All this talk of weaning makes me feels tiny bit grateful bfing didn't work out.
Also in nap hell and MOTN wake ups. I feel like there's often a schedule change around 12m? I think I may put a taggie blanket in the crib and see if that changes anything.
The PB basket is so so cute! FFSC: I've not bought anything from there. In my head it's too pricy so I don't even look.
tLex what's the job? That's awesome that the hours would work out so you wouldn't have to put LO in daycare, but would you ever see YH?
Thanks everyone... will it just be completely confusing if I'm nursing him some of the time and giving him a sippy at other times...? I'm not full blown dropping all feedings for a sippy... but I would try to keep it regular at the morning feeding
add us to the list of those still doing MOTN feeds. Even though our pedi wholeheartedly recommended trying to make him sleep through the night, LO is on the low end of the weight charts and is too wiggly and distracted to eat well during the day, so we're so hesitant to not feed him when he's willing to eat at night. Luckily, he may have dropped his second feed on his own, but we don't have any plans soon to drop the first.
suzyqq02 my LO is another acrobat baby. he especially loves to bend over backwards when he's in the carrier in the grocery store, and people give us weird looks. we take him to a baby gym class where we do forward rolls, so he also thinks he can flip off of furniture on his own. one second he'll be sitting in a lap and the next he'll be diving head first over the edge!
tec124 what a horrible situation! it boggles my mind that *family* would be miffed at you for being concerned about the welfare of another family member, especially when your job makes you an expert in child safety.
i hope everyone who gets snow gets the pretty fluffy kind and enough of it to keep you trapped safely inside with hot chocolate and netflix. i think we're just going to get a slushy wintry mix. boo.
I need to finish my multiple projects I started yesterday, in addition to the 2 loads of the laundry in the washer and dryer as well as the remaining clothes thrown in the closet.
I've been such a bitch to MH lately. I feel like he doesn't help with much and then wants to apologize for making me mad rather than apologizing for the reason I'm mad.
+1 but I also feel a little justified. after 10+ months of EP, how hard is it for him to realize that I can't stay out all day or leave the moment he wants to because I have to pump. SFFC: sometimes I just wish I could attach suction cups to his balls for hours each day so he would have some sympathy.
bluedot yes she's just fallen in love with Tiny the teddy, but in the dark angry night time it doesn't seem to hold the same comfort. We'll press on, it's only been 4 nights....only...
Thanks everyone... will it just be completely confusing if I'm nursing him some of the time and giving him a sippy at other times...? I'm not full blown dropping all feedings for a sippy... but I would try to keep it regular at the morning feeding
I'm doing this. K nurses 4x a day. wake up, after nap, after nap again, and before bed. I decided to switch the first after nap to a sippy w some WCM. Holy my all hell broke loose. She has always taken a bottle of BM well so I went back to that square. A bottle with 1/3-2/3 WCM to BM. It took a few days but she takes that one like a champ now. My plan is to get her used to the fact that bottles will never have just BM and over a bit of time get that into a sippy. She takes water out of a sippy but in her world milk doesn't belong in there.
Hey all! We're in the sleep like crap club too. E is still ending up in our bed every night, even if he starts out in his crib. He'll wake up and just start crying to the point where he throws up/almost throws up if we try to leave him in there. So I'm not sure what to do about it.
AF started yesterday and I feel like crap today. I don't want to go to church, but I don't want DH stuck taking all the kids by himself. I'll probably suck it up.
bluedot yes she's just fallen in love with Tiny the teddy, but in the dark angry night time it doesn't seem to hold the same comfort. We'll press on, it's only been 4 nights....only...
I started intro-ing a lovie during nursing sessions. I thought maybe she would link it to her comfort nursing at the end of the feedings. I don't know if that is actually what made her fall in love with it but...she does love her little blanket.
shellbell thanks for the heads up on the easter baskets. i think we're going to get the taupe bunny one, but now i also want these plates...for me , not LO
Morning ladies. Everyone else just went off to to church so I'm alone for awhile now as usual on Sunday. It bugs me so,entire that I don't go, like I'm missing out on family time.
tec124. Stick to your guns about car seat safety. I'm sorry your family is being this way about it and I applaude you for speaking up to your cousin about car seat safety.
Trying to decide if nap or work while everyone is gone.
@thatgolfbitch. My LO puts his head and hands on the floor in kinda a downward facing dog maneuver. It sometimes turns into a bit of a headstand because he will push his feet up off the floor a bit even. He does this all the time but I don't have a pic.
Post by carissalynp on Jan 25, 2015 11:13:13 GMT -5
betheliz omg the peter rabbit plates! I love them. I had so much peter rabbit stuff as a kid. And +1 to husband not understanding EPing after a freaking year. We had a bust day once and he complained that me pumping was inconvenient to his schedule. Well geez, sorry having a pump attached to me a few hours a day inconveniences YOU. And when I has bad vasospasms and was asking him to turn up the heat in the car which he hates I really wanted to give him purple nurples til he started to understand.
Sympathies to everyone having sippie problems. Adam was the same, if his milk was in anything but a bottle he'd scream. :/ I mentioned it yesterday but the key for us was a few days with a different routine and doing things that distracted him. I'm still scared to touch the bedtime bottle though.
Post by adinashoshana on Jan 25, 2015 11:16:38 GMT -5
tec124 Your family sounds fantastic :/ It's totally understandable why you distance yourself.
@allthemamaswhoarebreastfeeding First of all, my utmost respect and kudos to you and your breasts. Second, I hope the weaning process goes well and that your lo's give you more sleep!
It looks like H might accept a job he has been offered in San Diego area! It's not NorCal, but it would give him a raise, the opportunity to NOT have to travel abroad (China), for us to have a larger home where our dog could actually have a yard, and I will hopefully have a shorter commute. If he decides to accept, he will see if they will provide some moving cost/temporary housing assistance since he can't reasonably do an hour and 20 min commute. If he likes it over the next few months, I will leave my teaching position at the school year's end and move over summer. I'm not gonna lie--the homes I have been stalking online look tempting as hell...
Post by jessasaurus on Jan 25, 2015 11:33:08 GMT -5
Good morning! Big ((hugs)) to all the mama's trying to wean and cut out MOTN feeds. I hope it gets better soon for you.
tec124 - your family sounds lovely. :/ I'm so sorry you are put in that position.
Guise, I'm at target. By myself! I might buy all the things.
Also, in case anyone is interested, they are having a huge baby stuff sale. A bunch of brand name diapers and the up and up brand are 24.99 each. If you buy 2, you get a 10 dollar gift card.
Post by carissalynp on Jan 25, 2015 11:52:08 GMT -5
I'm going to pick up LO's cake smash cake. I'm having a lot if feels right now. Also realized I've never done a cake smash with a walking baby and now I'm a little scared of what the cleanup will be lol.
Post by hashtagrainbow on Jan 25, 2015 11:54:28 GMT -5
Hi everybody! (((hugs))) to all the mamas that had rough nights and sippy issues. XH and I went to IHOP with L for breakfast and now my stomach hurts like hell. I went to Target afterwards by myself and like jessasaurus, did buy all the things. #retailtherapy
@elf828 I'm still snorting picturing you sinning in your lust pants at Lowe's.
Lucy the boxer wants to play. I'm on the couch in the fetal position waiting for my intestines to implode violently.
@joybaby5 I always say this about boy stuff. We went shopping yesterday -- racks and racks of Easter/spring dresses. Oh, and a rack of the same khakis and button downs they've had for a year.
@joybaby5 I always say this about boy stuff. We went shopping yesterday -- racks and racks of Easter/spring dresses. Oh, and a rack of the same khakis and button downs they've had for a year.
Right? Like, Easter isn't a girl's holiday? I can kind of see Valentine's Day, because pink, but that's it.
But red? And the vday stuff was crap. Lo isn't a ladies man or a heartbreaker and I don't want mustache crap. I want a damn onesie that says my 1st valentine's day.
Hey all! We're in the sleep like crap club too. E is still ending up in our bed every night, even if he starts out in his crib. He'll wake up and just start crying to the point where he throws up/almost throws up if we try to leave him in there. So I'm not sure what to do about it.
AF started yesterday and I feel like crap today. I don't want to go to church, but I don't want DH stuck taking all the kids by himself. I'll probably suck it up.
I'm ready to go back to bed.
G is like that at night...she totally freaks at some point so she always ends up in our bed. I'm so tired of it but she just won't calm down and stay in her crib. DH swears she's afraid of the dark but she's got her starry night humidifier which makes it not dark ..I say she just wants to cuddle...
Hey all! We're in the sleep like crap club too. E is still ending up in our bed every night, even if he starts out in his crib. He'll wake up and just start crying to the point where he throws up/almost throws up if we try to leave him in there. So I'm not sure what to do about it.
AF started yesterday and I feel like crap today. I don't want to go to church, but I don't want DH stuck taking all the kids by himself. I'll probably suck it up.
I'm ready to go back to bed.
G is like that at night...she totally freaks at some point so she always ends up in our bed. I'm so tired of it but she just won't calm down and stay in her crib. DH swears she's afraid of the dark but she's got her starry night humidifier which makes it not dark ..I say she just wants to cuddle...
I'm fairly convinced E just loves to snuggle too. And lives our comfortable bed.
shellbell. Get some iron on transfer printer pages. You can make what you want on the computer, print it on the special paper and iron it onto whatever you want. This is how we did our birthday onesie.
I was working on the baby box last night thinking about what else needs to go in it before it is done. And I though yeah, still first Valentine's Day, except then I realized not. He's had his first birthday, all the first year things are gone, gone. I actually cried realizing it. His actual first Valentine's Day was when I was two weeks pp and felt like shit and the colic really got wound up. I have this adorable picture of him swaddled and sleeping in the bassinet from that day. It was like the only 15 minutes he didn't cry, or eat as I recall.
Today I began the campaign to teach the dog to pick up Hs socks from the living room and put them in the basket. I estimate it will take about six months to accomplish to my satisfaction, but it will be worth it in the end. It is hilarious that I decided the dog was easier to train than DH.
shellbell. Get some iron on transfer printer pages. You can make what you want on the computer, print it on the special paper and iron it onto whatever you want. This is how we did our birthday onesie.
I was working on the baby box last night thinking about what else needs to go in it before it is done. And I though yeah, still first Valentine's Day, except then I realized not. He's had his first birthday, all the first year things are gone, gone. I actually cried realizing it. His actual first Valentine's Day was when I was two weeks pp and felt like shit and the colic really got wound up. I have this adorable picture of him swaddled and sleeping in the bassinet from that day. It was like the only 15 minutes he didn't cry, or eat as I recall.
Today I began the campaign to teach the dog to pick up Hs socks from the living room and put them in the basket. I estimate it will take about six months to accomplish to my satisfaction, but it will be worth it in the end. It is hilarious that I decided the dog was easier to train than DH.
We've got our dog trained to pick up socks too...if only he wouldn't eat them.
@ BlueDot YGPM back! Hello all! I've been pretty much MIA and I miss this place! Hugs to all the mamas starting the weaning process. AW alert- we got our blood test results on Friday and LO2 looks healthy and is a boy!
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