Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:05 PM
We have this local nursing store that has a "try before you buy" program where you can take a sling home and try it for four days before you decide to buy it. I've been trying the moby wrap and Seth loves it (most of the time). I've been putting him in it every time he gets tired and it puts him to sleep faster than anything else. He has a tendency to force himself to stay awake, which makes him overtired and really cranky. So the wrap is making it alot easier to put him to sleep, he's actually sleeping in it right now, yay! I think I'm going to try one more sling before I buy this one though, just to make sure I get the best one.
Has anyone ever used MyPublisher? It's a website where you can make a photobook and then order it online. Yesterday I made a Birth Story book. It has some of our maternity photos, our birth story, photos from the hospital and then thenewborn photos. I think this is alot easier then developing photos and putting them in an album.
Argh we have to get the H1N1 vaccine but the line-ups are so long plus Danny has several side jobs this week and no time to stand in line. It's such a pain in the butt.
I've been making a lot of slow cooker meals lately. Danny and I are going to try and eat vegetarian suppers a couple times a week to save on money. Does anyone have any good vegetarian slow-cooker recipes?
I can't believe it's November already!
Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 12:19 PM
That's how much I have left to lose to get to the weight I want to be at which is 5lbs more than my pre-pregnancy weight. BUT I'm sure the leftover halloween chips I'm eating right now probably isn't helping lol.
Oh my Seth is squealing, gooing and gaaing so loud right now. I love all the sounds he is making now. I swear sometimes he is saying "Hi" and "bleu" lol...
So my brother and D came for a visit this weekend. It went really well. They got Seth some really cute gifts but the best gift they're giving him is an Education Savings Plan! They're putting some money in an RESP each week for Seth, isn't that fantastic? Seth was really good while they were here. There were a few times I had to take him upstairs to calm him down. He gets really overstimulated and even with a few new people around he gets all worked up. But overall I was impressed with how great he was this weekend. On halloween we dressed Seth up as Tigger and D and Danny carved a pumpkin each. Danny carved Seth's name into his pumpkin which was super cute.
Sunday after J and D left we baked a cake for our friend N and B and then headed over to visit their newborn! She was SO tiny. I honestly do not remember Seth being that small! When Seth was born I couldn't imagine him getting any cuter, well I believe he has! The chubbier he gets the more adorable he becomes. He is changing everyday and I absolutely love watching him develop into a little man!!!
So I really have to start making bigger suppers so I can have some leftovers for lunch, and not just eat chips. I think my slow cooker is going to be my best friend. Right now I have some pork and cabbage cooking, it smells awesome. I wish it was ready to eat though.
What else is new? Well I'm starting to pump some milk everyday so I can build a freezer supply. I pump 3oz each morning. We haven't been practicing giving Seth a bottle. We really have to start doing this. Sometime soon I'm going to go out so Danny can try giving him the bottle. I hope it goes smoothly. Maybe I'll go grocery shopping or maybe for a massage... hmmm
Anyways, I'm gonna go eat another halloween chip bag!
Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:25 AM
I find our house looks messy one day then tidy the next then messy again.... I finally was able to do some tidying this morning. Cleaning is hard when you have a baby.
So we went to the LC on Friday, and she gave us a few tips on how to cope with the fast flow and the colic. Mainly the best way to feed with a fast flow is leaning back (or all the was on your back) or on your side. She also recommended giving Seth a probiotic, so we picked some bio gaia up yesterday and are going to try giving it to him each day. I've read some good things about it. Also I think I may bring him to my chiro, she specializes in pregnancy and infants. Danny thinks the chiro is a waste of time, but I swear by it and we're covered - I think using everything we have to make our baby comfortable is worth it. He doesn't mind bringing him he just doesn't think it will help, but I think it's worth a try.
Seth isn't too bad at nights. Last week we tried just putting him in his swing and Danny didn't want me to pick him up when he cried. I didn't and it felt horrible, he only cried for a few minutes but it felt like an hour. The next night, I decided that I would jsut go lay upstairs with him, lay him on my chest and let him cry on me, that way I'm there to comfort him and he won't feel alone. Well it worked. He would cry for a few minutes, eat, then sleep then wake, cry eat, sleep, and so on until he fell into a deep sleep.
We went and hung out with our friends S and W on Saturday. I went baby shopping with S and her daughter H, while Danny went to the movies with W. It was a good time except Seth was pretty fussy in the car. I had to hold him pretty much the whole time we were shopping. I've been using my sling a lot more but he doesn't like it too much I think it's cause the fabric is restricting, it's linen and thus not very stretchy. I'm going to look into getting a wrap. Anyways, I got a ton of baby clothes for a pretty good price and I picked up the Baby Book by Sears. This book is great. it gives tons of info and lots of ideas, I really wish I would have had this book before having Seth, I think I would have done alot differently at the hospital.
Tomorrow we're going to see our friends N and B. They just had a baby girl two weeks ago. I can't wait to see them and hold the baby :) Seth is so big now, I forget how small a newborn is. Ok Seth is still considered a newborn at 2 months, but he is so big now, he's fitting into 3month and some 6 month clothes, and his socks are sized 12-18 months - he has big feet for a baby! Danny's hoping he becomes a football or hackey player with his size lol.
Okay, I know all I talk about now is Seth but I can't help it - my life revolves around him now :) He's starting to make SO many different sounds, sometimes I swear he is saying "hi" haha, I love the "goos" and "gaas" and the HUGE smiles he shoots at us (even if it's followed by a loud cry!)... He's starting to really stare at his hands. Danny and I are both lefties and it looks like Seth may be one also, the last couple days I've caught him holding his left hand an inch away from his face and just starting at it. He only does this with his left hand! So I guess time will tell. I know there's a lot of controversy around bed sharing, but I have to say I feel the best thing we've done as parents so far is deciding to bed share. It's so much easier to feed at night, it doesn't even bother me that there are nights where I'm up every two hours, since I'm not up very long. I feel like Seth is safer sleeping on me or next to me, and I know he also feels better this way. I love waking up to my peaceful baby beside me or with my baby grinning at me with the cutest little smile. I really didn't think I would bed share before having Seth but I had no idea how special it would feel :)
My brother, J and his partner D are coming this weekend to finally see Seth! He called me yesterday asking what we needed and what we wanted for Seth, I think they're pretty excited and may go overboard with the gifts lol. He told me they had a huge stuffed dog in the backseat of their car already hah I really don't know where we're going to put this dog...??.
Well I better get going before Seth wakes from his nap!
Happy hump day!
Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 7:22 AM
Seth was only a little fussy last night! Danny picked up some ovol drops yesterday after work and we gave Seth a bit when he was pushing and straining, and voila he farted! He also had a few short naps yesterday evening and then I went up to bed with him to breastfeed lying down at around 9 and we both fell asleep!!! I think he woke up 3 to 4 hours after that and then about every two hours. AND boy did he ever fart alot last night! I think those drops really got him going, thankfully. I got up with Danny at around 5 and now Seth is napping ! Phew. He feeds really well at night, he'll eat a bit then pass out and we go back to sleep, or I'm able to feed lying down and we just both fall asleep afterwards, which is nice. But it's in the morning and during the day the feedings are more complicated because he's awake enough to get angry at my flow, poor thing. He'll eat for a few minutes then squirm around and then latch off crying. I try to pump or hand express the letdown but it still doesn't seem to help it. So I'm really hoping the lactation consultants can help today.
So I'm looking to buy some good parenting books. I have a few like 'What to expect the first year' and 'Breastfeeding made Simple' - which is REALLY good, and another medical one. But I'd like some others, I've heard that the Sears books are really good, any suggestions?
When I was pregnant, I was SO worried that Danny wouldn't find me attractive after giving birth, was I ever wrong lol. I can't believe how into me he has been lately. As soon as Seth is napping, the first thing Danny wants to do is have sex, and he can't stop saying how hot I am, which is weird because most days I wear pjs all day with no makeup and sometimes no shower! AND he actually watched the whole birth down there, I thought it was really going to turn him off of sex for awhile, but no, he was ready to do it pretty much the next day. He always surprises me... It helps though because I probably wouldn't be up for lovin' lately if it weren't for him being so into it. It really has made the last couple weeks less stressful.
Anyways, like I've mentioned a thousand times, we're going to see the lactation consultants today. I'm excited because I just want to get some advice about the flow issues and hopefully they can have some advice on how to get Seth to take the bottle better. Has anyone else had problems introducing the bottle? We've tried a few kinds and the best so far is the playtex bottle. He's not very good at it and he barely eats anything from it. Although, we haven't tried giving it to him lately, so we'll have to get back into trying everyday, but I was scared to lately since he was having problems with gas.
Edmo - I tried replying to you in my last post. What kind of pacifier did Boston eventually take? We've tried four kinds with Seth and so far he pushes all of them out with his tongue - It's like he has no idea what to do with it.
Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:22 AM
Last night we had Seth's first shots and his two month check-up. He pretty well cried the whole way there (that's what we get for booking the appt in the evening), then once we're there he eats and then acts fussy. So we're in the room waiting and the nurse/receptionist comes in to weigh him and Seth is on my lap. She says "Does he like to be held?" I say "yeah most of the time", she says "oh that's hard because then they get spoiled." Danny just said "well when a baby is crying you pick him up." I'm sorry but what a moron. You work in a Pediatrician's office and you actually believe that holding a newborn too much will spoil him. I AM SO SICK of hearing this. I wonder if she thinks I spoiled him while I held him in my belly for nine months, maybe I should have tried getting induced early so I wouldn't risk spoiling him! STUPID. People are dumb.
Anyways, I started crying and breaking down right before she came in. I've just gone through three weeks of evening crying fits and I think it's about time I broke down. Danny kept saying that I'm so strong but last night I had to let it out right there in the doctor's office. Once the doctor was in I explained Seth's crying fits and as I expected he just said it was colic and they don't know what it is - gee thanks. He told me to try gas drops and gripe water. I think Doctors just say there's nothing you can do because they're too damn lazy to investigate. I don't like this doctor very much. And I certainly don't like the nurse. I trust the lactation consultants and take their advice way more seriously then I do the doctor's...
Surprisingly, Seth wasn't too bad last night. When we got home he was sleeping so I quickly ran a bath but two minutes after I got in he woke crying. Danny brought him to me and I fed him in the bath for quite awhile then we washed him up and I got out to care for my crying fussy baby. Danny went to bed at 9 and after that I was able to calm Seth down. I nursed him while swaying back and forth. I did this for over an hour, I watched modern Family, Cougar Town, and a bit of Eastwick while standing and nursing. I was finally able to go up to bed at around 10:30! WOW that's a record. I usually get to bed at around midnight. So last night was a good night and there wasn't as much crying as usual. I don't want to get my hopes up, BUT I am sooo desperately hoping that this is the beginning of the end to Seth's crying fits. We shall see.
He's sleeping in his swing now! yippee! I really have to get our announcement cards sent - I've waited so long. And I have to get started on Thank you cards, I'm so behind in everything...
OH I forgot to add that Seth is 13lbs and 1 oz! Holy my boy is growing fast!!!!!
Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:31 AM
Our family at the wedding
At the hunting camp
I miss you Daddy!
Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:38 AM
So I'm back from my 2 week trip. BIL's wedding was okay, it was tough on both Danny and I. Danny was in the wedding party and didn't have the greatest time and my parents were supposed to come to help me with the baby but my Uncle was in the hospital so they couldn't come. After the wedding weekend we headed to our hometown to visit family and for Danny to go hunting. It was nice to see everyone but oh my gosh it was exhausting. First off I got mastitis on the way home. I had lumps in one of my breasts and I ended up getting a fever - not so fun when you're travelling with a little one. It went away within a few days thank goodness. Seth was very fussy while we were there, poor guy. Every day he went through a fussy period, actually it occurred every single evening and it still is happening. He tends to be gassy in the evenings and he's also tired but forces himself awake. It's SO hard to put him asleep. Plus I felt like he was being passed from person to person way too much. At the end of our stay, I was so ready to go home everyone was irritating me. Everyone had their stupid opinions and even though they wouldn't say them outright they implied them. My Dad kept saying I overfed Seth, my IL's were also thinking this, my Mom seemed to be irritated with the fact that it was hard for me to go out with Seth because he was so cranky. We were at the hunting camp one day and MIL had Seth, he started rooting on her and I told her he was hungry but she kept trying to calm him down, so I must have told her around 4 times that he was hungry but she wouldn't give him to me. I had to go up and take Seth out of her arms.... They bottlefed their kids so they are not used to how often a breastfed baby needs to eat plus Seth tends to "snack" and take his time at the breast, they just don't understand that. Anyways, I was at my wits end. Everyone was irritating me plus Danny was hunting in the bush so I was on my own. Although it was stressful I'm glad we went and the family got to see Seth, there was alot of good quality time spent with them, I'm just really glad to be home and just be our little family for awhile.
Danny's hunting group got two Moose. Seth and I were at the camp when they got the second moose. Seth had his little hunting outfit on and he would not take his eyes off Danny, it was so sweet. I guess because he hadn't seen him in a few days at that point when he saw him and heard his voice he wouldn't stop staring at him.
So we're back home now and trying to get back into some sort of schedule. Seth is terribly fussy in the evenings, I'd say it's almost colic. It takes hours to put him to sleep and he's gassy most nights. It's like my exercise starts at around 5pm every night because that's when the bouncing, rocking, jogging up and down the stairs, doing squats around the house, bouncing on the bed, any type of movement you can imagine with Seth in my arms to try and calm him down. Danny will only take him for a few minutes before he passes him back to me. He can't seem to handle the crying and he's told me he feels useless, although he's been so helpful in other ways like taking care of the house and making sure I'm comfortable. It's so hard because Seth is so smiley and happy all day long and then 5pm hits and Danny gets home and the fussiness starts. Danny rarely sees him happy and feels like only I can calm Seth down. Plus Seth will root in the evening but will not eat. I don't think it's anything I'm eating, I don't eat dairy, wheat, I only have a few sips of coffee in the morning. He had the rest of his tongue tie clipped yesterday morning and his latch feels tighter so maybe that will help some. I'm pretty sure it's due to my fast flow/let-down. When I let-down I can seriously shoot my milk like 4 to 5 feet at times, it's insane and kind of fun when I aim it at Danny lol. We're going to go back to see the lactation consultants on Friday, we need some help. I tried feeding on one side per feeding and the block feedings but he gets so upset at night that I'm switching so much and I lose track. Plus getting the mastitis while we were away has discouraged me from doing the block feedings although I'm pretty sure it was caused by a tight bra and not enough fluids. Anyways, that is our problem lately, Seth is fussy in the evenings, my poor little baby. Anyone have any advice?
I've missed so much while I was away. Rachel having her baby! YAY and Kim finding out it's a girl! CONGRATS! What else have I missed, fill me in please!!!!
I'll try and post some pics later. Hope everyone is doing well.
Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:55 PM
I'm beginning to get some time during the day since Seth has finally started to take some daytime naps. I think I figured out why he was eating so much. I believe I have too much milk and a very fast flow. At the beginning of feedings Seth would always latch off and it would seem like he was choking and gagging on the milk because it was coming so fast. He was having alot of spit up also. I was feeding on both sides per feeding but I think he was getting too much foremilk and not enough hindmilk (the fatty milk). So the foremilk is digested quickly and then he wants to eat again soon. So I started doing 'blocked feedings' recently, where you feed on one side for several feedings, he gets more of the hindmilk and it eventually slows the milk production, so far it's really working. He seems way more satisfied and has been having way less spit-up. So I'm hoping it stays like this.
OMG I have the best MIL and FIL!They bought us a LAPTOP!!! Woohoo! The got it because they are so far away and it has a built in webcam so that they can see Seth more often. How awesome is that? I can't wait to get it! hehe
Other than that not much else is new. We've been having a few visitors here and there. And I'm finally getting caught up on housework while Seth snoozes during the day. I really have to start packing for the next couple weeks though, for BIL's wedding and our trip home.
OH I wanted to share a funny story. Maybe TMI but it's funny. Remember how I posted about how I was worried I perverted our cats? Well we've really done it now. Danny and I were having sex on the stairs one day and Heine climbed right in between Danny's legs to get in on the action. LOL I burst out laughing and couldn't stop. Danny thought for sure it was because Heine wanted to get up the stairs and saw no other route, but I'm sure he was just curious because we then moved to the bench by our table and Heine then jumped up on the table right near us... Yup definitely have perverted our cats :(
Well I'm off to do some laundry and have some lunch before my LO wakes up! Happy Hump day!