Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[LucyJ]

Hearty sorry your poorly hope you feel better soon

Allie how exiciting ntnp good luck with the weight loss but dont put to much pressure on yourself Im sure you'll get to where you need to be.

Hoping hope you are having a wonderful weekend and Penny is enjoying herself.

Mel thats so sweet kash has taken the control to bed with him Im sure he'll have lots of fun with it

Afm: I ended up back at the hospital this morning woke up early hours with crippling pain but tried to sleep but by half 6 it was unbearable so phoned out of hrs dr they phoned me back and told me to go up to the hospital for 8am the dr had to examine me as he thought I might have an infection because of the pain but had no other symptoms so he needed to check theres no sign of infection thank goodness so he gave my painkillers and told me to rest, which Ive been able to do as steves been here. Bit fed up to be honest as had things planned for today and havent got anything done hate being in pain. Poor Benjamin it cutting a new tooth and its causing him a lot of pain so steves been giving me my pills and benjamin calpol what a pair we are We did have a lovely family day out yesterday so that was good.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

 

[msarkozi]

lol Luce! Glad Steve is looking after both of you! Hope you are feeling better soon

 

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Lucy- I’m glad Steve is taking good care of you and Ben.

Mel- Congrats!!! This is so exciting! Kash is going to be a big brother!!! I hope the pink eye has cleared up

Jaymes- He is so handsome! I love the pumpkin hat picture. Your hubby did a great job picking out his name and hurray for getting the excess skin removed!

Amanda- I hope you feel better very soon

Allie- NTNP is so exciting! TTC will help motivate your to shed those pounds too

AFM- I am beyond exhausted so will properly update later this week. Penny had a fantastic birthday and now we are preparing for Halloween tomorrow!

 

[Allie84]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PENNY!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to hear your update all about your penny pumpkin pallooza!!

Lucy, I hope you're feeling better.

Mel, how are you feeling?

What is everyone up to for Halloween?

We are taking Alistair to the church trunk or treat, the mall to trick or treat and around my parents' block to trick or treat. He's going to be a puppy. I'm very excited! Alistair is having quite the exciting week...last night we went to a campaign rally in town and Alistair got to be in the same room as former president for the first time. We were listening to Bill Clinton speak, very exciting!!

 

[msarkozi]

That sounds exciting Allie, and very fun plans for halloween I would love to see a picture of that cute puppy dog

Kash is having a party at Daycare tomorrow, and so I took a few hours off of work so I can go join him. Should be a lot of fun! Looking forward to it.

Happy Birthday Penny!

The pink eye looks great now. He has today and tomorrow left on drops and then hopefully done. He is taking the drops like a champ!

And better yet, he keeps using the potty....I just need to get it on an all the time basis, but this is a great start!

Feeling good Allie. Just achey boobs every now and then, and feeling bloated. I am noticing it in my skinnier jeans already because of the bloat. I plan to stay active this time so I don't gain as much weight (I hope!). I am going to the doctor on Monday to get it confirmed as well.

 

[Round2]

Happy Birthday Penny. I can't believe at this time last year you and Nato had newborns. It goes by so fast.

Mel, glad to hear you aren't feeling to terrible...yet. Can't wait for you to get it all confirmed. Do you guys have a 12 u/s out there? I know lots of places in Canada only do one.

Allie, can't wait to see Allister's costume. Sounds like you have fun night planned.

Lucy, how are you feeling now? Hope you're better.

It's pouring buckets here today. I hope it stops before trick or treating. Damn hurricaine Sandy! Here's my little pumpkin all decked out for his first Halloween....hope I get to bring him out with us.

 

[msarkozi]

awe, Bryce is adorable!

hope everyone feeling Sandy stays safe!!

Round, I only get a 20 week ultrasound here. Down south in Alberta they give you the 12 week one, but not here. I am going to ask him if I could have an early scan though and see what he says I want to see if I can try and pick out the gender early lol. We decided last night too that we are going to do the 3d ultrasound again around 26 weeks as well.

We are having a potluck lunch today at work, and all the food looks delicious! Can't wait for lunch! I am taking off early today too to attend the halloween party at daycare. I can't wait for that as well. This morning when I dropped off Kash and he seen Miss Michelle dressed as little red riding hood, he was not impressed!! He kept looking her up and down and would not go near her. Then when I was leaving, he was quite mad because he didn't want to go to her. Poor guy is not going to do so well tonight I don't think.

Happy Halloween everyone

 

[LucyJ]

Gald you had a great weekend Hoping looked forward to hearing all about it enjoy halloween.

Thanks Allie look forward to seeing pics of Alistair all dressed up.

Round Im doing better thanks have done as little as possible feel bad for Benjamin as we havent been out we were going to go out today but had to cancel at the last minute as my poor little guy isnt well has had a high temp which wasnt going down with calpol in fact it went up so took him to the drs and hes got tonsillitis poor things hes been given anti-bioctics. Hes hardly eaten today despite asking for food but then wont eat it now I know why. Hes eaten dinner which is good kept it all very soft.

Bryce is gorgeous.

Mel have fun at kashs halloween party bless him, enjoy your lunch.

 

[Jaymes]

Ahh poor Ben! Hope he feels better soon. As for me it is nearly 3 am and I've been up for nearly 3 hours. Arg! I hate not sleeping.

 

[msarkozi]

Hope you get some much deserved sleep Jaymes!

Hope Benjamin is feeling better soon. I bet he will feel some relief quickly with those antibiotics

Here is a picture of my dragon

 

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Allie- don’t forget to post lots of adorable Alistair puppy pictures! How fun he went to his 1st campaign rally.

Mel- I hope you and Kash had fun at his party. Yay for him using the potty like a big boy and taking his eye drops with no fuss. Its so fun hearing about new preggo symptoms! You have an adorable little dragon. Thanks for sharing!

Lucy- Sorry Ben is still poorly. I hope he feels better soon.

Jaymes- I hope you get a good nap in today.

Round- It certainly does go by fast! Bryce has such a sweet little smile. I hope he enjoys his 1st Halloween.

AFM- Thanks for all the birthday wishes! I am completely exhausted and returned back to work today. I will update my journal with pictures of Penny Pumpkin Palooza as well as a full report sometime today or tomorrow. It was wonderful and we all enjoyed ourselves. I can’t believe it is over and now my baby is a one year old! Yesterday we got dressed up and went trick or treating with some friend’s at the mall. Penny and her BFF, Boston, scored tons of candy for their daddies and also each won a free round of mini golf for their next baby date. Later we went to a Halloween party and played games and munched on yummy food. Towards the evening we took the babies and kids trick or treating around the neighborhood. It was a lovely time and so much fun to see the babies dressed up and so excited!

 

[msarkozi]

that sounds like a wonderful time Hoping. I find the holidays are so much more fun now with a little one

we did have fun at the party as well. They tried to do games, but the kids were just everywhere, so they allowed them to just carry on with what they were doing. As soon as there is a lot of people around, then they seem to get a bit carried away lol. It was cute to see them all dressed up and dancing and playing though. Kash stuck to me as soon as I got there though, and so we read books and played and had snack. Then he took the reaper hook thing from one of the other kids that joined in after school was done, and he immediately started playing hockey When I made him give it back and share, he got mad and grabbed my hand and wanted to go home lol.

 

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So cute Kash took the reaper hook to play hockey!

 

[LucyJ]

Aww Kash makes one cure dinosaur he sounds like such a character glad you had a good halloween.

Hoping sounds like a wonderful weekend gald it all went smoothly

Oh my god giving Benjamin his antibiotics is proving a mission he'll take his calpol but the antibiotics Im having to literally pin him down to get him to take it so stressful and upsetting but not as upsetting as him asking for food then not eating anything poor baby hate seeing him like that. He has perked up a little and ate all his dinner which was a bowl of porridge followed by some apple purre couldnt get him to eat anything else. Trying to get him to drink but hes not taking much it must hurt.

 

[msarkozi]

It was cute for sure, but it was dangerous lol!

awe, poor little guy. I know when Kash had it last summer, I barely got anything into him other then milk for a week. I gave him pedialyte, and was told to do gatorade as well...anything with the electrolytes in it. I would just keep offering him soft foods so it doesn't scratch his throat any. He will eventually want to eat food again once he feels better, but definitely make sure he is drinking fluids so he doesn't get dehydrated.

 

[heart tree]

Oh my god, Bryce is soooo cute! Love that little smile!

Kash is the cutest dragon ever Mel!

Look at how cute our Disco babies are.

Amber, can't wait for Penny Palooza pics. Sounds like you had a fab time. I can't believe she is already 1! Time is flying!

Allie, I saw Bill Clinton speak a few years ago. He was electrifying. I was pretty close to him. There was something very magnetic about him I thought. How exciting for you!

Lucy, what a horrible few weeks you and Ben have had. I hope he starts feeling better really soon. It is horrible to see your baby feel so ill.

Speaking of, Delilah caught my cold. Then she had her jabs on the same day that the cold started. She also has had diarrhea for the past 3 days. I literally change one diaper, only to have her poop right away again. She also is pooping when I change her. Poor babe. There isn't much coming out at this point, just really watery stuff. I have to keep sucking snot out of her nose too. She's a little trooper though. She keeps smiling and hardly fusses. I really want this diarrhea to stop now. The doctor isn't concerned about dehydration as she keeps peeing and has a wet mouth. But I hate seeing her little bottom so raw.

We're going to Tim's parent's house for Christmas which is a 3 hour flight. Then she and I are going to go to Florida from there which is another 3 hour flight with a layover. On the way home it will be a 2 hour flight, a 1 hour layover, then a 5 hour flight. Any advice on flying/nursing/diaper changing, etc.? She'll be 6 months old when we fly.

 

[msarkozi]

hope Delilah feels better soon! Try some zincofax on her bum, and it should help. If it is pretty raw, then they should be giving her an prescription cream for it. Kash's was really raw one time; it was awful! It sucks when you see your baby hurting!

 

[LucyJ]

Thanks Mel I was worried about him getting dehydrated but he had his milk and had a little more water so fingers crossed he'll drink more tomorrow. I worry about his weight as he still so little I had him weighed couple weeks ago and he was 18lb 11oz and just on the 0.4th centile which was a relief as he had dropped down and is now going back up. He normally eats well so I know its because hes not well rather than anything else. Will keep an eye on him and if he lives of porridge for a day or so at least its got good stuff in it and I make it with milk.

We're driving to my parents tomorrow for bonfire night which I love so hopefully he'll be ok for that he certainlly has seemed a bit brighter today. Thats assuming steve is in one piece still he shot a nail through his hand today at work luckily it went through a piece of wood first so its just a flesh wound!!

Amanda sorry to hear delilah is ill its awful seeing our babies poorly hope shes better soon. I havent flown with benjamin yet so cant help but Allies done quiet a bit with Alistair so sure she can help. You are going to have an amazing chirstmas this year. Yes our disco babies are gorgeous.

I posted some pics of benjamin on fb there to big to post here must sorted that out seems to happen with most of my photos.

 

[VGibs]

So ladies...I was almost 4 days late for my AF...then I went ahead and took a test...I got a faint BFP...and started bleeding almost an hour afterwards. Needless to say...I have had another miscarriage. I told no one about the BFP and will not tell anyone about the MC. I just want to keep it to myself. I didn't even tell my family. I guess I have to slap on a happy face and keep on trucking. But Ian and I have decided that we will not actively try until the new year. I think I need some time to get some minerals and B12 in my system and figure out why I am spotting like 5 days before my period is due. Don't cry for me Argentina...just keep your hopes up for me.

 

[Allie84]

Any advice on flying/nursing/diaper changing, etc.? She'll be 6 months old when we fly.

I was just skimming when I saw this....I haven't read any other posts (I have a big paper due tonight, reading BnB will be my reward after ) but I wanted to respond to this because I have soooooooo many tips!

Alistair has been on 14 plane rides in 11 months. And I nursed him on every flight except the last two!

My advice:
-Nurse on take off and landing if you can. It saves having to find somewhere to nurse in the airport (which in my case is usually a family bathroom, sitting on the toilet) and it's good for their ears and is comforting. If she won't nurse, a pacifier or bottle will help her ears as well.
- Try to sit over the wing....it's the loudest and the white noise will help her sleep.
-Even if she's a lap baby, make sure not to check her stroller or car seat until the gate because if there are empty seats and you ask, you can get moved. This happened to us about half the time and Alistair was able to be in his carseat some of the flight. Babies in carseats have to have the window seat.
-Diaper change in the airport and not the plane if possible. It's just tiny and horrible.
-People tend to be really helpful, so let people carry your stroller down the gangway, etc...it makes life a lot easier if you're flying alone.
-Have any bottles out for security because they will probably test it in their machine...they did this half the time for us.
-You can use family security lanes if they have them and if not you still usually get ushered through faster and as you can't use the puffer machines.

Good luck, sounds fun and exciting!