I just woke my baby up from a sound sleep to dream feed in hopes he'll stop waking up MOTN to eat. He's weaned himself off MOTN and dream feeds, but recently started needing to eat at 1:30 am. Despite sending DH in it didn't help. And he'd go to town nursing so clearly he was hungry and not comfort nursing. I'm hoping by doing dream feed it'll be easier to drop the extra feeding.
My husband woke me up at 8:30 because he wants to clean the bathroom before our parents/my siblings come over (at 11...) and can't do it with the kids. I come downstairs and B is crying because she wants to make a card and needs help, and the boy crawls up to me and it's clear he's had a diaper explosion. Is this day a fking joke?
My husband woke me up at 8:30 because he wants to clean the bathroom before our parents/my siblings come over (at 11...) and can't do it with the kids. I come downstairs and B is crying because she wants to make a card and needs help, and the boy crawls up to me and it's clear he's had a diaper explosion. Is this day a fking joke?
My husband woke me up at 8:30 because he wants to clean the bathroom before our parents/my siblings come over (at 11...) and can't do it with the kids. I come downstairs and B is crying because she wants to make a card and needs help, and the boy crawls up to me and it's clear he's had a diaper explosion. Is this day a fking joke?
Sounds like your H has a lot to tend to
I strapped the boy to me and put B in the shower and he was no where to be found. Then I realized it was because he was in the shower in our bedroom. Must be nice to just sneak away and shower! Then as I'm getting B dressed he came downstairs and said he was leaving to go to the store to grab something for his mom.
I strapped the boy to me and put B in the shower and he was no where to be found. Then I realized it was because he was in the shower in our bedroom. Must be nice to just sneak away and shower! Then as I'm getting B dressed he came downstairs and said he was leaving to go to the store to grab something for his mom.
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Post by pttomato on May 14, 2017 10:45:09 GMT -5
When do you start trying to discipline a child vs distracting? My sister said at her 9 month check-up her doctor told her she should start and she says she's had some luck by telling him 'no' in a loud, firm tone. DD doesn't care about that at all and it's getting harder to distract her from what she wants, but I'm not sure how much she will understand at this point.
Like she always wants to stand in the bath and the grocery cart so I am constantly telling her to sit and sitting her back down. Or we will be out with other people and she wants to eat their shoes and I have to pick her up to get her to stop trying to get to them. So far she just keeps trying to do what she wants until I remove her from the situation and then she gets mad at me and cries.
I feel very lost on the whole concept of disciplining her.
pttomato, I had the boy in the Tula this morning and he kept grabbing my glasses and smacking my face. I kept telling him no in a loud firm tone.... he laughed at me every single time. 😭
Post by hollyberry on May 14, 2017 12:13:18 GMT -5
pttomato, i discipline now. I say no in a firm voice and say why we can't do that. DS likes to crawl on and over his sister so he gets in trouble alot. I say no and also remove him from her. A few time he has tried to bite her and i put him on a time out in the high chair. Yes i realise he has no idea what that means, but he needed to be removed so he doesn't hurt her. When he gets the idea in his head all he wants to do is go on top of her. Sometimes he does it and it's ok and she likes it and giggles, but now as he is getting heavier he is scratching and he pretty much shoves her head to the floor. Not ok.
Me: 36, DH 32 Bfp#1 June 2014 edd: Feb. 22, 2015,mmc: Aug. 5,2014,D&C Bfp#2 Feb. 2015 edd: Oct.12, 2015, mmc: Mar. 7,2015, D&C
DX: Me: slightly hypothyroid, taking meds DH: SA Showed all low levels, urologist appointment showed all was normal, so no reason why the levels were bad.
Plan: IUI #1 Aug. 25mg clomed, to help boost egg quality - BFN IUI #2 Sept. 25mg clomed, BFN IUI#3 Dec. BFP!! TWINS Edd: Aug. 22, 2016
Me: 36, DH 32 Bfp#1 June 2014 edd: Feb. 22, 2015,mmc: Aug. 5,2014,D&C Bfp#2 Feb. 2015 edd: Oct.12, 2015, mmc: Mar. 7,2015, D&C
DX: Me: slightly hypothyroid, taking meds DH: SA Showed all low levels, urologist appointment showed all was normal, so no reason why the levels were bad.
Plan: IUI #1 Aug. 25mg clomed, to help boost egg quality - BFN IUI #2 Sept. 25mg clomed, BFN IUI#3 Dec. BFP!! TWINS Edd: Aug. 22, 2016
Post by redhead610 on May 14, 2017 13:00:18 GMT -5
pttomato we have always said "no" and shake our head with things they aren't supposed to do. Right now, ds2 will shake his head no at semi-appropriate times. It's hilarious when we are reprimanding ds1, ds2 will start shaking his head no with a sassy look on his face.
Ds1 used to crawl up to outlets to pull cords out of the wall, shaking his head no the whole time. They understand eventually.
pttomato, I had the boy in the Tula this morning and he kept grabbing my glasses and smacking my face. I kept telling him no in a loud firm tone.... he laughed at me every single time. 😭
DS also laughs when I tell him no. Right now I take away or remove him from what he's after. Though, I realize that's not always possible. I still just try to redirect or distract when I can. Other than that, I'm lost. My child experience starts at 5 years old.
I definitely tell her "No" when she's doing something dangerous or destructive. She seems to understand what I mean and responds at least some of the time. Mostly I say no, then redirect or distract
pttomato, I had the boy in the Tula this morning and he kept grabbing my glasses and smacking my face. I kept telling him no in a loud firm tone.... he laughed at me every single time. 😭
DD thinks it's funny when I say 'Ow!' She doesn't even react to no, stop, etc.
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Post by Sakinah on May 14, 2017 16:22:21 GMT -5
pttomato, I've been trying to discipline but my kid thinks I'm a joke too. I say no firmly and redirect or remove him from the situation. He laughs. Every. Single. Time. Then goes back to doing exactly what I just stopped him from doing. Smh.
Has anyone else's LO started "tantrums"? When LO gets upset he screams, jumps, stomps his tiny feet, and then falls out. I have no clue where he picked this up from but I would appreciate it if he took it back. He's such a drama king. I'm not sure what to do besides ignore it, but ignoring it hasn't made a difference really.
Sakinah yes to the tantrums. It's all so confusing to me- B never did this!! I told the pedi about it and she laughed. Then he did it while she was in there (she took her hand back and he was holding it- gasp!!) and she really started laughing. He's crazy! I definitely have my hands full with this boy and I'm terrified....
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Post by coffeequeen14 on May 14, 2017 16:44:08 GMT -5
Mother's Day has not been great. I spent most of yesterday super bummed over the nanny. Today I've been super stressed trying to find good care for this week.
I ended up switching agencies and the new agency sounds much better. Pricier but you get what you pay for.
Also, nanny texted. I asked if she will still come to S1s bday party and she said she wouldn't miss it. I'm glad she is still planning to be there. That shows a lot of character, to make good on a promise to a near 5 year old.
Mother's Day has not been great. I spent most of yesterday super bummed over the nanny. Today I've been super stressed trying to find good care for this week.
I ended up switching agencies and the new agency sounds much better. Pricier but you get what you pay for.
Also, nanny texted. I asked if she will still come to S1s bday party and she said she wouldn't miss it. I'm glad she is still planning to be there. That shows a lot of character, to make good on a promise to a near 5 year old.
Liked only for the nanny making good on the promise to your 5 year old. I'm sorry today isn't going well. Hopefully once childcare is taken care of you'll feel better about the situation.
After brunch we went to bed, bath and beyond lol. Then DH redeemed himself by making me an amazing dinner. We're getting the kids to bed now and he'll head out to get SD from her mom's house. I'll probably work for a few hours.
Since today was in no way relaxing, I'm taking off Friday and getting a massage and a hair cut lol.
We are still barely scraping by moneywise right now, and every spare bit is going toward big girl's birthday shindig next weekend, so I knew today wasn't going to be much... but I woke up sad (I blame my birth control, I think the hormones are screwing with me in a lot of ways) and feeling many feels. I can't nail down how I feel about having a third child, not that I have to know right now or anything, but I almost feel like I am missing out.
I also am having a hard time because food is my one real vice right now, but I am so sick and tired of being fat. I am trying to make the needed adjustments to my diet, but it is so friggin hard when it feels like I am just sucking the joy out of eating. But, today I spent a buck n a half on 2 super chocolate cookies for my mothers day treat to myself... I went off to do some studying (which I am still not finding enough time to do) and I come upstairs to SO offhandedly saying, Oh, I ate your other cookie.
OMG I am trying not to cry still and this was several hours ago now. Just a low key, unproductive, bland, unnoticed mothers day.
I did get a good snuggle first thing with my big girl, and told her she is why I am a mommy. Happy mothers day to me.
Me: 36, DH 32 Bfp#1 June 2014 edd: Feb. 22, 2015,mmc: Aug. 5,2014,D&C Bfp#2 Feb. 2015 edd: Oct.12, 2015, mmc: Mar. 7,2015, D&C
DX: Me: slightly hypothyroid, taking meds DH: SA Showed all low levels, urologist appointment showed all was normal, so no reason why the levels were bad.
Plan: IUI #1 Aug. 25mg clomed, to help boost egg quality - BFN IUI #2 Sept. 25mg clomed, BFN IUI#3 Dec. BFP!! TWINS Edd: Aug. 22, 2016
Me (30) MH (32) Dx: MFI (low all the things) M. 10/11. TTC Since 01/14 IUI#1-3(Letrozole + Trigger) = BFN Second Opinion. Changed RE's. IVF 09/15 Long Lupron 12R/9M/8F, Transferred 1=BFN. 4 frosties. FET #1 12/15 Transferred 1 (3 still on ice)
Post by remylove1011 on May 15, 2017 4:56:25 GMT -5
Well mother's day sorta sucked over here. We just got back home yesterday from being out of town for my FILs funeral for over a week. So MH had said yesterday he'd forgotten and didn't buy me a gift. That was no big deal to me, but he could have done something (get me a card when he went out for a battery for the smoke alarm, make me breakfast, give me control of the tv for the day). I spent my day doing laundry and taking care of little miss while he played video games. I told him at the end of the day that it was BS and itd be like him having to do yard work all day and watch DD while I watched Netflix. Just made me sad.
Me (30) MH (32) Dx: MFI (low all the things) M. 10/11. TTC Since 01/14 IUI#1-3(Letrozole + Trigger) = BFN Second Opinion. Changed RE's. IVF 09/15 Long Lupron 12R/9M/8F, Transferred 1=BFN. 4 frosties. FET #1 12/15 Transferred 1 (3 still on ice)
Well mother's day sorta sucked over here. We just got back home yesterday from being out of town for my FILs funeral for over a week. So MH had said yesterday he'd forgotten and didn't buy me a gift. That was no big deal to me, but he could have done something (get me a card when he went out for a battery for the smoke alarm, make me breakfast, give me control of the tv for the day). I spent my day doing laundry and taking care of little miss while he played video games. I told him at the end of the day that it was BS and itd be like him having to do yard work all day and watch DD while I watched Netflix. Just made me sad.
I'm sorry your day wasn't what you hoped. I would have felt sad too. I hope he makes it up to you soon.
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Post by coffeequeen14 on May 15, 2017 11:34:24 GMT -5
I have four nanny interviews lined up for this week and a nanny scheduled for all week/on the job interview. My week is looking much better than 24 hours ago when I had no plan.
Crappy Mother's Day due to stress about the nanny situation but it's showing promise now!
Of course H is out of town. All of this will fall on me. Per usual.
I lit into him when he told me yesterday am to relax and that it would all work out. At that point I had emailed several possible nannies and just wasn't getting anywhere. I was enraged, as it wasn't H who would have to take off all week if we didn't find someone. Anyway, doing better now.
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