The Parenting Thread • Page 104

Joined the parent club. Just got peed on for the first time! Feels like an initiation of sorts. Not sure I'll ever get used to this amount of sleep.

 

I somehow never got peed on with my first. Time will tell with my second

 

Pee is nothing, poop in the bathtub is great fun.

Congrats @Nick Jagger enjoy the first 3 months as much as possible I know it's tough but it goes by so quick

 

My son is three and only ever pooped in the tub once and never had a blowout

 

I've dubbed peeing, pooping, and spitting/throwing up in semi-rapid succession the "fraternity trifecta". I hope to avoid this as much as possible going forward. That said, it is MUCH more appropriate coming from an infant rather than an outrageously drunk college student.

 

6 years ago my wife and I were rushing home from Lollapalooza so she could do the hormone injections for the IVF cycle that (after seeming like it was doomed) ultimately led to our twins being born:

 

Love the Lego Ninjago attire

 

Wife is ~4-5 weeks with our first. She has PCOS so we needed to do ovulation medicine and got it on our third cycle. Crazy excited/scared. Have first ultrasound in two weeks. Only told parents since it is so early, but its the internet here so....

Will be lurking this thread along the process to try to get some insight.

 

My wife also has PCOS and we had to do that exact same process with all 3 kids so just know you aren't the only one. Hopefully your wife won't have to deal with gestational diabetes!

 

Good to hear we aren't alone. I know she got discouraged a bit and it was hard for me to relate. Did the process get easier after the first one? Or is it generally the same?

 

Congrats! Best of luck, it can be scary but hopefully all works out.

How was the jump from 2 to 3? I'm finding it to be such a big mental leap for me. Like I almost worry I'd feel overwhelmed which is odd because I'm from a huge family. We haven't tried for 3 yet and aren't sure if we will

 

Definitely been there! So with the first one, she took the medication for like 4 months I think before we actually got pregnant, the other 2 it only took around a month I believe of taking the medication before we got pregnant. From what I've seen and heard too for women with PCOS alot of times the big struggle is with the first because the ovulation is basically out of sync and fire whatever reason after going through 1 pregnancy, it'll kind of correct itself a bit or at least be more normal. That was definitely mostly our experience thankfully, so hoping that if y'all want more maybe it'll be the same for y'all.

 

So for us, the leap to 2 happened about 2.5 years apart so it was definitely right around the time when we got the hang of things with the first, and it was definitely pretty difficult. My youngest 2 are 18 months apart and while that jump from 2 to 3, truthfully wasn't too bad at all. For me, the fact that the youngest 2 are close in age is kinda what mentally broke me a bit tbh, I didn't really have enough time to shift from baby stage to toddler stage between the 2 girls that it was definitely a struggle for sure, more so than my oldest and middle one transition.

So overall it's really not too bad at all but having 2 back-to-back in quick succession I definitely would not recommend haha.

 

That is interesting to hear, we got it with 3 months of the medicine. I think she is relieved to that she can at least get pregnant with the medication. Our first ultrasound is 3 weeks away and it seems so far.

 

For sure, that in itself is a huge relief!

Haha yeah the waiting feels like an eternity, especially with the first

 

Ahh that makes sense. Glad you survived haha. My youngest is 2.5 right now, so there would be a gap if we ended up but I just see the light at end of the tunnel for daycare and all the baby stuff. It's so hard to go back to square one haha...

 

My wife and I are pretty sure we want two, and we've talked about being fairly quick between first and second, if all works out. I enjoyed growing up with cousins within ~3 years of age and all my other cousins have kids that are 1-3 now so...

 

Yeah, my oldest son has 4 cousins within 2 years of him. It's great! He's 6 and before COVID they would have a blast together. My daughter has 3 within 1 year of her, so she's going to love it when she gets older. It's cool when they're close in age for sure.

 

We had twins (via IVF) and then our third 2 years (and 1 week) later, which was definitely a lot and still is (they're 5 and 3 now).

Our twins were the first in that generation on my wife's side of the family, but now the 8th will be born in September. We spent a few weeks with them all together and it was really cool to see them bond and play.

Here's the age breakdown:

5y4mo
5y4mo
5y
3y7mo
3y4mo
2y6mo
1y9mo

 

I have an 8 month old that's teething. im really, really tired today.

 

It’s rough forsure. Unfortunately my 2 1/2 still is occasionally

 

Took our kids on their first beach vacation ever last week and of course, both of them came down with strep throat. We were in Hilton Head for 8 days and 3 of them were spent at Urgent Care/our Condo because they were sick. My son's fever got up to 103, which was scary as hell. I don't think either of my kids ever had a fever that high. Luckily, the medicine they received got them back up and feeling back to normal within about 24 hours.

My son turns 7 next month and it's bizarre how many times he's already had Strep Throat. Probably close to 10 times already. My daughter turns 4 tomorrow and has had it a bunch too.

 

As an adult I had strep/tonsillitis a LOT and had to get my tonsils removed. I was out for two weeks in the worst pain of my life because it’s harder to do the surgery as an adult. Would recommend taking them to an ENT to see if they could consider taking them out while they’re still young. I haven’t had strep since getting my tonsils out three years ago.

 

I had tonsillitis a ton when I was a kid as well. My wife said she had strep a lot when she was a kid. Neither one of us had our tonsils removed either. I've heard once you've reached your late teens, it's a very dangerous procedure.

They both have their yearly check-ups coming soon, so it may not be a bad idea to talk about that with their pediatrician about that, but that surgery scares me.

 

I had my adenoids out as a kid but for some reason they left my tonsils in and when I hit my early 20’s I started having serious tonsil issues. I had an amazing ENT so my surgery went well despite some complications but man recovery was brutal. I lost 20lbs and was in a daze for two weeks from the pain meds. It’s definitely a much easier surgery to recover from as a kid.