I'm doing odds and ends around the house and listening to our baby bouncy chair. The music is kind of like having an ice cream truck in your living room!
Post by spicysalmonroll on Oct 4, 2016 9:19:19 GMT -5
He usually gets up once per night to eat... last night was 4 freaking times. So tired.
Do you guys think it's rude or tacky to sell stuff you were given? I have two friends with sons who each keep giving me clothes, toys, Boppys, etc. I am super grateful and have been using all of it. Once he outgrew newborn size I gave all those to a friend of a friend who is expecting. Now as he's almost out of the 0-3 I'm wondering if I should sell it all on those Facebook swap groups instead. I kinda feel like I should"pay it forward" and give it away but the money would also be nice for diapers. What you say?
spicysalmonroll I would probably pay it forward and give it away. But as long as the ladies that gave it to you don't want it back for some reason, I think whatever you choose to do with it would be fine. joy hooray for hubs coming home tonight! You made it!
We had a busy wedding weekend. I was MOH and my girls were flower girls in my cousin's wedding. DD2 didn't make it down the aisle but DD1 did so great and they both danced the night away. I'm still so exhausted. Just want to nap the day away.
Post by remylove1011 on Oct 4, 2016 9:47:50 GMT -5
@spiceysalmonroll I say do it only if your friends can't see that Facebook group. I had a girlfriend sell a bunch of shorts I'd given her the summer before and I thought it was weird.
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spicysalmonroll I find it too much trouble to sell things and is rather just give them to others we know who could use them. Not to say everyone is grateful, but one mom I don't know who had received too much baby boy clothes (used AND new) gave them away and that was a huge blessing for me, given all our medical expenses. I will be grateful to her through this first year!
Post by gratefulgirl on Oct 4, 2016 10:02:08 GMT -5
spicysalmonroll - after 3 kids worth of use anything still consignable is getting sent to ThredUp, minus some hand-me-downs for a friend. I don't mind what people do with my gifts. I gave them away after all! I guess I feel like I pay it forward by gifts to friends instead.
I am donating a lot that is still quite wearable but no longer consign able.
Speaking of too-small and underused items, I really need to go through DS's things and pack away everything he's already outgrown. I'm planning on saving it all for the next kid, but it still makes me sad that DS didn't even get to wear some of these things.
In other news, we've gotten a 4 hour stretch of sleep 3 out of the past 5 nights, which I'm so grateful for, BUT he's been sleeping in the RnP more than in his crib, which I'm worried about. Until recently, he would nurse to sleep in the MOTN, and I would just transfer him from my bed to the crib each time, where he'd stay fast asleep. Lately, he's been sorta reflux-y I think (hiccuping, spitting up) after those feedings, and does not fall asleep while nursing. Sometimes o can get him to sleep by rocking him and then transfer him into the crib, but then he wakes up 45 min to an hour later, and then DH tries to burp him a little more and eventually puts him down in the RnP, where he stays asleep. At this point (7 weeks old), should I be trying really hard to avoid the RnP for nighttime? Or is it okay for now?
Post by spicysalmonroll on Oct 4, 2016 10:46:42 GMT -5
hummingbird125 I'm a stickler for the crib. But everyone is different, my friend who actually gave me her RnP had her son sleep in it til 5 months (and he sleeps fine in his crib now). I only used it for a week back in the early weeks. Up to you!
The past 2 nights have been awful. DS won't sleep away from me. So I've been in the recliner. And he spends most of the night rooting despite just eating. I know it's wonder week related. DD went through this around this time..and then she started to sleep better when WW was over. However it hasn't stopped me from being impatient for him to sleep by himself and start sleeping in his crib. With DD I wasn't BF was DH could help more. He's trying to help but there's only so much he can do. Plus doing most of feedings and all the nighttime cuddles I'm feeling touched out. Sorry vent over!
DH is away tonight for work so my mom is coming up this afternoon into tomorrow night. It'll be nice to have someone around to help with dinner time as that time can be difficult. It's DS fussy time and even DDs whiney time, and DH isn't usually home from work yet.
DS has been sleeping in his crib since week 5. He sleeps so much better in it. I just wish we could get past the 3 nightly wakeups. I could use more unbroken sleep. Friday and Sunday nights were awful. I think I managed to get 4 hours between his wakeups.
We had to interrupt his late afternoon nap for his 3 month photos. I felt bad doing this because he didn't want to nap until around the time he usually gets up from it. But he did great for his pictures and I can't wait to see them!
He was so overtired last night at bedtime that he was fussy while I rocked him. Apparently he didn't want to be rocked because he passed out hard as soon as I laid him in the crib. He slept from 9pm-2:30am, 3-7:30am, then 8-10am on me. I feel amazing after 10 hours of sleep.
He's been passed out on me for the last 30 min and is snoring softly.
Interesting morning here! My dad came for a visit with the girls and our relationship is... not good. He casually mentions his "lady friend" to me. He started up with her 2 months after my mom died and hasn't mentioned her to me at all for the last year and a half. He seemed shocked when I called him out on it. Families can be so awkward.
Post by coffeequeen14 on Oct 4, 2016 19:49:21 GMT -5
I put DD is a super cute Halloween outfit today. Unfortunately the tulle on the outfit was kind of scratchy; I wouldn't have bought it for a six week old but it was from my mom. I feel bad because she won't wear it again: she screamed when wearing it because it was uncomfortable:(
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