My beastling slept all the way through the night on her tummy in her crib!!!! Please oh please let this be our new thing. At the very least, her arms are out so I can start sleep training in a couple weeks.
I got close to 7 hours myself so I'm ready to take over the world today!! Or, ya know, write some motions and review a couple thousand pages of meds and stuff ::yawn::
Hope everyone has a great day! We're halfway to the weekend!
I feel like last night was a blur. I got home late, fed the baby dinner, played for a bit while H got dinner ready then we got C ready for bed and H fed him while I took a shower. Then dinner was ready right when I finished drying my hair. We ate, cleaned, watched one show then passed out. This is our life now I suppose lol.
And this morning I got a tiny glimpse into what it'll be like with a toddler. We put C in his high chair while we were getting lunch ready. He somehow managed to rip the suction cup toy off and started banging it wildly, scaring the dog and smacking himself in the face with it. H yelled at him to stop and took it away and I just started cracking up. C just looked at me and smiled with his devilish grin. Yea, he's not a tiny baby anymore.
Lilah woke up at 10:30, just as I was falling asleep so I didn't get to sleep until 11. Then she woke up at 2 and for some reason decided to not go back to sleep for more than 15 minutes until after 4. And then, of course, Lillian woke up and came into our room. She refused to go back to sleep, Lilah woke up again at 5, and I gave up. I still went to barre class at 5:45. I'm already feeling it. I'm keeping everything crossed, hoping that the girls will take simultaneous naps after Lillian's dance class.
On the bright side, I'm picking up DH at 2:45 instead of the usual 4. Maybe tonight will be better.
ClassyMrsA I give you props for still waking to go to barre class! That's awesome! How was it?
Thanks! Honestly, with the non-sleepers and being up since 2, it was good to leave the house. The workout was hard. I hated seeing myself in the mirror. But it was fast and some of it was fun. If nothing else, it certainly worked every muscle group really well. I was hurting during and already am getting sore.
ClassyMrsA I give you props for still waking to go to barre class! That's awesome! How was it?
Thanks! Honestly, with the non-sleepers and being up since 2, it was good to leave the house. The workout was hard. I hated seeing myself in the mirror. But it was fast and some of it was fun. If nothing else, it certainly worked every muscle group really well. I was hurting during and already am getting sore.
Agreed! Props to you for still going to the gym after a sleepless night!
ClassyMrsA, +1 to huge props for still going to your barre class. I 100% would not have gone after a night like that. It is embarrassing how easily I can lose my motivation to work out.
Today was supposed to be mom's group, but instead we have the stomach bug blah. Poor toddler is happy as can be but both ends are a mess. Lots of screen time today I see.... And laundry. Lots of laundry. I am just praying H doesn't get it, his man flu is epic when it comes to stomach issues. Just having DD sick will probably make his stomach off for a week, if he actually gets sick oh man.
I also desperately need to get some groceries, this is a problem! I might have to call on a local friend to help a girl out.
So I know I said I was going to keep J in his crib all night. Well that fell through. After his 4th wakeup in about 2 hours, and the fact that every time I put him down he instantly woke up and started crying (tried this 3 times) I gave up and brought him into bed with me. So there's obviously a sleep association and a problem.
We have the wedding this weekend and the rehearsal dinner and I'm a little nervous for it since J has been sleeping so terribly. My MIL is watching the boys Friday and my mom is on Saturday. I really am not sure what to tell them to do about J. I feel like if they try to put him in his crib it will be a nightmare. But I don't want them to have to hold him for hours either. So I'm at a loss.
On an ironic note, I had a dream I was on a cruise but jumped off and started swimming and swam and swam and swam. I think it's safe to say this might be symbolic to the way I am feeling, like I am losing an uphill battle here!
Ummm, hi twin. Well, except the part about the depressing swim. Let me know what we decide to tell the babysitters. K, thx.
I managed to put E back in the crib after countless wake ups until 2am. But this was an improvement from the 1030 give up the night before.
I have a friend and her 4 mo old coming over today. And it's gorgeous out so we'll get a good walk and some good lunch while out. I'm actually hopeful to find something Vegan and delicious at this one lunch spot. I'll report back with pics if that includes some kind of yummy baked good.
waitwhat Whatever island you're swimming to, I assume it has tacos and margaritas? If so can I join you? I am soooo losing over here and it's really starting to drain me mentally. AV had been doing so well with at least not sleeping on me. Id be able to put her down in bed with pillows around her, put the monitor on her, and enjoy 30 minutes of dinner and my husband before sneaking back up there for bed at friggin 7:30. I had hopes of getting them in cribs last weekend but then they developed some nasal congestion that was waking them every 20 minutes and I didn't want to start the cribs off wrong. Well, since she's been congested she refuses to let me put her down now. She is sleeping on me again. I tried putting her down last night to go to the bathroom real quick and she woke up SCREAMING and wouldn't settle back down for like 30 mins. I have to keep trying but I don't have the energy, I feel like I'm just giving in. We had said cribs this weekend but I'm so scared. Hold me. hangry can party with us on sleep hell island.
ClassyMrsA You go girl! You should be so damn proud of yourself for still going to class. I know we all are. And I'm so happy you're picking YH up early, sometimes the little things like that help just enough.
kleigh can I ask how you're mentally prepping for the crib transition? As much as you want your bed back are you still struggling with letting them in the cribs alone? This is where I'm struggling...we even bought the bigger dockatot so she could stay with us longer lol.
You can change the web cam bottom ride hand side it says see our other web cams. Not all are key west (some are the other keys) but drool away. Looks like they're having perfect weather.
kleigh can I ask how you're mentally prepping for the crib transition? As much as you want your bed back are you still struggling with letting them in the cribs alone? This is where I'm struggling...we even bought the bigger dockatot so she could stay with us longer lol.
So I think I'm not even really thinking about it. There's a few things that mentally make me anxious about it. I feel like no matter how I dress her (even in layers), Adelines hands are always cold except when I'm sleeping next to her. Our house is set to 72 degrees and Alec isn't cold so it's hard to go up higher. She won't wear mittens bc she screams (doesn't like mittens, hats, sacks, etc). So that makes me feel bad knowing her hands and face are going to be cold. I kept thinking I'll wait until the warm weather hits and that will help with that part.
There's also a big part of me that LOVES cosleeping as I know I only have this time for a short while. If she could get used to being there by herself for even an hour every night so that H and I can have some couples time then I could probably keep going another couple months but we are missing "US" big time. And we always promised each other that we'd make our marriage and each other as important as our kids.
The last thing is separation anxiety for her. Just the past few days I think she's developing it. She's ok wth my mom. And sometimes with H. But, she will whine and cry until I take her back if someone else is holding her or if she sees me in the room. At night I know she knows when I'm there and when I'm not bc she looks to either hold my hand or stroke my hair. I feel bad transitioning her while she's going through that.
So LSS (lol) I have no idea how im mentally prepping, I think I'm mentally avoiding it and keep finding reasons why "this weekend" isn't the one to do it.
Post by sophiegrace on May 3, 2017 10:21:08 GMT -5
kleigh I started a response, but it became messy and nonsensical. So instead I'll offer hugs and wine. I never planned on cosleeping and can't believe at six months I'm not even attempting to end it. These babies own us.
Let me know when to have my bags packed by. I'm drooling over the idea of headed somewhere.
Post by goldenlove3 on May 3, 2017 11:07:11 GMT -5
Want to hear about a small world?
LizInFL posted a picture on IG at the same place, same time as a friend of mine who is on vacation!! I was looking at the back to back posts like whaaat??
waitwhat I hate to say it but he might sleep fine with someone else. Or if you're wanting to start sleep training, now's the time when someone else can start it for you.
haha that thought has crossed my mind. And I bet he will sleep awesome for my MIL and my mom. Just the way it works right?
This happened to us during the 4 month regression. I felt bad because he had to spend the night at MIL and was waking up constantly at that point. Yea, he STTN for her.
Daycare has started requesting that I bring 3 back up outfits. If O comes home in his original clothes it's a good day lol.
Lol!! We have this issue. I have about 20 size threes left and then I'm switching to size four. I'm not sure how much it'll help, though. Some of these poops are....impressive.
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