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Lilwatz · December 2014

MissN06 said:

Lilwatz said:

@abbyful I have decided to make a shadow box of our LO's baby girl pjs because my husband LOVES them and it was the first outfit we put her in. I want to try to do it for him for Christmas. What type of frame did you get? How deep is it? Any tips for application?!?!!?

ETA: I suck at crafty things, so all advice is appreciated!

JoAnn's sells shadow box frames in their frame department.

Are all shadow boxes the same, just different length/width? I really am craft-illiterate.

ETA: I found an online tutorial I may follow. It involves fabric backing and cute pins to hold everything in place.

JamieK1882 · December 2014

Has anyone read Babywise? A girl on fb just posted about it and claims it helped her 2week old sleep 6.5 hours straight last night. Wondering if it's worth the $10 kindle price?

soulcupcake · December 2014

JamieK1882 said:

Has anyone read Babywise? A girl on fb just posted about it and claims it helped her 2week old sleep 6.5 hours straight last night. Wondering if it's worth the $10 kindle price?

Sleep training a two week old? No, no, no. Newborns are not meant to sleep several hours a night. They need to eat frequently in order to put on weight and facilitate proper development. Technically, after the newborn period, STTN for infants is defined as five hours. My ds2 would sleep for four and five hour stretches after six weeks, but it was on his own, wasn't my "training" him or filling him up with empty calories to get him to sleep longer (which is another way of saying inconveniencing or burdening me).

Babywise/Ezzo has been around for a long time, and there are a lot of opponents and reasons to reconsider it.

MissN06 · December 2014

@JamieK1882 I've had several parents who swear by the babywise series (tolderwise etc.) I haven't read it but the parents who recommend the books had children who were excellent students.

BridgetThoams · December 2014

H is usually the one to give our dog attention and play with him! Gunner our dog is so sad and just mopes around! I think he is taking this separation way worse than me! He gets up multiple times a night and all day he looks out the window over the drive way and waits by the door!

Ineedmorecoffee · December 2014

Have any of your SO's gone out with friends yet? Mine just asked to go have a drink with friends after work and I can't help but think he is a giant asshole because of this. When do I get a break? Oh right, never.

Ineedmorecoffee · December 2014

bethas said:

Ineedmorecoffee said:
Have any of your SO's gone out with friends yet? Mine just asked to go have a drink with friends after work and I can't help but think he is a giant asshole because of this. When do I get a break? Oh right, never.
Mine was going out a week after LO was born. But I'm a doormat.

Oh man I would be upset but I'm a bitch I guess lol.

Ineedmorecoffee · December 2014

And I just burnt dinner and there's no saving it. I'm crying over it.

smboswell1 · December 2014

Parker goes out but it's when he is not with me!

sweetbabyrahe · December 2014

I can't imagine @BridgetThoams‌ my dog was freaking out when DH was home 2 hours late from work tonight. Poor pup

abbyful · December 2014

metaphysique said:

JamieK1882 said:

Has anyone read Babywise? A girl on fb just posted about it and claims it helped her 2week old sleep 6.5 hours straight last night. Wondering if it's worth the $10 kindle price?

Sleep training a two week old? No, no, no. Newborns are not meant to sleep several hours a night. They need to eat frequently in order to put on weight and facilitate proper development. Technically, after the newborn period, STTN for infants is defined as five hours. My ds2 would sleep for four and five hour stretches after six weeks, but it was on his own, wasn't my "training" him or filling him up with empty calories to get him to sleep longer (which is another way of saying inconveniencing or burdening me).

Babywise/Ezzo has been around for a long time, and there are a lot of opponents and reasons to reconsider it.

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I haven't read the book, but I saw my SIL owns a copy. She has an Oct14 baby, her first kid.

Is this book where she gets some of the strange infant care methods I've seen her doing? Like she will only feed her baby every 4 hrs, if baby acts hungry sooner she literally says "still another hour before you can eat!". She already tries to force such a strict eating/sleeping schedule.

Ineedmorecoffee · December 2014

Yeah I'm not a fan of babywise at all.

smboswell1 · December 2014

Bam! Now, let's see if I can do this in public.....

About sleep training, I dont know how you do it so young. Beckham will wake up twice during the night to eat. He eats every 2 hours during the day. I'm breastfeeding, so I feed on demand.

Ignore first pic. It wouldn't delete

BrittG13 · December 2014

My wedding ring fits again!!! No more judgmental old ladies or side eyes!!!

AnnieRoo13 · December 2014

Ineedmorecoffee said:
Have any of your SO's gone out with friends yet? Mine just asked to go have a drink with friends after work and I can't help but think he is a giant asshole because of this. When do I get a break? Oh right, never.

Yes, DH went to an event last Saturday that I was invited to and couldn't go to because of LO. Cue huge resentment and hurt feelings on my part. He came home before 10 and I was still really hurt. We had a good chat the next day but it was still rough.

wildflower75 · December 2014

Finally able to read all of a randoms thread since giving birth! I feel like I've be reunited with my long lost friends!

@IndianaMommy08 big hugs!! Sucks that your H said that to you. I truly hope he apologizes and makes it up to you some how.

@uncharted01‌ I'm praying for your friend!!

@lovebuggies1‌ Hang in there! Things will get better with time!!

I was up from 3:30-7 AM last night!! As of today we will be trying Zantac!

My doctor mentioned using Dr Brown's bottles but we've invested too much into Born Free bottles so I'll have to skip that advice. LO drinks from my boobs 3/s of the time anyway.

My DH is super helpful one night and then not at all for 3 nights. I've stopped feeling upset about it and just deal. I feel like he's missing out on bonding with the baby but I know eventually they will be inseparable. He's amazing with DD#1 and with some things around the house so I try not to complain or dwell on the negatives.

I feel like I had more random things to share but can't remember now and I should probably go to sleep!

Hugs to all!!

Ineedmorecoffee · December 2014

AnnieRoo13 said:

Ineedmorecoffee said:
Have any of your SO's gone out with friends yet? Mine just asked to go have a drink with friends after work and I can't help but think he is a giant asshole because of this. When do I get a break? Oh right, never.
Yes, DH went to an event last Saturday that I was invited to and couldn't go to because of LO. Cue huge resentment and hurt feelings on my part. He came home before 10 and I was still really hurt. We had a good chat the next day but it was still rough.

Men have it so much easier than us and I don't think they fully realize that. My husband came home at 830, which is really early so I am glad. We had a good chat also. I've just had a tough day so him doing that on top of everything sucked. I feel like a major bitch now though.

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