Lissawynn, congrats on your negative result! It's funny, cause before I tested last month I had myself so convinced that I was pregnant that I really felt like I would have been sad had the test been negative, even though I would have sorta preferred it to be that way. You reminded me by saying you would have been happy if you were pregnant cause it is just so weird how emotions work.
Joats, we had Madison's vision tested twice already and she should go back actually after her 2nd birthday. The first time she was about a month old and the 2nd time she was 4.5 months old. This is sorta long, but the reason we had to do it was that when she was about a month old she got what looked like pinkeye (which I get a lot so I was pretty sure that was it), but it was a Friday night so we couldn't take her to the dr. We called up and the resident on call called in an antibiotic eye ointment and told us to use that and take her in Monday if we wanted to. So Monday I had to go to my OB for my 6 week checkup (which I had to do a week or so early) and so I stopped by her ped's office since it's across the street. The nurse practitioner looked at her eye then started asking me if we have a family history of eye disorders. I told her that my niece was born with 2 congenital eye defects (coloboma and microphthalmia, which made her blind in that eye, both in the right eye, and last summer when she was 2 she had to have the eye removed and a prosthetic put in) and then she looked at her eyes again, then said she needed a dr to look at them. After the dr came in, she asked about the eye disorders again and then told me that Madison's fundi were different colors, one was paler than the other, and that I needed to take her to a pediatric ophthalmologist immediately. She handed me her phone and said "if they can't get you in by noon tomorrow, I'll call them back myself." So she got an appt (for the next morning no less so that I could spend 24 hours freaking out), but the dr would not say what she thought was wrong. Well anyway, the eye drs (3 of them) looked at her eyes-they dilated her pupils and I held her really still and they looked at her eyes and used the way it refracted to tell me that other than being a little more far-sighted than most babies she was fine. Apparently, her peds thought that she might have had a tumor behind the darker, less pale fundus which is why they said to rush her in. I'm glad that they didn't tell me that and just kept avoiding the issue. Well the eye dr thought she might have had a blocked tear duct which caused the pinkeye (which also can cause slight discoloration in the fundi) so we had to take her back in at 4 months and they tested her vision again then just to check on the far-sightedness. They said almost all babies are far-sighted, but she was more so than most at 4 weeks so they wanted to monitor that. She was okay again at 4 months so they said take her back when she's 2 so I guess I should make that appt soon. My husband and I both wear glasses (and so does his whole family) so if she has eye problems it won't be a huge shock to me, but so far they think her vision is repairing itself.
Sorry that was so long, lately everything I say seems to be very wordy. Overall, it was a painless procedure both times. The only thing that was hard was getting the 2nd drop in after she learned what they were going to do cause she didn't love that, plus it was very sunny both days so it was hard to keep her away from light after her pupils were dilated. They gave her adorable sunglasses though and if I can find a photo I'll post it. Good look with Jace's eye appointment though, I know it's always harder for the mom to watch than for the kid so keep that in mind. Did his dr recommend you take him to an eye dr, or are you just taking him on your own?
Oh, Madison has had those diaper crystals on her a few times, right around the same age as Jace too. She's pee through her diaper almost every night for a few weeks and then she went back to normal. I moved her to the next size diaper thinking it would help like it had when she was smaller but they were too big in the waist and so they'd leak too.
Madison was also a very drooly baby from about 6 weeks till 10 months or so. She didn't get any teeth till she turned 10 months so for us it wasn't really a sign that teeth were on the way. We constantly went through bibs and outfits too. The worst was the way she'd drool all over the Baby Bjorn to the point that it was soaked and the wetness would spread all the way through to her outfit. I tried to keep a pacifier in her mouth cause that seemed to help, but even with that she still drolled everywhere.
SL, a friend got Madison a winter coat last year (one of those suits with hands, feet, and a hood attached) and she got it at Macy's. It was a little big but I couldn't find one anywhere else so I just used it (it was 12 months and she was more in the 6-9 month size). When she was born I got a supercute winter coat/suit from the
Disney Store, but I'm not sure if they still carry them. It was pink (they also had blue) and had little pooh ears on top.
Thanks for the info about the thank you notes. I'll let my husband know he was right (1st time for him!!). He insisted on asking her teacher if she got the card cause since they were giftcards he was gonna call up and try to cancel them if they were lost or stolen. I still felt bad that he asked her though cause he said she was embarrassed (I wasn't there cause I was talking to a friend who has just become a postpartum doula cause I'd love to have her come help out when the new baby comes since I know we won't have family here for more than a couple of days and my husband won't really take any time off).
Also glad to hear your friend Jennifer is doing well.
. We did nothing different except putting him in 1/2 hour EARLIER to bed. Go figure!
I've never had a kidney stone, but I her the pain is comparable to childbirth 
. And to have this happen so close to DH's return. I hope you're feeling better. 
Yay for all the babies doing well sleeping! And Justthat, I think I have told you my DS was the same way as Madison so I know how big a deal it is to get them in their own bed 
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I have a snowsuit for him but I'm finding it impractical for everyday use so I thought a regular coat would be easier. So far, no luck. But I appreciate you thinking about me!
Like baby boys are diseases or something. Ugh, okay, my rant is over, I just couldn't get over our conversation.
