Marvelous Moms Aug 10 - 16

well, JJ was up 10x last night. not kidding, literally 10x. 1x we tried giving him a bottle of water (dh suggested) to no avail. tried patting his back, to no avail. there were times when he was up within 25 min or an hour. nothing but nursing is getting him back down right now. i keep telling myself this too shall pass...

on my way to moms group now, at least get some support if not some "answers" there. you guys are always so supportive, too. much appreciated.

i do really hope to wo today when he goes down for nap.

hi lisa, steph, and all mamas!

bbl...
 
Oh Wendy.. I cringed when I read 10x.. you poor thing. Do you think he could have an ear infection? I don't have a lot of experience with them because total w/ all the kids I've had maybe 6-7 in the last 8 years, but EVERY time it presented w/ them waking at night and depending on age they'd tell me it hurt. Since he's so small of couse he won't say it hurts. Mine didn't always run fevers either so it was hard to tell. The other thought was maybe teething? They make these hylands teeth tabets.. might help and I haev heard of gripe water for gas/fussiness. I haven't tried that though. I really hope you can get a nap or get some rest tonight.

Well I got a walk w/ a little bit of running in. I managed 3.5 miles, but it was SO hot I just felt weak so Idid more walking and then cut it short. I couldn't do it later since DH was going to be on here and then we have hair cuts for the boys before school and studying later SO I just went. I think tomorrow I might take the day off totally. I have been running myself too thin lately w/ not sleeping well, working out in the heat.. lifting heavier and all. Ijust think a good day off will be good. I am thinking maybe I'll take the kids to the zoo. School starts Friday so it'll be the last day we can go. Maybe get up very early and get there when they open so it won't be too hot, but it is shaded a lot too so I think it'll be okay. Anyway, back to studying.

OH wait speaking of studying. In my developmental psychology class I have decided to do my term paper on the effects of working out on the aging process. I want to prove what I already know that staying active and fit (not just cardio, but weight training) keeps us better emotionally and physically as we age. I think that will be very interesting! Then in my criminal justice class I am doing my paper on the progression of the death penalty. Show howit has changed since it's been used in the US..
 
wendy, rest when you can!


clogged milk duct = pain, fever, pain pain, headache, pain

did i say pain?????

no wo tonight. im in pain:p
 
Wendy - So sorry about the rough night. P did that while she was teething. One of her teeth finally broke through and I noticed she's much better at sleeping now. Hope you had a nice time at mom's group, and JJ will nap long so you can nap also.

Trish - Take a rest day. You def. deserve it! That would be an interesting paper! I've seen Power Hour on FitTV, but can't remember it too well.

Kate - Rest up! Feed, feed, feed Julia where the clog is. That's the only thing that worked for me.

Steph - Did you say cupcake?? Sugar rush hits my kids the same way! Yay for being on the last leg of CLX! You go girl! Did you get the PS series or the S&H? If it was PS, how do you like it? I just ordered it.

I ordered the Pure Strength series since it was on sale. I'm excited because it was such a deal. I'm such a cardio junkie that it was about time to get a new weight series. Anyway, better get back to work. Eats are better today. I also decided we're doing a Halloween themed party for P's one year at our house. I thought it'd be cute to have the kids dress up and all that. DH thinks it's a little weird, but I thought it was cute. Oh well. Whoever plans get the last say right? I figure that's more fun then having a dinner out with family you know? Are you guys planning anything for your LO's one year?

Lisa
 
Hiya mamas!
Today we met DH at an Italian sandwich shop that also has homemade gelato. Oh my. Well, I had a skim-latte and several bites of DH's chocolate-hazelnut cream gelato. I'm only human. Then we went to the bookstore and then home to make brownies, where I totally fell of the wagon ... guess it won't be a rest day for me afterall today! Cardio, here I come! Tomorrow is the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! Woot!!! :)

Trish--I've done PowerHour when it was on FitTV and it was great! Haven't done it in forever, though. Your paper topics sound awesome!! Good luck!!

Lisa--I'm going to be bloated tomorrow after today's sugarfest. Wish we could have a few consequence-free cheat days!!! Your workouts sound awesome!! Haven't ordered Pure Strength, but I am SOOOO TEMPTED TO!!! I wonder which workout it's comparable to?

Wendy--You poor thing! Ten times!!! I agree that you should see if it's an ear infection. Has he been eating well? Hope you find some answers soon! Keep us posted! ((Hugs)) Oh, and I responded to your pm... it's LONG, but I had to sing the praises of CLX... I never thought I'd like any workouts as well as Cathe, but this one is very very good!!

Kate--I'm sorry about your clogged duct! Ouch!!! You said fever? Is it mastitis? You take a heating pad to the sofa and relax. Don't sweat the workout! I can't imagine trying to jump up and down with a sore booby!!! Yikes! :eek:

OK, gotta go fix dinner!!! The boys have GOT TO be in bed early tonight!
 
I am really, really sick w/ this boob thing.... IT's going to be a LONG day. And I'm supposed to babysit a 1yo for a couple hours today too.... Send me some strength!!!

Stephanie, GOOD FOR YOU on the cupcakes!!! I soooo would've caved! Boston creme.....so good, so bad!:p Sorry for the brownies tho.... but youre right... we're only human. And we're seeking progress, not perfection.
I would love a lunch out with DH - how nice!
Good luck to Oliver tday!!!!

Trish, I had hoped to go to the zoo today too...not gonna happen now for sure!
INteresting papers - should be fun!
And I LOVELOVE Power Hour!!!

Wendy, How was you rnight???? Any better?

Lisa, LOL! I'm plannign a Halloween bday party too! IT's my favorite holiday and this is a perfect excuse for a party!
No PS here - but hope you like it!
 
the babysitting got called off! yay! i feel bad that im :D abt it.:eek::eek: but i just dont feel like it today. nursing, nursing, nursing....will take a hot shower as soon as i get j to nap. hopefully by the end of the day i can clear this thing up!
 
day is getting better & better! got a boiling hot steamy shower.

might take dds to a pottery painting place
 
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julia has a yeast infection. i thought it was a diaper rash but it is not getting better. ivebeen treating it w/ calendula & acidophilus but its just not helping. poor thing is bleeding now. off to the pharmacy for some monistat i guess. so much for painting today. i gotta hand it to dds tho.... theyre so worried abt julia they were 100% ok w/ delaying the painting.:)
 
Hi mamas!
Kate--Sorry about Julia's infection. Ouch! Hope your boob feels better today. (I don't think I've ever written that before in my life.:eek:)

I'm also planning a Halloween bday party!! Well, Charlie's party is going to be Oct. 3 (his bday is the 2nd, but the 3rd is a Saturday), that's also my dad's 70th bday, so we're having a big bday bash for both of them. I'm having a pumpkin theme, and I'm sending out photo invitations with Charlie dressed in a pumpkin costume. I'm going to take his picture this weekend for the invites. Have to order them soon in case it takes awhile to get them in. Soooooo excited about a fall party! We tried for fall babies with Oliver and Henry and got Christmas babies. I finally got my Halloween baby! I love Halloween too, Kate, and Thanksgiving!!! Oh! I found a neat recipe you gals might like for your parties. It's a fall party snack mix it had the small twisted pretzels, the candy-corn fall mix (the one with the pumpkins in it), oatmeal cereal squares (but I suppose you could use chex), chocolate teddy grahams, fall-colored m&ms OR reeses pieces (or both :)), caramel popcorn and I think that was it. I ADORE candycorn, so I cannot wait to serve this up at the party!

Anyway, better get busy now. Today was the big boys' first day of school/preschool. Oliver was so nervous that he didn't fall asleep until midnight (went to bed at 8:15 :eek:). Hope he has a good day! I've been decorating for our annual back to school party this afternoon. I've made a sign, put up balloons, bought treats and I splurged and bought an air-pop popcorn machine. I've been wanting one, and Kroger had them on sale. :eek: Anyway, Charlie is napping, so I better get some housework done before it's time to get Henry. Later mamas!!!
 
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last night was slightly better, he was up 7x... at around 4 when dh got up i took him in bed with me. still woke up a cpl more x but we managed to sleep in between until 8... that is super late for us! i went to group yesterday, the facilitator is also an infant sleep expert so i stayed to talk with her. shes always so great about understanding diff things work for diff fams for diff reasons, ya know. so anyway, the plan is, effective immediately:

1. dh is on betime duty. since i have to get up all night, getting JJ down to bed is now his job. cold turkey on the nursing to sleep =/ last night it took him 20 mins and a bottle of formula to get him down and i went out for a walk.

2. trying to move the 2 daytime naps into 1. when he shows signs of tired around 9ish, get up and go to the park or something and try to put off the nap until at least 11... yesterday nap was 11-1. today he went down at 1:15...

i am trying to force myself to nap. i am just too exhausted to workout, i know i would hurt myself, already im doin stupid stuff like banging my foot on things around the house.

kate, so sorry about your cl duct, no fun. i hope it passes quickly and it sounds like youre doing all the right things...

steph, i just read and responded to pm, thanks!

hi lisa, trish!

sorry ladies, will try to bbl for more personals.
 
oooooh, all our october babies!!! i know we've all said it 1000x.....but.....how did this yr go so fast!!!???? we were all preg, like, YESTERDAY! ****sob!****

stephanie, hope youre having fun partying away! you are such a good mama!
and i adoooore my air popper!
that treat sounds yummmmmyyyyy!

wendy, good luck w/ the sleep plan! weve discovered the key thing to be consistency. hope your plan works!

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going to try gentian violet on j's bottom.... mikes such a good dh....went to the store to get it for me!
 
Kate~sorry about your clogged duct and about Julia's infection. Poor thing.

Wendy good luck w/ the sleep plan. I DEF. agree that consistancy is the best way and if DH is on board too and helping then that is great! I like the walking at night while he puts him to bed. That is good for you and DH. I hope this works.

Stephanie.. oh an air popper! FUN!

Hunter starts 2nd grade tomorrow and Maddie starts K on Monday. I can't wait!

I ended up doing MIS this morning and decided tomorrow will be the day off since I have TONS of studying nad 2 tests to take either tomorrow or Sat. morning SO I have a good reason to take tomorrow off. If I took today off then I'd probably feel like I should workout tomorrow and then I would have less time to study. LOL

I think I will try Power Hour Either Sat. or Sunday. I also got a Taebo workout from the libarary. I have the original one, but this is a diffrent one. I'll see if I like it.
 
ughhhhhhhhhhhh.... Gina is crying about school starting! Out of the blue! And it doesn't even start for 3 weeks!! For Pete's sake! So Isabel starts crying too, but ONLY because Gina is! That girl is so excited for school. Lovely. Both girls are crying in their beds.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Trish, Are you kids excited for school? Hope the first days go well for them.
I did an original(I think) TaeBo a while back....w-w-w-w-w-w-wierd! Billy is not a favorite of mine.
 
YAY ME!!! Didn't think I had it in me to workout. Even had my pjs on and contacts out. BUt I did it!!!!!!! I did CTX LEaner Legs. I've had it for over a year but this was the first time i've done it. Nothin' like a new Cathe to get the workout juices flowing! I thought she went a little light on some of the weights but it was a fun workout. Will definitely do it again!

Stephanie, Are you pullin' a late night workout with me????:D
 
Hey Kate! No more late nighters for me. I did my workout at 7:30. Ate VERY badly today. We had our first day of school party and I ate m&ms. Ugh. I was huffing and puffing through my workout. Eating unclean makes for a very hard workout!! But I did it! Tomorrow night we're going to the fair, but luckily, I'm not craving greasy fair food. Good for you on your workout!! I have a strict no working out in the pjs policy! ;) You are sooooo disciplined!!

OK, just finished up making Oliver's lunch for tomorrow. (He had a fabulous day today, by the way.) Also filled out tons and tons of paperwork. Cleaned up the nasty kitchen. Now it's time for my book and the bed. (I'm reading a Penny Vincenzi novel... If you've never read her stuff, you guys have got to. Her novels are sooooo good!! English sagas.) Anyway... nighty night!
 
Kate~~yes they are way excited! Today I even took them to hourly care. I kept sara and Landon out and just sent Hunter and Maddie because I had 8 hours left and once they are in school I won't use them so they were bored and Sara needed to nap so I said wanna go to hourly care?? They jumped on it. Apparently they have friends there that are fun and super cool and home is boring. Sheesh.. LOL It is hard when Sara naps and I HATE to disrupt the schedule. I am trying to study and stuff.. so I figure it's win win.. Landon is an angel when they aren't home. Anyway I am excited and they are too.

How is the duct? How is Julia's bottom?

Stephanie~sounds like a fun time tomorrow.. Ilove the fair! Our fair isn't till Oct.. imagine that. It's the first week in OCT.. never heard of such a late fair. In VA they always were in August. A funnel cake does sound lovely..

Oh and girls I have discoverd the secret to having a BM every day. I used to be every other day or 2.. well I have been on a baked potato binge for the last 2 weeks. Just about every night Ihave one w/ salsa and FF sour cream and a little shredded cheese. YUM AND I have been going every morning. I don't know if it's the tater or the salsa or both, but I am hooked. hehe thought I'd share in case anyone ever has this issue just eat a tater w/ salsa. HAHA
 
stephanie, if i were so disciplined i wouldnt have eaten the cookie mike & dds brought home! i wish they wouldnt have. i did NOT want to eat it but dds were so excited that they got it just for mom.
i know that feeling of unclean eats/wo. nasty belly....blech.
fair food holds no appeal to me - luckliy! ooh, except maybe anelephant ear!

trish, glad it worked w/ the kidsso well!
tx for the bm tip! im miss irregular myself. i can eat salsa by the pint (yes you read that right. not exaggerating) and it doesnt touch my system. i usually dont eat much white potato....maybe i shoul try it!

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duct is still cloogged but mayb easing up.
js bottom is as red as ever..... the store didnt have gentian violet - going to see if my midwife carries it.
 
Kate~try a health foods store. My old walmart in VA carried it,but here in LA they didn't have it,but a health food store did.

I think a lot of people don't eat white potatoes becuse of the carbs or they think they aren't healthy, but they really are.. fiber and protien.. only 110 cals for a medish tater and if you use salsa then that doesn't add many cals.. I figure it's about 200 total for mine w/ the FF sour cream and salsa. It is good for you and the carbs supply energy for the workouts! I do like sweet taters too though and I know they are supposed to be even better for ya.

Okay Hunter is off to school! He was excited and as soon as I came in from watching him walk up to the bus stop, Sara was awake.. so the day is gettings started early here.
 
Trish, THe HF store said they'd never heard of it?!!?!?:confused::confused::confused: WIERD!
Oh, mercy, , I can't imagine being back in the school routine yet! We've got a little over 3 weeks to go! Trying to prep myself for Gina's nonstop tears in themorning....:(:(:rolleyes::rolleyes::eek::eek:

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OF COURSE julia's taking a crazy-long nap! We''re going to a paintyourown pottery place. WAITING for Chubbs to wake up!
 
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