HDBD and Wednesday Randoms!

[mosdub]

Well, I'm lazily cleaning the house after working all day. Trying to speed-thaw the turkey in a cold water bath as it needs to be in the oven by 7:30ish!

[mosdub]

kristhegirl I've been so exhausted!

[amandamh2]

SAHM here so always home but also always working. Canadian so no Thanksgiving this weekend. I'm working on Christmas cards and making a gift list since we're going Christmas shopping on Saturday. I like getting done early so we can order anything we don't find in store online and make sure it gets here before we leave.

[missi]

Nov 23, 2016 18:47:16 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Nov 23, 2016 18:03:15 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

FTMs, even sleep with a newborn left me more rested than pregnancy sleep. If you're also exhausted right now, it's not necessarily forever.

This seriously makes me feel so much better. I've been panicking about how exhausted I am and assuming it'll be worse once baby is here. And everyone telling me to sleep as much as I can now is not helping

People love to panic new moms.  Blah

[erinshelley21]

Had a pretty good appt. I think i gained more weight than I should have but she didn't say anything. DH had to miss due to an emergency with his bff's son. The son is fine thankfully.

Home now and dinner has been had but I'm hungry again. My mom is here for the night to go to mil's with me tomorrow. After ds goes to bed I'll make my french toast casseroles.

[erinshelley21]

Nov 23, 2016 18:47:16 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Nov 23, 2016 18:03:15 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

FTMs, even sleep with a newborn left me more rested than pregnancy sleep. If you're also exhausted right now, it's not necessarily forever.

This seriously makes me feel so much better. I've been panicking about how exhausted I am and assuming it'll be worse once baby is here. And everyone telling me to sleep as much as I can now is not helping

Newborn phase tired is different than pregnancy tired to me. Pregnancy exhaustion is just so unexpected and there aren't any real solutions. Newborn tired you can at least take naps and it's easier to fall asleep because you are so f'ing tired.

[obi]

Nov 23, 2016 18:47:16 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Nov 23, 2016 18:03:15 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

FTMs, even sleep with a newborn left me more rested than pregnancy sleep. If you're also exhausted right now, it's not necessarily forever.

This seriously makes me feel so much better. I've been panicking about how exhausted I am and assuming it'll be worse once baby is here. And everyone telling me to sleep as much as I can now is not helping

That is some of my most hated advice. You cant bank sleep... It makes no sense.
If anything, getting used to running on broken sleep is more beneficial.
But, i will second that I slept better with a newborn than I did later in pregnancy. The wake ups werent so bad either because your body is on high alert for all baby noises. I found I just woke up and fed/soothed and then fell back asleep. Its not the normal groggy, slow wake up (I mean, it is sometimes but not always).
I dont know if I'm explaining that very well at all but you do adapt. Then, one glorious night they skip a feeding, then another and soon they STTN. Like, the first time you get 4 straight hrs is GLORIOUS.
Newborn hell is so easy to get lost in-- feeling like it will never get better, but it really does. Toddlers though... Oof. That's another story lol.

[glb30]

. great update!!!

[obi]

C's 18m check up went well. No more vaccines until hes 4!!
Well, he needs to get his 2nd flu shot in a month but whatever.

He was measured at 2'9" and 33.6lbs!! This kid is a tank.

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Nov 23, 2016 18:47:16 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Nov 23, 2016 18:03:15 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

FTMs, even sleep with a newborn left me more rested than pregnancy sleep. If you're also exhausted right now, it's not necessarily forever.

This seriously makes me feel so much better. I've been panicking about how exhausted I am and assuming it'll be worse once baby is here. And everyone telling me to sleep as much as I can now is not helping

The sleep you do get tends to be better quality too. You'll be more comfortable, no more little person living inside you.

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The build up to the newborn phase is kinda like the build up to birth. It's almost always not as bad as you imagine.

I mean, we wouldn't have a population boom as a species of all this was as bad as it can seem. Lol

[ladytiffany24]

Well, we did it! We're the proud new owners of a Honda Odyssey! Happy Thanksgiving to us!

[callmeKD]

The one amazing thing with having a NICU baby is that DD was an amazing sleeper. She can sleep through anything. And started giving us 6 hour stretches at 6 weeks old.

[mosdub]

I feel like it's been a while since I shared a bump pic- 21 weeks, almost 22!
*poof*

[meggypoo1]

Saying sleep while you can is the worst! MH thinks they mean sleep good while you can because your sleep will never be the same. That is true.

[daisylola11]

Lazy HDBD pic...
25 weeks playing peppa pig on the floor with DS

[jnow]

I'll keep my newborn sleep anecdotes to myself.




Ok maybe I won't. Pregnancy sleep sucked, but I didn't find newborn sleep much better. Well I didn't sleep until about 14 months pp.

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Nov 24, 2016 8:28:11 GMT -5 @amc25 said:

Nov 24, 2016 6:44:02 GMT -5 jnow said:

I'll keep my newborn sleep anecdotes to myself.




Ok maybe I won't. Pregnancy sleep sucked, but I didn't find newborn sleep much better. Well I didn't sleep until about 14 months pp.

Yup. This. Some things about it are better, some are worse. It's just a different type of suck.

I really hated how easily I woke up during that time.