...katie...????????????????????

[ashiozz]

OKI! Awesome that Des slept Laura! He's about on Tylers sleep schedule at night which is awesome considering that Tyler sleeps like a log for a three week old, so that's not bad at all! OMG.. My tyler is almost 4 weeks old >< GAH!

Emerald, Giving birth is scary even at the end when youre at 37+ weeks (and you dread it more the later you go.) ... We don't know for sure if Katie was late, and Vaurissa wasnt.. Sarah was SUPER early 0.o .. Jules was early too but it was because of a fluid issue...

Speaking of, WHERE THE HELL IS VAURISSA? Im going to facebook stalk her.

Lia wasn't late either cuz Kesslie was scheduled, sooooo basically Laura, was it just the two of us that were late? OMGZ WE'RE FREAKKKKS!

-.- If you go late, your chances of a megababy increase, It happened to two of us, Im telling you, You dont want Kaida to be mega when youre in labor.

Water births always intrigued me, but they dont do them at the hospitals here, I Think they do at birthing centers but I liked the idea of being at the hospital more in case something goes wrong, which it kind of did for me 0.o so it was all gravy.

Home births also always intrigued me , but Im not brave enough to actually do one.

In fact, Im not brave enough to attempt any other births in my life. Mitch and I are on the same page with no more babies, ever right now, but neither one of us is willing to go get fixed until a few years pass.. The scary thing is, IDK how we'll handle it if one day Tyler says "Mommy, Daddy, I want a baby sibling" .... It'd break my heart to say "No, Mommy doesnt want to do it again" and make him sad... =/

 

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call me naive but why would someone want to hack into a baby monitor viewing?

 

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i think the lateness is a first baby thing

 

[ashiozz]

Yeah thats what the hospital kept telling me too, but then on top of it they told me he wasnt helping me either cuz he couldnt get low enough to make any cervical changes 0.o

Im not sure but there's creeps out there, Laura. lol

Mitch is like, SUPER secure about all of our internet stuff 0.o

My main reason for letting him not do the video monitoring that way though was more related to internet outages that could happen or our router going out.. I have his video monitor, and i also have an angelsounds movement monitor. Oh yeah, Im THAT mom. Super paranoid.

 

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you never know; work wife is an only child. her parents asked her if she wanted a little brother or sister and she vehemently answered "NO."

nina update: she admitted to attempted suicide. she's regained strength in her hands...but she seems to be losing her mind a bit. she says everything tastes like salt and told my mom there was salt in her hospital bed. she also was seeing boxes and kept telling my mom to retrieve something from a box at the end of her bed that wasn't there. her esophagus also isn't functioning properly so when she swallows solid food it was entering her lungs, so then she got aspirated induced pneumonia. now she can only have pureed foods, but she won't eat because, as mentioned earlier, she thinks everything is salty. she also tried to get out of bed and fell but didn't get hurt. last night she thought my brother called her at 4am to bitch about money or something, and then for some reason she was asking my parents if he died.

that woman reeeeeeeeeeeally fucked herself up. i feel bad for her and i feel bad for my parents

 

[ashiozz]

I do too Laura, Im sorry your family is going through all that -.-

I asked for a little brother for my birthday, i had done that for almost 2 yrs when he was born, my brothers birthday is two days before mine, and my mom asked what if i got a sister instead while she was pregnant, i told her if it was a girl we'd have to take it back. lmao.. I was turning 4 when he was born best birthday ever.

I couldnt deprive Tyler of a sibling if he did want one, but Id seriously consider adoption.. lmao.. though Ill be ecstatic if hes smart enough to realize that siblings suck

 

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this kid today! omg! he has done nothing but eat ALL DAY! he starts to snooze then his bottle runs out and he gets PISSED.

edit--going on 6 hours of this
edit--i mean 7

 

[Emerald87]

Colin's wiring up an old laptop with web cam etc. for our monitor so we have video and audio access 24/7 via our other computers, phones, laptops, tablets etc. he'll probably make a program that acts like a Standard monitor too I.e. switch everything to baby when it registers a cry.

I asked mitch to do this (he is a software engineer, but has worked in IT for the past 7 years.. He can do it all)

... But he brought up the fact, that he does not want our son's webcam to be done via the internet for two reasons... Someone could hack, and also, What if the internet goes out? then you lose your audio and video.. So instead we have a regular video monitor with a portable parent device ... my baby security cam is on his wall

If he can get it to work wit no outages, thats a great idea... but that's why Mitch refused to do it that way.

Colin's advanced masters degree was in security, we'll be fine. No one is getting in. sure outages would be an issue but we have a tiny apartment so if she got extremely fussy we'd just hear her. Obviously she'll always have someone home with her. I'll be getting a movement/apnoea machine too. Mum was like "eh, why... Bla bla bla... Paranoid" and I said if I can then why not? Why risk it? She doesn't get it. She spent the weekend telling me how much she craved salami with me so she ate heaps of it so "why am I being overly cautious?" Because clearly I turned out fine. I fucking hate that - the "since I did it clearly it's proven it's not dangerous" shit. Mum smoked with my brother, should I take it up just because he's ok?? Ack, sorry, ranting.
Wow I went off topic there. So yeh, video monitoring, ok in my books. In a bigger house maybe not or I'd have an old fashioned backup.

 

[ashiozz]

lol i like my video monitor too so i dont blame you, We're in a small house and I cant hear him when hes in the living room if im in the bathroom 0.o but it'd probably be different in an apartment (I still only have 1200 sq feet.. and hes not a very loud crier)

..Apnea monitor, I was on one when I was a baby until 3 mos because apparently SIDS happened once and almost twice to my grandmother on my dad's side, so when my mom mentioned that to the doc they sent her home with one. Thankfully now you can just go buy one which is AMAZING.

I plan not to hook his up until hes in his crib though cuz right now hes right next to me .. My mom also smoked and we both did turn out just fine but when she was pregnant with me every appointment was bad news and she kept being told I wasnt going to make it, right up to the end, so she was extra careful after all that.. and after she TOLD me about my gma on dads side we decided Tyler gets a movement monitor, just in case.

 

[ashiozz]

this kid today! omg! he has done nothing but eat ALL DAY! he starts to snooze then his bottle runs out and he gets PISSED.

edit--going on 6 hours of this
edit--i mean 7

Omg Im sorry youre dealing with that =/

When does his daddy get home-- can you pass him off for a little while?

Tyler is yelling at me but I have no clue why other than he keeps dropping his binky ><

 

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i don't know. i guess he was doing that cluster feeding thing. he's kind of passed out now but so far today he's been up for nearly 10 hours with one 20 minute break in there--just enough time for me to eat my first food of the day at about 4. oy!

anyway hubs will be taking him after work so i can go get some groceries.

 

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also he's not been bad today. just frustrating because i can't get much done...every time i start a task he starts getting his hungry cry going. i took me 3 attempts to clean his bottle

and right now i set him in his chair after he passed out, as mentioned in the previous post. well, that didn't last long. now he's doing hungry yell again

-sigh-

i just want to clean kitty litter and bottles! OK, i don't *want* to, but you know what i mean.

 

[ashiozz]

mmm.. kitty litter cleaning, thats mitchs job, lmao.

poor hungry man, maybe hes about to grow? or maybe hes trying to get all his foods today so he can let you sleep all night? wouldnt that be amazing?

tyler is getting ready to nap but hes having issues falling asleep =/ he always fights it sooo hard.

 

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that would be great if this is indicative of how he'll sleep tonight, but i doubt it. i just don't think his poor hungry belly can handle more than 4.5 hours.

i wonder why they fight sleep so much? both my dogs did it as puppies too.

side comment--i still type-o but my one handed typing is getting much faster!

 

[ashiozz]

mine still sucks, i need time to build the skill. Tylers sleeping in his swing, apparently making noises at the motor on his swing is tiring.

Tyler cant seem to handle more than 5 hours without food, but he only sleeps for 4.5 of those, oddly.

but i still think both of them are doing really well sleepwise for their ages.

Hopefully i'll be able to get tyler to eventually sleep through the night, but i dont expect it for at least another 2 mos.

 

[Emerald87]

My baby woke up at 4.30, then I fed her with the umbilical cord and she went right on back to sleep just wanted to add to the convo.
Sleeping is getting difficult. My hips hurt from constantly sleeping on my side.

 

[ashiozz]

LMAO "fed her the umbilical cord"

0.o are you sure its from sleeping on your side and not from them spreading due to ligaments stretching? I dont remember when my hips started to hurt but I do know I had a really hard time walking near the end so I hope it doesnt end up like that for you because that pain suckkkks.

=/ I belly slept, for the first time since I couldnt anymore during pregnancy last night it was soooooo nice.

 

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i'm sorry em! i hope it goes away and doesn't get worse! how are your other symptoms? what did you have in the beginning vs. now?

 

[hoping4girl]

Baby Lizzie!!

 

[Emerald87]

It's not too bad, but I love to tummy sleep and I've officially given that up. The belleh is too solid I also love back sleep but obviously that's a no no. I prefer sleeping on my right, but left is better haha so I'm just grumpy I'm restricted.
Hrm, I can't say I'm better or worse than first tri. You guys probly remember it being COMPLETELY different. I'm still constantly exhausted but no nausea. Still constipated. Peeing less but now I have the bonuses of braxtons and no tummy sleep. On the plus side she kicks it makes it worth it all

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