I've read less and less to each subsequent baby (as babies). I guess I figure DD hearing me read to the boys is enough? I need to get some new board books that are just hers maybe to spice things up. We read a lot here, but I don't intentionally read TO her.
I only read to the baby probably 3x a week. With DS1 it was part of his nightly routine but this time around I only do it if I remember to grab a book from his room before we sit down to nurse, or if DS1 has a book out handy I can grab and read.
When DH is home, he and DS1 play games on his phone instead of read books at bedtime which is probably worse than just not reading at all, lol.
My supply is dwindling. I read somewhere that looking at pictures of DD and singing (like what I do when I'm actually nursing) could help. So now I'm sitting in my classroom pumping while I look at pictures of DD and singing the songs I sing her when I nurse.
I usually watch videos and look at pics of LO when I pump. I don't think it ever made a big difference for me, but I do so love to look at him so that was a perk, anyway! Hope it helps you!
Post by jnnfrrose6 on Mar 27, 2015 14:26:35 GMT -5
My boss left at lunch. The chick who's going to become my boss next week is out. Half the office isn't here. I *should* stay an extra 30 min to finish making up the extra hour I had to take Monday for DD's check up, keeping me here until 5. Unless something comes up, I'm leaving at 4. The fucks I give at this point for this job are pretty much 0. Now she's taking some of my co-workers opinions on hiring (having them meet with a candidate and going to lunch together) and not discussing it with everyone. I don't need a boss who plays favorites.
FFFC: DH has had a bad cough this week, so I've been in our guest bedroom every night. The nights I'm on baby duty, I turn the sound on the monitor waaaaay down. So like, if LO actually cries I'll hear it, but if he's just doing happy little baby babbles I won't.
I'm an extremely light sleeper, so I don't even feel bad about it because if he cries, I will hear.
Post by jnnfrrose6 on Mar 27, 2015 14:29:12 GMT -5
dawnfire, I keep the monitors as low as possible at night. Last night, DS woke himself up coughing again and cried out for me. I ignored him until he fell back asleep (maybe 10 minutes). It's the third night in a row he's done it and at this point I think he's just seeing if he can get me in his room again.
jnnfrrose6, that's part of why I had to start turning it down low. LO had a really bad cough and would cough all night. He'd still be asleep, but coughing. I can't listen to baby coughs all night, it destroys my soul!
There was one night his coughing was so bad he was crying, so I got up and went and held him till he went back to sleep, but that's been pretty rare.
I wish I could keep the monitor low, I am a crazy heavy sleeper. A serious cry will get me but the normal grumpy cry of a baby not so much unless it's loud.
Another FFFC, I was so overwhelmed with finding a preschool for my toddler I am just going to send her to the JCC (Jewish Community Center) even though it is across town because I know they don't mess around with the education stuff.
Another FFFC: I totally intended to be one of those moms who made baby food for her baby. But the road of good intentions is paved with a lack of time and general life craziness, so it hasn't happened yet.
FFFC: My baby likes off-the-shelf babyfood and I'm okay with that.
Post by littlemissmarla on Mar 27, 2015 16:42:39 GMT -5
Our monitor is always on the lowest setting, I'm a light sleeper and I already have to listen to the sound machine through the monitor. Anything louder and I won't sleep.
Another FFFC: I totally intended to be one of those moms who made baby food for her baby. But the road of good intentions is paved with a lack of time and general life craziness, so it hasn't happened yet.
FFFC: My baby likes off-the-shelf babyfood and I'm okay with that.
Same here! I was gifted the baby bullet and everything but haven't once taken it out of the box.
Another FFFC: I totally intended to be one of those moms who made baby food for her baby. But the road of good intentions is paved with a lack of time and general life craziness, so it hasn't happened yet.
FFFC: My baby likes off-the-shelf babyfood and I'm okay with that.
Same here! I was gifted the baby bullet and everything but haven't once taken it out of the box.
We got a beaba with our hand me downs, and I've never used it. I make all LOs food, it's just less convenient than the microwave/food processor.
Idk if this is really a "confession" but it feels like one to me. Over the past few months, DH and I have gone started thinking this baby might be the last for us...
When we first got married, we thought 4+ kids would suit our family, even joking about having 10 kids. That's just what we grew up with and were used to. But the more I see how dysfunctional and strained both of our families are (parents and other sibs), the more we know we don't want that for us. We're both the oldest of 5 kids, and don't have a strong bond with our parents or our siblings. We were just "managed" in our growing up years, because there was only a 10 year gap between oldest and youngest.
Our parents' marriages are eroding because as kids grow up and leave, the more they're confronted with issues they just ignored when everyone was young. DH and I are the only ones who ever reach out to our parents and we never get calls or texts or emails from anyone in our families.
It's so sad! And I really don't want that for my family. I don't think that having a big family and lots of kids means your life is going to slowly fall apart, but I'm a little scarred by my own experience with my family, and my husband's with his.
I know we don't have to make this decision RIGHT NOW-- but it's becoming more real as I consider that this one might be my last baby.
My car sucks when it comes to oil consumption. I was thrilled when the company acknowledged it with a warranty enhancement. I went in and they changed the oil and marked where it's at. They told me to bring it back in 1100 to 1200 miles. I called on Wednesday to see if I could come in on the weekend, but I knowingly still had 100 miles to go till 1100. I am scared to wait too long and have my engine explode, I know two people who had that happen. I now still have 52 miles I have to drive between tonight and tomorrow morning. I'm def gonna take the longest way possible and go from there. This just needs to get checked out asap because the amount of oil I buy is ridiculous. If they tell me nothing is wrong, I will not be happy.
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Liv, that's too bad about your families but it doesn't mean that will happen with the family you and DH raise. Both of my parents had difficult childhoods and they took what they learned throughout those years and decided that kind of thing would never happen to their family. You are blessed with one beautiful little girl and another baby on the way. LIke you said, you don't have to make the decision right now. Take it as it comes.
My car sucks when it comes to oil consumption. I was thrilled when the company acknowledged it with a warranty enhancement. I went in and they changed the oil and marked where it's at. They told me to bring it back in 1100 to 1200 miles. I called on Wednesday to see if I could come in on the weekend, but I knowingly still had 100 miles to go till 1100. I am scared to wait too long and have my engine explode, I know two people who had that happen. I now still have 52 miles I have to drive between tonight and tomorrow morning. I'm def gonna take the longest way possible and go from there. This just needs to get checked out asap because the amount of oil I buy is ridiculous. If they tell me nothing is wrong, I will not be happy.
Edited to add: Oops!! Wrong group. Sorry =(
I was wondering who you were! lol!! No worries, we had a bunch mention in another thread they've clicked on the wrong birth month and panicked when they saw all the new threads.
Thanks for making me feel better (but actually worse) about the ghost thing, ladies!! I'm going tell myself it's only kids that can see them though, so I can stop thinking I'm going to.
Thanks for making me feel better (but actually worse) about the ghost thing, ladies!! I'm going tell myself it's only kids that can see them though, so I can stop thinking I'm going to.
Okay, so this is super late for this thread, but whatevs. I don't usually look at these because they slow down my ipad, but I couldn't resist this one after it came on my facebook feed over the weekend:
I was heading to the bathroom on the second floor of my aunt’s house when I saw my cousin, April, on the stairs.
April was four and very animated. She was busy making funny faces while sitting on the stairs. I asked her what she was doing. She said, “I’m copying the lady with the braid.”
I looked around, there was no one else but us. I asked, “where is the lady, April?” She pointed to a beam running parallel to the stairwell.
I asked April, “what is the lady doing?”
She said, “Makin’ funny faces.”
I started walking up the stairs again when April said something that stopped me in my tracks.
“Her braids is around her neck.”
I turned back and asked April to repeat herself.
April pointed, “the lady is hanging by her braid... She’s making funny faces.” Then April started making a face which I then realize was it someone gasping for air.
Thanks for making me feel better (but actually worse) about the ghost thing, ladies!! I'm going tell myself it's only kids that can see them though, so I can stop thinking I'm going to.
Okay, so this is super late for this thread, but whatevs. I don't usually look at these because they slow down my ipad, but I couldn't resist this one after it came on my facebook feed over the weekend:
I was heading to the bathroom on the second floor of my aunt’s house when I saw my cousin, April, on the stairs.
April was four and very animated. She was busy making funny faces while sitting on the stairs. I asked her what she was doing. She said, “I’m copying the lady with the braid.”
I looked around, there was no one else but us. I asked, “where is the lady, April?” She pointed to a beam running parallel to the stairwell.
I asked April, “what is the lady doing?”
She said, “Makin’ funny faces.”
I started walking up the stairs again when April said something that stopped me in my tracks.
“Her braids is around her neck.”
I turned back and asked April to repeat herself.
April pointed, “the lady is hanging by her braid... She’s making funny faces.” Then April started making a face which I then realize was it someone gasping for air.
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