Thursday Can-o-Spam

[cloe111479]

Dd woke up at like 2:30 and would go back to sleep. I have her a bottle, changed her and rocked her nothing. I put her in the swing and maybe we both slept for like 20 mins. I came back to bed around 4:20 to take something for my throbbing head and I just lost it. I was exhausted. DH heard and went to get her. I came to bed after. It's got to be another growth spurt. (She's 3 months Saturday).

I'm so tired. I have had a cough since dd did. I swear it's not getting better be. I really think it is crappy sleep for the last like 2-3 weeks. I just want one morning where I can sleep in.

[aggiebug]

Good morning. Nothing crazy here. DD and I went bowling with some friends last night. Actually we just went to hang out I didn't bowl. She did not care one luck about the noise. (it wasn't too noisy and no smoking allowed at this one) it was a nice evening.

She was a track star again last night and did a complete circle of her crib while sleeping lol.

[misshart00]

I'm exhausted. But both kids slept until 6:30. Yay!

[flyster]

home today working. LO was up a ton last night. I think he needed to poop lots. he was fussing around 5 until he had a big poop that I was able to change while he slept, which has never happened before. I'm pretty sure he is getting another cold too. The joys.

[izzy0927]

hey ladies. Getting ready to go back to work next Monday and not at all happy about it. WAHHH. I like this make believe maternity leave life. Going to our last session of baby yoga today, and maybe hitting old navy because my work pants still don't fit. Oops.

[anchovies]

LO woke up around 5:30 and after changing, feeding and holding him, he went back to sleep around 7. I fell asleep too and I'm still holding him. He looks so sweet and peaceful but I have a massive headache now.

Taking and leaving him at daycare for his last trial day. I'm going to get my hair cut, highlighted and a Brazilian blowout! I can't wait!

[anchovies]

cloe111479 I hope you feel better soon. That sounds miserable.

[dacora]

I feel the most like a good mom when DD is asleep.

[osumegs]

cloe111479 hope you feel better soon!

[toadandbuggie]

cloe111479, feel better. I bet it is a growth spurt and it will be over soon. Hang in there!

Last night I went out for drinks with some coworkers. DS has been going to bed at 6pm (his choice, not mine) and sleeping until about 6am. So he was asleep before I went out and asleep when I got back - about 10:30. I dream fed him and he didn't wake up until 2am, and then 4am, and then for good at 7am. But I am EXHAUSTED.

I don't think I should try to stretch out DS's bedtime since he gets so cranky face around 4:30-5 until he finally goes to sleep around 6. Is any one else's LO having such an early bedtime?

I'm not sure what animal threw up on my carpet, but either my cat or dog ate a bunch of gravel and puked it up. So nice to step in at 2am. Probably the dog, but really? Gravel? Then she roused us a bunch of times in the middle of the night to take her out. So exhausted.

[michelle142]

Has anyone taken their LO to a chiropractor?

I'm thinking about taking dd.

[izzy0927]

Why do I already have a new case of baby fever going on? I want MOAR BABIES. I'm going to turn into a Duggar.

[osumegs]

I finally stood up for myself last night and I feel both good and guilty this morning.

Prior to my leave, I had a sit down with my boss about how I would be coming back after baby and he was totally on board with following plan, mainly because I had always been the type to bend over backwards for them. My husband and I felt up to 1 weekend every 3 weeks would be good. The store by my house had someone willing to job share and the situation would have been ideal (I would do every third weekend and she would cover remainder of hours). Perfect set up. Then boss gets fired while I'm on leave.

I emailed them beginning of April to explain what we had worked out. New boss said he would look into it. I didn't hear anything so I contacted our scheduler Monday. She responded that they needed me to go back to my prior store every third weekend instead. Hours there would be 9-9 each day instead of 9-6. It's more hours than I want to be gone and I would have to start skipping church again, which is important to me. In addition, I would likely have extreme difficulty pumping at this store. I am exempt so (to my knowledge) I don't fall under the law that requires me to get breaks. I forsee issues pumping because I ran into issues trying to eat during those 12 hr shifts while pregnant, and I can eat a meal much faster than I pump. in addition, there are safety issues at that store (several employees assaulted by customers over past few months. Bad neighborhood)

I basically responded (in a professional manner) last night that I wasn't interested or available for those hours. I'm in a lucky situation where I don't need the job, I just wanted to keep up on my license. I reiterated what the original arrangement was and my availability if that situation was no longer a possibility.

Sorry for long post, just needed to vent.

[osumegs]

May 7, 2015 8:00:03 GMT -5 izzy0927 said:

Why do I already have a new case of baby fever going on? I want MOAR BABIES. I'm going to turn into a Duggar.

lol. I told husband that not too long ago. It's probably a good thing I'm 30 and getting a much later start than them. That and dh said he drew the line at 4.

[junebugjam]

Why do babies wake up when they're still tired?

We had to go to baptism prep class last night from 7-8, which is annoying since my LO goes to bed at 7:30 but won't drink from a bottle. My mom babysat but he didn't sleep until we were home, around 8:45. Still woke up at his normal time despite the late start. He was happy, took a nap one hour after waking, which also seems normal, but he woke up screaming so trying to get him back to sleep now.

I don't understand babies.

[aggiebug]

Our dog (Titus) intent on the squeaky toy DD is holding.

He was obsessed with trying to get it this morning. It was cracking H and I up.



And I don't think my ILs get our relationship with our dogs. They are not my furbabies (I can't tell you how much I hate that term), but they are a very important part of our life. I captioned the picture similar to above, and they are like "photobomb!". No I actually meant to take a picture of DD and Titus. It's just so different from the way my family and friends react it's weird.

[toadandbuggie]

osumegs good for you! You and your family come first no matter what. The rest will work out!

[izzy0927]

May 7, 2015 8:07:33 GMT -5 junebugjam said:

Why do babies wake up when they're still tired?

We had to go to baptism prep class last night from 7-8, which is annoying since my LO goes to bed at 7:30 but won't drink from a bottle. My mom babysat but he didn't sleep until we were home, around 8:45. Still woke up at his normal time despite the late start. He was happy, took a nap one hour after waking, which also seems normal, but he woke up screaming so trying to get him back to sleep now.

I don't understand babies.

Whenever Dom wakes up too early and is cranky, I always tell him "well, let this be a lesson to you. This is what happens when you don't sleep in. Not too pleasant, is it?" I hope eventually sinks in and he learns to sleep longer. (Yeah, good luck with that, self)

[toadandbuggie]

aggiebug that's so cute. We have sit me up by fisher price and it has a little squeaker on the bottom and everytime it squeaks our dog rushes over thinking its a toy for her and is so confused because it's inside the thing.

[jensoprano82]

DH is leaving town this weekend for a bachelor party. It'll be interesting to see how I do solo.

[jensoprano82]

May 7, 2015 8:07:16 GMT -5 osumegs said:

May 7, 2015 8:00:03 GMT -5 izzy0927 said:

Why do I already have a new case of baby fever going on? I want MOAR BABIES. I'm going to turn into a Duggar.

lol. I told husband that not too long ago. It's probably a good thing I'm 30 and getting a much later start than them. That and dh said he drew the line at 4.

Yuuuup. I have baby fever again. I know how much having two this close together would suck but I fantasize about accidentally getting pregnant again earlier than planned. Weird.

[mands1125]

May 7, 2015 7:26:21 GMT -5 izzy0927 said:

hey ladies. Getting ready to go back to work next Monday and not at all happy about it. WAHHH. I like this make believe maternity leave life. Going to our last session of baby yoga today, and maybe hitting old navy because my work pants still don't fit. Oops.

Did the same yesterday. The pixie pants are super comfy though.

[mands1125]

Morning. I'm at work and pumping. 1000+ emails while on leave. I guess I will read anything after May 1st.

At this pumping gives me time to relax or something

[mrsclark731]

Just got back from two month appointment. Baby A is in the 99 and 98 percentile for height and weight. She didn't even flinch when she got the first shot... She settled within minutes and is asleep in her RNP right now. My doc said not to give her the Tylenol unless she needs it. Is it any harm if I give her a preventative dose when she wakes up?

[mishka29]

May 7, 2015 7:30:58 GMT -5 anchovies said:

LO woke up around 5:30 and after changing, feeding and holding him, he went back to sleep around 7. I fell asleep too and I'm still holding him. He looks so sweet and peaceful but I have a massive headache now.

Taking and leaving him at daycare for his last trial day. I'm going to get my hair cut, highlighted and a Brazilian blowout! I can't wait!

So I know what a Brazilian is. And I know what a blowout is. But what's a Brazilian blowout? I think you know where my confused mind is going and I'm thinking that's a lot of attention on your pubic hair. Lol

[miniwheat]

May 7, 2015 8:00:03 GMT -5 izzy0927 said:

Why do I already have a new case of baby fever going on? I want MOAR BABIES. I'm going to turn into a Duggar.

Me too! I am feeling insane baby fever. I want 2 more right now. DH however will never go for that!

[mommadozer]

@cloe11479 we are going through the same thing right now. Hopefully it passes soon or DD gives you a good night in between.

aggiebug it's so funny so much they move in the night. I get excited to see where DS ends up in the morning.

izzy0927 right there with you. I have 3 weeks to go and I'm not getting any closer to fitting into my pants.

toadandbuggie we have the opposite, DS will not fall asleep til 10pm. My friend's DD goes to bed at 6pm every night. They love they have free time together but, her husband rarely gets to see DD when he gets home from work since its past 6. I feel you on the middle of the night pet throw up. The dog did this the night before along with DS being up every couple hours. Nothing better than the smell of carpet cleaner at 2 am.

osumegs way to stand your ground!

Holy rock hard boobs this morning. Sadly, it's a good feeling because it means that DS finally slept through the night.

I'm going to try and tackle a quick run to ikea this morning before picking DH up at the airport.

Thoughts and prayers to everyone in the Oklahoma area that got hit hard with the tornado and flooding yesterday. News is showing some awful photos of homes and flooding.

[miniwheat]

jensoprano82, You will do great!
aggiebug, your babe is so adorable. So is the pup!

[aggiebug]

May 7, 2015 8:40:54 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Just got back from two month appointment. Baby A is in the 99 and 98 percentile for height and weight. She didn't even flinch when she got the first shot... She settled within minutes and is asleep in her RNP right now. My doc said not to give her the Tylenol unless she needs it. Is it any harm if I give her a preventative dose when she wakes up?

I wouldn't. If she is having no issues then she doesn't need it and many babies don't need it. I only gave DD one dose and that was because she would cry put, albeit briefly, any time I moved her. Tylenol works fast so it's not like giving her a preventative dose gives you a leg up.


Also Tylenol is not as safe as many people think it is. (vaccines are 10000000x safer) I mean use it if you need it, but I don't recommend using it if you don't have to.

[cougarette]

cloe111479 I hope dd is back to normal soon and that your cough goes away.

osumegs Good for you! I hope it all works out for the best.