One kid in bed, the other about to get ready. I screwed my foot up some how. If it's not feeling better tomorrow I might have to keep S home. If it's still hurting like it is now, there's no way I can walk that far
Post by scorpioscuba on Jan 18, 2017 22:57:27 GMT -5
dizzycooks - not only is it frustrating but very violating. You have every right to be upset. No need to say it could be worse. Because it sucks. And people suck. I'm sorry.
icequeen - I hope you feel better soon!!! Anything you can take for the nausea? I cannot imagine being that sick and needing to parent on your own. I hope you can get some help!!
Post by NellieOleson on Jan 19, 2017 1:32:49 GMT -5
Enquiring minds want to know....
Do you serve ice cream with birthday cake?
I just realized that growing up we always had it that way, and if I go to a birthday celebration with my family there will always be ice cream, but honestly it has never occurred to me to have it at birthday parties I've hosted at my house.
Now I'm wondering if I need to get ice cream for dd2's party this weekend. It sounds like a total hassle to serve. And isn't cake sweet enough?
I just realized that growing up we always had it that way, and if I go to a birthday celebration with my family there will always be ice cream, but honestly it has never occurred to me to have it at birthday parties I've hosted at my house.
Now I'm wondering if I need to get ice cream for dd2's party this weekend. It sounds like a total hassle to serve. And isn't cake sweet enough?
We always did growing up, but I never have for S. I probably should, since half of our family doesn't like cake...
Post by silverspoon on Jan 19, 2017 6:25:50 GMT -5
Watching this little family reunion in Facebook has been interesting. It's over now and my dad's wife was just so happy to have her and is going to just miss her so much.
Interesting. I always got a very different reception from her. Probably has something to do with a rather large child support debt owed to my mom (still!) whereas my sister's mom couldn't do much about it internationally.
Every family has their issues. Some members just have more than others.
Ice cream an cake was not a thing in my family. But it was for hubs. So L will have both. According to him she likes ice cream so we must have it. Ooook hubs. 😉
Post by tinydancer on Jan 19, 2017 11:12:50 GMT -5
I never thought to serve ice cream with cake, but now that you mention it, my parents did it. Although, I have a summer birthday and so I often had ice cream cake - yum! I won't do it for my LO's party because, like you said, too much hassle.
I can still hardly walk I asked on Facebook of anyone can take S to school, but I'm not hopeful. He'll probably stay home. He's super cranky today. I turned on Netflix and he freaked out because I didn't put on the show he wanted to watch. I sent him to his room when he refused to stop throwing a tantrum and he's still up there whining, I can hear him through the baby monitor. Bodes well for my day.
M got $50 for her birthday, and I think we're going to spend most of it on pajamas. She only has like 4 sets that actually fit her. Bonus, she actually loves clothes, so it's not even a lame thing for her.
NellieOleson , we always did ice cream & cake at home for bdays. I would probably have ice cream for a small family celebration and not for a bigger party.
Can I whine a little....... DD was up from about 12:30 to 3:30. wth. I slept an hour of that (DH had her). She is starting to get mad/ hard to deal with if I don't nurse her immediately/ constantly overnight. It sucks. I'm hoping this is teething, ear infection, or still feeling sick related and not that my DD is this demanding all night. Her nighttime/ bedtime routine is starting to stress DH and I out and most nights we barely get to hang out by the time we put her down in her crib, she wakes back up and I have to go to bed with her. I kept hoping she would sleep more as she got older. I really want her to sleep a good stretch and then get in bed with us but she wakes up constantly. Something has got to give. Her pediatrician said that she doesn't need to eat overnight anymore. I know this but wth am I supposed to do when she freaks out if she doesn't nurse and falls right asleep (usually) when she does. End rant.
Rant/whine all you want! I'm doing this on my second go around. DS was as ardent a BFer as DD is. It was so hard to get him to find a way to fall back asleep without nursing. I did wait until after a year and I followed Dr. Jay Gordon's sleep method when I was really really ready to stop the overnight nursing. It worked but it was a slow process. We co-slept the entire time.
I've been trying to limit DD lately at night. I try to get her to go back to sleep on her own and sometimes it works. Sometimes she'll take a sippy cup of water instead. You might try that. Or a pacifier if she'll take it. I feel like BF'ing babies are much more challenging in this regard because they not only BF for nourishment but for comfort. Some take that comfort to the next level.
Apparently I created another chatterbox. S almost never stops talking. M is starting to babble almost constantly. I now understand what it was like for everyone around me when I was younger. I only ever shut up when I was sleeping or reading. Now I spend all day listening to constant chatter, and hardly speaking.
Post by NellieOleson on Jan 19, 2017 18:20:59 GMT -5
kelltothekell - That's EXACTLY how my dd1 was. It is really, really, really hard to deal with, and the #1 reason I decided to try sleep training with dd2. (Although I didn't do so well at sticking to that, either...)
If you nurse her to sleep in your bed at her bedtime and then sneak out after she's down, would she give you a longer stretch? Or does she wake up immediately when you're not there?
Either way, I'd suggest putting a bed in her room if you're going to keep cosleeping. It will be much easier to get yourself out of her room when the time comes than to get her out of your room. We put a Queen mattress on the floor of dd1's room and she and I slept in there from the time she was 6 month to 21 months. Around 18 months she started sleeping from bedtime (7pm) until 11 or 12. I'd put her down in her room, have my evening, go to bed in my bed, then move to her room when she woke up and spend the rest of the night in there. Now she'll be 3 in two months and sleeps pretty well.
Even if you do nothing your dd will eventually sleep, I promise!
Also, when I night weaned dd1 (14 or 15 months?) it helped me to think of her crying as her expressing a want rather than a need. Like if an older kid was crying for a piece of candy, you wouldn't necessarily give in to that just to get them to stop crying, you know what I mean?
ETA: for the record, I cosleep and nurse dd2 to sleep every time she wakes up as well - which is no fewer than 4 time a night. She sleeps a *tiny* and I mean TINY bit better than her sister did, so I think it's a little easier. I also am too tired to care anymore. Ha.
Lollipop - I wonder if chattiness could be genetic?? After reading what you wrote, I realized that the most talkative kid that I know had a super chatty mother....
Lollipop - I wonder if chattiness could be genetic?? After reading what you wrote, I realized that the most talkative kid that I know had a super chatty mother....
It could be. My grandmother still never shuts up, and my mom can go on for hours too lol
Lollipop - I wonder if chattiness could be genetic?? After reading what you wrote, I realized that the most talkative kid that I know had a super chatty mother....
It could be. My grandmother still never shuts up, and my mom can go on for hours too lol
You post a lot, but I guess I don't picture you as a talker clearly I'm wrong. Now that my kids talk they never shut up. My dad says it's just like I was.
Post by dizzycooks on Jan 19, 2017 23:05:45 GMT -5
To the conversation about sleep, things are touch and go here. For my part I haven't been super consistent and as much as I hate waking at night, I don't mind nursing. She's so darn cute and little. I am not ready for her to be big yet. I told dh we need another bitty baby tonight and his response was that they don't stay that way long. I've also decided I'd be a dietitian if I could get a do over. What would you be?
Post by NellieOleson on Jan 20, 2017 0:36:48 GMT -5
If I could get a do over I would be a potter. Or a weaver. Or printmaker.
I like to pretend I could have been a writer, but I don't think I quite have the personality for it.
At the very least I wish I would have stuck with graphic design when I was first pursuing it. Instead I became a scientist, which isn't the best for me.
Post by NellieOleson on Jan 20, 2017 1:58:13 GMT -5
kelltothekell - I just wanted to add that it seems like every time I'm at the end of my rope with baby sleep they suddenly sleep better. I hope tonight is restful for you.
And plus also - are you about to get your period? Dd2 sleeps the WORST for like three days before I get mine.
I know you all will love hearing that my almost 3 yo has been coming into my bed earlier and earlier this week and now she's bawling her eyes out in her shared bedroom bc I won't let her stay at 4am. Good morning. Too early kid, way too early. Oh but dont worry, the bay only got up once.
Well crap, she likely has an ear infection. I'm trying to find our health insurance (cards are gone obs. And I didn't bother replacing them bc it's temporary coverage) and I have no access to our hsa accounts yet to pay for the visit. So she sits, crying in my arms, while I wait for the clinic to open and hope they'll give me the j do over the phone so I can take her to a walk in clinic. Scratch the play date and swim lessons, I think we will be staying home.
Thank all that is holy, no one has come down with it. What I read said that the incubation time was between 1-4 days, so if that's true then we're in the clear. Of course, DD3's cold got way worse yesterday and she slept one 4-hr stretch last night and otherwise was up every 2ish minutes screaming, so that was awesome. Especially since I had to go in to work for a 5-hour meeting today.
It could be. My grandmother still never shuts up, and my mom can go on for hours too lol
You post a lot, but I guess I don't picture you as a talker clearly I'm wrong. Now that my kids talk they never shut up. My dad says it's just like I was.
I'm not as much as I was as a kid. Mostly because the other lyrics people I have to talk to are the kids lol.
If I had a do over I would've actually finished the college course I took and maybe had a full time job before I got pregnant. Instead I've had a series of part time retail jobs that I hated, and stayed at home with the kids, which was never part of the plan.
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