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No routine vent/verbal diarrhea

CoastieWife08CoastieWife08
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Right now, we have no routine for Scarlett.  I try to get one down, but it is just impossible here.

I can not wait until I can start a bedtime routine or regular meal times at night without having to take the actions of 5 other people into consideration.

I see all of these posts about how families have routines down and ones that include DH as well and I get jealous.

I am slightly terrified that we've created an on-demand/dowhateverIwant baby and it is going to be hell trying to get a bedtime established and possibly weaning co-sleeping as well all while trying to adjust to a new (and QUIET) home and DH's new job.

I don't know what the point of all of this is.  I can't call DH tonight so you are getting the mental spewing tonight. :)

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  • joecubedjoecubed member

    it will be okay.  you can get the routine established as soon as they leave, and then, once they are comfortably in place, work on the co-sleeping if you want to. 

    it would frustrate me too.  we hosted over christmas, and as nice as it was to have family there, I was just biting my tongue every few minutes because they had no concept of what sort of system we have in place for DS.  I loved the family, hated the interruption in our "normal" lives.

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  • kelbriankelbrian

    Same thing going on here.

    And yes, I too am terrified.

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  • lar1203lar1203 member

    you can do it. you can do it. you can do it.

    :)

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  • Tess12Tess12 member
    Don't worry--she will adjust.  Hopefully, she'll do it quickly. 
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  • CoastieWife08CoastieWife08
    imagejoecubed:

    it will be okay.  you can get the routine established as soon as they leave, and then, once they are comfortably in place, work on the co-sleeping if you want to. 

    it would frustrate me too.  we hosted over christmas, and as nice as it was to have family there, I was just biting my tongue every few minutes because they had no concept of what sort of system we have in place for DS.  I loved the family, hated the interruption in our "normal" lives.

    We haven't had a normal life yet.

    We moved to my brother's when Scarlett was 2 months. Before that, our lives were consumed with hosting family coming to see the baby and then packing for the move. 

    We seriously have not been alone (just the 3 of us) in a house together on a regular basis since before she was born. It's like we're not even a true family yet.

    And now, we're packing up and moving again.  At least this time it'll just be us and we'll be in our own house again.

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  • SenoraKristinSenoraKristin

    It will get better.  I know what you're going through.  We moved with DD at 8 weeks and then shared 1 car for the rest of summer, so nap schedules were always getting screwed up to drive DH to work.

    Now, I'm on winter break (teacher) and DD, DH and I were home for the holidays.  Everything is screwed up.

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  • la79alla79al member

    Routine?  What's that?

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