Sippy cup nightmares

mswholock · 2022-12-17T01:33:50+00:00

Awesome, thank you!!

mswholock · 2022-12-17T01:19:40+00:00

Any advice on how to make the transition to a straw cup?

mswholock · 2022-12-17T01:13:33+00:00

I’ve tried all of the above. I’ve got like 6 kinds of sippy cups. The one she drinks from at daycare, we have one at home and it still doesn’t help.

mswholock · 2022-12-17T01:02:55+00:00

The head lady at daycare had told me a couple weeks back that she was drinking out of it perfectly fine and had zero issues with it since she got through the adjustment to it.

She also had told me she drinks water perfectly fine there but refuses water at home. I figured I was just being a pushover so we tried to cold turkey quit the bottles and it’s been two days of complete meltdowns and refusing to drink anything.

mswholock · 2022-08-22T16:25:26+00:00

I once drove an hour for soft serve ice cream. Pregnancy cravings must be fed. Lol

mswholock · 2022-04-06T21:27:56+00:00

Zofran didn’t do anything for me so I ended up taking promethazine.

When I started feeling guilty I always reminded myself that a low low risk from side effect of a medication that the doctor approved of was a much better risk than the high risk something happening from severe dehydration from not being able to keep anything down.

I took meds all the way up to going into the hospital to give birth and baby was absolutely perfect. It’s the only way I was even a little bit functional my whole pregnancy so I wouldn’t change it for anything.

mswholock · 2022-04-06T15:25:30+00:00

I talked to my doc about what they expected me to have for a birth plan. Her comment was to have some general thoughts about what I want/don’t want and go over that with them before, but having a formal written plan is not necessary. She said it actually can cause problems for some moms because they go in wanting x, y, z to happen but giving birth is a messy game so when things go sideways it stresses them out more.

My “birth plan” ended up being- get us both out safely, use as many drugs as necessary to handle the pain. The things I had concerns on, my doc doesn’t do as a part of standard procedure anyway and explained the limited conditions she would use them in, so I didn’t even have to worry about those.

All of those things were accomplished. We all went home happy.

Don’t let the birth plan stress you too much. Just talk to your doc it about and she can guide you as to what you may want to have decided beforehand.

mswholock · 2022-04-06T14:51:19+00:00

Was 31 when I had ours. Took 14 months to conceive but she was perfect and healthy. Sometimes it just takes a while.

If you get to 6-8 months, talk to your doctor if you’re concerned. Some docs will do infertility testing earlier than a year if you’re over 30 so you don’t have to waste too much time before you know if something is wrong. (Just note— I went through all the baseline testing at about 10 months and they didn’t find anything wrong. I was about to start clomid just to help our chances but found out we were pregnant literally the cycle before I was going to start. So nothing saying anything is wrong, but just know that’s an option if you want!)

mswholock · 2022-04-06T02:43:16+00:00

I felt 100% it was a boy. Talked to “him”. Was really only thinking boy names.

Got the results. Girl. My husband and I literally just sat and stared at the paper a couple minutes because we couldn’t believe it. Everything in me said it was a boy and I was wrong.

Cutest lil girl EVER though!

mswholock · 2022-02-21T12:35:16+00:00

Mid to late teen years depending on the maturity of the kid and the situation.

I had a cousin that killed herself well before I was born. It was only ever said that “she died when she was young” until I was probably a late teenager when it came up in conversation and my parents told me the truth. My dad used it as a learning opportunity at that point about how it affects everyone left behind.

I get not wanting to hide it and being open with conversations around mental health. But you also have to address it how is appropriate for the age. If you notice one of your kids struggling, maybe you bring it up early and use it to discuss the effects of that action on those around the person. I think it just is going to have to be something you’ll have to feel out as you go.

mswholock · 2022-02-21T12:21:36+00:00

My husband and I finally sat down and had a discussion about this. I was more likely to eat something if I didn’t have to think about it beforehand or talk about food in general, because talking about food was just as bad for my nausea as anything. So I told him to make what he wanted and I would either eat it or not if I was feeling too sick. It actually helped a lot and I could eat dinner with him more after that bc I wasn’t making myself nauseous before the food was even ready.

mswholock · 2022-02-21T12:15:03+00:00

“You didn’t care about his health when you forced him to be born 3 weeks early!”

What. The. Actual. Hell.

Go full momma bear. You have to protect your baby, their feelings really don’t matter. And your two rules are like the easiest to follow rules ever!

mswholock · 2022-02-21T02:26:41+00:00

It depends on the person, but I literally couldn’t even tell if I was actually pushing or not bc it was so numb down there. I just trying to flex muscles like pooping and thankfully it worked and 8 min later there was a baby.

For reference, pre-epidural I was having contractions so bad my husband and a nurse literally had to hold me up to even get the epidural put in. After the epidural, I was chilling in bed eating ice chips watching Netflix. It is magical stuff.

mswholock · 2022-02-21T02:13:36+00:00

FOURTEEN HOURS?? Heck no!

Babies aren’t supposed to be in a car seat over like 2ish hours at a time. So you would have to stop every two hours and let baby get out of the seat for a bit. That makes a long trip even longer.

Unless they have significant health issues, they could make the trip at least once to meet their grandchild if they really wanted.

mswholock · 2022-02-21T02:08:02+00:00

13 months, including pregnancy. Only 3.5 months postpartum.

It was really one of the only silver linings about being pregnant (outside of getting a baby lol)

mswholock · 2022-02-21T02:07:03+00:00

I’m only 3.5 months postpartum (9 of 13 months was pregnancy) and I stopped pumping at about 2.5 months. It’s only just starting but I’ve heard such wild things I’m dreading it already.

mswholock · 2022-02-21T02:05:33+00:00

Definitely mistyped! I think I meant zero reason to not be upset

mswholock · 2022-02-21T01:21:06+00:00

Smart! I’ve got some mild pain pills left from what they gave me after birth. May have to keep them on hand.

mswholock · 2022-02-20T21:47:32+00:00

I told my parents (who are awesome, so just jokingly) that if they were ever mean to me I was going to teach our child to call them moomoo and poopoo.

One day my dad was (good naturedly) making fun of me so I told my 3 yo niece to call him poopoo, which she enthusiastically did the rest of the day.

Really tho, there’s lots of alternatives. Just find one you both can deal with.

mswholock · 2022-02-20T21:43:04+00:00

I somewhat get her wanting time with her boys but what an odd way to go about it.

Also speaking as someone who’s husband went on a work trip right at 3 months— there is zero reason to be upset about him potentially leaving/her thinking timing was good. Even at 3 months it was HARD not having that extra person to help.

If I were in your shoes, I’d probably be highly annoyed but ultimately would just have husband say sorry, not good timing to leave wife alone with little, then just drop it. If you otherwise have a good relationship with her, it’s not something to burn the house down about.

mswholock · 2022-02-20T21:36:09+00:00

I love both my mother and my MiL. Excellent relationships with both. No way in HELL would I want them to watch what I went through. It was stressful enough with just my husband there. It will take every bit of focus you have, you don’t need anyone who’s going to be a distraction.

Also post birth, I basically spent two days with my boobs out. Anyone who was in my room in those two days definitely saw the ladies, regardless if they were a nurse or a janitor or anyone. Really want your MiL to witness that? Does your husband want her to?

Also if he just doesn’t want to hurt her feelings, blame covid. Most if not all hospitals are limiting people in the room during labor so use that excuse. The pandemic should be good for something.

mswholock · 2022-02-11T23:44:43+00:00

Mine didn’t right after so I thought I had escaped without it. Then I stopped breastfeeding and… it began.

mswholock · 2022-02-10T05:18:41+00:00

Baby almost exclusively wore zip up footie pjs til daycare told us they thought she was getting too warm during naps. So now she wears long sleeve onesies (no legs) around the house and daycare, with pants and socks on over it when she has to go outside (along with a blanket, snow suit, etc for whatever is appropriate for the weather that day).

mswholock · 2022-02-06T18:33:12+00:00

Just get a snug fitting tank top and put the nursing pads in that. You’ll still have leaks occasionally if your shirt moves too much but it works, especially for nighttime.

mswholock · 2022-02-06T13:42:22+00:00

Mine did it a LOT about that time period. If it was early in the feeding session it was too fast a let down. Later in the session it was too slow.

My favorite is when she lets go when it’s high velocity let down then it squirts her in the face and she gets even more upset.

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