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TTC and Beyond!

I do agree that Harper Zindel is easier to say, but Ella Zindel sure is catchy! Sounds like a TV personality :)
 
I just need to whine a minute. My back is SO sore. I just took more tylenol. Actually I feel lousy in general. I'm thinking maybe a UTI. I am going to increase the water, get some cranberry juice and wait a day or 2..

On a completely unrelated note, I could SWEAR I just felt a flutter behind my pubic bone. Yes, I know that I am crazy because it's too early and (s)he's too teeny tiny, but it sure felt like it. Probably wishful thinking I ;)

And I agree.. Ella Zindel does sound like a TV personality! :)
 
Sarah-Lol that's what we've been doing! We have gotten so many girl clothes from friends...it seems like all our friends have girls lol We did get some boy clothes from someone DW works with. Now I'm just working on washing and resorting everything!

Britt-I wouldn't hesitate to return the clothes...but that's just me lol You could google the brands and see where they are sold. That is really weird that she would buy you all boy stuff before you had even found out...and then why wouldn't she return them for girl stuff before giving them to you? Honestly, she probably won't remember what she got you by the time you would even use them for your second child (if they are even a boy).

Rachel-Google the brand of the diapers. We got some that we are going to return and googled the brand, turned out to be from Walgreens.
I would keep the boppy. A vibrating pillow? I feel like that is not necessity...especially since you'll probably have some type of bouncy seat or something that vibrates.

Sandy-Glad you got the glucose test all finished...mine is this week :( I agree with DH, I think it would be cool to do something for this baby. Maybe you could do a gender reveal party? We did one for our friends' 2nd baby bc they didn't want to have a shower and ask for things when they already had what they needed. It was a lot of fun! We did a bunch of old wives tales before the reveal. Everyone dressed in the color they thought the baby would be (pink=girl, blue=boy) and I made little bows and bow ties for everyone to wear based on if they thought it would be a boy or a girl. There were a few people who still brought diapers even though we told everyone they didn't need to bring anything.

Julie- so glad Olivia started wiggling! Maybe it will be a reflection of their personalities?! Lol
That's what I keep thinking lol He is always the active one in u/s too. She's usually calm and then kicks up a storm for a minute and calms back down. It will be interesting to see when they come out...lol
Sounds like you are knocking out your to-do list! Good for you! I have a long one and I'm moving so slowly on it lol

So Rachel mentioned the trade-in sale at Babies R Us and it made me think of this...in case anyone didn't already know, Babies R Us does price matching. We've saved money on our high chairs, cribs, and car seats bc they price match. That way we can purchase the items from our registry and it goes towards that percentage back at the end but we don't have to pay more for it. And if you buy more than one of the higher priced items at the same time, you can do a multiples discount (10%). Between price matching and our multiples discount we've saved quite a bit.
 
Well, I feel like crap now...We were supposed to have an ultrasound and doc apt on Monday (the 17th). I scheduled it a while back so my mom could come in for my bday this weekend and she would have off Monday as well for presidents day (she's a school bus driver). So it would be perfect bc she could see the babies.
Well, she isn't 100% sure she's coming bc she's short on money bc they've had several snow days and bus drivers don't get paid for snow days. Plus, they have to work Monday to make up for a snow day. So, I went ahead and changed our apt this morning to Wed bc DW has off all day and I don't want to wait until Mon for the apt since I didn't think my mom could go anyway.
She just informed me she was going to use a sick day so she could go...I tried to call and move the apt back but it's already booked up for that day. I feel really bad about it and don't know what to do...The only other choice I have is to keep trying to call back and see if anyone has cancelled.
 
Amanda - a mombo looks like a boppy but this one vibrates. I'm going to begin my leave on April 6 but I'm going off the floor mid March in case I need to leave early so they won't be short staffed.
 
Julie, maybe she could take the sick day Wednesday?

Rachel, that sounds like a great plan!

Katrina, that stinks! :(
 
Britt- any friends having boys? Or have a boy and his bday is coming up?

julie- I truly believe babies in the belly are showing their personalities. Alia was pretty calm in my belly and she's calm now. She hic-upped like crazy in my belly...and she still does! Also, so sry bout mom...thats a hard situation... I hope it works out.
 
I'm spotting light red. I'm absolutely freaking out. I will call first thing in the morning
 
:( Hope it's nothing dear. Keep us updated. I had spotting somewhere between 6-8 weeks if I remember correctly and went to the ER and everything was okay. They diagnosed it as "late" implantation bleeding.
 
Sandy - I hope (and i'm sure) it's nothing!! Keep us updated!

Julie- That's a tough one, but could she take the sick day on Wednesday instead? or will she not want to? I hope you get it worked out.

And thanks ladies.. I really still do like Harper better thinking about it in the long run and how it sounds with our last name. I send DH some emails today with tips for picking names when spouses are stuck on different names. He never responded to them. So, I guess i'm done for now. She will have a name eventually. For now, she's "baby girl"
 
Thanks. I had a UTI with my last pregnancy with some spotting around this time so I am praying that's all it is. I'm sucking down the cranberry juice and trying to stay calm til morning and my doctors office opens.
 
I bet that's what it is! Try to stay calm as hard as it is. I think in the mean time cranberry juice is a good idea!
 
Thinking of you Sandy!! I hope all is well with little bean and a UTI is the culprit! Sit tight mama xoxo

I need Advice? Help? Encouragement? Scolding?

We have a 95 pound pitbull. He is amazing and loving and really means the world to us. Recently, he has started misbehaving really badly. Ruining things in the house left and right. Ate our custom blinds this weekend. Just really bad, destructive behavior. I know this sounds awful but I don't know what else to do. I just all of a sudden can't see him and the baby living in the same house. I can't see our daughter having tummy time on the floor and the dog not stealing away her toys. Or coming home and finding that he's chewed her swing up or eaten her favorite blanket. I'm sick to my stomach and came home to my husband crying saying he doesn't know what to do. We've tried a trainer-he's almost 5, I think he's too old to be taught. I'm scared this is all coming out because he can sense the baby is coming. What if he's jealous and doesn't do well with the baby? I'm literally sick.
 
Thanks for the support. To say that I am terrified doesn't even begin to describe it.
 
Kara, I'm so sorry. I would definitely try a different trainer and talk to your vet before you make any major decisions. That would be an absolutely awful place to be. Thinking of you!
 

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