I feel like a bad mom today. DS cried straight for four hours this evening and I'm at my limit. Then, I feel guilty for feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. Someone tell me I'm not alone. Please send wine and chocolate.
Big hugs, mama. Of course you're overwhelmed and frustrated. A child has been screaming at you for FOUR HOURS. And it's not your fault and you tried to fix it and FOUR HOURS. Sending sleepy dust your way; hope it helps.
I feel like a bad mom today. DS cried straight for four hours this evening and I'm at my limit. Then, I feel guilty for feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. Someone tell me I'm not alone. Please send wine and chocolate.
You are not alone. Mine has slept no more than 20 minutes at a time today and I thought I'd get a break at bedtime but I've already been in there once. I am VERY frustrated and I know I'm not truly upset with him but it's a lot to deal with. Sending all the love momma!
I feel like a bad mom today. DS cried straight for four hours this evening and I'm at my limit. Then, I feel guilty for feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. Someone tell me I'm not alone. Please send wine and chocolate.
You are not alone, creepy internet hugs. DD has been up 4 times since she went down at 7 and none of those times were happy wake ups. Sending lots of Sleepy Dust to you and DS so you both get some rest.
I feel like a bad mom today. DS cried straight for four hours this evening and I'm at my limit. Then, I feel guilty for feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. Someone tell me I'm not alone. Please send wine and chocolate.
Hugs, momma. DS has been crabby, clingy all day. I'm blaming it all on teething. Fx he'll sleep well and give you a break.
Of course I had a dozen ripe peaches we weren't going to eat, so I cut some into strips / chunks to freeze & puréed the rest. So I figure we'll play both ways.
We're going to do a mixture so DS gets the nutrition, but he can also hold things. Mostly he'll eat what we do instead of his own meals, just chopped up finer. He loves his mesh feeder with frozen milk so that will help.
Not to discourage anyone, but watch baby's weight gain. My friends had to switch from totally BLW to feeding their baby after his weight gain slowed too much and he dropped from 50th %ile to 20th. Sticking food in your mouth and then throwing it on the floor is probably not the best way to get in additional nutrients and calories. They see the same nurse we do and she's really concerned with staying on your curve, so it also depends on how concerned your HCP is.
Gah. So this argument I'm having with the formula comes down to a national law which makes no sense. They are not allowed to publish the words 'nutrasense' on the packaging for 0-6 months, or advertise for it at 0-6 months so consumers are just supposed to guess that it's more than just a swish new package and actually read the list of ingredients to see there's a difference. How... dumb...
I had a horrible night involving my bitch of a mil and my dh who refuses to be on my side. So I started looking up psychologists in the area to talk to someone. (I'm also planning to get an appt with my primary dr first, but just wanted to look around)
Well I came across this name and started laughing and wondering if anyone took her seriously. I don't think I'll be making any appts with her. Poor woman:
Well the good thing about still being up at 1:15am is that I was able to hear DS pooping through the monitor so I could go tend to him before he got too upset.
Has anyone else's babies started stranger danger stuff? LO will be 6 months on Tuesday and in the last week we've had a few bouts of crying at people. Very unusual for him, so I'm guess thats what it is. The first time, he started crying when facing timing my mom...he was sitting on my lap though, so dunno what was gong on. Then yesterday we were out hiking with friends and one of them was holding him while I was getting shoes off/car cooled down ect, and he just started sobbing. Real tears, whole production, until I took him back. Did it again in Panera when I went to the rest room. Normally he is happy being held by anyone. I guess we will see with Inlaws coming in. I'm hoping he remembers them....he sees them every 2 weeks or so. My SIL will be with them though, visiting from Texas, and he's only met her a few times.
Post by lotsofdotts on Aug 2, 2015 22:38:28 GMT -5
Hey ladies! I have neglected you all lately. I'll get back in it. I have to get on with the quest for the silver trophy before I get too far behind you all!
cougarette I hope you find some resolution for it. I'm sure DH standing behind you would be the biggest step. Is he just afraid to stand up to her?
Yeah, pretty much. For the men in the family they always say, "oh that's how she is. You know those Johnson women and their fits, etc". But I've asked when my feelings will start to matter. I've also said that she's a grown ass woman who can handle some disappointment. But he doesn't want to upset her and whatever.
What really pisses me off is that she was in a bad mood because of her other son! But because we were there she had to start acting all passive aggressive towards us.
He's a little better, but his temp keeps going up. But the dr says that it may stay up for 24-48 hours after starting his meds, which was 7:30pm on Saturday. I'm wondering if I should bother taking him to daycare in case it goes back up while he's there.
He's a little better, but his temp keeps going up. But the dr says that it may stay up for 24-48 hours after starting his meds, which was 7:30pm on Saturday. I'm wondering if I should bother taking him to daycare in case it goes back up while he's there.
Poor little guy. And poor parents of course! Is the daycare far away/a hassle to get to?
cougarette I hope you find some resolution for it. I'm sure DH standing behind you would be the biggest step. Is he just afraid to stand up to her?
Yeah, pretty much. For the men in the family they always say, "oh that's how she is. You know those Johnson women and their fits, etc". But I've asked when my feelings will start to matter. I've also said that she's a grown ass woman who can handle some disappointment. But he doesn't want to upset her and whatever.
What really pisses me off is that she was in a bad mood because of her other son! But because we were there she had to start acting all passive aggressive towards us.
He's a little better, but his temp keeps going up. But the dr says that it may stay up for 24-48 hours after starting his meds, which was 7:30pm on Saturday. I'm wondering if I should bother taking him to daycare in case it goes back up while he's there.
Poor little guy. And poor parents of course! Is the daycare far away/a hassle to get to?
Thank you! Luckily it's very close to home and work.
Has anyone else's babies started stranger danger stuff? LO will be 6 months on Tuesday and in the last week we've had a few bouts of crying at people. Very unusual for him, so I'm guess thats what it is. The first time, he started crying when facing timing my mom...he was sitting on my lap though, so dunno what was gong on. Then yesterday we were out hiking with friends and one of them was holding him while I was getting shoes off/car cooled down ect, and he just started sobbing. Real tears, whole production, until I took him back. Did it again in Panera when I went to the rest room. Normally he is happy being held by anyone. I guess we will see with Inlaws coming in. I'm hoping he remembers them....he sees them every 2 weeks or so. My SIL will be with them though, visiting from Texas, and he's only met her a few times.
DD did this Saturday. We visited MIL and as soon as we got in her house and MIL picked her up she went ballistic we couldn't even calm her down. She was fine with her a few hours later.
Post by AppropriateChocolate on Aug 4, 2015 18:16:11 GMT -5
So DD currently co-sleeps with us partially through the night. And she seems to just roll over and nurse whenever she pleases. I'm starting to wonder if this is just comfort nursing or eating. I'm not sure cause I'm 1/2 sleep and it works at this point. But I think this may be why she's not sleeping through the night. So I think tonight I'm gonna try and keep her in the PIP all night and just nurse her when she's actually hungry. I'm so not ready for this but it needs to be done... Gonna need lots of coffee tomorrow..
So DD currently co-sleeps with us partially through the night. And she seems to just roll over and nurse whenever she pleases. I'm starting to wonder if this is just comfort nursing or eating. I'm not sure cause I'm 1/2 sleep and it works at this point. But I think this may be why she's not sleeping through the night. So I think tonight I'm gonna try and keep her in the PIP all night and just nurse her when she's actually hungry. I'm so not ready for this but it needs to be done... Gonna need lots of coffee tomorrow..
I was doing that too and that was a big part of our reason for sleep training. It is also the part of sleep training he struggles with the most, as his MOTN wake-up sometimes leads to meltdown because he wants to go to bed with us.
Excuse my French but aww fuck. I was thinking this would probably be where she struggles. She's was sleeping fine without co-sleeping for a while then sleep regression and colic hit and she's been sleeping with us for a while now. And I must admit I'm gonna miss it... But I know it needs to be done. Wish me luck.. I'm wishing you the same luck.
Excuse my French but aww fuck. I was thinking this would probably be where she struggles. She's was sleeping fine without co-sleeping for a while then sleep regression and colic hit and she's been sleeping with us for a while now. And I must admit I'm gonna miss it... But I know it needs to be done. Wish me luck.. I'm wishing you the same luck.
I felt the exact same way, haha. But DNW a toddler in my bed, so I knew had to do it now. And who knows, maybe your LO will adjust perfectly! And I'll take the MOTN struggles from the past week while sleep training over the million wake ups I had when he was in bed or being terrified I'd wake him.
I hope so. She doesn't wake up often just to eat and I can get up out the bed without her waking so maybe this will be easy. We haven't started sleep training yet I don't want to overwhelm her with taking away co-sleeping and making her out herself to sleep. Hopefully once she starts sleeping through the night I will start the transition to her room and then sleep training. Her pediatrician recommend I wait to sleep train until she's popped her first two teeth out. He also said he would recommend it if she wasn't sleeping by herself at all. But she can sleep naps and nights when I put her down and stay sleep but I'm not sure if that will work for MOTN wake ups. I Def DNW a toddler in my bed. I'm also leaning towards the idea of waiting til about 9 months to really start sleep training. I had to do that with DSD1 when I first met DH she wasn't going to bed til midnight and wouldn't go without a bottle/cup. I started adjusting her bedtime by 30 min increments and she would FUSS but eventually I had her down by 7:45 and sleep with no fussing by 8. DD usually is out by 7 but wakes up at 10/11 to eat. Ugh sorry to ramble on .. this sleep training/co-sleeping what should I do or not do when to train or not train at all, nurse to sleep etc is hard... Goes to cry in a corner..
I felt the exact same way, haha. But DNW a toddler in my bed, so I knew had to do it now. And who knows, maybe your LO will adjust perfectly! And I'll take the MOTN struggles from the past week while sleep training over the million wake ups I had when he was in bed or being terrified I'd wake him.
I hope so. She doesn't wake up often just to eat and I can get up out the bed without her waking so maybe this will be easy. We haven't started sleep training yet I don't want to overwhelm her with taking away co-sleeping and making her out herself to sleep. Hopefully once she starts sleeping through the night I will start the transition to her room and then sleep training. Her pediatrician recommend I wait to sleep train until she's popped her first two teeth out. He also said he would recommend it if she wasn't sleeping by herself at all. But she can sleep naps and nights when I put her down and stay sleep but I'm not sure if that will work for MOTN wake ups. I Def DNW a toddler in my bed. I'm also leaning towards the idea of waiting til about 9 months to really start sleep training. I had to do that with DSD1 when I first met DH she wasn't going to bed til midnight and wouldn't go without a bottle/cup. I started adjusting her bedtime by 30 min increments and she would FUSS but eventually I had her down by 7:45 and sleep with no fussing by 8. DD usually is out by 7 but wakes up at 10/11 to eat. Ugh sorry to ramble on .. this sleep training/co-sleeping what should I do or not do when to train or not train at all, nurse to sleep etc is hard... Goes to cry in a corner..
I've got to try and do this too at some point. Once LO wakes up past about 3 am I'll just bring him into bed, or bed down with him on the floor of his room (depends on how hot/humid it is. Our room doesn't have conditioning and his does) I'm trying to wean him out of the merlin suit so after his MOTN wake ups if he's in bed with me no suit. That kindof sucked this morning because he was thrashing around alot. I figure one step at a time. Once he is sleeping without a merlin suit/swaddle for most of the night we'll try stopping the bed sharing.
DD has woken up 2 time since she went down at 7. Wtf dude. I may be waiting on this stopping co-sleeping til next week when DH is on vacation
Can you rub her face or belly or put the paci back in when she first stirs? That sometimes works for us.
We are currently on wake up #3 this is so not her, she seems gassy and it tooting away. I will try that hopefully I won't need to and she will sleep well.
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