Hey guys- I've been Mia but need to vent! I went to a bridal shower tonight; DH texted that she was cranky and I get home after she goes to bed. DH had a friend over and they both said how cranky she was. I asked what she had for dinner... Blank stare. Yup! DH forgot to feed her. I am beyond pissed! Vent end. I'm drinking wine and told DH he has to feed her if she wakes up. She'll probably wake up super early tomorrow morning too.
Hey guys- I've been Mia but need to vent! I went to a bridal shower tonight; DH texted that she was cranky and I get home after she goes to bed. DH had a friend over and they both said how cranky she was. I asked what she had for dinner... Blank stare. Yup! DH forgot to feed her. I am beyond pissed! Vent end. I'm drinking wine and told DH he has to feed her if she wakes up. She'll probably wake up super early tomorrow morning too.
That's so frustrating! You sit back and enjoy that wine. I hope the bridal shower was nice!
I am so embarrassed... Apparently DD has two new teeth we didn't know about. I was watching one of the fronts that was starting to show under the gums so I assumed that's where her teething mannerisms were coming from. Oops! These two were hiding towards the back!
LO could have a mouthful of teeth at the back and I'd have no idea. He won't let me in there! Don't be embarrassed, just tell everyone that you knew all along
@kkaew816 --I'd be so frustrated too! I'm sorry that happened and I hope you at least get some mad props for all you do, including remembering to feed people, and especially the baby! Hope the wine is awesome.
And @BADASBKRCK --totally no embarrassment about that. It took someone on here mentioning that their LO was getting molars for me to even think of looking back there to see what was up and to then discover three molars coming in! Teeth are sneaky.
Thanks @Talltrees82 and @Sporty1216 ! DH feels really bad. Oddly he has taken care of her when I've been out of town for work several time without any issues. Wine is definitely tasting good! I just want to hug C now though since I'm sure she had a rough night :-(
@kkaew816 I'd be really upset too. It would be typical for my husband to forget something like dinner as well bc he doesn't do it everyday. At least he feels bad. Hopefully you don't have a rough night!
Guys. I remembered about some chocolate frosting I had bought for lo's bday that I did my end up using. I am eating it on warm chocolate chip cookies right now. Oh. My. Freakin'. Gosh. So good.
OMG. Gimme! Gonna have to try this one .
Tomorrow (today) is LO's bday party!! So excited!! But a little sad too...where the heck did our babies go?!
Guys. I remembered about some chocolate frosting I had bought for lo's bday that I did my end up using. I am eating it on warm chocolate chip cookies right now. Oh. My. Freakin'. Gosh. So good.
OMG. Gimme! Gonna have to try this one .
Tomorrow (today) is LO's bday party!! So excited!! But a little sad too...where the heck did our babies go?!
Have fun and enjoy the bday party!!
C doesn't turn 1 until the 29th but I still just can't believe how big she has gotten!
You your LOs using utensils when they eat? When are they supposed to learn that?
For the past few days, LO has refused to eat anything off of a spoon from me. She will only eat what she can put in her mouth herself so I think she soon needs to learn about using her own utensils...
I was just wondering this too, @sherks11 ! I got some take and toss spoons and forks and LO enjoys trying to use them. He especially likes it when I help him stick something with the fork. Then he'll often try to do it himself and sometimes succeed! But he usually takes whatever it is off of the fork with his other hand and then pops it in his mouth. Ha!
My son just started wanting to use the spoon. He doesn't like it if I try to feed him. He usually uses the wrong side of the spoon and can't figure out why he's not eating. But he keeps going
We tried working with spoons tonight for dinner. It did not go well! She knows how to put th spoon in the bowl and sometimes put it to her mouth but more than anything she just wanted to shove her hands in the applesauce then throw it. With this mess we are going to have to do a bath every night!
When I was visiting daycare a couple weeks ago, there were some kids using spoons with their noodles. I asked how old they were, and the teacher said they were 17-18 months. They were working on spoons for their transition to the toddler room. LO is nowhere near using utensils yet! He likes to play with his spoon and gets the right end in his mouth, but the food always falls off. Finger foods are so much easier!
We do a lot of practice with the spoon. She loves to use it but I usually have my hand on hers to guide it. Just a suggestion to those moms struggling with your LO wanting to do it themselves, sometimes if I give her her own spoon she plays with that while I can manage to get bites in with my own spoon. I'm sure you've all thought of that though.
Im playing a game this morning called "how much coffee can I possibly consume". Rough night, sick baby, and I got up at 5am to get ready for work. My dad's on his way over to watch LO for the day and I'm not sure if I should plan to take tomorrow off to look after him.
I was actually logging in to see if anyone has advice about early early wake ups. LO is usually ready for bed by 7 or 7:30. He falls right to sleep, but lately has been waking up after an hour or two. With the exception of last night, which was terrible, he'll usually go back down pretty easy but then he is up and ready for the day by 4:30. Clearly, I am not ready to be up then and so some snuggling and/or nursing will often buy me some more time. But it's not something I want to do every morning.
Bottom line: if he goes to bed at 7:30, is it unreasonable to hope he won't be up for the day until 6:30? Is a later bedtime a better option?
We do a lot of practice with the spoon. She loves to use it but I usually have my hand on hers to guide it. Just a suggestion to those moms struggling with your LO wanting to do it themselves, sometimes if I give her her own spoon she plays with that while I can manage to get bites in with my own spoon. I'm sure you've all thought of that though.
Good advice! I think I will give that a shot.
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Im playing a game this morning called "how much coffee can I possibly consume". Rough night, sick baby, and I got up at 5am to get ready for work. My dad's on his way over to watch LO for the day and I'm not sure if I should plan to take tomorrow off to look after him.
Good luck! I woke up at 5 am and started throwing up...opposite of your problem! I have to write a press release and get it out today too... I might be doing it from home.
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Thanks @sporty1216! No advice on the bedtime front, maybe your LO actually needs an earlier bedtime? What's your bedtime routine like? Perhaps the waking up a phase?
@BADASBKRCK that sounds rough! Good luck and try to rest today!
I haven't been on in a few days and trying to catch up.
BADASBKRCK - yuck! Hope you are feeling better soon! Also my DD only just got her first 2 teeth last month and has cut 5 in the past 2 weeks....I only just noticed that one of her molars is completely in and I never even knew since she doesn't really let us in to mouth much! Its kinda odd that her teeth are not coming in "normal"order at all. She has her bottom 2 middle ones, on bottom molar all the way in another on its way, her 2 top teeth one from the middle, top middle are trying to cut through....
Talltrees82 I hope you Lo is feeling better soon and you get some sleep!
sherks11 - DD loves to play with utensils and make a huge mess! She really does try to scoop stuff up but then proceeds to throw it all over lol. As a side not my DS didn't really start using utensils better until he was closer to 2 years old.
I found a great perk to my DD being a peanut weighing in at just 17 pounds and not walking yet....I can still wear her comfortably in my K'tan! Came in really handy this weekend spending a lot of time outside and walking around town! She loved being in the face out position so she could see what was going on and kicking her legs all over, waving to people and clapping lol!
Thanks, @Talltrees82 ! I am just mystified and am hoping it is a phase. I thought about an earlier bedtime too. May be worth a shot. I'm just afraid that then he'll be up even earlier, though I know all the sleep people say earlier is always better when it comes to bedtime. He's just finishing up getting his 4 molars in too...so maybe that last push of them breaking through is part of the issue... Who knows.... Sleep is such a mystery!
I was actually logging in to see if anyone has advice about early early wake ups. LO is usually ready for bed by 7 or 7:30. He falls right to sleep, but lately has been waking up after an hour or two. With the exception of last night, which was terrible, he'll usually go back down pretty easy but then he is up and ready for the day by 4:30. Clearly, I am not ready to be up then and so some snuggling and/or nursing will often buy me some more time. But it's not something I want to do every morning.
Bottom line: if he goes to bed at 7:30, is it unreasonable to hope he won't be up for the day until 6:30? Is a later bedtime a better option?
My LO has been getting up earlier and earlier- granted not 4:30.... More like 6 when it was 6:30 or 7. The only thing I can think of is that her total sleep need might be going down as she gets older? My LO only needs 12-13 hours of sleep total per day. She gets 11 hours at might and 1-2 hours total daytime. She's been reducing her night sleep to 10.5 hours lately so now she's getting more like 11.5-12.5 total sleep hours. Bottom line is maybe a later bedtime might be in order? Personally I'd rather have her asleep at 7:30 and up at 6 than have her asleep at 8 and up at 6:30.
@Sporty1216 - how long has it been going on? Sleep is a total crap shoot IMO! I seem to find that every time I'm about to totally lose it about sleep (or any baby thing for that matter), they change it up. I was so frustrated about naps not long ago that I contacted a sleep consultant. By the time she called me back (lesson to us all in customer service!), everything was at an acceptable level for me and I didn't feel I needed her anymore.
@Sporty1216 - I did read a suggestion recently that I thought was a good idea. This mom suggested sleeping a night in your kid's room to see if there's anything waking them up. She found that the sun came in really brightly early in the am and so added blackout curtains and that the neighbours were loud around 4:30am and so moved the bed against the opposite wall. You never know, something could be waking them up and you're totally oblivious. Just a thought.
Thanks @kkaew816 and @yellowflower15 ! I was just thinking about looking up total sleep requirements. LO used to be a crappy napper, but now he gets 1.5-3 hours of nap sleep a day. So it may be that his nighttime requirement is getting shorter. I have spent a couple of nights in his room, sleeping with him on a mat, but I haven't thought to pay attention to any environmental factors that might be waking him. I'll definitely give that a try if things continue. I appreciate the suggestions, all! If nothing else, it's nice to be reminded that this whole sleep thing is a constantly shifting target and it's not just that I stink at figuring out what to do.
Bottom line: if he goes to bed at 7:30, is it unreasonable to hope he won't be up for the day until 6:30? Is a later bedtime a better option?
@Sporty1216, this is our exact current schedule. Bedtime is between 7 and 8. He'll usually go back down after nursing at 4/4:30, and sleep until 7 or 7:30, so it's tolerable but obviously not ideal. I've tried a later bedtime, with the same wake ups and a crabby baby after his usual bedtime. Maybe I need to try an earlier bedtime. Thanks posting for all these other suggestions! Thanks ladies
ETA: found this. It suggests a 7-8pm bedtime for 12-18 mo olds and says they should get 10-12 hours of sleep at night. 10 hours after 7pm is 4am!!! Not sure what to do here... https://www.troublesometots.com/baby-sleep-what-is-normal/
DD was consistently 10pm-9/9:30am for months and now she is suddenly waking at 7:30/8ish. I know that doesn't sound like a problem, but it is DH that wakes up with her and he doesn't get home from work until 11pm and goes to bed about 2-3pm
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So I'm attempting to get into a phlebotomist program this August and that means putting LO into daycare. My main concern is that she doesn't sleep in her crib...like, at all. We bed share and she sleeps in our bed for naps. Has anyone started daycare with any issues like this? I'm not sure how to break the habit bc she has always had separation anxiety(hence the bed sharing).
So I'm attempting to get into a phlebotomist program this August and that means putting LO into daycare. My main concern is that she doesn't sleep in her crib...like, at all. We bed share and she sleeps in our bed for naps. Has anyone started daycare with any issues like this? I'm not sure how to break the habit bc she has always had separation anxiety(hence the bed sharing).
No.... But at that age the daycare might use cots instead of cribs; not sure if that will make a difference or not?
So I'm attempting to get into a phlebotomist program this August and that means putting LO into daycare. My main concern is that she doesn't sleep in her crib...like, at all. We bed share and she sleeps in our bed for naps. Has anyone started daycare with any issues like this? I'm not sure how to break the habit bc she has always had separation anxiety(hence the bed sharing).
No.... But at that age the daycare might use cots instead of cribs; not sure if that will make a difference or not?
I'm pretty sure they have cribs. I'm just afraid of her saying oh hell no to the cribs and waking the whole class up.
So I'm attempting to get into a phlebotomist program this August and that means putting LO into daycare. My main concern is that she doesn't sleep in her crib...like, at all. We bed share and she sleeps in our bed for naps. Has anyone started daycare with any issues like this? I'm not sure how to break the habit bc she has always had separation anxiety(hence the bed sharing).
No.... But at that age the daycare might use cots instead of cribs; not sure if that will make a difference or not?
I'm pretty sure they have cribs. I'm just afraid of her saying oh hell no to the cribs and waking the whole class up.
Maybe it will help if all the kids are napping together!
I have to say, I'm so grateful we didn't let this group die. Sorry that so many left, but the support here about big things, little things, funny things, gross things, etc. means a ton! Thanks all for being awesome!
@sporty1216 I agree! ^^^ It's too bad that things aren't the way they used to be, but I am glad that we're still going. And glad about the lurking ladies who have joined in!
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I'm drinking wine and told DH he has to feed her if she wakes up. She'll probably wake up super early tomorrow morning too.
And @BADASBKRCK --totally no embarrassment about that. It took someone on here mentioning that their LO was getting molars for me to even think of looking back there to see what was up and to then discover three molars coming in! Teeth are sneaky.
March siggy challenge: Dream job = Playing with wolves
Tomorrow (today) is LO's bday party!! So excited!! But a little sad too...where the heck did our babies go?!
C doesn't turn 1 until the 29th but I still just can't believe how big she has gotten!
March siggy challenge: Dream job = Playing with wolves
For the past few days, LO has refused to eat anything off of a spoon from me. She will only eat what she can put in her mouth herself so I think she soon needs to learn about using her own utensils...
I really hate running errands on my day off...it feels like half my day has just disappeared.
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Edited typos that were bothering me.
I was actually logging in to see if anyone has advice about early early wake ups. LO is usually ready for bed by 7 or 7:30. He falls right to sleep, but lately has been waking up after an hour or two. With the exception of last night, which was terrible, he'll usually go back down pretty easy but then he is up and ready for the day by 4:30. Clearly, I am not ready to be up then and so some snuggling and/or nursing will often buy me some more time. But it's not something I want to do every morning.
Bottom line: if he goes to bed at 7:30, is it unreasonable to hope he won't be up for the day until 6:30? Is a later bedtime a better option?
March siggy challenge: Dream job = Playing with wolves
March siggy challenge: Dream job = Playing with wolves
No advice on the bedtime front, maybe your LO actually needs an earlier bedtime? What's your bedtime routine like? Perhaps the waking up a phase?
@BADASBKRCK that sounds rough! Good luck and try to rest today!
@Sporty1216, this is our exact current schedule. Bedtime is between 7 and 8. He'll usually go back down after nursing at 4/4:30, and sleep until 7 or 7:30, so it's tolerable but obviously not ideal. I've tried a later bedtime, with the same wake ups and a crabby baby after his usual bedtime. Maybe I need to try an earlier bedtime. Thanks posting for all these other suggestions! Thanks ladies
ETA: found this. It suggests a 7-8pm bedtime for 12-18 mo olds and says they should get 10-12 hours of sleep at night. 10 hours after 7pm is 4am!!! Not sure what to do here... https://www.troublesometots.com/baby-sleep-what-is-normal/
DD was consistently 10pm-9/9:30am for months and now she is suddenly waking at 7:30/8ish. I know that doesn't sound like a problem, but it is DH that wakes up with her and he doesn't get home from work until 11pm and goes to bed about 2-3pm
March siggy challenge: Dream job = Playing with wolves
It's too bad that things aren't the way they used to be, but I am glad that we're still going. And glad about the lurking ladies who have joined in!