Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:21 AM
Okay so the past week or so I've been getting nauseous in the mornings for about 10-15 minutes. I though it was because I switched my prenatal pills to cheaper ones but today I didn't take the pill and I still feel nauseous. Danny thinks I should get a pregnancy test. Please tell me I can't be pregnant, it's only been three months, and I breastfeed every couple hours (around the clock!).
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 1:40 PM
I really do have an amazing husband!
On Saturday (my birthday), Danny took Seth and let me sleep in two extra hours! Then when I got up he had my b-fast and coffee made and gave me a gift to open. He bought me a really nice frame that says 'family', then he gave me the gift from my parents. My parents bought me a sewing machine!!! Remember how I was saying I wanted to learn ? Well my Mom sews and she really wants me to learn, so they bought me one, a really nice one. So once I start, prepare to have a lot of questions Sara and Rachel lol. Then Danny told me I ahd to be ready by 2. So I went for a nice relaxing bath and got ready, I actually felt pretty again haha. Then at two a bunch of my friends from work showed up with a ton of food from my favourite restaurant. Danny had planned the whole thing. He knew that we couldn't go very far with Seth and he knew that I missed them so he asked them all to come over and got my friend S to bring all the food that I like (Danny payed for it all though). Isn't he sweet?
I had so much fun seeing my friends. They got me some really nice gifts also. S and W got me a head massager, it looks really werid but it feels awesome. Danny loves it... After everyone else left, S and W stayed and hung out with us.
Then Sunday morning, Danny got up with Seth again and let me sleep in a couple hours. And I went and did the groceries on my own again. Danny tried the bottle, tube feeding, and feeding with the dropper, Seth wasn't having any of it. I think we're giving up on the bottle. I don't think he's ever going to take it. He's almost 3 months and he still hasn't taken it well at all. And since I'm a SAHM I'm not going to worry about it too much, it really isn't that big of a deal. So screw the bottle lol!
So overall I had a wonderful weekend! My hubby is so great to me :) We've been together over 8 years now (married for one), and I love him more than ever. I know mushy right? but it's so true...
Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 10:11 AM
Stretch marks....
Ok wth? I have absolutely NO stretch marks on my belly from pregnancy! Yippee And I thought I was clear until I turned around in front of the mirror the other day and saw some on my ASS! I then yelled at Danny for not telling me they were there. He said he hadn't noticed but then he took another look and laughed! hah thanks. Then I started examining my boobs, and yep some stretch marks there too.... Oh well they aren't huge... But it sux that I thought I was clear and then I notice a ton in one night....
Having a High Need Baby!
Okay after getting the Sears Baby Book and reading alot about High Need Babies online, I realized that is EXACTLY how we would describe Seth. We were always saying he was just fussy and colicky (although he does have alot of gas), high-need explains him much better. He always wanted to be held, ALWAYS wanted to eat, would NEVER sleep on his own (and still won't), does NOT like change at all (I mean I can't even go for a walk without him freaking and this explains why the two weeks back home were hell)! He's super intense, he honestly never stops moving, even in his sleep - everyone is astonished at how much he moves, really it's crazy lol. He's VERY demanding - he'll get what he wants but if he doesn't get it the WAY he wants it, it is not good enough! For instance there are times when I know he's hungry, he knows he's hungry but he will not eat unless he roots and positions himself! He is definitely NOT easy going! It's very exhausting... And people usually do not believe me. Like the other day both my Mom and MIL were astonished that he doesn't like the stroller. MIL said "I've never heard of a baby that doesn't like the car or the stroller" and my Mom just asked "even when you start going he doesn't like it?" UMMMM NO I've tried, he HATES the car I have to sit in the backseat and literally shake the seat and "SHHH" in his ear the entire ride. And for the stroller, I went shopping once with him and I ended up carrying him the entire time, while my friend pushed the stroller and every single time I've tried to go for walk I end up carrying him in one hand and pushing the stroller in the other... It's exhausting.
But I love my baby and he is seriously teaching us so much. I'm hoping we were given a high-needs baby first time around so that the next babies will be super easy on us lol The other day, Danny and I were dealing with a demanding freak out and Danny said "he doesn't like very much, eh?" (yes we say "eh" all the time)... I said that's not true and I went off to name all the things that our Baby Seth loves! He loves waking up in between his parents, this is when we get the biggest smiles. He loves getting his diaper changed, he squeals and giggles. He loves it when his Daddy pretends to sneeze, he giggles and reaches to touch his beard. He loves it when I sing 'Patty Cake' to him. He loves falling asleep in his baby wrap against his Mommy, He loves taking baths, and he absolutely LOVES getting kissed.... there's lots that he loves but it's just hard to remember these when we are in the midst of a crying fit. Which is funny because as soon as he smiles, we forget all those crying fits...
My birthday tomorrow!
It's my birthday tomorrow. I told Danny not to get me anything, since we're trying to pay off our debt. But he said he has something planned. Not sure what it is but I'm hoping whatever it is, it is cheap!
Hope everyone has a good weekend :)
Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 11:47 AM
Danny wakes up with Seth on the weekends and lets me sleep in, then when I wake up and I'm feeding Seth, Danny gets me coffee and makes me breakfast! I love him so much.... :)
On Saturday afternoon, I went grocery shopping for the first time since Seth was born! Danny has been doing it and he just has been spending way too much even if I write him a list. So I went on my own and it felt great! I know grocery shopping, yippee, right? But I was on my own without baby for about two hours! Wow. Danny stayed with Seth. I left while Seth was napping. When he woke up Danny tried giving him the bottle and he refused to take it. Even though on Friday, I tried giving Seth a bottle and he drank a bit out of it (he wasn't great at it though but he took it). Danny even tried feeding him with a medicine dropper, and Seth wasn't happy with that either. When I got home he settled down and I fed him. Yup he's attached to his Mommy! We're going to have to keep working at it. It's obviously too soon to be leaving him for long periods of time considering he's a high-need baby. So an hour or two here and there, will hopefully ease him into gettting used to being without me. But it's no rush since I'm a SAHM.
Then Saturday night, my best friend S was in town! She was here for an interview, I'm so excited for her, I'm hoping she gets the job! S and her brother M, came over and made Danny and I supper. It was fantastic, I even had some wine!
Sunday we just cleaned and relaxed. I love relaxing Sundays where it's just the three of us... We spent alot of time playing with Seth and making him "talk" and smile. Then last night, I spent alot of time trying to get him to sleep! lol
I'm back to writing to-do lists, finally. I have so much to do this week.
Happy Monday Nesties!
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.