Post by ninergirl52 on May 17, 2015 17:03:22 GMT -5
spikesmom sooo glad to hear Lo is doing a bit better. Definitely have a guilt free snuggle day!! jjh1119 - that hair!!! Love it!! My Los has very little hair and what he does have is very blonde. He gets compared to his daddy (who shaves his head) a lot. I can't imagine there will be haircuts in our future for a very long time.
Hit send too soon. For a kid who doesn't sleep much at night he has slept most of today away. Ugh ... Hope he's not getting sick.
ninergirl52 the bald gene in my and DHs families is STRONG. All the guys are jealous of his hair. I hope he keeps it! The only person in my family who has hair is my brother. Cousins, uncles, grandparents, dads are all bald or balding.
jjh1119, Liam's hair is so cute! I can't believe you've already had to cut it multiple times. My LO's bangs are really long, but I'm not going to cut them. They're in her face now, but they'll grow out and be super cute.
nerdalert thanks! If he were a girl I wouldn't have cut it yet, but it grows so fast at the sides over his ears I just don't like it. I leave the top and back long, hoping for an 80s hockey mullet for a bit lol. But modern of course
Post by wildflower810 on May 17, 2015 20:29:54 GMT -5
pixie523, being grown up is less fun when we're parents, isn't it?
spikesmom, glad the poop is more normal now. That stuff is scary.
spiraltheory, UGH! I'm sorry! It sounds like you have the more healthy outlook now, though.
jjh1119, third haircut? WHAT? M's hair is finally growing enough that he doesn't look bald. His first haircut is like a year away.
I went to the mall today and discovered that 90s fashion is back in... and it's ugly as ever.
I've done the last two bedtimes by myself since H has been working late... and M went down so easily both nights! I'm so thankful for that because bedtime issues trigger my PPD the most.
wildflower810 I'm glad that bedtimes are going so well!
LO has been kind of off today. She keeps doing a grungy noise and I can't tell if she just discovered that she can do it on purpose or if she's gassy. She's had plenty of dirty diapers including two poopplosions so she's not constipated. I'm nursing her now and I'm starting to worry because I always nurse her to sleep. Should I stop? It's just so easy ugh.
sadie74 I still always nurse to sleep. Idk what else to do or when to stop. Haha, I am no help.
wildflower810 +1 for bedtime issues triggering PPD. I will freak myself out so much at night worrying about getting enough sleep. It sucks, I wish I could just relax. :/ I also have to do bedtime alone 99% of the time.
nerdalert I'm glad I'm not the only one! I think that's what bothers me, I don't feel like I'm doing anything wrong, but then I feel like in the only one doing this, so maybe I am doing something wrong. Basically it's nice to hear reassurance that's others are doing the same
sadie74 I got worried about the nursing to sleep so we try to do the laying down drowsy but awake as much as we can- but baby loves to fall asleep nursing! I'm not about to wake her up to lay her down...how else to do it, I don't know either...I've also got to figure out how to quit falling asleep myself while nursing or baby's going to have bad teeth/gums! nerdalert I also do bedtime solo. gldnbearz Way to go! It's Sunday night and I'm already looking forward to next weekend!
zengal if we both fall asleep that's bad for her teeth/gums?! I missed that one. I try not to but it happens I would say 50% of the MOTN feelings because we're in my bed. I mean, it makes sense now that you said it, but major oops! I think we're going to start working on laying down drowsy but awake soon.
Post by ninergirl52 on May 18, 2015 0:19:19 GMT -5
zengal & sadie74 I'm nursing Lo to sleep as I'm reading this. He pretty much falls asleep that way and then falls off & I cover up. Problem is he wakes up constantly & wants to nurse back to sleep everytime
sadie74 if they fall asleep with the bottle/breast and milk stays there in their mouth, I guess it can cause tooth decay. Baby would sleep all night on the boob if I don't wake up and take her off. It is a major oops on my part too, but I mean dang! Can't do everything perfectly!
Add me to the nurse to sleep club with no plans to change soon, it works for us and we have enough sleep issues without making this an issue to :-) he nurses back to sleep 4-5 times per night because I don't have the energy to fight him and he throws a fit until I give him a boob....he will grow out of it eventually but this is what he needs now, it's definitely a comfort thing but I'm ok comforting my baby however he needs at the moment!
Can we just wipe the mouth after they fall asleep? No? Would that wake them? I have been trying to do last bottle with light on and read a book as he drifts off. But I'm basically pretending that's working, lol.
He falls asleep with the bottle and I'm reading and he just opens his eyes a few times but he's definitely asleep lol. Maybe that's long enough to swallow everything in his mouth?
LO doesn't fall asleep during the bottle (usually). What she does do is pull off the bottle and fuss for a pacifier then she's out. Trying to wipe her mouth at that point? Haha. jjh1119 How do you read while feeding?
gldnbearz yeah I was a little unclear. After he finishes the bottle I try to sneak in a book (pedi recommendation so I can switch out the bottle eventually) but he definitely falls asleep most nights with that bottle. A lot of times he will push the bottle out, spit whatever is left in his mouth and then he is out lol.
My girls' night sucked. I got into it with one of my friends. Long story long, I said that I had been working on moving on from my lifetime hatred of my body. I said my body just did the best thing I could ever ask for (have a baby) and I'm going to be thankful for it and not treat it as the enemy. My friend said she thought I was attacking her for always talking about her weight/diet/exercise obsession. In a way, I was trying to shut that conversation down because that's all she talks about. I don't want to spend my precious adult time having the same conversation that I've been having since I was eight years old. But I wasn't attacking her. Tears. I was home by 9:30.
Tl/dr - I told my friend I didn't want to talk about weight. She got defensive. I left in tears.
I love that you said this about how your body did this amazing thing and you love it for that. I think sometimes I tend to be hard on myself too but I really like this approach. I haven't thought of it that way. Also I am sorry your friend took offense. I have quite a few friends like this.
ninergirl52zengal and spikesmom thank you ladies so much! I think I was just getting frustrated last night and wishing DH could do bedtime sometimes. It's so easy to start thinking I'm the only one doing it this way and what if I'm messing up? She's doing amazing and is still only a baby and I'm going to do what's best for us.
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