ugh when did you start to enjoy 2U2 life?

allie_smalls07 · December 2010

DD is still colicky now at 3+ months. There is no routine and her personality is unpredictable. I miss life alone w/DS as it was easy and fun. I don't want to resent DD, but it's hard not to because she is still SO fussy! By this point my DS was already fun and I fear DD will never be fun. I miss my old life. When will this become the new GOOD normal?? Sorry for whining, just really need some reassurance.

kelsey-K · December 2010

Hang in there, sister! Colic should be ending soon, you will start sleeping longer stretches soon, and life will soon improve. Try to hang in there just a little longer. I promise you, it WILL get better!

HarrietNJMommy · December 2010

For me? When my younger one turned 1 (I did 2u2 twice). I had 3 bad sleepers and they all took basically a year to STTN.

It's not fun for me unless I get good sleep.....

Hang in there - it DOES get better!

Court0026 · December 2010

DD was a wreck too and we weren't prepared for that. She started to get easier around 5 months. Now she is a ton of fun, BUT her sleep is getting worse and CIO didn't help. I am with HarrietNJMommy. I NEED SLEEP. Having a baby that isn't miserable did help though. Hang in there!

KimW · December 2010

It's getting easier. DS has been getting better, less whiney since about 5 months. His sleep still suuuuuucks. He's in bed with me most nights. Tonight is night 3 w/ ferber, and I'm hoping it will improve when everyone gets a good night's sleep.

skyfarm15 · December 2010

HarrietNJMommy:

For me? When my younger one turned 1 (I did 2u2 twice). I had 3 bad sleepers and they all took basically a year to STTN.

It's not fun for me unless I get good sleep.....

Hang in there - it DOES get better!

I am terrified of this. Baby J is JUST getting this.

Mrs.V · January 2011

I'd say from about 5 months onwards, since DS2 has been able to entertain himself quite well! Right now its a blast, so much better than I ever expected to be! I think having 2 makes it easier because they keep each other entertained! Good luck, the newborn stage will pass quickly!

HarrietNJMommy · January 2011

skyfarm15:
HarrietNJMommy:

For me? When my younger one turned 1 (I did 2u2 twice). I had 3 bad sleepers and they all took basically a year to STTN.
It's not fun for me unless I get good sleep.....
Hang in there - it DOES get better!
I am terrified of this. Baby J is JUST getting this.

It is scary, but I can tell you that it's over for me now and I have 3 very good sleepers........

Mr.&MrsS · January 2011

Hang in there Mama! I promise you it will not always be like this. This is just a phase, and even though right now it seems like it will last forever, at one point you will look back and think it went by fast. I remember those days and I thought I would never make it through. But now, I absolutely love having 2u2 and would do it all over again in a heartbeat, even knowing what it was like those first few months.

For us, when DS2 hit 4ish months he became very laid back. He would finally let us put him down (he wanted to be held 24/7 before that which was hard when I had a 16 month old to take care of.) When DS2 hit 6 months and could sit up it got even better. He could play with toys and entertain himself a bit (and that is also when he started STTN, which REALLY helped), when he started crawling around 9 months things got easier because when he got bored with something he could move along and find something else. This is also when the boys started to interact a bit. When DS2 turned 1 and started walking, it got fun!! Now they play together, they can play alone a bit, and they dont need me 24/7. Sure, some days are still a little hectic at times when they are fighting or both NEED something from me at the same second. But the good moments are far more often than the bad ones.

I think you are about to hit that turning point. Good luck Momma!!

allie_smalls07 · January 2011

Thank you SO SO SO much for your replies and encouragement!! Really. I have found this board to be very helpful these past 3 months whenever I feel like I am never going to survive it you all give me hope that it WILL GET BETTER. I think the pedi had me a little freaked out yesterday when she said DD's colic could last a year! I am going to choose to believe it will be a lot sooner than that. Already her nighttime fussiness (colic/witching hours) have drastically reduced from about 4-5 hours straight to around 1-1 1/2 hrs. My son was a very early mover (crawling at 5 months & walking at 9) which has lead me to be a bit more impatient with T because I'm dying for her to gain some independence like that. Yes - I know she's only 3 months old

She is a very active little girl though (according to our pedi) so hopefully her "in arms" phase will be over relatively soon. I am tired of having to hold her so much mostly because DS gets jealous and bored because she is almost ALWAYS in my arms...this too shall pass this too shall pass...

kimthgrt · January 2011

I was in your shoes up until last week. Little DD had colic AND has reflux and I just couldnt take the screaming anymore. I took her to the pedi and he tried some different meds and Prevacid ended up being a wonder drug. Previously, it was like walking on egg shells around her, I never knew when she was going to start screaming for no reason again. We started it last wednesday and shes been a completely different baby since then. Im not saying thats the case with you, but I did a lot of research and really paid close attention to what set her off and relayed all of that to the doc, and he came up with that diagnosis.

Hang it in there. DD is barely learning how to laugh, so I was pretty miserable and depressed up until about a week ago.

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