I have been thinking a lot about the new baby... Nonstop. I am so excited. I have been thinking of things that I did with Kayelynn that I would also do with # 2... And also things that I would change.
For the most part, when I look back, I am happy with how I did things with Kayelynn. One thing I can't wait to change though it breastfeeding. With Kayelynn it wasn't my fault. I tried so hard to breast feed her and it just didn't work. She wouldn't latch and for some reason after 3 weeks of pumping every 3 hours I stopped producing milk. With this baby though I am praying that it will be able to latch and that I can breast feed.
Like I said, I am pretty much happy with how I did things with Kayelynn. She never slept with us. She slept in her bassinet until she was 2 weeks old and then I switched her to her crib. Then at 2 months we switched her into her own room. She got taken completely off the bottle at 8 months. She has never tasted pop. And any juice she gets to this day is still mixed with water, unless we're at a restaurant. She got switched to a convertible car seat at 6 months, and is still rear facing, and will be until she reaches the rear facing limit... Which is 45 on her new carseat. (Or until she just can not sit like that anymore. I have to throw that in because Seth only weighs around 35 and there is no way he could rear face... Especially since he will be 5 next month.)
I have already started buying stuff for the baby. I bought a pack of Newborn diapers, a pack of newborn socks, a pack of breastfeeding bottles for when I pump so Brian can sometimes help, and I also bought a pack of binkies. Every month I'm going to buy a pack of diapers. That way when the baby gets here I will have at least 9 or 10 plus whatever I get at my baby shower.
Speaking of baby showers, I can't wait to have mine!! I know I'm only 7 or 11 weeks, but I didn't get a baby shower with Kayelynn and literally everything we had for her we had to buy. (Except for hand-me-down clothes from my 2 sisters but I still ended up buying a lot of clothes since the ones from my mom had been through like 6 or 7 kids and were worn.) We did get a few things, mostly from my dad's mom and my aunt on my dad's side. Stuff like some bottles and bibs and stuff. But other than that we actually had to stop on the way home from the hospital and get some more bottles, socks, and a bassinet. We bought the crib, high chair, mattress, bedding, like said pretty much everything. I deserve a baby shower, damnit. Lol.
One of my aunt's on my dad's side (not the one who got us the stuff above) has a little girl who at the time was 2. When I was 5 or 6 months pregnant she actually started telling me about how a friend of hers who has a kid in high school found out she was pregnant and how my aunt gave her all her baby stuff... I gave her this look like are you effing kidding me... Here I am your pregnant niece and all you got me was a little rattle doll.. She was like "Well you got all the stuff from when Seth and Paige were babies..." REALLY? Does she not know that I am not Seth and Paige's mom?? How would I have their baby stuff!? Their mom has that. Nothing from when Seth and Paige were babies benefited me in any way. It pissed me off so bad.
So basically, I can't wait to have my baby shower and hopefully people actually buy me stuff. Which I don't want to be greedy or sound like I'm not thankful... But I am going to be mad if people show up with like a thing of baby wash... And I can see some of the people in my family doing that. I'm going to actually register at Target, and I'm telling people to only buy whats on the registry. That way I know what I have to buy, and also so I can buy what I want and not have to worry about someone getting it for me. I have certain things that I want to use and I'm going to be mad if I register for it and then people but me the same type of thing at a yard sale or something.
I am not above hand me downs, but using baby stuff from yard sales grosses me out. I'll buy used baby stuff from like Once Upon A Child, or something like that... But I can't handle using yard sale stuff for a baby... I don't know why.
Okay, rant over. :)
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I had the same problem with my first son, i had to use a nipple shield to get him to latch on and if i took it off he wouldn't then i just stopped cause it was irritating. with my second it was alot easier the main advice i would have is if the hospital u go to has a lactation consultant then use them! that helped me alot even with my first. ours actually has a breastfeeding clinic it was new before i had Corin(#2) and that really helped alot cause they had scales there and they would weigh the baby before you fed and after so you would know how much he ate.
ReplyDeletealso i made a registry with both of my kids and only like one person looked at it. but it was fun to pick out baby clothes and stuff that i liked so i think i would do it again even if no one looks at it lol.
With Kayelynn I used a lactation consultant. She was a preemie and just wouldn't latch, The lactation consultant actually got me this fancy expensive breast pump for free because she wouldn't latch, we tried everything. Kayelynn just couldn't do it. :(
ReplyDeleteI am in no way trying to be rude here.. Just trying to help. Pacifiers and bottles can mess up the babies latch. It causes nipple confusion. They say that if you want to exclusively breastfeed do not introduce pacifiers or bottles until about 6 weeks, so that breastfeeding can be established. You may know all that already, but like I said, I'm just trying to help. Please don't take that as me being rude or telling you what to do.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I highly reccommend a boppy pillow. It makes supporting the baby while breastfeeding soooo much easier, and since it wraps around you you can easily do different positions with the baby.
I'm sorry your family treated you that way with Kayelynn. Hopefully it will be different this time, but I agree with Chrissy.. most people don't care about registries. They get whatever they want. I actually got more of what I wanted with Brentley because I didn't stress the registry, so people asked me what I wanted/needed.
Do you guys want a boy or girl this time?