Thirsty Thursday

[jwinct]

I can't wait for this week to be over. 

Let's be random and unpopular. 

[erien22846]

In honor of thirsty Thursday and my half birthday, I'm counting down the minutes until I run out and grab a coffee and a donut. 47 minutes....

[jwinct]

erien22846 - Happy half birthday.

DS slept from 7pm to 5:20am last night. Hallelujah! He must have known we're planning to sleep train starting Friday.

Saturday is DD1's family birthday party. I keep saying I'm going to clean and get shit done after work, but I have no energy to do such things at night after cooking and cleaning up from dinner and dealing with the kids. I'm usually in bed by 9pm, often earlier. I really need to vacuum and mop the floor tonight, and clean the bathrooms. I doubt I'll do it, though, and then I'll be scrambling tomorrow night and Saturday morning. I need to make cupcakes tomorrow night, too. I really wish I could take tomorrow off, but I used up so much vacation time already from being sick. Ugh.

[sanibel21]

I made a batch of decaf iced coffee yesterday for the rest of this week.
Are people sleep training yet? I am all over the place and messing things up left and right. Again.
Dd1 is at preschool. I'd like to get all the Easter and birthday stuff organized while she's gone. I told DH to go out with the guys from work tonight because he never goes out and I am going out next Saturday.

[hikingmama222]

Been up since 4 between DS's feeding and DD getting up at 445. She's chipper as can be and just cleaned her whole room unprompted. I guess Ill take it.

No plans today. It's cold and snowing so I think we'll just hibernate.

[adouces06]

erien22846 happy half birthday!
jwinct I hateeeee cleaning right before family gatherings, and I always procrastinate until like the morning of lol

DS has his eye appointment today, so maybe we will finally get a more concrete answer of what's going on with the pressure behind his eyes? MH was to go test drive a couple cars after, but we REALLY need to grocery shop, so I don't know what the plan is.

[jwinct]

sanibel21 - We have done a little bit of CIO when needed (mostly for naps), but we are officially starting sleep training tomorrow. We know he's capable of STTN and that his waking up is out of habit, so it's time to put a halt on that crap. It'll probably end up being straight CIO because he gets pissed like DD2 used to if you'd walk in her room and try to comfort her (we did Ferber with DD1 and tried it again with DD2). We ended up just doing CIO with her and it worked quickly and was relatively painless.

[sanibel21]

Mar 9, 2017 9:44:48 GMT -5 jwinct said:

sanibel21 - We have done a little bit of CIO when needed (mostly for naps), but we are officially starting sleep training tomorrow. We know he's capable of STTN and that his waking up is out of habit, so it's time to put a halt on that crap. It'll probably end up being straight CIO because he gets pissed like DD2 used to if you'd walk in her room and try to comfort her (we did Ferber with DD1 and tried it again with DD2). We ended up just doing CIO with her and it worked quickly and was relatively painless.

And are you doing it with no binkies, no swaddle, etc?

[sanibel21]

Good luck at the eye appt adouces06!

[Deleted]

No plans here really. It snowed overnight and is trying to snow now. It's windy as balls.

I should really clean my bathroom and mop the floors. But I need to be sufficiently motivated and I am not.

For those who SAH, do you have your kids on any kind of schedule like with naps and bedtime? I know for DS we had him in bed by 8 every night. DD seems content with an 11pm bedtime, as thats when she seems to have eaten enough for the day. She's currently sleeping from 11/1130-7(or as late as 9). Should I just leave her be?

[fem]

I took the toddler to daycare for the morning so I could pack. We're driving up to MN for the weekend tomorrow after work.

So far I've folded laundry, now I'm cuddling O in my bed and watching The Office.

[becole]

Mar 9, 2017 10:07:20 GMT -5 @snuff9861 said:

No plans here really. It snowed overnight and is trying to snow now. It's windy as balls.

I should really clean my bathroom and mop the floors. But I need to be sufficiently motivated and I am not.

For those who SAH, do you have your kids on any kind of schedule like with naps and bedtime? I know for DS we had him in bed by 8 every night. DD seems content with an 11pm bedtime, as thats when she seems to have eaten enough for the day. She's currently sleeping from 11/1130-7(or as late as 9). Should I just leave her be?

If it works for you to be up that late, koko. If you want to move it back, try 15 minutes/ day.

[becole]

My 2 yo had a pooo explosion at 10pm right after I laid down. It was everywhere. Comforter in the wash and all. It was 11pm before we were all back in bed.

[jwinct]

Mar 9, 2017 9:51:23 GMT -5 sanibel21 said:

Mar 9, 2017 9:44:48 GMT -5 jwinct said:

sanibel21 - We have done a little bit of CIO when needed (mostly for naps), but we are officially starting sleep training tomorrow. We know he's capable of STTN and that his waking up is out of habit, so it's time to put a halt on that crap. It'll probably end up being straight CIO because he gets pissed like DD2 used to if you'd walk in her room and try to comfort her (we did Ferber with DD1 and tried it again with DD2). We ended up just doing CIO with her and it worked quickly and was relatively painless.

And are you doing it with no binkies, no swaddle, etc?

We have never swaddled him and he won't take a binkie. He just wears footie pajamas and a Halo sleep sack. 

[danizee]

@snuff9861 I sah, we definitely have a schedule (that revolves around naps) at home. How late is DD's last nap? How many does she take? My LO takes 2, 2 hour naps and a 30 min nap usually. If one of the 2 hour naps is short then she generally takes a 4th nap to get her until bed time. At their age it is more important to monitor awake time (time in between naps) than have them on a set schedule. But she has done a decent job of scheduling herself lol. The toddler just has his afternoon nap that we are always home for. Bedtime for toddler is at 7, the babies bedtime depends on what time her last nap was. I usually between 7-8 though. Although she will usually wake around 10 for a "top off" feeding so I could see her liking a late bedtime too if that was an option. DH and I go to bed early though so I couldn't do a late bedtime with her

Honestly, if the 11 bedtime is working for you and your family if keep it. She is getting enough consistent sleep at night. When she starts consolidating and lengthening her daytime naps you'll have to move bedtime earlier anyways.

Sorry for the novel lol

[jwinct]

Mar 9, 2017 10:23:43 GMT -5 becole said:

My 2 yo had a pooo explosion at 10pm right after I laid down. It was everywhere. Comforter in the wash and all. It was 11pm before we were all back in bed.

Oh nooooo!!!!!!

[danizee]

Mar 9, 2017 10:22:57 GMT -5 becole said:

Mar 9, 2017 10:07:20 GMT -5 @snuff9861 said:

No plans here really. It snowed overnight and is trying to snow now. It's windy as balls.

I should really clean my bathroom and mop the floors. But I need to be sufficiently motivated and I am not.

For those who SAH, do you have your kids on any kind of schedule like with naps and bedtime? I know for DS we had him in bed by 8 every night. DD seems content with an 11pm bedtime, as thats when she seems to have eaten enough for the day. She's currently sleeping from 11/1130-7(or as late as 9). Should I just leave her be?

If it works for you to be up that late, koko. If you want to move it back, try 15 minutes/ day.

One thing to add to this because I've been trying to move bedtime back by 15 m to adjust for DLS and I forgot that you have to move everything back 15 min- wake up, naps, feeding, everything that way it's their same "schedule" just a few min earlier.

[danizee]

My parents are coming by to pick up toddler and entertain him for a couple hours before nap time. I'm trying to decide what I want to accomplish so I don't just end up sitting on the couch lol

[iwantbacon]

becole That is awful. I want to hug you and send you a big bottle of wine. Or vodka.

DS2 was up at 8:30pm, 10pm, then slept until 3am when he woke up to eat. Glorious. Then up again at 5:30am just moving around and a little whining. I only gave him the pacifier at 8:30 and 10.

On sleep training, I planned to start on Friday and still will, though I guess I sort of already had with removing the pacifier (save for the weird early night wake ups yesterday).

[macaronmama]

becole Boo on the late night linens change. I hated the one night I had to do that, DS was soooo awake after.

Also on the gonna start sleep training tomorrow. DS was getting better... getting better... then three wake ups. And last night every. effing. half. hour. From midnight to 4am. And he was wanting to nurse each time (I didn't, only at midnight and at 4). KMN. I'm teleworking today.

[Deleted]

Mar 9, 2017 10:39:08 GMT -5 danizee said:

@snuff9861 I sah, we definitely have a schedule (that revolves around naps) at home. How late is DD's last nap? How many does she take? My LO takes 2, 2 hour naps and a 30 min nap usually. If one of the 2 hour naps is short then she generally takes a 4th nap to get her until bed time. At their age it is more important to monitor awake time (time in between naps) than have them on a set schedule. But she has done a decent job of scheduling herself lol. The toddler just has his afternoon nap that we are always home for. Bedtime for toddler is at 7, the babies bedtime depends on what time her last nap was. I usually between 7-8 though. Although she will usually wake around 10 for a "top off" feeding so I could see her liking a late bedtime too if that was an option. DH and I go to bed early though so I couldn't do a late bedtime with her

Honestly, if the 11 bedtime is working for you and your family if keep it. She is getting enough consistent sleep at night. When she starts consolidating and lengthening her daytime naps you'll have to move bedtime earlier anyways.

Sorry for the novel lol

DD's last nap is generally around 7. Ive tried to do bedtime then, but then she wakes up around 9 and is awake for hours, so might as well roll with the late bedtime. Id love to go to bed early, but it just never happens since I'm a bit of a night owl. I only asked because I remember DS going to bed around 11 and then he moved his own bedtime up to 7-8. Currently DD drinks about 33 oz a day, in 6 oz bottles. She usually tanks up all evening long and will eat the majority of her food between 4 and 11pm.

[Deleted]

DD is so constipated. She was grunting on my lap, went to change her and nothing. Wiped her down and there was blood. Tried the good ole thermometer trick and if that doesn't work guess I'll be buying prune juice tonight. She hasn't had a poop in 3 days, (she usually goes at least every other). Poor kid.

[jwinct]

Mar 9, 2017 10:57:18 GMT -5 @snuff9861 said:

DD is so constipated. She was grunting on my lap, went to change her and nothing. Wiped her down and there was blood. Tried the good ole thermometer trick and if that doesn't work guess I'll be buying prune juice tonight. She hasn't had a poop in 3 days, (she usually goes at least every other). Poor kid.

Have you considered using a glycerine suppository? If she's uncomfortable because of it, I'd be inclined to go that route just because it will offer quicker relief. Poor thing! 

[ksyknelvr73]

Don't forget that DST is this weekend ladies...

[ksyknelvr73]

Well, in my house, we're back to DD STTN and DS2 being the one who wakes up. I don't know why this kid can't just sleep. He's almost 3. I guess I'm glad that typically we only have one kid not sleeping at a time instead of more. Silver lining?

DH asked me this morning if I wanted to go straight to get my toes done today after work and he'd handle dinner with the kids...I have no idea what he's up to, although he did ask if I would "make some time for him" later tonight. I mean, I'm good with this.

I'm so ready for this work week to be over. It's absolutely dragging.

[iwantbacon]

Mar 9, 2017 11:32:45 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

Don't forget that DST is this weekend ladies...

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[smallpotato]

Sleep training is definitely in our future. Our issue lately has been putting G down to bed. It's like the newborn stage all over again - asleep when I put him in, eyes wide open and awake as soon as his head hit the mattress. I know it's best to put him in awake, but he flips out when we do that. The other night, MH put him in at 12:15 after I sat in the recliner with G for 2 hours. G then slept until 6:30 when I woke him up. I was solo last night, so I did what I felt I needed to do to get any sleep. This is the 5th night in a row of this, and I am exhausted.

I'm surprised it took this long, but N decided that today would be the day he would try to "help" G by taking him out of his swing. MH was in the shower, and N took G out and carried him to the recliner (which is maybe 5 feet away). No one got hurt, but MH was not happy with N. N always wants to help, but just doesn't realize that he's not helping with what he does. We tell him all the time not to touch the straps on the swing or try to pick G up without one of us there.

Tonight is kindergarten registration and then we'll need to figure something out for dinner.

[smallpotato]

The only good thing I'm hoping for with DST is that N will start sleeping later again. I am over the 5:30 wakeups with him.

[Sha259]

erien22846 happy half birthday! And yay for donuts!

jwinct Ever since starting daycare B has been sleeping from 7 pm bedtime until about 3am. That is a win for us as he used to wake up every 2-3 hrs to be settled before that!

Sorry you have so much to do before your daughter's party.

sanibel21 not sleep training yet. Mostly we just let him fuss a bit to see if he will settle himself or start crying, but when he cries we do go in. We are debating if we should start now, or wait after we get back from vacation. We are going to Ireland so his sleep will be all sorts of crap I'm sure. And I don't want to have to do it twice so soon.

hikingmama222 it's 60 here, but we get the cold and snow tomorrow and over the weekend. Boo!

adouces06 hope your sons appt goes well.

@holachica hope you can get your sick fixed asap!

@snuff9861 if you stay at home and those sleep hours don't interfere with your other activities in or outside the house, I would leave her be.

fem it's nice your little likes to cuddle. B does not cuddle, but he does like you to hold him so he can look around the house

becole oh no!!! That is one of my worst nightmares, either at bedtime or while we are out. B has woken up a few times with a dirty diaper, but he hasn't had an explosion in months (knocking on all the wood!)

[iwantbacon]

Holy smokes on the swing move smallpotato!!!