I forgot how challenging it could be to venture out in public with a newborn. Note to self- WAAAAYYY easier to just stay home all day everyday until they are 13! Kaelyn was with my MIL so I decided to run a few errands. Post Office, Burlington, Target and a stop by my BFF's new house. Easy peasy. Well ya'll should know by now whenever I think something is going to be "easy" it ends up being a total disaster!
The post office went just fine. Off the Burlington. Just had to exchange something for a new size and I would be on my way. Super simple. Well the cashier was slower than molasses- problem #1. Leah was starting to wake up- problem #2. While I am waiting for the cashier to return the item so I could go grab the new one I hear a rather loud rumble from Leah's tummy. Great. I left the diaper bag in the car because we were just running in and out. We head out into the store really quick to just grab what we needed. Leah starts to cry. I take her out of the carseat and check the back of her diaper. All clean! Just must have been gas. PHEW! I am holding her against my chest when a start to feel wet a few minutes later. I look at her front and notice its soaked. Oh dear, the blowout came up the front instead of the back! I didn't know how bad it was so I just decided to buy another outfit while we were there and change her in the car so we could continue with our day. I chose not to bring my "Im travelling to Europe sized diaper bag" while we were out that day. I just packed a few things. HUGE MISTAKE. We get to the car and as I begin to undress her I realize this is a much bigger problem than I thought. Poo was up to her chest, in her belly button and seemed to stain her skin a nice shade of yellow.After a few attempts to wipe it up I run out of wipes. Crap. Literally. Why did I not bring the costco pack of wipes? Why!!!I have no choice but to go back home and give her a bath. I don't even dress her, just put a new diaper on and strapped her in the carseat and covered her up with blankets. Go home and give bath. Time to feed again. Oh baby just ate. Time to pump now. AHHHHHHH! An hour later we are back out on the road headed for Target when I realize I am almost out of gas. Seriously!!! I just want to run some freakin errands! Any new mom knows (esp breastfeeding moms) that you only have a 2-3 hour window with newborns before you have to stop everything you are doing for feeding time. So small things like having to stop for gas can easily take 10 minutes away from that window! We finally make it to Heathers at about 2:30. (I originally told her we planned on being there at 11:30) I HATE being late. Hate it. Luckily it was moving day for them so it wasn't a big deal.
It took us 6 hours to go 4 places that day. 6 HOURS! Funny how someone so tiny runs the show in the Pingul house these days. I learned my lesson. I will always bring the big bag, pack extra wipes and remember to bring it in the store with me! We had two huge blowouts in one week. One of which resulted in Aaron and I cutting off her clothes it was so bad. I hope this means we can have a blowout break for a bit! :)
Thanks for reading about my kids poo diaper disasters. Hope you weren't eating breakfast!
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Labor with Leah
Dear Jehovah's coming to my door,
When I answer and you hear a newborn screaming along with my huge dog barking and I tell you I'm sorry but it's not a good time you should listen. However you didn't listen and continued to talk while my dog barked. When he ran at the door and my toddler peed herself right in front of you (while the baby was still screaming) and I again said now is not a good time, I am not interested you should really get the hint. Again you didn't and that is why I had to shut the door in your face.
Sincerely,
Annoyed Mother
Sorry that's my rant for the day. I had just gotten Leah relaxed and asleep when they decided to show up. Im usually pretty considerate when people come to my door but don't try and mess with Mama Bear when she is trying to take care of her kiddos. It has already taken me over an hour to try and put away one basket of laundry. You think I have time to chat about joining your religion? Newsflash-I don't. Nothing against the Jehovah's or anything I just need to get back to cleaning up pee, poop and find the time to change out of my PJ sweatpants into my daytime sweats. Don't be jealous of my wardrobe right now.
On to the actual post im trying to write.
LABOR WITH LEAH
Well I was hoping to have some awesome labor story to share with you but sadly I don't have one. It's pretty much like I sneezed and she was born. Ok so not really, it just felt that way compared to Kaelyn. On Friday evening (June 1st) I was having contractions. Nothing new. The dog was starting to act really strange. Kept coming up and resting his head on my belly. A few hours later the contractions were getting worse. I called the midwife and she said I could probably stay at home a bit longer since I had such a long labor with Kaelyn. Not long after I talked with her I felt it was time to go. FYI a Jeep + bumpy hill + contractions = nothing I ever want to do again. I think I even said no more kids as we kept hitting all the pot holes! Get checked into the hospital and they inform me I am already dilated to an 8 should just get ready to have her. UMMMMMM HELL NO- I NEED AN EPIDURAL. They weren't sure if I would have time for one but ended up getting it right before I couldn't. PHEW! This pregnancy and labor was totally opposite of Kaelyn's.
Weight gain-
K- over 50 lbs. Yes, your eyes aren't mistaken that says 50! I had the worst cankles. ever.
L- not even 20lbs. Cankle free baby!
Sickness-
K-Almost daily
L- Hardly ever
Labor-
K-1 day late.18 hours. Pushing for a solid 3 hours dripping sweat, my entire body was sore before I even pushed her out.
L- 2 weeks early.Not really sure it was so fast. Just a few hours and only pushed a couple of times. Never broke a sweat.
Baby stats-
K- 11:37am 7.9lbs 21.5inches
L- 12:52am 6.8lbs 19.5inches
Recovery-
K-Awful. So many stitches I had to sleep on the couch for a week and felt like a semi truck and crashed into my lady parts.
L- So much easier! No crashing semi truck this time. More like a razor scooter which is much more manageable!
The two things both labors had in common? The Mariners game was on and Aaron was watching it and my midwife had "stretched" me earlier in the day. Pretty darn painful but it has sent me into labor the same day twice now so I am a believer that it works!
I had a lot of family and my BFF in and out with Kaelyn and with Leah it was just Aaron and I. As much as I loved sharing that experience with family and friends I must admit it was really nice just having it be the two of us there this time around. The only issues I had this time was the smell of my deodorant driving me nuts! I wore a different kind and the smell was annoying me so bad I almost wanted to shower before I had the baby. Also my IV was placed in a bad spot and I couldn't bend my wrist which got pretty bothersome really fast!
Since Leah was born at 1am we got the rest of the night and until 11am the next day to just have it be us with no visitors. It was nice. I wish I would have slept! The nurses said we had the quietest baby on the floor that night. If only it would have lasted! We had a few visits from family and some nice woman came in and blessed Leah for us. Nobody did this with Kaelyn. I wonder if it was because Aaron and I weren't married when she was born. *tisk-tisk-tisk*
The biggest fiasco was Prince the dog freaking out that we had abandoned him and getting uncontrollable diarrhea all over the living room carpet while we were gone. Not even 48 hours after Aaron had finished shampooing them! I guess the rhea continued for him the next day all over the garage. Aaron had to leave the hospital, come home and re shampoo it all before I would even consider coming back home!
We are so blessed to have another perfectly healthy baby girl. Kaelyn loves to give her kisses and has turned out to be quite the helper. We were kind of concerned at first because when she came to visit us in the hospital she took one look at her sister and went into the corner and started spitting on her shoes! I thought we were doomed for sure but am happy to report she had a change of heart!
If you think you are saved from reading about my trials and tribulations of attempting to breastfeed you guessed wrong! That is such a long story I think it deserves it's own post. Mucho props to the other titty slaves out there trying to breastfeed their babies. It takes a whole new level of dedication. Well it does for me since apparently my boobs hate me.
In between contractions Kaelyn wanted to kiss baby "sista re-rah!"
The best family picture we could get. This was before Kaelyn was excited sista was here!
Aaron and Kaelyn sharing stories with Leah.
<3 Our teeny tiny Leah Grace Pingul <3
When I answer and you hear a newborn screaming along with my huge dog barking and I tell you I'm sorry but it's not a good time you should listen. However you didn't listen and continued to talk while my dog barked. When he ran at the door and my toddler peed herself right in front of you (while the baby was still screaming) and I again said now is not a good time, I am not interested you should really get the hint. Again you didn't and that is why I had to shut the door in your face.
Sincerely,
Annoyed Mother
Sorry that's my rant for the day. I had just gotten Leah relaxed and asleep when they decided to show up. Im usually pretty considerate when people come to my door but don't try and mess with Mama Bear when she is trying to take care of her kiddos. It has already taken me over an hour to try and put away one basket of laundry. You think I have time to chat about joining your religion? Newsflash-I don't. Nothing against the Jehovah's or anything I just need to get back to cleaning up pee, poop and find the time to change out of my PJ sweatpants into my daytime sweats. Don't be jealous of my wardrobe right now.
On to the actual post im trying to write.
LABOR WITH LEAH
Well I was hoping to have some awesome labor story to share with you but sadly I don't have one. It's pretty much like I sneezed and she was born. Ok so not really, it just felt that way compared to Kaelyn. On Friday evening (June 1st) I was having contractions. Nothing new. The dog was starting to act really strange. Kept coming up and resting his head on my belly. A few hours later the contractions were getting worse. I called the midwife and she said I could probably stay at home a bit longer since I had such a long labor with Kaelyn. Not long after I talked with her I felt it was time to go. FYI a Jeep + bumpy hill + contractions = nothing I ever want to do again. I think I even said no more kids as we kept hitting all the pot holes! Get checked into the hospital and they inform me I am already dilated to an 8 should just get ready to have her. UMMMMMM HELL NO- I NEED AN EPIDURAL. They weren't sure if I would have time for one but ended up getting it right before I couldn't. PHEW! This pregnancy and labor was totally opposite of Kaelyn's.
Weight gain-
K- over 50 lbs. Yes, your eyes aren't mistaken that says 50! I had the worst cankles. ever.
L- not even 20lbs. Cankle free baby!
Sickness-
K-Almost daily
L- Hardly ever
Labor-
K-1 day late.18 hours. Pushing for a solid 3 hours dripping sweat, my entire body was sore before I even pushed her out.
L- 2 weeks early.Not really sure it was so fast. Just a few hours and only pushed a couple of times. Never broke a sweat.
Baby stats-
K- 11:37am 7.9lbs 21.5inches
L- 12:52am 6.8lbs 19.5inches
Recovery-
K-Awful. So many stitches I had to sleep on the couch for a week and felt like a semi truck and crashed into my lady parts.
L- So much easier! No crashing semi truck this time. More like a razor scooter which is much more manageable!
The two things both labors had in common? The Mariners game was on and Aaron was watching it and my midwife had "stretched" me earlier in the day. Pretty darn painful but it has sent me into labor the same day twice now so I am a believer that it works!
I had a lot of family and my BFF in and out with Kaelyn and with Leah it was just Aaron and I. As much as I loved sharing that experience with family and friends I must admit it was really nice just having it be the two of us there this time around. The only issues I had this time was the smell of my deodorant driving me nuts! I wore a different kind and the smell was annoying me so bad I almost wanted to shower before I had the baby. Also my IV was placed in a bad spot and I couldn't bend my wrist which got pretty bothersome really fast!
Since Leah was born at 1am we got the rest of the night and until 11am the next day to just have it be us with no visitors. It was nice. I wish I would have slept! The nurses said we had the quietest baby on the floor that night. If only it would have lasted! We had a few visits from family and some nice woman came in and blessed Leah for us. Nobody did this with Kaelyn. I wonder if it was because Aaron and I weren't married when she was born. *tisk-tisk-tisk*
The biggest fiasco was Prince the dog freaking out that we had abandoned him and getting uncontrollable diarrhea all over the living room carpet while we were gone. Not even 48 hours after Aaron had finished shampooing them! I guess the rhea continued for him the next day all over the garage. Aaron had to leave the hospital, come home and re shampoo it all before I would even consider coming back home!
We are so blessed to have another perfectly healthy baby girl. Kaelyn loves to give her kisses and has turned out to be quite the helper. We were kind of concerned at first because when she came to visit us in the hospital she took one look at her sister and went into the corner and started spitting on her shoes! I thought we were doomed for sure but am happy to report she had a change of heart!
If you think you are saved from reading about my trials and tribulations of attempting to breastfeed you guessed wrong! That is such a long story I think it deserves it's own post. Mucho props to the other titty slaves out there trying to breastfeed their babies. It takes a whole new level of dedication. Well it does for me since apparently my boobs hate me.
A proud big sissy. FINALLY!
Friday, June 1, 2012
Random Snippets From The Creepy Prego
Can't sleep. Need to give birth. Since neither of those are happening at this very moment I will share some random thoughts.
* Aaron asked me if I was the little girl from Signs the other day because I had water glasses all over the house. I think he has a point because right now I can think of at least 4 that are floating about. Man I hate it when he is right!
*Really clean things make me happy. Too bad it only lasts for about 2.5 seconds in our house.
*When you are trying to reason with your toddler and tell them something and they either don't do as you asked or they flat out say "No tanks Mama, I no wanna." and you give them that WTF face think twice. After doing that a few times they pick up on it and add that same facial expression in when they say no to whatever it is you are asking.
*Nothing against moms with Minivans. I have friends that drive them. However, I NEVER EVER thought I would understand why people get them. Now that I am trying to fit 2 car seats into my seemingly large SUV I am starting to get the appeal. Automatic sliding doors, space, your kid being able to hop down from their car seat without face planting into the back of the passenger seat in the process. I bought my car when I was 21 and car seats weren't exactly something that ever crossed my mind then! And while I don't think that I will cross over into the world of vanhood I may at times find myself slightly envious of those of ya that have them!
*I think I have said this before but I don't care.Pregnant people should automatically get a discount on toilet paper while pregnant. It's like a senior citizen discount. We have put in our time and we deserve it! No wonder Costco's #1 selling item is the TP, all of us pregos have to stock up!
*Costco pub mix, ice cold rootbeer, fro yo and cereal are not something that should be consumed close together. I learned this tonight. Ugh, I think I am going to be sick just reading that!
*Don't wait until 5 seconds before you give birth to start working on the nursery. I am down to one of the very last projects and didn't have one thing I needed to complete it and I am certain that is why I can't sleep tonight! I work well under pressure but this is just torture!
*Men need to understand that there is no reasoning with their wife or baby mama when it comes to nesting towards the end of pregnancy. If 4am is when you want to scrub floors, so be it! If you ask us to relax we may go crazy on you. Just sayin.
*Children hear EVERYTHING you say! Even when you are frustrated with your stubborn dog and say something like "stupid dog" quietly under your breath they hear you! They also choose to repeat such phrases at the worst times. Like calling some random Grandma in the waiting room or the midwife (who I have never met before, she was filling in for mine at my last appt) a stupid dog after they kindly asked her what her name was. Yeah, how do you come back from that?! Oh, sorry...it's not you, we just yell things like that at our dog and she somehow picked up on it. Imagine that!
*When I was pregnant with Kaelyn I was HUGE. By HUGE I mean I weighed 30+ pounds more at the end of that pregnancy compared to this one. A few weeks before I was due I was in Metropolitan Market, not sure what I was buying probably ice cream sammies. The checker was a nice lady she had rang me up numerous times before. She has a VERY loud voice and she looked at me and said "GIRL! What you got twins in there? Shoot, bet you can't wait to have them babies!" I told her there was just one, left and I actually think I cried. Now I know that she was just trying to make conversation but when you are hormonal there isn't much rational thinking. After that I would never go into her checkout line again. Fast forward a few years to my bday last week. Aaron and I stopped into Metro after our lovely dinner since we never go there anymore and just happened to be in the area. We get in line to check out and I hear the voice!! Ahh! This time she said "When are you due?" I said a little less than 3 weeks. I don't remember exactly what she said but it was something like "You look great, is this your first baby?!" In my head I wanted to say no B remember me, you called me a fatty years ago!?! Instead I said "No- We have an almost 3 year old girl as well." Her response you ask???? "Well my name is Roxanne and when that baby comes you be sure to tell your other girl that I said shes the best big sister in the whole world!" Major points Roxanne, major points. Good thing Kaelyn wasn't with us or she probably would have used that time to spit out one of the fabulous phrases she's been into lately like "stupid dog." Or "what's wrong wit you maaan!"
* I don't really care how creepy this sounds but I could watch my kid sleep all night. She is just so cute and since it is one of the only times she isn't talking I can just stare at her and be amazed at how perfect she is. Aaron and I are so lucky to be blessed with a healthy kid that has a pretty entertaining personality to boot! It's easy to get frustrated throughout the day and forget how lucky I really am to be a mom. Even though some days I don't feel lucky until the house is finally quiet and everyone is sleeping!
Happy Friday folks!!! Maybe next week we will be a family of 4 + 1 fur child! :)
* Aaron asked me if I was the little girl from Signs the other day because I had water glasses all over the house. I think he has a point because right now I can think of at least 4 that are floating about. Man I hate it when he is right!
*Really clean things make me happy. Too bad it only lasts for about 2.5 seconds in our house.
*When you are trying to reason with your toddler and tell them something and they either don't do as you asked or they flat out say "No tanks Mama, I no wanna." and you give them that WTF face think twice. After doing that a few times they pick up on it and add that same facial expression in when they say no to whatever it is you are asking.
*Nothing against moms with Minivans. I have friends that drive them. However, I NEVER EVER thought I would understand why people get them. Now that I am trying to fit 2 car seats into my seemingly large SUV I am starting to get the appeal. Automatic sliding doors, space, your kid being able to hop down from their car seat without face planting into the back of the passenger seat in the process. I bought my car when I was 21 and car seats weren't exactly something that ever crossed my mind then! And while I don't think that I will cross over into the world of vanhood I may at times find myself slightly envious of those of ya that have them!
*I think I have said this before but I don't care.Pregnant people should automatically get a discount on toilet paper while pregnant. It's like a senior citizen discount. We have put in our time and we deserve it! No wonder Costco's #1 selling item is the TP, all of us pregos have to stock up!
*Costco pub mix, ice cold rootbeer, fro yo and cereal are not something that should be consumed close together. I learned this tonight. Ugh, I think I am going to be sick just reading that!
*Don't wait until 5 seconds before you give birth to start working on the nursery. I am down to one of the very last projects and didn't have one thing I needed to complete it and I am certain that is why I can't sleep tonight! I work well under pressure but this is just torture!
*Men need to understand that there is no reasoning with their wife or baby mama when it comes to nesting towards the end of pregnancy. If 4am is when you want to scrub floors, so be it! If you ask us to relax we may go crazy on you. Just sayin.
*Children hear EVERYTHING you say! Even when you are frustrated with your stubborn dog and say something like "stupid dog" quietly under your breath they hear you! They also choose to repeat such phrases at the worst times. Like calling some random Grandma in the waiting room or the midwife (who I have never met before, she was filling in for mine at my last appt) a stupid dog after they kindly asked her what her name was. Yeah, how do you come back from that?! Oh, sorry...it's not you, we just yell things like that at our dog and she somehow picked up on it. Imagine that!
*When I was pregnant with Kaelyn I was HUGE. By HUGE I mean I weighed 30+ pounds more at the end of that pregnancy compared to this one. A few weeks before I was due I was in Metropolitan Market, not sure what I was buying probably ice cream sammies. The checker was a nice lady she had rang me up numerous times before. She has a VERY loud voice and she looked at me and said "GIRL! What you got twins in there? Shoot, bet you can't wait to have them babies!" I told her there was just one, left and I actually think I cried. Now I know that she was just trying to make conversation but when you are hormonal there isn't much rational thinking. After that I would never go into her checkout line again. Fast forward a few years to my bday last week. Aaron and I stopped into Metro after our lovely dinner since we never go there anymore and just happened to be in the area. We get in line to check out and I hear the voice!! Ahh! This time she said "When are you due?" I said a little less than 3 weeks. I don't remember exactly what she said but it was something like "You look great, is this your first baby?!" In my head I wanted to say no B remember me, you called me a fatty years ago!?! Instead I said "No- We have an almost 3 year old girl as well." Her response you ask???? "Well my name is Roxanne and when that baby comes you be sure to tell your other girl that I said shes the best big sister in the whole world!" Major points Roxanne, major points. Good thing Kaelyn wasn't with us or she probably would have used that time to spit out one of the fabulous phrases she's been into lately like "stupid dog." Or "what's wrong wit you maaan!"
* I don't really care how creepy this sounds but I could watch my kid sleep all night. She is just so cute and since it is one of the only times she isn't talking I can just stare at her and be amazed at how perfect she is. Aaron and I are so lucky to be blessed with a healthy kid that has a pretty entertaining personality to boot! It's easy to get frustrated throughout the day and forget how lucky I really am to be a mom. Even though some days I don't feel lucky until the house is finally quiet and everyone is sleeping!
Happy Friday folks!!! Maybe next week we will be a family of 4 + 1 fur child! :)
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