Post by holliberry28 on Jul 3, 2015 21:36:26 GMT -5
No plans this weekend. M was up til 3 am last night screaming for no apparent reason. He's now been asleep from 730 to 1030 so I'm debating waking him up To feed or not. Give breast or bottle. Always second guessing every decision.
My mom is having surgery next Thursday. She got Diagnosed with colon cancer 3 days after M was born but didn't tell us til two days ago. Praying the doctor gets it all out laparoscopically and it hasn't spread to her lymph nodes. I think I'm in denial. I can't handle life now.
Post by carolyngrace on Jul 3, 2015 21:51:40 GMT -5
A not-so-close friend, who met DB once when he was sleeping, and again tonight at a party remarked "Oh, he's a little fussy, isn't he. Maybe colic?"
Bitch, please. He's one month old, and out at a party past when he usually is sleeping. Sorry his screaming bothered you for ten seconds before I could find a spot to nurse.
Post by baileybaileybne on Jul 4, 2015 0:09:00 GMT -5
No Fourth of July here but a lovely sunny winter day so we went for a walk which reset my soul. LO slept right through breakfast at the cafe and the walk so it was awesome. I'm babysitting my MIL and SILs dogs this weekend and have my own, so in addition to LO it's a madhouse here. I might just go back to that park... holliberry28 I'm so sorry to hear about your mums illness but have everything crossed for her that the surgery goes well and she is in remission ASAP.
DH goes back to work on Tuesday so we are getting as much time together and with Lo as we can in the meantime. Not much going on this weekend for the fourth unless we wanted to drive 2 hours to my parents and I'm not feeling it. I have been getting super bad anxiety and just overall feeling blah between like 5 and 7pm everyday since we have been home. I don't know if i start to get myself worked up over how the night is going to go or it is when tiredness catches up with me but I hope it stops eventually. I try to shower during that time because it gives me kind of a reset but it's just a feeling of doom during those hours. I don't get it.
I totally get this. DH goes back on Monday and I'm super stressed. Every night around 8pm, I start to get all worked up (thanks hormones) about whether or not she'll sleep at all that night. It's just the past couple days that it's been like this and it frustrates me to pieces that she gave up sleeping right before DH goes back to work. It would be fine if we could tag team but doing it alone feels overwhelming. DH has offered to help but he has a really high-pressure, stressful job that he just started in January so he really needs to be 100% and on his game at work. He can't be getting up in the middle of the night constantly, even though I appreciate his desire to help.
holliberry28 I'm so sorry about your mom! FX for a full and speedy recovery for her!
ILs have arrived. We have already established that, like everything in life, MIL must have had worse experiences giving birth than I did. Because, you know, it is a competition. So glad that has been pounded home three times in the 6 hours they've been here.
...and DH and I aren't ourselves today because we are forgetful. Um. Did you miss the part about being new, sleep deprived parents? Going to be a long weekend, ladies...
I used to work with a girl kind of like that. If something bad happened to you, she had something worse happen to her. If something good happened to you, something better happened to her. It was always a constant competition and a stupid one at that. People like that are exhausting.
We took baby to get Amish Donuts this morning and stayed on the farm to show her some animals & take lots of pictures. We met another three week old baby, too. People kept calling her a boy though so I need to start wearing her headbands more!
Question for you mommas - anybody have tricks other than swaddling for getting a belly sleeper to sleep on her back? LO was up every 40 mins or so between midnight and 11am the past few nights. I got no sleep until I passed her off to DH in the AM. DH put her on her play mat for tummy time around 11:00 this morning and the poor little thing passed right out. Of course when I came out to the living room and saw, I freaked out because he was letting her sleep on her stomach and I've been lying next to her watching her breathe for almost 2 hours....which totally negates the fact that she's sleeping and I could too. But it appears that she'll only sleep for any extended time on her belly (either on my chest or on her mat). I'm about to lose my mind and I'm worried I won't be able to care for her well if I'm up literally all night. Short stretches I can deal with but no sleep at all is rough. I'm going to bring her noise machine out and try using that tonight. Any other ideas would be much appreciated!
My entire family is asleep. LO cluster fed all night and now I can't get him to wake up to eat (it's been 2.5 hours... I can't decide if I should let him sleep/eat on his schedule or keep up the 2, 2.5 hr feedings). I also want to not be the only one awake...it's noon
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jul 4, 2015 14:07:40 GMT -5
MIL might drive me crazy today (stop "fixing" her, I know what you're doing. You want her to wake up but I want her to sleep so she's not a terror tonight!!) but at least DB looks cute in her patriotic gear
erbear drink your beer while you nurse but in all honesty as long as you're OK to drive you're OK to nurse.
Considering I haven't had a drink since last August/September, I'm afraid my tolerance will be super low so I want a nice cushion of time there. I'll get it tonight!
erbear drink your beer while you nurse but in all honesty as long as you're OK to drive you're OK to nurse.
Considering I haven't had a drink since last August/September, I'm afraid my tolerance will be super low so I want a nice cushion of time there. I'll get it tonight!
I'm on the same page as you...sticking with a Mikes Hard Lemonade to test the waters
(Because your first drink in almost a year needs to be documented!)
Post by honeybunches101 on Jul 4, 2015 20:55:18 GMT -5
After so much chaos and stress the last couple weeks with moving into our new house, we had an awesome day! I have been bummed about leaving the apartment and location that I loved, but we had friends over today and the kids all played in the play room and back yard and we grilled out burgers and a bunch of veggies. I sat on the deck and had a Moscow mule with a friend and the baby while our DHs chased the kids around and set off fireworks. LO slept the whole time and 3yo DS was very well behaved. It was great to get to use the back yard, since that's basically the whole reason we moved. And to top it all off, DS pooped on the pity for the first time ever!! Finally!!
I've been dreading this night since I realized I was due in June. My neighbors are complete ass holes shooting off fireworks. Last year they shot off huge ones in the wee hours of the morning and terrified my dog. He's currently shaking in bed with us while my husband is trying to get the baby to wind down. We live in a suburb just outside of the city. Houses are very close together. Not cool.
Post by lunalovegood on Jul 4, 2015 23:22:40 GMT -5
Too.Many.People I had three days in a row of social interactions. I am done. I have used up my quota of social interactions for the month. I will be hiding out in my house from now on.
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