Due Sept 2017

[Babybump2017]

I’m so sorry that happened Ging that actually made me cringe just reading it!!! God bless him. (And you!)

I 100% agree that the first AF is pretty gross. In fact I’ve had mine for 6 weeks and getting pretty use to bleeding 24/7 if I’m honest.. doctor seems to think it’s the contraceptive injection that’s making me bleed this way so when it runs out in Jan I’m definitely going to be looking into other methods because this is HELL!

Our little babes are growing so fast right! Layla turned three months on Saturday. Holding her head up and sleeping 10pm-9am! She’s her mother’s daughter, loves a lay in Where did our newborns go?

Is anyone else feeling super broody?
I know I shouldn’t but I want another baby ��
I miss being pregnant, and the whole birthing experience. Call me mad but I can’t surely be the only one.

 

[Savasanna]

I'm nostalgic of being pregnant and the birthing experience (I still get chills and teary eyed when I think about it, actually) but there's no way I want another baby. I suppose if I could I would be down to go back and relive pregnancy for a few days.. but I'm capped out with my two babies.

What a fabulous sleeper you have! That's amazing!

 

[Tess08]

That’s great bump! Zack is doing good with sleeping too. He goes down between 8 and 9pm then gets up between 7 and 8am. Sometimes he would defo sleep longer in the morning but his noisy big sister wakes him up!

It’s funny you should say that about feeling broody because I was just about to ask if it was just me lol. It’s so strange because after my first I couldn’t think of anything worse than being pregnant again for a very long time whereas this time I’m already so broody and want another! I think it’s because I always knew I would have a second child but my husband is now happy with the 2 we have and I would love a third so the thought of never having any more us making me mega broody. I think I could talk him round though lol. We have a family wedding abroad in may and really, I would like to try for another after that x

 

[MrsKChicago]

I'm definitely happy and feeling complete with the two we have, but I can't help but wonder if I'd finally get my water birth if I just had one more chance. That's an absolutely stupid reason to have a baby so I'm glad it's not a strong urge

What's everyone thinking about for Christmas this year? I think Val's big present will be Teddy's old jumperoo, or a little activity seat a friend found for her at a consignment sale if I see them before Christmas. We'll get a couple little rattles or teethers for her stocking too. Teddy really wants a big bed all of a sudden so that will be his main gift, then he'll just get a couple little toys and candy. And we all get coordinating Christmas pajamas every year.

 

[Savasanna]

Our babes will be 14 months and 4 months at Christmas. Our plan is to take a couple of the 14 month old's favorite toys away about a week or two before Christmas and wrap them up. haha We figured she already knows/enjoys them, so she'll be excited to see them again!

I kid, but we probably actually will do that for a few toys. They're so young and we're trying to save money right now so the goal is to keep it quite minimal. That said - we just got some GREAT news in Peanut's case that puts us one step closer in the direction of adoption.. so at this precise moment, I want to buy her the moon.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Oh, that's fantastic! Hopefully everything keeps going smoothly and you get everything finalized soon.

I miss the days of no memory! Now Teddy will see a cat and randomly link it to some show he hasn't watched in 3 months. It's awesome to see his brain working but also kind of inconvenient

 

[Savasanna]

haha - Yea. I figured we should capitalize on these early Christmases while we can. It's all downhill once they can talk.

 

[MrsKChicago]

We're behind on Val's 2 month appointment so I don't have up to date stats, but she is SO big. I had to buy her a 9 month Christmas dress, and even so I got one with stretch just in case. She's so very different from Teddy in so many ways. It's bittersweet watching her grow and knowing she's my last, but not as much as I thought it would be.

 

[gingmg]

We go back and forth about having a third. Some days I think absolutely no way and other days I think I could do it. We struggle mostly because of our age, I'll be 40 next summer so if we are serious we'd need to get a move on. But since we would have to do IVf and I'm not open to stopping breastfeeding before he turns one, not really sure it's in the cards for us. I loved being pregnant and the whole birthing process so that definitely feels sad realizing that it won't happen again, but that said I have to say I'm not sure I feel like anyone is missing.

I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year. My older son is at such a fun age. He's been having fun decorating, driving around looking at lights, and reading books. We always try to keep it simple but my wife can't help it, she loves buying for him. She got him Lincoln logs, a balance bike, and a few puzzles. I usually get the practical stuff like long underwear, mittens, etc. For the baby we are just going to get a few books- some of the classics we don't have yet.

If it were up to me I'd stick to only a few gifts and follow the "something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read". My wife loves it in theory but then goes into Homegoods and can't help herself.

 

[gingmg]

She's beautiful Mrs Chicago!

 

[MrsKChicago]

Thanks Ging!

I think I'd get along with your wife, it's so hard not to buy everything!

 

[Tess08]

Wow Chicago I can’t believe how big she is haha! She’s adorable.

Yeh we are doing the exact same and giving the baby our daughters old jumperoo as a present. We are also gonna get him an outfit, a little tummy time mat and a toy. To be honest, I wouldn’t get him anything if I could help it because he’s really too young to know any better but our daughter has a fascination right now with who is on Santa’s good list and who is on his bad list. She was be devastated if her baby brother woke up to no presents because she would think it means he’s on Santa’s bad list lol.

For her I have gone a bit overboard! Her main present is a big pink wooden kitchen which I know she is absolutely going to love. She’s also getting a big cabin bed, tickets to go see Disney on ice and a good few other toys. I tend to start my Christmas shopping just after her birthday in July so I don’t really notice it as a big expense haha x

 

[Babybump2017]

She is a great sleeper. She’s gone through the night from 5 weeks so let’s hope she stays a good girl

Layla’s main present arrived this morning actually. I ordered it in the Black Friday sale down to £70 from £120! The pink petals jumperoo. Apart from that I’ve got her a few teething bits, a couple of touch and feel books and a dragon teddy where you pull a little string and it’s wings fly. She loved it in the shop so I had to get it. It’s hard this year isn’t it. It’ll be much better next year lots more choice for gifts and they’ll be a little more knowing!

 

[Babybump2017]

Does anybody have any cute gift ideas from baby to daddy? Either home made or something to order?

 

[gingmg]

So jealous of everyone's good sleepers! Mine was up x4 last night and my 3 year old once (for an hour...). It's down hill in my house after 12 am. Oh well. Coffee time.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Babybump, I'm having Val's silhouette done for DH. There's a toy store here who has a silhouette artist in a few days every month so we're going Monday. I had Ted's done his first Christmas and it was great. My mom's getting the same thing.

 

[AshNAmber]

Hey ladies!! I hope you are all doing well! I hope everyone is excited about the holidays. This is my favorite time of year. I love getting to see and spend time with my family. I think I'm finally starting to get adjusted to going back to work and everything. We have officially started TTC #2. We are excited for our little man to have a sibling. Now let's see how long that takes. Ha.

MrsK that silhouette thing sounds super cute!!!

So far Trent has impatient grandparents that can't seem to wait to give Trent his Christmas gifts. I don't know about yalls LO but mine HATES or hated his old carseat. He would scream bloody murder in that thing. So for Christmas my parents got him the big boy carseat that goes from 4lbs-120lbs. So he is set. Then my parents got him the DVD player for the car so he has something to look at smh. All of which has been in my car since thanksgiving. So now granny is on the hunt for some thing for "Christmas". My BFs parents got him a walker and a crap load of toys and such so we only got him a stationary seat with activities center and a thing to help him go from sit and play, to crawling, to walking. We also got him Elmo that sings abcs and I'm going to get him some more books. He is starting to show interest when I read to him. We also find out if we are pregnant on Christmas day so there could be that to.

 

[Savasanna]

You know.. at first I was shocked that you were already TTC.. but then I realized that's pretty much the schedule we were on. Nora was born 10/19/16 and I found out I was pregnant with Chloe the day after Christmas last year (technically two days before, but they said the beta was so low they said it was likely a CP. The day after I had my repeat beta showing the rise). So we are about a month closer than Trent and this baby would be. There's definitely pros and cons to having babies so close in age. It feels like a lot of hard work now, but I'm PSYCHED for when they'll be able to play with one another. Honestly they already love each other so much I think they'll be the best of friends. Eyes on the prize.

Good luck with testing! How long did it take you to conceive Trent?

 

[AshNAmber]

You know.. at first I was shocked that you were already TTC.. but then I realized that's pretty much the schedule we were on. Nora was born 10/19/16 and I found out I was pregnant with Chloe the day after Christmas last year (technically two days before, but they said the beta was so low they said it was likely a CP. The day after I had my repeat beta showing the rise). So we are about a month closer than Trent and this baby would be. There's definitely pros and cons to having babies so close in age. It feels like a lot of hard work now, but I'm PSYCHED for when they'll be able to play with one another. Honestly they already love each other so much I think they'll be the best of friends. Eyes on the prize.

Good luck with testing! How long did it take you to conceive Trent?

We talked about when we wanted to try and having them close in age and I said it's pretty much like having twins and people do it and live to tell the tail all the time. Plus with me being 34 I just don't want to wait to long to start trying because as we all know its not as easy as people like to think it is. I was very blessed, lucky or whatever people believe in with Trent. We were not even trying. He just kinda happened. We had the oh well if it happens it happens thing going on and poof. Now we are actively trying and we are trying to shettles method to try for a girl.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Good luck Amber! I think you're a little crazy but I timed TTC Valentine around turning 35 so I can't blame you really . There's really nothing like sibling love, every day Teddy and Valentine just melt my heart. If I have to leave the room for a minute and she gets upset I usually come back to a baby covered in toys because he's trying to cheer her up.

V is getting so smiley, she's such a cheerful baby. She's so big, I'm not sure what she weighs but she's starting to wear some 6-9 month clothes. She's starting to really wiggle around too. I put her on her back on the playmat the other day and she did a full 180° spin . I don't think she's quite ready for the jumperoo, though, so I'm second guessing giving it to her for Christmas. I don't want it taking up space if we aren't using it.

We're doing great overall but omg is it hard to get two kids ready to go out! Especially with how frequently she's nursing. I don't think I've been on time once since she was born, even when we start really early