Callie woke up at 5:00 a.m. this morning wide awake. Most of the time she will eventually fall back asleep in our bed but this morning she was climbing all over us smacking and scratching our faces. Lots of coffee this morning.
Finally got to watch GoT last night! SOOOO good! Ugh I hate the finale is next week. I feel so awkward when a season ends.
Callie woke up at 5:00 a.m. this morning wide awake. Most of the time she will eventually fall back asleep in our bed but this morning she was climbing all over us smacking and scratching our faces. Lots of coffee this morning.
Finally got to watch GoT last night! SOOOO good! Ugh I hate the finale is next week. I feel so awkward when a season ends.
Omg we watched it yesterday too and it was so satisfying! I have no idea how they'll end the season but I feel like we haven't seen our very Northern friends much this season.
Woah those were crazy thunderstorms last night, eh?
This completely killed the humidity and the weather will be milder for the next couple of days.
No plans for the day - I should clean my house eventually uh
Yes we had crazy storms here too! Lost power from 7:30-9:45pm. Thankfully no longer because our upstairs (where the girls sleep) gets hot and Freya was being pretty restless without her sound machine.
We had crazy thunderstorms here in the morning. They woke DS up but Val slept through them. So H grabbed DS & brought him into our bed. After an hour of him crawling all over us H took him downstairs. Val slept till 7am so that was good I got like a full hour of extra sleep after the boys left the bed.
I hurt my back yesterday while I was out by the pool with the kids. I was getting ready to get us all back into the house since Val needed a nap. DS was doing his poop dance and kept telling me no I'm not pooping turn around! He doesn't want to wear swim diapers anymore so I told him he needs to tell me he has to poop. He said he wanted to go in the house so next time that will be my trigger word. I checked him and he did poop his bathing suit not a lot but he needed to be cleaned up. I stripped him down outside and sprayed him down with the house. While I bent over to clean him up I heard a pop and felt a sharp pain. I was scared that I wouldn't be able to stand up straight. There was a chair close by for me to use to get my self more upright but it hurt like hell. Got him in a diaper, then we all went in the house. Val went up for a nap, I popped some Advil then DS & I both napped. We all woke up around 4:15.
I went to bed early took more Advil for the pain but it took forever to get comfortable. I did sleep better than I thought I would. I'm still in pain it hurts more to sit or to stretch out and reach for things. Val wants me to hold her but she is such a wiggle worm I can't. She is currently in the jumperoo. I told H I will call him if it gets worse or I can't deal anymore. It's cool and cloudy and we are taking it easy today.
London that's so annoying. I mean of course he doesn't want to change diapers or get up early, neither do you! But you have to. It's called being a parent! I get so annoyed when I hear of partners acting like that. Just because you're the mom or a SAHP doesn't mean that they get out of parenting their kid too.
London stop with the guilt NOW. It's an order. You pretty much never rant about anything and are always so supportive of others. Rant away!
I feel the same way. MH and I have always been really well balanced when it comes to chores and responsibilities but with parenting? He has no effing clue what is going on. Some days I'm positive and I say to myself it will change once the baby is older and talks and stuff but other days I just want him to step up and take charge. Gawd!!
Today we are focused on mortgage shopping. We were pre-approved by USAA but of course want the lowest interest rate to proceed with. Fun times. Our realtor was all "here's the executed contract, get to your lender immediately!" But they sent to us at 8:30 last night, well after business hours in any continental US time zone.
London, Definitely do not ever feel guilty for needing to vent. We're here for you! That sucks your H is acting like that. Hopefully your frustration delivered a clear message and he will shape up!
I. Am. So. Tired. And not because of MOTN wake ups, (we're down to one with a dream feed early am before I leave for work) it is because I've become such a light sleeper. White noise somewhat helps but not fully. I need to figure something out because now that I can sleep it's like torture not being able to.
London it's the same here for the waking up part. If we don't decide it before going to bed, then we bargain in the morning and it wakes me up so I just do it.
What angers me is that he goes to bed super late and then complains about being tired. It's not my problem if you can't manage your bedtime, mister! !
London it's the same here for the waking up part. If we don't decide it before going to bed, then we bargain in the morning and it wakes me up so I just do it.
What angers me is that he goes to bed super late and then complains about being tired. It's not my problem if you can't manage your bedtime, mister! !
THIS. He stays up late all the time. His norm on Friday/Saturday nights is 1AM. He feels so entitled to his free time it makes me furious.
caitost21 , Happy Anniversary and wakeup baby hugs!
London , YH needs to man up and parent! Do NOT feel guilty for pushing him to do so. MH is mostly equal on parenting, except for when it comes to getting up in the morning. Even though I'm not nursing, somehow it's my job, because it's "hard" for him. Uh, me too, dude. I get to "sleep in" on special occasions, but they play so rough and loud, I'm awake. Sometimes I'll get A out of the crib, change her, feed her, and then dump her in bed with him. Then I just walk out. Usually it's then making coffee and tackling chores since I'm already up, but it's very satisfying.
ETA: Re: staying up late. H does this, too, because of his precious requisite "me time", then complains how tired he is. I want me time, too! But sleep comes before me time.
London that's so annoying. I mean of course he doesn't want to change diapers or get up early, neither do you! But you have to. It's called being a parent! I get so annoyed when I hear of partners acting like that. Just because you're the mom or a SAHP doesn't mean that they get out of parenting their kid too.
This! Andplusalso getting to "nap later" doesn't really mean much. When you're home with the child all day long, you're always "on" and even a nap isn't very restful in the end. Sorry you're dealing with that bullshit, London
It's very true, cobbling together bits and pieces of sleep when you can is not restorative or restful.
A coworker lost his grandbaby last night. She was born at 28 weeks and caught a bacterial infection. Just wanna go scoop my girl up and snuggle her tight. Hope word doesn't get to my SIL (who also works here), since she's at 21 weeks.
I WILL tell her I had a dream she named her girl Derek Dalek. She's not a Dr. Who fan, doesn't even know who/what that is. So it should make for some fun googling.
A slept so well last night!! A couple of binkie retrievals and one big wake up that required a bottle. She must have had a nightmare, judging by her crying, and she wanted nothing to do with H, only me. Sucked down the milk, patted my face, and then passed out. The thunderstorm was rolling through then, but they've never really bothered her, I think because DC rotates through the different noises on their sound machine, which includes thunder (ours too).
It's just been depressing news all around my office so far this week... -My assistant's great grandmother passed away. -A coworkers inlaws (a grandmother and two of her grandkids) were killed in a wreck, and two other grandkids are in ICU. The driver who hit them claims that he "fell asleep." They were on their way to church when the accident occurred. -A coworker who has been sick in the hospital, and was getting a little better, now won't wake up.
We also have had only 1 showing on our house since the other buyers backed out last week. Meanwhile, they've started framing our new house, so now it's ahead of schedule. Not the end of the world, but it's just adding to my stress.
On a lighter note, I'm totally ashamed of the LLR leggings I bought. I swore I wouldn't buy silly patterns... Now I'm the proud owner of Statue of Liberty pants. They just reminded me of NJ and I couldn't resist them, but they're SO stupid.
Post by crystaleyes138 on Jun 21, 2016 8:54:40 GMT -5
London, please don't feel bad for complaining on here. We are here for you. It is really shitty that YH said he'd help in the morning and then tried to get out of it. 45 min of parenting isn't helpful if it means you are doing everything else while he's parenting. DH was doing the same thing a few weeks ago, he'd play with baby while I'd be cleaning and straightening up. Real relaxing.
caitost21, Happy Anniversary! Sorry Mr. P is still waking up a lot MOTN.
DH apologized (via text message) for what he said last night, but I'm still upset with him. I put a lot of thought into his gifts, but I guess that doesn't matter to him. Although he wants head pats when he does anything "helpful" or "thoughtful".
London that's so annoying. I mean of course he doesn't want to change diapers or get up early, neither do you! But you have to. It's called being a parent! I get so annoyed when I hear of partners acting like that. Just because you're the mom or a SAHP doesn't mean that they get out of parenting their kid too.
This! Andplusalso getting to "nap later" doesn't really mean much. When you're home with the child all day long, you're always "on" and even a nap isn't very restful in the end. Sorry you're dealing with that bullshit, London
This is soooo true. When Jacob naps I'm not relaxing, I'm getting the 100+ things done I need to do as well as keeping my ears open for a fussy baby.
It's just been depressing news all around my office so far this week... -My assistant's great grandmother passed away. -A coworkers inlaws (a grandmother and two of her grandkids) were killed in a wreck, and two other grandkids are in ICU. The driver who hit them claims that he "fell asleep." They were on their way to church when the accident occurred. -A coworker who has been sick in the hospital, and was getting a little better, now won't wake up.
We also have had only 1 showing on our house since the other buyers backed out last week. Meanwhile, they've started framing our new house, so now it's ahead of schedule. Not the end of the world, but it's just adding to my stress.
London guys can be so selfish when it comes to parenting. I'm helping my cousin's gf by lending an ear since she is going through the same thing. Only her kid just turned 2 & I get why she is so frustrated. It really sucks because you do, do, do all the time and it's so nice when someone else picks up the slack without asking. It was hard with DS until he became all about daddy, then H couldn't resist him. He totally got it and actually heard the stuff I was saying all along. I'm happy with the way he parents now it just took time unfortunately, but thankfully not 2 years! So don't feel bad about bitching you are entitled to feel the way you do right now.
Sorry to everyone whose SO needs a kick in the butt and whose baby isn't STTN. We JUST started kind of STTN in the past week. C still wakes for a pacifier once in a while and sometimes freaks when he can't find one but in the past 4 nights I've only done 2 MOTN feeds! We will see if that continues. So this week is my first week home for the summer (teacher) and C and I need to get a schedule going. I think we might try MyGym and maybe swim classes. I miss breastfeeding support group but feel like C is too old for it. We don't need the nursing support (he is on demand and doing well) but hanging out with other moms was fun.
London, I'm sure many of us can relate, myself included. I hope he gets his act together and realizes that he needs to be better at picking up some of the parenting burden ((hugs)) ugotstarbucked, I didn't know you had military ties! txshep, ugh, so much bad news.
Cal slept in until 6:55, which is huge considering he was a 5am-er before we left for France (and he's been messed up ever since!).
So our first night of sleep training was....ok. It started with me telling H I was going to bed at 8 and he got really concerned about us not having talked about the specifics of sleep training. He asked if we could wait one more night until we talked more. Sure. But, C slept in her bed from 6:30-12. At 12, H brought her in to bed with us. She was sooooo wiggly and thrashy. I was awake from 12-2 and finally I gave her a bottle and put her in her crib. She slept until 5:15. So, not quite the training I was planning on but it was something. I told H he has to make time to talk about it before I go to bed because it's a go tonight whether he's ready or not.
Had a crap appointment at the pedi yesterday. I've like his doc, but she was just off yesterday and I'm trying not to hold it against her. Cal is right on track with everything except babbling. He doesn't make consonant sounds (but 'talks' constantly otherwise). She straight up said he was developmentally delayed and kept mentioning the antibiotics and possibly meningitis he had as a newborn, that maybe he has hearing problems and that's why he's not babbling. If I didn't have tons of experience and knowledge about infants I would have lost it. I promise you that kid can hear.
Also, according to them he's only grown an inch and weighs the exact same as his 6 month appointment. I call bullshit. The clothes he was wearing at 6 months are WAY too small now and I know he recently had a growth spurt. Plus he's just as chunky as he's always been. Now I'm wishing we'd skipped that appointment, it's just stressing me out and making me second guess myself.
She also said we should offer formula AFTER meals, so that he learns to eat more. She said by 1 she wanted him off the bottle and only eating solids and drinking cows milk. Okay lady. Whatever. /rant
Had a crap appointment at the pedi yesterday. I've like his doc, but she was just off yesterday and I'm trying not to hold it against her. Cal is right on track with everything except babbling. He doesn't make consonant sounds (but 'talks' constantly otherwise). She straight up said he was developmentally delayed and kept mentioning the antibiotics and possibly meningitis he had as a newborn, that maybe he has hearing problems and that's why he's not babbling. If I didn't have tons of experience and knowledge about infants I would have lost it. I promise you that kid can hear.
Also, according to them he's only grown an inch and weighs the exact same as his 6 month appointment. I call bullshit. The clothes he was wearing at 6 months are WAY too small now and I know he recently had a growth spurt. Plus he's just as chunky as he's always been. Now I'm wishing we'd skipped that appointment, it's just stressing me out and making me second guess myself.
She also said we should offer formula AFTER meals, so that he learns to eat more. She said by 1 she wanted him off the bottle and only eating solids and drinking cows milk. Okay lady. Whatever. /rant
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