I'm stumped. The 2 times I pay a postpartum doula to do an overnight shift ...C sleeps longer stretches than ever. Doula was here last night, she woke up only once and it wasn't until like 2:45-3. Doula just left (she was here 10p-6a). The 2 nights before she was up every 2 hours . Either it's a total coincidence or there is something different that's helping her sleep. In living room with doula there is no white noise machine, it's not as dark, fan isn't going (fan helps reduce SIDS risk) so I guess isn't as cold. And other is that she's separated from me. The doula said some babies sleep much better if separated from mom for some reason..opposite of what you would think. Like if they detect their presence is right there sleeping next to them they get ultra needy. Not sure what to think of this. In both cases she was in a Pack n Play so it's not a change in the type of surface. Hmmmm
katelm B was the type of baby who was super needy when she was with me. The nurses at the hospital said she could smell me nearby and turned clingy. When we got home it was the same way. I moved her PnP to my husbands side of the bed and it actually made a difference in how she was sleeping!
She's still the same way now, if I'm around she wants to be right there next me to. If I'm leaving to go to the store, dropping her at school, she's holding on to me. But the second I'm out of sight, she's fine.
Post by gratefulgirl on Aug 31, 2016 6:10:15 GMT -5
katelm - I have never met or heard of a baby who slept better when mom was nearby. DD1 slept infinitely better for DH or her nanny. It used to drive me insane. But it is the baby's way of expressing love in some ways. Mom is so exciting that she wants to be awake to be with you. Plus you have milk she can smell .
I am going to need large amounts of caffeine to get through this day... And no time to stop for coffee before the girls go to the doctor. It can be my reward for surviving that I guess.
I don't know why I mentioned the other day that we had a great night's sleep - since then, I haven't gotten more than two hours at a time. DD seems to have her days/nights mixed up still.
Happy Birthday joy and steph! Hope you both have great days.
DD and I are on a second day alone. DH had to go back to work yesterday His company doesn't have any paternity leave, so he could only take 5 days off. Totally bummed that he's not around and feeling kinda lonely. Luckily we survived day 1 pretty well and hopefully day 2 is just as uneventful!
DD slept so well for me last night. The only thing we did differently was I gave her her first bath since her stump fell off the other day. She didn't hate her bath, she didn't love it either, I'll consider that a win. Regardless, I put her down for bed at like 10-ish and she got up every 2.5 hours which is fine with me!
We have her two week appointment today so we'll see how that goes, nothing else planned for today
My kid suddenly doesn't eat her food, the same stuff she usually loves. I eat some of it (after it has been sitting out, yum) but I hate throwing away so much food!
We are moving today which should be interesting. Only about 30 minutes away and we hired movers because I am not up to carrying furniture up and down stairs. It's a good thing DH is still off work because between DD needing to eat frequently and not getting a lot of sleep I don't have a lot of energy to deal with the packing/cleaning/unpacking.
Post by gratefulgirl on Aug 31, 2016 8:28:08 GMT -5
My digestive tract is unhappy. Either I have a virus or the sleep deprivation is getting to me. TV babysitting for the bigs today I think. Hate that, but I feel gross.
My DH is 11 years older than me. So this year I've told him to enjoy being in his 40's married to a girl in her 20's hahaha. This morning I told him he better not leave me for a younger girl! Lol
hashbrownnofilter, the other day I mentioned to my boss that the baby seems to have a schedule at night now. Totally jinxed it!
Can someone explain this voodoo magic to me where both of my children have learned to wake up at the same time? It is a coffee-heavy morning around here.
We survived our first night home as a family of 4. DD is both very loving of her baby brother and extremely needy. It's learning curve for her as well as for me.
Baby has taken well to nursing and is eating every 2-3 hours. I'm feeling lost about meeting the unending needs of a newborn and time for DD.
Sadly my SMIL's father passed last night. He was in his 90s, led a long and fulfilling life and died relatively peacefully, suffering only 2 days. Unfortunately I won't attend the funeral or shiva because no way am I exposing N to so many people less than a week after birth.
Formerly MoFree on the other board. TTC since 2008 Diagnosis of Severe MFI 3-2009 IVF#1 Nov 2011, BFP DD born @31 weeks gestation, 6-24-12 FET#1, Nov 2013,, BFN FET#2, Feb 2014, BFN Freeze only cycle with PGD August 2014 FET #3 another BFN FET canceled due to cysts FET #4 Dec 2015, BFP Baby Boy born 8-28-16 via VBAC
4:30-5:30 wakeups are not my friend. I mentioned that to H this morning and he sarcastically responded "oh but it's a great time for me". So I guess he's not volunteering to handle that feeding for me...
We just realized #1 can't straighten her thumbs and apparently has trigger thumbs (according to her pediatrian). I just scheduled an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to have them looked at- we've hit out OOP max and I have the time off I guess now is as good a time as any for surgery.
The doctor appointment actually went great this morning. They weren't busy so we didn't have to wait and so they got us in and out. I was up about 6 times between all 3 girls last night, so I'm exhausted and happy to have that over.
The big girls got their flu shots, so I ran through Tim Hortons to get timbits and an iced cappuccino, we all earned our treats.
@suesposa we didn't have a real one month well visit - we happened to be there for a weight check, though. Our ped practice seems to do 1 week, 2 week, and 2 month - or weight checks as needed.
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