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ProudMommy030614 · April 2014

@SomersIsles‌ you will love them once you switch! I was so nervous when we ran out of disposables and I was going to be using cloth full time! I started with just the day than went full time so I wasn't so overwhelmed. Good luck

karacakes98 · April 2014

Thanks @theluckiest9‌!

karacakes98 · April 2014

@Cmmo14‌ Haha! The cost would probably not be worth it

karacakes98 · April 2014

@kirotea‌ I sympathize. It feels like there's never a perfect answer when you have an alcoholic parent. My dad put us through the wringer too many times to count, and I honestly wasn't able to forgive him or realize that I really loved him until he passed away. I hope your MIL finds the motivation to clean up, if not for her sake, then for the sake of her family. ♡

SomersIsles · April 2014

bunnyfungo said:
@SomersIsles‌ I suggest making the switch before you run completely out of disposables. You'll be less scared knowing you have some back up. And even after 2 years of CDing I usually have a couple of disposables on hand for when I *cough cough* DH forgets to wash the diapers.

Good idea!

karacakes98 · April 2014

@kirotea‌ my dad didn't clean up until we all stopped trying to help. When he had NO ONE to turn to, he finally found the strength and resolve to fix himself.

theluckiest9 · April 2014

*hugs* @kirotea‌. I think your H's idea of waiting a yr to talk to his mom sounds is smart. That's got to be so hard for you guys. I hope she can turn things around.

AriaAmante143 · April 2014

bjd316 said:
My aunt keeps asking me every day what the baby is doing and now before I can even answer, she says oh let me guess she's sleeping in a snarky way..... EVERY single day. She also gets frustrated when she sees her and all she is doing is sleeping.

I've explained she's a newborn and that's she is going to nap. I mean is my baby behind, should she be out running in the yard by now?! I'm getting annoyed.

My grandma does the SAME thing. "Oh, she's sleeping AGAIN?" "are you just going to let her sleep all day?". She's a BABY. She needs to nap. Sorry every time you see her is her usual Naptime. And no, you canNOT wake her up!

mrsdahamm · April 2014

I just can't with the tech I'm working with tonight (and last night). He's been here since before I came back from maternity leave so well over 4 weeks, and is still completely incompetent. Probably because he doesn't listen to a damn thing anyone says. I'm so frustrated right now I could go off on him. But I won't, I'll just rant here instead and binge on a Big Mac and mcflurry when I get off in a half hour.

CruiseGirl28 · April 2014

@nblondheim‌ I'm sorry about your FIL's diagnoses. That sucks.

@FarmBoysWife‌ Good luck tomorrow! I'm inspired to be more organized when I go back.

@TallAsh‌ I'm glad your daughter is recovering well.

@amdecker1016‌ I'm jealous that Mia can keep her pacifier in. Isla's problem is that she moves her damn arms too much and knocks it out by accident.

My exciting news of the day is that I got a new car. I had the Civic but I had to put the car seat behind the passenger seat and move it so far forward that no one could sit there. Now I have a CRV!!

ladyglittersparkles · April 2014

@WisconsinCheese12‌ is that with Jason Statham?

If it's what I think it is I liked that movie

SomersIsles · April 2014

Random question... When everyone says their child is sleeping a certain # of hours at night (before the first wake up) are y'all referring to the actual length of shut eye... Or the span between feeds? I've been referring to span between feeds... But not actual shut eye. Just curious

karacakes98 · April 2014

SomersIsles said:
Random question... When everyone says their child is sleeping a certain # of hours at night (before the first wake up) are y'all referring to the actual length of shut eye... Or the span between feeds? I've been referring to span between feeds... But not actual shut eye. Just curious

Span between feeds...but mine never really opens her eyes or fully wakes up.

rockopera · April 2014

Overnight, he goes back to sleep relatively quickly most of the time the time isn't that far off. But I watch time between feeds.

SomersIsles · April 2014

Hmmm ok well then I guess my LO isn't sleeping as well as I thought. During the day he had a good schedule of eat... Stay awake and "play" for 45min to an hour... Then nap for 2 to 3 hours. His last feed before bed he... Kinda sorta does the same. He'll eat, chill for 45 min, but then he'll sleep for 4 hours.

If he has this eat/play/sleep routine... How on earth is he suppose to get the clue that the routine is suddenly different at night??

Back to square one...

Eta: for some reason he does typically conk out immediately following his MOTN feed

karacakes98 · April 2014

@FarmBoysWife‌ I'm sorry.

Honestly, that's why I do in-home daycare. I had to leave DS starting at 2 weeks old to finish college and I just couldn't do it again when my maternity leave ended. There are things about doing daycare that are tough, but at the end of the day, I get to be home with my babies.

ladyglittersparkles · April 2014

I'm time in between feeds on the night

SomersIsles · April 2014

FarmBoysWife said:

SomersIsles said:
Hmmm ok well then I guess my LO isn't sleeping as well as I thought. During the day he had a good schedule of eat... Stay awake and "play" for 45min to an hour... Then nap for 2 to 3 hours. His last feed before bed he... Kinda sorta does the same. He'll eat, chill for 45 min, but then he'll sleep for 4 hours.

If he has this eat/play/sleep routine... How on earth is he suppose to get the clue that the routine is suddenly different at night??

Back to square one...

Eta: for some reason he does typically conk out immediately following his MOTN feed
Ethan goes from 8pisb to 4amish. But he does "wake" a bit but never enough to need food. It sounds like yours in developing his routine (like Ethan stores at 10 every night, that was the first motn feeding he dropped) but he's not ready to sttn. And 6 hours is considered sttn, not 8. So you're getting there!

Also I think your lo is a monthish behind some of ours? So maybe your expectations are based on different babies of an unequal age?

That's probably part of the problem lol... So many have of you guys have older babies! LO is 1 month today

Not only am I so A type... But sleep has always been a huge issue for me. I have always slept sooooo deeply and waking up in the morning is such a struggle for me. I'm a true night owl. So I get crazy anxiety at night when LO shows any signs of giving me a difficult night.

I'm jealous of those of you who feed the bedtime feed and then the baby conks out. When does that start?? lol

SomersIsles · April 2014

DaisyCat11 said:
I'm thinking of getting my etsy site up and running again. Cause you know, I can totes live off crafting. Right?

I love etsy. Actually I'm addicted.

mrsdahamm · April 2014

Good luck tomorrow @FarmBoysWife‌ !!

Working moms: Does anyone else's LO scream at you when you get home from work? Jackson does this for a couple minutes usually but tonight he was inconsolable for like a half hour.

My mom keeps saying he's teething, but not cutting teeth. He's 12 weeks old. Thoughts? No fever and mildly drooly.

AnonymousMotherOfOne · April 2014

Peachy.

I thought I might have to give my cat up for adoption... Then my daughter shit on me... A spider tried to jump up my vagina... Kyo went missing... I walked through a massive puddle trying to find my fur baby... And now I'm just too tired to do anything other than feed Mia and get us both in bed...

Greatest. Day. Ever.

SomersIsles · April 2014

Laura8388 said:
@SomersIsles‌
We have always done eat, activity, sleep. During the night, I don't engage him for activity, I don't even talk to him. He just eats and goes straight back into bed.

When you say goes streight back to bed, are you referring to after the bedtime feed? Or after the MOTN feed?

I'm currently nursing him (it's 1am) for his first MOTN feed and I'm fairly confident he'll pass out after eating as he usually does. Earlier, however, at 9:15 when it was bedtime... He was wide awake until 10:30. There was no chance of putting him in his swaddle and bassinet right away. He seemed very ready for his awake time.

Do most people skip the awake time when it's bedtime and actually succeed?

SomersIsles · April 2014

PS. Good luck @FarmBoysWife‌ !! I can't imagine going back to work yet... I hope the work day flies by without a problem so you can get back to cuddle time where you belong

legallyginger · April 2014

@somersisles Jack is usually awake after his "bedtime" feed around 7-8. He is awake for a shorter time though, and if he eats early (at like 630 or 7) I will usually try to top him off with a few ounces if he isn't down by 9. At that point he will conk out after eating.

Aturl · April 2014

My LO has a hard time understanding it is actually night time until we side lay nursing. It is so weird it's like he knows once momma lays down to feed him that it must be time for everyone to sleep. I still burp him and put him in his bassinet like any other time of day, but for some reason he recognizes the change in nursing positions as being his cue for nighttime.

rockopera · April 2014

M has had very few awake sessions overnight. I don't know if it's the dark & quiet that does it. But he usually gies right back out. And rarely ever does that during the day.

My random-I finally ordered announcements. Everything should be here Friday so they can go out on Monday and get to people before he hits 2 months. I'm cool with that.

SomersIsles · April 2014

legallyginger said:
@somersisles Jack is usually awake after his "bedtime" feed around 7-8. He is awake for a shorter time though, and if he eats early (at like 630 or 7) I will usually try to top him off with a few ounces if he isn't down by 9. At that point he will conk out after eating.

How old is your LO now? How many hours until he wakes up again?

I keep saying how I look forward to when LO is older and some of these hurdles are over... Then I realize new hurdles will surely begin. lol. Parenting is no joke

SomersIsles · April 2014

rockopera said:

My random-I finally ordered announcements. Everything should be here Friday so they can go out on Monday and get to people before he hits 2 months. I'm cool with that.

I had grand plans for birth announcements. Yep... That never happened. At least I managed to post a pic with the deets on Facebook haha

nblondheim · April 2014

Thank you everyone for the thoughts, prayers, advice, support, and his with FILs news. They are much appreciated!

I'm a 4k teacher gone to SAHM. But 4k has the mandatory pals test 2x per year. I'm going this week to administer the test to my students. I'm going to cry big alligator tears leaving my los!!!!!!

AriaAmante143 · April 2014

DaisyCat11 said:

mndynitetragdy said:

DaisyCat11 said:
I'm thinking of getting my etsy site up and running again. Cause you know, I can totes live off crafting. Right?
I do. I make more from selling on Etsy than I did working full time. Way more. If you know how to do it right and are selling things that are hot, you could make a living off of it
That's the problem...I make art dolls. Not exactly a hot commodity. I'm thinking of starting to make kid's toys though. And maybe diapers and nursing covers. Just have to get my craft room set up!

I had an Etsy store and made some side income. I wish I could re open and do it full time but there is NO way I could make everything and take care of the baby. I can barely find time to make cards now

SomersIsles · April 2014

Laura8388 said:
@SomersIsles‌ sometimes at bedtime he's not tired (like last night) so he may lay in my arms awake for 30 mins or so after his last bottle. I don't talk to him or anything, I just hold him and wait for him to yawn or something then it's straight to bed.
Just cause he's awake doesn't mean activity, you don't "play" after the bath.

I then swaddle him and lay him in bed and was waiting in his room for him to go to sleep, but have found it's easier to leave and watch him on the video monitor so he isn't looking at me, fighting sleep.

He went to bed at 10pm last night (he wasn't tired at 930 so I held him for a bit) then woke me at 530 for milk, we just finished the feeding and I lay him back down at 6 and he wiggled for a few mins before going back to sleep so I'm gonna try get another hour or so!

That's encouraging!

ntdane · April 2014

@FarmBoysWife‌ and all the other mamas going back to work today, good luck and I hope everything goes well!

karacakes98 · April 2014

Day 1 of Mission: Don't Stuff Your Face is underway. *sigh*

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SomersIsles · April 2014

Jennibeanjld said:
When I sanitize my pump parts by boiling them, a filmy substance winds up on the parts/bottles when they dry. Does anyone else run into this? How do you prevent it/is there a better way to sanitize than just boiling?

The medela steam bags leave all my parts crystal clear

Sanibel21 · April 2014

Paging @pepperedmoth were you the one in the zen thread or end of the monthers thread who mentioned LOs gut flora being affected by mom getting IV antibiotics during labor for + GBS? Or anyone else know anything about it? LO is just so spitty/choky/gassy and I remember someone mentioning this. So I'm looking for any literature about any correlation.

ProudMommy030614 · April 2014

@FarmBoysWife‌ good luck today

ProudMommy030614 · April 2014

Colton didn't let me sleep more than 2 hours in a stretch last night and I only got 1 of those. I am exhausted

I think he may be starting the 6 week growth spurt a little early...

jessher · April 2014

Sanibel21 said:

Paging @pepperedmoth were you the one in the zen thread or end of the monthers thread who mentioned LOs gut flora being affected by mom getting IV antibiotics during labor for + GBS? Or anyone else know anything about it? LO is just so spitty/choky/gassy and I remember someone mentioning this. So I'm looking for any literature about any correlation.

I was on antibiotics for about 3 weeks due to mastitis so I gave my baby probiotics I got at Walgreens. It's a powder for kids and the pharmacist told me it was fine for baby, so I put it in his bottle once a day (breast milk). I can't say I noticed a huge difference in gassiness but I think he still benefits from it.

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