Today went fairly well for us. We had a cookout at my family's river lot. Dd napped like crap all day, so she was a bit fussy. It amazes me how often people will call her a bad baby. Um, she's a baby. She's not bad or good. She's had some issues, we're working through them, and sometimes as a result, she's a bit fussier.
It was great, though, because we explained to some of my mom's friends about the ongoing bottle fight with dd. I forgot one of them is an early childhood development person. She's dealt with this at her daycare before, so she's writing up a plan that she has used for me to try. Yay!
Last night we had a bridal shower for my cousin's fiance. She is Chinese and had never been to a shower. It was a blast. She's such a sweetheart. I didn't take dd as it was after she was in bed, so I decided to treat myself to a glass of wine. I rarely drink (dh has a brother that drank a lot in hs and college. He always had to help clean up his messes, so he is pretty anti-alcohol), and this was my first drink since way before bfp. Holy heck, did that hit hard. Super lightweight over here.
Post by lotsofdotts on Jul 4, 2015 21:06:19 GMT -5
My neighborhood sounds like a fucking war zone. Every time I think we get Brady to sleep, boom! Bitchy mama day 2 is on tap for tomorrow if this continues. I need some sleep.
Post by lotsofdotts on Jul 4, 2015 21:09:35 GMT -5
osumegs People say your DD is a bad baby to your face?! WTF?! Even if a baby is extra fussy, I would never say that baby is a bad baby, especially to the mom's face! Babies cry and fuss. There's no getting around that. Sorry, girl. You DD is just perfect!
osumegs "bad baby" drives me crazy too! It's like as soon as DS isn't smiling (heavens forbid he make a fuss face!) whatever family member is holding him starts scolding him or asking why he's not a good baby. He's allowed to fuss! Particularly if he's hungry, tired, or needs some alone time! (Kiddo does not do well without his kick time on the floor!) Hope the bottle plan works!
osumegs People say your DD is a bad baby to your face?! WTF?! Even if a baby is extra fussy, I would never say that baby is a bad baby, especially to the mom's face! Babies cry and fuss. There's no getting around that. Sorry, girl. You DD is just perfect!
My grandma asked what my husband and I did to make her that way. She's starting to lose it, I think, so I let that slide.
I'd love to say, "actually she doesn't want you to hold her because she's an awesome judge of character and you kinda suck right now"
My neighborhood sounds like a fucking war zone. Every time I think we get Brady to sleep, boom! Bitchy mama day 2 is on tap for tomorrow if this continues. I need some sleep.
Hopefully they stop soon! People (mainly parents of infants) want their sleep dang it!
osumegs Sorry that your grandma says inappropriate things, but hopefully the bottle plan works for you!
I think we're all starting to feel better. H said he felt better all day. I had a rough day, but am finally starting to come around. DS is pooping less, though he had a hilarious explosion on my mom. Oops! LOL!
I think we're going to start sleep training next weekend when we're not travelling to stop the wake ups that happen 30-60 minutes after I put DS down. MOTN wake ups are OK and I can deal with every 3 hours when he wants to nurse for a good while because he's hungry or thirsty (apartment is super warm and no ac). I need to train MH to stop engaging the baby when changing his diaper at the main wake ups.
Montana is beautiful ya'll. AW-ing tonight's sunset:
Gorg. I think we're going to check out a ghost town tomorrow and explore Yellowstone on Monday. I can't wait! I just hope it's not too warm out because I'll be wearing LO in the Infantino. It's definitely not the most breathable carrier out there.
LO has done wonderfully with the crazy long road trip, time change and new everything. He has also been sitting up on his own, blowing raspberries, and discovered his feet on this trip too! Too many big boy changes all at once! Hope everyone and their LOs get some sleep tonight with all the explosions going on outside
Post by jensoprano82 on Jul 5, 2015 1:55:23 GMT -5
Did anyone else's LO have a bit of a noise freak out over fireworks? For some reason I was convinced he would be nothing but delighted. After the first few, with DH and I both smiling and laughing like crazy trying to show him "they're fun!" He calmed and watched. But next baby, there will be earmuffs.
Posting from Canada! No fireworks here for LO to freak out over. We're at our friend's lake side house, our first vacation since having the baby. We're having such a great time!
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