The Official New Mom Thread

[Alice28]

No, don't worry Alice28, you don't sound that way! Actually though, their policy is you can makeup any missed classes at anytime you want, anywhere you want. It's extremely liberal and they pride themselves on that. They have it printed in all their literature and they have signs posted in the centers. The problem is that this woman is now saying that she changed has decided only to allow making up classes at other dates within your membership period, rather than just freezing the membership if you'll be out of town for a couple of weeks like they did until yesterday apparently.

Oh well, then for crapes sake, you should DEFINITELY get your credits! I hate it when companies change policies on a whim- get your paperwork out and call a high-up!

 

[DisneyPhD]

justthat, it was my understanding that is how gymboree does it and I would do doing the same as you. I hope you get good results. I wonder if all gymborees are chaning. I was considering signing Lily up for a class when Anna was in pre-school. Not if that is case.

Tasha+Scott, have you ever seen a Britcom called "keeping up aperances". It is really funny with this self centered uptight lady who drives everyone crazy. Well they are going to a christianing for her niece's daughter who she doens't aprove of and Hyathinch complains "What kind of a christain name is Kylie anyway, sounds more like a forien vegtable then a name anyway." I about died. BTW, I think Kylie is a ardorable name and so is your little girl.

 

[gwcollins71]

What a crazy week its been. I’ve checked the board a couple of times and try and respond but then motherhood calls or I have to go pick up my next class or something.

This past weekend was busy. Hubby and I finally cleaned the house. We’ve been trying for several weeks. My inlaws took Lily with them to the town fest for a couple of hours. MIL likes to walk with the stroller. She refuses to use a cane or a walker the rest of the time so FIL has to hold onto her. Since it was both in-laws, I was ok. However, then they came home and FIL told me that he gave Lily powdered sugar from a funnel cake. Hello --- there’s corn starch on powdered sugar! Between hubby and his family the only high allergen foods she hasn’t had are strawberries and corn.

We had friends come out that night to visit and to meet Lily. Then we all went to Outback. YUMMMMM! The best part is they treated us! Woo hoo.

Sunday, we went to the zoo with my parents and niece and nephew. It was a long day and we didn’t see much. We were there for 45 minutes before we ever got to see an animal. My Dad had to take a rest after the walk for the parking lot and after we saw any animal exhibit. I can tell you what every park bench at the zoo looks like. UGH! He sits on his butt all day at home and then wonders why he gets so tired easily! He’s been like this since he retired. In 8 hours, we saw six sets of animal exhibits.

Dis PhD -- We met another Lily Grace at the zoo today. She was a little blond girl about 4. We heard parents hollaring Lily Grace and Mike and I turned around and the parents told us their daughter was running up ahead. Too funny! That brings the grand total of Lily Grace's to 4 now. Then I got a PM from another poster whose 2 daughters are named Lily and Grace. Can they be added to the count? Hee hee?

Lisawynn -- Your school district sounds very neoNazi. A personal day for an after school activity? That's nuts. We had our meet the teacher night and I had the most parents visit out of all the teachers. I had a whopping 12 parents! Only 7 of them were mine, the rest came to see the baby. Yes, I know -- very unprofessional of me. However, we are not required to be there so I brought her. I also hired a student to watch her during the whole thing so I could talk to parents. Anyway, that was 7 parents for the 60 kids I see. Only 2 are siblings. I usually think the whole thing is a waste anyway. At least this year was fun 'cause I got to show Lily off. I've only taught in high poverty districts and we rarely have parents show up for these things. I am glad when they come for conferences.

Child care -- I love Lily's day care. It is the sister of one of the women I work with. She put Lily on a schedule.

Valerie – Katrina is gorgeous. Lily is always crying when we take photos. She’s very high maintenance… just like her Mommy.

Weight loss – Wow, everyone is talking about weight loss. I’m gonna brag. I was actually a pound lighter after I had Lily. However, I was and still am what the medical charts call morbidly obese. Definitely past Pooh sized. More like Ursula sized… I’ve been thinking about joining ww again but money is a little tight until we finish refinancing. Our mortgage went up about 400 as of last month b/c they miscalculated our property taxes when we originally bought the house.

The rest of the week has been hectic. I feel like I can't get anything graded. It is impossible to do during the day b/c I need to call parents and get copies done during my plan periods. When I have kids with me I need to be up and around all the time or complete chaos reigns. I can't stay late b/c I need to get Lily from the sitter's. Hubby stays late most days so he doesn't fall behind at work and then comes home later. I understand but its not fair. I feel like I'm always playing catch up.

I'm looking forward to this weekend. I'm leaving Lily with Daddy on Sunday and getting together with my team so we can lesson plan together since there is only one set of materials between the 5 of us. Hmmmm, why is our school failing? No books for students, no books for teachers. It has been crazy. We've been sending the text chapters to be copied so everyone has a copy. Its good though. At least we can teach the kids how to highlight and take notes.

I hope everyone (*and the babies) are doign well. I'll try and visit over the weekend.

Gretchen

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Tasha+Scott, have you ever seen a Britcom called "keeping up aperances". It is really funny with this self centered uptight lady who drives everyone crazy. Well they are going to a christianing for her niece's daughter who she doens't aprove of and Hyathinch complains "What kind of a christain name is Kylie anyway, sounds more like a forien vegtable then a name anyway." I about died. BTW, I think Kylie is a ardorable name and so is your little girl.

I have only seen the show once at my mom's house. She and my brother love it. They like to tell me that Hyacinth's (sp.?) dh reminds them of Scott b/c they have a lot of the same facial expressions. I guess now with the Kylie reference it is starting to get a little eerie with the similarities, lol!

Gretchen~ What is it with grandparents? On my dad's b-day (2 days before Kylie turned 2 months old) we went to his house. I was in the kitchen and I left Kylie in the family room with my dad and several other people. When I walked back in he was feeding Kylie icecream cake! He tried to hide it but I caught him and Kylie had chocolate (yes, chocolate!!!) ice cream all over her face! She seemed to love it though and thankfully she must either have not had enough of it or she wasn't allergic to anything in it at the time. Then, on Labor day we went to Dh's grandmother's house. Kylie had just turned 4 months and I had not started her on cereal just yet and his aunt and grandmother started pressuring us trying to get us to feed her mashed potatoes! Seriously, I don't know why they are trying to rush her but we had to politely let them know to back off and that she wasn't ready for solids yet! I mean, she hadn't even started baby cereal yet for goodness sake!

Well, I talked to one of the other ladies from my childbirth class a little while ago and there are going to be atleast 4 of us there as of right now. Although I am thinking there will probably be atleast 6+ of us since some of them were at work and probably hadn't received there invite yet. That means there will be atleast 3 other babies for Kylie to play with. And I know one of them is a boy. Future Dh, perhaps?! J/K! I am not sure what the gender of the other 2 are yet.

Once again, Alice I hope you and your family enjoy your trip and I hope you all come home safely!

Night, everyone!

 

[Alice28]

Who is so excited, I AM I AM! I'm goin to Disney World! I'm goin to Disney World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh, I cannot wait just to scream out all of my year long frustrations on Tower of Terror Saturday morning----all the screaming I've been wanting to do for 14 months now, but in an appropriate context!!!!!!!!! WOO!

My MIL sent us a $100 check yesterday to buy something fun- that was sweet. So with all the money troubles DH had last week, it seems to have evened out for me this week.

I will check in next Friday! Hope everyone has a FAB week! Take care all!

 

[joats]

I will have to catch up on all the posts later, but I wanted to wish you well Alice28 on your trip!

Have a blast! It is much needed and you deserve it!
ENJOY!!

 

[Jenn Lynn]

Alice-Have a great trip!

I am so happy! Today Eli did not cry hysterically in his car seat! DD had school today and he wasn't fussy on either trip to school. He was even cooing! On the trips home he started getting fussy, but I was able to distract him with some noises. It was like a ray of hope! LOL!

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

Well, we decided to go ahead and have my mom watch Lucas. I'm happy with this decision. I know he'll be in excellent hands and my mom is thrilled to do it. Plus, it will save us some money. She wants to be paid, which I understand, (my sister and I were watched by HER mother and she was paid also) but it's less than half of what the daycare center wanted. My mom is also talking about staying out of work for six months to a year instead of just the three months so that's even better. I start Monday.

My boss called me Friday and asked about my schedule. I think he's hinting around for me to eventually work full time and/or evenings (office open late as we have clients on the west coast). I'd find other part time employment before I let myself get talked into that scenario. Let's just hope it all works out.

 

[katerkat]

We just got back from Disneyland and had a fabulous time! Russ was so good - almost always took his normal naps and was barely fussy about the change in locale. And after three weeks of being alone with him (DH is deployed) it was so nice to have other people take care of him! As soon as I develop my pictures I'll post a few.

 

[lissawynn]

Hi everyone! Yesterday was Jimmy's 8 mo. b-day! I can't believe he's 8 mo. old already! I took so really cute pics of him last night (right before he spit up all over himself). I'll post them later today.

School is getting better as time goes on. I have two really big classes (26 and 28 kids). It's hard to get to know them as well as I'm getting to know my smaller classes. My back to school cold is also going away. It's just too bad that Jimmy is still congested and has a runny nose. The little stinker keeps spitting out his decongestant. He'll take Tylenol but not the cough and decongestant stuff.

Hope you all are having a nice weekend. I'm beginning to think about our next Disney trip. I think we're going to go before next Thanksgiving or sometime in January. I want to make plans and start to save now.

 

[DisneyPhD]

lissawynn congrats to Jimmy, my how times flys.

We are going to WDW in Jan (4th to 11th) DH college that he teaches at doesn't go back until the 13th so it should be a good time for us. Just made our DVC ressies at SSR (only thing open) We were hoping to get a good deal a resort and save our points, but none were coming so points at SSR it is. Really looking forward to it. I don't think going with Lily is going to be as easy as the past 2 trips (when she was 7 months and 9 months old) She will be 17 months old this time.)

We are considering DL in May too, but we will have to see how things go. (and what kind of airfare we can get.)

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

Another milestone reached! Lucas rolled over (tummy to back) this morning! We're so proud of him.

Katerkat - glad you had a good time.

Lissawynn - happy 8 month birthday to Jimmy.

 

[joats]

Tasha: Your childbirth class reunion is such a cool idea!
Jenn Lynn: Glad Eli is doing better with the car seat.
KaterKat: Welcome back - can't wait to see the pics!
Lissawyn: Happy 8mo birthday Jimmy!
Justhat: How cool - a spontaneous trip! Sounds wonderful!
SL: Congrats on Lucas' milestone! Hope your return to work today isn't too awful. Glad your mom will be watching him.

I've been crying since last night. I dropped Jace off at daycare this am for a few hours and I'm a wreck. I know he's fine and safe there, but I know that it means that I have to go back to work and I'll only end up seeing him 3 hours a day soon. I am just so sad. I plan on using the time this am to write him a ltr about how I feel about having to send him to daycare. I thought that I would write him a letter on his birthdays and any other significant milestone/scenario. I thought it might make me feel better and that when he'll get older, he'll know what a struggle it was for me and that it was not what we wanted to do and I'd rather have stayed home with him.

Jace had his baptism yesterday and a party here afterwards for family. I swear I'm the worst hostess. I hate having people at my house. I get such anxiety. Sure glad that is over!! Took the opportunity though to take pictures of Jace with every family member.

Hope everyone has a good day. I know I'll survive the next few hours, but it won't be easy!

 

[justhat]

Joats . I know how hard it was for me to drop Madison off at school 2 weeks ago and she is much older than Jace so I can only imagine how hard it is for you. It wasn't what I wanted either, even though she's 1.5yo, I would have rather stayed home full time longer. I do have to go back to school and work though so it had to be done. If it's any consolation to you, after the 3rd day Madison stopped crying when I dropped her off so she must think it's an okay place. I know that we tell ourselves that, but when you see your child is okay with going it's sorta proof. I know with Jace that will be hard to see for awhile since he's so young, but I think he'll enjoy it too and like being around other babies. For me, it was harder to drop her off on the 4th day when she didn't cry because then it felt like she didn't miss me or really 'need' me anymore. But I'm adjusting to it and I know that will make it easier when I'm back in school, so hopefully that will help you too, starting him a little before you start working again.

We drove to NJ this weekend for a surprise party I threw for my mom's 60th birthday. She truly was surprised, she actually cried when she walked in, and it was great. It was hard to plan it living out of state, but everything fell into place and I think everyone had a good time. Well, everyone but Madison who walked in with my mom and husband, so she was on the 'surprise' end too. Well that scared her so much she started crying and basically wouldn't leave my arms all 4 hours we were there. This is normally a very wild, social child, so I was surprised, but starting school has really made her very clingy (I think she thinks she's getting dropped off everytime we're with new people) and she also had just woken up from her nap when they walked in. She finally relaxed about 2 hours into it, and then my cousins somehow managed to get my husband to dance with him (something I only accomplished at our wedding!) and then Madison saw them all surrounding him and she freaked out and started crying again. I guess she thought people were hurting her daddy. She cried when he got his haircut too, so I guess she's just sensitive in weird ways!

 

[tkyes]

hi all! So much catching up to do!!!

Jenn - that's great that Eli is doing better with the carseat!

Robin - hope you're having fun in WDW!

Joats- {{{hugs}}} my heart is breaking for you. I think writing a letter is a great idea. It might help you feel better too. Everything will work out and Jace will be just fine.


Not much new here. Tyler and I went to see his Great Grandma this weekend. She was so excited to see him and he was such a good boy. Today is Tyler's 5 month birthday. I can't wait until next month for his 6 month pictures.

I'm in planning mode for our WDW trip in February. I'm trying to decide where to eat, such a tough decision!!

Tamie

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

My first day back at work went really well. They put "Welcome Back" signs up all around my office and the pictures of Lucas I had emailed a few weeks ago are still up on the lunch room door. There was certainly enough work to keep me busy and my mom said Lucas was great with her.

I think Lucas is teething. He's drooling, chewing on his hands, and is generally fussy in the evenings. I don't see or feel anything yet, though. I don't think a teething ring will help much since he's still not really able to use it properly himself besides being too big for him. Last night I tried a frozen washcloth and he loved chewing on that. I don't want to use Anbesol or Tylenol unless I absolutely have to - anyone have any ideas to make him feel better?

 

[zalansky]

Hi ladies!
I finally have a minute to sit and post on the new moms thread! My new daughter Cameryn arrived September 10th at 11:59pm. I can't believe she is already a little over 2 weeks old. She was born at 7 lbs 7 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Tasha was kind enough to teach me how to post pics so I posted some with my signature. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you soon!

 

[DisneyPhD]

Congrats and welcome (offically) What a cutie.

Some of us (like myself and Justthat) hardly have new babies anymore, but have been around since the start of this thread when they were new! It goes very fast.

So glad you could join us. (BTW Lily was 7 lbs 6 oz and 19.5 inches long too.) However she just made it to 17 lbs so she is rather tiny. (not sure how long, but she isn't a tall one.)

Mary

 

[justhat]

Congrats and welcome (offically) What a cutie.

Some of us (like myself and Justthat) hardly have new babies anymore, but have been around since the start of this thread when they were new! It goes very fast.

So glad you could join us. (BTW Lily was 7 lbs 6 oz and 19.5 inches long too.) However she just made it to 17 lbs so she is rather tiny. (not sure how long, but she isn't a tall one.)

Mary

Ya know, I was just thinking that the other day! Now that Madison's 19 months I don't think I can really say I'm a 'new mom'. I certainly don't feel like an experienced one yet though!

Anyway, welcome Zalansky and baby Cameryn! That's such a cute photo, with her smiling, so precious! How is your son adjusting to life as a big brother? He's so adorable too!

I'm off to buy a new diaper bag for our Disney trip on Friday. I loved our pink Pooh Bear backpack but the drawstring closure broke so I've been using the hospital diaper bag for about a month. I definitely like the backpack style better though, and it's much easier when I'm traveling through the airport with Madison, the carseat, and the stroller.

 

[DisKim]

Zalansky - Welcome and congratulations. What a beautiful baby!

SL - What a nice way to return to work!

I haven't checked in here in quite a while. I'm really totally overwhelmed with work and three kids. I've never been so tired in my entire life. I'm thankful that they are all so good. I can't imagine what life would be like if even one of my children was problematic. Aidan has become a total doll. He went from being a cranky newborn to a complete angel. He has adjusted well to our new schedule, he loves his babysitter and he sleeps through the night. I can't ask for more. I took him for his 5 month check up yesterday. He is 18 pounds 10 ounces . The doctor told me he is a pound overweight. He really doesn't look fat though - just nice and plump .

Justhat - Have a great trip. Madison will love MNSSHP. We did it last year for the first time. I really enjoyed it. Have fun!

Edited to add:
Joats - I was just trying to catch up and your post on daycare made me cry. I know personally how hard it is. I'm doing it for the third time now. I swore that I'd never have a third child if I didn't stay home, but that would have meant Aidan never would have been here. I've been back at work for almost a month now and it's not easy but we're doing okay. Believe me, Jace will be fine. It's much harder for you than it is for him. Aidan is really enjoying the other babies. They talk to each other all the time. It 's really cute. It reminds me of the Rugrats. Just hang in there. If you ever need to vent about being a working mom, feel free to pm me. I have a need to vent every once in a while myself. Good luck .