Tried taking a shower earlier but A woke up hungry about 2 mins in. Solution: I started to fill the tub, stripped A down, and fed him while the tub filled. Afterward he was a content, calm, floaty baby while I just supported his head and shoulders so he could lay on his back in the water. Winning!
I'm thinking about doing that soon! Penny enjoys showering with me but isn't a fan of a bath by herself. Maybe she'd like the big bath filled up and some company
I want some mashed potatoes so bad tonight. LO wants to be held and doesn't want me to cook. I managed to get some Velveeta Shells cooking. I'm getting a major headache tonight, no fun.
95% of me doesn't want to go back to work and 5% of me is excited. I'm ready to settle into our new normal. Anyone else want to go back even a tiny bit?
I hate to admit it cause I'm supposed to want to stay home with kiddo forever, but I can't stinking wait to go back to work.
Finally got our first legitimate smiles and coos! Definitely makes the hours of her screaming bloody murder worthwhile, don't think I've smiled so huge in my life! \:D/
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Tried taking a shower earlier but A woke up hungry about 2 mins in. Solution: I started to fill the tub, stripped A down, and fed him while the tub filled. Afterward he was a content, calm, floaty baby while I just supported his head and shoulders so he could lay on his back in the water. Winning!
I'm thinking about doing that soon! Penny enjoys showering with me but isn't a fan of a bath by herself. Maybe she'd like the big bath filled up and some company
I did a bath with Tommy during our massive heatwave, made the water just cool enough to take the edge off the heat without being to cold, he seemed to like it a lot
Yes! Such a good idea. We are lacking in the AC department... And with a southern exposure it gets pretty freaking hot in the house!
Thanks for asking about me @dani+california. I can't believe that I have been lurking since Carlene was born on April 18th. It has flown by! We are doing great. I'm loving my time off, enjoying spending more time with DS Chase and taking advantage of the amazing weather we have been having lately (seriously three full weeks of 70 degree weather and sunshine).
Let me introduce you all to my daughter!
Chase was born 4/23/2011
Carlene was born 4/18/2014 A14 siggy challenge: Junk Food
DD doesn't comfort nurse. I feel like usually when she's mad my boobs are the last thing she wants, even though she moves her mouth like she wants to nurse. It makes me kind of sad. Today, she is like a different child. She used to sleep almost all day easily in her rnp or swing, but today she was much more alert than usual, and she will pretty much only sleep when she is being held. I put her down and within minutes her eyes are wide open again. I am not holding my breath for a restful night.
Hugs to you ladies whose kids won't sleep.. We upped Sullivan's formula dosage per feeding again, hoping that will keep him fuller longer so he will sleep longer. A mom can dream!
DD doesn't comfort nurse. I feel like usually when she's mad my boobs are the last thing she wants, even though she moves her mouth like she wants to nurse. It makes me kind of sad. Today, she is like a different child. She used to sleep almost all day easily in her rnp or swing, but today she was much more alert than usual, and she will pretty much only sleep when she is being held. I put her down and within minutes her eyes are wide open again. I am not holding my breath for a restful night.
Welcome to the late night club! It's reassuring to me to hear how your LO acts at your boobs. Mine does the same thing and I'm wondering why she won't eat/if she's experiencing nipple confusion/if my boob all of a sudden tastes like ass...but it seems like pretty typical infant behavior. Wishing you some sleep!
@PoppySeedWindsor I question all those things as well. It seems like it happens pretty much every evening when she gets upset, but I think she's just tired because it's usually resolved by falling asleep. It's just frustrating because DH tries to help, but always says she is hungry since she tries to eat his arm, but she refuses to latch. She eats fine during nighttime feedings and most of the day. I guess it's just one of the adventures in newborns!
@PoppySeedWindsor I question all those things as well. It seems like it happens pretty much every evening when she gets upset, but I think she's just tired because it's usually resolved by falling asleep. It's just frustrating because DH tries to help, but always says she is hungry since she tries to eat his arm, but she refuses to latch. She eats fine during nighttime feedings and most of the day. I guess it's just one of the adventures in newborns!
This is EXACTLY what Merri does. She's totally awesome during the day and in the morning but a PITA when she's tired. Go figure. Also, hubster is exactly the same. He'll have her for me to give me a break only to say, "Hey mom I think we're still hungry." I know he means well but I could punch him for that sometimes.
This is currently the only way she'll sleep...so that's fun for mom.
I hung out with a gf today and her 6 month old. Penny nursed and then passed out on me like that while she was here. She was so jealous because her little guy stopped doing that and she misses it. Moral of the story... Enjoy those cuddles!!
@poru for my LO, she was sleeping most of the day and still behaving this way in the evening. She just is not happy to be awake. We usually just hold her and rock her, bounce her, whatever it takes to get her to sleep, but she fights it. She isn't usually awake for very long
@poru She sacked out at 8:15 after nursing but woke up after 20 minutes with gas and having to poop. Usually we start the bedtime process of bathing, feeding and changing around 730 and finish around 830/9.
@poru now that you mentioned bedroom i do realize we had a bunch going on tonight so it wasn't as calm and quiet as usual for her (I say "as usual" like I know what I'm talking about...pshhhh. She's 4 weeks old...I able no idea!).
Someone please explain how DS can sleep sound in the day and even once his bedtime hits he's still stealth like but the 2am-6am hour he grunts like a mad man!? Why?
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I'm so fucking annoyed with my bf. I totally appreciate him getting up with the baby and I in the middle of the night but he seems to think that makes it play time and he insists on talking to the kid in his big playful voice. I get do sick of asking him not to stimulate the baby at night but he won't listen. If the baby refuses to fall asleep I'm locking myself in the other room and leaving then to their own devices.
@deidremaria that would seriously piss me off! Maybe if you do lock yourself in the other room and leave your BF to deal with the aftermath, he will realize why you don't want your LO to be overstimulated at night and knock it off. Good luck.
Chase was born 4/23/2011
Carlene was born 4/18/2014 A14 siggy challenge: Junk Food
Of course I'm still awake drone our 5am feeding, baby is working my boobs, bf is snoring and my neighbor started his lawn mower promptly at 6am. Fuck my entire life!
After 8 weeks of every two hour wake ups, Lo slept from 10pm to 330am and woke up all smiles. Wtaf?! Who are you and what have you done with my little monster?
Really hubster? I just wake up to nurse her after sleeping just two hours total last night and you HAVE to know where a CD is? You HAVE TO HAVE IT RIGHT NOW? No "Good morning, how are you?" or "How did the night go?" Just, "Where did YOU put that CD?"
Awesome. Loooooooove starting the day off with a fight. Eff you Wednesday.
Took DH to work this morning and on the way back home I came within inches of hitting a deer that decided it wanted to bolt out of the woods. Can we say instant heart attack! It took me a year to not panick every time I saw a deer on the side of the road after my accident just last year and I still avoid the road that it happened on. I swear they are plotting against me.
~Missed MC at 8 weeks. D&C at 12 weeks on 4/17/13~
I tookt breast pads out to nurse baby girl and set them in front of me on my lap. A few seconds later I caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of my eye and thought they were a sandwich... I was irrationally excited for .8 seconds before I remembered what they were.
What's wrong with me?
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@celticlullaby - i had a crazy dream the other morning that my sister and i moved back home with all our kids. i was sleeping in my old room and when i woke up it was covered in spiders, like over 2000 of them bitches. freaked me the hell out!!! so no, i don't think the crazy dreams are just for pregnancy!
@deidremaria - my BF likes to do the same thing, start playing around, turns on all the lights, and then wonders why i get pissed off. i made him start taking middle of the night wake ups
Can I go back on vacation? DS was better behaved - when he's fussy all he wants is to be carried and MOVING. At home, I get bored as heck pacing the room, but on vacation we were always going somewhere so he was happy!
I love my viscious fleabag, but I want to punch her in the throat. Pretty sure her habit of walking around the house with a mouthful of dog food and randomly depositing it places (only eating 3/4 of each pile) is why we have mice.
My dog does this too! It's a good thing he's cute.
BFP: 7/5/10 EDD: 3/13/11 Miscarriage 8/1/10 at 8 weeks
BFP: 10/30/10 EDD: 7/7/11 Born 7/11//11 7lb12oz, 20 in.
BFP: 7/30/13 EDD: 4/9/14 Born right on time on his due date! 8lb10oz, 21.5 in.
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I love my viscious fleabag, but I want to punch her in the throat. Pretty sure her habit of walking around the house with a mouthful of dog food and randomly depositing it places (only eating 3/4 of each pile) is why we have mice.
My dog does this too! It's a good thing he's cute.
So does mine! Why do they do this?!
~Missed MC at 8 weeks. D&C at 12 weeks on 4/17/13~
Re: Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )
Me: no
DH: your hair looks really good.
Someone's being offered sexual favors tonight!
BFP #1 May 20, 2013 MC June 27, 2013 BFP #2 August 2, 2013 Baby Boy born 4/25/14 (3 weeks overdue!)
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Yes! Such a good idea. We are lacking in the AC department... And with a southern exposure it gets pretty freaking hot in the house!
I'm currently comfort nursing too but it's not even 11 yet so there's still hope for me.
Edited: I'll be here because Merri can't poop. I feel like I needed to add that in so my post didn't sound so creeptastic.
BFP #1 May 20, 2013 MC June 27, 2013 BFP #2 August 2, 2013 Baby Boy born 4/25/14 (3 weeks overdue!)
April 14 August Siggy Challenge- "This time last year.."
What's wrong with me?
@celticlullaby that sounds bad ass. I'm totally fantasizing about it now
BFP: 7/5/10 EDD: 3/13/11 Miscarriage 8/1/10 at 8 weeks
BFP: 10/30/10 EDD: 7/7/11 Born 7/11//11 7lb12oz, 20 in.
BFP: 7/30/13 EDD: 4/9/14 Born right on time on his due date! 8lb10oz, 21.5 in.
Awesome prophetic fortune cookie: Love is a present that can be given every single day you live
So does mine! Why do they do this?!