My dog sleeps in his crate in our room, and sometimes if I wake up early in the morning I try to lay really still instead of rolling around because then he'll whine for breakfast and to go out lol
My dog sleeps in our bed, but as soon as we start moving, he SHOOTS out of the room to his food bowl. Then he'll come back all, "guys? Breakfast? Yeah?"
Dogs are funny.
He used to sleep in our bed, but our bed is pretty high off the ground and he hurt his back a month or so ago when he jumped off. Now no bed for him I miss the cuddles but not the messy sheets (even with wiping paws it seemed like we always ended up with sand in the bed).
mikaela20 you may like it more as you get further along (I can't remembers if this is your first!) All the extra blood flow is really nice, and second trimester is a breath of fresh air after the sickness/fatigue fog of first tri.
And don't worry about the baby. I've read they even like the vibrations from mom climaxing since it slightly contracts your uterus. That's the only thing they'd feel, though.
From what I have read, the rocking motion usually puts them to sleep, lol
I'm trying to get up the gumption to deep clean the entire house. The sun is coming in which is beautiful, but illuminated all the dust bunnies and crud that needs to be taken care of.
I'll probably have to buy the adapter. I have child-sized ears so earbuds don't fit in my ears. Damn you apple!
I am not an iPhone fan, but you'd have to think they were smart enough to think of this. No? I also have tiny ear canals and hate wearing ear buds, even with the extra small ones.
They probably did, which led to their money making adapter. Rude asses.
I keep starting a series, and then DH gets attached and doesn't want me to watch it while he's at work. I hate starting new series, so it's getting obnoxious.
And it's always the ones he thinks are going to be stupid. Like Charmed, or Once Upon a Time.
When do people usually start buying/actively preparing for the baby? (Or registering?) i guess my question is- how long does it take to prepare for baby #1? STM- when did you start?
I just remembered that I agreed to do a whole30 in October last night when I was half asleep. My husband took advantage of my exhaustion!
what does this entail? I've never done a whole 30.
Basically no dairy, no grains, no added sugar. I'll probably half ass it because I am not sure how I feel about cutting out all of that while pregnant.
We've done a couple before. It's just a lot of work but it makes us feel so much better.
When do people usually start buying/actively preparing for the baby? (Or registering?) i guess my question is- how long does it take to prepare for baby #1? STM- when did you start?
We've started now, little things and cloth diapers. Last time we waited for the big stuff because my family gave us a lot of gifts. Then just a few weeks before I was due we used our registry completion coupon to get the rest of the stuff we wanted.
When do people usually start buying/actively preparing for the baby? (Or registering?) i guess my question is- how long does it take to prepare for baby #1? STM- when did you start?
I really started prepping when we found out the sex. I started with picking out and buying furniture. We registered at two different places, getting them both done by 27/28 weeks.
Post by kristhegirl on Sept 11, 2016 10:42:21 GMT -5
glb30 how much of a planner are you? We started really thinking about it about a month before the baby shower, mostly so we'd have something to register for (I married into a family of gifters. It's been an adjustment.)
Some people start really early and plan every little thing. It's really up to you, but it doesn't take that long, nor do you really NEED that much stuff. For instance, we didn't need any kind of swing. Our baby slept fine in a bassinet, and didn't have reflux concerns. Hard to know ahead of time, though.
It can certainly feel overwhelming, but even though we have the room, I started with looking at blogs and pins for "small living with baby" and budget lists. Those seemed to actually cover the basics, versus the "100 things you'll never be able to live without!" kinds of lists.
glb30 how much of a planner are you? We started really thinking about it about a month before the baby shower, mostly so we'd have something to register for (I married into a family of gifters. It's been an adjustment.)
Some people start really early and plan every little thing. It's really up to you, but it doesn't take that long, nor do you really NEED that much stuff. For instance, we didn't need any kind of swing. Our baby slept fine in a bassinet, and didn't have reflux concerns. Hard to know ahead of time, though.
It can certainly feel overwhelming, but even though we have the room, I started with looking at blogs and pins for "small living with baby" and budget lists. Those seemed to actually cover the basics, versus the "100 things you'll never be able to live without!" kinds of lists.
This is very true about swing and such. DS never needed anything like that but he had to be held. If I hadn't had baby wraps I would have never had use of my arms! He did like the swing when he outgrew the constant need to be held but we certainly didn't need one.
You guys that have monitors, are they worth it? We had a one bedroom condo with DS when he was born and didn't get his own room till recently. So no need for a monitor. I'm going to have this baby in a mini crib next to my bed for about 6 months; I really want this kid in their own room before the year+ mark cause that was rough.
Any opinions on that owlet monitor? It seems like you could just have that rather than the typical video/noise monitor, so long as you were close enough to hear the baby.
Post by kristhegirl on Sept 11, 2016 11:21:27 GMT -5
@priss08 I love having a monitor. Babies make a lot of noise but don't always need parental intervention. I love being able to see what/how she's doing without causing her to wake up more or be distracted by my presence. We have a split floor plan so the other rooms are clear across the house and we can't hear her crying in our room.
We moved her out of our room pretty early (8 weeks, I think?) because she slept well on her own. I would not have been comfortable doing that if we hadn't had the monitor.
Any opinions on that owlet monitor? It seems like you could just have that rather than the typical video/noise monitor, so long as you were close enough to hear the baby.
But I'm a FTM, so I have no idea.
IMO, the Owlet monitor is a gimmicky thing that was created to make money off of parents' anxiety. Rather than spending the money on it, I'd suggest room-sharing during the period of highest risk for SIDS (birth-4 months), then using a video monitor when you move them to their own room.
This. DS had a lot of risk factors for SIDS; Native American, male, I didn't breastfeed and so forth so him sleeping next to me in the side bed crib was nice.
All that SIDS prevention stuff hasn't been proven to actually help anyway.
IMO, the Owlet monitor is a gimmicky thing that was created to make money off of parents' anxiety. Rather than spending the money on it, I'd suggest room-sharing during the period of highest risk for SIDS (birth-4 months), then using a video monitor when you move them to their own room.
This. DS had a lot of risk factors for SIDS; Native American, male, I didn't breastfeed and so forth so him sleeping next to me in the side bed crib was nice.
All that SIDS prevention stuff hasn't been proven to actually help anyway.
Except "back to sleep." That one definitely reduced SIDS deaths.
When do people usually start buying/actively preparing for the baby? (Or registering?) i guess my question is- how long does it take to prepare for baby #1? STM- when did you start?
I think most people start around 20 weeks because that's when 1.) you realize oh shit I am halfway through my pregnancy. Or 2.) you find out the sex, and lots of people like to plan around that.
I'm not a very good planner. We didn't have a nursery set up when LO was born, and I was in labor when we decided his name. Honestly, all you really need is a place for them to sleep, a car seat, diapers, and bottles and formula/your boobs.
This. DS had a lot of risk factors for SIDS; Native American, male, I didn't breastfeed and so forth so him sleeping next to me in the side bed crib was nice.
All that SIDS prevention stuff hasn't been proven to actually help anyway.
Except "back to sleep." That one definitely reduced SIDS deaths.
Yes definitely. I was talking more along the lines of the monitors for it.
This. DS had a lot of risk factors for SIDS; Native American, male, I didn't breastfeed and so forth so him sleeping next to me in the side bed crib was nice.
All that SIDS prevention stuff hasn't been proven to actually help anyway.
Except "back to sleep." That one definitely reduced SIDS deaths.
FFSC I had to google that because I thought it was a product, or it was something to do with putting a baby "back to sleep" after it woke up. I was so confused and then when I googled it I smacked my head.
Like, lay the baby on its back to sleep. I knew that, I'm just...apparently not able to follow today!
I'm still torn about where baby will be sleeping at first. I like the idea of the baby sleeping in its crib from the beginning so that's not another transition we have to deal with down the road, but the nursery is upstairs and on the opposite side of the house from our master. I just don't really like the idea of room sharing since I feel like everybody will be waking everybody else up and no one would get any sleep. Ugh, so many decisions to be made!
Is there no room closer to yours that could be converted into a nursery?
Our nursery will be directly across the hall and our bedroom is so small we couldn't fit a crib or side sleeper if we wanted to anyway, so crib lyfe for us. I would feel differently if our nursery was way across the house.
ETA: or is the nursery large enough to have a little twin bed in there? That way you can sleep in the nursery on nights where you want to be closer?
I'm still torn about where baby will be sleeping at first. I like the idea of the baby sleeping in its crib from the beginning so that's not another transition we have to deal with down the road, but the nursery is upstairs and on the opposite side of the house from our master. I just don't really like the idea of room sharing since I feel like everybody will be waking everybody else up and no one would get any sleep. Ugh, so many decisions to be made!
Room sharing at first was easy with mine. I used (and still use!) white noise to help keep her from waking up from us doing our thing getting ready for bed or whatever. (No one was awake enough for sexy times, but if we had been we have the rest of the house to enjoy.) I could also easily grab her from the bassinet and nurse her, which was nice when she woke up every 1-3 hours.
Moving her to her room across the house was FABULOUS, though. I had to get up to nurse her, but it was great having our room back.
(Please ignore all nursing references if you're FF. You'll have to do bottles no matter where the baby is, in that case!)
We had a diaper changing station in our room while she was in there, too, since gosh they poop a lot when they're little.
With DD we registered pretty quickly after finding out the sex but mostly because MIL threw us a really early shower. We love our monitor - definitely a must have in my opinion. DD was in our room with us for the first 7 months or so and I hated transitioning her away (didn't seem to bother her at all though). But I will say once she was in her own room it was amazing to not have to worry about every little noise etc. I agree on needing the video monitor though so that you can judge whether or not baby needs you when they're making noise. This baby will be in our room for the first several months as well, and I'm honestly thinking we probably need to move after that. Our current house is plenty big but has 2 bedrooms upstairs and 2 on the main floor so I hate that one of our babies won't be on the same floor as us. Thinking a new house with 3+ bedrooms on the same floor would be way better (and ideally closer to my office too)
I made a painting for a friend's nursery (she requested it) and told her I would frame it too as part of my baby shower gift.
Holy hell. I just spent an embarrassing amount of money on the frame. More than I would have ever spent for a gift. The painting I made was 30"x40" and they didn't have any pre-made frames big enough. I had a great coupon (70% 0ff) but it was still way way way too expensive. In hindsight I should have taken the painting home and tried to find another solution. I'm sure I could have found a cheaper alternative by ordering online but I got flustered and just went for it.
GUH. Hopefully what goes around comes around (not from this couple, just from the universe in general). That's what I'm telling myself.
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