Fabulous Friday Randoms

[ellabee]

How's your Friday looking?

It's a fabulous day for me because B gave me his first ever 6hr stretch. Amazeballs.

[vlagroupie]

Yay ellabee for sleep!

[weeklyplanner]

DD continues to give one 4 hour stretch and then up every 1-2 hours. I'm praying it gets better after this leap/growth spurt or whatever is going on. She also continues to only nap on top of someone or in her carseat. Ahhh, tiny babies are lucky they're so cute.

I'm using this morning to actually sit and relax with DD before we leave at 11am to get DS. I'm trying to soak in the baby snuggles and ignore the mess of my house that is the tornado of a 2 year old.

[heybulldog56]

I'm in bed snuggling with B. Dh and DS brought me breakfast and coffee in bed. I pawned both kids off on my mom around 6 and went back to bed until now. Good start to the day, I must say.

weeklyplanner, I'm glad it's not just us. B also does one four hour stretch followed by 1.5-2 hours until we finally get up. It's really rough. All the coffee for us!

[ellabee]

heybulldog56 and weeklyplanner, B had been doing a max of 4hrs up until last night too. I feel like he just got over his leap- so there's hope!

[lakegirl]

Add me to the 4 hour and then frequent wake up club. Although I'd love a repeat of the random six hour stretch we got the other night! Or maybe to reverse it and do a couple frequent wake ups and then one long stretch in the morning. Sighs.

I'm packing today because we're headed up to NY to stay at my parents so my grandma and extended family can meet dd. I'm the only cousin with kids so everyone is super excited to meet another baby. I'm excited to see everyone!

But I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. Ds is being super needy and whiny. Dd is in the middle of her first leap and cluster feeding. I feel guilty and my overachieving self has difficulty with the fact I'm not getting anything done. Boo.

[pibblemom]

Woo hoo ellabee! So glad you got to sleep!

weeklyplanner, I tell C that daily. It's a good thing you're cute.

heybulldog56, I'm jealous of your breakfast, coffee AND extra sleep! Enjoy!

lakegirl, have fun with your family! Also, the "things" will still be there after the neediness is over. Snuggle your babies.

I'm over here trying to work on the project I've been ignoring since I was pregnant. It needs to be at the printer next week. Guess what? It won't be. I'm such a slacker. C is being super clingy today. Not necessarily cranky, just very "hold me". I also need to finally call and set up tours of day cares.

[ellabee]

I feel you lakegirl. I have this need to overachieve and it's hard to deal with when I feel like I'm getting nothing accomplished.

[pibblemom]

Well, my nanny/dc issue is solved, at least for a while. Mil will be coming over 3 days/week so I can go to work (and hopefully gym. I like this arrangement as an infant because of cost savings and germs, but I hope to have her in dc around 2 for socializing so I hope mil won't take offense to that when we cross that bridge.

[bazinga]

Yay for sleep ellabee!

Enjoy your morning weeklyplanner. I think I need t to do that more often too. This phase passes so quickly and I don't think I stop often enough to soak it in.

Sorry your flight was so traumatic heybulldog56. Sounds like today is off to a much better start! Your story has made me very anxious about our 12hr flight in a couple of weeks though...

After a week of really bad sleep with lots of unhungry wakeups H gave me an 8 hr then 3hr stretch! He woke 2x during the long stretch trying to find his paci which I'm sure is the reason for a lot of wakeups. Is it too early to try and wean from the paci?? He's found his hands and cam suck on those but it's gonna be months before he can plug his own paci in.

[bazinga]

Great news pibblemom! I wish we had family close by.

[meeggaannw]

Congrats on the good sleep @ellabee! Doesn't it feel wonderful to be semi-rested?

weeklyplanner soak up those snuggles! It makes me sad they grow so fast!

heybulldog56 I'm glad you are having a good time already, especially with the trip you had getting here!

lakegirl have fun with your family! I'm sorry for the whiny toddler, I'm right there with you!

pibblemom yay for family, That's wonderful! When are you going to start?

bazinga that is wonderful sleep, R did something similar last night. It was amazing! I also fear the pacifier is becoming a prop here too but until we unswaddle I don't plan on weaning. Hopefully when we do he is able to find his thumb.

[meeggaannw]

Today is a cleaning day here. I was out all day yesterday with my morning mom group and then R's 2 month appointment in the afternoon. I just got both kids down for a double nap and sat down myself to eat lunch and sort/fold laundry. Hopefully they give a good stretch and I can relax a bit myself. I'm planning to make cookie dough dip here in a minute, we gave up candy and ice cream for lent and I've got to get some sweets in somehow, haha.

[silvermelody]

We did a reverse last night, 3.5 and then 4 hours. I think her morning grunting is needing to poop. I was able to rock her back to sleep in the RNP two or three times then got her out and she had a big poop.

After my super productive day on Wednesday I'm sort of rebounding and not doing well mentally. I called the psych who is running the PPD group and asked to start zoloft again. (I was on it after DS was born). She's also going to extend my disability by at least two weeks to give me a little more breathing room before going back to work (disability was going to be up week after next, original return to work was May 1 with 6 wks of bonding leave). I already feel a little better having that plan in place.

[bazinga]

meeggaannww, H has always been an arms out swaddle baby so I'm sure that s part of the problem as he keeps knocking his paci out.

silvermelody, LT for support. Sorry you're dealing with this again but I'm glad you have support and will have additional time at home.

[lakegirl]

bazinga I don't think it's crazy. Ds self-weaned at 4 months. I liked being done with the pacifier early before he really had an emotional attachment to it that he was aware of. It certainly made it easier for me. Dd isn't crazy about the pacifier so I'm hoping she will follow his lead.

[pibblemom]

bazinga, she's not super close, she's about 45 mins away, but she's home all day by herself because both sons are out of the house and FIL still works so I think she welcomes the change.

meeggaannw, starting Monday 😔. I'm so far behind on work I would've loved to wait another week, but it wouldn't be smart. I need to try to pump as much as possible to build up some sort of stash, but bought formula just in case. What is cookie dough dip??

silvermelody, I'm glad you have a plan in place that is making you feel better

[weeklyplanner]

silvermelody I'm glad you're taking care of yourself. Hang in there!

[weeklyplanner]

Mar 3, 2017 13:09:27 GMT -5 bazinga said:

Yay for sleep ellabee!

Enjoy your morning weeklyplanner. I think I need t to do that more often too. This phase passes so quickly and I don't think I stop often enough to soak it in.

Sorry your flight was so traumatic heybulldog56. Sounds like today is off to a much better start! Your story has made me very anxious about our 12hr flight in a couple of weeks though...

After a week of really bad sleep with lots of unhungry wakeups H gave me an 8 hr then 3hr stretch! He woke 2x during the long stretch trying to find his paci which I'm sure is the reason for a lot of wakeups. Is it too early to try and wean from the paci?? He's found his hands and cam suck on those but it's gonna be months before he can plug his own paci in.

If he found his hands, I'd let him use those. I think the replacing the paci stage can last a long time and is a lot of wake ups as they get older and want it constantly.

[weeklyplanner]

Mar 3, 2017 11:36:35 GMT -5 ellabee said:

I feel you lakegirl. I have this need to overachieve and it's hard to deal with when I feel like I'm getting nothing accomplished.

You've literally described me. It's so hard. I miss being able to get done what I want to get done WHEN I want to get it done.

I really miss working out. Im finding it impossible to do with 2 little ones, a toddler that doesn't nap and a husband that works until 7pm or later every night. Who wants to work out at 8pm after being with kids all day and finally getting them in bed...not me. Then I have guilt over not doing it...ugh.

[peaseblossom55]

E has been sleeping on me since 2:30. I'm sore. I haven't been able to get done anything I wanted to. I found out my leave pay got screwed up because of some misinformation I got. I am so annoyed. I'm hoping it works out ok.

[thelittleredm]

We are at our destination. DS1 did really well but that's no surprise. W did great until about an hour out and nothing would soothe him except being out of the car seat so we had to listen to a lot of screaming. When we did get to the hotel, I gave the boys a half hour to be up before putting them both down for naps. I have no clue when we're supposed to have the rehearsal dinner so I'm trying to get ready now.

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Take care silvermelody

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We had DD1s nursery school tour today. It was my first trip out with both girls. I've been loving the ring sling for F! So much more secure than the SSC.

[meeggaannw]

pibblemom I'm sorry you have to go back so soon but I'm glad you have a plan in place that you are comfortable with.
Also cookie dough dip, its so good! Cream cheese, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate chips mixed together and eaten with graham crackers or pretzels. I love it but try not to keep it in the house. I made some for the super bowl and have been craving it ever since.

[meeggaannw]

Mar 3, 2017 19:58:13 GMT -5 @orangcrush said:

We had DD1s nursery school tour today. It was my first trip out with both girls. I've been loving the ring sling for F! So much more secure than the SSC.

I need to get more comfortable with my rings sling, I have gotten really good with my wrap but have yet to pull the RS out. I'm also not ready to use my ssc, I have a lillebaby but not the infant insert. I technically don't need it but I just feel like there won't be enough support without it.

[MissDemeanor]

Mar 3, 2017 23:20:54 GMT -5 meeggaannw said:

Also cookie dough dip, its so good! Cream cheese, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate chips mixed together and eaten with graham crackers or pretzels. I love it but try not to keep it in the house. I made some for the super bowl and have been craving it ever since.

Where has this been all my life?

[ellabee]

Back to our regular 4 hr first stretch lol. Womp womp.

[thelittleredm]

Currently pumping and wishing I were in bed. My boob was so engorged and it hasn't even been that long since I went to bed.

[meeggaannw]

R was up 5 hours after going to bed, not great for him. I'm trying to get him back to sleep. I was just walking through the house and realized a sliding door was unlocked. Mh left it unlocked, I could kill him. I'm not going to sleep very well for the rest of the night.