Crap ... Its Monday... Randoms

[MrsTinMKE]

[ajh1230]

Today's randoms:

My kid started growling this weekend. It's pretty cute.


She also started pulling her hair...so hard that she cries. Weird kid.

Blah Monday.

[mrsbabe614]

This is my relationship with Monday.

[sweetsurprise]

Hi lads. I got DS's 6 month pro pics back and I'm dying over the insane level of cuteness. I have to share at least one. It's for your health and well being, really.

[windwithfingers]

After all the agonizing I did about DS not babbling consonants, he started saying "baba" this weekend. It sounds more like beh-beh, but I'll take it! In fact, he's doing it so much I almost miss when he didn't do it. This morning, after hearing bababababa for like 10 minutes, my mom turned to him and said, "All right, rain man, that's enough." Made me LOL.

[kellrr]

Jun 1, 2015 8:28:00 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Hi lads. I got DS's 6 month pro pics back and I'm dying over the insane level of cuteness. I have to share at least one. It's for your health and well being, really.

Omg! Your baby is so cute!!!!

[kellrr]

We have a busy day. I'm toting DS along to a networking lunch with another attorney, then I have to clean up the house so it's SIL-decent when she comes to watch DS. I regularly hide dishes in the laundry room from her. It's supposed to be almost 90, and I'd rather stay home and take DS swimming, but if I'm going to ever make money, I guess I have to work.

[jellykat2]

Jun 1, 2015 8:28:00 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Hi lads. I got DS's 6 month pro pics back and I'm dying over the insane level of cuteness. I have to share at least one. It's for your health and well being, really.

Seriously. So freaking adorable!

How was last night?

[meagpt22]

Knowing my days of being full time are coming to an end this Monday was easier. Except when at 4:30 I thought briefly thank god it's Saturday! Haha.

sweetsurprise so adorable!!! How was sleep last night?

[sweetsurprise]

Jun 1, 2015 8:41:45 GMT -5 kellrr said:

We have a busy day. I'm toting DS along to a networking lunch with another attorney, then I have to clean up the house so it's SIL-decent when she comes to watch DS. I regularly hide dishes in the laundry room from her. It's supposed to be almost 90, and I'd rather stay home and take DS swimming, but if I'm going to ever make money, I guess I have to work.

I hope DS is a unicorn at lunch!

[jellykat2]

My plans for the day include dishes, laundry, maybe a walk, and hopefully a nap. That's as exciting as my life gets.

[sweetsurprise]

Jun 1, 2015 8:50:17 GMT -5 jellykat2 said:

Jun 1, 2015 8:28:00 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Hi lads. I got DS's 6 month pro pics back and I'm dying over the insane level of cuteness. I have to share at least one. It's for your health and well being, really.

Seriously. So freaking adorable!

How was last night?

Fucking awful. I mean. There's slow progress (DS only cried for one hour vs. two hours the night before) but this is one of the most gut wrenching experiences. The baby isn't the only one crying it out.

[jellykat2]

Jun 1, 2015 8:54:25 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Jun 1, 2015 8:50:17 GMT -5 jellykat2 said:

Seriously. So freaking adorable!

How was last night?

Fucking awful. I mean. There's slow progress (DS only cried for one hour vs. two hours the night before) but this is one of the most gut wrenching experiences. The baby isn't the only one crying it out.

I'm sorry at least there is some progress. But I know how much listening to them sucks. Hugs lady.

[windwithfingers]

My dad is such a dick to service people when he has to call. The Sirius lady is giving him attitude back and it's making me laugh. Get it, lady.

[kellrr]

Jun 1, 2015 8:57:18 GMT -5 jellykat2 said:

Jun 1, 2015 8:54:25 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Fucking awful. I mean. There's slow progress (DS only cried for one hour vs. two hours the night before) but this is one of the most gut wrenching experiences. The baby isn't the only one crying it out.

I'm sorry at least there is some progress. But I know how much listening to them sucks. Hugs lady.

Ditto. I'm glad it's improving slightly, but that is the worst.

[sweetsurprise]

Anyone still having a squirmy baby on the changing table? Any wins in this arena? DS seems to stop moving around when I give him his sock to play with. I'm also mastering the belly change. Any other tips?

[darwinfish]

Jun 1, 2015 9:16:09 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Anyone still having a squirmy baby on the changing table? Any wins in this arena? DS seems to stop moving around when I give him his sock to play with. I'm also mastering the belly change. Any other tips?

Yep - S actually will go from sitting up facing one way, to laying down, flipping to his belly, and completely rotating so he's facing the other way. I either have to let him sit and pull out diapers (while putting shirts on him), then let him keep the diapers while putting pants on... But, he also tries to stand and grab all the bottles of lotions and whatnot, so I am pretty much just done with the changing table. I don't think we will be changing him on the table for much longer because I'm just too paranoid he's going to fall off.

Hope sleep training gets better soon sweetsurprise. 

[kellrr]

Jun 1, 2015 9:16:09 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Anyone still having a squirmy baby on the changing table? Any wins in this arena? DS seems to stop moving around when I give him his sock to play with. I'm also mastering the belly change. Any other tips?

Ohhhhh yahhhhh. It's peaked, in fact. Yesterday, I was standing right there, and caught mid-air as he slid off. Distraction helps a teeny bit. We actually have the changing pad on a bed rather than a table so there's a little less risk if he rolls a bit, but yesterday he slid feet first off the side of the bed. At night we put the pad on the floor because we sleep in the nursery most nights, and it's just as bad, but obviously I'm not combatting gravity at the same time.

[windwithfingers]

Jun 1, 2015 9:16:09 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Anyone still having a squirmy baby on the changing table? Any wins in this arena? DS seems to stop moving around when I give him his sock to play with. I'm also mastering the belly change. Any other tips?

I give him the clean diaper to hold and then hold down one of his legs. Im becoming a master at the one handed diaper change.

[mrsbabe614]

sweetsurprise So cute! Why's he crying so long. Are you doing the interval thing? Props to you! That sounds like 80 shades of hell

[pinkie]

Jun 1, 2015 9:16:09 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Anyone still having a squirmy baby on the changing table? Any wins in this arena? DS seems to stop moving around when I give him his sock to play with. I'm also mastering the belly change. Any other tips?

Yes our baby is so crazy squirmy!! He tries to roll over everytime we change him. Our older son always just laid there lol. I give him a wipe or a small stuffed toy and it usually entertains him long enough to change him.

[pinkie]

Sweetsurprise - I'm sorry your baby is still crying so long. Each time we did this with our older son we saw a cut of crying time by about 1/2 each night. If you go three or more nights and don't see progress it could be that your baby isn't ready for it. I forget the rules but you may want to look at the ferber book. I also really like happy baby healthy sleep (I think I messed up the title).

[sweetsurprise]

Jun 1, 2015 10:16:08 GMT -5 mrsbabe614 said:

sweetsurprise So cute! Why's he crying so long. Are you doing the interval thing? Props to you! That sounds like 80 shades of hell

We started the first night going in every 10 minutes to pat his back, give him a paci and tell him we love him. Then moved to every 20 min and then 30 min.

This is the first time he's having to put himself to sleep in his life and it's really hard for him. We used to rock him until he was completely asleep. He would need like an hour of rocking even in the MOTN.

It is so hard because it goes against my intuition and last night it was actually making me sick to my stomach.

DH was all for it in theory but has been soooo upset about it too in practice.

Let's make that 100 shades of hell.

[windwithfingers]

Jun 1, 2015 10:23:34 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Jun 1, 2015 10:16:08 GMT -5 mrsbabe614 said:

sweetsurprise So cute! Why's he crying so long. Are you doing the interval thing? Props to you! That sounds like 80 shades of hell

We started the first night going in every 10 minutes to pat his back, give him a paci and tell him we love him. Then moved to every 20 min and then 30 min.

This is the first time he's having to put himself to sleep in his life and it's really hard for him. We used to rock him until he was completely asleep. He would need like an hour of rocking even in the MOTN.

It is so hard because it goes against my intuition and last night it was actually making me sick to my stomach.

DH was all for it in theory but has been soooo upset about it too in practice.

Let's make that 100 shades of hell.

Ugh, that sounds so hard. I'm not ready to do any form of CIO, but in my case, it doesn't take an hour to get him back down. That's crazy! Hope it gets easier.

[sweetsurprise]

Jun 1, 2015 10:18:52 GMT -5 pinkie said:

Sweetsurprise - I'm sorry your baby is still crying so long. Each time we did this with our older son we saw a cut of crying time by about 1/2 each night. If you go three or more nights and don't see progress it could be that your baby isn't ready for it. I forget the rules but you may want to look at the ferber book. I also really like happy baby healthy sleep (I think I messed up the title).

We are seeing progress but it's still horrible. He did cut his MOTN scream fest from two hours to one hour last night. Fx that it's 30 or less tonight.

[darwinfish]

We were supposed to have an ice cream truck at the office today (free ice cream!), but it was moved to Wednesday because of torrential downpours

No ice cream for me, because fat, but still sad

sweetsurprise that sounds so difficult All the hugs for you.

[sweetsurprise]

Jun 1, 2015 10:45:49 GMT -5 darwinfish said:

We were supposed to have an ice cream truck at the office today (free ice cream!), but it was moved to Wednesday because of torrential downpours

No ice cream for me, because fat, but still sad

sweetsurprise that sounds so difficult All the hugs for you.

Maybe pizza instead???

[darwinfish]

Jun 1, 2015 10:48:31 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Jun 1, 2015 10:45:49 GMT -5 darwinfish said:

We were supposed to have an ice cream truck at the office today (free ice cream!), but it was moved to Wednesday because of torrential downpours

No ice cream for me, because fat, but still sad

sweetsurprise that sounds so difficult All the hugs for you.

Maybe pizza instead???

[nicb13]

Jun 1, 2015 8:35:42 GMT -5 windwithfingers said:

After all the agonizing I did about DS not babbling consonants, he started saying "baba" this weekend. It sounds more like beh-beh, but I'll take it! In fact, he's doing it so much I almost miss when he didn't do it. This morning, after hearing bababababa for like 10 minutes, my mom turned to him and said, "All right, rain man, that's enough." Made me LOL.

You were?! No, no, no dude, don't!

[nicb13]

Jun 1, 2015 9:16:09 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Anyone still having a squirmy baby on the changing table? Any wins in this arena? DS seems to stop moving around when I give him his sock to play with. I'm also mastering the belly change. Any other tips?

I haven't used the changing table in a LONG time. DD is way too fast for me. I use the floor