Babies: 0 - 3 Months

Prepare yourselves for Thanksgiving...

For all the first-time Mommy's out there...holiday can be so frustrating with LOs!  Over-stimulation all day long = over-tired children = 3 days to get back into a routine.  Sad

Next year, I may leave the boys at Grandma's over-night so she can get a little taste of the monsters that are created by her over-stimulating ways. Devil

Re: Prepare yourselves for Thanksgiving...

  • this is probably a stupid question but how can you tell if your LO is overstimulated?  DS is about 1 month old but I don't think we've dealt with this yet because other than gas he seems pretty content about 95% of the time.
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  • Usually they will look away, close their eyes, try to shut down.  At 1 month you still may be in the clear.  It's easier to over-stimulate a 2 or 3 month old (in my experience).
  • We experienced this on Sunday. My brother invited us over for a "practice turkey" dinner. It was 4 adults, two dogs, a different house, different smells and 35 minutes each way in the car.

    It was then 3 hours of CONSTANT screaming when we got home. 

    Needless to say, I will be wearing him in his Moby the majority of the day and escaping to the bedroom upstairs for breaks from the 20 people that will be there Sad

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  • This is why we are having dinner at our house, my sis is doing all the cooking. That way I can escape w/ LO for a bit, and she will be in her own home...with her own stuff if she needs to nap, etc.
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    this is probably a stupid question but how can you tell if your LO is overstimulated?  DS is about 1 month old but I don't think we've dealt with this yet because other than gas he seems pretty content about 95% of the time.

    This happened to me when we took our dd to grandma's a couple of weeks ago.  She was extra fussy when we got home and she had ridiculous bowel movements!

    Tomorrow, I'll be visiting the family for only 2 hours because of this. 

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