Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[hoping:)]

vGibs- That is awesome! I will definitely be coming to you for advice on my chickens. You have the set up I’m dreaming of. Hopefully in the next year we will be in a bigger house and can make all of that possible for us. I love the names for your animals. We are still thinking of names but for sure our light colored Columbia Rock is named Omlet. Worm composting is super easy as long as you don’t have creatures sneaking off with the worms. Sorry to hear about your duck… any plans to get another one or add other animals to your mini farm?

 

[VGibs]

Our animals are mainly all rescues and trade off's. Meaning, we traded the duck for 3 dozen egg's. And when we bought our goat she came with a drake, but sadly he ended up in a coyote's tummy. We have 7 horses and 4 of them are rescues. The mini donkey came with a mare we used to have who could not be parted from her little donkey *Charlotte*. The mare had a traumatic birth and we lost both her and the foal. I was heartbroken. But our little Charlotte has hung on. We have no cattle but are looking into getting some highland heifers. Mainly because my Mother adores their shaggy coats and they are well suited to Ontario winters. I have tons of pictures on my FB.

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Hey girls, I'm useless at keeping up! My 2 have such a busy social life that I don't have much time to myself!

Amanda - sounds like Delilah is just going through a phase (or trying you)! I never needed to try anything with pops, just gave her a teddy, put her music show on and left the room, she never once cried, I stopped her bottles completely at 11 months and I'm so glad I did! Zach however is a different story, I tried cc a while ago and it worked, now I just put him down with a teddy and music show also and he settles himself! They're both sleeping 13-14 hours every night so I must be doing something right, either that or the drugs are really good

Zach finally has his dietician app and allergy testing next week! He's 10 months now and still doesn't eat, it's so frustrating and I feel like I've completely failed at weaning! The last food he had was 3 weeks ago, but I then ended up rushing him to hospital as he was covered in hives and breathing funny, freaked me out, thankfully from that the hospital have pushed to get answers!

Pops is still my angel, a model toddler if there's such thing, she really is amazing and such a lil diamond!x

 

[Round2]

So quiet in here!

Sassy, sorry to hear about Zach. That's awfully scary. Don't feel bad about not weaning, breast is best for the first year anyways. Glad to hear Poppy is such a little angel.

Not much going on here. We talked to my GP about Bryce's constipation and sleeping issues. She wants him on an extremely high fibre diet for the next two weeks and if no improvement, then we're going to look further into tests and meds for his constipation. His sleeping habits have been atricious lately...he's been getting up every hour. I'm surviving though, run down and tired, but the spring weather seems to be helping me cope!!

What's everyone up to for easter?

 

[msarkozi]

Hey Round, it's very quiet in here!

I hope the diet helps Bryce...good luck!

I am leaving Wednesday to Edmonton for the night, appointments all day Thursday, and then heading to mom and dad's in Cold Lake for the weekend. We drive back home on Monday. Will be busy, but I am looking forward to it. How about you?

 

[Allie84]

Hi everyone, I'm back from Scotland. It was a great trip. I wrote a lengthy trip report in my journal if anyone is interested. Back to the real world.....

Oh, and I hope Sassy doesn't mind me mentioning but she just could probably use some support in her journal at the moment, as well, as she's just had a MC.

Mel, did I miss your gender scan while I was away? Does your ticker mean you are team Blue? Gosh your pregnancy is flying by.

Round, I hope the diet helps. Gosh, Bryce's sleeping sounds so hard to deal with. Does he seem exhausted during the day? How does he nap?

 

[hoping:)]

Hi everyone!

Allie- I will go check out Sassy's journal. So very sad

Round- I really hope the high fiber diet helps

Mel- enjoy being around your family and showing off Kash and your baby bump. You look great in your pics you post on FB!

Easter plans- we are heading out to New Mexico Friday and will spend the weekend with my mom's family and my dad's new girlfriend (my mom's cousin). Hopefully it won't be too awkward and hopefully I don't just burst into tears.

 

[heart tree]

Thanks for the update about Sassy, Allie. I had no idea. Will go check out her journal.

Welcome home. Will check out your journal too!

Round, Delilah is also very constipated, regardless of how much fiber I give her. But her sleep isn't as bad as Bryce's. Hopefully it will help him to get more fiber!

Mel, have a good time. Do you have another scan soon?

Who else has scans coming up?

Amber, have a great trip. Tears are allowed!

We're heading to Tim's cousins which is a few blocks away. Nothing too major for us. I want to thank everyone for their input on how you put your little ones down. Actually Allie, if you want to weigh in, I'd love to hear how you do it. Currently I've resorted to patting Delilah down for all of her naps and her bedtime. It takes me 5-10 minutes tops and then she sleeps well. It keeps her from crying at all. She usually only wakes once at night to feed and then goes right back to sleep until the morning. For now, this is working for us, but down the road it might not. I hope I'm not setting myself up for a fall.

Lucy, what did you mean when you said you did the pick up and put down method? Can you give me details?

Amber and Sassy, what lights/music show do you use? I'd be curious to try something like that.

Super busy right now. I took another contract job writing some curriculum so I'm not able to be on the computer for fun as much right now.

Hope you all are doing well. xo

 

[vickyd]

Oh Sass im so sorry....

Round and Hearty when Hero becomes constipated i load her up on brocolli, oranges and camomile tea. The camomile tea was recommended by a gastp specialist and it works remarkably fast, 100 ml and literally its out in minutes. Stay away from bananas and apples as they cause really bad constipation. Hearty glad to hear delilah is sleeping so well!

Good luck Sparkly on your 20 week scan!

AFM, not much going on. Got a trip to Istanbul end of april which im looking forward to, Alex will be joining me courtesy of my boss. Hero is hilarious at the moment, she is talking like mad and switches between greek and english quite easily. Ive also taught her some spanish words and she loves the praise she gets everytime she she says something. She now greats everyone by saying "Hola soy Herw" hahaha!!!! shes so clever...

 

[Sparkly]

Thanks vicky, yes I have my 20 week scan this afternoon, and I know that only your ladies will understand how I'm feeling right now. Everyone expects me to be excited but I just can't feel it, I just feel a ball of anxiety. I've had a cry this morning, which was a bit of a relief but I can feel that tight knot building up in my stomach making me feel sick with dread. I have no rational reason for my fears as both babies have always been fine at all my scans, and I had a listen in with the doppler this morning and both have lovely strong heartbeats and are none stop wriggling away

Sassy - Oh god honey, I'm so sorry for your loss

Round - I hope the diet is helping Bryce

Mel - Have a lovely Easter with your parents

Allie - Glad you had a good trip over here

Hoping - Enjoy your Easter with the family x

Hearty - Have a lovely Easter

Vicky - I love that Hero is bi-lingual My brother is doing the same with his 2 children, they are both learning to speak Dutch & English.

 

[vickyd]

Sparkly i totally get you babes...With Hero i did not enjoy even ONE scan. Everytime i was crying my eyes out in advance and during the whole scan. I only allowed myself to relax for about an hour after the scan and then panic set in again. If we ever go for number 2 i dread going through all that stress again....

 

[Round2]

Sparkly, I held my breath in sheer terror at every scan. I couldn't bring my daughter till I was over 30 weeks and even at that point I was afraid in case something happened. Everything is going to be wonderful. Give a wave to your gorgeous girls from us.

Vicky, thanks for the tips. I'm brewing some tea for my boy right now. I'll let you know how it goes!!

Sassy, haven't read your journal yet, but I'm so sorry.

Got a sitter lined up and we're going out for dinner tonight to my favourite restaurant. Hope I can stay awake!

 

[Allie84]

Enjoy your night out, Round! Sooooo well deserved!!

Good luck Sparkly!!!

Vicky, that trip sounds great! Hero sounds so clever and adorable.

Hearty, you asked how I put Alistair to sleep. Well, until he was about 11 months or one it was bath with bedtime (lavender) bubbles and soap followed by a quick infant massage and pjs. Then I nursed and sang him the same few songs, and then Alex gave him a bottle of formula. We laid him down in his crib with his noise machine and ceiling projector on and told him 'night night' and then left. Every once in a while he would protest for a few seconds but usually he'd roll right over and sleep. After I stopped nursing he also seemed to dislike the massage thinking I was tickling him! So, now it's bath (some nights.....still use the bedtime bath), pjs, cuddles with a story and bottle blush:...need to drop that bottle), a quick prayer or song and then he's usually saying 'night night' and will sometimes even walk to his room! If we carry him he still yells "night night!" We put on his noise machine, tell him good night and lay him down with his CoCo (his toy monster) and blanket and leave the room. Again, he almost always rolls over and goes straight to sleep but every once a while he will protest (not by crying but by hollering for us) for less than a minute. If were more than a minute I would go in and see what was bothering him.

 

[Sparkly]

Thanks all for thinking of me

Of course I was being ridiculous......and both my baby girls are just fine even better than fine, they are both measuring 19+2 so that's now officially a week ahead of dates!!! They are both just over the 50th centile and no abnormalities were seen at all

I ate half a bag of skittles before I went so they were both quite active, and at one point near to the end of the scan Pussycat was kicking Owl......so Owl punched her back That's what I like to see, my girlies taking no shit!!

Unfortunately Owl's placenta is posterior low lying, so they will keep an eye on that and hopefully it will move up as my womb grows.

Both were confirmed as having no dangly bits

 

[Round2]

Yay for healthy girls...with no dangly bits!! Congrats my dear!!

 

[vickyd]

Wonderful news Sparkly!!!!!!!!

 

[VGibs]

Good babies! Glad they were behaving lol

 

[Allie84]

Yay Sparkly!!!!

 

[VGibs]

Well I did it...announced it on FB in a round a bout kind of way. I was getting really scared and nervous about it for some dumb reason so I just went ahead and did it.

 

[Sparkly]

I loved your announcement Ginny