Fancy Friday spam

[aggiebug]

[aggiebug]

Whatcha got ladies?


I am awake, have been for an hour who knows when H will be up. It's a 3 day weekend for him. I have scheduled lots of appointments for us, dentists, doctors, hair appointment. Should be a busy day.

[aggiebug]

Child keeps reaching for my mug every time I try and take a drink. I need my caffeine stop subverting my efforts child.

[RedGiant]

Good morning! I'm so tired! DD was up from 2:30 until almost 5 am. Then got up now at 6:30. I'm hopng she will eat and go to sleep. This is the second or third night in a row she has been up for a while MOTN.

[lilyelayne]

DS woke up at 5ish, happily playing in his crib. He almost talked himself to sleep at 530 but kept waking back up and started to get cranky. Came in and he's totally unswaddled - well, I said once he got over this cold we were gonna work on that, guess he's telling me he's all better?
Of course he's eating now.

RedGiant sorry for the rough night
aggiebug have fun with your busy day!

[aggiebug]

Gah I am sorry RedGiant that is exhausting

lilyelayne unswaddling here we come!

[emilyz320]

I am joining in on the unswaddling too. We started swaddling again to keep dd from rolling onto her belly while trying to fall asleep because it was making us both crazy. Well guess who can roll in her swaddle now! I went into check last night and she was fast asleep on her belly (swaddled with one arm out.) I left her there and she was up fussing about it at 1, then up again at 2, 2:30, 3:30, then finally up at 5 to eat. At least she went to sleep again until 6:30... Yawn. This girl needs to relearn how to roll tummy to back.

[lilyelayne]

After all this nursing I expect DS to sleep in.

[lilyelayne]

emilyz320 good luck with losing the swaddle! Do you swaddle for naps too?

[babycfeb2015]

7 am wakeups are so much less painful then 6 am ones.

[babycfeb2015]

(Can you tell Im not a morning person?) don't worry we were up at 2 am too.

[mrsclark731]

Morning y'all!

RedGiant, emilyz320, sorry for your sleepless night. Hopefully there will be some napping in your future.

By 7 am I had already cleaned up a formula blow out, preformed a complete outfit change, and folded a load of laundry and started another. I have a napping baby on my lap now waiting for H to wake up with the dogs. I'm sending him for Amish Market breakfast this morning.

We got some more bad storms last night. I think I have post traumatic stress from the last one (when we lost power for 5 nightmarish days). Is that possible? I feel like a big scardey cat!

[RedGiant]

Yay, she went back to sleep! Now I get to eat breakfast and try to keep the 2 year old from waking her up.

Good luck with unswaddling!

[aggiebug]

Jul 10, 2015 6:19:18 GMT -5 babycfeb2015 said:

7 am wakeups are so much less painful then 6 am ones.

Haha and here I am wishing she would just make it to 6

Glad you got a little more sleep!

[mrsclark731]

Ooohhh aggiebug, lilyelayne, I love your fancy new crowns

[WittyLittle]

Worst.night.ever. (relatively speaking...) For the first time since Jake was a couple of weeks old, I was a crying mess in the MOTN when he just couldn't get himself back to sleep. Ugh, the worst. Rolling over on his belly and getting stuck (same as emilyz320) and then it also cooled down a LOT last night so he ended up being too cold. But we'd have to take off his jammies and put a long sleeved vest on him to put him in a sleeping bag otherwise he'd be too warm again and and and AAAAAAAAAARGH! Im on my 4th coffee and I'm still struggling with puffy eyes that keep closing

[mrsclark731]

Aww... Hugs WittyLittle!


Question--when do they stop rolling over on their tummy and getting stuck?! DD does this constantly now when I'm trying to get her to nap in her PNP. I'm praying it's a phase and she'll figure it out soon.

[WittyLittle]

Jul 10, 2015 6:38:27 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Aww... Hugs WittyLittle!


Question--when do they stop rolling over on their tummy and getting stuck?! DD does this constantly now when I'm trying to get her to nap in her PNP. I'm praying it's a phase and she'll figure it out soon.

eeeeehm weve been going on just about a month now? Bit shorter? And no end in sight just yet

[WittyLittle]

mrsclark731, loving your new avatar!

[emilyz320]

lilyelayne thanks! Yes we swaddle for naps. We went through a few weeks when we didn't swaddle and she did fine, until she started rolling. Good luck to you too! Also I saw on one of the threads yesterday that your ds started rolling but didn't get to respond. Yay!

mrsclark731 ditto on the formula blow out. Gross!

I read an article this am that is making me feel a little crappy about my parenting. The basis of the article is that babies are put in "containers" too much, with not enough time to roll and play on the floor, which is stunting their development. I do give dd a good amount of time on the floor and on her tummy, but I get so bored at home! I am always bringing her places - for walks, on errands, to friends houses... I also will put her in her sit me up chair so I can do things like shower, cook. I'm all worried I am sucking at this parenting thing now and ruining her development. Raising a mini human is so hard sometimes.

[emilyz320]

@wittylittle - ugh sorry. I feel your pain.
mrsclark731 - she's been doing it since 3mo. No signs of trying to roll the other way

[mrsclark731]

WittyLittle, oh no.... I hope both of our babies figure out how to get themselves un-stuck sooner than later. And thank you.... Those are my two boys in my avatar

emilyz320, you are doing GREAT. Dont read too much into those articles... Always take them with a grain of salt. I always tell myself women have been doing this for years in all different situations and conditions, most much worse than mine. Watch an old episode of 16 and Pregnant and it will make you feel better.

[mmarie]

emilyz320 you are doing great. We really like to get out too. DD spends a lot of time in her carseat, stroller, swing, bumbo seat, highchair. It really doesn't help that she hates tummy time and would much rather sit and play toys than lay. She hardly spends anytime on the floor. Once she is more mobile, I'm sure it will be a different story!

[lotsofdotts]

Jul 10, 2015 6:49:00 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

WittyLittle, oh no.... I hope both of our babies figure out how to get themselves un-stuck sooner than later. And thank you.... Those are my two boys in my avatar

emilyz320, you are doing GREAT. Dont read too much into those articles... Always take them with a grain of salt. I always tell myself women have been doing this for years in all different situations and conditions, most much worse than mine. Watch an old episode of 16 and Pregnant and it will make you feel better.

^this! You are doing a great job and your child will develop just fine. This is probably on UO but I'm kind of over the "don't let your child be unhappy for a second, you need to be a super mom" articles. The advice is not realistic for most people. Stop reading that crap (I know it is hard not to read it). Go with your mommy instinct. You know what is best for your baby.

[lotsofdotts]

Wow, that last response sounded snarky. Sorry! That wasn't my intent.

[aggiebug]

emilyz320 that article is stupid. Seriously.

Do you hold your kid? Do you interact with her? Do you give her hugs and love? Then you are fine.

[lotsofdotts]

Brady is still sleeping! I think we may have kicked the sleep regression's ass! This is the second night in a row he has STTN!

[aggiebug]

Jul 10, 2015 7:00:22 GMT -5 lotsofdotts said:

Wow, that last response sounded snarky. Sorry! That wasn't my intent.

I didn't read it as snarky! I am tired of those articles too.

[mmarie]

It looks like today will be a repeat of yesterday. Waking up early and not napping well. At least we are staying home today so hopefully naps will be better today than yesterday. This kid used to be able to fall asleep anywhere and everywhere. Now she is just so much more alert and curious about what's going on around her! I love watching her soak it all in but it makes doing anything and getting naps impossible.

Hugs to everyone that had a rough night!

[miniwheat]

emilyz320, Don't feel bad! Today you can read an article that states one thing, 2 days later the same source will have an article stating the contrary. If you have a happy and healthy baby you are doing it right.

RedGiant, That sounds awful! DS was doing that for a while too. Hope you get some rest!

WittyLittle, Sorry about the crappy sleep!