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@Mamasig: your last two sentences have me tearing up. Love it. I will definitely keep those in mind. @cookie_dough: that sounds a lot like my son. I'll start the bath change soon.

@twodoghouse: good luck with your test today! How do you feel? Did u have to fast?

My brother and SIL have twin boys and it was interesting to watch her tandem feed. She's a real trooper!

@Beebug: I've had 2 knee surgeries and found when it was feeling sore that propping it up on a stool or even another chair really helped. Definitely more than changing my chair. Good luck, I hope it turns out to be nothing major!

@twodoghouse: I hope you are feeling ok with the 3-hour test! I failed the 1-hour test last time and passed the 3-hour with flying colors. Like my results after 1 hour were lower than what they needed to be after 3. I think the fasting makes a huge difference. I know they say it shouldn't, but how could it not?

@sungirl: DS can be a total mama's boy sometimes. Luckily he llllooooves Daddy too so when he gets home from work it's mostly about him. But like if he falls down or gets cranky only I can get him to calm down. DH does bath time solo about 50% of the time now and will start doing bedtime too. I'm kind of nervous because I SAH and it's great just the two of us. What am I going to do with a toddler and newborn all day?!?

@Mae: Glad you found the CPR class useful. I didn't take any breastfeeding classes or read any books and we're still here breastfeeding over 17 months later (seriously, when is he going to give it up?). The nurses at the hospital were on top of getting it established. I was very thankful for that. We had some issues with him latching at night so we saw a LC at my midwife/OB's office and she also had some good tips. Plus hospitals often have support groups that a lot of people find useful.

So I found out yesterday that I passed the 1-hour glucose test. Hooray! I had such a hard time even taking it after the nasty woman at the lab refused to do it the first time and this time the girl had a hard time drawing blood. She was digging around in my arm with the needle and I almost passed out. So happy I don't have to do the 3 hour test this time after that experience.

Passed my GD test. I am super excited. All my midwives and OB's assumed that I had it last time and it went undiagnosed. (LO was 9lbs and born at 36wks 5days. This baby is measuring big too, so my midwife said she was "shocked" that I came back on the low side of normal.

@twodoghouse: A breastfeeding class is always beneficial! However, if you want some outside support or someone to lean on, a very good friend of mine tandem nursed her twins and is a breast feeding counselor for Breastfeeding USA. She's always willing to help out a twin mama, and I'm sure she would be open to me giving you her email address She actually took some videos of positioning and stuff at one point for another mama.

Look who got in on this week's photobomb! 28w pic!

@Mae: I really want to do an infant/child cpr class! DH teaches regular/adult one at his school, but infant/child one would be really good and good for me to get more comfortable with heaven forbid.

@sungirl: DD favourites us whatever way the wind blows. Somedays wants nothing to do with DH and is a total cling to me, other days she is his shadow and wants zip to do with me! She is now also learning she doesn't like me very much when she gets in trouble!

Any other 2+ Mom's finding discipline/consistency difficult if they are in daycare too? DD climbs on our couch now on her own and used to sit down on it and sit nicely, now she runs all over it. Given I Have seen other kids do this at daycare she must be doing it there, I won't even get into the safety part, but how can I ever win this if she is getting away with it at daycare? I don't want to mention it to daycare, I have a few issues with them, try to focus on that my DD loves going there and we will be done there come June!

@twodoghouse: Hope results are good on Friday and there are no GD worries for you! lol on the heatwave! I took a pic of the front of our place today to show how high the snow was/is before it gets rained away through the week!! We were 6 degrees here today, above zero for the first time in so long!

@Glitter: Tandem feeding would be "cool" to see (things only a new/young Mom would say?)

Chiming in on the bf'ing thing, I feel like anything I read about bf'ing before baby went out the window and wasn't really helpful. It was the nurses at the hosp who really helped and I was lucky it did feel really natural to me. I think I have written this before how super frustrating it was that every shift change a new nurse = new "right" way to bf, it was hard and frustrating at the time, I just wanted to master one thing, one hold, one way, but it turns out all of those different ways to get latch or hold baby they all taught me were really helpful when I was home with DD without their help trying to troubleshoot and get the most for DD and get comfortable for me.

@skipra: Chair stuff is back related......knee stuff is another issue! I'm a mess, haha! I use my heater under my desk as a leg rest for my knee! When I had my first knee scope done, elevation was so much more comfortable!

@junebugmama: Wow on size of LO at 36w!!! I had a 9 pounder at 41w, lol...different story Yay on passing!

@gingerblonde: Hopefully no news is good news, if I ever worry about anything and don't hear, I usually end up calling, pleading ignorance about not knowing and then they verify (usually!) everything is okay!!

@Beebug: she is so cute!

I can't believe it but baby boy has started the last week in his "twenties". Wow, 29 weeks deserves a bump photo I think

@Mae: I think it's great that you made the decision to switch. With my last pregnancy I was too afraid to do so and I regret it.

@Mamasig: I am thinking I just make giant babies. Although, I am hoping no complications this time, so no induction. Then I wonder how big this baby could end up being if I go full term!! Yikes lol

@twodoghouse: We're planning on cloth diapering! MIL found a baker's dozen of BG 4.0 for sale that had been barely used, so that'll probably start our stash. I don't think we should need many more than that.

@beebug I have one tattoo, a white one that stretches all across the inside of my forearm. It hasn't changed, but no one can see it if I don't point it out anyway. Moles on the other hand - now I've had a few of those change! Completely normal, but I'm definitely going to mention them when I go for my yearly derm check in August.

@mae I also lie on my back for the last little bit in the morning. I'm a back sleeper naturally, so staying on my sides all night is killer!

@skipra @junebugmama Yay for passing the test!

I have a few breastfeeding books I've been meaning to read (Ina May, Womanly Art, and Breastfeeding Made Simple), plus I signed up for a class in March. My hospital also has lactation consultants on staff and my doula is a lactation specialist. So one way or another, we will get this baby eating! I dunno, I might just read one of the books and skim the others for locating things I would need to know if there were issues.

We've also signed up for an infant care/CPR class and a Hypnobabies course. I'm really excited for the Hypnobabies to begin. Oh, and we have a hospital tour/birth options session scheduled. I feel like March is just going to be one class after another!

@HayleyJane: If you're only going to read one, then my suggestion is to read the womanly art of breast feeding then

@Mae: Oy I am already uncomfortable, so I understand that fear. Hopefully we will both go (and everyone else) close to our due dates

@gingerblonde: Aw, I'm sorry. You're not the only one! I did the 3 hour test yesterday. Good luck on the long test!

@gingerblonde: That stinks about your test! I had to take the 3-hour test last pregnancy and although I didn't feel great, I wasn't at the point of passing out or anything. I was just so thirsty and my arms were awful from all the blood draws. I wasn't even close on the 1-hour and I remember looking online to see what percent passed the 3-hour with my 1-hour results. It was not promising but I passed the 3-hour test no problem. Hope it is the same for you. Good luck!

@gingerblonde: aw, that sucks that you have to do the 3 hour test. I hope it goes ok for you. I took the 1 hour today but I don't have my results yet. I really wouldn't be surprised if I failed I guess I will just have to wait and see!

@Mae: yay for your interview! Fingers crossed for you.

@Mrs Hazelnut: good luck on your GD test! I'm sure it will go fine.

We had our breastfeeding class tonight. It was mostly video with some breaks to talk things over in more depth. Mostly it was just nice to go the breastfeeding resource center and get familiar with the services they offer, etc.