Thank F it's Friday!

[cloe111479]

Woohoo! There was a power problem in our building so it closed.... So free day off and a 4 day weekend!!!

Yay!

[cloe111479]

Oh and another one for the mesh bumper. She is all over the place and put arms and legs through.

[PikoPiko]

Sleep is also the devil here in this house. DS slept fine the first part of the night. He used to go down right away after MOTN nursing, but not last night after the 4am feeding. He decided his fingers were far more interesting and was sucking on them all bloody night instead of going to sleep. I let him do whatever he wanted in the cosleeper as long as he wasn't crying. Well at 8am, he's fussing and rubbing his eyes hardcore because he's tired. Silly monkey!

[mamabisme]

May 22, 2015 10:13:01 GMT -5 @nolagal said:

May 22, 2015 7:00:17 GMT -5 mamabisme said:

Has anyone cut their baby's hair yet? DS was born with a lot of hair and it's definitely been growing in some crazy ways since. I'm thinking of cutting it a bit, to even it all out but I'm really nervous about messing up. I have cut my girls and DH's hair at home but have never cut a baby's hair.

I still haven't cut my three year olds hair!

Ha! I just cut my girls hair, for the first time, at 5 & 3.5. DS looks crazy though. It isn't even at all and it drives me nuts.

[greenpony33]

I am in the club that has a LO tha doesn't STTN, thankfully for the most part he just nurses and then goes back down quickly, Fx that continues.

I am sad that since I went back to work I have less time for here. I read most of what's been going on, just don't usually have time to post.

[cougarette]

My headache seems to be gone, yay! Hopefully it stays away after a day of starting at a computer screen.

[cougarette]

Oh and I was grabbing my pump parts out of the fridge and my new male boss asked, "what's in the bag? Oh wait, nevermind". I replied, "lunch". It's kind of true, right? Haha.

[cloe111479]

Enjoying extra snuggle time with my bonus day.

Random -- anyone know a good lullaby album on iTunes. I usually go to pandora but the commercials scare and wake her.

[osumegs]

taberbtb it's like the sleep suit's magic wore off! I still like it because it keeps her from rolling but I miss it's magic touch. DD used to be able to put herself back to sleep, too, and it's gone.

Slightly disappointed today. We went back to pedi for a follow up since dd screaming nonstop like she was in pain (similar to when first diagnosed with reflux). Her weight gain has stopped again. I'm going to see a lactation consultant next week, but I really want her to get healthy. She dropped from 72nd percentile on weight at birth to 12th percentile now. She's also not taking bottles consistently, and I work this weekend. Worst case scenario dh will have to drive her to my work to eat, but I don't want her screaming the whole 15 min drive.

[taberbtb]

@osmegs it's exactly like the magic wore off! We still use it as well since she won't stay swaddled and is not ready yet to go with nothing. At least having it work for a few weeks has shown me she is capable of STTN. As well I think putting her in it has become an important part of her night time routine since she goes to sleep so well with it she just doesn't stay asleep like she used to.

I hope you get things worked out with your DD soon. B screamed All. The. Time. like that for the first two months of her life and it's heartbreaking. Not to mention the slowed weight gain is worrying. Crossing my fingers your DH doesn't have an overly rough weekend.

[WittyLittle]

May 22, 2015 8:15:33 GMT -5 mamabisme said:

May 22, 2015 8:00:08 GMT -5 mands1125 said:

Another DD that isn't really STTN. She is usually down around 8:30 and wakes up around 3ish to nurse. Then I wake her up again around 6 for daycare. However ,last night she was up several times. I don't even remember the times but it was more than once. Ugh! So tired. Luckily she nurses quickly and usually goes right back to sleep so that makes it much easier for me. I think the big issue is that I stopped swaddling her since she was rolling over. But now she is kicking the sides of her crib and getting her legs stuck. So I am thinking about crib bumpers at this point. I know they are controversial but I talked to a few ladies at work and they said they use them with their LO's and it is safer to have them, then not have them in their case. I dunno. What are you ladies doing?

We use a breathable bumper.

mands1125, we have a breathable bumper as well. It was pretty cheap on amazon. I'd check the name but DS has just FINALLY gone down to sleep it has aero in the name... aerosafe or something? I tested it on myself and could breathe through it just fine, and it keeps DSs paci from dropping on the floor every hour and all limbs in the crib love that thing!

[WittyLittle]

Ellu! Post and run from this end. DS is kicking my ass today. He definitely woke up on the wrong side of the crib. At least it's pretty obvious this time that he's going through a leap, he's busy working on those skills and found his feet today (we're slow in that area hehehe). Downside is he wants my constant attention. Not that that makes him happy... he just prefers to scream in my face than scream on his own. Urgh.

Wishing all headaches, hormone issues, weepies and problems to go away!!! I think we need another 'winning' thread one of these days to boost our self esteem. I think the (nearly) 4 months thing is hard! We deserve it!

[lilyelayne]

Gabe and I had a pretty good day in town. I got to work & handed the baby off so everyone could see him, and I worked until he was ready to nurse. My supervisor is training a new hire for our department (which pre-maternity leave consisted of just me & my supervisor) and needed help. It was actually pretty nice being back at work, and Gabe had so much fun seeing all the new people that he nursed himself right to sleep & didn't even wake up when I strapped him in the car seat.
Also my hormones seem to be less awful today. Yay.

[lilyelayne]

Now Gabe's napping in his car seat in the shade while I lay on the hammock and share a snowball with my dog. Is that a FFFC: I share snoballs with my dog?

[mmarie]

May 22, 2015 12:37:21 GMT -5 cloe111479 said:

Enjoying extra snuggle time with my bonus day.

Random -- anyone know a good lullaby album on iTunes. I usually go to pandora but the commercials scare and wake her.

We have jewels lullaby cd. DD loves it and I love her voice. We also have a mix with some James Taylor, beatles, Bob marley, Elton john, things like that. F calls it her night time music and he needs to make her a day time cd with 2pac, tool and Alice in chains!

[osumegs]

mmarie at one point before I had dd, I found a lullaby version of a tool song. I meant to save it but totally forgot.

[osumegs]

oh, and one of dd's favorite songs is the Fresh Prince theme song.

[mishka29]

What a crap day! When I picked up DD1 from daycare and was trying to get her into the car she fucking took off running across the parking lot. I had to drop DD2 who was in the car seat and run after her while screaming stop, stop, stop at the top of my lungs. Being 2 she didn't fucking listen as usual and made it all the way across the lot before I caught up. Thank god no cars were coming. I'm just sick thinking about what could have happened. And I'm so frustrated that she never listens!

[misshart00]

May 22, 2015 17:03:19 GMT -5 mishka29 said:

What a crap day! When I picked up DD1 from daycare and was trying to get her into the car she fucking took off running across the parking lot. I had to drop DD2 who was in the car seat and run after her while screaming stop, stop, stop at the top of my lungs. Being 2 she didn't fucking listen as usual and made it all the way across the lot before I caught up. Thank god no cars were coming. I'm just sick thinking about what could have happened. And I'm so frustrated that she never listens!

Been there. Luckily my one year old can't run very fast. But she ran right into the street. I caught her by her hair. I felt bad but not that bad.

[miniwheat]

May 22, 2015 17:03:19 GMT -5 mishka29 said:

What a crap day! When I picked up DD1 from daycare and was trying to get her into the car she fucking took off running across the parking lot. I had to drop DD2 who was in the car seat and run after her while screaming stop, stop, stop at the top of my lungs. Being 2 she didn't fucking listen as usual and made it all the way across the lot before I caught up. Thank god no cars were coming. I'm just sick thinking about what could have happened. And I'm so frustrated that she never listens!

Oh man... that is so scary. My kid has done that too. 2 is such a tough age cause there is just no telling them anything sometimes. I am glad you and your DD1 are ok. 

[mamabutt2]

Whew! Been a busy week here, which is why I've been MIA. I have been reading up on you all here and there though

My "little" brother graduated high school last Saturday He was thrilled to hang out with his little nephew, and I got some adorable pictures of the two of them! It's a 4 hour trip to my parents house but LO did surprisingly well considering he hates the car seat.

Speaking of LO, he doesn't STTN either. Sometimes he'll go down at 9 and won't wake up till 2 or 2:30, but normally its bed by 9, awake at 12:30, 3, and 5:30 or 6 and awake for the day at 9. Except for last night... I have no idea what the deal was, but he was screaming in my ear all night after I brought him to bed after his 12:30 wake up.

Plus, when he was screaming around 3 or 4 (I have no idea what time, just guessing) I woke up and discovered that I had a monster migraine going on. (I feel your pain, literally cougarette) Complete with nausea and vomiting. Which pissed off DH because I had to leave a screaming DS next to him as I made a mad dash to the bathroom. He was slightly more sympathetic when he came into the bathroom as I was heaving my guts out lol I've never made him get up MOTN with the baby so he can just suck it up and deal this one time.

Fingers crossed that all our LOs give us some more rest tonight! Sleepy dust for everyone!!!

[GeekBeagle]

May 22, 2015 6:51:40 GMT -5 dacora said:

flyster Believe me, he doesn't get mad on purpose and he doesn't know why he reacts that way. He can deal with the pacifier sucking noise but not when she sucks on her hand. He's mostly been just dealing with it because he knows there's not much he can do about it.

Look up misophonia. There are certain sounds that drive me crazy, mostly chewing or mouth noises.

[GeekBeagle]

May 22, 2015 16:14:49 GMT -5 osumegs said:

mmarie at one point before I had dd, I found a lullaby version of a tool song. I meant to save it but totally forgot.

cloe111479 @nmarie There is a company that makes lullaby renditions of many popular artists. Rockabye Baby rockabyebabymusic.com

osumegs Of course my DH has the Tool album downloaded.

[aggiebug]

Tl;dr just a rant about my ILs so I am not ranting to H. nothing important below.


H and I are so flipping exasperated with his parents. Our anniversary was yesterday and we opened their card today and their gift to us is plane tickets to see them. I know I sound ungrateful but it's not a gift for us it is 100% a gift for fil and it comes strings attached. They have been up here 4 (or is it 5) times since DD was born and will be here next weekend too. I know H needs to talk to him, he knows that too I just feel awful ranting to him because he already feels so frustrated about it.

And since my mom can't travel right now all their visits have been extra hard on her. She has been super kind about it, but I know it is killing her and then to go to Texas and not see her my gosh she would be heartbroken.

H seriously said it would be so much easier if we made them mad enough they never wanted to talk to us again. H said that about his parents (really just his dad), people whom we had a great relationship with before baby.

I have worked hard at being nice and not ruining our relationship, but I think it might be better for me in the long run if I do. Tell him I don't like his driving, or how often he visits and he is a major reason we have no desire to move back to Texas any time soon. *sigh * thanks for letting me waste space on here.

[anchovies]

Hugs and drinks for all! I hope everyone gets some much needed and well deserved rest this weekend.

DS is also unpredictable with his sleep. Last week he STTN twice but before that he had 2 really awful nights, waking up every couple of hours, would fight going back to sleep. Now, he's back to sleep around 8:30-9 and up between 2-3, and either up for the day between 6-7 or sleeping another 1-2 hours.

Spam: I need to order a one piece for our family beach trip. I also need to get myself back into shape. Does anyone know what age you can jog with LO in the stroller?

[cougarette]

Ugh, I'm sorry, mamabutt2. I hope you feel better soon. And yes, tell your H to suck it up, haha.

aggiebug How frustrating. That is an incredibly selfish gift. I'm glad to hear that your H seems to be on your side.

DH has a hard time because even though they may annoy him, they're still his parents so he can't just tell them off. He'll agree with me, but nothing gets resolved.

[aggiebug]

May 22, 2015 19:51:42 GMT -5 cougarette said:

Ugh, I'm sorry, mamabutt2. I hope you feel better soon. And yes, tell your H to suck it up, haha.

aggiebug How frustrating. That is an incredibly selfish gift. I'm glad to hear that your H seems to be on your side.

DH has a hard time because even though they may annoy him, they're still his parents so he can't just tell them off. He'll agree with me, but nothing gets resolved.

That is exactly where we have been for months and honestly H is just now facing the fact that it is talk to his parents before the relationship is damaged. We will see how long it takes for him to actually talk to them.

[mmarie]

For like the last week, DD has screamed non stop from around 6pm to 8pm. She's pretty good and barely cries during the day until right before bed. Nothing makes her feel better and she just screams in my ear. Tonight, I was able to fold laundry and clean stuff up a little while she watched me from the swing! she got a little whiny but I just talked to her and she was fine! Now she's sleeping so I hope she still sleeps good tonight. She has long streches but still ends up waking up anywhere between 1am and 3am but eats and goes right back down.

[mishka29]

May 22, 2015 20:23:22 GMT -5 mmarie said:

For like the last week, DD has screamed non stop from around 6pm to 8pm. She's pretty good and barely cries during the day until right before bed. Nothing makes her feel better and she just screams in my ear. Tonight, I was able to fold laundry and clean stuff up a little while she watched me from the swing! she got a little whiny but I just talked to her and she was fine! Now she's sleeping so I hope she still sleeps good tonight. She has long streches but still ends up waking up anywhere between 1am and 3am but eats and goes right back down.

That's so frustrating. That witching hour is a real bitch. I know when DD1 did that it was because she was tired so we moved up her bedtime which helped a lot.

[jensoprano82]

aggiebug - sorry about the Inlaw drama..... No such thing as wasted space in spam. Could you tell them you appreciate the tickets but you'd love to incorporate a side trip to see your mom too? I still think you've gotta stand your ground on the FIL's driving thing.