having to drive on vacay..... there's a car rental site on property isn't there? Maybe over at the Swan/Dolphin? Or the car care center? As long as we could still do DME, I think I could sell the rental car idea.

I just remember it taking both of us to get Dan around on the bus, one to assist Dan & one to haul his stroller, plus a small day bag. And that was fine when it was just us 3, with the twins, I'm just not seeing it. If we could swing the Poly, we could monorail it to both the MK & EP..... but we like getting over to AK & HS at least once a trip.....

So how was the plane? I know you had a long flight. I'm thinking for us it shouldn't be too bad, as our flight would only be about 2 hrs... or maybe that's wishful thinking.

Anyways, can't wait til your settled back in at home & can fill us in on the details.:goodvibes:goodvibes

We seriously had a GREAT trip.. If we could do things differently, we would have rented a car, and flown with no layover/plane changes.. and stayed a few days longer..;):lmao: When my mom was with us, we did fine. And you guys know that I am SO not the one to need help with my kids. I can juggle all four on my own, and I dont like others getting in my way when I have my groove going, you know?? But on a trip like this?? YIKES. I have traveled on my own tons with my older kids, but this about killed me. We had a massive meltdown in the magic kingdom one night... My husband was on a ride with the big kids, I was with the twins. They WERE sleeping, then at the same time, they both woke up and went insane. Screaming, throwing fits... I was holding both of them trying to calm them down.. It was ugly! Thats night we almost had a throwdown on the bus too... My husband was trying to hold the twins, I was trying to hold the stroller up out of the aisle, my older kids were fighting.. and some guy yells at us to get out of the way! GRRRR!!

They babies were great on the plane there. Seriously.. Everyone was like.. Your kids are all so well behaved!! On the way back?? They screamed from Chicago to Portland. YUCK! 4 and a half hours... Neither slept, just screamed. Oh well. Everyone around us was really nice, and totally understood we were trying everything we could.

We LOVED Pop Century. It was really nice to be able to just let my kids have fun. I didnt feel weird about them running around, playing tag... letting the twins get out and do some walking. I think for us, having 4 little kids.. Pop is about perfect. We had connecting rooms, and my mom was right next to us. The rooms were tiny, we had to seriously maneuver to get our stroller inside.. But we were really only there to sleep. The food was good.. for what it was. The dining plan worked GREAT for us. I would go up and get two adult counter service meals.. then send my husband up to get two more adult meals.. That would be enough to feed all 6 of us. I swear the twins eat more then I do!:lmao: Its a ton of food, but we were feeding 2 extra people.

Everywhere we went we had a blast.. Animal Kingdom was our favorite.. Everyone was so nice.. I love being at Disney. We also went to Seaworld, and there was such a difference. As soon as we walked in someone got snarky with us. My husband said... I guess we arent at Disney anymore, huh?:sad2:

Jasmine LOVED the characters.. OMG! They just fawned over her.. I guess they dont see babies that want hug and play with them very often! Vinny cried. But Vinny loved the rides we took them on. So did Jazzy. They liked it. My older kids had SO MUCH FUN!! Kaylee cried so hard when we left. :guilty:I wanted to stay too..

We had a great time. My kids are ready to go back NOW. If it werent for the flight, we would do it!
 
A totally different direction entirely..... any moms around here DVC members? When discussing our potential vacation plans, DH surprised me by saying 'maybe we should price out DVC ownership.' We've taken a trip every year since 2006..... so in a way it makes sense. I dunno. Was just wondering if there were any DVC moms to sell me on it. :goodvibes
 















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