MOTN 7/20

[erbear]

LO is up again and is too busy smiling at me to nurse well. Too cute!

[musicfrk2002]

This kid slept until 515, which is pretty awesome since the last time he ate was 930 pm...then I stuck his pacifier back in his mouth while I went to the bathroom and made a bottle, came back in and he is zonked out again. I think I am letting H take care of feeding him once he wakes up again, assuming it will be before he leaves for work at 715.

[ombradellarosa]

Thank goodness she gave me plenty of sleep first but she's been up nursing for four hours now. She keeps psyching me out: going to sleep but waking up as soon as I try to sneak off. I am impatient to wash diapers. I've got new cloth diapers for her and she's nearly out of ye disposables that fit so I am particularly motivated to get the cloth ones ready. Half of them were lost for over a week and DH just found them. I'm excited to wash them and get them on her.
In sad news, I am watching Survivor and I just spoiled season 3 for myself after only seeing one episode I was trying to figure out why the second episode was referring back to stuff I hadn't seen and ended up seeing who wins the season

[wormgerm]

He only slept once last night. Got him down around 1:45 and he woke up at 6:30. It's now almost 9:30 and he's still wide awake and fussy.

[baileybaileybne]

Second worst night so far. Slept for 2 hours then up every 45 minutes. She would cry for food, latch on poorly for 2 minutes and fall fast asleep then I'd put her down in her bed and she'd grunt and carry on for 30 minutes so I couldn't sleep then we'd start again. Losing my mind.

[carolyngrace]

wormgerm & baileybaileybne - Hope both of you have much better nights tonight! Report back!

DB turned a MAJOR corner at 7 weeks and has been going to bed earlier (around 8 or 9) and staying asleep longer. And, as I've mentioned before, crying himself to sleep in a few minutes instead of taking an hour or more of bouncing and walking! It's like a miracle and each night he does it I'm amazed. I should go to sleep now so I actually get a good stretch in as well. Hope to not see you back here soon

[erbear]

I know what you mean, budders - I try to schedule appointments for after noon. I found a mom group I'm interested in going to, but it's at 10:30 and getting us both ready by then is hard!

She went to sleep at 10 and was up wailing for more at 11. Sigh.

[ravinraven216]

Went to bed at 8.45 and didn't wake up until almost 12:45. I was asleep for 3 hours of that time. I could forgive this kid just about anything right now.

[wegrowsheep]

After a very long day for my poor boobs, T went for 4hrs and 56 minutes without eating, most of which he slept for. Of course, I was putting big kids in bed and watching Downton, but hooray! His longest interval ever, at almost 7 weeks...

[periwinkledaydreams]

LO just will not fall back asleep after MOTN feeding anymore. What is this?? She just fights and fights. Its like a repeat of the evening fussies but at 3am. She wakes at about 2, eats one boob just fine, change the diaper, eats the other boob and this is when she starts to get all out of sorts. Pulling, tugging, fussing, stopping herself from eating but then screaming up a storm to get back on. She seems tired as all get out, eyes rolling around and all that. I try all the usual tactics and she just fights it all. Every night its like a 2 hour event MOTN which puts us at an almost 5am back to sleep time. Poor thing is probably hungry again by the time she actually falls asleep, making the quality of that stretch of sleep crap anyway.. we wake again at 7 when SO leaves for work and then I bring her to bed with me and side-lying eat and sleep and eat and sleep until whenever. This morning sleep-in is my saving grace at this point and I dont want to give it up! Im shit for schedules, but maybe I should work on a daytime routine and nightime would get better??? Its 20 after 3 and shes calmed down, now shes swaddled in her swing with the white noise blaring and Im afraid to shine a light on her to check on her status for fear of disturbing an almost slumber....

[alayne926]

Another 4 hour stretch! She's getting pretty consistent with her first chunk being 4 hours. Hoping the 2nd stretch is just as good.

[baileybaileybne]

periwinkledaydreams This has happened to me too. Often it's just awake and won't be put down, but a few times it's also been crying. Usually between 2.30am and 4.30am then I get about an hour before I'm up for the day. Her best stretch is 3 hours for her first stretch of the night. It goes down hill fast after that. No idea what to do to extend it but practice my patience!! Good luck for a better night soon.

[wink568]

Jul 22, 2015 22:24:56 GMT -5 budders said:

I've got a touch of insomnia tonight. V has been asleep for an hour and a half, and my mind won't shut off and let me rest. I scheduled an early appointment tomorrow, which was super dumb, and is making me more anxious about sleeping well.

On a side note, I love that I now consider 10am an early appointment. It's going to be a rude awakening when the school year starts and I'm out the door by 7 everyday.

I'm the same way now. Everything I commit to is after noon because we end up sleeping late to catch up on sleep. Who would have thought having a newborn would make me sleep like a teenager?

[carolyngrace]

Maybe this should be in the bad mommy thread, but until last night O had been sleeping in his swing (mamaroo) most nights. He's getting too big for me to feel like that's safe or necessary, and I was scared of making a habit, so last night was all crib! He did great other than the first stretch, which was less than 3 hrs instead of 4 or 5, but that hasn't been consistent anyway, so who knows.

[baytosa2013]

LO is doing great on her sleep schedule...me not so much. Since my H got home from his trip I have been wide awake unable to go back to sleep for at least an hour after the MOTN feeding. This fucking sucks!! He's over here snoring and I want to punch him. My mind is in overdrive thinking about daycare, going back to work and now medical bills piling up. I feel like I've completely lost my life (no money to play, canceling the gym, etc) and its getting overwhelming. I feel like it wasnt supposed to be like this.

[erbear]

Well after that quick wake up, she slept 5 hours!

[bendherova]

For the last week or so, L has started grunting and wiggling in his sleep trying to poop between 5-6am. it can take 20-30 min for results. then, i nurse him and he goes back to the crib.

For the last 3 days, an hour later, the cycle repeats. And wakes DS1 up too. Ugh.

[baileybaileybne]

bendherova I think that might be largely my issue too. She gets so worked up that eventually I get her up because I think it must be 'I'm hungry' noises by now, but when I go to feed her she's quite sleepy. It's so hard to distinguish and often her noises and movement from popping wake her anyway then it's harder to get her to sleep. It's hourly for me too. No idea how to address it...

[mcp6286]

Jul 23, 2015 5:21:01 GMT -5 baytosa2013 said:

LO is doing great on her sleep schedule...me not so much. Since my H got home from his trip I have been wide awake unable to go back to sleep for at least an hour after the MOTN feeding. This fucking sucks!! He's over here snoring and I want to punch him. My mind is in overdrive thinking about daycare, going back to work and now medical bills piling up. I feel like I've completely lost my life (no money to play, canceling the gym, etc) and its getting overwhelming. I feel like it wasnt supposed to be like this.

I can feel your pain about the pile of bills. We've had several very unexpected large expenses pop up since baby came, hence why I'm sitting in the parking lot of a job interview instead of at home. I'm the money person in our family (DH is crap at finances and knows it) and now I'm starting to freak out that staying home is irresponsible and I need to work so that we can live comfortably and save up a bunch of money for LO and all else. Ugh. It's the worst decision ever. My MIL reminded me that this is the time when LO doesn't really care who is watching her as long as she's being held/loved though, so it's actually the best time to work and then in a year or two if I feel better about the financial situation I can stay home when she's s fun toddler and will appreciate mommy being home. Although I think she just wants to be a "stay at home grandma" so she's trying to get me back to work lol

[mcp6286]

budders daycare is RIDICULOUS! The only reason I'm considering working is because we have a couple people who offered free or almost-free childcare. Otherwise it would take up so much of my tiny teacher's salary that it wouldn't be worth it. I don't know how anyone affords sending multiple kids to daycare!

[sabrinaml]

I work/ed at a daycare. I'm no longer full time there and will go back as a substitute teacher when they need me. There are 2 reasons for not going back- 1 because I'm working from home helping out the family business, 2 because half of my paycheck would go toward paying for child care (and that's with my employee discount). I have no idea how people can afford multiple children in daycare
I do miss my coworkers, kids and their parents like crazy and have gone back to visit almost weekly since C was born, but financially it just doesn't make sense to work there full time.

[tulips114]

Yea, 3 in daycare is really going to suck.

[musicfrk2002]

I need to start looking into daycare. Any suggestions on where to start?

[carolyngrace]

3-hr stretch... I know I shouldn't complain, but I want more! *yawn*

[ombradellarosa]

I thought we were selling down for the night--DH kicked us off the couch so he could get some sleep before work in the morning and LO was asleep. Then she woke up as soon as I set her down and she had a soaking wet diaper. So I changed her--we only had two wipes left so I was using a half--and she started peeing all over the changing table. I thought I was so good because I caught it with the new diaper. Unfortunately it got out and on the outside do I had to get another new diaper and use a precious half wipe to clean up the table. I had pee on my hands so I didn't want to pick her up, but DH "couldn't" hear me ask him to come watch her for a second while I washed my hands so I picked her up anyway. Finally, with clean hands and a clean baby, I went to lie down and nurse her to sleep and she projectile spit up on the dry side of the bed. So now the sheet definitely needs to be changed but we only have one that doesn't have massive holes in and I can't change sheets with a baby that will cry if I put her down or if I lean over while wearing her.
I guess I have to nurse her in the hard rocking chair and hope she will sleep in the bassinet. This will be fun.

Eta her diaper is wet with spit up so I have to get her ANOTHER new on . And of course the cloth diapers are all still in the wash. 

[erbear]

5 hour stretch! Yay!

I woke up with the start of a cold sore, though. I keep Abreva on hand for the winter months when I usually get a cold sore. Ugh, I want to be able to kiss my baby!

My sister has offered to watch the baby, otherwise yeah, it wouldn't be worth me working at all on the peanuts I make. As it is I'm going to likely only work 2 days a week when H is home.

[alayne926]

Jul 23, 2015 22:53:25 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

I need to start looking into daycare. Any suggestions on where to start?

If you're looking for a center, go to your state's website and look for a section for Childcare regulation. They should have a list of daycares in your area and any violations they may have. I made a list of every center that had grew at reports and then googled for parent reviews/experiences. After that, I called for prices and preliminary questions. If all was was good, I set up a tour.,

[erbear]

And holy hell, don't google cold sores and newborns. Now I'm terrified I'm going to hurt LO.

[whoopsadaisy]

Up for a MOTN feeding and DH literally jumps out of bed yelling, "holy shit there's thousands of spiders!" He stands at the bottom of the bed looking for spiders, there are none, of course. He got the most confused and embarrassed look on his face and crawled back into bed, was snoring again seconds later. Hilarious! Poor guy, what a way to wake up, but I'm so glad I was there to see it!

[mrsmonogrammed]

LO made it five hours! Which is huge because I was worried her nighttime sleep would be messed up after the 12hour car ride home from vacation today. So proud of her for having a good stretch!!