I'm nesting already and not quite 24 weeks yet. Last night, around midnight, I moved all Maddox's clothing to the lower bar in the "closet" (there are two clothe rods in there) and hung up his old newborn and 0-3 sized clothes that we kept for baby girl. I also hung up the few sleep n plays, onesie, and little dress romper with tags still on it. I feel positive that she is a girl LOL, but until we get a second opinion and picture of those three little lines that we saw, I don't want to start taking off the tags and opening the packaged clothing - so she still has a three pack of onesies and a kimono sleeper that are not hung up. I put all Maddox's clothes on the bottom bar so that he could see and reach all his own clothes.
I want to go to JC Penney's or Kohl's and find some cute gowns and stuff for her. I know that I will get my chance later, but I want to go shopping for her!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Like Pablo Says...
"Always expect the unexpected" (yes, I'm a dork)
Maddox slept great last night. He went to bed with the same amount of fuss as if he were going to bed in his toddler bed. He stayed in his bed and went to sleep even though I left and went into the couch room (aka living room for normal people) and watched a movie. He slept till almost 9AM this morning and woke up cheerful and hyper.
So that's exciting and strange. Hopefully he keeps up the good work!
Maddox slept great last night. He went to bed with the same amount of fuss as if he were going to bed in his toddler bed. He stayed in his bed and went to sleep even though I left and went into the couch room (aka living room for normal people) and watched a movie. He slept till almost 9AM this morning and woke up cheerful and hyper.
So that's exciting and strange. Hopefully he keeps up the good work!
Trip to the Hospital
I called my midwife yesterday around 3PM. I just wanted to let her know what was going on and get her opinion. I felt fine all day yesterday, but was still concerned about the night before and figured I should call now because my midwife wouldn't be back in the office till Monday. I could always leave a message and she's call back Friday-Sunday if I were having more problems, but I didn't want to bother her then since I wasn't having any discomfort.
Well, she said to go over to the hospital and have them check things out. Check for a UTI, my cervix, see if anything was going on. We left around 6-6:15PM and didn't get home until 8PM.
First we waited in the Labor assessment room for the longest time before anybody came into the room. She hooked me up to the monitoring system. Little girl was hiding so it took several minutes to find the heartbeat. Everything looked fine. I had pee'd in a cup when I first got there and she took that with after she hooked me up. About an hour-ish later a nurse comes in, says there was blood in my urine but everything else was fine (no UTI). No contractions (DUH, I'd been fine all day) and she checked my cervix (the most painful cervix check I've ever had done) and said it was still thick and she couldn't get a finger through. I don't know if it was completely closed, or just not open enough to get a finger through... who knows.
So all in all it was LONG, boring, and uninformative.
I guess the only way I'll know if they are contractions or not (or anything to worry about or not) is if I go in when I am in pain.
Well, she said to go over to the hospital and have them check things out. Check for a UTI, my cervix, see if anything was going on. We left around 6-6:15PM and didn't get home until 8PM.
First we waited in the Labor assessment room for the longest time before anybody came into the room. She hooked me up to the monitoring system. Little girl was hiding so it took several minutes to find the heartbeat. Everything looked fine. I had pee'd in a cup when I first got there and she took that with after she hooked me up. About an hour-ish later a nurse comes in, says there was blood in my urine but everything else was fine (no UTI). No contractions (DUH, I'd been fine all day) and she checked my cervix (the most painful cervix check I've ever had done) and said it was still thick and she couldn't get a finger through. I don't know if it was completely closed, or just not open enough to get a finger through... who knows.
So all in all it was LONG, boring, and uninformative.
I guess the only way I'll know if they are contractions or not (or anything to worry about or not) is if I go in when I am in pain.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
No Sleep
I got very little sleep last night. Maddox got a new big boy bed last night that is in his bedroom. He hasn't slept in his own bedroom since around 2 (maybe earlier than that). I was up with pain for most of the night, I finally fell asleep and Maddox woke up around 1:30-2 AM. He was up and ready to play! He wanted lemonade and something to eat. I had 1/4 a bottle of water left and he downed it. He still wanted more but I made him go back to bed. He laid in my bed for awhile but I had to kick him out because I was in too much pain & discomfort. He was pretty mad that his toddler bed had nothing but a Thomas the Tank Engine blanket on it. I told him he could lay there or go in his new bed with his blanket and pillow. About a half hour of whining, he decided to go get his blanket and bring it to the toddler bed. It took forever to get back to bed again. At least an hour. Finally I did and Maddox slept til almost 10AM this morning. I woke up a little when Clayton left at 7:45AM and it took awhile to get back to sleep again because my right leg/hip joint hurt so bad. I woke up around 9 AM in pain again (just the leg/hip joint pain this time) and just laid in bed pretending to sleep until Maddox told me it was time to get up. I'm not supposed to lay on my back, but it is the only thing that made me comfortable this morning. Last night I had to scrunch up like a frog with a pillow under my belly. The baby is too big for me to lay on my stomach and for some reason, my legs all scrunched up made me feel better than any other position I could get into.
Feeling fine now and surprisingly, not tired. I don't think we are going to be able to give Maddox a nap today. He'll probably never go to bed tonight if he has a nap.
Feeling fine now and surprisingly, not tired. I don't think we are going to be able to give Maddox a nap today. He'll probably never go to bed tonight if he has a nap.
It's going to be a little more difficult...
I started having Maddox go to bed on his own. Since he was around 15mo, I've been in the room with him while he falls asleep (which is why we moved his crib/toddler bed into our room in the first place). We tried pretty much every technique that was suggested to us or that I could find online and nothing worked. Crying might have, but after 2 hours and no REAL reason why he needed to be sleeping in his own bedroom, I just said forget it. He has been going to be just fine. I put him down in his toddler bed, tuck him in, kiss him good night, I love you and so forth. Then I shut the doors and go in the living room. He's been going to be just fine.
With his new bed, I didn't expect bedtime to go that great and it didn't. He slept in his bed til about 1:30-2AM. Slept in my bed for about 20 minutes (after wanting to play, wanting lemonade, downing several ounces of water, and wanting to eat), then I had to kick him out of my bed (I wasn't feeling good). He laid in his toddler bed with nothing but the bare mattress and a Thomas the Tank Engine blanket over it. He finally decided to go get his blanket and pillow and slept in his toddler bed from around 3-10AM.
We were going to skip the nap today, after he woke up at 10AM, but I got him in his bed for books, etc a little after 2PM. He was singing his ABC's lol. I decided to call my doctor (just to get her opinion before she was out of the office for 3 days) and he comes out with his blanket saying that he woke up. He is now back in his bed, after protesting and insisting that he DID sleep and that he woke up. He was told to stay in his bed until I came to get him in an hour and was told that he needed to TRY and go to sleep. I have NO idea if he actually will try to go to sleep, but I have no doubt that he will stay in his bed till I come to get him.
We have a reason why he needs to sleep in his own bedroom in his own bed now. His toddler bed will come down by next Wednesday (and no sooner than Monday). After that, we'll wait a week or two and rearrange our bedroom. Then I probably won't set up the babies pack n' play/bassinet thing until I am in labor (I'm organized like that!). So I hope that by the time the baby gets here, Maddox will be settled in his bedroom and will not associate the room change, etc with the baby taking over his space in the room.
I hope to paint the crib a dark brown/ebony this spring. I want to spray paint it because I like the look better, but I don't know (and am afraid I probably won't be able to) if I can safely do that. I can get chew guards for the rails and I'm almost positive they have non-toxic spray paint, but I still haven't researched it all well enough to find out if it is safe or not. I know that I am too lazy to actually paint it though. Spray painting, no problem. Using a brush and making it look nice, I'm too scared to try!
With his new bed, I didn't expect bedtime to go that great and it didn't. He slept in his bed til about 1:30-2AM. Slept in my bed for about 20 minutes (after wanting to play, wanting lemonade, downing several ounces of water, and wanting to eat), then I had to kick him out of my bed (I wasn't feeling good). He laid in his toddler bed with nothing but the bare mattress and a Thomas the Tank Engine blanket over it. He finally decided to go get his blanket and pillow and slept in his toddler bed from around 3-10AM.
We were going to skip the nap today, after he woke up at 10AM, but I got him in his bed for books, etc a little after 2PM. He was singing his ABC's lol. I decided to call my doctor (just to get her opinion before she was out of the office for 3 days) and he comes out with his blanket saying that he woke up. He is now back in his bed, after protesting and insisting that he DID sleep and that he woke up. He was told to stay in his bed until I came to get him in an hour and was told that he needed to TRY and go to sleep. I have NO idea if he actually will try to go to sleep, but I have no doubt that he will stay in his bed till I come to get him.
We have a reason why he needs to sleep in his own bedroom in his own bed now. His toddler bed will come down by next Wednesday (and no sooner than Monday). After that, we'll wait a week or two and rearrange our bedroom. Then I probably won't set up the babies pack n' play/bassinet thing until I am in labor (I'm organized like that!). So I hope that by the time the baby gets here, Maddox will be settled in his bedroom and will not associate the room change, etc with the baby taking over his space in the room.
I hope to paint the crib a dark brown/ebony this spring. I want to spray paint it because I like the look better, but I don't know (and am afraid I probably won't be able to) if I can safely do that. I can get chew guards for the rails and I'm almost positive they have non-toxic spray paint, but I still haven't researched it all well enough to find out if it is safe or not. I know that I am too lazy to actually paint it though. Spray painting, no problem. Using a brush and making it look nice, I'm too scared to try!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Big Boy Bed!
Maddox got his new bed today! He was really excited and played Monster Trucks on it as soon as I got his bedding on.
We have partial success with going to bed on it tonight. I say partial because he IS in it and I told him that he was going to be sleeping on it and there was no fussing, etc, but he fell asleep in my bed while we were reading books. I talked to him and carried him into his room and put him in bed and he opened his eyes a little bit and made a noise at me, but I really don't know if he realizes he is in his new bed in his own room...
Wish us good luck for tomorrow!
We have partial success with going to bed on it tonight. I say partial because he IS in it and I told him that he was going to be sleeping on it and there was no fussing, etc, but he fell asleep in my bed while we were reading books. I talked to him and carried him into his room and put him in bed and he opened his eyes a little bit and made a noise at me, but I really don't know if he realizes he is in his new bed in his own room...
Wish us good luck for tomorrow!
I'm feeling pretty positive that I am having some contractions. A little less than a month ago I believe I was having some too. I'm not really sure if it is Braxton Hicks contractions or not since I never really had any. I had preterm labor with Maddox and have only felt real contractions. These definitely feel like real ones. When I had them in January, I felt absolutely miserable for about 8 hours, but only really bad for about 5 hours. I had contemplated calling my doctor, but didn't want to because it was a Saturday. I didn't think they were anything to worry about - nothing timeable, nothing like transition or active labor, and baby was still moving around fine. I just hope that this isn't the start of future preterm labor. I honestly don't hope to go to 40 weeks, but I do not want to deliver till after 36 weeks. 38 weeks would be ideal LOL
Maddox told me "There's nothing to cry about, don't cry", I try very hard and consciously not to say that too him, so where the heck did he learn it?
He was sad that I was sad, so maybe he just came up with it on his own?
My head hurts today. All day. It's worse now, from my frustration (and crying). I hate heads.
He was sad that I was sad, so maybe he just came up with it on his own?
My head hurts today. All day. It's worse now, from my frustration (and crying). I hate heads.
Real or BHC's?
I'm feeling pretty positive that I am having some contractions. A little less than a month ago I believe I was having some too. I'm not really sure if it is Braxton Hicks contractions or not since I never really had any. I had preterm labor with Maddox and have only felt real contractions. These definitely feel like real ones. When I had them in January, I felt absolutely miserable for about 8 hours, but only really bad for about 5 hours. I had contemplated calling my doctor, but didn't want to because it was a Saturday. I didn't think they were anything to worry about - nothing timeable, nothing like transition or active labor, and baby was still moving around fine. I just hope that this isn't the start of future preterm labor. I honestly don't hope to go to 40 weeks, but I do not want to deliver till after 36 weeks. 38 weeks would be ideal LOL
January 19th is when I had problems before. I woke up with Maddox, with a headache of course. Got rid of that and shortly after started to have a lot of pain in my stomach, back, and hips. I felt like I was getting AF and was in a ton of pain (starting around 8:30 AM). I tried laying on my back, left side, right side, kind of on my tummy on both sides. I tried sitting, standing, sitting on the exercise ball. I tried leaning on the exercise ball in all sorts of positions. Laying on the floor, laying on the couch, laying in bed. I took a very warm bath, tylenol, etc. NOTHING helped even in the least. No bit of relief at all.
It let up around 11 AM-12PM. We all took a nap and I got up around 2PM. It started up again, but not as bad and hung around until 5PM ish. We went to Monster Jam that night and I felt fine the entire time until I carried Kaden from the Metrodome to the car. I felt crappy for only about an hour after that. Felt fine on Sunday. I chalked it up to Babysitting Dante, Ariana, and Kaden on Friday from 8 AM-4 PM. They wore me out big time. Four kids asking for things and never at the same time and two floors of the house.. I was pooped and fell asleep on the floor upstairs after they left while Maddox played Monster Trucks.
It definitely could have been all the activity and I don't know what that means in terms of real contractions vs braxton hicks contractions.
This evening the pain started after I carried Maddox from my bed to his bed. He fell asleep in my bed. I know I could have called Clayton in to come get him, but I am stubborn.
It's been about 30 minutes and I already feel a little better. I had so much pain and pressure in my bottom, my pelvic area, and my lower abdomen (and my back and hips). The pressure in my bottom is what freaks me out though.
I suppose I should try to remember to bring this up to Katherine at my next appointment (assuming I don't have any problems before than).
January 19th is when I had problems before. I woke up with Maddox, with a headache of course. Got rid of that and shortly after started to have a lot of pain in my stomach, back, and hips. I felt like I was getting AF and was in a ton of pain (starting around 8:30 AM). I tried laying on my back, left side, right side, kind of on my tummy on both sides. I tried sitting, standing, sitting on the exercise ball. I tried leaning on the exercise ball in all sorts of positions. Laying on the floor, laying on the couch, laying in bed. I took a very warm bath, tylenol, etc. NOTHING helped even in the least. No bit of relief at all.
It let up around 11 AM-12PM. We all took a nap and I got up around 2PM. It started up again, but not as bad and hung around until 5PM ish. We went to Monster Jam that night and I felt fine the entire time until I carried Kaden from the Metrodome to the car. I felt crappy for only about an hour after that. Felt fine on Sunday. I chalked it up to Babysitting Dante, Ariana, and Kaden on Friday from 8 AM-4 PM. They wore me out big time. Four kids asking for things and never at the same time and two floors of the house.. I was pooped and fell asleep on the floor upstairs after they left while Maddox played Monster Trucks.
It definitely could have been all the activity and I don't know what that means in terms of real contractions vs braxton hicks contractions.
This evening the pain started after I carried Maddox from my bed to his bed. He fell asleep in my bed. I know I could have called Clayton in to come get him, but I am stubborn.
It's been about 30 minutes and I already feel a little better. I had so much pain and pressure in my bottom, my pelvic area, and my lower abdomen (and my back and hips). The pressure in my bottom is what freaks me out though.
I suppose I should try to remember to bring this up to Katherine at my next appointment (assuming I don't have any problems before than).
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