With ds I gained 40 lbs, and not a stretch mark to be seen. This time I've gained 17 lbs, my stomach looks like a shiny stretched too tight balloon that is about to pop. Wth? thanks body.
Post by littlesthobo on Jun 18, 2016 20:55:05 GMT -5
melody330 I've been thinking about getting an OK to wake clock, good to know it works! If these 5am wake ups continue to be a trend, I will definitely get one!
So you know how I swiped a car yesterday? Well they are still parked there and now have a ticket from the parking authority because they are parked so far out into the road. I feel validated that I'm not that bad a driver now since we live on a little side street and the parking authority never tickets here unless someone is parked really bad.
ILs made a big deal about not wanting to lift a finger today for today so we invited them over for breakfast. They showed up 45 minutes late and then left after less than an hour of being here.
DH is getting dinner out at a restaurant. We're a little strapped financially right now so it was deciding between a gift and a meal and he chose the dinner.
Post by littlesthobo on Jun 19, 2016 12:45:18 GMT -5
DS gave DH a basket of goodies: cookies, beer, chocolate, gift card for lunch out. We went for a family hike this morning and we're going to my parents' for a BBQ later this afternoon.
DS is doing puzzles in his room instead of napping. This is why I did not want the bed. He's not ready to drop a nap and I'm not either!
We're trying a nap in dd's new room, on a floor bed. Amazingly she hasn't gotten off the mattress, but she is definitely not sleeping and it's been 40 mins.
DS is doing puzzles in his room instead of napping. This is why I did not want the bed. He's not ready to drop a nap and I'm not either!
We're trying a nap in dd's new room, on a floor bed. Amazingly she hasn't gotten off the mattress, but she is definitely not sleeping and it's been 40 mins.
I just packed up all the puzzles and put them away. Put DS in his bed, tucked him in and walked out. He got out of the bed once and I walked in, said nothing, and put him back in bed. He fell right asleep! #winning(for now)
For Father's Day I made a nice breakfast and DH got his annual 8x10 photo collage of pictures of him and DD for a frame in his office. DD made him some pictures and a card. We try to keep it simple.
We're trying a nap in dd's new room, on a floor bed. Amazingly she hasn't gotten off the mattress, but she is definitely not sleeping and it's been 40 mins.
I just packed up all the puzzles and put them away. Put DS in his bed, tucked him in and walked out. He got out of the bed once and I walked in, said nothing, and put him back in bed. He fell right asleep! #winning(for now)
Well done melody330! DH ended up getting DS to nap old school- holding him and bouncing him, then laying him on the mattress and bouncing the mattress... So far he's been asleep an hour. But we definitely can't do this every naptime!
I gave up. Went in and told DD she did a good job staying in the bed and asked how I could help her sleep. She wanted snuggles. I asked if she wanted snuggles in the bed or the chair. She said chair, which is the rocking chair in the nursery. So she grabbed her blanket, teddy bear, and pillow and we rocked for a few minutes. She passed out and I put her in the crib. Not sure what to do next...move the crib and rocking chair to the new room? Keep trying naps with the floor bed? Sigh.
Post by sarcaztic10 on Jun 19, 2016 15:47:51 GMT -5
@comicsans could you move the rocker into the other room just for a little while and put her down on the floor bed when she is drowsy but not completely asleep. Then after a couple weeks just have her lay on the floor bed from the start.
We went out to eat last night for Father's Day. Today we had our hospital tour and went grocery shopping. The hospital tour was ok but I think we could have skipped it and been just fine.
@comicsans could you move the rocker into the other room just for a little while and put her down on the floor bed when she is drowsy but not completely asleep. Then after a couple weeks just have her lay on the floor bed from the start.
We went out to eat last night for Father's Day. Today we had our hospital tour and went grocery shopping. The hospital tour was ok but I think we could have skipped it and been just fine.
The issue with the rocker is we had it downstairs when she was a baby and I really liked that and want it again for this baby. We moved it upstairs when we weren't really using it anymore and it was just taking up space. It really became a part of our bedtime and nap routine when we stopped nursing and rather than sitting in the chair I used to nurse her in, we'd rock for a couple minutes, and we still do. I've got max 3 weeks to change that routine so we can move it back downstairs!
I think we've decided we'll keep trying to do naps in the new room, and do the bedtime routine in there too, but let her sleep in the crib in the nursery until she gets comfortable enough to fall asleep on the mattress, since that's the end goal. She loves her new room and wants to be in there, but we tried to talk about why she wouldn't sleep and she said she was scared. So hopefully with a little more work she'll be less scared to sleep there. If we fail and she's not sleeping in there by the time baby comes we'll move the crib. Baby won't sleep in the crib or the nursery for a while, but I would like to be able to take him into the nursery to nurse him middle of the night.
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DS is doing puzzles in his room instead of napping. This is why I did not want the bed. He's not ready to drop a nap and I'm not either!
We transitioned J last month and had some similar issues. We found that we had to remove EVERYTHING that could be a fun distraction from his room. Right now, the only things in his room are his bed, glider and dresser. It helped a lot to keeping him in bed and getting him to fall asleep.
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