September 2012 Moms

How many preemies here? (tiny tots)

alphaphi98 — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:45 GMT

I was originally on the Nov board, but my DD came 2 months early and I had her in September. How many other moms here had preemies? I bet my DD is probably the smallest baby here. She is 8 months old & only weighs 15 lbs 1 oz., and 26 inches. She's small, but has come a long way. She was only 3 lbs 9 oz at 32 weeks. Luckily she is healthy and never had any problems. Any other tiny tots out there?

Sometimes it's hard to know what milestones to adjust for. She is on target for some stuff. If she's late on some, I try not to stress about it. They say most preemies catch up by the time they're 24 months.

Class Reunions

Pokedot — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:43:10 GMT

So my 10 year is this summer. How the shiit that happened I have no idea. I'm toying with the idea of going but I'm on the fence. Who went to their class reunion? Was it worth it? Fun/sucky? For those younger ::cough, I hate you, cough:: will you go if you get the chance?

I feel like it'll be a popularity contest all over again just like 10 years ago in high school. I would however like to see the people who were said "popular" and crashed and burned after graduating.

ETA: Our reunion is coinciding with the 150 year celebration of our town, 4th of July and an "all class, class reunion". They have seriously every day of that weekend planned. Friday is a night out a local restaurant/hotel, Saturday is family day at the park where they have an area blocked off for our class and Sunday is some other shiit. Too much interaction for me...*if* we got it'll be Friday night and then maybe stop by the stop on Saturday. Who wants to hang out with all those people you didn't like it high school for the a whole freaking weekend?

AW: He fell asleep on his own!

Eastie156 — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:45:41 GMT

Mobile: He fell asleep on his own.

I posted a few weeks ago about my troubles getting LO to fall asleep on his own for naps without rocking, etc. he sleeps pretty well at night and does need some rocking at night.

I just made some progress. I tried putting him in his crib for a nap as he's been up since the crack of dawn; he started crying. I have it a minute or two then tried to rock him. I took him out of his bedroom for half an hour and then tried again. He cried for 3 minutes then fell asleep. I didn't realize until now that maybe I've been trying to put him down too soon. Doh. Anyway, he's sleeping!

How do you wrestle your alligator ?

jcieply — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:30:03 GMT

Diaper changes and clothing changes are impossible with a baby that refuses to stay still. I give her things to play with to distract her and even try dressing her while she's standing up but no success. I dread changing times what are your tricks?

Update surgery

kelbel527 — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:34 GMT

He's out of surgery and in our arms!! Thanks for all the wonderful thoughts ladies!!

He seems to be uncomfortable, but handling it well. I know I'll be enjoying some extra snuggle time today.

C25K/running check in

bonjourbelle05 — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:51 GMT

Ok, ladies how's it going??

The good?

The bad?

The ugly?

Anything else/questions?

(Feel free to omit any of them if you don't have anything and please come back and check other people's responses esp if there are questions!)

Weight Loss Check In

willy_gert — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:28:21 GMT

Lbs down?

Success?

Struggle?

Question - Do you fear losing weight, or not losing the weight? Did anything besides having a baby make you want to lose weight?

Anyones LO's not crawling yet

Mrs.RockyM — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:14:39 GMT

DD is an early October baby, and she'll scoot backwards, but she has yet to scoot forward or even come close to crawling.

If you use a teething necklace.

PepperStick — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:12:55 GMT

Do you take it off? Do you consider it a choking hazard?

Long story short: Last night DS fell down our basement steps. He is 100% fine. Called his doctor, she said we should go to the ER to make sure nothing was wrong so we did.

Well, while we were there, the nurse, resident soon-to-be doctor and the actual ER doctor spent the majority of the time telling us how awful teething necklaces are and how lucky we are he has not choked to death on it. I had to take it off him while the actual doctor was looking at him because she told me she was going to cut it off. Really? He's had the thing on since around 4 months old.

They basically talked about the necklace more than they actually talked about if he was okay or not. (Which he is.)

8 Month Old Losing Weight

crene84 — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:50:51 GMT

Granted today we weighed her ourselves and last month she was weighed on the doctor's scale, but she's lost just over a pound! I do think my ped mentioned she might lose a little weight since she's so active, but it still bothers me a little.

Anyone else?

I had to give LO the heimlich maneuver last night

roxyttandme — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:01:34 GMT

Somehow, somewhere she found a corner of a brown paper bag. When I wasn't looking she shoved it in her mouth.

I heard a choking sound and literally ran to her (10 ft away). She was breathing - but it was labored a bit. She made a choking motion in my arms, I dropped her basically upside down and gave her 4 back blows. Then, I pulled her up, saw the bag in her mouth, did the finger sweep - missed it and then did the back blows. I had to repeat this one more time before the paper fell out of her mouth. The whole time, I was walking to my bag to get my phone and dial 911 - which I never had to.

Once it was out, she looked at me and smiled. I nearly cried. She was 100% her normal self. No damage done except I was freaked.

One.of.the.scariest.moments.of.my.life.

We are going to rip our house upside down and inside out this weekend. Thank God I was in the room to hear her struggling.

Donating BM

Anoe1113 — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:37:15 GMT

Anyone ever donate BM? I really have no room in my freezer or in my in laws freezer so I'm thinking about donating. Anyone ever use Eats on Feets? Is there any reason to not do this? Any advice is welcomed.

::Linzeek::

Eastie156 — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:48:07 GMT

It's hard to tell by your siggy picture, but it looks like Eric is sitting in a keekaroo high chair? Please say it/he is, because I'm having a hard time fitting the insert in correctly!

::MomtobeNJ and Tarachonga::

SpoofLeJones — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:27:52 GMT

You are both on my post it for not making your threads mobile friendly. Get your ish together or GTFO.

so, the FB group

thetwinkies&Vivi — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:47:32 GMT

Could I check it out?

KLGRH YGPM Edit: claimed!

MrsKipper — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:23:35 GMT

Who wants it? It's for 5 dollars!

[[[[::AlinnJo::]]]]

MrsKipper — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:22:14 GMT

YGPM!

solid poop

Anoe1113 — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:06:47 GMT

When do they start to have solid poops,like adults?

Ryan Gosling

TheAnne — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:38 GMT

Won't eat his cereal

link (buzzfeed)

1st date deets

bakingkitty — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:51:16 GMT

So, I know there has been requests for my first date information. Here goes:

I meet this guy online. We have been texting everday for 3 weeks and have a few epic phone calls that have lasted more then 6 hours. I got back from vacation early and we had discussed meeting up if I could get a sitter. Needless to say, I got a sitter.

I meet M up in public and basically put a face to the voice and words that have been dethawing my heart. We decided that neither one of us wanted to be around a large group of people so we went back to his place.

We were hanging out, discussed his massive movie collection and his ocd about me moving movies and not putting them back lol. We watched a movie and started cuddling. It felt like I have been with him forever :

One thing lead to another and my celibacy is history :

I really like him and we plan on seeing each other again next week.

AW 1 yr in our home!

redneckmomma25 — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:13:19 GMT

We closed on our house 1 year ago today. Moved in on the 27th.

Amazing the difference in 1 year.

That is all.

Do we have any recruiters here?

thechimichanga — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:24:19 GMT

I have an industry question.

amazing kids

TiffanyT85 — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:39:04 GMT

I can't wait until DS is old enough to enjoy dressing up, I so hope he's nerdy like DH and I!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/33-kids-who-are-gonna-grow-up-to-be-just-fine?s=mobile

Tell me something good.

MarisaKathleen — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:29:43 GMT

Tell me something good that's happened to you or your family this week.

For me, my DH has an interview on Wednesday for his dream job. It would be almost double what he's making now, which would be fantastic. It's a really competitive job and out of 100 applicants, he's one of 4 being interviewed and the only internal candidate.

Also, my Mom finished her radiation 2 weeks ago and is cancer free. She starts her timoxifin (spelling?!) on June 1st and will be on that for the next 5 years. I'm so relieved that she's in the clear for now, and I'm hoping that the rest of the year is completely awesome for her, because the last year has been total shiit.

Recc your umbrella stroller

purplegem11 — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:42:11 GMT

It's such a PITA lately to bring our travel system stroller anywhere so we are in the market for an umbrella stroller. Can anyone recommend theirs? I would say up to 100 dollars if its really worth it.

Edit mobile took away my dollar sign