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[goldstns]

Rachel- do you freeze the fruit? I have those mesh things, but not sure what to do with it. Also Alia LOVES mango too!! Lastly, what is a transition nipple? Alis is still on the bottle size 3 nipple... what should I be doing?

Iv been running for the last few weeks too! I have been running 3x a week. I take Alia in her stroller and a dog. My total distance is about 1.5 miles (with a tiny bit of walking too).

 

[Lotalaughs16]

Glad the rash is gone Rachel...and good for you running!

Nikki...i can't imagine running with a stroller and a dog...but then again my dog is crazy and jumps all the time so maybe thats why lol

 

[Cowgirl07]

Glad the rash is gone. I had prickly heat last week it was awful.
As for running Dh and I went last night, I didn't think it was bad. Dh is not a runner though and proclaims he is too sore. I'm going to the Dr soon for my blood test.

 

[wavescrash]

I'm trying to get Ellie to chew on fruit in the little mesh baggies. She's starting to get the hang of it. Tried peas yesterday, that was a no go. Gave her mango during our run and she seemed to like it. She loves mango anyways but it's just a different texture. I'm going to buy some watermelon and give her some tomorrow when DH is off. I also went up a nipple flow size bc I want her to start using a transition sippy at 6 months. My friend did this with all 3 of her kids and they were all off the bottle by 1 year. So I'm going to start with the breakfast bottle in the sippy then transition to just mealtimes then eventually all but bedtime.

Rachel- do you freeze the fruit? I have those mesh things, but not sure what to do with it. Also Alia LOVES mango too!! Lastly, what is a transition nipple? Alis is still on the bottle size 3 nipple... what should I be doing?

You can freeze the fruit to help with teething pain but otherwise you don't have to. I personally recommend removing any skin from the fruits you put in there and wash/rinse them immediately after using. They get pretty gross.

And you don't have to worry about the nipple size or transitioning unless it's something you personally want to do. We didn't transition Hannah off bottles until around 1 year and she transitioned with virtually no problems. We would give a little bit of water or juice (depending on how old she was) in a sippy cup every so often starting around 5-6 months but her formula was still in bottles until we transitioned her to milk. But as she got older (like 9 months) we would give her a sippy cup of water or watered down juice once a day.

Waves - what happened with your insurance? Did it get straightened out?

I'm still covered under work's insurance but my girls aren't and we were denied assistance. I'm going to reapply though and have to call my caseworker because we only received the denial letter for food stamps, but not for Medicaid so I'm wondering if she even did that part of the application since I specifically said I wanted her to.

 

[clynn11]

Lost a big part of my mucous plug last night and this morning lost more tinged with blood! First time I've seen blood so fingers crossed.

 

[wavescrash]

Yay Cass! It's a change so that's good news. FX for you that today turns into Zuri's birthday.

 

[clynn11]

Thanks I hope so too! Feeling quite period crampy right now so I'm really hoping this is the starts!!

 

[TTCaWee1]

Yay Cassidy!

Nikki - I put frozen peas in yesterday. Today I just peeled some fresh mangoes and put them in it. They were already cold.
Like waves said, it's personal preference on the sippy. They make sippy cups that you can start using at 4 months and as they get older you can change the nipple or advance to a different sippy. They even have straw ones. I bought the nuby 4 month sippy. It has handles and a soft nipple that looks like a regular sippy top.

 

[Lotalaughs16]

Waves... I hope you get the insurance straightened out, thats annoying if she didnt submit the second part.

Katrina, good luck at the dr

Cassidy, keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!

Has Mirolee posted her birth story yet? If so could someone point me in the direction of a page number?

 

[Cowgirl07]

I just had a progesterone test nothing exciting. I don't even see the real point. I'm on progesterone anyway, but they want to check my levels. (Waste my money)

 

[wavescrash]

Waves... I hope you get the insurance straightened out, thats annoying if she didnt submit the second part.

Thanks! I'll be so angry if she didn't.

Thanks I hope so too! Feeling quite period crampy right now so I'm really hoping this is the starts!!

Oooh, that's how these things start out... I'm just sayin

 

[goldstns]

Thx ladies for the advice. I sometimes give Alia a bottle with water and use a "Y" nipple.... Does that count as transitioning her? I find with the hard plastic sippy cups she just uses it as a chew toy. But thx for reminding me...i should try my other sippy cups again.

cassidy- cheering u on girlfriend!

ugh, I think I'm getting sick...throat and head hurt.

we told alia's favorite teacher that we r changing daycares in 6 weeks and she cried!! Broke my heart!!!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Oh why are you changing? Hope her favorite wasn't the flirt

 

[goldstns]

It was the flirt. She's so good to Alia! We r changing Alia to a daycare at our work. Therefore I can visit her or take her outside for lunch...it will b nice having her so close. Plus when number 2 comes it will b cheaper then the other daycare.

 

[frsttimemama]

Fx anyway Katrina!

Cass, fx for you!!

I havent seen anything from Mirolee?

I think I am nesting at work.. Lol. I have been cleaning and sorting and trashing things. I want it neat and organized when I go on leave (and every day!), and what if it is sooner than I plan? Now for my house.. Lol

 

[Cowgirl07]

Progesterone was 37.2. Told the nurse we were taking a med break but didn't want to tell her we were thinking of transferring. My run of the day is complete. I saw a snake at the farm. I ran away.
Mirolee has been posting on fb. From what I can tell they are well.

 

[wavescrash]

Cassidy has been MIA from the internet for a few hours so I'm just going to assume she's in labor/at the hospital

 

[clynn11]

Pfffft I wish Amanda. Just got back from a walk. Lost more bloody show about an hour ago. Wishing contractions would start -_-

 

[wavescrash]

Pfffft I wish Amanda. Just got back from a walk. Lost more bloody show about an hour ago. Wishing contractions would start -_-

lol well it's still progress! maybe they'll start once you lay down for the night and are completely relaxed.

 

[clynn11]

I'm hoping. I just lost the most plug with blood yet. Been losing it all day long. Been losing my plug for the past 2 weeks but starting this morning there was blood mixed in and each time there's more blood. So fx.