You know you're a STM+ when...

[dreemkin]

I don't know about you but I enjoy those commercials that point out the differences when you have a second kid. I have those moments all the time. We even say to each other "...second kid..."

Anyone with me and care to share?

PS: this might help FTMs not feel so bad when something doesn't go quite as planned.

[dreemkin]

Anna spit up a bit in her bassinet during the night and it got on her hair and side of her face. Instead of giving her a whole bath (which is like I'm murdering her apparently) I used a baby wipe and put on j&j lotion to cover up any residual formula smell.

[maryxc1]

If DD has a dirty diaper and she is asleep, I leave her in it until she wakes up.

I wrote down every single time I fed DS for 14 months. I made it two weeks with DD. Now I am just doing good if i rember what side she ate from last.

With DS, "rule #1" was that you never wake up a sleeping baby. Yesterday I had to wake up DD to pick DS from preschool. My husband said "I am pretty sure rule #1 does not apply to baby #2. Very true.

[kcrosem]

Only one of us gets up at night with ds2.

I don't change MOTN diapers unless there is no way he is going to sleep anytime soon.

I mostly don't freak out at all the weird choking, pause in breath and other breathing weirdness.

I do still sit in the back seat with him when DH is driving nod am sleeping in the baby room at night and mostly stay in the same room when he naps.

[misshart00]

I don't change diapers at night unless it's severely needed.

DS has slept in the office from almost the beginning. He also doesn't sleep on his back. Gasp.

I clean up spit up with a baby wipe rather than a whole bath. Same with poop explosions.

[michelle142]

DD spits up constantly, she would never get out of the tub if I had to bathe her every time.
She spits up in the PNP at night, I wipe her off and move her to a different area of the PNP.

She screamed for about 15 minutes solid last night because I had DS in the tub and couldn't leave him in there to pick her up.

The night time grunting isn't alarming to me, it's actually slightly annoying. Noises that are cute during the day, are not quite so cute at 2am.

I kept a log of every feeding and diaper change for months with DS. With DD, I kept track until she met her birth weight. Now all I do is keep a hair tie on my bra strap to remind me what side to start on next time she's hungry.

[dreemkin]

Another one: since we have a cozy cover, I forgot a blanket to wrap her up in at her pedi appointment. Oops!

misshart00 how does he sleep? Is there a reason he's not on his back?

[wendy46001]

Yeah didn't keep track of feedings to well with my first. Now we just feed her when she asks (aka screams).
Also I keep leaving the diaper bag at home because its empty, I cant recall what I carried around with the first but that sucker was loaded. Now we just toss her in the tula and make sure there is an extra diaper in the car.

[misshart00]

Mar 12, 2015 15:37:17 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Another one: since we have a cozy cover, I forgot a blanket to wrap her up in at her pedi appointment. Oops!

misshart00 how does he sleep? Is there a reason he's not on his back?

He sleeps on his side. No medical reason or anything. He just hates being on his back in general. Hates the car seat, etc. When I lay him flat on the couch or something, he tries to roll to his side.

DD sleeps flat on her face. It's kind of funny. And I figure DS will sleep like that once he can roll over.

[miniwheat]

You can do a toddler craft, drink your coffee while its not delicious hot but not totally cold, bounce a baby and make a grocery list at the same time.

[lotsofdotts]

No baths for spit up or poop explosions.

Brady peed on the bed some during a nighttime feeding/changing. I just took a wipe and wiped the sheet and went back to bed. It is just a little pee that can wait until the morning to get changed. Hell, I haven't showered regularly so sleeping in pee isn't any more gross than my general hygiene these days.

I don't change him if he is sleeping. If he isn't bothered by it, I'm not bothered by it.

That's all I can process right now. My brain is mush.

[mrszee]

Mar 12, 2015 15:37:17 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Another one: since we have a cozy cover, I forgot a blanket to wrap her up in at her pedi appointment. Oops!
misshart00

FTM but totally did that at DD's first pedi appt and felt like an ass since we showed up like 15 minutes late - it was our first morning home from the hospital so I feel like they cut us a little slack!

last night we were out to dinner and a family with two LO's and pregnant mom came in.  She got the two LO's situated and immediately put tortilla chips on the table for the kids to eat instead of from the basket.  Old me would have side-eyed that (the table was wiped down but still...) but new me is like you do you, mama