The Official New Mom Thread

[KristiKelly]

Thanks everyone!!!

KristiKelly --

I don't know how I didn't see the pictures of Mary Grace! She is a cutie! What a beautiful group of children you have.

Gretchen

I had not posted them on the Moms to be thread, it was a separate thread introducing our "little souvenir" . Just think, in less than 2 monthes, I will be taking our "little souvenir" to WDW.

Speaking of WDW, does anyone know where I can find infant Princess clothing in 0-3 or 3-6 monthes? Mary Grace will turn 3 monthes while we are @ WDW, I have PS for breakfast at CRT. DD5 will be wearing her Belle dress and I thought it would be cute if I could find a little t-shirt or onesie with a Princess on it. She does have some little Winnie the Pooh outfits that I got her @ Hechts over the weekend I'll use if I can't find anything.

 

[castlegazer]

My daughter is wearing her "princess in training" t-shirt from WDW today actually. Its a three-six month size. Its from WDW - friends just brought it back for us. Its pink with Minnie on it in a princess outfit. You could try Disney Direct or call the WDW shopping line or get it when you get down there.

 

[justhat]

We did the CRT breakfast when Madison was 3 months old and we got her these princess bibs from Babies R Us. We got a blue Cinderella bib and green and purple Ariel bib. They look like little dresses, and they're called 'outfit bibs'. At 3 months it was the length of a dress on Madison. I will take a photo of one of them later and post it.

 

[Alice28]

Molly slept from 10:30-6:15 last night! I feel halfway human! She's been sleeping 8 hour stretches off and on for awhile now, but from like 7:30-3ish or 8-4. Funny how it always seems to coincide with the feeding of solids for my kids (the bigger stretches of sleep). Makes sense I guess- fuller tummies=more sleep! I should be putting her in her crib for nighttime, but her bedroom is downstairs and I am paranoid of her being down and me being up. (We only have two bedrooms upstairs- a big one the boys share and a medium one for DH and I....the downstairs bedroom was an office for a long, long time---it's not that big...not big enough for DH and I to switch with her unless we remodel). I have told myself repeatedly I am going to put her down there in Sept....the other thing that's preventing me from putting her down there is that I have an AC in our window- I can't hear a thing with it on...that's why I gave myself the Sept timeline cause I probably won't be using the AC and I can hear the baby monitor clear as a bell. I have a feeling I will be sleeping on the couch the first several nights anyway.

 

[justhat]

If only solids had that effect for Madison! When we started solids was when she started having sleeping problems. Last night wasn't bad though, she went to bed at 10 and slept till 4, went right back to sleep when I laid her on her tummy (she was sitting up), then slept till 6:30 when she stood next to me in my bed. She laid in my bed with me for about an hour till she wanted to start playing (plus she heard daddy in the other room getting ready to leave). For Madison last night was like a miracle. She's been slowly improving, but it's definitely been and will continue to be a long road.

 

[DisneyPhD]

Thanks everyone!!!



I had not posted them on the Moms to be thread, it was a separate thread introducing our "little souvenir" . Just think, in less than 2 monthes, I will be taking our "little souvenir" to WDW.

Speaking of WDW, does anyone know where I can find infant Princess clothing in 0-3 or 3-6 monthes? Mary Grace will turn 3 monthes while we are @ WDW, I have PS for breakfast at CRT. DD5 will be wearing her Belle dress and I thought it would be cute if I could find a little t-shirt or onesie with a Princess on it. She does have some little Winnie the Pooh outfits that I got her @ Hechts over the weekend I'll use if I can't find anything.

They do have princess onies and such at WDW. They were very cute by Lily had such much we didn't need to get her any (but I wanted to.) I got Lily a priness dress from the online Disney store last year with a bib that said Lily on it. She never wears bibs though. It was pretty cute anyway. I found some princess outfits that had snow white and cinderella on them, they weren't printed but sewn on and really cute.


KristiKelly, I love the name Mary Grace, my name is Mary (Ruth) and you don't hear it much any more.

We have 2 large bedrooms upstairs (now that the addtion is finally done, one year later!!) and 2 small ones on the 1st floor. Lily slept with us for a while (6 months) and then finally moved in with her big sister who thank God sleeps really well and nothing wakes her. Now that we are upstairs they both share the big room up there, but if Anna wanted she could go downstairs to the old master bedroom (our old bed is still there). I like having them both where I can get to them easier, but when Anna is older she may want to sleep down there.

For the past couple days Lily has been doing some 4 hour strechs. I will take what I can get. Much better then every 2 hours. 2 am and 6 am has been the pattern lately, I can take that. Much better then 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 that she had been doing for a long time.

We are coming up on one year, my how times flys!

 

[gwcollins71]

Dis PhD,

My cousin's name is Mary Ruth too. I had never heard her name anywhere else either.

Gretchen

 

[lissawynn]

We have a Mary Ruth on the h.s. faculty. She teaches German. She's such a nice lady!

How can I still need stuff for WDW? I am leaving in approx. 24 hours, and I still have to get a few things!

The real estate agent was by earlier to walk through the house. She's very confident that our house will sell in no time if we ever decide to put it on the market. The bank also got back to us with our pre-approval amount. It'a a heck of a lot more than we're ever going to spend, but it's nice to know we can get what we want.

 

[justhat]

I found a picture of Madison wearing one of her princess bibs on our last trip to Disney. Of course it no longer looks like a dress on her since she was 13 months in the photo, but you get the idea.

She was also wearing her princess dress and sweater that day, which we got in WDW when she was 3 months old. Here are some photos of that dress. I'm not sure what sizes it comes in, but hers was 18 months so they might make them smaller too. As you can see, she was a big fan of the princesses .

 

[vald1977]

Hi everyone,
I just got back from Katrina's 2 week check-up (a couple of days late) and she already weighs 7 pounds 13 ounces! She was back to her birth weight of 6 pounds 10 ounces last Monday. I'm so glad she's a happy, healthy girl.

My sorority sisters gave me a surprise baby shower on Tuesday. It was a lot of fun. They all got to come over and meet the baby. She got lots of cute clothes too.

I have seen those Disney bibs at Babies R Us and they are too cute. That would work perfectly for a little one to have a princess outfit very easily.

Well, I hope everyone is doing well.

 

[Alice28]

Cute pics Justthat! And I'm glad you got some more showering Val! Gifts and good times with friends are always a plus.

Time out for a Robin whine-vent:

I just want to cry... I don't feel well. I have a headache, bordering on a migraine...why I am sitting here at the computer, i do not know. I have imitrex shots, but usually my DH will give them to me as they hurt and it's hard to psyche yourself up to give yourself a shot. Well, we all know where DH is....I haven't had a migraine in quite some time.

I'm sick of DH being gone. I'm sick of the hot weather. I'm sick of neighbor kids just appearing in my yard (just went in the back- I *thought* my 4 and 7 year olds were at the neighbors, swimming. No, my 4 year old is back in our little pool with the neighbor 4 year old girl who just invited herself over into our pool!!!!!!!!! I got a little pissed- she's all ,"My mom said I could.." And I said, "Jasmine, I didn't know you were here and you are not allowed in our pool unless I know!" And she was telling Josh to take his swim trunks off and he was starting too!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH). So I sent her home.

Anyway, I'm sick of DH being gone. Sick, sick, sick. My parents are treating us to WDW this Sept and I almost starting crying today while watching some WDW special and thinking how Bob won't be there with us and this whole thing just SUCKS and I hate it and I hate being alone and I hate being with the kids freaking 24/7 most days. I do get breaks (like when the neighbors take the boys or when my parents are here) but it's not the same as asking your spouse to watch them while you go get a massage or even go to the grocery store by yourself for god's sake.

I'm also really ready to wean Molly. I never thought I would say that, but she has never been a hearty nurser like the boys were, but man can she suck down a bottle. It's been so hot, and so uncomfortable to nurse (body heat, sweat, etc)....I just am not enjoying it like I did with the boys and it makes me so SAD....I'm crying as I type this. But I just feel like it's one more dam* expectation and it's just hard for me right now. In my head I know formula is perfectly fine- I was a formula baby and who cares in the end, I mean really. I was just SO the nursing "professional" with the boys- they were seriously 20 months and 28 months when they finally weaned themselves 100%. I never intended to nurse them beyond a year, it just happened that way (and I was working when they were babies too! I am staying at home now...). Molly will be 5 months on August 8th and I really feel I gave her a lot of the benefits of breast milk and yada, yada, so to just ease up on myself. I dunno....it's like once the decision is made, it's made and there's no going back.

Sorry for the dump gals....I just sooooo put on the happy face most of the time and I know if I called up one of my girlfriends or my mother I would just be a blubbering mess and I don't feel like doing that right now. I also haven't spoken to DH in 2 weeks and I know that's part of my sadness....I did get an email from him...he heard some speech by Rumsfeld at his base and was THIS CLOSE to shaking hands with him, but a commanding officer cut in his way. My DH is VERY into politics- it's a hobby and passion of his and he would have like to shake Sec. Rumsfeld's hand, you know?

 

[copper68]

oh alice28...

my heart goes out to you.. i wish you lived closer.. i would take care of all the little kiddies and send you to the best spa ever!!

i know there isn't anything i can say to make it all better.. but, know i am thinking of you.. like my mother always said.. "this too shall pass"...

i know i know, that's not a lot of help.. prayers and pd your way..

Leah

 

[DisKim]

Alice28 - I wish I could help you . You have every right to vent. I don't know how you do it. Just cheer yourself up by thinking that your DH will eventually come back and both of you will appreciate each other so much. As far as the breastfeeding issue goes, 5 months is great! Do whatever makes you feel good. I've been having issues with breastfeeding Aidan too. It can be a pain. I felt isolated from my family when I had to go into the nursing room 3 times during our day at Sesame Place. I agree that it gets so darn hot. I put a receiving blanket under his head so he doesn't sweat all over my arm. I've been thinking about giving it up too. The only problem is he doesn't want to. He hates bottles. By the way, I hope your migraine clears up. I don't know how you can look at a computer screen with a migrain coming on. I get them sometimes myself.

 

[DisneyPhD]

Dis PhD,

My cousin's name is Mary Ruth too. I had never heard her name anywhere else either.

Gretchen

Too funny, talk about a small world. I don't supose your husbands name is Paul or anyone else in your family is Anna.


Alice28, heres a hug Keep in mind, Molly will be starting soilds soon (if she hasn't already) and bf will be less demanding soon. However keeping it up and really help during any ill or difficult times. Also it still can save you a lot of money not buying forluma and God knows that money can be used better in other places. So here is some encouragment and good vibes coming your way.

 

[gwcollins71]

Alice -- Big hugs your way. I am amazed at how you survive with your husband gone. I can barely manage with my Dh at work for the day only. I totally lost it when he would have to go on business trips for a week or so. I would have to preplan my week so I had "activities" to keep myself occupied. That was before Lily arrived. Now I don't know what I'm going to do when he has a business trip. I call him several times a day now just so I can hear his voice. I actually called him at work yesterday so he could talk to Lily so she would stop crying. She was soooooooo fussy. He thought I was crazy, but it worked. She is definately daddy's princess.

I don't envy your situation. I am dying with Lily, I can't imagine how you manage with all three of yours. God bless you and take it easy, or at least try to.


DisPhD -- No I guess that's where the similarities end. No Annas in my family and DH's name is Mike.

Gretchen

 

[lissawynn]

We're leaving for WDW today and I still have a million things to do. I did manage to get the desktop hooked up to our DSL connection yesterday, so I'll be taking the laptop with me. Whether or not I actually use the net while in WDW, I don't know. I will, however be downloading all of our pics and working on my trip report.
I think we're leaving sometime afroun 4-5 P.M. We probably won't get to see DH before we leave, so that's a bummer. I am just hoping for a smooth ride down. The magic will kick in and everything else will work itself out when we his Disney property.

Alice 28 I think you have every right to vent, so do it! I honestly don't know how you manage w/o your DH there to help you. I was worn our the past two weeks b/c DH was working tons of hours, but he's here every night.
Hire yourself a sitter and take a day for yourself.
As far as the bf goes, all of you who do it are troopers. I think after five months I would have gone .

 

[copper68]

lissawynn-i'm soooo jealous!! but, we leave in a few weeks.. have fun!! and just remember.. jimmy is in charge of your schedule!! it will make for a really nice trip when he gets what he wants..

 

[KristiKelly]

Alice28, I'm so sorry you're feeling the way you do. I can't imagine what you're going through. As far as BF'ing goes, just do the best you can. DS quit BF'ing @ 5-1/2 monthes and went on formula 100%, he made the adjustment better than I did. Just know that she has gotten tons of benefits from these 5 monthes and if you do decide to go 100% on formula she'll be fine. We are going to WDW in Sept. as well. I don't know how that's going to go, we're driving from NC. That's about a 10 hour drive without baby, probably 2 days with . I know you'll miss your DH but still try to enjoy yourself. I hope you feel better soon.

Justthat, I love the bibs! I was just at BRU on Sat, I wish I had known to look for them. I tried to find them on their website but didn't see them.

 

[justhat]

Alice28
My husband is often gone for a couple of days at a time, and most of the time when Madison's awake, but at least he is here some of the time, so I can understand how hard it must be for you to have your husband gone all the time, plus have 2 other kids. Being a parent 24/7 is exhausting, no matter how much you love being around your kids, you do need some time of your own to keep your sanity.

As far as the breastfeeding goes, I sorta had thoughts like that when Madison was around 6 months and starting solids. We went to DL the day she turned 6 months and she refused to nurse almost all day. We waited to start solids till we got back, so she was exclusively nursing at that point. Well she was so interested in DL she did not want to take a break to nurse. Even when we went to the baby care centers she would rather look at the other babies in the room than nurse. Eventually she'd be starving and have no choice but to eat. Well after a few days I quit forcing her and let her eat when she wanted to instead of at the times that she was used to eating at home. As a result of her eating strike my milk supply had begun to diminish by the time we got home. When I started her on cereal the next day, I couldn't even get any milk pumped to mix with the cereal. So I used some formula instead, and Madison hated it-gagged, vomited, choked, everything. I tried giving her a bottle of formula when she got angry that not enough breastmilk was coming out, but she gagged again and stopped taking it.

So Madison made the decision for me, but in the end I'm glad she did. Once she was regularly eating solids, I was nursing her much less so it wasn't really any issue anyway. I think you said Molly is eating solids now, so as she eats more solids you'll have to nurse her less, so it will probably be easier than it is now. It was also much easier when we went on vacation to not have to bring bottles. If you do stop though, don't feel bad about it. I was formula fed too and I'm okay .

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

Alice28 -

Justhat - cute pics of Madison at WDW!

Lissawynn - have a great trip.