DS2 decided that being awake and cluster feeding from 9-1 sounded like fun. At least he gave me a three hour stretch after that. DS1 has been moaning/crying in his sleep all night long. I hope he sleeps in a little and doesn't wake up sick or crabby!
I changed the way I did L's nighttime feeding and her first wake up. She had two, three hour stretches! (Though two hours for me by the time I put her down.) And best - very little grunting, which is atypical for her.
It's 3:00AM. My baby just slept for SEVEN HOURS holy shit y'all. I'm taking over the world with all this sleep.
I don't know if it was the gripe water (he got another half dose for hiccups) or sleeping in just a onesie rather than a sleeper (and still swaddled and covered in a blanket) but I feel AMAZING.
Must be something in the water kristhegirl - I just got 6 hours! And C went down well at bedtime last night. Though I'm hoping it isn't the calm before the storm - H's paternity leave ended and he gets back to work today. I'm going solo all day for the first time. I'm nervous, and hoping baby is easy today. At last I'm well rested, right?
Post by erinshelley21 on Apr 6, 2017 5:12:45 GMT -5
DD and I are up. She gave me a 4 hour stretch then a 3 hour stretch. If that's as good as it gets for another month or so then I'm fine. It's been than the every hour bull shit between her, her brother and the dog when I was pregnant with her.
Tried nursing side lying for the first time and it worked out pretty well, DD fell asleep though and I debated burping her. She ended up burping on her own so I was lucky this time.
DS hatted cosleeping so this is all new to me, this LO just hates sleeping flat on her back or by herself, hopefully when she learns to roll more she will get out of my bed 😩
I keep thinking of my 6 week check up next week. After the all clear I'll start my birth control then i don't know how it's gonna work... I have no desire to have sex plus the kid is sleeping w us soooo poor DH will have to be patient, which he has been anyway but still.
I'm feeling pretty sad about how things are with DH and I. I wrote out a whole thing and erased it. Basically I hate to ask him to help because he gets mad at himself that I need to ask, but I interpret it as him being mad at me for asking. That's always been an issue. Now, in the motn we snap at each other or make snide comments. Usually when we get into these ruts where we're having lots of fights it's resolved by having sex. But that's not happening. So I'm struggling to figure out how to fix things.
I changed the way I did L's nighttime feeding and her first wake up. She had two, three hour stretches! (Though two hours for me by the time I put her down.) And best - very little grunting, which is atypical for her.
I'm feeling pretty sad about how things are with DH and I. I wrote out a whole thing and erased it. Basically I hate to ask him to help because he gets mad at himself that I need to ask, but I interpret it as him being mad at me for asking. That's always been an issue. Now, in the motn we snap at each other or make snide comments. Usually when we get into these ruts where we're having lots of fights it's resolved by having sex. But that's not happening. So I'm struggling to figure out how to fix things.
Make out with him then have a calm discussion. Figure out a motn routine that works for you both. Maybe you do all diapers motn but he does all evening?
I changed the way I did L's nighttime feeding and her first wake up. She had two, three hour stretches! (Though two hours for me by the time I put her down.) And best - very little grunting, which is atypical for her.
Well, part of it is that I did the MOTN diaper changes instead of H, who insists, but had fallen asleep on the couch because MLB network. But he doesn't let her squirm for very long so she doesn't poop usually.
I also decided to give gripe water a shot. Gave it to her after she pooped (didn't want her to strain and spit it up), then nursed and kept her upright for a while -- about 35 mins. Something else I changed was I turned our ceiling fan on high and swaddled her in a short sleeved onesie. I think she had been too hot.
She only gave 1.5 hours after the second MOTN wake up and she strained/grunted a ton, so maybe the two stretches were flukes, but I'll take em!
Post by ladytiffany24 on Apr 6, 2017 7:51:48 GMT -5
H just left for work. DD was well enough to go to the sitter. DS is napping. I am currently drinking coffee and eating a cinnamon raisin bagel in complete silence. Heaven.
Dd1 was home sick the past two days. She's finally fever free and H took her to daycare. And he's going to work. Dd2 is currently sleeping. I'm about to pour a cup of coffee. I'm excited to have a quieter house today.
She has to stay on bili lights until her appointment tomorrow. I can't wait until she's done with them, it's so much harder to snuggle her. And I can't just pick her up and walk around.
Any tips for constipation? We're on day 3, which pedi is ok with, but I can tell she's fussier because of it. I've tried bicycling her legs, warm bath, stomach massage. I think it's due to supplementing with formula over the weekend, getting tons of burps and she's passing gas but I want a bowel movement to give her relief!
Oh the gas. I hate the gas. I hate this stage. Come on 6 weeks (kinda I mean I have to go back to work at 6 weeks) because I think that's when it settles a bit.
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