Moms that Rock! March 7-14

Good morning everyone!

Susan-that potato recipe looks delic!

Melanie-thanks so much for those Good Start coupons! I know I will use them all. I could have sworn that formula was cheaper than Enfamil when I bought it with Caden, but now it's the same price. Grr! Maybe it's because Gerber took over...or maybe my memory is failing me. Oh, I'm a huge meatloaf fan as well :).

Sleep wan't too bad last night. She woke every 3hrs, but DH took the first waking. I'm starting to have a bit more difficulty with getting her to sleep in her crib...especially if I put her in drowsy but awake. I'm taking her for pics today...hope she cooperates!

It's 530 and I already here Caden. I swear the laterthe bedtime the earlier he wakes, but I can't seem to convince DH of that. He seems to think that as long as Caden seems relatively happy, he doesn't need to go to sleep. Maybe he'll change his tune if he starts getting up with him at 530.

P90x back and biceps today...my least favorite muscles to work...so tempting to run instead, but then I'll never be a push up queen ;)
 
Morning!
Melanie-have a safe trip!
Lisa-glad your night wasnt too bad. Its so frustrating when you put a baby down and they pop up..grrrrrr I usually nurse K to sleep and I know I need to be putting her down drowsy so she'll get used to it...but she goes to sleep so fast. I will probably pay for it later! Good luck taking pictures!

My night was better. K got up at 2:30..I fell asleep holding her and nursed her again at 4 and put her back in her bed..its 6:15 now. I think its going to rain here all day..yuck. K and I will just hang out. I will work out during her 2nd nap. Dh will be home getting ready for his trip during first nap and I would feel guilty working out then!

H is up wanting food. We sure are morning people around my house!
 
Susan- Thanks for the potato recipe...I will be sure to try it soon. Maybe I'll make meatloaf again and have it??? Hmmm....I don't put James down when he's drowsy either. It's easier and quicker to rock him to sleep and it works. I agree that I will probably pay for it later but oh well.

Lisa- I don't know why but I LOVE to work back and biceps. I don't have any biceps and I am hoping to add that "peak" that Cathe talks about. Sending you some motivation to power through the weights! Have fun doing pictures! Can't wait to see how they turn out!

Melanie- I used to be more "tell it like it is" but I don't know WTH happened??? I am a pretty direct person though....maybe you can re-train me???? :p

Dinner with the inlaws went well. MIL helped give J a bath and she just loved that! Score points for Jen! WOOHOO! :p She really is a big help when she is around and she was not annoying to me last night. Sleep was pretty good, DH got up with J at 500a so I could sleep in. He is off again today so he will hang out with him and maybe bring him to work for a visit.

Oh and has anyone ever heard of 4 months old starting juice???? MIL brought that up last night and I shot her down QUICK! I told her that all James needs is formula for liquid until he is at least a year. She said she read it somewhere recently???? We also haven't told her we tried cereal because she would be giving it to him every chance she got. We aren't doing it to fill him up but more to practice eating with a spoon and taste it. Ok that's it....off to work! (Yeah right, I never get any work done.) :p
 
Susan-that's a great site. I used it a lot with Caden.

Jen-Juice at 4mo??? For what purpose? Caden didn't get watered down juice until a couple months ago, but I'm a little weird about juice. Is it a MIL thing to want to give their grandbabies things they don't need? My MIL let caden have pickle juice at 6mo (i know, wth..pickle juice!), which he promptly spit up and cake a month later! She gave Caden some diet 'tea' last month because she thought it was ok since it didn't have sugar! Yes, give my son artificial sugar...that's just SO much better. Ok. I'll get off my soapbox now. I've become far more assertive with her in the past year as issues have come up. I'll be like you, melanie, in no time. JJ
 
Lisa- ITA about the juice! It does not have any nutritional value at his age! We don't drink juice, well, OJ but that is it in our house. She's dying to give him cereal too! I don't know why the MIL think their grandchildren need this crap! She says she gave to my DH and his brother as a child. Well that was in the 70's!!! :eek: Ok, yeah, off the soap box too. :) Oh and I did pull the plug on that idea with MIL!
 
Jen- I am with Lisa. Juice at 4 months is absurd. And LIsa, pickle juice, that isreally bizarre! I am with Lisa on the juice thing anyhow. My kids never get juice unless they are constipated, and even then, it is watered down. The only treat we offer is sparkling water at like a YEAR! And with bottle fed babies, before solids, it can actually be dangerous to offer alternative fluids. I think I read somewhere that it is important to stick with formula/ breastmilk and only offer water in hot climates or if baby is dehydrated from fever. And in those cases, pedialyte with NO sugar (the clear one) is recommended. And you are doing solids right. It is a time for them to experiment with texture. Babies spit everything out anyhow, until they are ready, so he will let you know. You have your hands full with so much family close by. I like the ability to create distance!
Lisa- There is a very good chapter in the Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child book about how unhealthy it is to keep kids up later and that it does not at all help them sleep in later. We had a stretch with the baby, where our 4 year old was going to bed REALLY late, since we were so frazzled and having a hard time getting the house quiet early. He would wake up early and then be overtired and refuse a nap later, and we got into one heck of a cycle. He is back on his regular plan and sleeping better than ever... Yes, make him get up at 5. I say that as if that happens! My hubby has NEVER once gotten up with the kids (although he is still kegalicious!). I will look later to try to figure out which chapter it is!
Melanie- Hope the "Operation" is going well. I wish we had the ability to do that here. How is the knee? I showed my MIL all your pictures on FB, and she and i do not know how you juggle 5 kids, including 2 twins. Glad that you like the baby food processor and the swim stuff. I figured watching two kids near water will be hard.
Susan- I have a feeling you will get your exercise while hubby gets ready for his trip. Just thinking that Cathe is not involved. Do me a favor, wear a heart rate monitor and report back if it surges! Tee hee! I am here with you on solo mission. Hubby gets hoem friday night late and MIL is leaving tomorrow morning.
Priscilla- I agree on teh squats where you raise up on toes with the weights. I did do it a few weeks a go and tweaked my knee. From now on, I will do normal calf raises. Keep it up! I finally saw the scale move in teh right direction this week. I also upped my calories by almost 4oo and that helped. It is so counterintuitive, but helps!!!!!
We are waiting to have the Terminix guy come today. We are seeing a lot of spiders and are really worried about John getting bit, good old blood. Then I am filling up easter eggs and hiding them on the hiking trail behind the house and will have Jimmy look for them. I am goign to try to get MIL to do travel fit with me today. We will see. I am also going to try to make some sea salt caramels from a recipe I saw on Alton Brown. We will see . I might as well just glue them to my butt right now.
 
Hi Ladies
Just got done with disk 5! I am loving sts meso1! K has been alseep since noon.
Jen-the potatoes would be great with meatloaf...they sorta caramalize ont he bottom..yum!
Yeah..juice is crazy! We have oj in th house but that is it..Haley hasnt ever been a juice drinker..we only drink water around here..BUT of course when my mom is around Haley gets dr. pepper! What is with grandmothers?? I don't ever have koolaide around either..its just sugar water. Haley prefers water and Im soooo glad of that.
Oh lisa...I have a friend who used to put crystal light and diet coke in her toddlers sippy cup..is that crazy!! These ladies can tell you how I feel about art sweeteners!

Christine-yum sea salt caramels sounds sooo yummy! Did mil do TF? Your easter egg hunt sounds fun!! You know I had to give my dh a happy farewell!

Waves toeveryone. bb ..going to start some laundry and have my afternoon coffee!
 
Susan...I think I figured it out. It must be something you put in that coffee you drink all day that gives you the libido of teenage boy! :p
 
LOL Jen! Want me to send you some??
I just wasted 20 min reading some lame thread about...but I had to finish it..someting about fruitcake lol. I honestly don't see how poeple have the time to waste on posting here like that.
 
I would LOVE some! ;) I don't understand about some of the things that people post about. But then again, they could say the same thing about us and our discussion of poop and keagals! :confused:

So I plan on doing Meso 1 Disc 2 tonight. I'm not really "following" the rotation but I will try and do the rotation as close as I can. I didn't do cardio on the second day but I am jonesing for another weight workout.

Oh and speaking of keagals, I plan on testing my progress so far with DH. Bow chicka wow wow! Nothing's happened because of AF but I told him he has a green light tonight. ;)

Hi everyone!
 
I"m back home. OC back in force....hoping to get most of it done today....want to go to post office tomorrow....

The girls are doing good. They are both in <1% percentile for height/weight/head circumf. due to their prematurity. They are growing well. Both are about 9 and 1/2 lbs. Myranda has a slight heart murmur. They are going to keep an eye on it....they did a venus draw to check her hemoglobin (she was the one who had anemia) to see if there was a link b/w the two. Her hgb was 9.5 (still low, but much higher than it was 2 mos ago). Whew. I guess i had a busy morning. :eek:

Then I got home and went for a very fast 3 mile run b4 DH flew out of the house to go fishing. lol

My weight is back up to 140lbs, but I lost another 1% of body fat, so I have to believe that I"m building lean muscle mass. I will freak out though if I gain another lb. :eek::eek:

Ds1 has youth group tonite....so a busy day all around.

I had a GREAT talk with lactation consultant....I'll have to write about it later (as well as catch up with what ya'll are up to).

BBL
 
mmy hormones are rocking out. i am looking forward to hubby coming home! :eek:
john is napping in 20 minute bursts today. Thank goodness MIL is here today. I would have gone nuts. We waited around for Terminix all morning adn they did not come. GRRRR. I went on a long run this morning and did 11.5 at 8:34 pace. I am a little sore, so I am going to skip Travel Fit and maybe we will go on a walk after my big boy takes a nap!
Kegal. 123. I think I am goign to buy some new panties.
Fruitcake? Goodness. That is bizarre. Now I understand reading about Kegals and poop, but fruitcake? I would fall asleep!
Off to try to get the kids down and wrap for Jimmy's birthday.
Melanie- Looking ofrward to hearing yoru news. Glad that the girls are well and sounds like they are doing great.
Lisa- I cannot believe we did not know you sooner. I am still giggling about the pickle juice and diet tea thing. I am like you all, no artificial sweeteners in this house.

squirming baby. got to run.
 
went on a three mile walk and JOhn slept in the bjorn. HE has been a real pill the past few days and eating a ton, so my guess is a growth spurt?
Melanie- that is great about hte body fat loss, you are getting new muscles!!!
Off to cook dinner, I call it garbage. PRetty much anything in the fridge goes in a saute pan with chicken and then served over israeli couscous with lemon and basil and pine nuts. I think it is a wine night.
Off to cook...
Oh, and I forgot to get back to you about those runners trots, Mel. I now keep some tissue in the pocket of my shorts. I find that I get them most days. SO I also have a cup of coffee before I go out for a run to try to guarantee a poop before I go. Somehow my coffee gives me the runs and susan's coffee gets her frisky. I need some of that arkansas joe.:eek:
 
Hi Ladies,
Whew..the nightly stuff is done. I really rely on dh a lot during that time. At least I didnt have to cook dinner..Haley ate kid food and i had soup. Kara is in bed..and Haley and I are gonna watch Amercian Idol soon.
Oh, and giving up sugar has NOT been easy for me. I havent given it up all the way..but Im trying too. Its like a freakin drug! I feel like such a loser when I comes to sugar..I need an intervention!

Melanie-glad the appt went well. Looking forward to what the lactation consultant told you. You are awesome for OC! Do you work tomorow???

Christine-Where on earth do you get all your energy?? Whew. I wish I could run. I used to years ago but it just hurts my body now and I pee on myself..so I opt for lower impact stuff. Dh will be a happy camper when he comes home! Your dinner sounds like yummy garbage! Keep on kegalin!

Jen-we all know what you are doing!!!

Pricilla-hope you had a good day with teeth! Do you work mostly with kids??

Lisa-hope you had a nice day!

Where on where is Allison???
Ok..gotta watch AI with H. She gets to sleep with me when dh is gone and she is sooo exctied.
 
Susan- Get all the energy from that coffee! But mine makes me Forrest Gump instead of a sex kitten!!! Tee hee! I love endorphins. And, my MIL is here, so have to take advantage. ANd I made a GREAT mix to run to on my ipod. If anyone wants it, let me know and I will post it. Not sure that I can burn it, though. You and I are both solo tomorrow night.
John is takign a dump. Grandma actually left the room. We relaly are poopers here.
BBL, miss you ladies. Jen- Hope those Kegels helped and that yo uand DH are snuggling.
 
man there is a lot of lovin' going on in your homes ! Some day I'll get in bed for more than sleep, but the thought scares the heck out of me...I had a wicked episiotomy AND the thought of getting preggo again nearly sends me into a panic attack. I think I'll be waiting until far after my 6wk check up. Shouldn't be an issue here...dh might has well have been a priest with his level of interest in sex. Christine-wow, you got a lot of activity in today! I was happy enough with adding on a quick 1.5mi run after me weight work today--I'm such a slacker!

Melanie-since I'm new to the group, I've been wondering----your DH fishes a lot---is it his job, or is he a just a true northern MN man that needs to always be out on one of those 10,000 lakes?

Susan-I know how hard it is getting rid of sugars! I've been trying for quite awhile. I find that it gets easier and the cravingsdiminish the longer I go. I get in trouble when I have a couple bad days because then it's hard for me to get back on track.

Reese was crabby during her pictures. We got a few good shots. I'm more excited about the pictures in a couple months when she doesn't look so much like a newborn. all for no..time to convince Reese it's time for bed.
 
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Christine do post your playlist for me please! Speaking of pooping I just realized K did not poop today..first day of her nearly 5 months life that she didnt...hmmmmm

Lisa-hope Reese goes down easilty tonight!
 
Hi ladies. OC is almost complete & is right on schedule. :D

I was going to try to walk on elliptical tonight, but am contenet with 3000 + calories my gfw is telling me I burned today. I am so darn fidgity, the only time I am still is when I"m sleeping. lol

Lisa~ your welcome, glad I could help you with coupons. Good Start was cheaper when DS1 was on formula (1994)...back then I'd buy whatever formula I had a coupon for. He handled it well. My DH has a fishing-habit (fetish). Sadly, his habit comes b4 his family way too much....but I cannot tell a grown man how he should feel/act. All I can do is tell him how I feel... it is up to him to make the right decision. I just go with the flow.

Jen~ sounds like you got some sexy stuff from Ross? How much time do you have for lunch? Do you go shopping alot during lunch? ;) DH gives the girls a little bit of juice (1/2 juice 1/2 water) if they seem hungry and I'm away for a short period of time. We also have used it when they haven't pooped in 6 days or so. They are becoming better poopers now though! My MIL also suggested pushing cereal earlier with our boys......she knows better not to offer advice anymore!! She just agitates me with her advice. LOL

Christine~ how long is MIL there? My knee is better, it was nice to take a couple days off. It's my left foot......and I"m thinking it may be from running on the road? The side of the road is a little lopsided (so rain doesn't pull in middle). Does that make sense? Which weights did you buy...the adjustable ones like Charlene uses?

Susan~ sounds like you are keeping DH happy over there! Sounds like Kara is going thru a growing spurt? I bathe all the time with the girls now. I'm so glad you mentioned it the other day.

Hi Allison & Precilla!
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I spoke to a lactation consultant today b/c I felt like I might not be producing enough milk for the girls. When I work, I pump anywhere b/w 30-40 oz of milk & now the girls are nursing hourly (growing spurt) and dont seem as satisfied. I was concerned that maybe my 1/2 marathon training might be effecting my milk production, or maybe that I went back to work.

Well, first of all....she said that I am producing an ENORMOUS amount of milk for 2 babies that weigh less than 10lbs. She said they will drink about 2.5 times their weight. So they need 50 oz b/w the two of them for an entire day. On the days I'm working, I am nursing at least 4 times (in addition to pumping 4 times).....so, DH is overfeeding them. She was impressed with my milk production. :D

She said I could go ahead with what I was doing (fenugreek + brewer's yeast + one extra pumping on day off)......or I could have DH adjust feeding. She suggested that he slow down the feeding, giving just 1.5 oz (instead of 3oz) at each feeding then offer pacifier...that it's the suckling that the girls are craving (like bfing offers). She also suggested that maybe DH "cut" breastmilk with a little bit of water (especially closer to 8PM when I'm due to come home).

We spooke about Reglan....she said it would almost DOUBLE my milk production, so not really an issue. Since my girls stools are yellow, she didn't think my exercise is getting in the way of lacating (if they are green may suggest low fat in breastmilk).

She has a mom that just had twins who has tons of ?s. She asked if she could share my phone number with them....of course I agreed.

I just learned so much & enjoyed my conversation with her. I felt so proud of my body...that she was so impressed with my milk volume. :D
 
Melanie-when you speak of OC I hear the theme to Mission Impossible in my mind lol.

Your convo with the lac con sounds great. Im sure it put your mind at ease about the amount of milk you are producing. Now maybe with a little tweaking with the feedings with dh and using the pacifier will work out better. That does make sense using the pacifier..so many times I know Kara is not really hungry she just wants to suck. So nice of you to offer to speak with the mom who just had twins. You are such an awesome person!!
Dont you just love bathing with the girls! I tried to get Haley to bathe with us last nigth but she was like "ewwww mom"....just a mere few months ago she would of jumped on that deal...they grow up sooooo fast! Her age didnt stop her from cuddling with me most of the night though!!
Im glad the girls are pooping better. HOw many days without pooping is considered constipation? K's dr told me to give her a little sugar water if she was constipated. K didnt go all day yesterday and that is not like her.
Ok..Im off to drink more coffee..and watch some fox news. bbs

morning waves to everyone!
 
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