The Official New Mom Thread

[bellacam]

Well, after spending the $ mentally, I didn't win Powerball either. Maybe next time. Aidan and I were sick for the last two days so I really didn't have the energy to do more than daydream. I had big plans for that jackpot!

Speaking of being sick, a ? for breastfeeding mommies. When you are sick, do you pump only and give a bottle or continue to breastfeed as normal? I ask because Aidan was doing just fine and came down with whatever I had. I wonder if I had pumped if he would have gotten as sick as he (we) did.

My 10th year HS reunion is this weekend. My mom is keeping Aidan overnight for us, so it will be our first night with just the two of us since he was born. I have left him with family before, but never over night. I am looking forward to going out but feel bad for leaving him at the same time. I hope I last the night and don't break down and go get him! (Although, DH would probably kill me if I did)

 

[DisKim]

Aidan is just freaking me out today. He has been puking constantly since dinner time. I'm talking major projectile vomiting. He doesn't seem sick. He has no temperature or anything else for that matter. I don't know what's up with him . I'm so tired today. I was going to take a mental health day tomorrow and I decided not to waste a day on it. I worry that one of the kids will get sick. I really need a day to regroup though. I didn't leave lesson plans though so I can't call out. I just feel like I can't get it together this week and I just need an extra day to get everything done. Also, I feel like I see my students more than my kids. They come into homeroom and all seem to want my attention. I feel like I'm at home sometimes. They may as well call me "mommy". I need some of those apathetic teens who don't want to talk to me .

 

[Alice28]

Regarding breastfeeding when ill- I've always done it. I don't think your bacteria/virus can get in your breastmilk. You probably would have spread whatever illness you had if you were just bottle-feeding cause you're still in such close contact. I'm sorry your Aidan was sick!

And DisKim- why is it when babies decide they're going to vomit, they do it projectile style? Ugh- I totally feel for you and I hope you really get a chance to regroup and rest this weekend! It sounds like you need a mental health day, but I can understand your anxiety if there are no lesson plans. Grouphug for you!

My period is lurking I tell you- I have been so crampy, headachy, lethargic, etc., etc. and it's teasing me. TMI, but when I go to the bathroom, there is a bit of discharge, but any other time there is not.....just come on and get it overwith already! Molly is about 7 1/2 months, so it's time!

I was able to get almost all the housecleaning things I wanted to do, done...and got 3 pages done in my scrapbook to boot! I'm looking forward to dinner, cause I promised the boys I would go get Chinese (the wonton soup at our local place is da' bomb!) and Survivor is on tonight! Whoop-whoop! Livin it up in O'City!

 

[justhat]

Bridget, I've always heard that you should keep breastfeeding while you're sick. My OB, ped, and LC all said that when I got sick right after Madison was born. I had mastitis, so not a cold or anything, but I asked in general what to do about illnesses and that's what they said. They all said that simply living with your baby you expose them to the illness, but your body is making antibodies against the illness and those get passed on through your breastmilk. So before your baby even gets sick, he's getting the antibodies to fight that particular bug. Of course I really have no idea, but my guess would be that if you hadn't breastfed during that time it may have taken him a little longer to get over the bug or maybe it would have been a little worse.

I always nursed Madison when I was sick, though usually it was her who got me sick anyway so she already had the sickness. Also, she would typically nurse more when she was sick, and after she started solids she wouldn't eat any of them, she'd only nurse if she was sick. The worst was when she got a really, really bad cold at 9 months. We took her to the dr 3 times and they kept saying it was just a cold. Fine. We leave DC to visit my mom in NJ, then my in-laws in New Orleans, then we went on a cruise with my mom (this was all over Christmas/NYE) so we were gone about 2 weeks. She had already been sick a week or so before we left. She was still sick when we got back. Didn't eat anything during that time, only nursed, and usually coughed so hard she'd vomit up the milk. We get home, take her to the dr and she had an ear infection. I was so angry cause we were there 3 times before we left and they kept saying no ear infection and the poor baby had to live with it for weeks! 2 days on medicine and she was eating and back to her normal self.

DisKim, that's so sad to hear about Aidan vomiting so much. The poor little guy. Madison projectile vomits everytime she gets a cold (coughs till she vomits) and it's so hard watching them cause you know how nasty that feels. I hope he feels better soon.

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

DisKim & bellacam - I hope your Aidans are feeling better.

Tasha - Thanks for the link. They have some cute things there.

Yesterday was Lucas's 4 month birthday. I took him to the mall and bought him a new pair of shoes. I also bought myself a new outfit - Happy Lucas's Birthday to me!

 

[AngieWin]

Speaking of being sick, a ? for breastfeeding mommies. When you are sick, do you pump only and give a bottle or continue to breastfeed as normal? I ask because Aidan was doing just fine and came down with whatever I had. I wonder if I had pumped if he would have gotten as sick as he (we) did.

Just found this board, and I thought I would chime in too. Your breastmilk does contain the antibodies and he is benefitting from bfing. And honestly, when you are sick, are you going to be doing much of anything besides sitting/laying down anyway!

 

[AngieWin]

Since I posted, I guess I should say hi too!

I am a momma of 2, DS1 (Bryce) is almost 2 1/2 and DS2 (Noah) is 10 weeks today. We are taking our first WDW trip with the little boys on Nov 2! I also have DD (well, step, but still dear - Megan) age 11 and DS (also step and usually dear - Patrick) age 10.

 

[lissawynn]

I have much catching up to do. Having 40+ more students than I did last year doesn't really allow for much DIS time.
I'm am in need of a good nap! DH is helping one of his sisters move tomorrow (he has 4 of them), and Jimmy and I will be staying home. Moving isn't something a baby needs to be a part of at this age.

I'm off to read the last few pages!

 

[katerkat]

I don't think breastfeeding has much to do with spreading. I have a cold right now and Russ thankfully doesn't seem to have caught it. Last time, he had the cold and graciously shared with me. When he was sick, I had to pump and bottle feed just because he was way too stuffy to breastfeed.

 

[DisneyPhD]

I don't think breastfeeding has much to do with spreading. I have a cold right now and Russ thankfully doesn't seem to have caught it. Last time, he had the cold and graciously shared with me. When he was sick, I had to pump and bottle feed just because he was way too stuffy to breastfeed.

Don't you just love it when they get buggers all over your breast!

As everyone says it is actaully good to bf your child when you are sick, it gives them the anti bodies. It is also very good to bf your baby when they are sick. One reason I want to hang on until the spring. It makes getting over a cold so much eaiser for the baby.

Lily isn't so much a baby anymore. She has been scaling stairs herself. (we don't aprove of this, but gates sometimes get left open.) This afternoon it was the basment ones, expect we think she fell near the bottom because I found her sitting at the bottom with her hands up crying and the gate open. I didn't hear any thud or bumping. I about fainted when I saw her sitting there crying. My heart stopped. She seems fine and stopped crying as soon as I picked her up, no bumps or cuts but I think I need to go over the bad mommy club!

Also she LOVES boombas. I think they are mind numbing, but I bet they are made for the development of 1 year olds. She makes all the noises they do and goes "boombas!" It is pretty funny.

 

[Hillbeans]

TGIF!

Strawberry - Happy 4 months old little Lucas!

Hi to everyone and Angie - Welcome.

Sorry I can't add anything to the BF threads about BF and being sick, but i'm sure you still can and should bf when sick, because I don't think your babies can get sick from your breastmilk. I know my best friend bf's and she's been sick a few times since giving birth 5 months ago and she's not stopped when she had bronchitus or a cold.

Can I ask a question? Does anyone remember their 4 week old wanting to eat every 2 hours? What about these 4 hour schedules I hear about! I don't really remember how often my oldest ate, but he ate more at a sitting and went longer, like at least 3 or 3.5 hours in between feedings.

I'm trying to stretch it out by 15 minutes to gradually increase over the next few days, hopefully that'll work.

Hope everyone else is doing well -

 

[justhat]

Hillbeans, Madison ate every 2 hours (approximately) till she was about 6 months old or so, when we started solids. Well, that was during the day, I don't know if you mean all day and night, cause she slept from about 10-7 at night starting around 6 weeks old. I know you're using formula though and I always thought formula babies could go longer between meals. But I should add we supplemented with formula in the beginning and Madison never seemed to sleep any longer than when I nursed her. Don't worry, the end is in sight and hopefully he'll start sleeping a bit more at night soon!

 

[vald1977]

Hillbeans,
My dd is 3 months and she still does every two hours during the day when she is up. She usually takes one long nap a day so she has one period that she goes 3-4 hours between bottles and she usually doesn't eat between 8:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. at night (although she does wake up 4 or 5 times for her binkie in between there ). Other than that though she eats every two hours and will only take 4 oz. at a time even for her first morning bottle. When she was Liam's size she ate every two hours and sometimes I could hold her off to 2 and half at night. She started getting a bit better with sleeping at night around six weeks where she would go four hours at night.

Happy 4 month Birthday Lucas !

I hope the Aidans are feeling better soon.

Welcome Angie .

Just an FYI for anyone looking for Christmas presents for babies and toddlers:
Toys R Us has a really good sale going on where if you buy a Little Tykes toy $19.99 or more you get another Little Tykes toy valued at $19.99 or less for free. I went and got a couple today.

I also found the CUTEST little Christmas outfits at Toys R Us (ours has a Kids R Us inside also). I got a velour jumper, turtleneck body suit, and little skirt all for $23. The body suit goes with both pieces so she'll have two holiday outfits.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend !

 

[Tasha+Scott]

bellacam~ Have fun at your reunion! Scott and I still have not been able to go out without Kylie yet. We are hoping my mom will be able to watch her for our anniversary next month but she works and is an hour away so we'll see. We are going to just take her with us if my mom can't babysit. She's a good baby and easy in public so no worries. Oh, and I hope Aidan feels better soon!

DisKim~ I hope your Aidan feels better soon too!

Happy 4 month b-day, Lucas!

Welcome AngieWin!

Hillbeans~ Kylie started out eating every 3-4 hours (3-4 oz per feeding) but by 6 weeks she was eating every 1-1.5 hours! That lasted for a couple of weeks. I chalked it up to a growth spurt. Then it went back to every 3-4 hours until her next growth spurt. Now she is almost 6 months and she eats about every 3-5 hours depending on if she is especially hungry or not and she eats between 4-8 oz depending on how hungry she is and how much time has passed between feedings.

Well, dh finally got paid today and he was screwed over. He gets a salary plus commission. They did not give him his commission! Since he normally gets paid bi-weekly and they were already 2 weeks behind on paying him we really needed that money. That hurt us! And I am so majorly pissed right now! Supposedly things will be back on track when he gets paid again and this is all just from the chaos of his company getting bought out and everyone trying to get in sync wth the new company but it doesn't help our finances either way!

That being said, we have decided to cancel our WDW trip in May. My heart isn't in it like it was at first. We were going to use our income tax money on it and now we are thinking it would be wiser to put that in savings in case something like this (or worse!) happens again! Save it for a rainy day I guess you could say. I thought it would really bother me but nope. I am okay with it. We plan to go to the beach or something instead. Just getting away will be fun and much needed. Besides Kylie will be too young to remember it anyway and I know she will enjoy the sand and waves I am sure. Anyway, since we also want to start trying for baby #2 at the end of summer, beginning of next fall we figured it wouldn't hurt to have some extra money in the bank. We might need it to cover whatever our insurance won't cover on my prenatal/postnatal care. Who knows when we will go to the World again? Maybe we will go in a few years or less or maybe we will wait till our kids are older. I am okay with it either way.

I also rescheduled Kylie's appt. to have her pictures taken for Nov. 5. That worked out better anyway since that's what I had originally wanted. My mom bought her the most adorable green velvet dress! I looked everywhere for one and could only find red but mom found one online. It's gorgeous!

Oh, and my SIL just found out she is having a boy at her u/s today. This is the same SIL that convinced her 4 year old he would be having a sister several months ago. Poor kid! Can you imagine how confused he is? They are planning to name this one Clay. And my SIL is living in delusional land and has mentioned she and I need to buy a double stroller to take our babies walking together. Um, guess she forgot that we don't exactly get along? She's a strange one though.

Speaking of dh's family, I thought Kylie had stranger/separation anxiety. Apparently she doesn't and she just does not like Scott's mom for some reason. She will let anyone and everyone else hold her now but still won't let his mom. She screams everytime his mom holds her. Maybe she remembers in utero hearing his mom say we were stupid for having a baby and she wasn't happy for us! That and his mom is not good with babies or kids at all. She is nervous and uncomfortable around them. Perhaps Kylie can sense it. I don't know.

Kylie has learned something new and cute recently. Dh and I will open and close our mouths over and over again while making sound effects. Well she has started copying us and it is now a game to her. We will do it, she will smile, and then she will do it but without the sound effects. It's hilarious! I never knew how much fun being a mommy could be!

Despite being screwed over with his paycheck I am feeling much better. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I am feeling pretty happy today. PMS probably messed with my mood earlier this week some. Thanks, TOM!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[lissawynn]

Tasha+Scott - I think babies are a lot like our pets. My dog knows people DH and I don't like and he acts the same way toward them. Maybe your baby is picking up on the fact that you and your MIL don't exactly love one another.
That's too bad about DH's paycheck. It's also too bad you won't be taking your WDW trip. I'm sure once things get back on track for you and DH, you'll be more into planning a WDW trip.

Hillbeans - I don't remember Jimmy wanting to eat every two hours when he was that age. I think it was more like 3-4. I really can't remember. I was so sleep depreived most of the time that I just don't recall the exact time between feedings.

Welcome Angi!

 

[Hillbeans]

I don't know if you mean all day and night, cause she slept from about 10-7 at night starting around 6 weeks old.

WOW......Can you come over and help me please!!!
All kidding aside, that's awesome!
During the night Liam still wants to eat every 2 hours - but we've now officially gotten him to 2.5 for the last 2 days and we're heading towards 3 if we can do it. BTW - I just absolutely adore the picture of Madison on the computer - she's so adorable.

Tasha - i'm so sorry to hear what's going on with your husband and work. It's a shame to cancel your upcoming trip, but I give you A LOT of credit for doing that - not many people would and you will be able to save your money and pay your current bills and then just go another time. It will be just as much fun taking Kylie a year from then as it would be now. I hope things get straightened out soon for you - hang in there - this too shall pass!

Lisawynn- thanks for your advice.

Vald - looks like we're on a very similar daytime schedule - I'd love to get Liam to do one of those 3-4 hour naps - hopefully soon! I do put him "down" for a nap, but sometimes he just wants to play and stay awake.

 

[Alice28]

Tasha, I can totally sympathize with the money issues. We've been there before when paychecks get screwed up and it's such a yucky feeling. I hope you are able to plan another trip when you are able to.

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday and I'm going to attempt to include a pic of Molly in the post. It will probably be Gi-Hugic, but you'll get the jist. It was a glorious fall day and DH called right when we were done. Not much else going on here!

 

[Alice28]

OK, since that worked, I have to try a couple more pics!

Guess where I got the outfit.... I thought she looked so flipping cute!

 

[Alice28]

OK- and one more of the boys, so you don't think I'm biased or anything. Normally I do NOT dress them alike, but they have a few of the same shirts this season since I had all those Gymbucks in july...I forgot I dressed the older one in the same shirt when I got the younger one dressed 2 hours later.

 

[joats]

Hey Mommies!
Alice28: I love the picture of Molly - how sweet! We wanted to take one of the pumpkin patch pics too, but it's been raining too much around here.
Tasha: LOL - at your post about Kylie not wanting to be around Scott's mom. Yeah, I think babies/kids do sense things!
To all the moms - hope things are going well with you and your little sweet ones.

We've had a rough weekend. Jace had his first round of sickness - The Croup!! It's so awful. We took him to the Dr on saturday and he had to take two days worth of steroid meds. Poor thing has hardly any voice and is coughing like mad. Dr. is sure he picked it up at daycare (which we figured anyway). DH will stay home with him tomorrow. At least his fever is gone now, but he's still miserable. It's so hard to watch your baby sick. I feel totally helpless. I'm just giving him as much cuddle time and love as I can.

Well that pretty much sums up my weekend. And now here we are again back to preparing for work again tomorrow. Why oh why can't we work 2 days a week and have off 5?