shannjohnston I'd say your husband needs to suck it up. Go to your concert, get your drinks, and enjoy yourself. Everyone will live. I've had times when I've thought twice about leaving my husband with LO, but what good is that going to do? He needs to learn how to parent, too. The whole household can't crumble when mom isn't around.
So my random #2 for the day. I sneezed and sent LO into a fit. Seriously would not stop crying. She can be so dramatic sometimes.
This weekend has been rough. Frid I got my period which sucked enough but then I messed up my neck. I thought it was due to how I was working on the computer all day...on the sofa with it resting on the sofa arm. It felt worse Sat the pain radiated down my back. We had a couple of family parties and I was happy to give baby over to the aunts and cousins. But hardly enjoyed myself. I didn't bother to buy any pain med thinking it'd get better. By the time we got home I was feeling stiff in the neck and upper back. I couldn't lift baby so he stayed in bed with us. I ended up slathering bengay on my neck and as far down my back as possible. Felt bad for baby, that stuff smells so strong. My back isn't hurting as much but still feel pretty stiff esp neck. Today is going to suck. DH had to help his sister move so I am stuck home alone with baby.
I got super excited this morning thinking DS had given us a 5 he stretch ( would have been first ever)..... Then remembered the time change... Sad face
Hey 4 hours ain't bad!!! A night ago my husband asked me what time I got up in the morning to feed DD and I said 430. And he goes wow she slept in her crib a long time!!! So I asked, well what time did you put her down? He answered midnight. I had to pick her up crying at 12:30 ? we just started laughing. She only lasted a half hour.
shannjohnston, your H needs to be a parent. I've had both boys alone when DH was gone all night for a vendor dinner, and it was fine. I got to watch The Bachelor alone when they went to bed. And I even made it to work the next day. It can be done!
Post by CoffeeOnIce on Mar 8, 2015 13:32:03 GMT -5
Do only some smilies exsist on here? Anyone wanna tell me what they see above here? I put the laughing one but see an open mouthed one and a question mark
This morning was pretty good - church, brunch (with smoked salmon and Bloody Marys - mmm), and some nice afternoon sex while the boys were napping. But DS1 got up twice during his nap because he pooped, and I spot a little during the sex, which freaked out DH. I guess it couldn't be too perfect because then it wouldn't seem like real life.
Do only some smilies exsist on here? Anyone wanna tell me what they see above here? I put the laughing one but see an open mouthed one and a question mark
I see a sad face with a question mark in your post above. I think it changes a lot of emojis to that.
shannjohnston - Ugh! I totally know how you feel! My h had days like that just trying manage our 5 year old so I am super worried about going back to work and leaving him to deal with both kids for most of the day. It sucks here a lot of the time but that is just how it is, they just need to suck it up and quit thinking of themselves. I don't understand why they think that we should have to handle it all and they are basically excused except for brief periods of time where they "help". They have to learn how to manage without us. My husband was just grumpy this morning because my dd woke him up at 1:30 PM because she was hungry and I was nursing the baby. He said he was up too late. WTH man! That is your own fault, go the eff to bed!!
CoffeeOnIce no 4 hours isn't bad, but I always hope for more it's funny about the crib. Not so much that it was only a 1/2 hour but that you thought it was longer. I am dreading the transition to the crib. That means I will have to go more than 2 steps to feed LO
Thanks to daycare last week LO has been sleeping soooo well, and I moved her to the crib and out of the bassinet. I am so happy to get to enjoy the weekend snuggles even though I miss her during the week!
Post by shannjohnston on Mar 8, 2015 15:53:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the support ladies. To those who asked, DH is VERY appreciative of what I do and is humbled by what a good mom I am (not to toot my own horn, but, well, I do feel like I've at least gotten a handle on it after the past eight weeks). He is a great dad, but often lacks the perpetual parenting patience sometimes needed. I think there's a combination of daddy amnesia from DS as well as the general new dad frustrations - DD is not as used to his smell, he doesn't have the same tried and true system to soothe, etc. and as many of you have said, if you're too quick to pass of the screamer, you never really learn how to work though it instead. He does take over daddy duties on Friday nights when I got to derby, but I don't leave until 7:30 those nights and most of the hard work is already done. I think I'll have my mom and/or dad come over (plus, they can come earlier and I can then leave earlier ) and help him out through dinner/bath/bedtime. If DS is down for the count and he only has to deal with DD, it should be easier. Hopefully DS will be cold-free and DD will be out of this fussy phase too.
If I sleep in until after noon is it OK for the first thing I do is drink a beer? It's one of those days. At least DH apologized today when he made me cry. I know I'm overly sensitive right now but he's been ignoring me when I get upset which just makes me feel worse.
This morning I woke up just before 7 and was wondering why I was so tired... Duh daylight savings, my phone reset itself!
I just have to ask why Gap do you make tiny to scale cargo pants with tapered legs? Sil gave us those in 3-6 month and I could barely get them on Lo because of the tapered legs. I guess I'm lucky I didn't spend the money on them but seriously they have functional pockets with hidden buttons... They couldn't have been cheap! I'm all about sweat pants for babies, toddlers and mama!
Our house flooded on Friday morning. We think it was a septic back up since there has not been any more water since. A crew came in from the insurance company and tore up all of our floors and put down these huge fans to dry the walls. My house is now torn to bits, noisy, and dirty. I can't wait until it goes back to normal around here. It is messing up los schedule so badly. On the plus side I'm getting the new floors I wanted!
Went to my moms today. Her house is so loud and so chaotic. My brother lives there with his GF and my 7 month old nephew. Compared to my son he is extremely high maintenance. He cries and whines ALOT! It's so loud there and between my parents and my nephews parents someone is always in his face, being loud and he is taken from activity to activity and he ends up having several meltdowns during the day. I say nothing because it's not my kid. My problem is that between the whining and the noise, my LO misses pretty much all of his naps and my normally chill, low mantanence baby turns into a demon that won't go to bed that night.
It's really frustrating and I just need to address it.
LO slept 9 hours last night. I think my boobs might fall off
Got a 7 hr stretch last night and the rock hard boobies were painful. Cant imagine the nine hours but yay to you and me and other ladies who got a long stretch last night.
Went to my moms today. Her house is so loud and so chaotic. My brother lives there with his GF and my 7 month old nephew. Compared to my son he is extremely high maintenance. He cries and whines ALOT! It's so loud there and between my parents and my nephews parents someone is always in his face, being loud and he is taken from activity to activity and he ends up having several meltdowns during the day. I say nothing because it's not my kid. My problem is that between the whining and the noise, my LO misses pretty much all of his naps and my normally chill, low mantanence baby turns into a demon that won't go to bed that night.
It's really frustrating and I just need to address it.
I sort of have a similar situation with my MIL. She is French Canadian, and I don't know if that's an excuse, but is VERY loud and overly dramatic. Every little thing becomes a VERY big deal. Unfortunately, DH often gets wrapped up in it, and then he is loud too. We know it's coming and are all exhausted when we/she leaves. And then it happens all over again the next time.
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