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Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on January 2, 2012 at 6:07pm

Heather, he is adorable.  Awwww!  Makes me want to be a grandma--or at least a babysitter.  Yup, I'll take babysitter for now.  :D

Do pay attention to your diet.  My daughter (oldest) didn't care what I ate, but my son was a different story.  Learned the hard way not to eat broccoli or cauliflower.  Poor baby.

Funny about the babies giving clear clues to their personality.  My sailor was always hungry, but skinny.  Same thing now.  I told him to enjoy that great metabolism while it lasts.

Dramaboysmom, we missed you!  Seems like once we met in person, you disappeared.  Made me think it was something I said.  ;)

Comment by DramaboysMom on January 2, 2012 at 5:06pm

Heather, my sailor's name is Nicholas but we call him Cole.  Your Nick is precious.  

get rest, don't get frustrated, Drink TONS of liquid... Sorry you had a flake for a lactate counselor.
You can Never Give Up and Never Quit because if you really think about it, there are a multitude of other people who are relying on you to excel and succeed in achieving your goals and objectives.

Comment by Heather(labellaleigh) - ETwife on January 2, 2012 at 10:54am

Nicholas Andrew - Born December 19th 2011 at 17:45 (5:45pm) at 6lb 11oz and 19.5 inches.

Oh yeah... I found out about the growth spurt the hard way lol. We've been having trouble with breastfeeding (latching) and I had to resort to bottles until I could work with him. We stayed in the hospital for 3 days after he was born and after his dr's appointment the next day, they admitted him back in the hospital for 24 hours because of his jaundice levels were too high (even though they cleared him the day before of it). I think I spent most of the time in the hospital room in tears (imbalanced hormones suck) and I had an unsympathetic lactation consultant. While I wanted to get food to Nick so he could get better, she wanted to avoid the bottle as much as possible and walked out without any support or help. So they let me use their hospital grade pump and I was able to feed him with a bottle. They let me know that when he was admitted, he weighed close to 5lbs and since I was feeding him he gained a pound. Then they cleared him the next day and we were able to go home once again. I tried breastfeeding him again and no luck. Finally a few days ago we got it! Then the growth spurt happened and all hell broke loose. He would stay on me for a minute and start screaming like he wasn't getting anything. This would go on for more than an hour and we're both in tears. So I pulled out the bottle and he downed the entire thing in no time and was happy (And went to sleep in no time) He's up to 4-5oz per feeding!

Sleep has been okay with his 2-3 hour naps, so by the time I wake up I may have accumulated 6 hours total of sleep. 

Sailor is completely in love with Nick. He's not happy about starting school again Wednesday but i'm so happy he got 2 weeks with his son. He started to complain about not having enough time with him until I reminded him how lucky he was that he was able to be here for his birth when he could have been deployed like a lot of new fathers in the fleet.

Thank you ladies for the advice!

Well, better get back to Nick =)

Comment by annemarie on January 2, 2012 at 10:07am

Does anyone have info re finding housing in Balston Spa during prototype training?

Comment by Sherri_M on January 2, 2012 at 12:31am

back to work for us as well.  Loved my vacation, and seeing my sailor, what little time I got to see him while he was here. 

Glad you all are doing well!  So many people moving and many of you had sailors home!  So happy for you all, and for those of you who didn't, I was thinking of you all and praying for the sailors. 

Hope you all have a great New Year!  I'm looking forward to some great things, with hopefully, a trip to P-cola in Feb for my sailors A school graduation.  Although he will be a MM still, his new one will be IT3.  He really misses MM stuff and his buddies he made.  However, he has like 5 of his nuke buddies with him now in p=cola in A school.  They are not in the same classes, he's ahead of them, but he realized he wasn't the only one who didn't make it and that has helped him alot.  He still keeps in touch with many of his friends in GC too! 

 

Comment by DramaboysMom on January 1, 2012 at 10:46pm

J's mom,. I had forgotten those growth spurts... yep... Heather... heed the advice.  I was told with my pre-emie in the hospital to take advantage of the sleep i could get and boy were they right. Mr Pre-emie came home on a 3 hour schedule... and it took him an hour to eat, so I never got more that 2 hours of consecutive sleep until he caught up at about 8 months old.  ... the second one.. slept through the night at 5 days old, and even if he didn't "nap" he stayed content in his crib for a couple hours to give his poor old mom a break. Their personalities are still that way.  

Well, South Bend is predicted to get snow dumped tomorrow... when hubby flies home at 11pm of course.  Bless my brother in law.. he is taking the van to the airport for me so hubby can come home when his plane gets there.  

Back to the grind tomorrow.   Gonna give the dog a bath and hit the sack! 

Comment by Mark on January 1, 2012 at 9:04pm

PODs should have made it clear they couldn't deliver to a military base, but to be fair, I'm sure they would love to if the military would let them. Military bases are very different these days in their security posture. If they can't satisfy themselves that a vehicle load cannot have contraband/weapons/explosives, they won't let it on base. The NNPTC complex in Charleston is not as tight in this way as operational bases. There may be something in the way that PODs works in securing the containers that the military isn't comfortable with.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on January 1, 2012 at 4:51pm

Dor and J's Mom, I texted my son (ain't this kind of close personal communication just grand?!) "will you work for food?" and he texted back "duh, YEAH!" so when he staggered out to the barn to unload the truck, I kept my end of the bargain ... fried egg sandwich and cherry strudel. Also got 2 wheelbarrows of split firewood out of him, so that means I've gotta make a nice dinner...pork chops, since for some reason I've always believed pork on New Year's Day is supposed to bring good luck ... so far, not so good, we ran 4th -- out of the money -- in the feature race this afternoon. Maybe next year I'll switch to chicken!!

Comment by SonandSea on January 1, 2012 at 3:55pm

Thanks to all who responded to my question about cars on base, etc.  I appreciate the info. Hopefully we have it ll sorted out. 

Comment by Sheltie on January 1, 2012 at 2:51pm

Congratulations, Heather!  I remember how nervous I was to be alone with our first child.  To complicate things, we had one of the worst ice storms to hit the south arrive two days after we brought him home.  No electricity, but thank heavens for a gas floor furnace and a husband who is an avid camper.  We were able to stay warm and use a camp stove for the five days it took to get services back.  So glad your sailor was able to see his little one before he had to report back.  Looking forward to seeing pics.

Well, the last load of clothes is in the dryer, the ice chest is packed with yummies.  A final goodbye to siblings, dogs and parents and we will be counting the days until March and graduation from A school.  Just before he left to come home, he told me, "Don't take this the wrong way mom, but I really miss the dogs the most!  Family is awesome, but having unlimited adoration from the canines and being able to romp with them is something I've really missed!"

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