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what they heck do/did you guys do with babies at holiday dinners?
we had rosh hashana tonight at my mom's at 6pm... which is so close to Zoe's bedtime it was a nightmare! we typically start bedtime routine around 6:45 and lights are out by 7:15 at the latest and she's asleep really quickly after that. so tonight i followed my same time schedule, but she was freaking out! couldn't settle down to sleep in the PNP at my mom's cause of all the noise. we ended up having to take her home before dessert because she was hysterically crying! Zoe has not cried in like, 2 months, seriously! she fusses sometimes, but never cries. my mom and aunt were like "back in our day, we'd just put the babies to bed wherever we were, and then stick them in the carseat and put them back to bed when we got home, no big deal... you moms these days and your 'routines' "
i'm seriously never wanting to take her to a dinner again :-( i guess as she gets older it would get easier, but what did you guys do with your little ones at holiday time?
sorry so long!!
we had rosh hashana tonight at my mom's at 6pm... which is so close to Zoe's bedtime it was a nightmare! we typically start bedtime routine around 6:45 and lights are out by 7:15 at the latest and she's asleep really quickly after that. so tonight i followed my same time schedule, but she was freaking out! couldn't settle down to sleep in the PNP at my mom's cause of all the noise. we ended up having to take her home before dessert because she was hysterically crying! Zoe has not cried in like, 2 months, seriously! she fusses sometimes, but never cries. my mom and aunt were like "back in our day, we'd just put the babies to bed wherever we were, and then stick them in the carseat and put them back to bed when we got home, no big deal... you moms these days and your 'routines' "
i'm seriously never wanting to take her to a dinner again :-( i guess as she gets older it would get easier, but what did you guys do with your little ones at holiday time?
sorry so long!!
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Re: holiday dinners
It sucks hearing other people make those comments- but they need to get over themselves. THERE IS A REASON THAT ZOE HASN'T CRIED IN TWO MONTHS.... hmmmm... could it have possibly been her schedule!?!?!?!?!?
I haven't had to celebrate a holiday yet, but although I have a routine with Ayden. If he's tired, he doesn't care where he is, he'll fall asleep. We were in PR at my cousins "15", I had his play pen at the party, when he got tired, I put him in, and with music and all, he slept for 3 hours.
Unfortunately, not all kids are the same. I think you should let your family know, that Zoe does really well on her routine, and when taken out of it, she just isn't a happy camper. Ask if maybe other celebrations could be changed to earlier times. If not, then you might have to deal with A) not attending,
Taking Zoe out of her routine.
Good Luck!
Hugs to Miss Zoe...
I'm so with you! The problem with Jewish holidays is that most of them are 2 days. We tried to stick to Jilly's routine as much as possible, but she couldn't concentrate since there was too much going on.
Monday night she was up on and off and last night she was a mess that we left really early and we were still up on and off. She's still asleep now and never sleeps past 7!
Hopefully by the next holiday, they'll be able to focus more. On another note, Happy Half Birthday, Zoe!
Honestly, this is where my handy dandy sound machine comes in handy. Sophia is not "keen" on going to sleep in an unfamiliar environment but since we keep a little portable sound machine in our baby bag it works out 90% of the time whether we are at my parent's or MIL's house. I am all about routines HOWEVER there are times when we have to deviate and Sophia does pretty well going to sleep during those instances.
However, during Christmas and Thanksgiving and New Years last year Sophia was still very small (6 to 10 weeks depending on the holiday) and see whether we were at my MIL, my mom's or my BIL's house she went to bed when she was ready for bed. Yeah, she fussed a little at first (she always did before bed at that age) but she eventually went to sleep and stayed asleep.
Don't take this the wrong way but it will only get harder as she gets older if you do not get her used to certain things now, not the other way around. If she is used to you jumping when she whines or cries or makes a peep than she will only get louder when she gets older and there are other things to whine or cry for. JMHO!
we went to a family wedding in august and were only there for about 1 hr, the loud music was too loud for mady and there was no way she was even napping!
gl, im sure as they get older they get better!