D cluster fed most of yesterday and didn't sleep particularly well so I thought I was in for an awful night. Surprise! My unicorn baby let me sleep from 10:15pm-4:50am! She just finished nursing and is now soundly back asleep. I feel so amazing right now.
C gave me a 5 hour stretch so far but he's been awake for an hour and a half now. He keeps trying to fall asleep then jolts awake with wide eyes. I hope he goes to sleep soon so I can try to get some more sleep. Our friends uncle is coming around 10 this morning to get the plumbing in our bathroom all hooked up. I can't believe we're going to have a functional bathroom again after 4 months!
Post by jubilantsquirrel on Dec 9, 2016 5:45:30 GMT -5
Hello!
DS2 gave me a 3 hour nap! I got him back down a little bit ago, but of course I've been up with a tummy ache.
The plus side of being up at 3am is that it's snowing for pretty much the first time in like 3 years! It looks so pretty outside right now, too bad it'll likely rain in the morning. I love snow, and I love it even more when I don't have to commute in it.
Lilah has been very sleepy the last 24 hours or so. Growth spurt? She was crazy awake and fussy on Wednesday and then basically slept all day yesterday. Tonight's been average for us. She's getting into a pattern of sorts, but it's one of two patterns. She either wakes up at 2 and 5 or just at about 3-3:30. The 2 and 5 nights are more common and what we got tonight. I'm waiting for her to go back to sleep now. I see eyes.
Today we are going to do cookie decorating. That's about all I have planned, though I need to go to the store. We are basically out of milk, breakfast stuff, and snacks.
We were up every 1-2 hours with Miss Caroline. I passed out at some point after nursing her and DH was up with her and said she still seemed hungry; he offered her a formula bottle from some samples we have and apparently she wolfed it down, so I'm thinking growth spurt? I really need to make sure I'm eating/drinking enough.
No plans today. It's cold here, finally, so that's exciting. We are going out to eat with my parents this evening and going to look at Christmas lights in St Augustine afterwards.
So C has still been hungry after eating 3oz so we've started giving him 4oz every time to see what happens and he's been finishing the whole thing. Will his feedings start spreading out if he's still averaging around 24-27oz a day? I'm hoping we can start to see some sort of schedule. Or when does that usually happen?
Morning. I asked H to give a bottle at the early morning feed (generally at 4:30) so I could get a longer stretch of sleep. Of course last night he stretches out his feedings so it was 2:15 instead of 1:30 and 6 instead of 4:30 so it didn't buy me as much but it felt so good. Dd did the same thing stretching out feedings when it was His responsibility crazy kids.
Today we have his 1 month visit, a lawyer appointment to sign our estate papers. Yay for having wills. And my ILS get here this evening busy day busy weekend.
Henry clustered for a little while, but then gave me a 5 hour stretch. I sooo needed that. As for the weekend. He is getting Baptized on Sunday.
I'm so glad you got a little rest! D is actually being baptized this Sunday too. I had kind of forgotten lol...probably should start putting together a list and planning my menu.
I still need to figure out C's baptism but it's going to have to wait until after Christmas. Is it weird to struggle with picking out godparents? We're not very religious people and don't go to church often so I'm not sure how seriously we should be taking the roles. Like if something were to happen to us, I really wouldn't expect my sister to raise C (if that's who I picked).
goldenlove3 We are not religious so I might not know what I'm talking about. My understanding is that traditionally, godparents sponser the baptism and are responsible for assisting in the religious aspects of the child's life. I think today people choose godparents who are close to the family and therefore will be an active part of the child's life. And while often the people you pick to take care of your child should something happen to you are also the godparents, that's not always the case. For us, we have it so my mom will take the girls if something happened to us (with his parents and then my brother and sil as backups if my mom couldn't). But my mom isn't their godmother. So, to me those are separate decisions. Eta: We discussed having godparents for Lillian. We ultimately decided since we aren't religious, don't attend church, and therefore were not having them baptized/christened/dedicated whatever we didn't pick godparents. We did discuss our siblings or close friends as godparents before deciding to not have them.
Henry clustered for a little while, but then gave me a 5 hour stretch. I sooo needed that. As for the weekend. He is getting Baptized on Sunday.
I'm so glad you got a little rest! D is actually being baptized this Sunday too. I had kind of forgotten lol...probably should start putting together a list and planning my menu.
I keep forgetting B's birthday party is tomorrow. It's just family, but other than a cookie cake and a CFA nugget tray, I have no clue what I'm serving.
My H was raised Episcopalian and has godparents. I was raised Methodist and do not--to my knowledge, it's not really a thing in the Methodist church. We are having B and C christened in the Methodist church so we can avoid dealing with the godparent issue.
My H's godparents were good family friends and have been fairly involved in his life. SIL's godparents were an aunt and uncle, who ended up divorced and were not really involved in her life, religious or otherwise. I'd have a hard time explaining to kids why one of them had very involved godparents, and the other's couldn't seem to care less.
My sister and BIL would be an easy pick for one set, but I just can't see picking my SIL and her husband for the other child, for multiple reasons. But I feel like that is just opening the door for offense/hurt feelings, and I don't want to go there.
Morning! I need to look into baptism for DS2. We will probably wait until the summer so MIL will have moved out here permanently and won't have to travel. I need to find out if we need to take a class again. I think we are going to ask H's cousin and wife to be godparents. I have a feeling my sister is going to be pissed but she doesn't go to church at all.
DS1 was up at 4:15 this morning. He woke my mom up and wouldn't go back to sleep. I almost TPed H when he complained about being woken up. Dude, I don't care if you have to work. The kids are your responsibility too.
We have a busy weekend. Tomorrow is breakfast with Santa and Sunday we are having a family birthday party for DS1. I'm debating if I want to run to the party store for balloons or not. We'll see how tomorrow shapes up.
Re: godparents. For me, I always shared a special bond with my godfather. I can not remember one occasion where it was remotely religious. He is religious and still practices, but I am not and do not. He has always been just another person in my corner. He is the one that made our relationship special. I have no special bond with my godmother.
My sister, who also no longer practices, was asked to be our younger cousins godmother. She told the parents that she would not be able to guide her religiously but would be an extra support, another special person, in this girls life. The parents were happy with this arrangement. It is even more special now (cousin is 10 yo) because my uncle, her father, passed away last year. My sister continues to be involved in my cousins life, more so than what she may have otherwise. And does have a bond with her more than me and my other sister do.
We did not Baptize and therefore no godparents but really need to pick guardians in the event they are needed. I'm thinking my parents for now as they are early 60s and my sisters each have 3 kids already. H's family is not even a consideration. Should probably have this discussion with H...
hangry yes, the guardian discussion/decision was...fun. DH and I easily agreed on my sister as primary guardian, but we wanted to appoint a back-up and that was where things got sticky. I was just not comfortable with SIL--not that she's a bad person but I just don't want her raising my kids. I think logically DH agreed but also worried about the ramifications if she ever found out. Well, keep your mouth shut and it's a non-issue...and if/when she DOES find out, we'll be dead so not our problem, lol. We ended up picking my parents as back-ups, they're in good health and while we'd leave the children in good shape financially, they have the resources to hire extra help, etc if need be. We'd re-assess if circumstances changed WRT my parents' health, etc.
Okay so D is 3 weeks old today. I just stepped on the scale without and then with her.
She is 10 lbs. 10 oz. (born 8 lbs. 9 oz.) 😳
No failure to thrive there!
Sounds like she and C are on the same curve. C was 8 lbs 12 oz at birth and has gained just over 2 lbs at her 2-wk check. I'm curious as to what she weighs now, she's 4 wks today.
Post by sophiegrace on Dec 9, 2016 11:06:17 GMT -5
Hey hey! Lost my phone in the couch yesterday (I'm mobile). It only ever gets lost when I put that sucker on silent.
M won't be getting baptized. I was raised strict Roman Catholic, but stopped practicing after confirmation because no one else in my family was going by that point and H's Mom is from Thailand and a practicing Buddhist. She kept it as her thing and he was never introduced to any religion as a child. We're planning on going the route of just educating on all the different religions of the world and if she chooses to practice, not practice, form her own, etc., than more power to her.
Post by jubilantsquirrel on Dec 9, 2016 13:00:33 GMT -5
We won't baptize because we aren't religious in the least bit.
We're going to visit H's parents tonight, it'll be nice to get out of the house. We were going to take DS1 swimming today, but the aquatic center is ran by the district and 2in of snow means everything is closed.
Post by sophiegrace on Dec 9, 2016 13:28:31 GMT -5
H's mom just left him a voicemail. She's having the friend driving her down rent an SUV so she can bring more "stuff". I shudder to think of what she could be bringing down. Last years Christmas gift included homemade pickles she bought at a yard sale that looked to have had 10 years of dust on the jar. Kill me. Please just kill me now.
sophiegrace I'm laughing so hard at those pickles. I'm sorry.
When Sophie was a puppy we went up for a visit and brought her along. H's mom offered to watch her so we could go out to dinner with friends. According to her Sophie "looked sad" so she made her some chicken. An entire pound of it. Sophie ate it all, because yanno she's a DOG. She weighed all of 7 pounds at the time. So much puke. Everywhere. I had to get my car professionally cleaned when we got home.
We have our wills officially signed and official. So speaking of guardians we actually have it all sorted out and legal and stuff wahoo!
We chose my sister and BIL who I am pretty sure are the designated guardians for all 6 of their nieces and nephews. I told my mom who made a comment in that respect and how that would be a lot. Yeah but what is the likelihood all 3 sets of parents die leaving 6 parentess kids? Let's think logically mom.
We don't have godparents in the Methodist Church so that isn't something we have to figure out. My mom does keep asking when the baptism is going to be. I have no clue! August? Lol.
Shameless AW: Caroline smiled today and I caught it on camera! She's been trying the last couple days and nailed it this morning. She is 4 weeks today. Interestingly, DS also smiled at exactly 4 weeks old.
We baptized j in the church we got married in. My sister and BIL are his godparents. N will prob have my SIl and BIL as hers. We aren't religious, but did grow up going to church. Definitely more holiday church goers, if that, but we still like to go through the process. Probably will do it in the spring or summer.
Full disclosure, we were reading a Christmas book and it had a church scene and j had lots of questions. I was not quite sure how to respond, probably need to figure out..I'm a little confused about where I stand on the religion front, clearly.
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