Mamas who are using the pack n play - does your mattress piece sag in the middle? I have it raised to the higher level (I think they call it bassinet position) and it has a definite dip. We got it second hand so I don't know if this is normal or worn out.
Ours dips. It drives me nuts. We used it with DS, so it's almost 4 years old. I'm guessing between prior use and storage, it's starting to wear out.
Mine does that too and it's new. I have to be careful to put LO on the up dip so he doesn't reflux.
Post by misshart00 on Apr 26, 2015 12:08:01 GMT -5
We have put our kids in the nursery at church from about 3-4 weeks. I don't have a problem with it and it's nice to have a break. Plus, they love to cuddle the babies. I see it as a win-win.
My spam: I hate teething. Just sleep child! She will not go to bed at night. She wakes up in the middle of the night and stays up/cries for hours. Then she gets up early and is super cranky. After a huge fight, she finally laid down for a nap, but it'll probably only last 30 minutes. What happened to my awesome sleeper?!
krispy83 I think we are approaching this as well. Good luck!
Is it true that FF babies sleep longer through the night? I only have one more week of maternity leave and we will most likely begin supplementing because this EPing is rough. I dont know if I'm going to be able to keep it up.
Sleeping through the night/longer stretches really depends on the baby, not on BM/formula.
I was totally planning on going to church today, but poor DS has a cold. I figured I better not expose him to more germs. Dang it! Oh well, there's plenty of weeks to go
Instead, we'll be running a couple more errands before DH goes back to work for his week on. Ahh. It's been so nice having him home!
I only have one more week of maternity leave and we will most likely begin supplementing because this EPing is rough. I dont know if I'm going to be able to keep it up.
I BF my LO except for the last feeding of the night--H gives her a bottle. It gives me a MUCH needed break and H gets to bond with her. It makes me feel not so overwhelmed with breast feeding...supplementing is a-ok
Good luck with returning to work and enjoy the rest of your leave!
krispy83 I think we are approaching this as well. Good luck!
Is it true that FF babies sleep longer through the night? I only have one more week of maternity leave and we will most likely begin supplementing because this EPing is rough. I dont know if I'm going to be able to keep it up.
Sleeping through the night/longer stretches really depends on the baby, not on BM/formula.
I bf both my kids. My son never slept for long stretches at night, instead ate every few hours. DD has started having a 5-7 hour stretch at the beginning of the night. Every baby is different.
Post by misshart00 on Apr 26, 2015 16:56:01 GMT -5
Well, I'm going to cry. Went out to check something in our deep freezer. It's dead. The freezer full of food is thawed and warm. There went all of our freezer meals, breast milk, baby food, meat, etc. I'm so upset.
Well, I'm going to cry. Went out to check something in our deep freezer. It's dead. The freezer full of food is thawed and warm. There went all of our freezer meals, breast milk, baby food, meat, etc. I'm so upset.
Oh no... I am so sorry. Is anything salvageable or has to been out for a while?
ETA... I just re-read the thawed and warm part. So sorry! I have been there.
Well, I'm going to cry. Went out to check something in our deep freezer. It's dead. The freezer full of food is thawed and warm. There went all of our freezer meals, breast milk, baby food, meat, etc. I'm so upset.
Oh no... I am so sorry. Is anything salvageable or has to been out for a while?
ETA... I just re-read the thawed and warm part. So sorry! I have been there.
It's been several days since the last time I was in there. Ugh. This sucks. The only thing that might possibly be salvageable is a box of those giant pretzels. They're already cooked and just need to be thawed to be eaten.
Post by cougarette on Apr 26, 2015 17:21:04 GMT -5
We got back a little while ago from our weekend in the NC mountains. I did quite a bit of NIPing. But I need to practice more at home without the pillow - he is heavy!
We went to our favorite winery and showed off DS to the owners. They've become like family to us and they totally gushed over him. While we were there we got a few barrel tastings of some wines they'll be bottling this fall. It was so cool to be able to experience that.
We then tried a new winery near the IL's cabin. It was very good - all dry wines and a nice Bordeaux style red. We really liked chatting with this owner too.
I ended up NIP there too. I'm sure people were judging, but whatevs. I only had that small tasting and besides, like we know, that's the best time to drink wine in relation to nursing.
DS was a great traveler. It's a 3.5 hour drive and he really slept most of the way. He has a knack for knowing when we're about 20 minutes from a stop, though. He'd wake up and go berserk. Then we'd be stopping and he'd calm down. Crazy boy.
Post by mommadozer on Apr 26, 2015 17:36:43 GMT -5
@lotsofdots DS has the exact same schedule! We will see how much I like it when I go back to work in a month. I am going to try and just stay up at that point to get ready for work. Pretty sure I am not going to like it but, the sooner I get in the office, the faster I get to go home.
@lulu723 I'm pretty sure all of the baby books recommend at least 20 oz a day for BF babies.
lilyelayne yes our new PNP sags in the middle. I just make sure LO's head is on one of the ends.
Well, I'm going to cry. Went out to check something in our deep freezer. It's dead. The freezer full of food is thawed and warm. There went all of our freezer meals, breast milk, baby food, meat, etc. I'm so upset.
Well, I'm going to cry. Went out to check something in our deep freezer. It's dead. The freezer full of food is thawed and warm. There went all of our freezer meals, breast milk, baby food, meat, etc. I'm so upset.
Today we were driving to visit my SIL when we got caught in an epic traffic jam. This left DH and I fighting about the route. When we finally escaped the backlog he drove right by our exit! My alternative route suggestion was a bust and left us calling each other some pretty nasty names. I'm always amazed how bad the two of us react in "crisis mode".
I realize driving and getting lost isn't a crisis but there have been other situations where we just make things worse by our reactions and total and utter communication breakdown.
Well, I'm going to cry. Went out to check something in our deep freezer. It's dead. The freezer full of food is thawed and warm. There went all of our freezer meals, breast milk, baby food, meat, etc. I'm so upset.
Well, I'm going to cry. Went out to check something in our deep freezer. It's dead. The freezer full of food is thawed and warm. There went all of our freezer meals, breast milk, baby food, meat, etc. I'm so upset.
Post by lilyelayne on Apr 26, 2015 21:43:36 GMT -5
Tl;dr I don't want to deal with H's bad mood.
We went to a birthday party at a park this afternoon in 90F heat. We made sure LO was in the shade the whole time and only stayed an hour and a half, but he still got really sweaty, so he's been nursing extra all evening to rehydrate. After a particularly long nursing session, I handed him off to DH to put down for a short nap as he'd been angrily tired before eating. I go take a shower. Get out and DH says he has bad news. The baby did not fall asleep (over 3.5 hours awake), the baby is hungry again, and the air conditioner is broken. None of that is nearly as bad news as my husband is pissed and is going to be grumpy all evening. Calm down, the baby will eat and sleep and be fine. The A/C always breaks on the first few hot days of the year. His cousin will come over and fix it like he does every spring. Also it's pretty pleasant outside right now, so all we have to do is open the windows. Also we live in the South, so every room has a ceiling fan. If worst comes to worst, our house has an attic fan. It's loud as hell next to the bedroom, but the baby will enjoy the white noise.
Just heard him stomp back inside complaining that the unit is frozen. I hope he calms down by the time DS is through nursing.
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