My BBB dresser saga continues. It was purchased over two months ago. Quick summary: we picked up the first one at the store, only to unbox it and find the wrong dresser. They located one at a store 1.5 away, and were delivering it. Midway through the delivery window, the driver called to say that it got damaged on the truck.
Yesterday, yet another attempt was made. The one delivery guy apparently is usually an office guy, and not used to (or in shape for) deliveries. Despite my husband and the other delivery guy repeatedly telling him to pick the box up rather than slide it, he slid it, leaving an over 2 foot gash in our brand new hardwood, installed less than a month ago. My husband let me call the delivery company to address it, I spoke to a guy who assured me a call by the end of the day. I called back mid-afternoon, got voicemail and am still waiting for my call back. I am so pissed about this entire process. Do not recommend.
river that sounds so annoying. I hate dealing with stuff like that. In the scheme of things its total first world problems but damn is it frustrating! Like can't anyone do what they say they'll do these days??
Post by dukegirlsc on Apr 22, 2017 19:22:11 GMT -5
DH is pushing for the babies to be moved to the nursery in the RnP's. I understand they are noisy sleepers but I'm so nervous about moving them out of our room. I honestly don't think I will sleep at all if we move them now! The thought of sleep training has me very nervous and is causing some friction with DH. Any thoughts or advice ladies?
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DH is pushing for the babies to be moved to the nursery in the RnP's. I understand they are noisy sleepers but I'm so nervous about moving them out of our room. I honestly don't think I will sleep at all if we move them now! The thought of sleep training has me very nervous and is causing some friction with DH. Any thoughts or advice ladies?
I don't have twin experience yet, but I will say, I cried when we moved DS out of our room and into his (still in the RNP) at 4 weeks. BUT, I was so happy we did! He was still waking every 4 hours, but the quality of sleep we got was much better.
DH is pushing for the babies to be moved to the nursery in the RnP's. I understand they are noisy sleepers but I'm so nervous about moving them out of our room. I honestly don't think I will sleep at all if we move them now! The thought of sleep training has me very nervous and is causing some friction with DH. Any thoughts or advice ladies?
Do you have a white noise machine? If not, get one! Put it in your bedroom and it should help drown out most of their little noises. Until after 4m, I would have spent the entire night doing the pacifier shuffle down the hall at least 10 times a night. MH wanted them out earlier but he wasn't the one getting up with them MOTN, so we kept them in our room until 6m. By then I felt much more comfortable. The white noise helped the transition as well- it was a familiar sleep prop!
That said, try it one night... maybe commit to a weekend or even a week, and if its awful, you can always bring them back in.
river that sounds so annoying. I hate dealing with stuff like that. In the scheme of things its total first world problems but damn is it frustrating! Like can't anyone do what they say they'll do these days??
Yes!! I texted a friend about it and started with "1st world complaint incoming" and ended with "I won't care about any of this in two weeks."
Holy hell. Is there some sort of 3 week/almost our due date growth spurt?! My duo has been at the boob for over an hour. Pause, burp, more please. I'm bored! I mean. How special. What great bonding time.
Holy hell. Is there some sort of 3 week/almost our due date growth spurt?! My duo has been at the boob for over an hour. Pause, burp, more please. I'm bored! I mean. How special. What great bonding time.
Last night was my H's turn to get up with E for his MOTN feeding. And guess what happened? E slept through the night. I'm sure it won't happen all week when it's my turn to get up. Signed, slightly bitter mom of twins
Last night was my H's turn to get up with E for his MOTN feeding. And guess what happened? E slept through the night. I'm sure it won't happen all week when it's my turn to get up. Signed, slightly bitter mom of twins
DH is pushing for the babies to be moved to the nursery in the RnP's. I understand they are noisy sleepers but I'm so nervous about moving them out of our room. I honestly don't think I will sleep at all if we move them now! The thought of sleep training has me very nervous and is causing some friction with DH. Any thoughts or advice ladies?
We just moved our girls into their own room today. They'll be 8 months on Tuesday. While they were in our room, a sound machine helped so much!
And what's your concern about sleep training? I'm sorry you're not agreeing on this stuff. It's so hard. We didn't sleep train DD1 and don't plan to with the twins either but from everyone I know, it's really important to both be on the same page (whether you wait it out/cry it out/something in between) for it to work.
@dvmomma I bet there is! I feel like the growth spurts are all the time early on. Speaking of feeding, how is it going? Do you tandem nurse? That is my plan and I am open to any/all advice.
Last night was my H's turn to get up with E for his MOTN feeding. And guess what happened? E slept through the night. I'm sure it won't happen all week when it's my turn to get up. Signed, slightly bitter mom of twins
@dvmomma I bet there is! I feel like the growth spurts are all the time early on. Speaking of feeding, how is it going? Do you tandem nurse? That is my plan and I am open to any/all advice.
Yeah we're doing tandem. I can't imagine any other way. I think it would take up my whole day if I didn't. It's going great actually. My boobs are gigantic but other than that pretty smooth sailing. My advice is just to make sure you're comfortable before starting out. Have all the pillows/blankets/snacks/water/tv remote handy. Also don't hesitate to adjust their lips to get a better latch. Mine kind of suck sometimes- no pun intended- and I remember with my first I was always afraid of messing her up or something so I suffered through bad latches and my poor nipples paid the price. With both nipples in use every 2-3 hours this time, it's crucial to make sure it doesn't hurt. Other than that, just roll with it! It gets easier really quickly. I went from having zero hands available to having both. You all find a rhythm. For us that's two camping pillows (the twin z was terrible IMO), sometimes using one's head to prop up the other's and changing which kid gets which boob at each feeding.
DH is pushing for the babies to be moved to the nursery in the RnP's. I understand they are noisy sleepers but I'm so nervous about moving them out of our room. I honestly don't think I will sleep at all if we move them now! The thought of sleep training has me very nervous and is causing some friction with DH. Any thoughts or advice ladies?
What are your specific concerns about having them in the nursery and sleep training?
@dvmomma I bet there is! I feel like the growth spurts are all the time early on. Speaking of feeding, how is it going? Do you tandem nurse? That is my plan and I am open to any/all advice.
I tandem fed in the beginning. It saved time but I didn't like it. I felt trapped under the giant nursing pillow. I needed at least one other person to help me position them, and then I still didn't have any free hands to do anything with so I got super bored. I eventually learned how to tandem feed in the rocking chair without the pillow (using the arms of the chair to support my arms), and that was better. I still do it occasionally. Overall though, I much prefer nursing one at a time. It means I spend more time nursing, but it gives me a hand free to hold a book or a phone or a snack, and I enjoy the one-on-one bonding. You'll figure out what works best for you.
@dvmomma I bet there is! I feel like the growth spurts are all the time early on. Speaking of feeding, how is it going? Do you tandem nurse? That is my plan and I am open to any/all advice.
I tandem fed in the beginning. It saved time but I didn't like it. I felt trapped under the giant nursing pillow. I needed at least one other person to help me position them, and then I still didn't have any free hands to do anything with so I got super bored. I eventually learned how to tandem feed in the rocking chair without the pillow (using the arms of the chair to support my arms), and that was better. I still do it occasionally. Overall though, I much prefer nursing one at a time. It means I spend more time nursing, but it gives me a hand free to hold a book or a phone or a snack, and I enjoy the one-on-one bonding. You'll figure out what works best for you.
Agreed! You'll figure out what works for you. Mine wake up within 5 minutes of each other so individual feedings would result in someone screaming alone for 30-45 minutes while the other got to eat so that's usually not an option here. I do definitely enjoy the bonus feedings with just one and the individual cuddles though
Oh! Also! lindsay I forgot the most important part. A comfy chair that's a recliner. If I didn't have a recliner I wouldn't currently have one hand free to Tapatalk and one hand free to sip my coffee 😝 I have a photo I was going to post of our set up but I should probably figure out how to hide it in a spoiler in case someone would prefer to not see two feeding babies
Post by dukegirlsc on Apr 24, 2017 10:55:58 GMT -5
bocaburger, mc13, with sleep training I am concerned about transitioning out of our room to the nursery, transitioning out of RnP to the crib and CIO. I am not opposed to letting them settle themselves into sleep but at this age (6weeks) I am not on board for any sort of CIO. My DH and I really need to have a long talk about it and the daily schedule but I am never in the mood for such a talk these days, so I keep putting him off.
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I tandem fed in the beginning. It saved time but I didn't like it. I felt trapped under the giant nursing pillow. I needed at least one other person to help me position them, and then I still didn't have any free hands to do anything with so I got super bored. I eventually learned how to tandem feed in the rocking chair without the pillow (using the arms of the chair to support my arms), and that was better. I still do it occasionally. Overall though, I much prefer nursing one at a time. It means I spend more time nursing, but it gives me a hand free to hold a book or a phone or a snack, and I enjoy the one-on-one bonding. You'll figure out what works best for you.
Agreed! You'll figure out what works for you. Mine wake up within 5 minutes of each other so individual feedings would result in someone screaming alone for 30-45 minutes while the other got to eat so that's usually not an option here. I do definitely enjoy the bonus feedings with just one and the individual cuddles though
That also changes as they get more efficient at feeding so the amount of time one has to wait is much shorter.
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