I got to the birthday party at 4:50. Ha. DS had fun though and he's pretty pooped so hopefully he'll fall asleep shortly.
The lady is currently on the boob on her way to dreamland. I'm really really hoping for a good night from her. Our house is suddenly hot as hell so she's just in a light cotton sleeper and a muslin swaddle, and the windows are cracked. Please sleep, baby.
I'm a little annoyed at MH (story of my life, right?). He said he couldn't come with us to the party because he had too much work (it was his friend's kid btw). Then 20 minutes after I got there he showed up. Said it's going to be a late night so I wanted to see the kids for a few. Oookay.
The second we got home he locked himself back in his office, leaving me to do dinner time and bedtime with the two kids all alone. Like seriously wtf?? Couldn't he have saved his hour of free time to see them then and help me?
Whatever. I'm going to open some wine and watch what I want on TV for once.
So work party was great, except that part where I couldn't eat the samosas or butter chicken or pasta salad or baklava or cookies or the most amazing cheese cake. I couldn't take it and had a bite of H's cheese cake. It was to die for.
Now I'm holding E who has passed out; about to attempt the first transfer to her crib of the night.
Last night I was able to get her down every time she woke until I didn't have it in me to attempt again at 4am. But that means I slept alone for that whole time!! Just hoping for a little longer stretches tonight between wake ups.
Post by sophiegrace on Apr 29, 2017 19:40:02 GMT -5
goldenlove3 ours has a removable one. I only know that because I had to read the whole manual to figure out how to adjust the backrest and harness.
hangry M lives for her out of house poops. She never disappoints. Because it's just her I find it hilarious. I imagine it'd be less so when we get to add another kid to the mix. I'm sorry about all the food you can't eat. I'm far enough out that I can just shut it off, but in the beginning I would actually salivate thinking of things I was craving.
Post by sophiegrace on Apr 29, 2017 19:41:54 GMT -5
I've decided that if sleep strike 2017 continues tonight I'm bringing her out to the couch so I can watch a movie. If she's going to be completely up and refusing to sleep I may as well not let myself go crazy at the same time.
Oh shit goldenlove3, I wasn't close to a bridezilla, but that would really boil my blood. Like, who does that??
Honestly this is pretty typical of my family (extended, very extended). I had a family of 6 rsvp no then show up. No idea where they sat or if they ate but I didn't care at that point.
This chick is under 30 though and has a table full of kids from ~10 to 2 months.
I've decided that if sleep strike 2017 continues tonight I'm bringing her out to the couch so I can watch a movie. If she's going to be completely up and refusing to sleep I may as well not let myself go crazy at the same time.
Well I got about 4 bites of my ice cream in before J started crying. I picked him up and he burped and spit up all over my shoulder and chest. He's passed back out and I'm fairly confident he's laying in spit up.
Oh girl. Crossing everything that he just needed that spit up and now he's good to STTN for you.
As you can see, I'm still here. J woke up twice already. The Merlin is back on. I've been trying to use just a sleep sack but I'm so desperate I just put him in the Merlin. I will die if he sleeps now.
I'm so sorry. Do what you gotta do. Hopefully you at least finished your ice cream.
Post by sophiegrace on Apr 29, 2017 22:07:33 GMT -5
My bedroom is hotter than the center of hell. I need it to be colder than my soul in order to sleep so I guess I should start counting sheep or sumshit.
As you can see, I'm still here. J woke up twice already. The Merlin is back on. I've been trying to use just a sleep sack but I'm so desperate I just put him in the Merlin. I will die if he sleeps now.
I really hope that's the last wake up for awhile!!
sophiegrace We, too, sadly have been there. We are usually a really great team, like I really really love us. But man adding babies to the mix has totally thrown us off kilter the past 6 months. We have promised each other that anything said to each other between 6p (bedtime) and 6a (wake up) is 100% forgiven, no questions asked, and to not even bat an eyelash. Things are way better than they were in the beginning and we haven't even had a MOTN disagreement for probably 2 months, I was really scared for the solidity of our marriage for the first 1-2 months though. Sleep deprivation, stress, fear, and frustration has made me us nasty people at times that I don't recognize. But I DO know it's temporary and that sooooooon, when we get over this hump we will magically transform back into or old selves. Hopefully it was one and done for you guys! I like your motto for tonight, if you can't beat her, join her. Put her down on the ground or pack n play and let her go to town for an hour while you watch something and retry then. Curious, how much is she napping during the day? When is she eating in relation to being put down? Are you doing baths before bed? Is she making up the sleep on the other end (sleeping "late")? I recently realized that on the nights we give AV a bath she doesn't go down as easily and it clicked, the bath is stimulating her. It was only more apparent this past week or two as when I put her in there she starts going ape shit splashing and laughing and screeching - luckily I had moved battime up in the routine.
My bedroom is hotter than the center of hell. I need it to be colder than my soul in order to sleep so I guess I should start counting sheep or sumshit.
This is actually what I came to say. Or similar.
My bedroom is hot as balls. My bedroom is about 77 degrees. Therefore balls = 77 degrees.
You've been schooled.
But seriously cosleeping is NOT FUN when it's hot.
My bedroom is hotter than the center of hell. I need it to be colder than my soul in order to sleep so I guess I should start counting sheep or sumshit.
I'll sing you a lullaby.
Just to warn you though, when I try to sing to my 3 year old he tells me no, and when I stop singing he says "all better now". Thanks, kid.
Post by ClassyMrsA on Apr 29, 2017 23:15:00 GMT -5
My kid must have some inner sensor that tells her when I'm just about asleep so that she can wake up right at that moment. It seems to happen without fail. So instead of being asleep like I almost was, I'm up getting her back to sleep. Yay.
I am laughing that c decided to wake up around 5:30 this morning. H has taken him downstairs and I hear him chatting. Why do I laugh? Because he has probably woken the ILs who just flew in from CST. Unfortunately I am awake too, clearly.
Another very shitty night here. Although her best stretch was the one where I laid her down on her tummy. So maybe that's just where we are now, which is good. Silver linings and all.
Another very shitty night here. Although her best stretch was the one where I laid her down on her tummy. So maybe that's just where we are now, which is good. Silver linings and all.
Team belly also. She won't do it all night but even those few hours rejuvinate me enough.
Another very shitty night here. Although her best stretch was the one where I laid her down on her tummy. So maybe that's just where we are now, which is good. Silver linings and all.
I wonder if I should try that. He doesn't roll belly to back much though so I feel like it would just be a matter of time before he wakes up and freaks out that he can't roll back over.
Or I might just start sleep training. Tonight. He's 6 months old today.
Yeah, the biggest reason I am doing it is to get rid of the swaddle so that we can sleep train. Like I can't even wait to sleep train.
Post by goldenlove3 on Apr 30, 2017 8:39:01 GMT -5
Sorry for all the rough nights. Hopefully 6 months will be a turning point for these babies and everyone can get some good sleep again!
We're getting ready to head to ILs to get C. I told my parents that we'll bring him over for a couple hours then we're going back to ILs for dinner and cake.
Last night was fun. We didn't eat dinner until almost 10 but at least the cake was good. I only managed to drink a couple sips of wine and 1.5 vodka tonics before I switched to coffee.
Omfg. My in laws are staying with us this weekend. I just walked upstairs to my room and fil was toweling off after this shower WITH THE DOOR OPEN. The bathroom is at the top of the stairs and I have to pass it to get to my room or the kids rooms. If you want to shower with the door open go to a damn hotel.
I think this is my payback for laughing at them being woken up.
Post by sophiegrace on Apr 30, 2017 9:28:34 GMT -5
aggiebug! Nooooooo! I hope you were able to avoid seeing too much. Gag. Ugh.
tgrimes1980 I was hoping it was just a one off last night. I'm so sorry it turned into a bug. I feel like you can easily recruit your M to fix that sleeping husband issue. Feel better!
Post by sophiegrace on Apr 30, 2017 9:40:01 GMT -5
kleigh is it a bad or good thing that immediately after throwing it the very first thought I had was 'at least it's not honey'. 😂 I've heard about that whole between 6p and 6a thing before and I think that's why we were both able to talk about it and forget it so easily. As for M's sleep, she does make up for it and sleeps until 8:30-9 in the morning. Her naps still vary so much and she fights them tooth and nail because everything magically becomes the most amazing thing she's ever seen. I honestly don't mind if she doesn't go down until 9-9:30 at night. That I can handle. It's the 10:30-midnight that kills me because by that point we're at hours and hours of trying to shut her down. She does love her bath. Her worst nights these past two weeks were the ones we skipped bath. Last night she took pity on me and was down around 9:30. I did nothing different.
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