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Left Bird Report | 06/16/2013 10:28 pm

Has he tried sitting up or anything else? I know sometimes some children just skip a phase. Maggie hasn't rolled yet either. rolleyes Sounds at least like Logan is right on track for weening. Everyone I talked to said around 6 months. *laugh* Yeah, the highchairs usually end up looking like they were in the middle of a serious food fight half the time--I've seen my friend's. rofl

The good news is Bug took her second set of shots MUCH better. Only screamed initially. Was fine the rest of the day. surprised

Left Bird Report | 05/28/2013 2:01 pm

Sounds like he's still ahead of Maggie. She doesn't really grab at toys yet, but she'll get her fingers curled around them if you set them on her. Still no rolling here either. *pokes at her* The doctor said usually around 4 months, so hopefully Logan is close? Maggie technically has another week or two.

Oh, those shots are nasty! Even I hate the tdap. The poor little ones, getting stabbed in the legs and all. Maggie has to go back in for her second dose of 5 shots next month and won't that be fun. She did nothing but scream and sleep for 24 hours last time.

Left Bird Report | 05/15/2013 2:28 pm

Just fine. Having fun watching my daughter grow and learn new things. She's trying to sit up but she hasn't learned how to roll yet. rofl I can tell it's going to be awhile before she stabilizes the sit-ups she's attempting. Right now she pushes so hard to get herself up that she flops straight forward onto her face.

Oh! Have you had to do the vaccinations yet? How did yours respond?

Left Bird Report | 04/07/2013 6:47 pm

Yeah, I hate touch-screen keyboards. razz But then, as a writer and web developer I'm particular about being able to type quickly.

Similar problem with the poo too. When Bug was born they said she should start having several poos a day and to let them know if she didn't. So the first time she went over 36 hours without pooing I looked it up online. Apparently it was pretty common. One poor mom had a son who went 12 days without a poo--tried all kinds of things to get him to go. So when, like today, Bug has gone 48 hours without one, I just sit back and wait. It's coming.

It's so fun watching them learn new things as they get older. *reaches for the smiles* Bug smiled at me today... and then she spit up all over. FEAR the SMILE! Right now hers is still more an indication of impending internal duress. ninja Poor little Bug is so funny. Her leg muscles have gotten pretty strong from my husband's version of stimulation, but her arms haven't had any workout, so he sets her on her stomach and her little knees draw up under her and start going, but she can't get her arms under her... so she scoots along on her face. And occasionally overbalances and waves her butt around in the air kicking frantically. I shouldn't laugh, but it's hilarious to watch. I told my husband he has to start working on her arm muscles. I was so proud of her today when I realized she was leaning on her arms to hold her head up. It'll be awhile yet before she can really crawl, but I've got a bad feeling it's going to be early.

Left Bird Report | 03/28/2013 10:23 am

burning_eyes No wonder you don't have any time. Were you not working with them long enough to have 6 months of maternity leave? surprised (everyone keeps telling me they're supposed to give women at least 6)

Left Bird Report | 03/09/2013 7:25 pm

Is Logan alright? *pokes worriedly*

Apparently the secret to nursing is surviving the bleeding long enough to develop calluses. @_@ Ouch.

Dear sweet powers that be, she's not in my arms and she's... *gasp* happy! I never thought I'd see the day she didn't start wailing 2 minutes after I set her down. Thank you, Jes, for letting me borrow your vibrating rocker. Does Logan do that? I'm wondering if it's a habit she developed because I was so overprotective the first 2+ weeks that I'd hold her every time she fussed.

Left Bird Report | 02/18/2013 9:24 am

@_@ Looks like your philosophy of "I'm not in labor" works well. I blame this on my mom and a friend at class. When I woke up at 3:30 am and they felt different, I thought maybe it was labor, but when I ate breakfast at 8, my mom was all "it can't be labor if you still want to eat. I couldn't eat through mine." And indeed, the contractions slowed down around noon, so I thought it was more Braxton Hicks, confirmed when a new mother after class mentioned that she'd had crampy, more painful fake contractions before too. I was distinctly uncomfortable all day, but it wasn't until 4-ish that the thought of checking in with the hospital started sounding good, and by the time I got out at 5 I was definitely thinking we were going in, if just to make sure something wasn't wrong. I walked home (my husband and dad met me, but neither brought a car), washed off in the tub really quick (because even though I had to wait for the pain to subside before bending down or standing up, I wasn't going to get checked dirty). By the time I got downstairs though, it was all I could do to grab my stuff and get in the truck.

I scared the living daylights out of the hospital staff. I made it through the front desk and back to the OB area, smiled patiently while we waited the 2 or 3 minutes for them to stop talking and help us. I wasn't keeled over or gasping, so I looked fine. They didn't realize how bad it was (I think walking had eased the pain a little), so they left me in the room for 10 minutes before coming back to check. By the time the nurse came back she couldn't check my blood pressure (she gave up on the 5th try) because I was having contractions so regularly it was throwing them off every time I seized up. She had to check my dilation in the middle of one too. I was at 8 centimeters. THAT'S when everyone started flying around. And so began the round of frantic calls to my clinic to catch my doctor, who apparently didn't believe I'd walked into the hospital 8 cm dilated and had to be convinced it wasn't a prank call. Maggie was born an hour and 15 minutes later in the middle of a nurse shift change and about 3 rounds of contractions after my water broke (you said it got worse after the water broke, but I was fully dilated by that point and didn't notice a difference--I remember someone asking why it hadn't broken yet). I also remember someone asking if this was really my first baby. Apparently it was really quick. I was lucky. One of the nurses said new moms frequently take over an hour to push.

Long story made short, I'm now feeling your pain with the sore boobies and the frustration of breast-feeding. Both my breasts have bled and scabbed over, though the beginning of the second week seems to be a little better (still getting spots of blood on the pads afterward, but not enough to form bloody scabs--I'd say they toughened up, but they don't feel tougher). I had so much milk Thursday I didn't know what to do with it (my mom advised not to try to express it, because the body will adjust to the need? Create more if more's used?), and now I feel like I have no milk (not 3 days later), and I'm just so frustrated. Nursing her on both sides so she gets milk makes my breasts sorer because they get used faster with no time to heal. How on earth do you deal with this? @_@

Been working on this comment for 3 days. xd I kept starting and then getting distracted with Maggie (or falling asleep). Hitting send before I have to go attempt to breast feed again. *feels more like crying at the thought*

Left Bird Report | 02/11/2013 11:18 am

Okay, you were right. These are definitely contractions, for several hours last Tues & Weds afternoon, then for 9 hours on Thurs, only to peter off at midnight. Woke up to sharp pain at 3:30am this morning, every 4 minutes by 9am only to slow again by 11. rolleyes Ow. (this must be what women with menstrual cramps feel like?) Can we just do the real thing now? Instead of, you know, this slow torture? As of this morning I've officially got every symptom of imminent labor except my water breaking, which would be the final straw.

How's Logan doing? Can you tell whose features he's taken after yet? Mom or dad? biggrin Any features you wanted and didn't get? (I'm still hoping for red hair) heart (of course I'll love her anyway--she'll probably be blond)

Left Bird Report | 02/05/2013 4:22 pm

Hm, if those are contractions they're really hard to tell. Half the time I think it's just Maggie's butt under my ribs. It's true that Sunday though it felt like it was happening about every 8 minutes for half an hour or so. Mostly the tightening is just in the upper region, or at least I don't notice it so much toward my lower abdomen. I thought contractions would feel more all-encompassing, which is why I thought it was just Maggie pushing somehow. Is it supposed to be like that?

Heh heh. No worries about me going in too early I think. I don't even intend to tell my husband until I'm 100% sure and in pain, because if anyone's going to drag me off to the hospital prematurely, I fear it'll be him. Your motto is my motto: I am NOT in labor yet. xd
Husband: But hunny, you're like, bent over double on the floor.
Me: I can still... *pant* ...handle this! This is NOT LABOR! >_<

Left Bird Report | 02/04/2013 9:47 am

Urg, is it time YET?!! All this waiting is making me fret. Like, can we just see her already? gonk I feel more and more like a time-bomb that's slowly ticking down and no one knows when it's going to explode. My husband has entered fully-freaking-out stage even. O.o I caught him going through my "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book yesterday making notes. Now he's all "Do we have this and this? And we need to get a plastic lining over the mattress because your butt might explode." burning_eyes
Leeayre: *headdesk* "You mean my water might break?"

Men are totally useless at this. -_- Not like I should be talking. Maggie's freaking me out the last couple days, because I have no idea what a cramp or contraction is supposed to feel like and she keeps leaning out against my stomach, which makes it tighten (at least I think that's what she's doing) and I'm all like "Was that a contraction? Is this a contraction NOW?" whee So far I have yet to mention any worries to my husband, because if I say anything he might haul me into the hospital just to check or at least sit there and fret over me for hours. ninja I don't care if I'm going to be totally naked during labor (that's a lie, I do care), but I don't want my butt looked at every other day! Honestly! If I get through this with any pride/decency intact it's going to be a miracle, huh?