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[madamewaffles]

DS has been up since 3:30. I'm snuggled in the recliner while he yells at his mobile.

What's new with you?

[comicSans]

Mil went home yesterday morning and h is at work, so back to me and the kids. No hike today because of the holiday and the library is closed. I may lose my mind if we don't find something to do out of the house.

[roccobabyk]

We are currently trying to determine if DD (2 year old) has an allergy or intolerance or something to dairy. We will probably do a blood test to confirm but for now we are cutting out everything that we can think of. We already had soy milk but she loves cheese and yogurt so I had to go find dairy free of those. They are the worst but luckily she loves them!

[sarcaztic10]

roccobabyk I am surprised she likes the dairy free yogurt and cheese! I have never tried one of those and liked it.

I am trying to get S to do some tummy time. I have to toe the line of him just being frustrated that he is on his tummy and him being hysterical. He hates tummy time so much.

This is my last week of maternity leave and I am finding it hard to put S down. I just want to cuddle him this entire week.

[roccobabyk]

sarcaztic10 I was surprised too! Yeah, they're terrible lol.

[roccobabyk]

Potty training question. Where's the line from stubborn toddler to not quite ready? We're taking her every 10 minutes but she usually pees somewhere in between. She understands that peeing on the floor is bad and will run to the potty. Could she maybe not have that control yet or does this seem like normal progression?

[prvc678]

We have tons of errands to do today, including a grocery store trip, a dr appt to get my iud strings checked, stopping by the dr office to drop off and pick up paperwork so E can start daycare tomorrow, and more running around to get things in order for my new job, which I will be starting next Tuesday. I'm excited and ready to go back to work, but E is still not a fan of the bottle, so I'm really concerned about her, which is why we are doing a trial run with daycare 2 half days this week.

[melody330]

Oct 10, 2016 8:27:04 GMT -5 roccobabyk said:

Potty training question. Where's the line from stubborn toddler to not quite ready? We're taking her every 10 minutes but she usually pees somewhere in between. She understands that peeing on the floor is bad and will run to the potty. Could she maybe not have that control yet or does this seem like normal progression?

I would vote not ready yet. Ds1 was 2 years 5 months and thankfully we had a really easy time even though I thought he was way too young. If you are taking her every 10 minutes and she's not making it, I would start again in a few months.

[Ray]

The floor is done! Here are the before and after pics:

Before ugly dirty carpet with no underlay and weird laminate tile

New nice clean wood floor!


ETA: I get to paint the wall to the left that you can't see in these pictures - what colour do you think I should do?

[roccobabyk]

melody330 thanks! That's kind of what I was thinking. It's always a topic now no matter where we go so I felt kind of pressured into trying. However, no point in everyone being miserable or forcing her if she isn't ready.

[roccobabyk]

Love the floor Ray!

[madamewaffles]

Great job Ray! I'd do something light yet earthy to complement the floor and other walls.

[katelou]

Oct 10, 2016 8:18:44 GMT -5 sarcaztic10 said:

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I am trying to get S to do some tummy time. I have to toe the line of him just being frustrated that he is on his tummy and him being hysterical. He hates tummy time so much.

This is my last week of maternity leave and I am finding it hard to put S down. I just want to cuddle him this entire week.

Baby R also hates tummy time. I found that it helps her if I put her up on the couch or my desk with her arms at the edge and face looking out- she is motivated by better view and isn't face planting into the carpet getting pissed. Obviously this requires me to be right there though.

I hope you have a relaxing and snuggly last week of Mat leave.

[katelou]

Oct 10, 2016 8:27:04 GMT -5 roccobabyk said:

Potty training question. Where's the line from stubborn toddler to not quite ready? We're taking her every 10 minutes but she usually pees somewhere in between. She understands that peeing on the floor is bad and will run to the potty. Could she maybe not have that control yet or does this seem like normal progression?

Have you tried naked time? I swear my DD made zero correlation between the feeling of needing to pee and the act of peeing until we did naked time. If you have, how long have you been doing it? It can take a couple days to even start having success.

IMO every 10 minutes is too much. You're going to exhaust yourself really quickly and if she feels forced to try constantly, she's more likely to get mad and rebel.

[roccobabyk]

katelou naked time is all we've done but we did just start yesterday. She made some progress. Like running to the potty once she started peeing.

I'm stuck between not wanting to force it if she isn't ready ad not wanting to throw in the towel if this is normal progress.

[rungirlrun]

Oct 10, 2016 10:33:14 GMT -5 katelou said:

Oct 10, 2016 8:27:04 GMT -5 roccobabyk said:

Potty training question. Where's the line from stubborn toddler to not quite ready? We're taking her every 10 minutes but she usually pees somewhere in between. She understands that peeing on the floor is bad and will run to the potty. Could she maybe not have that control yet or does this seem like normal progression?

Have you tried naked time? I swear my DD made zero correlation between the feeling of needing to pee and the act of peeing until we did naked time. If you have, how long have you been doing it? It can take a couple days to even start having success.

IMO every 10 minutes is too much. You're going to exhaust yourself really quickly and if she feels forced to try constantly, she's more likely to get mad and rebel.

Yes all of this. Naked time was key for us. And we didn't take DS1 to the potty every X minutes - we just watched for when he was about to go and put him on the potty. It didn't take long for him to know when he needed to get to the bathroom on his own.

roccobabyk as far as being ready, she may be. My son was exactly 2.5, and I think he would have been ready had we tried earlier. My plan is to potty train this one closer to 2 unless there is an obvious reason not to.

[ellebelle]

Oct 10, 2016 8:36:53 GMT -5 prvc678 said:

We have tons of errands to do today, including a grocery store trip, a dr appt to get my iud strings checked, stopping by the dr office to drop off and pick up paperwork so E can start daycare tomorrow, and more running around to get things in order for my new job, which I will be starting next Tuesday. I'm excited and ready to go back to work, but E is still not a fan of the bottle, so I'm really concerned about her, which is why we are doing a trial run with daycare 2 half days this week.

Good luck with the trial run! We can't get Irene to take more than a 1/3 of an ounce from a bottle. I'm terrified for daycare and I know I'm probably in for reverse cycling. Keep us posted on how it goes!

[roccobabyk]

Oct 10, 2016 10:45:19 GMT -5 rungirlrun said:

Oct 10, 2016 10:33:14 GMT -5 katelou said:

Have you tried naked time? I swear my DD made zero correlation between the feeling of needing to pee and the act of peeing until we did naked time. If you have, how long have you been doing it? It can take a couple days to even start having success.

IMO every 10 minutes is too much. You're going to exhaust yourself really quickly and if she feels forced to try constantly, she's more likely to get mad and rebel.

Yes all of this. Naked time was key for us. And we didn't take DS1 to the potty every X minutes - we just watched for when he was about to go and put him on the potty. It didn't take long for him to know when he needed to get to the bathroom on his own.

roccobabyk as far as being ready, she may be. My son was exactly 2.5, and I think he would have been ready had we tried earlier. My plan is to potty train this one closer to 2 unless there is an obvious reason not to.

I would watch for signs but she literally just starts peeing lol nothing else. Hmm. Well now I'm not sure what to do.

ETA: this is the reason I'm not sure she's ready.

[cabbagecabbage]

Ray I love it! I'd probably pick an off white for the wall since the logs are already a strong look.

roccobabyk that sounds like not quite ready to me. I took the approach of wait until she was self motivated with my first. If you're not under pressure to do it now, I'd probably step back, keep the potty out, keep talking and ready books, but wait on the rest.

My big Monday news is that I went back to the gym today! I did Body Pump and feel like I'm going to fall apart but I did it (ok, I fudged some of the ab stuff because I literally couldn't do it). I learned my gym now allows babies as young as 6 months in the childcare instead of the old rule of 10 months. The woman who runs it in the daytime is a fantastic young grandma so I'll definitely feel comfortable doing that in the winter, so that's great news.

[Ray]

Oct 10, 2016 10:22:28 GMT -5 madamewaffles said:

Great job Ray! I'd do something light yet earthy to complement the floor and other walls.

Thanks! We've tossed around the idea of like a light cream colour or a light celery colour to give more colour and go with the curtains/pillows.

[katelou]

Oct 10, 2016 10:37:53 GMT -5 roccobabyk said:

katelou naked time is all we've done but we did just start yesterday. She made some progress. Like running to the potty once she started peeing.

I'm stuck between not wanting to force it if she isn't ready ad not wanting to throw in the towel if this is normal progress.

Running to the potty when she starts peeing is progress! I would reward it and praise her even if she only gets the last few drops in.

I don't necessarily buy into the idea that they must be showing certain signs of readiness and they're either ready or they're not and you shouldn't try to train them (fwiw the idea of PT readiness was first popularized by T. Barry Brazelton who received huge endorsements from Pampers) but it sounds like your DD is doing fine. If she was either super distraught by peeing on herself or completely oblivious to it, those would be good reasons for stopping.

[willow]

L isn't thrilled with tummy time either. I have to do it when he's in his rare 10-25 min every few hours of super happy baby. Even then he rarely lasts 5 minutes.

I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm pretty sure L has a mild case of colic. The peak fussiness never really went away and I know it's not gas or reflux. He's fussy all.day.long. and it really hinders my motivation to ever take him anywhere because he hates everything. Which in turn makes me go stir crazy at home. Ugh I hate wishing away time but I just want him to be like 5 months old already. I feel selfish but fuck the universe dealt me an epically shitty hand this year and now I have a chronically unhappy baby. I just wanted a break from the crap.

[sarcaztic10]

willow sending you ((hugs)) I hope the fussiness settles down soon feeling trapped inside your own home sucks.

Ray personally I would choose the light celery paint. You did an awesome job on the floors! You can come coach us through how to do our floors!!

[comicSans]

Today officially sucks. Ds has screamed half the day. He's only like this when I'm alone with the kids, probably because I can't hold him for 2 hours straight so he doesn't sleep enough. I tried putting him in the K'tan to take dd to the playground but he would not stop crying, and I locked us out of the house. We had a key hidden so I got back in, and eventually got him calmed down, but I feel like I can't do anything but hold him. He will only sleep swaddled, and cradled on his right side. I popped him into an rs (still swaddled cause I couldn't risk unswaddling him) so I could get lunch for me and dd, but that didn't last long before he started crying again. Feeling really frustrated and stuck today.

[ellebelle]

Hugs willow and comicSans.

[willow]

Oct 10, 2016 12:00:34 GMT -5 comicSans said:

Today officially sucks. Ds has screamed half the day. He's only like this when I'm alone with the kids, probably because I can't hold him for 2 hours straight so he doesn't sleep enough. I tried putting him in the K'tan to take dd to the playground but he would not stop crying, and I locked us out of the house. We had a key hidden so I got back in, and eventually got him calmed down, but I feel like I can't do anything but hold him. He will only sleep swaddled, and cradled on his right side. I popped him into an rs (still swaddled cause I couldn't risk unswaddling him) so I could get lunch for me and dd, but that didn't last long before he started crying again. Feeling really frustrated and stuck today.

Ugh I'm sorry. I completely understand the feeling.

[katelou]

A mom of one of DD's preschool classmates was explaining to me in way too much detail how she just had a birth control flub and is worried she'll be pregnant. Ok, understandable, right?

Except... she's 50. She got pregnant with her preschooler naturally at 44, true. But still. For so many reasons I'm just standing there with a dumbfounded look on my face that this conversation is happening.

[katelou]

Oct 10, 2016 12:00:34 GMT -5 comicSans said:

Today officially sucks. Ds has screamed half the day. He's only like this when I'm alone with the kids, probably because I can't hold him for 2 hours straight so he doesn't sleep enough. I tried putting him in the K'tan to take dd to the playground but he would not stop crying, and I locked us out of the house. We had a key hidden so I got back in, and eventually got him calmed down, but I feel like I can't do anything but hold him. He will only sleep swaddled, and cradled on his right side. I popped him into an rs (still swaddled cause I couldn't risk unswaddling him) so I could get lunch for me and dd, but that didn't last long before he started crying again. Feeling really frustrated and stuck today.

I'm sorry i hope your day gets better. My baby also only naps well when held and it sucks. As a result DD1 spends way too much time watching TV. I hope it gets better soon.

[comicSans]

Oct 10, 2016 13:05:41 GMT -5 katelou said:

Oct 10, 2016 12:00:34 GMT -5 comicSans said:

Today officially sucks. Ds has screamed half the day. He's only like this when I'm alone with the kids, probably because I can't hold him for 2 hours straight so he doesn't sleep enough. I tried putting him in the K'tan to take dd to the playground but he would not stop crying, and I locked us out of the house. We had a key hidden so I got back in, and eventually got him calmed down, but I feel like I can't do anything but hold him. He will only sleep swaddled, and cradled on his right side. I popped him into an rs (still swaddled cause I couldn't risk unswaddling him) so I could get lunch for me and dd, but that didn't last long before he started crying again. Feeling really frustrated and stuck today.

I'm sorry i hope your day gets better. My baby also only naps well when held and it sucks. As a result DD1 spends way too much time watching TV. I hope it gets better soon.

Thank you! We do have better days than this. It's just frustrating that I had 5 days of help and the first day I'm back to being on my own it's terrible. Extra frustrating that he won't tolerate being worn because that's the only way I can get anything done or play with dd. Yesterday was a lazy day so I was really itching to do something today and it's just been a big fail.

[roccobabyk]

comicSans and willow sorry you guys are having a rough time! Sending good vibes.