Day Before Independence Day Spam!

[flyster]

Going on vacation!! Packing up this morning, and DH has to mow the lawn, then we are off! Had a terrible night last night. LO woke up a bunch and I took a cold medicine that made me so so out of and drowsy, so the wake up were torture. DH is starting off driving, so maybe i'll sleep. We are also stopping at his parents about 1.5 hours away, so I might nap there too while the tire out LO.

[flyster]

DH said yesterday it had been a while since he's changed a poopy diaper...between daycare and LO pooping less. OH HELLO THERE DH I"M EATING BREAKFAST. Take your son.

[mrsclark731]

Jul 3, 2015 6:56:04 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

No one is working today, except me.... but I have nothing to do....

My neighbor has recently moved back into his house after being in jail for a while (it's a whole long story) and he is driving me insane. His yard is littered with lawn mowers, leaf blowers and weed whackers that he is "repairing". Which means at 7am he is out there revving the broken motors and blowing black smoke everywhere. His "fiance" also moved in with him and brought her dogs who like to bark at NOTHING all day. UGH I wish he'd go back to jail or sell the damn house.

I thought my neighbors were bad... But you got me beat! If I were you I'd definitely say something about the noise (from him and the dogs). I'd ask if the barking/motor starting could wait until after 9 and stop at 6. You have an infant to 'blame' it on. You never know, he may be really receptive. Good luck!

[mrsclark731]

H just came home with Amish breakfast and the baby slept 10 hours straight. Life is good.

[mrsclark731]

Has anyone tried Not Your Father's Rootbeer? It's the hot new thing around here. Wondering if it's worth the search.

[mrsclark731]

badw0lf, Boo. I know the type I hope they move out for your sake. Maybe look up the local dog rules and call and anonymously complain.

[wimcgrath]

Jul 3, 2015 7:26:19 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Has anyone tried Not Your Father's Rootbeer? It's the hot new thing around here. Wondering if it's worth the search.

Yes! I had it for the first time about a month ago at a restaurant and then randomly found it at my local grocery store shortly thereafter. Very yummy! But I'm also both a soda- and beer-lover so it's my kind of thing!

[miniwheat]

I am going strawberry picking today with the older LO and my MIL.

[aggiebug]

Hello hello! I am on a cleaning spree around the house and H is being overly dramatic about it. (and i haven't asked him to anything but carry one box upstairs when he came) I guess the long week at work got to him.

Next on my list is cleaning toys both ones she is currently using and ones she should be using soon.

The swing is out of our living area Wahoo! And best part is that is one that will be out of my house soon since we borrowed it from the church. .

[FlutterOfYoshis]

Today is my co-workers' wedding day! DD is invited, but I'm not sure how it'll go. Still, excited to get us all dressed up and spiffy today even if we only make it through part of it.

Sleep last night was still miserable, but the misery was shared with DH at least since he's off work today. We're starting sleep training either tonight or tomorrow depending on how this wedding goes. I had originally planned on waiting til she was older, but it seems pretty obvious she needs it sooner rather than later.

[amy2383]

Jul 3, 2015 7:10:07 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

H just came home with Amish breakfast and the baby slept 10 hours straight. Life is good.

10 hours?!!! I am so jealous! Did you follow any sleep training or are you just that lucky?

[lotsofdotts]

badw0lf, That sucks. Bad neighbors are the worst. We had a situation similar to this at our rental house. The neighbor's house/yard is a disaster, which is bad enough, but her son moved in with her when he was placed on house arrest. Our renters were calling the cops all the time because he was selling drugs in his car in the driveway, yelling at his girlfriend in the yard in the middle of the night and revving his car engine in the middle of the night. He was finally arrested when the renters found him wasted walking around the yard and yelling that he "stepped over the line" and was going to be arrested because his ankle bracelet was activated. Just complete chaos.

I hope he gets it together. You don't need all that with a baby in the house.

[lotsofdotts]

Please ignore this if you are sleep-deprived.




Brady slept from 9:30-5:30 and 5:45-8:15! Praise Jeebus! 

[jensoprano82]

I agreed to an early morning run with my SIL based on the premise that DS would be at home still asleep with DH the whole time and he would wake up at his usual time (maybe twenty or thirty minutes after I get home)

Except he woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed three hours earlier than usual and I've been rocking, patting, and bouncing him for an hour trying to get him back asleep! Ugh! Kiddo!!!

[mrsclark731]

Jul 3, 2015 8:12:54 GMT -5 amy2383 said:

Jul 3, 2015 7:10:07 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

H just came home with Amish breakfast and the baby slept 10 hours straight. Life is good.

10 hours?!!! I am so jealous! Did you follow any sleep training or are you just that lucky?

We are doing our own version of sleep training based on her and what we are comfortable with. Honestly, it's the hardest thing I've done and we wouldn't have been successful without my husband. I really needed his support for this. 

In in addition to a bed time routine and a Merlin suit, we started timing her when/if she began to cry. For the first two days it was 2 minutes, the next two days 5 minutes, and we are up to 10 minutes now and she needed NO intervention last night. When we went into her nursery after the allotted amount of time we'd give her back the paci and leave. Falling asleep on her own and self-soothing is the goal. 

We also dropped the MOTN feeding (obvi if she is sleeping 10 hours) after our pediatrician told us it was a good idea at her four month visit. She has been increasing ounces during the day and is still napping like a champ. Next project--get her to nap on her own without the sleep suit. 

[amy2383]

mrsclark731 I am reading the sleepease book and it sound similar to what you did. I just have to get my husband to read it and get on board before we start. I am debating I should do night and nap training all at once......
My problem is that she rolls onto her tummy and can't flip back.

[mrsclark731]

amy2383, get him on board! It is a hard week for a lifetime of good sleeping habits. DD can roll, but not in her sleep suit. She doesn't roll unless she's really angry... And has never rolled in her crib. I'm hoping to transition out of the sleep suit in the next two weeks.

Good luck and stick to it

[lilyelayne]

flyster safe travels!
@holachica mrsclark731 alcoholic root beer?? Think I'm bringing a baby to a liquor store soon

DH is only working half a day, yay! I'm making cookies and "fire crackers" (spicy crackers & pretzels) for the ILs shindig tomorrow. I may try to go get a manicure this afternoon while DH watches the baby.

[hollydfromtn]

Im sad to say but I think my baby has officially dropped his good morning nap. He has taken a 1-2 hour nap every morning since we brought him home, up until this week. It is what has saved my sanity with all of our MOTN wake ups. Looks like I may be joining the sleep training club soon. He has been awake for 3 hours now with no sign of stopping anytime soon.

[mmarie]

Jul 3, 2015 7:26:19 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Has anyone tried Not Your Father's Rootbeer? It's the hot new thing around here. Wondering if it's worth the search.

a friend of mine made root beer floats with this a couple weekends ago while they were camping. She said it was amazing. I need to get some!

[taberbtb]

@holachica good for you! DH works 15hr days 6 days a week so trying to keep up with it all is too much. I have a housekeeper come once a month to do a really good deep clean, and my SIL brings my nephews over to cut and trim the lawn once a week for the summer. It has seriously saved my sanity. Whenever my sister or someone questions why I can't do this myself if I am home all day with the baby I tell them (and myself), they are only little for a short time and my time is better spent with B than cutting the lawn or scrubbing the shower.

[mishka29]

Yesterday was a total shit day. Teething is a bitch.

Lo and a made a quick walmart trip this morning. I wanted to grab lunch at mcdonalds but I was 10 mins early for lunch so no food for me...

[mommadozer]

I know I have one of the older babies. Is anyone experiencing your LO wanting to condense their feedings to bigger bottles? DS used to want to eat at 3 and 6 am. Now he wants to eat at 8 for his first bottle.

[pitdigger]

Date night tomorrow! One of my rugby girls is watching G and DH and I are getting Ethiopian.

[lotsofdotts]

I'm chatting online with a BRU rep because they still haven't fixed our registry rewards. This is starting to piss me off.

[aggiebug]

Jul 3, 2015 10:31:58 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

I know I have one of the older babies. Is anyone experiencing your LO wanting to condense their feedings to bigger bottles? DS used to want to eat at 3 and 6 am. Now he wants to eat at 8 for his first bottle.

Yep. We are consistently eating 5 times a day at this point.

[pitdigger]

Jul 3, 2015 10:31:58 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

I know I have one of the older babies. Is anyone experiencing your LO wanting to condense their feedings to bigger bottles? DS used to want to eat at 3 and 6 am. Now he wants to eat at 8 for his first bottle.

We've been doing that with G for a couple of weeks largely because he'd want more than 4 oz in a feeding.

[taberbtb]

Jul 3, 2015 10:31:58 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

I know I have one of the older babies. Is anyone experiencing your LO wanting to condense their feedings to bigger bottles? DS used to want to eat at 3 and 6 am. Now he wants to eat at 8 for his first bottle.

I was going to post in the formula check-in about this. I have no idea why as going on with DD, she never seems hungry? I wondered if she was trying to stretch out her feeds. If I try offering any earlier than 4hrs since her last bottle she might drink an ounce or two but otherwise just pushes the nipple back out. It also takes an hour of screwing around to get a full 6oz into her.

[chickenhawke]

Jul 3, 2015 10:33:01 GMT -5 pitdigger said:

Date night tomorrow! One of my rugby girls is watching G and DH and I are getting Ethiopian.

Love Ethiopian! Yummmm

[mrsclark731]

Jul 3, 2015 10:50:33 GMT -5 taberbtb said:

Jul 3, 2015 10:31:58 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

I know I have one of the older babies. Is anyone experiencing your LO wanting to condense their feedings to bigger bottles? DS used to want to eat at 3 and 6 am. Now he wants to eat at 8 for his first bottle.

I was going to post in the formula check-in about this. I have no idea why as going on with DD, she never seems hungry? I wondered if she was trying to stretch out her feeds. If I try offering any earlier than 4hrs since her last bottle she might drink an ounce or two but otherwise just pushes the nipple back out. It also takes an hour of screwing around to get a full 6oz into her.

My girl is stretching out her feeds and taking more ounces (born 2/24). It was a sign to me that she was ready to sleep thru the night and cut out the MOTN feeding. She's going every 4 hours or longer and taking 6-7 ounces and 8 before bed.