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Ryanswifey619 · January 2014

So this damn drainage cold crap hit me and DH now. This morning, in our queen size bed, we had me, DH, J, and our bulldog all crammed together. I was hoping J would want to stay in bed all day, but no such luck.

daffy2k · January 2014

Apparently this is how the cool kids "nap"

kelly422 · January 2014

@micabush That's hard, I'm sorry... My dad has been dead for 2.5 years and I still couldn't imagine my mom dating again.

riansmommie · January 2014

this is another shout out to all you awesome ladies for keeping me on the leaderboard!!! im leading by over 500 points

. I feel special

phishgirl29 · January 2014

I'm going to leave this here: 10 sex tips from Disney movies.

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

@micabush I bet that hurts a lot but sounds like you are very sensible about it. My grandmother passed of cancer and within a few months my grandfather had a girlfriend. It was really weird, but they too were childhood friends so I think for him there was a sense of familiarity and safety there. It never was anything serious, and in fact, he ended up with a harem of "lady friends" which was kinda funny and cute. My Grandpa, the player. I think when people get to a certain age, they just want and need companionship. Truth be told, I don't think they know how to be alone.

riansmommie · January 2014

Amanda Knox was found guilty!

Ryanswifey619 · January 2014

CL8badB said:

@Steamboat1679 said:

riansmommie said:
Amanda Knox was found guilty!

She didn't go back to Italy, did she?
I dont believe so. Shes going to fight the charges again.

She drives me crazy. DH and I were talking about this. From the stories on the news we've heard about her, a part of us thinks she did it.

WasNotWas · January 2014

@CL8badB said:
@wasnotwas

Never thought I'd say I wish I was a toilet

TheTamedShrew · January 2014

WasNotWas said:

@wasnotwas
Never thought I'd say I wish I was a toilet

/DED

[Deleted User] · January 2014

Has anyone used Care.com? The only babysitters we have are my parents. We already use them to watch LO on the days I work. We're looking for someone in our area and care.com was recommended to me.

ColieAnn31 · January 2014

Cream cheese brownie for dessert

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

@nachellebeck omg your DH is too cute! Lol.

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

Oh and regarding your world's easiest first CIO session: show off!!!! :P

phishgirl29 · January 2014

Hugs @micabush

kelly422 · January 2014

@steamboat1679 It's supposed to be crazy! I'm glad I'm off work tomorrow but I'm on call so surely this storm will put some ladies into labor and ill probably have to go in.

Ryanswifey619 · January 2014

ColieAnn31 said:
Cream cheese brownie for dessert

That looks sooo good

momofcatan · January 2014

Back from Vegas! It's nice to be home. Read most but not all of the words while I was out. Thanks for all the flying with LO advice.

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

@wasnotwas your lover boy is in Jimmy Kimmel now.

@gigglejiggle How long did your baby boy cry? Did/ Does your guy wake up in the middle of the night as well? One of these days I'm going to get my guy squared away on his night time sleep. I'm always curious what people are dealing with when they institute CIO.

ColieAnn31 · January 2014

So we tried CIO...I let him cry/fuss for 5 minutes. I went in after the 5 minutes to soothe him and calm him down. He wouldn't calm down the entire time I was in there. Is he not ready for this? My SO is in there now trying to soothe him but he isn't having much luck either. LO is still fussing.

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

@coloeann31 that's one thing I've never really understood - how you're supposed to go in every so often to "soothe without picking up". Am I the only one who doesn't understand how this works? Of course I want him to know I am there and haven't abandoned him but he cries harder if he knows I'm there and not picking him up. Therefore, this method does zero soothing for any of us.

When I worked with him on his daytime naps I basically did a modified Ferber method but did touch him and kiss him- but made it very brief and business-like.

ColieAnn31 · January 2014

@funkyphoenix Grayson won't even attempt to soothe if we don't pick him up. My SO finally got him calmed down. I've just decided to sleep in the bed in his room with him to get him used to his room and then we'll try the crib again. I know I'm failing at all this but I don't know what else to do...

phishgirl29 · January 2014

I'm up with wakeup #4 tonight. WTF?!?

I started to drop a feeding during the day and I can feel a dip in my supply as a result (expected and desired). I think when I nurse him at night there isn't his usual amount of milk waiting for him, so the all night buffet is his only solution. I think I'm going to start with 2 ounces of BM in a bottle tonight before boob. Ughhh!

WasNotWas · January 2014

@funkyphoenix we can get away with just letting him hold our hands from outside the crib, stroking his face and hair, and an occasional shhhh

WasNotWas · January 2014

Warning: bragging ahead...

Ty went 10 hours last night!! And after I fed him I pumped and got 6oz! I'm walking on friggin sunshine..

tttwalters · January 2014

@micabush,I am sure that must be super difficult, but Men that were happy in their marriage tend to move on quickly after their spouse dies. It seems odd, but I think it is just to huge of a void for them.

Cricket81 · January 2014

Last night SUCKED! I keep blaming it on teething, but his guns look the same - two bumps below the gums on the bottom. I am glad my kid can't talk because today I am using all the bad words.

WasNotWas · January 2014

@34blondie I am always the "Dave"...o, you've been here the whole time?

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

@wasnotwas and @subliminalrabbit -- yayyyyy!!! Great nights!!!!!

So my soon-to-be new employer is dragging ass getting me my offer letter but has reassured me twice over the past week that they are working on it. I'm very confident that all is still good but after a while you can't help but be a bit nervous. Small company and they are working on some major projects (also behind bc of our 2 "snow days" within the last week) right now so non-emergent things tend to be put on the back burner.

Anyway, I've started Ben in daycare and have gone from 3 days per week to 5 now. I spend my days running household errands, doing laundry, cleaning out closets/cabinets, going to the DMV, popping in to check on Ben (NOT doing this anymore) etc, but today I've decided not to do jack shit! I'm pms- ing and my back hurts so I'm going to lay in bed all day and sleep and watch tv. I just feel so blah, physically and emotionally. I need a mental health day.

WasNotWas · January 2014

FunkyPhoenix sounds like a good day to start planning all the fun things we are gonna do next week

WasNotWas · January 2014

subliminalrabbit said:

WasNotWas said:

@34blondie I am always the "Dave"...o, you've been here the whole time?

I actually had the "it says I have to download a plugin" situation on a conference call yesterday. And that's pretty much what I said.

my fav was the awkward small talk when you are the first two on the phone

numbersgirl08 · January 2014

@FunkyPhoenix @ColieAnn31

A few thoughts on sleep training: more than likely, it will def be more than 5 minutes of crying. N cried for an hour the first night, but then that was it. It was so hard, but I could clearly see the difference and the self soothing skills she learned. The check ins aren't to soothe, but to let them know you're there. Some sleep training experts recommend not going in at all since it DOES work them up more most of the time. That's really up to your comfort level. I went in every 5-15 min unless it sounded like she was starting to calm down.

I recommend reading the sleepeasy solution. It was very informative and practical - gave me a plan to stick to. There are other good books too, and the troublesome tots web page is a good place to start also.

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

I'm going to enjoy it as much as possible. I'm now in the "feels like I'm birthing something phase" so not sure how enjoyable today will be. Wait... I just remember I have some pain meds in the cabinet... My future is looking brighter.

Cricket81 · January 2014

Laundry question:
A coworker passed along a bunch if clothes her grandsons had outgrown which is really awesome since my LO is going through sizes like crazy. However, we always do fragrance free detergent because both DH and LO have really sensitive skin. The clothes smell really strongly from either detergent or fabric softener. I've put them through the wash 3 times and they still smell. Any ideas for getting rid of it?

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

@numbersgirl08 Thank you! So when you went in every 5-15 minutes for the hour you were just talking to her for a bit then leaving? Did your LO seem more worked up by you being in the room or did it help calm her?

TheTamedShrew · January 2014

FunkyPhoenix said:

@numbersgirl08 Thank you! So when you went in every 5-15 minutes for the hour you were just talking to her for a bit then leaving? Did your LO seem more worked up by you being in the room or did it help calm her?

I have to second numbersgirl on the troublesome tots site. I know I've said that like a thousand times, but it works and I really want others to have a good night's sleep. She actually recommends the extinction (Weissbluth) method over Ferber, but you can do either. We found that E seemed so much more upset every time we would come back and then leave, but it was too hard not to go check and console. I think she says to only reassure for 15 seconds max, but that not going in at all probably results in less crying overall.

Here's the link:
https://www.troublesometots.com/how-to-cry-it-out-bedtime-edition/

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

Good to know. Thanks @thetamedshrew !

numbersgirl08 · January 2014

FunkyPhoenix said:

@numbersgirl08 Thank you! So when you went in every 5-15 minutes for the hour you were just talking to her for a bit then leaving? Did your LO seem more worked up by you being in the room or did it help calm her?

Yup, I just talked to her and said "Hey honey, I'm right here, you are just fine. Please go to sleep - I know you can do it!" and then I would leave. 15-30 seconds max and no touching. Sometimes she got more worked up, sometimes she didn't. To be honest, there were definitely moments I thought "this isn't going to work. I'm going to have the one baby who would cry forever" and then all of a sudden I heard her stop and whimper and then I heard her sucking on her fingers and then SILENCE! I did a little dance. I didn't think it would stick but it did! Also, be consistent. I recommend doing that for going to sleep and at night time wake ups, if LO is already weaned from night feedings.

FunkyPhoenix · January 2014

@numbersgirl08

Okay, gotcha. I was curious as to how she responded to your check- ins. I'm going to start doing this soon for putting Ben to sleep at night. At night we do bath (every other night), lotion, jammies then bedtime bottle. Most times he falls asleep by the end of his bottle. When we lay him in his crib, sometimes he wakes and fusses for a bit, but falls back asleep fairly quickly. Other times he wakes upon transfer and cries hard until picked up and held until he falls asleep again. If I notice that he is fighting me when I hold him, I just put him back in the crib bc he obviously doesn't want me necessarily. He is just fighting sleep.

On another note, we are back to one nightly feeding and haven't night weaned yet so Im not sure how to incorporate this here. There are occasions where he wakes and starts to cry only a few hours after going down. At that point I don't allow him to eat and try to soothe without picking up. Typically he falls back to sleep after a couple minutes. With his one nightly feeding, he sucks down all 6 oz and goes right back to sleep. I just can't tell whether he really has to have this feeding or if it's just habit. Therefore not sure if I should try to wean yet... He gets appx 30 oz of formula without including his middle of he night bottle, plus a little solids for breakfast and lunch.

WasNotWas · January 2014

If we are talking about annoying work stuff...I have a new passive aggressive move in which I respond to my crazy ass new PM (who doesn't realize she is NOT MY BOSS) in a different font. Our company standard is Calibri (as it should be) and she always uses Ariel, so I change all the font to Calibri whenever I respond to her e-mails.

SUCK IT, LADY

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