Currently in leap 4, now Preston has a cold on top of it. Can't breathe well with the pacifier and that's his soother for sleep because guess who can't breastfeed for 24 hours!! Yup I had to be put on a heart monitor and the wires and things get in the way of feeding so I have to pump and bottle feed. Also means since he can't sleep on his back, he is on DHs chest. I would have him on me but again, heart monitor... Kill me.
Heart monitor sounds scary. Hope everything is okay mama!
Currently in leap 4, now Preston has a cold on top of it. Can't breathe well with the pacifier and that's his soother for sleep because guess who can't breastfeed for 24 hours!! Yup I had to be put on a heart monitor and the wires and things get in the way of feeding so I have to pump and bottle feed. Also means since he can't sleep on his back, he is on DHs chest. I would have him on me but again, heart monitor... Kill me.
Heart monitor sounds scary. Hope everything is okay mama!
Just trying to figure out some stuff. Nothing life threatening.
Found out that for the 6pm naptime that my inlaws did, they thought it was acceptable to lay him on our bed and leave him unsupervised and with no camera for monitoring for an hour and a half. Our bed is soft like a cloud and we have loose blankets on it. He is also a mover during the night and lately favors sleeping on his side. He could have easily rolled over into my spot or my husband's and suffocated due to the blankets and soft, sinking, mattress. He also could have moved his way to the edge and fallen off. Yes, nothing happened but I'm completely beside myself that they would think that's okay to do.
Found out that for the 6pm naptime that my inlaws did, they thought it was acceptable to lay him on our bed and leave him unsupervised and with no camera for monitoring for an hour and a half. Our bed is soft like a cloud and we have loose blankets on it. He is also a mover during the night and lately favors sleeping on his side. He could have easily rolled over into my spot or my husband's and suffocated due to the blankets and soft, sinking, mattress. He also could have moved his way to the edge and fallen off. Yes, nothing happened but I'm completely beside myself that they would think that's okay to do.
I find that I have to be super specific when giving instructions to anyone watching my son. How to feed, change, nap. Especially when it comes to sleep cause the older gen has no idea about the safe to sleep stuff and they don't know the baby's sleep habits. I was very clear to my mom that if he goes in the rock n play at any point, he has to be strapped in cause he wiggles out of it and could fall and they always have to have him sleep in a crib/pack n play. I will let him sleep on our bed sometimes but I only trust mine or DHs judgement on if it seems safe.
Found out that for the 6pm naptime that my inlaws did, they thought it was acceptable to lay him on our bed and leave him unsupervised and with no camera for monitoring for an hour and a half. Our bed is soft like a cloud and we have loose blankets on it. He is also a mover during the night and lately favors sleeping on his side. He could have easily rolled over into my spot or my husband's and suffocated due to the blankets and soft, sinking, mattress. He also could have moved his way to the edge and fallen off. Yes, nothing happened but I'm completely beside myself that they would think that's okay to do.
I find that I have to be super specific when giving instructions to anyone watching my son. How to feed, change, nap. Especially when it comes to sleep cause the older gen has no idea about the safe to sleep stuff and they don't know the baby's sleep habits. I was very clear to my mom that if he goes in the rock n play at any point, he has to be strapped in cause he wiggles out of it and could fall and they always have to have him sleep in a crib/pack n play. I will let him sleep on our bed sometimes but I only trust mine or DHs judgement on if it seems safe.
I emailed them details on how to feed him, put him down for naps and bedtime, what to do/not to do in various scenarios, etc. The email was sent early that morning and during the hours before we left, I walked through how to do some stuff and kept saying, "It's all in the email I sent you this morning so check that out if you aren't sure about something or just call." It wasn't until we got home that night that they informed me they never received the email. I can't fault them for stuff we didn't go over since I left that info in the email. If they didn't receive it, then oh well. We never did figure out what happened to it since I had their email address correct and received no errors when it was successfully sent. I guess in regards to the email, it bugged me that at no point did they say, "Um, what email?" or tell me they hadn't received it.
Found out that for the 6pm naptime that my inlaws did, they thought it was acceptable to lay him on our bed and leave him unsupervised and with no camera for monitoring for an hour and a half. Our bed is soft like a cloud and we have loose blankets on it. He is also a mover during the night and lately favors sleeping on his side. He could have easily rolled over into my spot or my husband's and suffocated due to the blankets and soft, sinking, mattress. He also could have moved his way to the edge and fallen off. Yes, nothing happened but I'm completely beside myself that they would think that's okay to do.
I find that I have to be super specific when giving instructions to anyone watching my son. How to feed, change, nap. Especially when it comes to sleep cause the older gen has no idea about the safe to sleep stuff and they don't know the baby's sleep habits. I was very clear to my mom that if he goes in the rock n play at any point, he has to be strapped in cause he wiggles out of it and could fall and they always have to have him sleep in a crib/pack n play. I will let him sleep on our bed sometimes but I only trust mine or DHs judgement on if it seems safe.
I emailed them details on how to feed him, put him down for naps and bedtime, what to do/not to do in various scenarios, etc. The email was sent early that morning and during the hours before we left, I walked through how to do some stuff and kept saying, "It's all in the email I sent you this morning so check that out if you aren't sure about something or just call." It wasn't until we got home that night that they informed me they never received the email. I can't fault them for stuff we didn't go over since I left that info in the email. If they didn't receive it, then oh well. We never did figure out what happened to it since I had their email address correct and received no errors when it was successfully sent. I guess in regards to the email, it bugged me that at no point did they say, "Um, what email?" or tell me they hadn't received it.
Hopefully they learn from this and it will never happen again.
Found out that for the 6pm naptime that my inlaws did, they thought it was acceptable to lay him on our bed and leave him unsupervised and with no camera for monitoring for an hour and a half. Our bed is soft like a cloud and we have loose blankets on it. He is also a mover during the night and lately favors sleeping on his side. He could have easily rolled over into my spot or my husband's and suffocated due to the blankets and soft, sinking, mattress. He also could have moved his way to the edge and fallen off. Yes, nothing happened but I'm completely beside myself that they would think that's okay to do.
I find that I have to be super specific when giving instructions to anyone watching my son. How to feed, change, nap. Especially when it comes to sleep cause the older gen has no idea about the safe to sleep stuff and they don't know the baby's sleep habits. I was very clear to my mom that if he goes in the rock n play at any point, he has to be strapped in cause he wiggles out of it and could fall and they always have to have him sleep in a crib/pack n play. I will let him sleep on our bed sometimes but I only trust mine or DHs judgement on if it seems safe.
I emailed them details on how to feed him, put him down for naps and bedtime, what to do/not to do in various scenarios, etc. The email was sent early that morning and during the hours before we left, I walked through how to do some stuff and kept saying, "It's all in the email I sent you this morning so check that out if you aren't sure about something or just call." It wasn't until we got home that night that they informed me they never received the email. I can't fault them for stuff we didn't go over since I left that info in the email. If they didn't receive it, then oh well. We never did figure out what happened to it since I had their email address correct and received no errors when it was successfully sent. I guess in regards to the email, it bugged me that at no point did they say, "Um, what email?" or tell me they hadn't received it.
Hopefully they learn from this and it will never happen again.
I like to think it won't, we went over why we don't do that with them...tactfully and calmly, of course.
One year ago we were all starting to get our BFPs, and it freaks me out to think about how much my life has changed since before that test, after that test, and now. Happy BFP Anniversary!
Me: 32 DH: 31 *The old lady by 5 whole weeks* Married: 11/2013 M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
One year ago we were all starting to get our BFPs, and it freaks me out to think about how much my life has changed since before that test, after that test, and now. Happy BFP Anniversary!
I was just thinking about that. I got mine on 9/26. It's so weird to look back now and then a year ago I was pregnant!
One year ago we were all starting to get our BFPs, and it freaks me out to think about how much my life has changed since before that test, after that test, and now. Happy BFP Anniversary!
Got mine on 10/10... Is it weird that looking back at my bump pics makes me miss being pregnant?
One year ago we were all starting to get our BFPs, and it freaks me out to think about how much my life has changed since before that test, after that test, and now. Happy BFP Anniversary!
Got mine on 10/10... Is it weird that looking back at my bump pics makes me miss being pregnant?
I don't think so because I feel the same way. Which doesn't really make sense because I didn't really enjoy being sick all the time. While I was pregnant I remember thinking "how do women do this more than once?!" And now that I'm not pregnant, I get it.
Is anybody finding they are really sore? My legs are sore, my arms are sore, my neck is sore. Anybody?
Yes. I'm in desperate need of a massage. If only LO would let her dad hold her without her crying, I'd totally book one. Sadly she only wants mom lately.
DD1: June '16 DD2: March ‘19 :::: Married since 2011 :::: USN Wife ::::
My husband said that once Damien took to the bottle, he would pay for me to have a full day at the spa...Damien has been on the bottle for awhile...I'm still waiting.
Ok I need to just vent. Rewind to about 3 weeks ago. Preston has horrible gas that made him scream bloody murder until he would finally let out a billion farts. Took us a week to figure out his vit D drops were the cause. so we stopped using them. Then, cue leap 4, our little guy suddenly starts waking up screaming his head off an hourish after bedtime and it took forever to get him back down. Now as of Sunday, in the middle of the night, he was super fussy basically all night and woke up Monday covered in snot and had a major runny nose a couple times. I had a heart monitor strapped to me so we had to bottle feed that night and I barely slept cause he just refused to sleep unless he was on one of us. That meant DH had to have him all night cause I had the wires everywhere so I got no sleep cause I kept checking to see if he was breathing. Then he was fussy all day yesterday, took him to the pediatrician and she said he was done, just a regular cold. Then he had a hard time going to bed, again still waking up screaming every evening. Last night he was up a couple times crying which he had never done so I assumed it was the cold. He was pretty ok this morning, a little clingy, and took his normal long nap but after that... All hell broke loose. Starting at about 12 till 2 he screamed and screamed until he wore himself out and passed out for an hour. My mom was there and sat in the room to listen to him breath while I ran out to return my monitor and call the pediatrician again cause something had to be wrong if he was crying that much. Sure enough, I get there and he has a ear infection. He wasn't crying at the office though, oh no, he waiting till I was in line at the CVS drive through then screamed again and guess what, the meds weren't ready yet. I had to pull in the parking lot and take him out cause I couldn't let him just sit there and cry like that. Finally got the meds, drove home and gave him the first dose. Then he continues to scream for another 30min until DH gets home. He takes over and gets him calm enough to take a bottle and he took a 20 nap he was ok for a bit after the nap then he started again. Got him to bed after a bath which thankfully he liked but he woke up screaming. Even with the Tylenol, he still seems to be acting like he's in agony. DH was able to calm him down and put him to sleep but I am so nervous for the night ahead. Idk how much more this will go on. I pray that the crying is the ear infection cause that means it should go away really soon. And I hope the frequent wakings were because of leap 4 and again, that should end in about 2 weeks. Oh, and BTW while I was out the first time, my dog shit on her bed and the cat vomited on the couch. Then when i came home from the pediatrician, the stupid dog pooped on her bed AGAIN! And I couldn't pick it up cause Preston was screaming and I couldn't set him down. All this and I caught whatever he has and DH has it too though thankfully not as bad cause I don't think I can handle a baby cold and a man cold. ..... So how was your day?
Ok I need to just vent. Rewind to about 3 weeks ago. Preston has horrible gas that made him scream bloody murder until he would finally let out a billion farts. Took us a week to figure out his vit D drops were the cause. so we stopped using them. Then, cue leap 4, our little guy suddenly starts waking up screaming his head off an hourish after bedtime and it took forever to get him back down. Now as of Sunday, in the middle of the night, he was super fussy basically all night and woke up Monday covered in snot and had a major runny nose a couple times. I had a heart monitor strapped to me so we had to bottle feed that night and I barely slept cause he just refused to sleep unless he was on one of us. That meant DH had to have him all night cause I had the wires everywhere so I got no sleep cause I kept checking to see if he was breathing. Then he was fussy all day yesterday, took him to the pediatrician and she said he was done, just a regular cold. Then he had a hard time going to bed, again still waking up screaming every evening. Last night he was up a couple times crying which he had never done so I assumed it was the cold. He was pretty ok this morning, a little clingy, and took his normal long nap but after that... All hell broke loose. Starting at about 12 till 2 he screamed and screamed until he wore himself out and passed out for an hour. My mom was there and sat in the room to listen to him breath while I ran out to return my monitor and call the pediatrician again cause something had to be wrong if he was crying that much. Sure enough, I get there and he has a ear infection. He wasn't crying at the office though, oh no, he waiting till I was in line at the CVS drive through then screamed again and guess what, the meds weren't ready yet. I had to pull in the parking lot and take him out cause I couldn't let him just sit there and cry like that. Finally got the meds, drove home and gave him the first dose. Then he continues to scream for another 30min until DH gets home. He takes over and gets him calm enough to take a bottle and he took a 20 nap he was ok for a bit after the nap then he started again. Got him to bed after a bath which thankfully he liked but he woke up screaming. Even with the Tylenol, he still seems to be acting like he's in agony. DH was able to calm him down and put him to sleep but I am so nervous for the night ahead. Idk how much more this will go on. I pray that the crying is the ear infection cause that means it should go away really soon. And I hope the frequent wakings were because of leap 4 and again, that should end in about 2 weeks. Oh, and BTW while I was out the first time, my dog shit on her bed and the cat vomited on the couch. Then when i came home from the pediatrician, the stupid dog pooped on her bed AGAIN! And I couldn't pick it up cause Preston was screaming and I couldn't set him down. All this and I caught whatever he has and DH has it too though thankfully not as bad cause I don't think I can handle a baby cold and a man cold. ..... So how was your day?
That sounds awful!!! I hope your little guy, and you feel better soon! If it helps my stupid dog keeps having diarrhea in his bed... Stupid dog.
Ok I need to just vent. Rewind to about 3 weeks ago. Preston has horrible gas that made him scream bloody murder until he would finally let out a billion farts. Took us a week to figure out his vit D drops were the cause. so we stopped using them. Then, cue leap 4, our little guy suddenly starts waking up screaming his head off an hourish after bedtime and it took forever to get him back down. Now as of Sunday, in the middle of the night, he was super fussy basically all night and woke up Monday covered in snot and had a major runny nose a couple times. I had a heart monitor strapped to me so we had to bottle feed that night and I barely slept cause he just refused to sleep unless he was on one of us. That meant DH had to have him all night cause I had the wires everywhere so I got no sleep cause I kept checking to see if he was breathing. Then he was fussy all day yesterday, took him to the pediatrician and she said he was done, just a regular cold. Then he had a hard time going to bed, again still waking up screaming every evening. Last night he was up a couple times crying which he had never done so I assumed it was the cold. He was pretty ok this morning, a little clingy, and took his normal long nap but after that... All hell broke loose. Starting at about 12 till 2 he screamed and screamed until he wore himself out and passed out for an hour. My mom was there and sat in the room to listen to him breath while I ran out to return my monitor and call the pediatrician again cause something had to be wrong if he was crying that much. Sure enough, I get there and he has a ear infection. He wasn't crying at the office though, oh no, he waiting till I was in line at the CVS drive through then screamed again and guess what, the meds weren't ready yet. I had to pull in the parking lot and take him out cause I couldn't let him just sit there and cry like that. Finally got the meds, drove home and gave him the first dose. Then he continues to scream for another 30min until DH gets home. He takes over and gets him calm enough to take a bottle and he took a 20 nap he was ok for a bit after the nap then he started again. Got him to bed after a bath which thankfully he liked but he woke up screaming. Even with the Tylenol, he still seems to be acting like he's in agony. DH was able to calm him down and put him to sleep but I am so nervous for the night ahead. Idk how much more this will go on. I pray that the crying is the ear infection cause that means it should go away really soon. And I hope the frequent wakings were because of leap 4 and again, that should end in about 2 weeks. Oh, and BTW while I was out the first time, my dog shit on her bed and the cat vomited on the couch. Then when i came home from the pediatrician, the stupid dog pooped on her bed AGAIN! And I couldn't pick it up cause Preston was screaming and I couldn't set him down. All this and I caught whatever he has and DH has it too though thankfully not as bad cause I don't think I can handle a baby cold and a man cold. ..... So how was your day?
@adiaz132003 I hope everything calms down soon and you all feel better soon!! That sounds like such a bad day and super stressful, definitely doesn't help recovery from a cold. Sending good vibes your way!
Damien and I are flying out to stay with my MiL and SiL in a couple of weeks so that I can help take care of my MiL after her knee surgery. My FiL will be MIA on a pilgrimage in Spain but he called my husband today to talk about sleeping arrangements for Damien. Here are his suggestions....
- Damien sleep in the bed with me (no dockatot or anything like that....just freely in the bed). - He sets up a futon for Damien to sleep/nap on. - He sets up blankets and pillows on the floor.
This is after my husband and I just explained to him on Sunday that we aren't comfortable having Damien sleep in a bed and especially not unsupervised. We went over the safety concerns as well. He still thinks it is acceptable! I have no issue with responsible and safe cosleeping but we decided not to do that with Damien. I was told ages ago that they had a pack-n-play that we could use during visits but appparently they don't and don't want to buy one. That's fine, I'll bring our's or buy one to keep there. Problem solved....though now I wonder if anything we spoke to them about safety/health-wise during their visit actually stuck.
Ok I need to just vent. Rewind to about 3 weeks ago. Preston has horrible gas that made him scream bloody murder until he would finally let out a billion farts. Took us a week to figure out his vit D drops were the cause. so we stopped using them. Then, cue leap 4, our little guy suddenly starts waking up screaming his head off an hourish after bedtime and it took forever to get him back down. Now as of Sunday, in the middle of the night, he was super fussy basically all night and woke up Monday covered in snot and had a major runny nose a couple times. I had a heart monitor strapped to me so we had to bottle feed that night and I barely slept cause he just refused to sleep unless he was on one of us. That meant DH had to have him all night cause I had the wires everywhere so I got no sleep cause I kept checking to see if he was breathing. Then he was fussy all day yesterday, took him to the pediatrician and she said he was done, just a regular cold. Then he had a hard time going to bed, again still waking up screaming every evening. Last night he was up a couple times crying which he had never done so I assumed it was the cold. He was pretty ok this morning, a little clingy, and took his normal long nap but after that... All hell broke loose. Starting at about 12 till 2 he screamed and screamed until he wore himself out and passed out for an hour. My mom was there and sat in the room to listen to him breath while I ran out to return my monitor and call the pediatrician again cause something had to be wrong if he was crying that much. Sure enough, I get there and he has a ear infection. He wasn't crying at the office though, oh no, he waiting till I was in line at the CVS drive through then screamed again and guess what, the meds weren't ready yet. I had to pull in the parking lot and take him out cause I couldn't let him just sit there and cry like that. Finally got the meds, drove home and gave him the first dose. Then he continues to scream for another 30min until DH gets home. He takes over and gets him calm enough to take a bottle and he took a 20 nap he was ok for a bit after the nap then he started again. Got him to bed after a bath which thankfully he liked but he woke up screaming. Even with the Tylenol, he still seems to be acting like he's in agony. DH was able to calm him down and put him to sleep but I am so nervous for the night ahead. Idk how much more this will go on. I pray that the crying is the ear infection cause that means it should go away really soon. And I hope the frequent wakings were because of leap 4 and again, that should end in about 2 weeks. Oh, and BTW while I was out the first time, my dog shit on her bed and the cat vomited on the couch. Then when i came home from the pediatrician, the stupid dog pooped on her bed AGAIN! And I couldn't pick it up cause Preston was screaming and I couldn't set him down. All this and I caught whatever he has and DH has it too though thankfully not as bad cause I don't think I can handle a baby cold and a man cold. ..... So how was your day?
So both my boys caught a cold and they are almost over it. I thought we lucked out because my H, Charlotte, and myself didn't get sick. Nope Charlotte caught it and she woke up so congested. Ahhh my weekend is going to suck and my dad is coming into town to help us with remodeling our guest bath. I hate having sick children, especially babies because there's so little you can do.
So both my boys caught a cold and they are almost over it. I thought we lucked out because my H, Charlotte, and myself didn't get sick. Nope Charlotte caught it and she woke up so congested. Ahhh my weekend is going to suck and my dad is coming into town to help us with remodeling our guest bath. I hate having sick children, especially babies because there's so little you can do.
This is our weekend too. The girls brought a cold home from preschool and the rest of us caught it.
Okay, so tried putting Stella in her crib tonight at bed time for the first time and she did awesome! She was outgrowing the rnp and I'm always paranoid she is going to roll out of our bed or my hubby is going to roll on top of her so, we were ready. But now, I am worried about being in separate rooms... . She just rolled over from tummy to back today and I'm a little worried she is going to roll from back to tummy in the middle of the night. BUT she should be fine at this age right? She will be 16 weeks on Tuesday. She has a very strong neck but it still freaks. me. Out. Just looking for some reassurance here that she'll be fine. Thanks, mommas!
Okay, so tried putting Stella in her crib tonight at bed time for the first time and she did awesome! She was outgrowing the rnp and I'm always paranoid she is going to roll out of our bed or my hubby is going to roll on top of her so, we were ready. But now, I am worried about being in separate rooms... . She just rolled over from tummy to back today and I'm a little worried she is going to roll from back to tummy in the middle of the night. BUT she should be fine at this age right? She will be 16 weeks on Tuesday. She has a very strong neck but it still freaks. me. Out. Just looking for some reassurance here that she'll be fine. Thanks, mommas!
She'll be fine, I had to move all my LOs around 2-3 months because they were to big for the bassinet. It's hard the first couple of nights and then it gets so much easier!
Okay, so tried putting Stella in her crib tonight at bed time for the first time and she did awesome! She was outgrowing the rnp and I'm always paranoid she is going to roll out of our bed or my hubby is going to roll on top of her so, we were ready. But now, I am worried about being in separate rooms... . She just rolled over from tummy to back today and I'm a little worried she is going to roll from back to tummy in the middle of the night. BUT she should be fine at this age right? She will be 16 weeks on Tuesday. She has a very strong neck but it still freaks. me. Out. Just looking for some reassurance here that she'll be fine. Thanks, mommas!
She'll be fine! My babies have always been in their own room in a crib. All three of them are just fine
Rolling from back to front usually takes longer than rolling from front to back. But honestly if baby is strong enough to roll over on her own she is fine to sleep that way. Once my oldest was rolling regularly at around 4 months he pretty much never slept on his back.
Just found out that my SIL, her husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs and MIL are all staying with us from Thursday till Monday. I think my heads going to explode.
So n addition to bringing the snacks for my son's class this entire week of school, taking the kids to the fall farm festival, planning and teaching my daughter's first preschool class, applying to jobs, and leading tours at the open house for my son's school, I will also have to clean the house and get it ready.
So, Levi is playing favorites tonight. He was acting sleepy and got really fussy and DH tried all manner of bouncing/singing/patting/rocking/walking to calm him down but to no avail. Gave him to me and no joke maybe 60 seconds later he was asleep. The only problem is I'm running a fever and battling sore throat and cough. So now I'm sitting here in a mask about to suffocate but he's finally peaceful. Now, have to wake him up in a little while for bath and last bottle.
So, Levi is playing favorites tonight. He was acting sleepy and got really fussy and DH tried all manner of bouncing/singing/patting/rocking/walking to calm him down but to no avail. Gave him to me and no joke maybe 60 seconds later he was asleep. The only problem is I'm running a fever and battling sore throat and cough. So now I'm sitting here in a mask about to suffocate but he's finally peaceful. Now, have to wake him up in a little while for bath and last bottle.
Sorry you're sick! I hope you feel better
I've been there. It stinks when they go through phases where they only want one person. Even though I love being able to help my kids, being the only one my daughter will go to bed for without crying is not fun
Thanks, I've been battling it off and on for two weeks. I'm just so scared of this cough getting passed to him. He has been sneezing what seems like a little more than normal so I'm watching him super close.
What's crazy is that since getting sick. Preston can't use his pacifier much and unless he has the pacifier, he can only seems to be soothed by daddy. Kinda shocks me cause I'm Mom!! Why doesn't he wanna cuddle to me? Damn the regression and all the trouble that comes with it
Just found out that my SIL, her husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs and MIL are all staying with us from Thursday till Monday. I think my heads going to explode.
So n addition to bringing the snacks for my son's class this entire week of school, taking the kids to the fall farm festival, planning and teaching my daughter's first preschool class, applying to jobs, and leading tours at the open house for my son's school, I will also have to clean the house and get it ready.
Wow!!! You are so nice to let them all stay with you! My hubby thinks I'm so mean because I never let people stay in our house. I'm all with three kids how am I supposed to keep this house clean? I hope it all goes well this week and you manage to keep your sanity!
What's crazy is that since getting sick. Preston can't use his pacifier much and unless he has the pacifier, he can only seems to be soothed by daddy. Kinda shocks me cause I'm Mom!! Why doesn't he wanna cuddle to me? Damn the regression and all the trouble that comes with it
Does your husband spend a lot of time with Preston on a day-to-day? Might be why at the moment he is turning to him at the moment. My husband is still working on dedicating more time for them to do one-on-one. We've noticed that Damien is starting to look to him a bit more now because of it. I'm still #1 for the time being. Damien won't cuddle with anyone though and hasn't for a very long time. It sucks doesn't it? He will let me hold him for most feedings but lately a lot of daytime feedings he would rather be fed while on his playmat, in the boppy, or sitting in his sit-me-up. Mr. Independent!
Just found out that my SIL, her husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs and MIL are all staying with us from Thursday till Monday. I think my heads going to explode.
So n addition to bringing the snacks for my son's class this entire week of school, taking the kids to the fall farm festival, planning and teaching my daughter's first preschool class, applying to jobs, and leading tours at the open house for my son's school, I will also have to clean the house and get it ready.
I still hold to it that you're Wonder Woman. If anyone can get through it, you can! Good luck!! I'd be so stressed.
Just found out that my SIL, her husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs and MIL are all staying with us from Thursday till Monday. I think my heads going to explode.
So n addition to bringing the snacks for my son's class this entire week of school, taking the kids to the fall farm festival, planning and teaching my daughter's first preschool class, applying to jobs, and leading tours at the open house for my son's school, I will also have to clean the house and get it ready.
I still hold to it that you're Wonder Woman. If anyone can get through it, you can! Good luck!! I'd be so stressed.
I plan on making dh clean the bathrooms and the kitchen floor. That's helping me cope a little better
What's crazy is that since getting sick. Preston can't use his pacifier much and unless he has the pacifier, he can only seems to be soothed by daddy. Kinda shocks me cause I'm Mom!! Why doesn't he wanna cuddle to me? Damn the regression and all the trouble that comes with it
Does your husband spend a lot of time with Preston on a day-to-day? Might be why at the moment he is turning to him at the moment. My husband is still working on dedicating more time for them to do one-on-one. We've noticed that Damien is starting to look to him a bit more now because of it. I'm still #1 for the time being. Damien won't cuddle with anyone though and hasn't for a very long time. It sucks doesn't it? He will let me hold him for most feedings but lately a lot of daytime feedings he would rather be fed while on his playmat, in the boppy, or sitting in his sit-me-up. Mr. Independent!
No he only sees DH a couple hours a day. I think it's a phase and he's never liked to cuddle at all. Always would rather sit facing out or up high on the shoulder.
What's crazy is that since getting sick. Preston can't use his pacifier much and unless he has the pacifier, he can only seems to be soothed by daddy. Kinda shocks me cause I'm Mom!! Why doesn't he wanna cuddle to me? Damn the regression and all the trouble that comes with it
Does your husband spend a lot of time with Preston on a day-to-day? Might be why at the moment he is turning to him at the moment. My husband is still working on dedicating more time for them to do one-on-one. We've noticed that Damien is starting to look to him a bit more now because of it. I'm still #1 for the time being. Damien won't cuddle with anyone though and hasn't for a very long time. It sucks doesn't it? He will let me hold him for most feedings but lately a lot of daytime feedings he would rather be fed while on his playmat, in the boppy, or sitting in his sit-me-up. Mr. Independent!
No he only sees DH a couple hours a day. I think it's a phase and he's never liked to cuddle at all. Always would rather sit facing out or up high on the shoulder.
My husband is the same, he's trying to take advantage of the weekends. This was weekend #3 and is going well, weekend #2 was rough though. Could definitely be a phase for Preston, I know you're still his #1!
What's with our boys being so anti-cuddling? So frustrating! Let me love you, Tiny Human!
My sister was in town visiting so we all went to stay at my mothers while they were around. She didn't mention her girls were sick until they already arrived on Wednesday. Saturday I noticed she was sleeping more but though it was just from extra stimulation and change of routine. Sunday night we get home and she started with a low grade fever which is now up to 101.3 and she was so congested she had to keep taking breaks from nursing. I just sat in the steam outside the shower with her and was able to get her to nurse a little. I know its probably just a cold and needs to run its course but will still call her pediatrician first thing in the morning. Her little cough is heart breaking.
Rough morning with Damien. He stirred at 5am so I prepped a bottle but by the time it was ready, he was back to sleep. I crawled back into bed only for him to wake up crying and hungry right away. I fed him and put him back in the crib but when i got back to our bedroom, he was wide awake and crying. I realized I forgot to try to burp him so thought that might be it. I got him up and burped him only for the biggest burp I've ever heard come right out of him...along with projectile vomiting. Womp womp. I cleaned him and the nursery up and he was still wide awake and ready to play so that's what we did. He went down again at 6:45pm and when I finally laid down a few minutes later...the elephant upstairs started stomping around (ongoing problem, she walks soooo heavily that our bed shakes and the glasses in the kitchen rattle). That went on until 8pm and then i finally dropped off to sleep. Damien woke up at 8:30am, his usual wake-up time, so I didn't get much. His prior feeding was at 1:30am so I got 3hrs in between to sleep, which is nice. Can't wait for naptime.
We had a rough night too. Preston has been waking up every 3 hours exactly which leads me to believe he is not actually hungry and when he nurses he only drinks the letdown that falls asleep vs having a full feed. I'm positive it's his sleep cycles and I would let him just fuss a bit but he doesn't fuss. He goes from stirring to screaming bloody murder in less than 10 seconds. Last night he did 3 hours, feed, 3 hours, mini feed, then.... he was screaming every 45 min no matter how he slept. in the swaddle, out of the swaddle and on his side, on his tummy on my chest, nothing worked and he still screamed ever 45 min. Im not sure what to do about this. He has turned into such an unhappy baby, it's like a completely different child. He used to be so happy to play, sit, watch and sing but now he acts like he hates everything and I am so stressed.
We had a rough night too. Preston has been waking up every 3 hours exactly which leads me to believe he is not actually hungry and when he nurses he only drinks the letdown that falls asleep vs having a full feed. I'm positive it's his sleep cycles and I would let him just fuss a bit but he doesn't fuss. He goes from stirring to screaming bloody murder in less than 10 seconds. Last night he did 3 hours, feed, 3 hours, mini feed, then.... he was screaming every 45 min no matter how he slept. in the swaddle, out of the swaddle and on his side, on his tummy on my chest, nothing worked and he still screamed ever 45 min. Im not sure what to do about this. He has turned into such an unhappy baby, it's like a completely different child. He used to be so happy to play, sit, watch and sing but now he acts like he hates everything and I am so stressed.
It almost sounds like the signs of leap #5.
Cries more, more often or longer;
Asks for more attention;
Sleeps less or worse and eats less;
Has mood swings;
Is not pleased with many things
Couple that with sleep regression and you've hit the crap-pot.
Re: Moms who go Bump in the night/Randoms
Just trying to figure out some stuff. Nothing life threatening.
I find that I have to be super specific when giving instructions to anyone watching my son. How to feed, change, nap. Especially when it comes to sleep cause the older gen has no idea about the safe to sleep stuff and they don't know the baby's sleep habits. I was very clear to my mom that if he goes in the rock n play at any point, he has to be strapped in cause he wiggles out of it and could fall and they always have to have him sleep in a crib/pack n play. I will let him sleep on our bed sometimes but I only trust mine or DHs judgement on if it seems safe.
Hopefully they learn from this and it will never happen again.
Married: 11/2013
M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
Rewind to about 3 weeks ago. Preston has horrible gas that made him scream bloody murder until he would finally let out a billion farts. Took us a week to figure out his vit D drops were the cause. so we stopped using them. Then, cue leap 4, our little guy suddenly starts waking up screaming his head off an hourish after bedtime and it took forever to get him back down. Now as of Sunday, in the middle of the night, he was super fussy basically all night and woke up Monday covered in snot and had a major runny nose a couple times. I had a heart monitor strapped to me so we had to bottle feed that night and I barely slept cause he just refused to sleep unless he was on one of us. That meant DH had to have him all night cause I had the wires everywhere so I got no sleep cause I kept checking to see if he was breathing. Then he was fussy all day yesterday, took him to the pediatrician and she said he was done, just a regular cold. Then he had a hard time going to bed, again still waking up screaming every evening. Last night he was up a couple times crying which he had never done so I assumed it was the cold. He was pretty ok this morning, a little clingy, and took his normal long nap but after that... All hell broke loose. Starting at about 12 till 2 he screamed and screamed until he wore himself out and passed out for an hour. My mom was there and sat in the room to listen to him breath while I ran out to return my monitor and call the pediatrician again cause something had to be wrong if he was crying that much. Sure enough, I get there and he has a ear infection. He wasn't crying at the office though, oh no, he waiting till I was in line at the CVS drive through then screamed again and guess what, the meds weren't ready yet. I had to pull in the parking lot and take him out cause I couldn't let him just sit there and cry like that. Finally got the meds, drove home and gave him the first dose. Then he continues to scream for another 30min until DH gets home. He takes over and gets him calm enough to take a bottle and he took a 20 nap he was ok for a bit after the nap then he started again. Got him to bed after a bath which thankfully he liked but he woke up screaming. Even with the Tylenol, he still seems to be acting like he's in agony. DH was able to calm him down and put him to sleep but I am so nervous for the night ahead. Idk how much more this will go on. I pray that the crying is the ear infection cause that means it should go away really soon. And I hope the frequent wakings were because of leap 4 and again, that should end in about 2 weeks. Oh, and BTW while I was out the first time, my dog shit on her bed and the cat vomited on the couch. Then when i came home from the pediatrician, the stupid dog pooped on her bed AGAIN! And I couldn't pick it up cause Preston was screaming and I couldn't set him down. All this and I caught whatever he has and DH has it too though thankfully not as bad cause I don't think I can handle a baby cold and a man cold. ..... So how was your day?
- Damien sleep in the bed with me (no dockatot or anything like that....just freely in the bed).
- He sets up a futon for Damien to sleep/nap on.
- He sets up blankets and pillows on the floor.
This is after my husband and I just explained to him on Sunday that we aren't comfortable having Damien sleep in a bed and especially not unsupervised. We went over the safety concerns as well. He still thinks it is acceptable! I have no issue with responsible and safe cosleeping but we decided not to do that with Damien. I was told ages ago that they had a pack-n-play that we could use during visits but appparently they don't and don't want to buy one. That's fine, I'll bring our's or buy one to keep there. Problem solved....though now I wonder if anything we spoke to them about safety/health-wise during their visit actually stuck.
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
But now, I am worried about being in separate rooms...
Rolling from back to front usually takes longer than rolling from front to back. But honestly if baby is strong enough to roll over on her own she is fine to sleep that way. Once my oldest was rolling regularly at around 4 months he pretty much never slept on his back.
So n addition to bringing the snacks for my son's class this entire week of school, taking the kids to the fall farm festival, planning and teaching my daughter's first preschool class, applying to jobs, and leading tours at the open house for my son's school, I will also have to clean the house and get it ready.
I've been there. It stinks when they go through phases where they only want one person. Even though I love being able to help my kids, being the only one my daughter will go to bed for without crying is not fun
I still hold to it that you're Wonder Woman. If anyone can get through it, you can! Good luck!! I'd be so stressed.
What's with our boys being so anti-cuddling? So frustrating! Let me love you, Tiny Human!
- Cries more, more often or longer;
- Asks for more attention;
- Sleeps less or worse and eats less;
- Has mood swings;
- Is not pleased with many things
Couple that with sleep regression and you've hit the crap-pot.