Then there was Thursday

[littleapplemom]

On my way in to work. Had to wear long sleeves in a muggy 80 degrees to cover up the remnants of this evil poison ivy so people don't think I'm a leper or something.

We're supposed to get bad thunderstorms later. My umbrella is in my backpack....which is at home...in the backpack that I was carrying my pump in. :/

LO woke up with a full diaper and we sheets at 5am and proceeded to peepee fountain. Changed him, wiped up and pulled him into my bed to watch him go back to sleep. Worth it, but I think I've washed his sheets every day this week. Think I need to invest in a second mattress pad!! My little peepee kid.

And now I NEED coffee....but he medicine they put me on to get rid of the rash makes my heart race with caffeine so....wah!!

Sorry about complaining so much.....just a craptastic day so far except for the extra snuggles.

[catlady22]

littleapplemom sorry about your rough day so far, hope it gets better!

sadie74 I saw your sippy cup question yesterday - I have tried a sippy cup but LO mostly likes to just throw it on the floor. Instead, I just give him sips of water out of my cup. That seems to work better.

I am taking a half day today to pack for my 7 day work trip. Extra snuggles are in order. Over the weekend my sister is hosting a garage sale, so hopefully I can make some money while I am gone!

[songbirdsinging55]

littleapplemom- That does sound craptastic! I hope your day turns around soon. I understand about coffee, I can't have it without running instantly to the bathroom :-(

[songbirdsinging55]

I am furious with MIL and I told DH to talk with her. I don't want to micromanage but she is on thin ice! We are going to start making bottles and only leaving what foods we want him to have out. I am looking into our options and DH is so frustrating. Does anyone else feel like you argue more with your H since becoming parents?

[MsNicole06]

@songbirdsining I think DH and I have had way more discussion about our parents overstepping boundaries since being parents. We've both found out they've crossed boundaries we didn't know we had until things happened. Not mention we've discovered something's only bothers one of us but we have unite and take it up with our parents.

littleapplemom I hope your day gets better you need a win after everything.

So I'm on summer break but still letting my MIL take DD on her day off since she works so much and I like some free time. I'm annoyed my MIL had to work this morning and won't be taking DD until 10:30....I have crafts I wanted to do and was going to see a friend this morning but had to cancel since MIL didn't tell me about the meeting until 8:30 last night.

[gldnbearz]

littleapplemom Hope your day gets better.
sadie74 Re: sippy cup, we picked up a Munchkin Flexi cup, but haven't tried it yet.
songbirdsinging55 Re: in-laws, I have DH work on his mom once he and I have decided on a course of action.

[gldnbearz]

spikesmom Just catching up from yesterday. Glad LO's face and poops are getting better.

[singingmama10]

littleapplemom, I hope your day gets better! Peepee fountain laundry, no pump, long sleeves on a hot day UGH!! You can complain... no worries
catlady22, I hope your trip goes well. Definitely get in those extra snuggles!!!
songbirdsinging55, YES! MH and really didn't argue much before we had LO... but now we definitely argue and get irritated way more with ea.other. Mostly me with him. I am not sure if the reasons are even warranted, but I am just so tired ALL the time mentally, emotionally, and physically. I just don't have patience or understanding when he wants to do something "his way".
MIL's Ugh! Mine keeps reorganizing Levi's toys. Doesn't she realize that this is my house not her's I want his things where I want his things. It's driving me crazy... but again... I might just be a little easy to annoy right now.

So this sttn things is DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! Everyone keeps telling me he should be sttn (dr. included). Of course I want a full nights sleep, but I think I could deal with him not sttn if everyone would stop reminding me that he should already be doing it! I feel like I am doing something wrong... but I don't know what it is . He is also waking up anywhere from 4:20 am to 5:30 am... So he is not sttn but he is also waking up super early. I could deal with the early wake up time if he just sttn. I even think I could deal with it better if everyone would stop putting so much pressure on me to get him to sttn. I am just frustrated I guess.

[spikesmom]

singingmama10 they may be able to sleep through the night but every baby is different. My lo wakes every two hours nurses and "usually" goes back to sleep and other times I am a human pacifier all night long. He is also up for the day by 5:30-6:00. My pediatrician is not concerned and said it is actually pretty common especially for ebf babies (I don't know if you are ebfing or not). Our lo's will figure it out eventually in the meantime we will be sleep deprived mamas

[MsNicole06]

@singingmsma10 the pressure on moms is crazy and to have everyone telling you that isn't helping. I have no advice on getting LO STTN but wanted to say I'm sure your doing everything you can and shouldn't feel like you're doing something wrong.

Another random since having DD I'm finding myself way less judgey and have a strong urge to support everyone and offer support. I feel very puppy and rainbows which makes me wonder if I'd be a bumpie they'd want now.

[littleapplemom]

Thanks ladies, trying to keep my sanity and not scratch today. Having pants on is the worst!! I should have worn a dress today. They might frown upon me sticking my hands down my pants to scratch my hips huh?? Maybe I can unbutton them and no one will notice!!??

singingmama10, All babies are different....he'll STTN in his own time. Ignore what they say, you know him best. We had a bad bout of him being up every hour and not wanting to be put down. He wasn't hungry, wasnt' wet, just wanted to be held. We decided to do a modified Ferber method, wake up and let him winge a little, go in and soothe but didn't pick him up till he went back to sleep. If he woke again, let him go a little longer till we went in. It took a week or two but he pretty much STTN now, and is up really early but will go back to sleep.

catlady22, Get those snuggles in!!!!

songbirdsinging55, We argue about different things these days, like leaving dirty diapers on the changing table when they pail is right there and not wiping up spilled milk. DH can be lazy and forgetgul while I'm so stretched that I can't pick up after him too. Definitely cause for more disagreements. I'm kinda pissed for you about MIL. I know my mom and dad do things that I have boundaries on....juice being one of them. And slipping him into the walker too often, I don't feel like he's getting enough tummy time with them. He's a whip in the walker but he's not up on his knees yet when he's on the floor.

[littleapplemom]

May 28, 2015 10:25:11 GMT -5 MsNicole06 said:

@singingmsma10 the pressure on moms is crazy and to have everyone telling you that isn't helping. I have no advice on getting LO STTN but wanted to say I'm sure your doing everything you can and shouldn't feel like you're doing something wrong.

Another random since having DD I'm finding myself way less judgey and have a strong urge to support everyone and offer support. I feel very puppy and rainbows which makes me wonder if I'd be a bumpie they'd want now.

What did I miss??!!  Who doesn't want you?!

[MsNicole06]

May 28, 2015 10:42:36 GMT -5 littleapplemom said:

May 28, 2015 10:25:11 GMT -5 MsNicole06 said:

@singingmsma10 the pressure on moms is crazy and to have everyone telling you that isn't helping. I have no advice on getting LO STTN but wanted to say I'm sure your doing everything you can and shouldn't feel like you're doing something wrong.

Another random since having DD I'm finding myself way less judgey and have a strong urge to support everyone and offer support. I feel very puppy and rainbows which makes me wonder if I'd be a bumpie they'd want now.

What did I miss??!!  Who doesn't want you?!

No one doesn't want me but after these new rules came out saying basically no snark allowed and other stuff we all came over. My observation is I am way less snarky post DD and way more puppies and rainbows. I might just meet those guidelines now is all.

[gldnbearz]

Grrr. Having a hard morning finding pump appropriate work wear. I feel like I wear the same stuff over and over.

[littleapplemom]

MsNicole06,Glad to hear. We were all always rainbows and unicorn ladies....I fell off TB for a while right after having LO so I didn't really know what happened with the TOU till I looked again in Janaury. Tried to get on the original FB group but was DE-nied, then I was hipped to PB and the other non-judgy, non-votey fb group. All is well now, I like where we are!! Did you have the same name on TB?

[MsNicole06]

May 28, 2015 11:14:31 GMT -5 littleapplemom said:

MsNicole06,Glad to hear. We were all always rainbows and unicorn ladies....I fell off TB for a while right after having LO so I didn't really know what happened with the TOU till I looked again in Janaury. Tried to get on the original FB group but was DE-nied, then I was hipped to PB and the other non-judgy, non-votey fb group. All is well now, I like where we are!! Did you have the same name on TB?

I might have been 06MsNicole before. I never joined the facebook groups because I prefer a bit of privacy plus I really only use it for family. I really like PB as well it makes it easier since I was on it form the nest mass exodus.

[zengal]

May 28, 2015 10:49:38 GMT -5 gldnbearz said:

Grrr. Having a hard morning finding pump appropriate work wear. I feel like I wear the same stuff over and over.

Same! Today I rebelled against my wardrobe and am wearing a dress I have to remove to pump and I shouldn't have did that. Tomorrow will be back to the pumping tank. Oh well.

[zengal]

I just lost my big post. Dang, I hate when that happens!
littleapplemom Is your day any better?
songbirdsinging55 I most certainly argue with my H more now. Like singingmama10 I'm mostly just irritated with him. Because of all the complaining. I think all the time, "just.shut.up."
Also, me=human pacifier all night long. The people who talk about how our babies "should" sttn already don't know our lyfe!
catlady22 thinking of you and your impending journey!
Hey, did I miss that jjh1119 was going on vacation or something?

[ninergirl52]

littleapplemom - you sound like you had quite the morning. Hoping your itchies have lightened up and your day got better.
songbirdsinging55 - I'd be frustrated too if my MIL gave LO something other than what I indicated. I'm actually terrified of this very thing happening in a few weeks when I leave LO with DH for a wedding. His mom will be in town and I just have this (possibly irrational) fear that they are going to give him something I'm not ok with. As for arguing with DH, surprisingly it has not happened much. I think we're both too tired to argue. We aren't perfect by any stretch, as we can get frustrated with one another, but its mostly on our differing communication styles. When it comes to LO though, we tag team a lot.
singingmama10 - FWIW we talked with our pediatrician yesterday about LO not (even coming close to) STTN. She made some suggestions but said it is entirely what we are comfortable with. She said LO is old enough to sleep train if we want to go that route, but also understands that is not easy for everyone. I was actually really encouraged by her response to our letting him co-sleep (after he starts the night off in his own bed). She seemed totally fine with it as long as we are. She understood he's still young and we may not be ready to move him.
zengal - Oh man that has been me at every wedding I've done since LO was born. Having to strip to pump is always a good time! Yikes!

Today has been completely insane work wise. I woke up to an email from the customer essentially yelling at my boss and I. Luckily I have a great boss who has my back so we work through the dysfunction together.

[wildflower810]

Afternoon nap got started an hour early and ended two hours early. H is gone for bedtime again.

I'm. so. excited.

[pixie523]

singingmama10, people who have opinions on how other peoples babies are sleeping are assholes.

Work has been too insane to really interact, but sleep grind my gears.

[ninergirl52]

May 28, 2015 15:35:11 GMT -5 pixie523 said:

singingmama10, people who have opinions on how other peoples babies are sleeping are assholes.

Work has been too insane to really interact, but sleep grind my gears.

Word!

[littleapplemom]

zengal,nope, not much better. Work sucked and now there is a charity walk downtown in the middle of rush hour that is going to hold up all the buses and lengthen my commute. I wouldn't be so bad if I could grab a big fat coffee for the ride home but with the medicine I might have a coronary!! At least I'm off again tomorrow!!

[zengal]

I guess there's hope in tomorrow littleapplemom!

[kfaye]

littleapplemom that seriously sounds awful, I really hope you start to feel better. It's just wrong for moms to be sick and feel shitty, shouldn't be allowed!
catlady22 get those snuggles in!
songbirdsinging55 I don't have my sister watch lo on Fridays anymore because she would not respect my wishes when feeding her. The first time she watched her she gave her 6 oz of breast milk in one bottle because she didn't think 3 was enough. The last straw was her giving regular applesauce and lying to me about it when lo had a bad tummy ache after. Sucks for sure but I would rather have her at daycare where they do respect what I want. Sorry u are dealing with that, it's hard when it's family.
Yes my H and I fight like crazy now, it's really sad. I think I used to just let things go and now find it impossible in my sleep deprived state
MsNicole06 oh mil's...I would be super annoyed!
singingmama10 I feel the same way about sstn. My lo isn't even close (was waking every 2 hrs and this past week has been every hour:confused:) it's disheartening when people tell you what lo should be doing, my family was giving me a really hard time about this and my bil even told me lo doesn't sstn because I bf! Makes me feel like lying to them to stop the bs advise. Don't worry, we are doing all we can and like pp's said every baby is different!

Re: nursing/pumping clothes, I've definitely been wearing the same things every day. I did get some cute nursing tops from motherhood maternity. I mostly have to wear the same things because of my 20 extra lbs, it's so hard to find things that don't make me feel huge

[MsNicole06]

I think having a sixth month old has caused me to loose my mind. DH and I started restaining our kitchen cabinets tonight. I have almost all of the upper doors off and DH is staining away, I really hate my honey oak

.

I like the new color better but living through this for the next 2 weeks is going to be rough. At least it confirms my theory that open shelving isn't for us.

Has anyone else started a project and then thought what was I thinking?

[wildflower810]

To watch The Bachelorette and eat popcorn or work out? Adulting is hard sometimes...

[marcyreyes]

My lo has started pulling himself up to stand with no help. im not ready for whats about to happen next..... Why can't he stay a baby !!!! My other half is jumping with joy! oooo the joys of being a mom!

[zengal]

wildflower810 haha! I heard the synopsis of the bachelorette on the radio... I can't wait to watch it! Watch *while* working out? Bam.

[singingmama10]

Thanks ladies for all the support and words of encourage (btw I love this place and all of it's rainbows and butterflies ) And yes pixie523, they are assholes!!!
MsNicole06, I like the the new color of your cabinets. Looks Nice!!!
littleapplemom, sorry your day didn't get much better ... hopefully tomorrow will be easier