NOVEMBER ALREADY!

Michelle - I know what you mean. The problem is, when we take the bottle away to burp him, he cries like loud and nonstop til he gets it back. so burping is near impossible and he like screams so my ears are hurting. So I'm basically like okay okay okay! I give him his bottle back before he is burped and stuff... so.. I do try though, I try to shush him for a bit but once he gets started cryin, there's no stopping him heh.

Sorry I've been MIA guys! We've had a crazy weekend! We spent 6 hours of our Saturday at the Dodge Dealership...the salesman said it would only be an hour or two since we did everything online....but whatever....freakin' jerks. Brenden slept the entire time so of course he was up all night. He also didn't poop yesterday so I've spent today knee high in baby poop. I stimulated him (q-tip & ky jelly) and he loaded 4 diapers this afternoon. Poor kid. I got a new van but I'd give it back for a full nights sleep at this point! LOL Oh and Dawson got out of the shower last night and his entire chest was broke out in little bumps. I gave him some Benedryl and the redness is gone but the bumps are still there. I'm going to call the pedi if it's not gone tommorrow. Anything weird that can happen...is happening in this house. I walked past my bedroom and the tv was on (it had been off) and chaning through channels....BY ITSELF. So I go in and turn it off...low and behold about 2 hours later when I walked by...it was changing channels itself again. So when DH got home I told him what was up and he goes in and it won't come on at all. He thinks I'm so sleep deprived that I'm halucinating. I'm telling ya'...the tv was changing channels on its own!

About the eating question - I fill Brenden's bottles to 5oz and sometimes he takes another ounce or two but he is eating every 2 1/2 - 3 hours with about 4 hours inbetween feedings at night. I feel like he is eating far too much but the pedi said to let him eat until he wants to stop so that's what we are doing. His nickname has gone from Monkey to Chunky Monkey! I think he weighs about 13 pounds and he is 8 weeks Wednesday. I must say he is gaining in length also...we measured him at 23 inches and he was 20 inches at birth.

I need some advice on waking at night. He has been (with the exception of the last two nights) going to bed around 9 and not waking until 3am but then he gets up at 4,5, and 6 and only eating at 6. He just wakes like every 30 minutes or so for about 5 minutes. It's really hard to get any sleep and then it leaves us all in a bad mood for the following day. How do I get him to stop waking like that? It's nothing but restless sleep which is not good to anyone! HELP...................

-Michelle

Joy - unfortunately my brother has taken after my mom and is staying out of it. I called him yesterday and asked if Julie(SIL) and I needed to talk, and he was like, "I think we should just leave it alone." Well... if we don't ever talk about it, how are we supposed to solve it if we don't talk about it? although, I see why he doesn't want us to talk about it. Julie will never change her mind about Cory and she'll always have SOMETHING to say to me. So basically next time she has anything to say, I'm just gunna be like, "mind your fucking(pardon my language) business. Quit worrying about MY problems and focus on your own..." that's really all I have left for her. I'm done with her acting like she's looking out for my best interests when all she's doing is bothering the crap out of me. What she says will never affect my decisions, whichever part of my life her opinions pertain to. Anyways, sorry.. I am such a rambler!

Michelle - Um... poltergeist anyone? That is freaky about your TV!! I'm sorry about your day at the dealership . That happened with my mom when she got her Honda in '98. She took us after she got home from work one day and I remember it being like SUPER late when we left and I was hungry and tired and I think it was a school night. Side Note: I told her about that a few months back and she looked at me and was like, "don't even go there, I was so angry with that salesman. I had all of you kids there(there's three of us), and it got late and you guys were hungry and tired... UGH." It was funny that she recalled it so well lol. Anyways, I don't have any ideas about the sleeping thing, only to maybe keep him up a little later than 9, like maybe 10 or 11. Then maybe he won't wake up til 6 or 7 and you'll have had enough sleep. I too have been having trouble with joey. He got his days and nights mixed up again! Then last night DF and I were trying to watch Kung Fu Panda and Joseph was just not gunna have it! And just when we thought he was going to be okay and DF went to sleep, he starting screaming. It was all I could do not to get in the car and just leave for a while. DF woke up and found me in the living room just bawling and Joseph was on his blanket on the floor screaming like mad. I just felt so helpless. Anyways, thats all I got. sowwy

Yea, Bekah the tv thing has totally freaked me out! Weird things happen in this house sometimes. The ceiling fan in my living room is remote control and every few days the light will pop on or off and sometimes the fan goes from it's normal medium setting to high on it's own. Dh swears it's just a fluke in the "waves" between the fan and remote. Me? I'm not so sure and I don't think I wanna know! LOL

Brenden is up I'll be back later! Have a great morning ladies! And WOO HOO he slept from 5am until nearly 7am without waking every 15-20 minutes!!!! Yeah for Brenden....and me!!!! :-)

Michelle- Holy freakiness!!! How old is your house? Has Dawson ever said anything about seeing anything...I am just trying to see if there are other things going on if you catch my drift...although I am sure you really don't want to know. Anyway, Landree has her last bottle around 9 or 10 and sleeps until between 2 and 4...then she wakes up again around 5:30 but is not hungry...I honestly bring her into bed with me then or I would never get anymore sleep...she just squeaks in her bassinett until someone picks her up.

AFM- DH is on vacation until the day after Thanksgiving which is the day I go back to work also...so we will be spending some nice family time together this week...and we are gonna finish up our Christmas shopping too...speaking of which, what are you all getting your LO's? Honestly we are only getting her a couple of things, she has no idea, but McKenna does so Christmas is mostly gonna be all about her this year.

Kim-I think Lucas is getting an exersaucer and maybe some clothes...My two older ones havent made up their minds yet of what they want...We usually get them a few small toys from us, something bigger from Santa and then some clothes from us..They get so much from the rest of the family...

Michelle-Hmmm...very interesting about your tv..We had one that did that...It creeped me out!I lived in a house in 8th grade that had some, um, issues...The water would turn on randomly and I would hear footsteps on the back stairs...spooky...

Bekah-So your SIL is up to her old nastiness again...You've tried to talk to her....She so needs to get over herself...Why would she think anyone cares if she likes your DF anyway?Have you guys set a date for the wedding yet?

As for the eating question...When I pump and DH feeds Luc he's been eating about 4.5 oz or so...I portion the milk in 2-3 oz bags so not much is wasted...He usually eats at around 8pm then not again until 1-2am, 5am and 7am...but I've mastered feeding him on my side which is awsome!!! Oh and Lucas is 7 weeks old now.We will get his weight next week at his 2 month appointment where he will also get shots...ugh...

AFM-I'm so excited that this year I don't have to work on Black Friday..I've had to every year that I can remember and DH is off so we will have a nice long weekend!It snowed here yesterday off and on all day...We've got about 3-4 inches of snow and my boots havent come yet...ok remeber how I'm not a cat person?Well some of you may remember we lost one of our Sphynx cats suddenly right after labor day...Well our cat is lonely and has taken to following my DH around the house everywhere and meowing at the top of her lungs...Yesterday I came across a breeder who has 2 special needs kittens that she's looking to place...I'm working on DH to consider one of them...Am I crazy?Probably...

Has anyone gotten their kids pics taken at Walmart?Just wondering if they turned out well....

I'm back! What a great morning this has been! Brenden woke about 7am and drank another 5oz and then he PLAYED with Dawson and I before the school bus came. Right now he is in his bouncy in my kitchen because I was cleaning and he fell asleep all on his own! :-) This is about the time I want his morning naps to be so it worked out fine! Now if I can just get him to sleep until 11am and then back down anywhere from 1-2pm until 5 or 6 we'll be good! I really want his bedtime to be 9pm or after so I have some alone time with Dawson between 8 and 9 and hubby can tend to the baby. We'll see... it took me a couple of weeks to get Dawson on a schedule when he was a baby but life was so much easier when we knew what to expect!

Kim - Yes, it is definately FREAKINESS! My house isn't really old...built in 1983 and we are only the 3rd owners. When Dawson was younger he would wake up at night screaming and I would run up the stairs to him and he would be screaming and laughing at the same time...but his eyes were glossy and he couldn't speak. He didn't even know who I was. Hubby said it was night terrors....I don't know. He would have no recollection of it the next day. I wouldn't say my house it haunted but I really think it's more than what hubby does. I don't feel scared or uneasy just a little freaked when weird things happen. The "instances" became more frequent when my sister's fiance was killed 2 years ago and she moved in here. I opened the garage door one day after grocery shopping and there were atleast 50 teeny tiny frogs jumping all over the floor. I had only been gone a couple of hours.... Another time my sister was cleaning one of the bathrooms upstairs and she started screaming...there was a frog in the toilet sunny side up dead as a door nail. Very strange....

Bekah - You've got to get that SIL in check. I think telling her to "f -off" is the way to go. I've got a SIL (hubby's sister) who is a trouble maker and always tries to make it out that she is trying to be helpful but I know she's a coniving bitch. I told her to "f-off" years ago and have never regretted it. I waited until she said one of her snide remarks and there infront of everyone one I put her straight. Now she doesn't even talk to me...it's been 8 years. At family functions we just steer clear of eachother and everyone knows that's just the way it is. It sucks to delete people from your life but sometimes they don't leave you any other choice. Keep your head up! :-)

As for Christmas - Brenden is getting an exersaucer and high chair from Santa. I'm going to also get him plastic bowls and spoons ect for eating from Santa. Tony and I will get him a few toys and some clothes. I figure might as well buy neccessities since I have to get them anyway and he won't know the difference. If Santa jips him though Dawson will freak out so we're trying to make it look "even". LOL

Well, I'm going to do some much needed housecleaning. Later momma's!

Bekah - don't let your SIL get the best of you -- if your brother won't get involved, then just let everything roll off of you -- i know it's easier said than done (believe me, i have MAJOR in-law problems too), but distance might be good too. She might realize that everything wasn't as bad as she made it appear to be!

AFM: I had my sugar test this morning...so now it's the waiting game to see if it was only gestational (i have had everything crossed all day). i hope i hear sooner rather than later! tomorrow we take DD to the ENT to have her ears checked and we'll find out if she needs new tubes or if there is another problem. and as if today wasn't a long enough day, DH has to go back to work tonight, so while he came home early, he has now disappeared when the two older ones are driving me bonkers!! how convenient!! ARGH!!! just not a good day...i kinda railed on him earlier too 'cause he called to tell me that he had to go back tonight and i told him "you never call to say hi or ask how i'm doing or anything during the day...you only call to tell me that you have to work late or go back to work later" i was so annoyed! ok - rant over - time to clean up from dinner and deal with everything else that didn't get done today!

Joy - glad to hear your DH was helpful yesterday

AFM: last night was HORRIBLE!! Logan FINALLY went to sleep and stayed asleep at 12:55am..DH walked in at 1am and i threatened him with bodily harm if he woke him up since we had only been asleep for all of 5 min. Luckily, Logan slept until 6:15am and is snoozing in his swing now. I am so tired, luckily I don't have to pick up DD from pre-school today so maybe I'll get to take a short snooze before I have to meet DH and DD at the ENTs. Hope everyone has a good morning...off to pack lunches before i fall asleep at the computer....

Elise- I hope you hear good news about your sugar test...I was so freaking nervous about mine so I know how you feel...the only thing that sucks for me is I have gone kind of overboard with eating whatever I want now that I know it was just GD...I have to regin it in or else I am going to gain back everything that I lost.

Elise - I'm really thinking about you today! I hope your sugar test goes well! I can only imagine how nervous you are!

Good Luck ELise!!! If you pass come have some big soft ginger cookies with me!!!

Okay so yesterday's day of bliss came to a skreeching hault about 2am. And believe it or not it wasn't Brenden waking...it was ME!!! He got up about 2 to be fed and he went right back to sleep. However, I am a stupid idiot and recorded The Shield last night and couldn't wait to watch it so I started it after I put Brenden back to bed. I knew I was asking for a crying baby...didn't get one....just me not being able to fall back asleep! GRRRRRRR! The Shield is my favorite tv show and it's SERIES finale is next week so I've been anxious. Needless to say when I went back to bed about 3:30 I couldn't go back to sleep. Hubby and baby were both snoring and there I was...looking at the ceiling. I know I was bugging Brenden last night because everytime he moved I was looking at him and when he made one of his famous noises I would try to put the bink in his mouth instead of just leaving him alone. He has been pretty cranky this morning, as I have, and is now in his swing asleep. I hate letting him sleep there...especially when I am trying to get him on a schedule. So for ONE day he pretty much followed the routine...AND THEN I SCREWED IT UP! I am so upset....

Hope ya'll have a good day...maybe send some good vibes this way if ya' think about it.

{{{EXTRA REALLY GOOD VIBES}}}
{{{LOTS OF SLEEP VIBES}}}

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Elise - I know how you feel about last night lol that is probably EXACTLY how much sleep we got here! I hope your sugar tests came back good! Don't forget to let us know okay?

Michelle - I'm sorry honey. After last night, Joey's day is all mixed up. He's been sleeping for most of the day.. which I guess is my fault. I should keep him up. But when he gets tired... he just wails and wails and I just can't handle it, so I just let him sleep.

Get ready, I have another stupid long post... sorry...

AFM - DF was home so I got to go to my eye doctor appointment yesterday and got an order put in for contact lenses and new lenses for my glasses(the non-glare kind:)!). Then I got my hair done because I still haven't lost any of the hair I'd retained throughout the pregnancy (and my hair was thick B4 being preggo), and it was just unhealthy and a mess. Then I got my eyebrows waxed and came home. Made some chili for supper and watched House and Fringe with DF and my mom. Then, last night was a really weird night for Joseph. Well, last night when DF and I went to go in our room and watch The Incredible Hulk, we brought joey, b/c he was fussy and I figured we'd watch the movie while we tried to calm him down. About midway thru the movie I see that its time to feed him, so we pause it and get his stuff ready for a feeding(he's back down to 5oz again). As I'm feeding him, we resume the movie and yada yada yada. Well he gets fussy, so I put him in his swing... he isn't happy with that, so I put him in his bouncer in our room and sit him next to the bed so I can turn the thing back on after it turns off automatically. Well the movie ends and Joseph has started BAWLING! He just screamed and screamed. DF got up and walked around with him, tried to swaddle him and Joey just wouldn't have it. Finally I told him to put him on the changing table. I knew he'd been fed and changed and it wasn't a boredom issue... so it had to be internal. I took his temp and it was 98.3... so no fever. Well, I knew it had been a couple of days since he'd last pooped. So, I give him one of the infant suppositories and lo and behold... he's got a really solid turd that's had him backed up all day. Well once he was done soiling the diaper we put under him during the process, we put a fresh diaper on and carried him into our room. While this was happening, my mom came out of her room all worried and wondering if she could help. Nope! I had it covered! Mother's intuition took hold and I knew exactly what was wrong with him! YAY ME! lol anyways so we take him into the room and cory goes to swaddle him and give him his binkie and he starts to cry a little more. I went into my mom's room and asked her if I should give him some Children's Motrin to calm him down and put him to sleep. As I was speaking to her about it and went and unwrapped our Infant Motrin, I hear him stop crying. I went into our room and he was laying all swaddled and asleep on the bed. He was sooo tired. Well that was about 1AM. He slept til about 645 this morning! Then we fed and changed him and he went back to sleep again til about noon! Then I fed and changed him and he was in a weird in-and-out sleep for a bit, then was awake for maybe two hours and started crying again. I put him in his bouncer, his swing, on his tummy on the floor, I held him to my chest, cradled him in my arms and finally swaddled him again. He passes out. WTF? He has been asleep practically ALL day. Even with the curtains open and the blinds all the way open and the TV on and fairly loud... still sleeping! UGH! Cory is going to HATE me when he gets home and finds out that Joey is not going to sleep tonight. I feel like such a bad mom. I make Cory take care of joseph so I can get some sleep, then Cory never comes in to wake me up so I can trade him shifts and he can get some sleep before work!!! Although he doesn't need as much sleep as I do. He has learned to live on little sleep from the NAVY and I sleep waaaay more because (and I just found this out) I'm apparently anemic(according to the blood tests my doctor ran). Ugh... am I horrible for making DF watch the baby so I can sleep?

Bekah- don't fret yet...he still may sleep, sometimes when they go through a growth spurt they will go through periods of just sleeping and eating for a couple of days at a time...so maybe that is part of it...he is going through a growth spurt. I hope he sleeps for you.

Bekah - you are not a bad mom or bad fiance! Seriously! My mom told me the other day that if you wear a baby out by forcing them to stay up when they are tired it is actually harder to get them to go to bed because they are pissed and overstimulated. When I look back I can see that trend with both of my boys at one time or another! I'm not saying to let them sleep all day every day just when you know they need it. Hopefully he will sleep peacefully for ya'll tonight with his tummy feeling better. Oh and I wanted to tell you...I talked to my pedi about Brenden's occassional constipation and how it can easily ruin 2 full days...she said to give him 1oz baby prune juice mixed with 2 ounces sterile water every day for a while and as needed because formula and the lack of mobility jack up their poop. I hate stimulating him so much so we started the prune (all I could find was Gerber Apple/Prune) juice yesterday. I'm looking for results in another day or two. Amazing how poop can control your day, your mood, your home, everyone in your family, and a good night's sleep! GRRRRRR!

Okay Got a questions for all the mommies, Daniel is 5 weeks old, and has a sore on the roof of his mouth. This may explain why he doesn't like binki's and will cry when the bottle is in his mouth. How did it get there and how do I get rid of it? any ideas? I am calling the doctor tomorrow about it but worried about it now.
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Eileen - I have no idea. Definitely talk to your Doctor an keep us informed. That is strange.

Bekah - No you are not a bad mom. Nate was up forever yesterday and he not only slept most of the night (except when DH woke him up to eat because he was worried he had slept too long) he slept most of today too. He was up here and there but there were some crazy long naps too. I think its just something they go threw now and then. They are growing like crazy and they get tuckered out.

AFM - I am happy I lost 5 lbs this week. Whee! I had kind of stopped loosing weight since Nate was born and I was not happy with this plateau. So Yeah 5 lbs. I go to the Dr tomorrow for my 6 week check up and here is hoping I get cleared for normal activities. I would like to get my gazelle out and start using it when Nate is napping.

Is anyone's skin going crazy? Mine has gotten crazy dry since having Nate and I am constantly putting on lotion to try to moisturize but it doesnt seem to be helping. That and the hair on my legs has gotten strange. I dont even know how to describe it but it is really different than it was before.

I am also still there with you ladies and the constipated babies. I have increased water in his formula and he has gotten a bit better. We now get really hard single grape like poops a couple times a day. That or rabbit pellet poops. We have now gone to increasing the water twice a day. I am giving it a day or 2 longer and then we go back to the pediatrician for more help. This is just the first steps we were told to take.

Well I guess I am off to try and get some sleep. DH and Nate are already passed out on the couch and I am (once again) the only one awake. Crazy how that happens. Its my night to get up with the baby so I will probably be in a great mood tomorrow morning. I seem to be extra grouchy those mornings. Poor DH - at least he knows why.

Take Care Ladies!

Eileen- It could be a touch of thrush...a yeast infection in the mouth, that is the only thing I can think of...but I would call the ped.

Amy- My skin is crazy crazy dry...like my face hurts. I haven't noticed anything about my leg hair...but thankfully my hair and my eyebrow growth has finally slowed, with having short hair those damn prenatal vitamins had me going every 4 weeks to the hair dresser.

AFM- My first post partum AF showed up It doesn't seem to be to bad though...I just hope my cycles stay regular, I have always been on the pill and except for TTC this is the first time I haven't been since I was 16, it is nice to not have to remember to take that pill in the morning.

I won't be on much today...my friend had her baby yesterday so I am going to visit this morning (9lb 40z, 20in little boy) and then I am off to get my hair done and then it is date day with DH, we are going off to finish up our Christmas shopping and going out dinner by our selves!!! no kids...wooo hoo!!!

Bekah - Yay for mommy intuition! I had to do the same thing with Lexi last night and couldn't believe how much came out of such a little body!!!

Michelle - I am going to try prune juice too and call the dr. and ask if she can have some of robbie's enulose...I think the prevacid is making her constipated. GOOD POOP VIBES SENT YOUR WAY!!

Amy - Yay and congrats on the weight loss! My skin is going way crazy too - dry and itchy everywhere but my face is breaking out again like a teenager - darn hormones!!

Elise - I hope you get good results!!

Kim - I got AF too last night. Now I have to call my OB to have Mirena put in. I am kind of scared it is going to hurt a lot or make me cramp something fierce..

AFM - Lexi has been doing better. She isn't screaming as much in the evening (only when I have to put Robbie to bed and DH has to hold her she wants her mommy LOL ) She did puke more yesterday and had a ton of hiccups. She even went to daycare 2 days this week and did great!!! We are transitioning her so our daycare person and she get used to each other before I go back to work.

Robbie came down with an ear infection and croup right after our trip to Chuckie Cheese - man that was a night! He is doing better though and I am taking him to this new Tot Town place tomorrow.

DH still has no job so we are going to try to apply for WIC on Friday...

My anxiety has gone through the roof. I made an appt. with a new psychiatrist so hopefully he can get me meds so I can RELAX AND SLEEP. It is getting ridiculous.

I hope you all have a great day! *HUGS*

Good morning ladies and babies!Lucas is sitting in his swing asleep as I'm typing to you...It's going to be just me and my boys all day and evening...My first solo evening...DH has a meeting tonight out of town and won't be back until late...so am buying pizza dough and making calzones for dinner...

Kim-It's funny that you mentioned hair growth because I was going to ask if anyone's did NOT grow while preggo?Mine grew like crazy with my first 2 kids and didn't even grow a full inch while I was preggo this time...Of course now I'm turinign into a hairy beast..LOL...COngrats to your friend!

Eileen- Sorry to hear about the sore in Daniel's mouth...My thought too is maybe thrush but let us know after you talk to his doc...good luck!

Amy-Way to go with the 5lbs!!!I seem to have stalled out as well but haven't gained anything...Oh and my skin is crazy dry...I'm using the baby's oatmeal skin moisturizer and I think it feels better and then an hour later it's horribly dry again.

Bekah- No you definetly aren't a bad mom or fiancee!You need your sleep too and shouldn't feel guilty asking your DF for help...It's his son too...Besides that you are the one with him all day and that can be exausting...

AFM- We have slipped into a routine around here without me even noticing...How weird is that?It's a crazy hectic one but I don't think ours has ever been normal..LOL...I'm absolutely head over heels in love with my little man and have zero complaints about how things are going...Now of course that could change in an hour...Am off to drop off my ODS at school and head to the store for stuff for dinner...Have a great day ladies!!Babies be nice to your mommas!!

Shannon