My Darling Roses

Married 20 something year old momma to four perfect little ladies. Texas livin. Avid reader. Dog foster mom. IG: s_steele15

[mydarlingroses]

You know you’re sleep deprived when you accidentally take your dogs allergy pill and then throw a perfectly good bowl in the trash 🤦🏼‍♀️ I think it’s my nap time lol

[mydarlingroses]

I’m obviously old but anytime someone uses the word, ‘extra’ to describe someone I cringe. I can deal with the word, moist, but using extra to describe someone weirds me out. 😂

[mydarlingroses]

Me: No more foster dogs until school starts and things settle down.

Rescue: Hey can you take this one?

Me: Yup! Send him over

😂🤦🏼‍♀️

[mydarlingroses]

I seriously cannot wait for school to start. I’m super bummed I couldn’t handle homeschooling but I am so excited to get to deep clean my house and purge all the things. 😍 😂

[raisinghobbits]

Reblog with when you had your first baby vs your second

For ex. (1st - 42w, 2nd - 38w)

[mamawidesmiles-deactivated20210]

1st - 39w2d, 2nd - 36w6d

[mommyinprogress-deactivated2019]

1st- 38w , 2nd- 39w2d

[justmymomthoughts]

1st 37w 2d failed induction/c section due to high BP.

2nd 37w 1d, c section / pre eclampsia.

[mydarlingroses]

1st-40w, 2nd-40w1d

[mydarlingroses]

Hanna is spending the evening with our friends flying in a private plane. I am so jealous of a 12 year old. 😂

[mydarlingroses]

Every day: Once the kids are asleep I’m going to get everything on my to do list done.

Every night: Well the kids are asleep so I’m going to binge watch my show and eat junk food.

😂 Someone make me productive.

[mydarlingroses]

I’m part of a Texas breast milk donor Fb group because while I do breastfeed and pump I’m not making enough for Thea. We’ve used donor milk from a friend and from someone who donated in the group and I’m so thankful. I ordered more supplements that will be here tomorrow from Legendairy Milk that I hope will make a difference in my production but donor milk has helped us save money on formula and keep Thea solely on breast milk. Anyways, someone needed milk for their baby in my mom’s town. She has lupus and recently had surgery on her breasts and can’t breastfeed anymore. Apparently magical breast milk can reduce a baby’s chance of developing an autoimmune disease so she’s begging for some. I offered to pick up from someone local to me, an hour and a half away, and bring it to her since we’re going there today anyways. Well just picked up 300 oz and we’re on our way to my mom’s. I feel like it’s my way of giving back after receiving donor milk from mom’s who didn’t ask for anything in return. It really does take a village. 💪🏼

(And I know not everyone agrees with this and would choose to use formula instead and I also know there’s nothing wrong with formula. My oldest was a formula baby. But knowing the magical properties of breast milk, I’m going to try to keep Thea on it until I can’t anymore.)

And on that note, if you’re an over supplier and want to help donate to a baby in need, join Human Milk 4 Human Babies on FB. They have pages for each state. ❤️

[mydarlingroses]

Are we the only ones who didn’t go see fireworks? Everyone was in bed by 8. We’re so lame. 😂

[khelinski]

[mamamusement]

Appropriate for today.

[mydarlingroses]

2018 is totally our year. We got Hanna, finally. We completed our family with the chillest baby ever. My husband got promoted and got a nice raise. We’re buying a house next year. Julia starts kinder and Ella starts pre-k. We’re going to New Mexico for Christmas because snow. Everything has just fallen into place. It’s not perfect but it’s so, so good right now.

[mydarlingroses]

I’ve never been so tired in my life. Thea was up a ton the past few nights. She’s super easy going and isn’t fussy but she likes to be wide awake for hours at a time. You’re 2 weeks old. Go back to sleep.

[mydarlingroses]

I am 👌🏼 this close to breaking out the formula. 😩 A week of pumping and bf and Thea is 2 weeks and still 3 oz away from birth weight. She’s only gained 2 ounces in 5 days. It’s so stressful. That nursing bond is so important to me but her health is more important. I’m going to get her tongue tie clipped hopefully next week and see how things go but I’m not very optimistic. I had a problem with Ella’s weight gain as a baby and it was sooo stressful. I can’t do that again.

[mydarlingroses]

Cookie Dough is gone and I’m heartbroken. She has gotten so bad since the baby came. She was attacking our dog multiple times a day for no reason. She was with us for 9 months and it was so hard to say good bye but I can’t keep putting our own dog through that. It’s not fair to her. Even if I secretly loved CD more. 😩 Ok it wasn’t actually a secret. I love her and I hope someone will finally give her the home she deserves.

[mydarlingroses]

I’ve been pumping a few times a day and bfing and Thea has gained 6oz as of today. 🙌🏼 Only 6 more to go to get to birth weight. We’re finally figuring this out. 💪🏼

[mydarlingroses]

The Handmaid’s Tale KILLED me this past week. I don’t know if I can stand waiting a week to find out what happens next. 😩

[mydarlingroses]

I KNOW I’m working with a LC to fix Thea’s latch so we can continue to breastfeed but I have to start pumping tonight on my right side and feed her bc she isn’t transferring much from that breast and it’s killing me. I’m terrified a bottle will mess up our bf relationship and she’ll end up preferring it to the breast. My husband picked me up from the LC visit today and I just lost it. Bf is so important to me. I didn’t get to do it with Julia so I vowed I would try my hardest with my next kids and I made it 2 years with Ella. Now I’ve got Thea who has a lip and tongue tie plus a high palette and a boob she hates. It’s so frustratingly hard this time around and I’m beating myself up but we do have a plan and I’m going to try my hardest to make it work. I just want her to gain weight and be healthy but I’m not going to give up on this. We’ll figure it out. 🙏🏼