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December 2015 Moms
navyblueladybug
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Baby Brag Board
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Even though our LO's are still itty bitty we all think they're amazing! Why is your baby amazing? What do you want to brag about?
My DD is a super sleeper! She only wakes up twice in the night to eat, I feed her once and DH feeds her once so I get 7-8 hours of sleep a night and only have to get up once! She also NEVER cries. Even when she's hungry she just grunts and chews her hand. She might let out a squeal but that's it! No crazy sobbing.
(I had originally wanted to post this discussion here but accidentally posted it on another board too, so you might have seen it already, haha, oops
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My DD is a super sleeper! She only wakes up twice in the night to eat, I feed her once and DH feeds her once so I get 7-8 hours of sleep a night and only have to get up once! She also NEVER cries. Even when she's hungry she just grunts and chews her hand. She might let out a squeal but that's it! No crazy sobbing.
(I had originally wanted to post this discussion here but accidentally posted it on another board too, so you might have seen it already, haha, oops
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Re: Baby Brag Board
He'll also latch off my boob when he's done eating by pushing his hand on my boob and hoisting himself off. He's 3 1/2 weeks old
I love the way he stares into my eyes. That's pretty special.
Edited because it didn't post my whole comment.
He also loves getting kisses and I swear he tries to kiss me back.
DD has been been able to hold her head up all the way while on her tummy since six days. She's five weeks and for a couple weeks will roll from front to back when she isn't having tummy time. She's now sleeping 4 hrs spurts at night so only wakes a couple times. She also puts herself to sleep which is a dream with how DS has always faught it. I swaddle her and lay her down and in and few minutes she's asleep.
ETA photo of DD at 6 days. I was so shocked she was doing this already after it took DS almost three months.
ETA it was also a big let down that my brother was born so little and couldn't do anything, I had expected him to be fun. He was boring and I felt disappointed on top of everything else.
As mom to 2 sk's I think blended families are a little more complicated. SS may have a lot of mixed feelings about what this means for him. My sk's are older but we still make special accommodations (like not using any of the same nicknames for dd as sd, like princess) so that they know they are not replaced.
But as pp said it could also be as simple as the baby isn't much fun right now. Once he starts laughing & smiling I bet it'll be a game changer!
We don't use the same NNs or phrases, we read to refer to LO by his first name and not "the baby" and also to make LO wait sometimes so that we can finish a task for SS or tend to SS needs first and not to always make him wait for what he needs while baby is being fed, changed, etc.
DH didn't have any siblings but I have only amazing memories of being a big sister and still have a good relationship with my sister even through all the ups and downs of life so I was expecting him to have more of an interest in his brother. He refuses to read to him or play with him, he won't say hi or good morning or good night, even if we have LO "say" something to him first, he generally ignored him. Yesterday I asked DH to scratch a spot on my back I couldn't reach myself and SS came over and hugged both of us and said look our whole family is in this chair, but LO was sitting in a bouncer across the room and DH said you're forgetting someone, SS said he was not and DH pointed out his brother was in our family too but SS refused to acknowledge him.
Idk if we are just dealing with an extreme case of jealousy but SS is almost 6 years old and I think that's old enough to understand a bit about a baby that he's not getting. I'm just so disappointed with the whole situation and hoping desperately that it gets better and not worse.
Try to be patient with ss - it's a huge change for him & acting out is maybe the only way he can release it. Maybe make some special daddy-son time for them & back off including the baby for now. Your ds won't remember & it'll benefit everyone in the long run.
Sorry I went on forever but I've been a sm for 13 years now so I totally get where you're coming from!
I also had been putting a blanket over his bottom half when he naps in his rock and play because I'm right beside him and can supervise, but he has been kicking the blanket up with his feet and squirming until it is over his face before he will fall asleep. Of course I'm keeping a sleep sack downstairs for nap time now so he can't do it anymore, but it's pretty cute. I have to put a hat on him that covers his eyes or he kicks and fusses the whole time no matter how tired he is. I can't sleep with my head of the covers either.
I am very aware of her & feel totally safe bed sharing. In theory I'd like to be doing something else in a few months. She'll nap almost anywhere- swing, Rock n play, on my bed, in the car...
Not for everyone but works for us.
My nurse in the hospital told me that newborns hate sleeping alone and taught me how to bed share more safely and another nurse asked me about it and said that it is good for BFing and that as long as we don't smoke, do drugs, drink excessively etc. it is actually not as dangerous or taboo as I thought. I have tried getting DS to sleep in the bassinet I've put him down sleeping soundly, awake, swaddled etc. and none of it works. DS literally will stir in his sleep and open one eye to make sure we are still there. I can get DS to doze in the swing for 45-60 minutes while I shower and get dressed in the mornings but he wont sleep there.