The baby is now taking her 2nd car nap of the day. Getting my mom's birth certificate took longer than I thought and of course she fell asleep on the way home. I'm glad she's taking good naps but I'm stuck in the car and I have to pee. 😬
Did you all see this picture of the baby being born with an IUD (marina) in its hand? Apparently a nurse put it in his hand after birth for the picture but she got pregnant with the IUD in and it came out with birth. Yikes
I mean it's yikes because no Bc is foolproof but statistically there are way way more bc pills or NFP babies than Mirena babies. I think Mirena is 1/1000. Bc pills is 1/100.
Jakob is a paraguard baby.
jennyinheaven I'm glad y'all are ok. Guy def does not need to be on the road.
I think we found a daycare for DD2. There's a center nearby that just opened another infant room. We liked it on the tour.
DD1's daycare will probably have an opening in late October for DD2. We can handle some extra $$ for a center and two drop off/pick ups for a couple months.
Post by SpinsOffResonance on May 4, 2017 21:48:27 GMT -5
Catching up..
lulu sorry about your MIL/DH issues. If your MIL's house is not safe no way would I leave the children there. You got to stand up for them. At the very least, if they really must go to her house, be there with them (you not being welcome there is bullshit, you go where the kids go, period), and leave at any sign of drugs or Unsafe behavior.
Susan0utLoud we went to Great wolf Lodge back in January. It was really awesome and the Kids loved it, although DD2 was a little scared of some of the pools but she had a blast in the smaller kid pool. We stayed 2 nights, which was nice to get one full day on site, although by the third day I was done with the waterpark, it was way too cold (it's actually super warm as long as you're dry, but it gets very cold very fast once you're wet, kids had blue lips and shivering). There is a ton to do waterpark, arcade, mini golf, adventure course, kid activities and multiple restaurants. We had a 3-bedroom suite, the one with the kids cabin, which ended up being adorable but useless. In ours the kids' cabin was a nook off the living room, with no doors and bunk beds. So we ended up with the kids in the second bedroom and FIL on the pull out sofa. The main negative is the opening hours, Check the schedule at yours, but for us nothing was open until 9.30am so we were at a loss for what to do in the mornings.
Since Chloe turned 3, we took away the paci. So freaking tough. But I survived. She cried from deep in her core for 20 minutes. Then whimpered for another 30 min or so. I was crying too. I know it's necessary but I felt her pain. Night 1 done. I sure hope the ones to follow are easier.
Since Chloe turned 3, we took away the paci. So freaking tough. But I survived. She cried from deep in her core for 20 minutes. Then whimpered for another 30 min or so. I was crying too. I know it's necessary but I felt her pain. Night 1 done. I sure hope the ones to follow are easier.
We aren't ready for another battle with J yet (the bottle was traumatic) so we are letting him have the paci still but only until they die. He chews on them and only has 3 left. Our biggest issue is that when he doesn't hAve one of his own he steals the baby. Hopefully by doing the takeaway before baby you'll have avoided that.
Since Chloe turned 3, we took away the paci. So freaking tough. But I survived. She cried from deep in her core for 20 minutes. Then whimpered for another 30 min or so. I was crying too. I know it's necessary but I felt her pain. Night 1 done. I sure hope the ones to follow are easier.
It was completely forgotten after a week. Whimpering and not crying for maybe 2-3 days. But we got rid of it at 2. He probably would be much more angry now at 3.
DS asked to sit on the potty at home for the first time. But I'm totally unprepared so it was obviously too big. He didn't actually go because I think he was scared of falling in even though I was holding him. Time to invest in some p/t supplies!
Since Chloe turned 3, we took away the paci. So freaking tough. But I survived. She cried from deep in her core for 20 minutes. Then whimpered for another 30 min or so. I was crying too. I know it's necessary but I felt her pain. Night 1 done. I sure hope the ones to follow are easier.
We did this the night of her 3 year bday as well. The first night was rough, just like you explained, but I think Eliza cried for longer. I had tears putting her to bed because she kept crying for her paci and I just wanted to give it to her. MOTN she woke up and cried hard a bit. But then each night got better and better. By a week she was good. Random times in there she would comment how she really missed her paci, but she hasn't said anything since about week 2. Anyway, all that to say it gets better!!!
Ds woke up with a dry diaper this morning for the first time ever!! I don't expect this to happen again tonight...but if it did that'd be great!
Dd did this once this week too. Hasn't happened since, but ya never know. Our pediatrician confirmed what I had read some where that it's all in how the brain develops and is really and individual thing. She said with her own kids one completely day/night potty trained at the same time, never had any bed wetting, the other was in diapers over night until 5 or 6.
Since Chloe turned 3, we took away the paci. So freaking tough. But I survived. She cried from deep in her core for 20 minutes. Then whimpered for another 30 min or so. I was crying too. I know it's necessary but I felt her pain. Night 1 done. I sure hope the ones to follow are easier.
We did this the night of her 3 year bday as well. The first night was rough, just like you explained, but I think Eliza cried for longer. I had tears putting her to bed because she kept crying for her paci and I just wanted to give it to her. MOTN she woke up and cried hard a bit. But then each night got better and better. By a week she was good. Random times in there she would comment how she really missed her paci, but she hasn't said anything since about week 2. Anyway, all that to say it gets better!!!
We got rid of dd's in January. She traded them for an alarm clock, so the clock served as a nice reminder of the positive change. Like others have said, it was a couple nights of complaining, and then fine. She's asked about it occasionally, but no big deal.
I'm hoping I don't endure last night again. It was exponentially more than complaining. It was full on sadness. She started choking a couple different times from being so upset. I held strong, no help to the H, but I went to bed feeling so miserable for her. Today, she's asked a lot but I'm just redirecting. I know it's necessary, which is why I took it away but it's hard nonetheless.
Lesson learned: DS, if he is a pacifier kid, is getting his taken away at 1.
Not sure if many of you have Aldis by you but they're just released alcoholic popsicles in gin and tonic flavor or peach Bellini. I'm stopping tonight to see if I can find some
Omg! I was just on the couch and felt like I saw something move out of the corner of my eye on the floor about 20 minutes ago.
Now I just screamed my head off and jumped off the couch because I felt and heard something scurry near my shoulder. Obviously a mouse was walking along the couch. It has been pissing down rain for a week and my yard is flooded so clearly they started coming in again from outside.
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