Question for you ladies. When you're in the car and your LO starts fussing how long do you go before you intervene? Yesterday we were about 20mins from home and DS had been complaining for about 10 mins. Nothing serious, but it started to escalate and I told DBF to pull over so I could get in the back and calm him down. He was all "We are almost home." and I said "I don't care!!" By the time he pulled over DS was hysterical so I'm glad I insisted and DBF apologized for not just pulling off right away. Poor kid was so hot and thirsty (my AC is broken right now).
My DD normally hates the car seat anyway but if it goes beyond 15 mins and DH is driving I'll crawl back there and soothe her.
Question for you ladies. When you're in the car and your LO starts fussing how long do you go before you intervene? Yesterday we were about 20mins from home and DS had been complaining for about 10 mins. Nothing serious, but it started to escalate and I told DBF to pull over so I could get in the back and calm him down. He was all "We are almost home." and I said "I don't care!!" By the time he pulled over DS was hysterical so I'm glad I insisted and DBF apologized for not just pulling off right away. Poor kid was so hot and thirsty (my AC is broken right now).
Awww poor guy! I pull over when I can safely do so but if Im on the highway I wait until the next rest stop. if there arent any coming up I'll wait till a hard shoulder comes up. In our case there's no point waiting because DS generally only cries if somethings up.
Question for you ladies. When you're in the car and your LO starts fussing how long do you go before you intervene? Yesterday we were about 20mins from home and DS had been complaining for about 10 mins. Nothing serious, but it started to escalate and I told DBF to pull over so I could get in the back and calm him down. He was all "We are almost home." and I said "I don't care!!" By the time he pulled over DS was hysterical so I'm glad I insisted and DBF apologized for not just pulling off right away. Poor kid was so hot and thirsty (my AC is broken right now).
I always feel kinda bad when she fusses in the car. If we are close to home (like under 20 min), I just try to make it home. If she gets super upset, I'll pull over when safe to make sure she's ok.
If dh is driving, I'm in the backseat anyways with her. I drive a Ford fusion, and her car seat has the passenger seat up super far. I'm tall, too, so I can't fit and just ride in the back.
Post by AppropriateChocolate on Jul 6, 2015 8:29:24 GMT -5
Anyone's LO starting to army crawl. I noticed this weekend DD has started using her arms and hands to pull herself to her toys on different areas of her playmate.. is this how the crawling process begins? (I know stupid FTM question) but I'm trying to figure out how much longer I have to baby proof my house lol. Also we are supposed to be going on Vacation next month and hotels floors are icky so if she's crawling by then (which is likely, I was an early crawler/walker) how am I supposed to handle that in a hotel?
The oldest is off on his mission trip, so I am going to spend as much time as possible with DD. She has been very patient with me since Brady has come along, so it is time to dote on her some. We are probably going to the pool today if it doesn't storm. I guess I need to check the weather.
We watched an episode of Under the Dome (s3 e1) right before bed and I had a restless night of sleep. Now I'm at work and I'm bitter. But I lurv that show. (Dale) Barbie is Hottt <---- okay now I feel like I'm in high school again lol. But seriously he is gorgeous!
The house I grew up in is now up for sale. I'm sad about it.
My Dad passed 10 years ago and we wanted to keep it in the family, but none of us could afford it at the time. In swoops my Uncle - he buys it, fixes it up and rents it to my brother with a rent to own agreement. All of a sudden he tells my brother he needs to be out by July 1st because he's selling it.
badw0lf yeah I pretty much just try and get home, but I would say it depends.
AppropriateChocolate yeah DD is doing that she uses her legs a lot to push her self places and today she has started doing push ups. I imagine crawling is our very near future.
Question for you ladies. When you're in the car and your LO starts fussing how long do you go before you intervene? Yesterday we were about 20mins from home and DS had been complaining for about 10 mins. Nothing serious, but it started to escalate and I told DBF to pull over so I could get in the back and calm him down. He was all "We are almost home." and I said "I don't care!!" By the time he pulled over DS was hysterical so I'm glad I insisted and DBF apologized for not just pulling off right away. Poor kid was so hot and thirsty (my AC is broken right now).
DS screams and cries for at least 45mins every time I come home from my parents' house that is 2hrs away. I've pulled over and tried to soothe him. I've fed him. I've stopped and walked with him. I've even sat in the back with him when DH goes with us. Nothing helps. So now he just cries it out until we get home. He calms down as soon as I walk in the door.
Thank you ladies for all of your love and dick punches/kicks lol. I needed some support cause a lot of crying was about to commence while I was cleaning.
Your DH is getting a PIP (punch in the penis) from me too!
badw0lf yeah I pretty much just try and get home, but I would say it depends.
AppropriateChocolate yeah DD is doing that she uses her legs a lot to push her self places and today she has started doing push ups. I imagine crawling is our very near future.
yeah she is doing the push ups to as well as the leg pushing. I was sitting beside the mat on the opposite side of where she was yesterday doing invoicing And letting her do her thing and 10 mins later she was beside me licking my leg. I was like WTH. I think if I start doing more yummy time with her crawling will be happening in a few weeks.
Thank you ladies for all of your love and dick punches/kicks lol. I needed some support cause a lot of crying was about to commence while I was cleaning.
Your DH is getting a PIP (punch in the penis) from me too!
AppropriateChocolate DD pushes up with her arms and flings herself forward to get around. It's not exactly arming crawling, but it's something. If she's not doing that, she's rolling across the room. I'm guessing she'll be full on crawling by the end of summer.
Just hanging out with DS today. I have to pay bills, put away laundry, and clean. We may go visit SIL and my new nephew later today. We are having blowouts almost everyday (sometimes twice per day). DS has recently moved up to Pampers Swaddlers size 2, and they fit him so weird. We didn't have this problem with the newborn or size 1 Pampers. I don't know if I should try another brand or try to move up to size 3.
DD has been in swaddlers size 4 for about 2 weeks now (she's about 18.5 lbs). I still like swaddlers the best and haven't found anything odd about them other than I size up a pound or two before they recommend.
If if you are having blow outs consistently definitely size up. It will improve your quality of life
Question for you ladies. When you're in the car and your LO starts fussing how long do you go before you intervene? Yesterday we were about 20mins from home and DS had been complaining for about 10 mins. Nothing serious, but it started to escalate and I told DBF to pull over so I could get in the back and calm him down. He was all "We are almost home." and I said "I don't care!!" By the time he pulled over DS was hysterical so I'm glad I insisted and DBF apologized for not just pulling off right away. Poor kid was so hot and thirsty (my AC is broken right now).
I was agreeing with you dBF until you said the AC was broken.
I usually try to make it home bc if I stop and take her out she's gonna be super pissed when I put her back in.
I don't know who was talking about the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse hotdog song the other day... But it is so damn catchy. I've been singing it for two days straight. Worst part is I don't even know all the words somehow.
We had a storm last night. Tons of thunder and hard rain. I was expecting multiple wakes ups because the dogs usually bark at thunder. Everyone STTN except me! Dammit. Then this morning I step outside and there are 2 random dogs in my yard so I can't let my dogs out. The one dog comes to visit us like once a month but the other dog was new. We live in the country and sometimes random dogs show up. Sometimes they are friendly enough to get close to see the collar. We have tried to get close to the one that has been here before multiple times and he just barks and runs away so we don't know who he belongs to. Over the winter on one of the coldest nights we had, 2 other dogs showed up on our front deck. One was limping and they were friendly so we were able to bring them into the garage and get them warmed up and some food. Turns out, they were like 5 miles from home!
Just hanging out with DS today. I have to pay bills, put away laundry, and clean. We may go visit SIL and my new nephew later today. We are having blowouts almost everyday (sometimes twice per day). DS has recently moved up to Pampers Swaddlers size 2, and they fit him so weird. We didn't have this problem with the newborn or size 1 Pampers. I don't know if I should try another brand or try to move up to size 3.
When we would get a lot of blowouts, we would go up a size. I really like huggies because they have an elastic band in the back that is supposed to help keep things contained!
Question for you ladies. When you're in the car and your LO starts fussing how long do you go before you intervene? Yesterday we were about 20mins from home and DS had been complaining for about 10 mins. Nothing serious, but it started to escalate and I told DBF to pull over so I could get in the back and calm him down. He was all "We are almost home." and I said "I don't care!!" By the time he pulled over DS was hysterical so I'm glad I insisted and DBF apologized for not just pulling off right away. Poor kid was so hot and thirsty (my AC is broken right now).
Bucket car seats are awful for airflow. The babies are hot when rear facing unless you have ceiling vents that can directly send airflow their way. Also looking into a window shade if you don't already have one.
Do have a pacifier clipped to their seat? I have super long arms so I was able to reach back and grab the paci to shove in W's mouth when she used to get mad while in the car. Please note that my eyes never left the road while I was driving.
Question for you ladies. When you're in the car and your LO starts fussing how long do you go before you intervene? Yesterday we were about 20mins from home and DS had been complaining for about 10 mins. Nothing serious, but it started to escalate and I told DBF to pull over so I could get in the back and calm him down. He was all "We are almost home." and I said "I don't care!!" By the time he pulled over DS was hysterical so I'm glad I insisted and DBF apologized for not just pulling off right away. Poor kid was so hot and thirsty (my AC is broken right now).
usually just when I can if I'm by myself. One time, we were stuck in a traffic jam and she was freaking out. I was by myself and knew that she was hungry so any amount of soothing wasn't going to do shit. I just got through the traffic then pulled over at the next exit. If someone else is with me, someone is usually sitting back there with her.
badw0lf it depends on how far we are from home. If DS is actually upset, not just mouthy, I pull over as soon as it's safe, take the whole bucket seat out of the car, and swing it til he calms down. That way he's calm but still in the seat, as opposed to taking him out for cuddles.
Question for you ladies. When you're in the car and your LO starts fussing how long do you go before you intervene? Yesterday we were about 20mins from home and DS had been complaining for about 10 mins. Nothing serious, but it started to escalate and I told DBF to pull over so I could get in the back and calm him down. He was all "We are almost home." and I said "I don't care!!" By the time he pulled over DS was hysterical so I'm glad I insisted and DBF apologized for not just pulling off right away. Poor kid was so hot and thirsty (my AC is broken right now).
If I'm by myself, there's never really a time that I would be more than 20 min from home, so I just try and make it back. Typically, he calms down when the car is in motion anyway and fusses only at stoplights, in drive-thrus, etc.
If DH is driving, then I always sit in the back with DS just in case any issues come up.
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