TTC and Beyond!

[TTCaWee1]

Sorry Cassidy 😢 but I will say that I got the abx bc my gbs was unknown and Ellie got a ton of abx over 10 days and she's fine!

So I just ran to target and loaded up on diapers, wipes and formula bc they are having a big baby sale...my car is keyless and all I need is for the key fob to be near the car then I can open the doors. I loaded up my stuff and I guess I left my wristlet in with the bags when I closed the hatch so my stupid fancy car locked me out. It's like 90 degrees out, Ellie was due to eat and DH is at work. So I started to hoof it home carrying Ellie in her car seat and my massive bottle of conditioner that I forgot to put in the car. Thennnn along came my neighbor. Omg never have I been so excited to see someone. He drove me to go get my spare key from my friends house, took me home to get a spare key fob then took me back to target. I was going to steal a target cart to used as a stroller but thought that would look even worse than carrying a car seat down the road. Ugh so happy to be home lol

 

[Disneybaby26]

Omg Rachel!! Whoopsy! Lol, so glad your neighbor found you!!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Rachel that sounds awful. I'm glad your neighbor was so great!

 

[goldstns]

What story Rachel... I bet our tired...Elle. and car seat would b heavy!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Had a bfp dream this morning. It was exactly how i would wind up telling Dh. Having all these plans, then not doing any of them and bawling my eyes out and throwing the test in his hands plan is to test before the wedding we have Saturday

 

[TTCaWee1]

Excited for you to test Katrina!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

omg Rachel! So glad your neighbor found you!

Katrina- I had a BFP dream a few days before my positive test!! FX!!!!

 

[brunettebimbo]

Good Luck Katrina!

Been to see my consultant this afternoon. Nothing new was really discussed but he has scared the shit out of me. He said that with antiphospholipid syndrome most losses happen in 2nd trimester! I thought we were safer now I was in 2nd tri!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Sorry Bb. I wish it had gone better.
Afm I hate driving and it was bad today. I drove our manual little car and some older gentlemen decided to cut me off. I almost ended up in his rear end and burnt my clutch. On the plus side I got new glasses and a dress.

 

[frsttimemama]

Oh my gosh Rachel! How sucky! Glad your neighbors gave you a ride!

Cass, so sorry!

Katrina, fx! Can't wait for your test!

Bb, everything is going to be ok! Sorry he scared you!

Afm, I'm rather uncomfortable lately! My belly is so tight! It is sore down low and my back. Almost crampy but not really. Probably just the extra weight of baby and such? Idk. Definitely different than last pregnancy! Can't wait to see him tomorrow! I always love when they estimate size, too.

 

[TTCaWee1]

For those of you who shop at target, they have a $20 off $100 in baby items and $10 gift card off 2 boxes of diapers. Almost all the baby stuff is on sale too. I loaded up on diapers, formula, wipes and baby food.

Kara are you going to introduce solids at 4 or 6 months?

We have Ellie's 4 month appt tomorrow. Hope the shots aren't horrible on her. I started giving her fruit with her cereal. We made it through bananas and tomorrow we start peaches. I think we are just going to stick with breakfast until we get through all the fruits then add "lunch" with veggies and by the time she's 6 months we can do 3 meals and be on the 2nd foods. Unless the doc tells me otherwise....I just want to take it slowly since they do recommend waiting until 6 months. So far it hasn't changed her milk schedule. She still eats 3 hours after her first feed.

Nikki what is alias eating schedule?

Oh and the last few nights, Ellie has slept thru the night! Gotten up at 5:30 to eat then back to sleep again. I consider that sttn...this morning she was fussy when I laid her back down so I brought her to bed with me and she slept in our bed until 8:30. Hope it stays this way!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Rachel-anything over 7 hours is STTN! That's awesome!! I don't really know about solids, she gaining really well with just the milk, doc didnt say anything about it. We go back end of August, ill ask then. What are the pros/cons? I hadn't really thought about it yet! I thought they had you start with veggies first so they aren't off put by them because fruit is so much sweeter. What was the oatmeal that you were using? How much did the doctor have you give her to start?

 

[TTCaWee1]

I read that too about the fruits but I just can't give a vegetable with oatmeal. Would I eat peas for breakfast? I think she's going to prefer sweets regardless of when they are introduced. I guess we will see what happens though once we get to veggies. I give her single grain oatmeal and mix it with breastmilk. About 1-2 tbsp. I started her without talking to doc after talking to a lot of friends at work. She can sit up with little assistance, rolls, holds her head up, opens her mouth for it, cries after each feeding...she just seemed ready. I think the cons are that some people say that early solids causes allergies. I don't know if I believe that though

 

[Disneybaby26]

Hmmmm!! Definitely read oatmeal over rice cereal-especially with constipation issues! Definitely want to talk to the doctor about it, I feel like feeding her solids would be fun lol!

 

[Disneybaby26]

I've never heard the allergy thing-I think it's one of those things that if you're ready Nd you think the babe is ready, go for it!! So awesome the Ellie is on her way! Are you preparing them yourself or using store bought?

 

[TTCaWee1]

I bought plum organics, earths best and Ella's kitchen. I made some banana baby food but it's in the freezer. Just easier to buy it. I'll make stuff when I can but I'm not going to stress over it. Just going to buy organic

 

[TTCaWee1]

I'm so happy. I just cleaned my floors! Shined them and all! I've been lucky to keep them swept since I went back to work. DH tries but he doesn't do them like I do. They look so good I can practically see myself in them. It's amazing what excites me nowadays.

 

[frsttimemama]

Rachel that's great! I hear you about the little things being exciting! I am seriously so tired and sore these days, my house is really suffering. I can't wait to have some energy to clean it!

I have never heard the allergy thing, but I have heard it increases risk of obesity later in life. I have not decided what we will do. Depends on baby I think.

29 weeks!! 10 to go! Yay! Hard to believe. I am so sore lately, I can hardly believe it. I plan to.work as long as possible, but I am a little unsure how long that will be. Hubby thinks I will be off early. I think baby boy will be early. Worries.. lol.

 

[wavescrash]

The baby sale at work is ridiculous lol. We've been out of Pamper's Swaddlers all week now. I even had other stores calling to see if we had the Swaddlers in in various sizes which never happens.


Earlier this week Hannah woke up screaming around 4:30am so I figured she woke up from a nightmare or something. I went in to calm her down and realized she was burning up. I took her temp and it was like 101-something. A short while later it was up to 102.1 so I woke Tyler up and we were trying to get her to take some medicine when she projectile vomited everywhere. We got her cleaned up and got her to take some Tylenol and not even 2 minutes later, she threw that up and this is the point I started freaking out lol. She's never been sick before so I felt so bad for her. Her temp was up to 103.1 at this point so we took Leah to my mom's house & took Hannah to the ER since she wasn't able to keep her meds down. I'm so paranoid about febrile seizures so I wanted to make sure we could get her meds to help fight the fever since it climbed in a short period of time. The ER gave her zofran for the nausea and she was then able to take Motrin and eat some applesauce. She never threw up again after that but every day since, her temp has been up and down. Highest it's gotten has been 101-something but it's usually around 99.6-100.3 which isn't too terrible. The day she went to the ER we both took off work and then Tyler's job was closed for the 4th of July so he lost 2 days of pay on this check and it was terrible I just hope we have enough to last until next Friday when we both get paid.

Leah's 4 mth check-up is on Tuesday and she's due for some shots. Everyone's talking about baby food... we haven't started her on anything yet. Hannah was on cereal early on for reflux and even though Leah has reflux too, I'm putting off starting her on food. I'm not 100% sure why, probably because I want to deny she's growing up lol. That and we got rid of our high chair so I really have nothing to put her in until we get a new one, although I'm sure she'd be okay in the Bumbo or bouncer. I don't know... I'm just putting it off. I'll see what her ped says Tuesday and probably start thinking about starting her on it lol.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Rachel that's awesome, I need to scrub floors living room especially.
Sandy yay only ten weeks!
Afm: I was grumpy last night, but today I get to pick up the prints I ordered and go out for Chinese should be a good day. As for symptoms, I don't have any so I think testing tomorrow will be worthless.