Post by carolinaheart on Jul 20, 2016 3:36:52 GMT -5
Lol @ the meme. My FIL has asked me every visit if she's sleeping through the night yet. Ummm, she's a month old!
But today while DH is at work I will be packing up the truck and as soon as he's off we're headed to the mountains until Sunday. I'm super excited but also pretty nervous!
My sister and nieces are coming over to swim. I don't think our yard has much shade when she is coming though. Maybe I'll put the baby in his stroller covered.
Post by manybellsdown on Jul 20, 2016 5:47:10 GMT -5
E just slept 11:15-5:15, and so did I! Definitely the longest stretch we've ever had. I don't know if it's because I swaddled with arms in for the first time in weeks or if it's because we nursed for pretty much three hours straight before that.
I thought I'd feel like a million bucks, but I'm still as overwhelmed, irritable, and uncomfortable as I was at the end of three hours of breastfeeding. He also keeps breaking the latch and doing that bobbing/mouth wide open thing.
Baby slept 7 hours. Which is great. But I still feel like crap. I get to take the girls to gymnastics this morning...which I love since it keeps them busy!
manybellsdown this may sound weird, but a lot of the time I don't feel the effects of a good night sleep until the second night after so maybe tomorrow you will feel better? It's like my body has to catch up. I'm sorry about the latch breaking! It's frustrating when you are trying to tell them it's right there in your mouth!
Stringy it is amazing how 3hrs can feel so long after getting used to 1-2.
Last night at drinks out my friend announced that his wife just left him after only being married a year. I'm so sad for him. It was so totally out of the blue for everyone.
Then I came home and DH had miraculously got DD to bed early and she stayed asleep for what ended up to be 5hrs! I didn't get to take full advantage of all the hours, but after so many recent bad nights I am pumped. I told DH he is doing bedtimes for the foreseeable future!
Baby slept 7 hours. Which is great. But I still feel like crap. I get to take the girls to gymnastics this morning...which I love since it keeps them busy!
Ugh. I wish she'd sleep 5-8 hours. You ladies are lucky. Last night she woke every 2-3 hours at midnight, 2:45am and 4:30am. I held her from 4:30-6:30 to get her to sleep. My arms are constantly tired from holding her, carrying her, patting her back etc. She really prefers to sleep directly on me.
Oh and I forgot, this morning she had a blow out. So we started out the day with a bath at 7am. Usually bath time is reserved for the evening right before bed. But I had to get the poop off her back.
bgkc4 Hugs! I feel like I'm constantly sore from all the lifting , carrying and bouncing although my arms don't seem to be getting the memo that they should be toning up!
bighair12 you have been a running fiend lately! That is so awesome!!
Oh and I forgot, this morning she had a blow out. So we started out the day with a bath at 7am. Usually bath time is reserved for the evening right before bed. But I had to get the poop off her back.
Oh no! Sometimes I wish changing tables had little tubs and spray hoses attached for times like that!
Heading to my 6 week appointment. Im in awe that it's already been six weeks and I'm disappointed that she's going to clear me for exercise. No more excuses... Except for having a newborn who isn't sleeping Ds WAS sleeping 6 hours a night until 3 days ago. We're now up too many times during the night. My other big plans are heading to target after the doctor. Whoop!
titania my running legs and lungs came back sooner than I expected. Now granted it is slow but at least I can do it. Plus the stroller running is no joke!
titania my running legs and lungs came back sooner than I expected. Now granted it is slow but at least I can do it. Plus the stroller running is no joke!
I find walking and pushing to be hard, so I'm so impressed by your running!!
Post by carolinaheart on Jul 20, 2016 8:26:57 GMT -5
LO grunted, whined, and whimpered in her sleep from 4am until I finally couldn't take it anymore and put her on my chest after 6. Idk if it was being held or being on her tummy that helped but she finally stopped and slept until just now. Now maybe I can finally start packing for our trip.
DD was up a lot last night. She's started to want to snack during the night where she'll wake up and be upset like she's really hungry, eat for 3 minutes, and then fall asleep. I try to wake her back up so she'll eat more and she wants nothing to do with that. I think I'm going to start feeding her in nothing but her diaper. Waking up every hour is not sustainable for me. The good news is that DS didn't have any nightmares last night and he STTN.
Post by sandandsea on Jul 20, 2016 10:35:06 GMT -5
DH is back to work and in a horrible mood. He works too much and it's stressful. He also feels he can't take his pto because of unrealistic deadlines so he's about to lose some. Which irritates him more. At least he's paid well, but that also makes it nearly impossible to leave. I totally understand why he's in a bad mood, I just wish he could leave that at work. DS was also a brat last night. He had a couple time outs and went between sweet and super bratty all night.
Glad to hear some babies are sleeping longer stretches. DD was doing one 4-6 hour stretch but appears to have regressed a bit. I hoping it's the 6 week growth spurt.
How long is it taking you to get your babies to sleep for naps/bedtime? And how are you getting them to sleep? Our quiet time bouncing time whatever it has morphed into has to be done for every sleep time and can last anywhere from 20 min to 2 hours sometimes longer. It's killing me.
Post by frecklesnbrains on Jul 20, 2016 11:30:42 GMT -5
bighair12 how are you running with the stroller? I thought you had to wait until they can hold themselves upright (6-8 months) to use a jogging stroller but I was thinking that it would be okay with the car seat because that provides so much support, especially if jogging on a smooth surface (paved path or road). I've started running again too but it would make things so much easier if I didn't have to wait until DH can watch the baby to go out.
Edit: sorry for the novel! TL;DR my parents dog nipped LO and we aren't sure how to best handle it.
My parents have four dogs. Three of them have been fine around the baby, but one we've been a little worried about. He hasn't been obviously aggressive, but he's been pushy and obsessive about sniffing the baby and getting close to him. We've all been careful about letting him near LO, but last night when my sister was holding him, she felt a tug on LO's leg. The dog had come up behind her and gotten the baby's foot in his mouth and pulled on it with his teeth. There were red marks, but they didn't break the skin and were gone within a couple hours. LO didn't even react. As far as my mom is concerned, when we are at their house, this dog is crated now. I feel terrible for the dog because we are there so frequently. Since the house is under construction there isn't anywhere more roomy to keep him for the moment. I'm not sure what the best solution is. We were all hoping that he would eventually get used to LO and lose interest, but we can't underestimate how fast and strong a dog really is. He was a stray on the streets for a few years, and he's done a lot of intensive training and come a long way, and he has never bitten anyone, but clearly the baby looks more like a toy or even prey to him. He has to be totally segregated from my sister's cat because he's been really aggressive with her. My sister thinks there are muzzles out there that are humane and comfortable, which would be better than keeping him caged for hours at a time.
vivela I'm sorry that happened! I think the dog should remain crated while you are at your parent's house for the foreseeable future. Have they done any crate training with the dog in the past? You shouldn't think of the crate as a punishment (because it's not), but as a way to keep your LO and the dog safe.
vivela I'm sorry that happened! I think the dog should remain crated while you are at your parent's house for the foreseeable future. Have they done any crate training with the dog in the past? You shouldn't think of the crate as a punishment (because it's not), but as a way to keep your LO and the dog safe.
My mom crate trains her dogs, so at least he is used to being in there. He is mostly fine with the crate, apparently, but last night he cried the whole time because he knew we were all there hanging out without him and normally he'd be out playing with the other dogs. I don't have any better ideas at the moment, unfortunately.
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