The Official New Mom Thread

[Alice28]

New(er) pic of Miss Molly here....taken after my last Gymbo run about 2 weeks ago.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2124817754&idx=1

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Awww, Molly is so cute, Alice! Love that grin of hers! She looks like she is growing so fast too!

 

[DisneyPhD]

Hi fellow mommies! Well Lily is 10 months old and I finally got her picture professionally taken today. (countless digital ones myself though.) It should be in my sig. (if it works.)

Here the rest of them

I am doing a dance too because we finally got around to having her big sisters eyes checked and she doesn't need glasses.

Lily still isn't crawling, but she gets around by repostioning herself while sitting. It is rather funny to wacth. She was up all night last night, didn't sleep at all. I am thinking teeth.

On a differnt note, does anyone have a peg pergo pliko3? I am considering getting one, but DH might kill me if I do!

 

[justhat]

Molly and Lily look so cute!! And so does Lily's big sister.

I know how you feel about people who constantly have a comment about how you're raising your kids and how they were so much better. Madison uses a pacifier, blanket (and a stuffed Stitch!), and does not sleep through the night and I have a friend who tells me how her son sleeps all night (though he really doesn't, cause she'll tell me at least once a week how he was up every 2 hours or something like that). He also doesn't use a pacifier (though he desperately wants to suck, it's just that she won't give him a pacifier) so she asks when Madison will be giving hers up, which is not an issue I'm worried about right now, especially since she only has 2 teeth so I can't even worry about tooth damage yet.

The thing with people like that is that I disagreed with her feeding her son solids starting at 3 weeks old, but I never commented to her about it so why does she feel the need to tell me all about what I'm doing wrong. Nevermind the fact that her son is only 6 months old, so I have 10 months more experience than her-not that I in any way know what I'm doing yet, but still! At 4 months, her son was the same weight as Madison at 14 months because she has been feeding him solids his whole life and then started giving him juice around 3 months. Then she complains that he's gonna be fat and only like sweets-well you did it!

Sorry for imparting my own problems in, but I can totally relate Alice. Hopefully your neighbor will be busy with her kids this summer so you won't have to spend too much time listening to her bragging.

 

[Alice28]

I think we have the same friend/neighbor justhat.

This woman GRIPED how STARVING her daughter was as a baby and proceeded to tell me how she started weaning her off formula at 8 or 9 months and starting her on milk, not caring that the doctor said it was a bad idea cause formula was costing her too much money (says the woman with the hugest TV I have ever seen in my life, nice cars, nice play system in the yard, etc). And, huh, her daughter gets severe eczema problems since she was a baby....wonder if it's cause she started certain foods WAY too early?

She's the type of woman to just be a busy-body complainer and I HATE IT. We were at the park with the third woman and her children; this woman is the sweetest gal, a little flaky, but so nice. Again, busy-body so nice to her face, oh what great friends they are, etc., but then bad mouths her non stop to me when she's not around. I HATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

She asks my advice about pregnancy, kids, etc since I have had 3 (she's 20 weeks preggo with #2) and she knows my mom is a former L and D RN Manager, but then proceeds to chuck my advice out the window or act like I have no clue.

Ugh. Enough of my own griping here. I could go on for days about her. She is a normal enough person but she appalls me almost every time we have a conversation. I think, to be honest, I intimidate her. I am a strong woman who is centered in my own opinions. I don't think she has this...her front is simply being a bi*ch but she has no foundation so to speak. I know my college education intimidates her- she even said something once about 'not needing college to get ahead.' I said, sure, plenty of people make great money and are smart without going to college, but you don't have to belittle those that do go.

My biggest gripe---(sorry, have to keep going, lol) is she has a 12 year old step son, who seems like a pretty normal kid, and she just is seething with anger about him all the time. It really bothers me and I try to tell her to lighten up with him but it's like her daughter is the golden child and he's just a pain in the a** who needs to go away. It makes me sick for the poor kid. He's just 12- not perfect, but like I said, seems like a pretty decent kid.

 

[justhat]

Yeah, that would bother me that the woman doesn't like her stepson, I really hate situations like that. Fortunately I never had a stepparent, but my mom had 2 of them, and though her stepmom was alright, her stepdad was horribly mean to them (my mom and her 2 brothers) and the bad thing is her mom went along with it. They liked their 'new' son much better and to this day my mom harbors bad feelings about it. Though her stepdad seems to think he was parent of the year and wants my mom to add a kitchen to her basement so he can move into the bedroom down there! Like she wants to take care of him after years of his abuse!

Hopefully your neighbor's kid has more support and won't be too affected by her behavior, but I'm sure it's hard for him either way. I just don't understand people who marry someone with a kid, knowing that they have a kid, and then don't want the kid around or resent him. I mean, you knew he was part of the package before you married his dad so you should have thought about that!

It would annoy me too if she kept asking for my advice only to totally disregard it-why make me waste my time telling you stuff if you don't even care!?!

Oh, and my friend's baby, I forgot to mention, was the fussiest infant after she started feeding him solids. I told her maybe it was cause his little tummy wasn't ready to digest all that food (he literally fussed or cried all day long) but she refused to believe that. Also tried to tell her that instead of using suppositories and switching him to a low-iron formula to combat his constipation that she could just remove the rice cereal (which we all know has tons of iron), but again, I did not know what I was talking about.

 

[DisKim]

Molly and Lily are so cute!!

I had to come here and vent about a situation that I'm not really allowed to share with anyone yet. One of my best friends just had a baby (she'll be 3 weeks tomorrow). She is one of the nicest people you'd ever want to know. Well, her husband is leaving her. He told her he has been having an affair. He apparently even brought the woman to her home the night that she had the baby. I'm so sickened by the whole situation. She also had a 5 year old son who is my son's best friend. I just can't believe this is happening to people I love so much.

 

[lulu71]

Hi fellow new moms! This is my first post on this thread - I apologize if this has been discussed already.

Anyone who is an exclusive breast pumper with advice would be great. How many ounces are you getting per pump, how many times are you pumping per day and how long are your pumping sessions? I'm pumping about 5x per day for 15 minutes each and only getting about 1-2 oz. per pump. This is driving me insane. My doctor wrote me a prescription for Reglan yesterday and I plan to start the routine this weekend (when DH is home all day, it could make you sleepy). She told me that 90% of her patients who tried this saw a serious increase in milk supply. It's a stomach med like Pepcid, but has been known to work for increasing milk supply if taken for 13 days exactly as directed.

 

[tkyes]

molly and lily are adorable!

sorry about the neighbor situation - that would drive me crazy too.

lulu - i'm just pumping. i was doing what you were doing and getting a small amount. i noticed that i was never "full" pumping that often. i waited until i was full. now i only pump 3 times a day and get 3 - 4 ounces a time. so, i guess i'm getting the same amount overall, just pumping a lot less which is great. oh, i pump anywhere from 10 - 20 minutes. i get most of my milk by 10 minutes though. it's tough to get a good supply just pumping. the baby is really the one who stimulates production. i tried to get him back on to produce more milk, but he wasn't interested.

 

[Alice28]

Ladies- I fell off the Gymbo wagon. But I only spent $50.89 and got 6 shirts, a pair of pants for DS7, 2 underpants, sunglasses and socks! All for the boys except for the socks!

 

[castlegazer]

I pump during the day while at work and I get between 4-5 oz each time, on Mondays sometimes 6 oz in the morning pump. I pump three times a day and by the weeks end I get less and sometimes down to about 2 oz. I pump for about 5-10 minutes with a double Medela pump. My baby is 4 months old.

I need the baby suckling to stimulate production so by weeks end my supply has diminished a lot during the day. I nurse at night and the supply has stayed the same then. That is why on Mondays I have so much too, I nurse on weekends during the day.

Pumping is a lousy way to keep up my milk supply. I hope it goes OK for you, I just know if I didn't have the weekends to build back up on, I would probably have to stop pumping during the day after about 2 weeks.

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

Hello everyone! Mind if I join in?? Our baby Lucas was born on Monday weighing in at 6 lbs, 5 oz.

He is our first so any advice anyone has, I'm more than willing to hear! So far, DH and I are just marveling over him and the fact that we are now parents. We're not having too many problems yet, except for his weight. Before we left the hospital, he lost 9% of his body weight and I've been attempting to BF, so we now have to supplement with formula, hopefully just until my milk comes in (which it hasn't yet - from what I understand, it should be any time now).

I'm looking forward to hearing your stories and expertise. You all have such adorable babies! What a good-looking group!

Here are a few pics of our little guy.

 

[DisneyPhD]

Hello everyone! Mind if I join in?? Our baby Lucas was born on Monday weighing in at 6 lbs, 5 oz.

He is our first so any advice anyone has, I'm more than willing to hear! So far, DH and I are just marveling over him and the fact that we are now parents. We're not having too many problems yet, except for his weight. Before we left the hospital, he lost 9% of his body weight and I've been attempting to BF, so we now have to supplement with formula, hopefully just until my milk comes in (which it hasn't yet - from what I understand, it should be any time now).

I'm looking forward to hearing your stories and expertise. You all have such adorable babies! What a good-looking group!

Here are a few pics of our little guy.

Congraduations!!!!!!!!!

Here is 2 web sites for bf support, I know it can be a challange at 1st, but woth it to keep going at. There are a lot of women on the dis that are bf supporters so if the new moms can't help you, someone around here can.

http://www.drjaygordon.com/bf/index.htm

http://www.breastfeeding.com/

Welcome!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Welcome lulu, Castlegazer, and SL!!! Glad you could join us!

DisneyPhD~ Your girls are adorable!

Alice~ Sorry you are dealing with your neighbor. I know a few people like her and they drive me crazy as well! As far as Gymboree...well, at least you are making progress, sounds like you didn't buy any girl clothes this time, lol!

DisKim~ Wow, that is terrible that your friend's hubby did that! Sounds like a creep. Hopefully just having a good friend like you will help during her difficult time.

As far as me, nothing new to report today. DD is actually taking a nap during the day which is the first time she has slept during the day in weeks! She will sleep some during the day but only if I am holding her. She is actually in her bassinet right now. I am glad for the break but dread tonight b/c she is such a good night sleeper and I fear this might mess that up. Oh, well, you do what you have to do!

Other than that, I am so excited to be in the process of planning our next vacation! It is killing me that it is still over 10 months away and I really can't do much planning yet. Oh, well! At least there is a trip in the works anyway!

 

[justhat]

Congrats on baby Lucas!! My milk took awhile to come in too, about a week, and that was with the help of herbal supplements. But when it did come in, it came in full force and I also got double mastitis! Madison lost 11% of her body weight by 4 days old, so we had to supplement too, but she had no trouble switching back when the time came. Good luck!

 

[joats]

I've been looking forward to joining this thread for some time now!
Our son Jacek (Jace) was born 6/17 at 8:38 am by scheduled c-section. He was 8 pounds, 3 oz and 21 1/4 long.
He's a very good baby and we've gotten into a little groove with him but we are not taking very good care of ourselves. It's hard to remember to rest when he sleeps, to find time to shower daily and to eat meals (lunch today was at 4:30pm LOL). So DH and I have decided to try and implement some more self care into our routine.

I look forward to reading more about everyone's experience and welcome any advice as I am a 1st time mom.

I am also breastfeeding. I didn't know it would hurt so much!! They are so full and hurt. OUCH!! He seems to be pretty good at BFing but it seems like I am making more than he's taking and it's painful.

Hope you all don't mind me joining the thread!

 

[justhat]

Congrats on baby Jace!

 

[Jenn Lynn]

I've been looking forward to joining this thread for some time now!
Our son Jacek (Jace) was born 6/17 at 8:38 am by scheduled c-section. He was 8 pounds, 3 oz and 21 1/4 long.
He's a very good baby and we've gotten into a little groove with him but we are not taking very good care of ourselves. It's hard to remember to rest when he sleeps, to find time to shower daily and to eat meals (lunch today was at 4:30pm LOL). So DH and I have decided to try and implement some more self care into our routine.

I look forward to reading more about everyone's experience and welcome any advice as I am a 1st time mom.

I am also breastfeeding. I didn't know it would hurt so much!! They are so full and hurt. OUCH!! He seems to be pretty good at BFing but it seems like I am making more than he's taking and it's painful.

Hope you all don't mind me joining the thread!

Congratulations!

BFing can be painful at first and it will all even out.

 

[DisneyPhD]

I've been looking forward to joining this thread for some time now!
Our son Jacek (Jace) was born 6/17 at 8:38 am by scheduled c-section. He was 8 pounds, 3 oz and 21 1/4 long.
He's a very good baby and we've gotten into a little groove with him but we are not taking very good care of ourselves. It's hard to remember to rest when he sleeps, to find time to shower daily and to eat meals (lunch today was at 4:30pm LOL). So DH and I have decided to try and implement some more self care into our routine.

I look forward to reading more about everyone's experience and welcome any advice as I am a 1st time mom.

I am also breastfeeding. I didn't know it would hurt so much!! They are so full and hurt. OUCH!! He seems to be pretty good at BFing but it seems like I am making more than he's taking and it's painful.

Hope you all don't mind me joining the thread!

~ Welcome! ~


I remember those days "wake up mommy wants you to eat. Please eat mommy really wants to feed you now." I was so amazed that not only did my body know how to grow this child, it knows how and when to feed it. If you forget it even reminds you. Pump and get a good supply in the frezzer now. It will give you some freedom later. It will get less painfull soon. The 1st 2 weeks to a month is the most difficult, after that it really all the hard work pays off. (your ****s will stop leaking soon too.) It is amazing how the female body works. I always thought it was unfair that I finally had Porn star ****s and I had to wear pads on them to cover the leaks!

And my 1st advice is "never welcome advice!" You will get more then you ever dreamed off.

Lots of new babies, but then again June is a great time for that!

And thank you everyone for the kind words about the girls pictures. I think they are cute too.

 

[J&D]

I've gotten behind again .... will need to catch up later.

Congrats to all the new mommies!

I've decided not to teach school next year. I'm looking forward to being a stay-at-home mom.

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