TTC #2 Cycle Day 1 7/16/13

[Sarah lo]

Oh I bet rex's pictures look so cute with him in his uniform! Olivia's nursery have the photographer coming next Tuesday and they've said I can bring Wesley to get their picture taken together I'm a bit gutted though because she will still have the pot on her arm for the photo session Tuesday morning and then Tuesday afternoon we go to the hospital to get it taken off. I can't wait to get it off, we've tried so hard but she's managed to get all sorts on it when I've not been looking, one day she accidentally leant on a chocolate cupcake that one of her friends had left on the floor and there's been a gross brown Mark on her pot ever since

Aw poor Leo with his sore bum I hope he's better soon, poor little thing

I know exactly what you mean that they're changing so quickly at the moment, Wesley has been really slow to do anything, bless him. In fact he's been so laid back with his milestones that some of them he's not even bothered to hit, like he's still never bothered to roll, I know he can do it because he's done it once or twice before but he doesn't do it because he can't be bothered but all of a sudden it's like he's doing everything at once, he's gone from not being able to sit up at all to sitting up for ages at a time almost over night, we went from no teeth to two teeth in a week and he's suddenly really interested in toys (especially Olivia's toys!) actually I'm really struggling to get Olivia to share her toys with Wesley, she keeps snatching everything away from him he's been playing peekaboo with me lately too, ducking his face behind things and then popping his head back out and laughing where have our tiny babies gone?!

I'm worried about going back to work too. I got a letter from HR last week and they've asked me to confirm when I'm going back, I'm so not ready it's going to be awful travelling to work every day and juggling the kids' childcare

We exchanged contracts on the house today we move in on the 2nd December it's absolute chaos at the minute, boxes everywhere! This weekend Olivia is sleeping over at MILs and they're having Wesley for a whole afternoon too while we tackle the loft!

 

[SazzleR]

It's been ages again. So sorry!

How did the photo session go today? Hope they both posed & smiled nicely for you! And did Olivia get her pot off? Really hope so! Hope her little arm doesn't look all shrivelled from it

Fab news on the moving date Hopefully you'll be all settled in time for Christmas

Leo is STILL pooing for England. It's driving me nuts. I just don't know what it is. His poos are definitely more solid now but still leak if you don't spot them straight away so I'm constantly changing his vests & outfits My hands are sore now from washing them so much! His sore bum has cleared up with the cream we got at the docs but I have to stop using that tomorrow cos it can only be used for a week at a time as it co rains steroids, so no doubt the soreness will return We're also going through nappies, wipes & cream at lightening speed. And it's not like they're cheap. His poo is a dark green colour now. Any ideas??? I'm also worried that he won't be getting everything he needs from his food because it's coming out so quickly. By teatime, his lunch is coming out (I know cos I can smell it or see bits of food in there ) I'm phoning the docs tomorrow afternoon to chase his stool sample. Haven't heard anything but I'm not sure if it's back yet as they said 7 days. I desperately just want him back to normal Even though he's happy & back to sleeping his usual pattern the past few nights, it's really getting me down I'm constantly worrying about him at every nappy change. (10+ poos a day) I've got his 6-9 month assessment next week so if the docs are no help, I'll be speaking to the HV about it all.

We had to drop Leo's cot on Sunday night!! The little tinker can now pull himself up onto his knees using the bars so we couldn't risk a topple out the cot. It's just on the middle setting for now, until he manages to pull himself to standing anyway He's also starting to army crawl a little. My baby is disappearing at lightening speed

I did a KIT afternoon at work today & have another one tomorrow. I was dreading it as actually had to teach (I'm doing them a favour by teaching one off lessons for our sixth form taster week.) But it was fine. Felt like I'd never been away In fact, I fee like I should be planning or marking right now instead of browsing the forums! Cants believe I'll be back at work in 8 weeks for real Don't want to leave Leo for 3 long days a week just yet When are you back??

Rex is going on a school trip on Thursday. He's super excited about it, little cutie He's told me he's going on a bus The teacher obviously told them to make sure they wear a warm coat & take a pack up cos that's what he told me after school today So I've got a whole day without him on Thursday! I'm off to Meadowhall to get some more Christmas shopping done while I can.

I was actually going to start my wrapping tonight but I haven't got any sellotape left on the dispenser & I'm not faffing about cutting every our so I'll wait til I have some

 

[kylesmom]

Hi ladies! SO So so sorry for not being on. I have been so busy.

So glad to hear Rex is feeling better. And that Olivia's arm is doing good!

I can't believe how old the babies are getting. I think back to the journey we all started together before we were even pregnant! It makes me smile to have you girls here to talk to even if i am not responding for a month :X


Update: Kyle started school (eek) we take him on M/W/F for full days. The two boys for my mom to watch is to much on her. He LOVES school! It's an adjustment for all of us but it is fun!
We were supposed to start him a week ago but i didn't feel comfortable taking him. He was sick the week prior and it seemed to get worse and not better. So last monday when he should have started i took him to the doc instead, Turns out he had pneumonia and an ear infection! I didn't even know it HE never complained about his ears. Poor kid was on and still is on an antibiotic (10days) almost done. Crazy!!!!!!!

During that time Lucas has had the WORST i mean WORST runs EVER. I changed at least 8-10 diarhea diapers a day.. His bum looked terrible!
We started giving him this stuff called culterell its a probiotic and it works. Cream on the bum as well OYE! What a nightmare hell of a week it has been last week.
We ALL were sick.

Lucas has 2 teeth!!!!!!!! They popped up out of NOWHERE! 3 months! NUTS! AND all he does is flip on his tummy. He HATES being on his tummy but constantly rolls on it LOL Babies!

This week Kyle finally went to school, we are all getting past this nasty cold and Lucas has his ultrasound and urology appointment this afternoon. I am so nervous to get the results. Hoping he says everything is A-ok and he won't need to be on antibiotics anymore. Fingers crossed!

Kyle's birthday party is this Sunday at Chuckie Cheese. And the Christening will be in 2 weeks at our house for Lucas. Finally got that planned. Wanted something small but DH said we should do what we did for Kyle. I agree.

How are things going for you both????

 

[Sarah lo]

Hi girls, it has been a while

The photo session went fantastically, thanks saz. Olivia stand held Wesley and the photographer was great with them, he got some really nice shots.

The pot came off yesterday at last! Her arm was fine underneath but she's having to re-learn how to use it as she's gotten used to doing everything with her other hand.

Poor Leo and Lucas both with sore bums! Wesley had the runs a couple of months ago and it took weeks to go away, do you remember? I think it just takes ages to clear up when they're that little.

I can't believe how much more Leo does than Wesley! Wesley STILL doesn't roll, he can sit up really well but makes absolutely no effort to do anything else, lazy little monkey!

That sucks you have to go back to work in 8 weeks, I'm not back till march but it feels like it's coming round way too fast

So cute Rex has a school trip! Where is he going?

Kyles, I can't believe kyle has started school! He's still so little! I can't believe how big all our kids are getting

Poor little boy, that's awful he's been so ill, it's similar to what happened with Rex last week isn't it, saz had no idea he had an infection. I hope he's better soon

Yay for teeth! A couple of weeks ago we had no teeth and now we have 3 teeth, cazy isn't it!

We are all sick in our house too, full of cold still, better to get it over with before we move house.

I remembered it was Lucas' appointment today, how did it go? I hope you had some good news at last. Its Wesley's heart scan tomorrow, I will update you on that tomorrow.

I'm having a nightmare with Olivia again just lately, she just refuses to go to bed and stay there, I've tried everything and I'm absolutely at my wits end. In fact I'm hiding upstairs after having an epic fail with her tonight, I feel ashamed of myself, I basically acted like a big baby and stormed off upstairs in a huff because Olivia wouldn't go to bed. I brought her back downstairs, dropped her in front of the tv, told her she's horrible and strormed off upstairs. I'm such a horrible horrible mum why would I do that to her? I suppose I had better go back downstairs and apologise to DH

 

[SazzleR]

Fab news that the pot is off & Olivia's arm is good underneath. She'll learn how to use it again in no time. Kids adapt so quickly.

Let us know how both your LO's appointments go. Good luck for them.

Yay for fab photos, Sarah Bet that's a few family Christmas presents sorted

Sorry to hear you're all full of cold, Sarah. But yes, deffo better to get it out the way now. Bet it's manic at your's with packing

Don't feel guilty about Kyle's infection, Kyles. You had no way of knowing. And yes, Sarah's right, exactly the same happened with me & Rex's throat infection a couple of weeks ago. He'd never even mentioned about a sore throat either We had no way of knowing

We are eventually back to more solid poos here They're just waaaaaay more frequent but I'm hoping that will clear up soon. His stool sample was clear so I guess it was just his body fighting a virus off. I might try some probiotics to help him get back to normal, Kyles. Will have to Google if we can get them here.

Glad Kyle is settling at school Rex loves his school! I think he was ready for a bit more structure.

Aaaww, Sarah, you are not a horrible mummy whatsoever I've been there. Many times! You just get to that point where you get so frustrated with them that you lose it. I've shouted all sorts at Rex during bedtime battles. I'm sure she'll get better soon. They just like to keep us on our toes! Rex has actually started going to sleep all by himself recently. This is something I never, ever thought would happen! So proud of him for getting there at long last! Only took 3.5 years

However, he had a temperature in the night & has a runny nose again He was boiling when he woke up too so I gave home some Calpol before his bottle but then he brought his ENTIRE 7oz bottle back up all over me, the sofa & the floor I was drenched through to my pants!! And he chose the worst possible morning yo do it cos had to get Rex to school for 9 for his trip & as he usually does afternoons, we're not in the practise of being out dead on time on a morning! I skipped his brekky in case it was a bug & just gave him 4oz when we got back from dropping Rex off. He went straight to sleep after that so I'm hoping that stays down & if it does, I'll risk some light lunch bday be just toast or something. I was hoping to go get some Christmas shopping done today too while I only had Leo Think he's just trying to avoid a day out shopping

 

[Sarah lo]

Wesley's appointment could not have gone better this morning he does have a hole in his heart but the specialist says its tiny and it's really high up too which apparently means its less of a problem. The doctor says its could close up on its own and in fact he said it looks as though it already has shrunk a bit. He then said that even if it doesn't close up he's not going to do anything about it, he said that there's professional footballers out there with bigger holes in their hearts than Wesley has what a relief!

That's great Leo's poos are firming up a bit I can't believe he puked up a whole bottle over you though! There is no worse feeling (apart from maybe when they repeatedly puke up on you and there's nothing else you can do but keep holding them while they cover you in wave upon wave of regurgitated milk) what a shame you didn't get to go shopping too

Olivia stayed in her bed all night last night although I actually suspect it was an accident and she just didn't wake up all night, either way I'm using it to my advantage, we made a huge song and dance about it telling her what a good girl she's been and that mummy will buy her a kinder egg as a reward. Olivia was in fact in a really foul mood this morning, thanks to the really late night and couldn't care less that we were praising her. Instead she had a tantrum because she wanted her kinder egg there and then, then had a tantrum because she wasn't allowed chocolate for breakfast, followed by a tantrum because her trousers were too big she didn't even say bye to me when I dropped her off at nursery. Kids!

 

[kylesmom]

Hooray that Olivia's cast(pot) is off!!! YAhoo! She will learn to reuse the arm in no time. Give it a week and all will be back to normal.

Isn't it great when they wake up cranky. I swear that Kyle wakes up from naps EVERYDAY cranky. It's so annoying...

Aww glad things at Wesleys appointment went well so glad there is nothing to worry about! He will be oK!!!

Sleeping through the night in her own bed too thats awesome.. Not here! We have to still sit with Kyle till he falls asleep in his room and no matter what every night he makes it into our bed grrrrrrrr.
And you are not a bad mummy! We all get way to frustrated with our kids at one point or another or every day some weeks

Can't wait to see the photos!!!! Glad they went well!


Saz so sorry Rex is still feeling Ill... Hope he keeps his food down! The worst is projectile vomit BLAH!!!!!! Hope you are all on the mend and lets get ALL these colds out of our systems before the holidays hit!

Well Lucas's appointment was amazing. His left kidney did not grow at all. which is AWESOME news and that it isn't abnormally large anymore. Its getting close to the right one The ureter isn't as big either. ALL GREAT news!!!!
His penis is healing nicely however the foreskin did adhere to the penis UGHHHH and we just have to constantly use vaseline to keep it from staying that way. ANNOYING!!!

But all and all the appointment was great. We do not need another ultrasound until February and he stays on the antibiotics because kids under 6months (boys) are prone to getting more UTI's. And since he has already had 2 we have to keep him on it.
The doc said he will be seen frequently even up through his adolescent years sigh... The dilation could come back at anytime and there is still water in his kidney.

All and all it is positive news. And things are looking great

Are you both ready for the holidays?!?!
How is the move coming along?
Oh and 3 teeth ALREADY!!!!!! thats fantastic news!

 

[Sarah lo]

Aww I'm so pleased for little Lucas, that's fantastic news from the doctor, i bet you're feeling so relieved! I hope things stay good for him xx

Well Olivia did not stay in her own bed again last night, it is as I suspected, the night before was just a fluke last night she came into our room in the middle of the night and when DH tried to take her back to her own bed she had an epic tantrum which then woke Wesley up I absolutely despair with her, I don't understand what's happened, she was sleeping fine 3 weeks ago and now she won't even stay in her room while I nip downstairs to get her story book tonight we sprinkled some dragon repellant powder (icing sugar) all over her bedroom but she was still scared to stay in her room alone.

We are nowhere near ready for Christmas yet. We have all the kids' presents but that's it. It will be a mad dash to sort everything out in time for Christmas once we get moved!

My house is in chaos right now, boxes everywhere! I can't wait to get moved and get everything tidied up again!

 

[shradha]

Hi...everyone..Sorry for MIA....got to catch up.....
Glad that all the LO's are doing good...I used to be in touch in FB ....
Dh is back .....I am so happy....although it was not planned but when we DD I found out that was going to ovulate....I don't know..but I just hope that we got the eggy on time.... I am a bit anxious..it's so good to b back in the TTC zone of testing and all...

 

[Sarah lo]

Hi shradha, lovely to hear from you

Huge FX, I hope this is your month. How long did you TTC the first time? xx

 

[shradha]

hi Sarah....I had ttc1 for 4 months.....really this will be my surprise baby if things go well....I am just waiting......

 

[kylesmom]

Hi ladies!
FXing for you Shradha!!! Hope you caught that egg!

Sarah i know the feeling. Kyle hasn't slept straight through the night in his own bed since Lucas was probably a month old. SUCKS getting a foot to the face in the early hours.....LOL

let's hope for both of us that this will eventually pass.

When is your move in date of your new home? Will you be in before Christmas?


Kyle's bday party was a huge success. Everyone had a blast!

Things are going good here. Can't wait to decorate this weekend for the holidays!

 

[SazzleR]

So glad to hear that both babies' appointments went well. Yay for Lucas' kidneys & yay for Wesley's heart

What is it with our babies & doctors though?! Leo had his 6-9 month assessment today. All fine except for the HV finding a crease on one of his thighs that didn't match to one on the other leg. Apparently this can be a soft marker of an undetected hip problem Had to take him to the GP this aft for a check up. Surprise, surprise, he's all fine. No hip problems whatsoever. Phew! I tried not to worry but then I was finding myself thinking that Rex was commando crawling & pulling himself up at Leo's age so maybe there was a problem. Anyway, he's 19lb 9oz!! Still following his new 75th line, which I couldn't believe after his 2 weeks of poo explosions up to 10 times a day, but it's a relief! He's 75th for length as well so perfectly in proportion. Except for his head which is 91st Poor boy has a big head like me!

I know I shouldn't say it, but I'm glad to hear your girls older ones aren't sleeping either! Rex has been awful again since the weekend. After a week of being horrendous at the end of October when the clocks changed, he got back on track for all of 2-3 weeks & now he's getting up in the night or up at 5.30 again. Urgh. The boys are tag teaming me at the minute. On Saturday night when DH was out, I had no more than 1.5 hours sleep in a row between the both of them

I'm totally ready for Christmas, Kyles Well, not TOTALLY. I still need to wrap things & buy our parents presents but I know what they're getting. Our elf is arriving on Sunday & we're doing the tree this weekend. Christmas is here! So exciting!!

How's the packing going, Sarah? Is it still on for the big move on Tuesday??

:wave: Good to hear from you, Shradha! Sending lots of baby dust your way

Happy thanksgiving for tomorrow, Kyles! Have fun!

 

[Sarah lo]

Ooh is it thanksgiving today? Happy thanksgiving kyles

Glad to hear kyle had a nice birthday, I saw the pictures, looked like he had a great time! What was he doing in the big tube, looked like bits of paper were flying around him?

Thats good Leonard is doing so well, saz silly health visitors like to scare us don't they! Glad he's OK.

Well this emoticon: just about sums me up this morning too. I've been ill with the kids' cold since the weekend, Olivia's still refusing to go to bed and stay there a and Wesley appears to have tooth number 4 on the way the worst things is that DH doesn't even stir when I get up so he wakes up all cheery and refreshed in the morning and then buggers off to work does it make me a really horrible wife that I secretly feel a little bit pleased that he was starting to sniffle with our cold this morning??

Packing is going OK I think although my being ill last weekend has set us back a bit, we'll have lots to do this weekend :-\
I took Olivia and wesley to see the house yesterday, we're buying the seller's fridge because ours is to big so I went round to give her the money and we had a coffee and a chat. Its really nice because the sellers are almost an identical family to us, young couple with a little girl and a baby. Only difference is they have 2 girls. So Olivia was like a kid in a sweet shop running round looking at all the rooms and Wesley sat and played with the baby

 

[SazzleR]

Leonard?!!!! That's really made me chuckle!!

 

[Sarah lo]

stupid auto correct! Do you not fancy changing his name to Leonard? Or what about Leopold?

just sums up how tired I was that day lol.

Made me laugh too, I'm sat by myself in Costa Coffee trying to stifle a big grin. Not a good look

 

[SazzleR]

I proper lol'd at it I think it must be exhaustion getting to us! We find things hilarious that clearly wouldn't be to normal people! But, no, not fancying Leonard! You could be onto something with Leopold though!

And hang on... You were alone in Costa?! Like, no baby or toddler?! Wow. Jealous!!

Last night, Leo woke up for his bottle at just before 3. But earlier than his 'usual' but acceptable. He then took an HOUR to go back to sleep I'd been back in bed for just over an hour when I heard Rex up. Why does my eldest not need sleep to function like normal children?! And he's so bloody perky at 5am that I just struggle to deal with him

They've both been late to bed tonight cos it was Rex's christmas fayre at school & the Fathet Christmas was running massively late. About an hour & a half late We'd booked a late slot so DH could come so it was nearly 9pm when they went to bed. God knows what kind of night we're in for after the late bedtime. Probably a bad one

 

[Sarah lo]

Ha ha no chance, when I said I was on my own what I actually meant was on my own with a baby. And the only reason we were there at all was because Wesley was so grumpy with his latest tooth coming through that I had to get out of he house with him or else suffer a nervous breakdown. He was really well behaved while we were there though, sat quietly and ate his biscuit, played with his toy mouse for a bit and then spent the better part of half an hour staring, unblinkingly at two teenage girls on the next table

Aw sorry you had such a rotten night the other night. Olivia is the same at the minute. Every night about 2am she wanders into our room because she's scared of the dragons in her room. She's even mastered the art of climbing into our bed from the bottom because we don't wake up and take her back to her own bed.

I hope it wasn't such a bad night as you thought last night. Maybe they surprised you?

 

[SazzleR]

Hope the move went ok, Sarah. Hope you get the essentials sorted quickly so you can settle for Christmas.

Don't have much to update you on really. Both boys have snotty noses & coughs because of the snot so nighttimes have been fun & games Rex came into our room at 2am last night with his own duvet in his arms to sleep with us One day they'll sleep

 

[Sarah lo]

I'm back online! it took a whole week for Sky to reinstate our Internet and phone line

we're all moved and mostly unpacked now. Our tree is up and its starting to feel christmassy!

I hope you are all well, we've all had nasty colds here which hasn't helped the kids settle in after the move at all. Wesley has gone back to waking 5 times a night and I'm absolutely shattered

and don't even get me started on Olivia. She's still refusing to go to bed by herself. In fact she's afraid to be by herself at any time of the day. She won't play in her room, follows me everywhere like a shadow - with Wesley being so clingy too I'm starting to feel like the pied piper a lot of the time at bed time I have to lie with her till she falls asleep and it's getting later and later by the time she actually falls asleep. Last night it was 8:30 by the time I got her off to sleep and just half an hour after that Wesley was up for the first time of the night. DH is having to sleep in her bed with her every night because if she wakes up in the night and realises she's by herself she screams the house down please tell me this is just a phase!