What is your least favorite thing to do for LO. I am going to guess that a lot of people are going to say changing diapers, but I don't mind that too much. For me it is cutting her nails. I swear those things grow so fast it is hard to keep up. On top of that they are paper thin and she rolls around like crazy. It's like a wrestling match anytime I try to cut them down. Oh and the one time DH did it, he cut her and it seemed the bleeding would never stop. He wont even attempt it anymore.
BFP #1 11/07/2012 EDD 07/09/2013 M/C 11/22/2012
BFP #2 02/05/2013 EDD 09/19/2013
Arrived via c-section 09/27/2013
Cleaning up spit up. LO rarely does it but when she does it's everywhere. It causes so much laundry and my dog usually ends up licking up half of it before I can even get to it after cleaning up LO and I.
I dislike putting her in the car seat the most. As soon as I get one arm in the strap and work on the other she pulls the first one out. It's a constant struggle and comes down to if I can get her fastened faster than she can get herself unfastened.
@starscream this is my second most disliked task. We use Dr.Browns and I dread giving bottles just for the simple fact I have to clean them. We EBF so it's rare but when it does happen...those bad boys stay dirty for awhile.
Cutting his toenails! He kicks all over the place. A close second is changing his clothes or diaper because he tries to roll and play. I end up sweaty and hestarts screaming. And I hate cleaning bottles and pump parts!
EBF poops were much better than solid poops but there are still worse chores.
I was going to say fingernails because he's a total wolverine but the LEAST liked task is pumping. I LOATHE pumping. It's messy and inconvenient and it hurts.
Lately, bath time. He used to love it but now he just screams. He's too big for his sling bath but can't sit up so he lays in the bottom of the tub and I hunch over him. Not fun anymore.
Is he screaming because he is just laying flat or something? If I lay Desmond back in the tub, I use an inflatable bath pillow that has suction cups. I attach it to the bottom of the tub to lay him back on. It keeps him propped up.
I have to go with cleaning her nose. And getting her dressed most days. Both those things are a huge challenge, she HATES if I ever go near her face, so to button that last button up near her neck is a huge meltdown.
I hate cleaning bottles. We just started supplementing and we're complete noobs. We bought a few different bottles until DD finally liked one (Playtex Nursers) and we only have 2. We supplement after ever BFing session so, I'm constantly washing bottles. Although they have liners so I'm not sure why I'm complaining. I just hate it. EBFing is so much easier
Cutting her nails is also a huge task these days. I just do 2-3 nails each diaper change. Only way I can get all nails done.
Currently, I hate having to hook him up to the nebulizer. He hates it, and listening to him scream for 10 minutes breaks my heart. I imagine that he thinks I'm torturing him and he'll hate me forever.
I agree with the washing of bottles and pump parts. Thankfully DH is usually the one to do the dishes, so I get out of it most nights.
I thoroughly dislike cleaning bottles. I work 40 hours on the weekends and after getting home at almost midnight already exhausted I have to boil my pump parts and wash bottles before I can even take a shower and go to bed before being right back at work at 7am the next day. Bleh.
Pumping. Hate it. Wish I could build a freezer stash but I can't do it unless it's to pump and dump for LO to not get mamas wine. The one week I tried to do it each day to get a stash, I got awful mastitis so I'm convinced that caused it too.
I thoroughly dislike cleaning bottles. I work 40 hours on the weekends and after getting home at almost midnight already exhausted I have to boil my pump parts and wash bottles before I can even take a shower and go to bed before being right back at work at 7am the next day. Bleh.
I used to bite her nails all the time until just recently. Her nails are growing really strong and are hard to bite off, so I attempt with the clippers while she naps now instead.
Freakin cleaning poop from the cloth diapers. They aren't solid yet but they sure aren't water soluble anymore! :-q And we don't have a toilet sprayer yet.
I also despise putting his lotions on him... he has dry, sensitive skin so if we aren't using hydrocortisone cream followed by copious amounts of aquaphor twice a day, he's miserably itchy. And of course he hates it.
I thoroughly dislike cleaning bottles. I work 40 hours on the weekends and after getting home at almost midnight already exhausted I have to boil my pump parts and wash bottles before I can even take a shower and go to bed before being right back at work at 7am the next day. Bleh.
Freakin cleaning poop from the cloth diapers. They aren't solid yet but they sure aren't water soluble anymore! :-q And we don't have a toilet sprayer yet.
I also despise putting his lotions on him... he has dry, sensitive skin so if we aren't using hydrocortisone cream followed by copious amounts of aquaphor twice a day, he's miserably itchy. And of course he hates it.
@AbbyMMM: We have some, but it's really hard to predict his poops right now, and since he moves so much, they get kinda bunched up in his diaper, so they're completely ineffective at catching his (super runny still) poo. But hopefully they'll be more useful later!!
Re: Least favorite baby task
BFP: 1/17/13 EDD: 9/20/13 Dalenna Rose Born: 40 wks 4 days 9/24/13
FTM to my sweetpea Miss D.
BFP: 1/17/13 EDD: 9/20/13 Dalenna Rose Born: 40 wks 4 days 9/24/13
FTM to my sweetpea Miss D.
Cutting her nails is also a huge task these days. I just do 2-3 nails each diaper change. Only way I can get all nails done.
BFP 1.5.13 - EDD 9.5.13 - Ysabella Sofia born 9.12.13
I agree with the washing of bottles and pump parts. Thankfully DH is usually the one to do the dishes, so I get out of it most nights.
Jamie
-My step-daughter is 12 years old.
-BFP #1 on 9/2/12, D&C 10/18/12 no heartbeat on US @ 10 weeks.
-BFP #2 on 1/7/13, R was born on 9/22/13 via C-Section
Thanks :-)