Tasha's Post Baby Journal (Comments of course welcome!)

[Cruise04]

Way to go on the loss Tasha!!!!! BRAVO!!!!! You are doing great and that is a great loss!

Glad to hear doc appt #1 went good - and here's hoping TOM comes naturally!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[eeyore25]

Congrats on the weight loss

You are doing fabulous on your exercise....Keep up the good work.

Have a great weekend!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

As thrilled as I was to have lost a lb yesterday my day got pretty stressful and rough after I posted. I don't want to type it all out again so I am just going to copy and paste what I typed on another thread last night. Here goes:

I am having a really rough day! Kylie has been screaming and crying a lot today which is not like her at all! First of all she is teething. Second of all she was really tired but didn't want to sleep. The teething ring has helped tremendously with the teething issue but getting her to stop crying and take a nap has been a real struggle. Dh came home for lunch and was able to calm her down and get her to sleep (yeah, she's a daddy's girl already!) but she woke up right after he left. Well, I let her take a bath with me and she loved that so she was fine for awhile. About an hour later she started screaming and crying again. I tried feeding her, changing her, rocking her, giving her her paci, singing to her...you name it, I tried it! Finally out of desperation I layed her in her crib and let her cry for about 10 min. I felt terrible! She's crying and I'm crying! Finally she calms down some and I pick her up. I try to make her a bottle and she starts screaming again. I pick her up and take her with me to fix her bottle and she has a tantrum and ends up kicking her bottle over before I can get the top on it! So now dd is screaming, formula is everywhere! I have to set her down by this point to clean up the mess. This makes her cry/scream louder! So now dd is throwing a tantrum, I am cleaning up the mess and crying again too! I finally was able to get her to sleep! She slept for about 30 min. and just woke up. She is much happier and smiling as though nothing ever happened! I hope tomorrow goes much smoother than today! Dh is supposed to be home any min. and I have never been happier to have him here!

That was my day yesterday! Dh came home and was a huge help as always but little miss Kylie was like that till 7 p.m. when she decided to finally go to sleep! At least she slept most of the night after that! This was very rare but she was just sooo tired and cranky! The stress had me so exhausted that I didn't exercise and I also did not eat very well! I was too tired to cook so we ordered pizza! Yes, I am a stress eater and am trying to break that cycle but it's hard! I shouldn't have joined that cheat-free challenge just yet b/c I am not at a point yet where I can really do it successfully for 100 days straight and then I feel like a failure when I cave just once in 8 days! I feel better when I cut myself some slack so I am officially not worrying about that challenge until I am better able to do it!

The good news is Kylie is back to her sweet, smiling, happy self today!Thankfully! So hopefully I can get back on track w/the exercise! Dh's boss let him know he should receive his bonus check any day now, but he wasn't able to get them any more money! That's okay! We'll take what we can get! Have a great day everyone!

 

[lillygator]

Glad to hear Kylie is back to her old self...those nights can be rough and hopefully they are few and far for you! Great job on the loss!!

 

[Cruise04]

Tasha - what I'm going to tell you I'm sure some people won't agree with me on. It's okay to put her in her crib when she is screaming. Sometimes it's best. They can feel your stress and tension and sometimes it makes them worse. Having her lay there screaming and crying, with you out of the room, let's them get their screaming out and relieve their tension some as they aren't feeling it from you any longer. Britt use to do that, once in a blue moon. I let her scream and within 10-15 minutes she had worked herself up so much that she exhausted herself to sleep. And generally slept an hour or so. But sometimes when they are teething they are in so much pain and so tired of the pain that they just don't know what to do. Get some baby Anbesol and keep in on hand. If she is teething and gets like this again, rub a little bit on her gums where her tooth is coming through and it will help sooth the pain and hopefully help her relax some.

Sorry you had such a bad day yesterday, just remember - they are only little for a little while and then it DOES get better (at least until they are teenagers ).

Keep on
Chris

 

[Blueeyes101817]

hi tasha!
hope you are having a better day today--and my little cyber niece too
i havent posted in awhile, but have been thinking about you guys...
hope you had a great weekend

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Thanks everyone! And I wholeheartedly agree w/everything you posted, Chris! I do think it's okay to put her in her crib and let her cry when nothing else works! I let her cry until she calmed down some but it was still hard, lol! I don't think she was really hurting so much as just being tired to the point where she was having trouble sleeping but I bought some anbesol just in case! Her teeth aren't actually coming through yet. She is still in the early stage and she is literally chewing on everything she can get her hands on and drooling like crazy. My mom said I did the same thing and started just as young as Kylie and had all my teeth by 7-8 months! They say teething early is a genetic thing so Kylie will probably get her teeth early too.

Yesterday was just the opposite of Friday! She was such a little angel yesterday! Scott and I took her out to the mall and several other places yesterday. We got in atleast 2 hours of walking just by doing that so we both made July's exercise goal!!! I took Kylie to walmart and went to the toy section. She fell in love with a stuffed Baby Bop (from Barney) that sings. Scott bought it for her and she loves it! She also likes a book that makes noise that my dad bought her. They are the only 2 toys she has shown any interest in so far!

I felt like I looked so fat yesterday but I kept that neg. thought to myself. Well, this morning Scott told me I look like I am losing weight. He said he really noticed it yesterday which surprised me since I felt I looked fat. But hey, I'll take the compliment! It made my whole day! Have a great day everyone! We are going to Scott's sister's house in a little while so I'll try to get to journals tomorrow.

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Tasha,

How are you today? How is Kylie doing?

Hope you are having a great, healthy day!

Keep it up. Aren't the compliments great!

 

[lillygator]

Hi Tahsa!
I have to agree with Chris on putting the baby down while crying....sometimes it can be a charm. We are lucky with Haley that she has such easy cues to read. We know when she wants to lay down, sometimes I am just loving to hold her but she will start getting cranky and want to go to bed...now with Samantha that was another story...being a first time mom I am sure I was so nervous and jittery anyway and I am sure she could feel it. I put her down crying several times! Hope she is doing better. Haley's first tooth is poking through and she is just chewing away on everything!
It is awesome to hear DH's compliments isn't it? I love it when they notice!!

Well, have a great day!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Thanks Jamie and lillygator! Well, Kylie's cues are easy to read too but I just am a first time mom who has trouble laying her in her crib while she is awake, lol! I am giving it a shot today though! Kylie is starting to get cranky so I just put her in her crib a few min. ago. I can tell she is ready for a nap. So far I can hear her talking to herself in the monitor but she isn't crying (yet!) so that's a good sign! Hopefully she'll fall asleep. This is a first time thing for us so I'll let you know how it goes!

Dh is starting an Aug. promotion type thing at work for his customers so he is probably going to be working late all week. I dread it b/c I really like having him here early in the evenings with us.

Okay, Kylie is crying now. I plan to let her cry for atleast 15 min. before I go to her. Hopefully that will be long enough for her to fall asleep. Well, hope everyone has a great day!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, everyone! Sorry I haven't been around the past 2 days. Seems I may be MIA more often, at least for the time being! Kylie has decided she doesn't like to share Mommy with the computer anymore! And since she will only be little for a very short amount of time I feel I should spend more time with her and less time on the computer. She is taking a nap now which is why I am able to type this! I will try to get on here some during the evenings or when dh is home but not as often as before. So if you don't see me around as much that's why! Hope you all are doing well. I'll try to get to journals sometime this week. Right now I need to do some cleaning!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Tasha,

Hope you are having a great Wednesday!!!

 

[Minniespal]

Tasha ~ Sounds as though you are doing well

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Hi Tasha--
hope you and kylie and scott are doing well!!
have a great weekend!

 

[goldcupmom]

Hope you have a great weekend, tasha!

Remember, after Kylie is grown and on her own, you will have plenty of life left. (or at least that's my philosophy). Enjoy her while you can. I'm having trouble with the fact that my BABY is in 8th grade and next year is HS. Wow! Time flies - and I feel SO OLD!!!

Hug that sweetie!

Oh, my niece is naming her DD Kylie! And your spelling won!!

 

[SunFloridaDisney]

Hi Tasha!

Keep up the good work.

Your baby's a cutie!!

 

[Cruise04]

Hope things are going well Tasha - and enjoying your baby is VERY important. Mine will be 16 in less than 5 months now and I can never get over where the time has gone!!!! Before you know it she will be in kindergarten!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hey everyone!

Kylie turned 3 months on Friday! Where is time going? Just wanted to thank everyone for your support and to let you all know that we are all doing well. Sat. was Kylie's 1st time in a restaurant and the first time for Scott and me since before she was born. We ate at Olive Garden and had a great time. Kylie was extremely good and loved the change of scenery.

Then yesterday dh, dd, and I went to the movies early in the afternoon. I knew Kylie would enjoy it since she is fascinated w/things like that right now and Scott really wanted to see Dukes of Hazard. Kylie seemed to enjoy it. She sat on my lap and watched the first half of the movie w/us. She slept through the second half. The little girl behind us kept crying and yelling though. She was around 5. I think a lot of the other people in the theater thought Kylie would do that too. I didn't think she would and she didn't, but if she had we would have left early so we wouldn't disturb everyone.

Anyway, I need to get some cleaning done but just wanted to give an update.

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Tasha,

How are you??? Everything okay?

Haven't seen you in a while, missed ya. Wanted to make sure everything was okay

Hope you are having a great week

 

[Minniespal]

Hi Tasha ~

Hope you are doing ok ~ Haven't seen you posting in a few days.

Hope all is well with you