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♥28wks5days. < 79days to go
posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
Ive got a big Boy, Sho Nuff Vincents been potty training for the past two months or so and usually i go in the bathroom with him to help him on and off the potty, always wondering when he will ever do it on his own. He went to his daddy's this past weekend and his daddy called me to inform me he can go potty on his own. My reaction.... "no way? i don't believe you, he can get on to the toilet alone too? with no help? you don't have a stool?" ... nope no stool. So I'm was super excited and at the same time my thought was how long has he been able to do it alone? and hes been letting me believe he cant do it on his own and that i have to put him on the potty this whole time? was he just going to let me put him on the potty the rest of his life if someone didn't tell him he can do it on his own... what a typical boy! I picture myself taking him potty for forever, and now the truth comes out, he can do it on his own if he wants to. I am super excited for both his daddy and myself because this means we are almost done with his potty training and it may be a little premature, but can i just secretly say heck yes, we did it! intrigued so as everyone knows, Vincent will be a big brother to not one, but two babies. Two babies that will be pretty much the same exact age. I don't know what he talks with his daddy about when he is with him, but when hes here we frequently talk about the babies and usually i ask him if he will play with them and if he will help with them. When we do see an infant in public, which is mostly in the waiting rooms of my doctor visits i point the baby out to him and say "aw look at the baby, that's like Daxton in Mommy's belly and that's like Kora in Kristen's belly. Isn't he/she cute" he usually smiles and agrees then he will move over to the side of the room the baby is being held on to get a better look and he will sit and stare at the baby and just keep smiling. I'm not sure if he knows what to think. I think he is mostly intrigued by the baby and I really cant wait to see how he will be with Daxton. wow yesterday I went through the one and only box of infant clothes that i saved of Vincents. The preemie and Newborn sizes that he first wore and that i couldn't give up when i sold all of his other baby clothes. I decided to take them out to use then with Daxton. It was the weirdest thing going through all of them because they still smelled like Vincent did when he was a baby. It brought back the feelings and memories of him from those first few months he was brought home. Bitter sweet memories that you almost forget until you open a box of old clothes. I'm happy though to be able to put them to use again and it will only make them mean that much more to me when i pack them up again. glad that's over I went to do my one hour glucose test today. I was so hungry by the time it was over that all i could think about was getting something in my starving belly. Hopefully everything will come back in the clear so i don't have to do it again. I hate orange flavor anything and the only other flavor they offered me was lemon lime... freaking ew! I also had my routine visit in which she checked for his heartbeat, it was in the 140s and she said that he sounds like hes doing great. I also got my free diaper bag which i never got to have with Vincent because i went into labor before i go it. It was nothing special, but it was still exciting to get it because it means I'm almost there. Almost done with this pregnancy and closer to having another addition to my family, plus it came with the mini version of the breastfeeding book I'm reading which will come in handy to carry around in my diaper bag as a reference if i need it. I will not fail this time. **edited after the fact so i finally got a chance to check out this diaper bag kit i got from my doctor today, and yeah ill admit its a little tacky, not too too bad though. It comes with some cool things aside from that mini book on breastfeeding it comes with a huggies sample diaper, a 5 dollars rebate for buying any breast pump i choose, and two ice packs for keeping bottles cold, but the coolest thing by far (and the simple reason i actually like the bag) is it has a built in storage pocket located on the inside of it where you put the ice pack and bottle directly in it, no need for an extra thermal bottle holder. I think it is the coolest idea ever. I hated having to carry around the extra bottle holder with chill packs for Vincent when he got a little older and his bottles and juice could actually be chilled. Seriously this is neat and i think its a brilliant idea. Why don't other diaper bag companies do it? I'm sure this diaper bag will come in handy when Daxton gets a little bit older. its not big enough for newborn use, but once he gets about 5-6 months and i can pack significantly lighter it will be awesome!
// x0x0- callmealunatic
@ 12:20 PM.
♥28wks2days
posted on Saturday, June 27, 2009.
yesterday Daxtons high risk appt went well yesterday i went in and they measured my cervix and told me everything is still going as perfect as it can. Since Ive started going to the high risk doctor i have been so much less stressed, almost to the point of no stress at all. Instead I feel confident now that everything will be fine this time. I have to go to my normal Doctor in a few days to do my glucose test and then i have another high risk appt on the July 10th to have yet another ultrasound to measure his growth and then to check my cervix again. I'm excited to get to see him again. I feel great I pretty much don't have contractions anymore and the few i do get are nothing more than normal feeling. I feel awesome. I really wish i had known i was having contractions when i was pregnant with Vincent it could have changed the outcome a lot. I was in so much pain most of his pregnancy, my back hurt so bad and my body was so sore it was just painful. Now in this pregnancy with keeping the contractions under control i feel great. My back hasn't hurt in weeks and I'm not in any abnormal pain or discomfort like i was with the last pregnancy. I am very thankful of my doctor for just listening to me when i told her how i felt instead of blowing me off like a first time mom who's never been pregnant before. She actually listened to what i had to say and asked me questions about it. I have a very high tolerance for pain and hardly ever complain of something hurting. I mean had a csection for god sakes and was up and walking around the very next day and then only three days later i was hosting a baby shower, so don't fuck with me. When i say something hurts believe me it hurts! scheduled so as i posted before, Daxton is breeched just as Vincent was. I really don't think hes going to turn around. My doctor said if he does turn i can have a Vbac like i have wished, but if he doesn't i will obviously have to have another cesection. With that said i am going to talk to my doctor about having a csection scheduled for 37wks6days, that's a day before 38wks and then he will be a week past whats considered full term and healthy to be delivered. My little sisters birthday is on the 2nd of September and she asked if i could have him on her birthday if its an option. If he does turn around before week 38 then i will go on with the pregnancy until he wants to come out on his own.
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@ 12:10 PM.
♥27wks4days
posted on Monday, June 22, 2009.
odds and ends since the baby shower i have spent the past couple days picking up some odds and ends. I went and got Daxton his bouncy seat today. I got the woodland forest one from Target that i had wanted and then brought it home and Vincent and i put it together. Once it was together Vincent told me that it was 'for the baby', hes so cute. I only have a short list of things left to get with the most expensive thing on the list being the swing, i feel like I'm doing pretty good. obsession i have an obsession with baby hats. I have enough baby caps for the first few months but for some reason i find myself looking at and contemplating on buying more. I love them. I haven't bought anymore yet but i know its only a matter of time before i do. I cant help it. round the clock since the 15th they've had me taking the trebutaline pill every 8 hours & i feel one hundred times more comfortable than i was feeling before and I'm sleeping better because i can move and roll from side to side a lot easier without a rock hard tight and heavy contracting stomach. Daxton seems to move more freely now to. I have to go back to the high risk doctor on the 26th so we will see what they have to say about it then, they haven't called so I'm only assuming they didn't find anything alarming. aching this past week my calves have been aching, especially late at night and then again when i wake up in the mornings and then few days ago i woke up with such a horrible cramp in my left calve that felt like it was never going to go away. Aside from my calves cramping and hurting, if i stand or walk too long my feet start to ache like crazy and ill have to sit down and prop them up for relief. I hope that they don't start swelling. I never had swollen feet with Vincent, but i hear it sucks really bad, so id like to pass on that. i have almost less than 12 wks left!
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@ 9:47 PM.
♥27w2d
posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009.
Happy-appy-appy
the baby shower was today. I am so very thankful for any and all gifts received they are very much appreciated and very much a help and thank you to everyone who attended. I'm really tired so ill make it short. A few of my favorite things i received were...  a beanie and booties from my Aunt Cindy, she made them herself. I love the color I'm taking these to the hospital with me for Daxton to wear. He will be so freaking cute! then there is...  the co-sleeper from my Mom and Paul. I wanted this when i was pregnant with Vincent and never got. After having a bassinet i never wanted another one ever again it was a pain in the ass, every time Vincent woke up or cried i had to get half out of bed if not all the way out of bed to tend to him even though i had the damn thing as close to the bed as it could possibly be. This will make my life a million times easier because it scoots up right next to and is level with your bed so Daxton will be right there next to me to comfort or touch and i wont have to lean over or get up out of bed like i did with a bassinet. and then...  my stroller from my Dad and Ronda. Its one i wanted and the one i tested for at least 30 minutes in the store before i chose it. I absolutely love the colors and the fact that the sun shade on the car seat pulls all the way and completely forward if needed which was a MAJOR deciding factor for me. Also, the fact that the stroller isn't huge, its nice and compact with cup holders.
// x0x0- callmealunatic
@ 9:51 PM.
♥27w1d
posted on Friday, June 19, 2009.
yesterday made for week 27, which sends me into my third trimester which also means i have approx 13 wks to go before i get to meet Daxton. This pregnancy has gone by super fast and i mean SUPER fast up until i had that 4d ultrasound at the beginning of the week. I think it made me really anxious to have him, which i was trying to stay calm and not get excited so early in this pregnancy for fear that the time would creep by if i did. Either way, we don't have too long to go now and he will be an active part of my life. I cant wait. Wake up Daxton woke me up from a dead sleep for the first time last night. He was moving so much it felt like he was laying on his back and moving all his limbs in circles around my belly. I kept trying to fall back asleep but his movements lasted on and off for about 30 minutes. That was the most he has ever moved. i never felt anything like that with Vincent, so hopefully that means Daxton has more room to move around in there than Vincent did. Gift there is a gift sitting on the dinner table right now that's addressed to Daxton and i am dying to know whats in it. Its killing me. I want to open it.
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@ 10:57 AM.
♥26wks4days
posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
I finally bought Daxton something today, its the very first thing i have ever bought him. A tan sleeveless onesie. Its cute, it has a green koala bear on it and it says planet patrol, i had to have it and the best part is that it only cost me a dollar. 
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@ 7:53 PM.
♥26w3d
posted on Monday, June 15, 2009.
Happiest Mom ev-er right now At this moment i am still so excited, i got to see Daxton today in 3D and it was the most amazingly coolest thing i have ever seen. He was so cute and so chubby and he had Vincents nose. He kept putting his hands up in front of his mouth and he already has a head full of hair, whether he keeps it or not is still a mystery, but for now he has hair. I got to see him opening and closing his mouth and making sucking motions with his lips... it was sheer awesomeness. I was told he weighs 2lbs 14oz, and hes in the 61 percentile on the growth chart which the nurse and doctor said was perfect. They measured my amniotic fluid, measured his bones and his brain and took pictures of his heart and kidneys. Checked his sex again, which he is still a boy, yay! The whole ultrasound lasted about 30 minutes or so, and i loved single second of it.  Daxton at 26wks3days, you can see him putting his little hand in front of his mouth, his eyes are shut and look at that nose it looks just like Vincents. He's perfect! The appointment the whole reason for the ultrasound today was for my consultation on the high risk floor. I am now high risk which actually makes me happy because now i can be monitored properly and they will take all precautions and steps necessary to keep him in me for as long as they possibly can. I feel so relieved. The first thing the doctor said to me was "why haven't you seen us yet? I'm surprised you haven't been sent here, your son being born as early as he was makes you high risk from day one". Since the appointment this morning i feel like a brick has been lifted from me. I feel happy and excited, i feel like i can relax, like I'm in good hands now. They measured my cervix and did another fetal fibronectin test which tells them if i will go into labor within the next few weeks. The doctor who did the exam said judging by my cervix alone it doesn't appear that I'm going to go into labor any time soon, but the test will give them a better idea. They are supposed to call me in a few days with any results they have found based on their tests and then i have another appointment in two weeks. A conversation with Vincent first off, Wall-e is an extra pillow we have that has a wall-e pillow case on it which i have been using the past two months when i sleep to put between my legs and knees. the other night i put him to bed and he asked me if he could use which i told him he could. An hour later i came to bed and he was still awake and this is the conversation that took place. V-"Mommy? want Wall-e?" M- "huh? do i want Wall-e?" V-"yeah, want Wall-e?" (at this point I'm confused, I'm thinking hes not going to give me that pillow so i answered confused) M-"okkkk?" (I reach over and take the pillow very slowly, when it makes it to my side of the bed i put it between my knees and Vincent doesn't protest at all which almost makes me want to cry because hes letting me have the pillow which he doesnt allow anyone to use) M-"aw, THANK you baby!" V-"welcome mommy." M-"oh my god, i love you, you're so sweet." V-"love you mommy!" I have the best child in the whole world. This conversation alone makes me feel like I'm a perfect mother. Hes so innocent and sweet. I am so in love with my boys.
// x0x0- callmealunatic
@ 2:58 PM.
♥26wks
posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009.
*Update 6/13/09- after posting this i got a registry book in the mail from Target saying if i made a registry there id receive a free 20 dollar gift card, sooo now i also have a Target registry. ___________________ Again, i know i didnt register at Target i registered at Babies r us because of convenience of everything in one place, but i found this Boppy Pillow cover at Target and i love. I already have a boppy, i just need a cover for it! Just wanted to share.  Love it, I seen it at the Fleming island Target, but its also available at the OP one too.Reminder the Shower is the 20th. Today makes 26 weeks of pregnancy. Yay. Im starting to get excited. Im a little stressed because i have this over powering desire to start getting things ready but i dont have anything yet, luckily the baby shower is not this Saturday but the next so i should be able to start nesting then. I just want to start collecting things and organising and washing clothes and setting stuff up and getting it ready. Monday This coming Monday i have a high risk consultation appointment. Hopefully that goes well either way. Considering my history of preterm labor and the fact that hes breeched and that ive been having alot of regular contractions, im happy they are finally looking into it. Limbs instead of just kicks or pokes i can totally feel arms and legs when Daxton moves around now which means his space is becoming more cramped. I love it when hes moving around, especially when he responds to me or something ive done.
// x0x0- callmealunatic
@ 4:20 PM.
♥25wks6days
posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.
 I am so happy. My life, my boys, my world!
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@ 3:00 PM.
♥25wks4days
posted on Monday, June 8, 2009.
 Even if i gave him a million kisses it wouldnt be enough. Potty and hiccups Daxton got the hiccups for the first time lastnight when i was trying to go to sleep and Vincent went the whole entire day yesterday with no potty accidents, im so proud of the both of them.
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@ 12:14 PM.
♥Find me.
posted on Sunday, June 7, 2009.
I moved my blog, i wont be using this one anymore. Blogger allows me to edit my templates, so i made the choice to go back to a blogspot account. Visit us here.... http://callmealunatic.blogspot.com
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@ 5:40 PM.
♥Target Bouncer
 I know i registered at Babies R Us, but I really really like this bouncer from Target and for those who want to know, i seen it at the Flemming Island Target. Im just saying, i really like it alot.
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@ 5:16 PM.
♥25wks2days.
posted on Saturday, June 6, 2009.
*I switched back to blogger because its easier for me to edit my templates and things. Appetite i have no control over my appetite, none at all. If there is something in the kitchen i want to eat i will think about it, until i give in and eat it. if im eating dinner and i want more to eat, i get more even if i dont need it. its starting to annoy me. im not use to eating so much. i mean ive always ate alot but its starting to become ridiculous. Innocent the other night when we were going to sleep i was talking to Vincent about Daxton, asking him things like "so will you let baby Daxton play with your toys?" and he answered yes, then we talked alittle more before he asked me "mommy, baby play with me?" it was so innocent and sweet he almost made me cry. I responded to him by saying "yes! of course the baby will play with you". Then again, the other day i had an appointment to go pick up my WIC checks and Vincent went with me, there were tons of babies in the waiting room. Vincent just stared at a baby fora few minutes just watching her every move, then he jumped off the chair he was sitting in and ran over to me and kissed my belly. It may be my hormones but this kids being so sweet hes kept me on the verge of tears for a few weeks now. Co-sleeping- don't shun it until you've done your research So i never really co slept with Vincent when he was an infant, i spend endless nights on the couch sleeping with him because he was so colicky it was the only way i could get sleep and the only way i felt his dad could get sleep, but before he was born we had decided he wasn't going to sleep in our bed with us because his dad is such a heavy sleeper and we only had a queen size bed, it just seemed like it was the safest choice. When we separated and i moved out of the house Vincent has been sleeping in my bed with me since then, and i like it. Ive read alot on co-sleeping and i feel it beneficial for him and i. When Daxtons born Ive decided after he out grows his bassinet he will move into the bed with Vincent and i to sleep. A shot last week when i went to my scheduled doctors appointment i mentioned to her that i was having contractions all the time. Mostly in the evening at night and that they lasted a minute or so and then they would release but then would come back again in a another couple minutes and she decided to hook me up to the machine that monitors your contractions. After about 45 minutes of being monitored she came in to check and said "oh my you are having contractions and they are regular, im going to need to examine you and call labor and delivery and tell them to be expecting you". After the exam she sent me down stairs to the hospital for more tests and they ended up giving me a shot of trebutaline which is a medication that stops your contractions and after the nurse gave me the shot (which stung and burnt like crazy) i immediately felt relief. It felt so wonderfully relaxing. Contractions again i started having contractions again a few days later, so i went back to the hospital for them to monitor me again and they sent me home with a prescription of trebutaline. It definitely takes some stress off of me. I feel like i have control over something i didn't have control of before. Ive still been drinking almost 70oz of water a day to try and drown them out. It seems to take the edge off and when i do start feeling them i go lay down somewhere for a while. My doctor was talking about sending me to their high risk doctor for more testing. The week before when i was there and my doctor did my exam she had done a test on me that tells them if i will go into labor within the next few weeks and it came back negative so i was relieved to hear that, it just kind of gave me a little more confidence.
// x0x0- callmealunatic
@ 11:18 PM.
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