Good morning! My pp appointment is this morning, so DH is going to work late so he can watch the baby. Wouldn't you know, it's the first time in 2 weeks she has gone back to sleep after eating in the morning. The two of them are snoozing away... Oh, sorry, three of them, because the dog is too. Life is so unfair.
After being up SIX times last night, LO went back to sleep from 5:30-7:30. I feel like a new person after getting 2 straight hours of sleep!
I'm so motivated after that, I'm attempting to re-potty train DS1, since we've had a major set back since DS2 was born. Hopefully it's easy to get him back in the groove.
First day back at work. I feel like a drug addict... I keep fidgeting and checking my phone. J is home with DH. Let's see how long I can go before I text to see how he's doing.
LO was up at 6 AM today after finishing her last feeding session at 5:30, so h offered to get up and take care of her. When I woke up at 7:25, she had already downed two bottles! Oink, oink, baby!
I need to run to my doctor's to get a TB test read and I told h I'd get his prescription from the store. I'm hoping he's back before I have to leave so LO can stay with him; taking her makes my trip longer and really, both should be in and out deals.
Post by carolyngrace on Aug 10, 2015 8:53:43 GMT -5
Have a good day, gigi3126!! No harm in checking in super often
Headed to a follow-up for DB today to see if his head is less lopsided. I almost want to cancel because I can tell it's evening out on its own and he's turning his head to both sides almost equally. But whatever, I like when they tell me updates on his weight and length!
I'm excited because this is DH's last week of work before a week off. We're going to visit his family in Virginia over the weekend, then friends in DC for a day, and then staycation the rest of next week!
clbehenna Glad you got a little bit of sleep. Good luck potty training!!
gigi3126 Hope you have a good first day back at work. Check in as many times as you need!!
This is my last full week being home with O before I go back to work full-time. This is going to be a huge struggle for me. I have to leave the house by 5:30 in order to make it to work by 6. Our daycare doesn't open until 6:30, and is on the way to DH's work, so he will be taking her every day. I'm so emotional over not being able to be the one to get her ready in the morning, feed her, and take her to daycare. If she's still asleep before I leave, I won't even get to cuddle and kiss on her before I leave. Should I wake her before I leave, or just let her sleep? Ugh. I hate having to be at work so early. I am going to miss out on so much
V took a bottle from H this morning! This is the first time in over a week that he would let H feed him, and it was causing stress and upset for both of us. The dog woke me up so I didn't get any more sleep than usual, but I came downstairs to a happy baby and a proud dad, which is a great way to start the day!
That's awesome!!! I'm sure that makes you both feel so much better!!!
I noticed a lot of you are teachers and commenting on having to get up really early. Did anyone see the CDC and American pediatrics released the same study again that schools start too early in the morning and it is causing developmental problems in children due to lack of sleep? They are recommending schools start no earlier then 830am.
I noticed a lot of you are teachers and commenting on having to get up really early. Did anyone see the CDC and American pediatrics released the same study again that schools start too early in the morning and it is causing developmental problems in children due to lack of sleep? They are recommending schools start no earlier then 830am.
Yes. The problem is, most schools will never change because of extracurriculars and sports. Most MS and HS start by 8 at the latest, and as it is most activities don't wrap up until 4 or 5, later when students travel for sports. Pushing the start times back would in turn push those things back, and leave less time in the evening for homework, family time, etc.
I will say, too, that in working with adolescents, I don't know that it would make a difference in the amount of sleep they would get. Most kids are up late already on phones and social media, and would likely stay up later knowing that they could get up later. I do the same thing on weekends and vacations when I don't have to get up as early (or at least I did pre-baby).
The program I listened to said that high school students are the most effected since they are at an age where they tend to naturally want to stay up later and many parents don't enforce an earlier bedtime. So instead of getting the 8-9 hours teenage children need they are getting much less and it is causing health issues and development problems. they rereleased the study because they are annoyed that schools are ignoring the results and have made no changes since the last study release
shahoi Maybe you could be a little late on the first day? H has the same issue, as I will be the one dropping off J starting next week. He already told his boss that he would be a little late on the first day. Also, it's probably not the "right" answer, but I would probably cave and wake up LO for a little snuggling before work. I got lucky this morning; J started fussing as soon as I finished putting on my makeup, so I spent the 10 minutes before I left comfort nursing.
shahoi and anyone else with a DH doing the daycare drop-off, are you doing the pick-up or is he doing it again?
DH usually does drop-offs and i usually do pick-ups on our normal schedule and i like it this way. Both can be time consuming but i like to be the one doing pick-ups because i am more motivated than DH to leave work on time and i always remember to bring everything home whereas DH forgets daily sheets, dirty clothes, etc. Also i like to talk to teachers about how the childs day went and ask questions
shahoi also i dont blame you if you want to wake up LO on the first day or so but otherwise IMO you should let LO sleep so you can get out of the house faster. Getting a baby ready in the morning can be a long process. I usually wake-up an hour earlier than everyone else so that i have myself and the childs things ready before anyone else wakes up and to avoid sharing the bathroom
Thanks guys! Widget123 Pick up from daycare will either be myself or MIL. Our daycare closes at 4:30, which is so stupid, and some days I will not be able to leave work in time. Luckily my MIL is always home by then and lives right down the road from the daycare. I have late nights fairly often
My MIL had some vacation time to burn, so she's taking my first week off and watching O. She doesn't actually go to daycare until the 24th. I have already told work that I will be late because I want to drop her off on her first day.
I think DH will actually have to get up when I do, get himself ready, take care of the dogs, and then get baby up and ready and fed. I think I can wake her up right before I leave to get some cuddles and smiles in (she's usually in a great mood when she wakes up) and then H can take over. It should work out timing wise. I hope.
Lo has been sleeping almost all day. She went to bed around 8 last night, was up at 12 and 4 to eat. Up again at 6:30 and then has been asleep since. She turned 6 weeks on Saturday and last week was pretty rough so I'm hoping that was the eating part of the growth spurt and now she's sleeping to implement it.
shahoi also i dont blame you if you want to wake up LO on the first day or so but otherwise IMO you should let LO sleep so you can get out of the house faster. Getting a baby ready in the morning can be a long process. I usually wake-up an hour earlier than everyone else so that i have myself and the childs things ready before anyone else wakes up and to avoid sharing the bathroom
Seriously true. DH gets up for work at 6:30 and leaves the house at 7am. I get LBB ready, so I get up at 6am so we can leave the house by 8.
Now that I have to do both boys and leave the house around 7 for drop offs in 2 different places, I'll be getting up at 5am when I go back to work.
I've been trying to get a new phone, upgrading from an iphone4 to an iphone6, and ive been to the verizon store twice in the last 2 days and will be going back again tomorrow. Since i havent been updating the operating system and backing up to the cloud i have to email myself all of my photos because everything else could result in me losing them (allegedly a 50-50 chance). Oh and i have well over a thousand and can only email myself 5 photos at a time. Great.
On the upside we just had a good 2 month pedi visit and the pedi was impressed with how well LO has been eating and sleeping.
Post by carolyngrace on Aug 10, 2015 12:55:35 GMT -5
How do you guys feel about Go Fund Me, and similar money raising sites, being used to pay for people's pets' surgery? We put down our cat this year because we didn't have the 3-5k it would have taken to keep her alive (and even if we did, I'm not sure we'd spend that on an animal). Someone I know is trying to raise $4,000 for their dog right now and even though I feel bad for them I don't feel like giving money to that. WWYD?
I've been trying to get a new phone, upgrading from an iphone4 to an iphone6, and ive been to the verizon store twice in the last 2 days and will be going back again tomorrow. Since i havent been updating the operating system and backing up to the cloud i have to email myself all of my photos because everything else could result in me losing them (allegedly a 50-50 chance). Oh and i have well over a thousand and can only email myself 5 photos at a time. Great.
Oh my goodness. I'm going to have the same problem when I want to upgrade! That's quite the project...
I've been trying to get a new phone, upgrading from an iphone4 to an iphone6, and ive been to the verizon store twice in the last 2 days and will be going back again tomorrow. Since i havent been updating the operating system and backing up to the cloud i have to email myself all of my photos because everything else could result in me losing them (allegedly a 50-50 chance). Oh and i have well over a thousand and can only email myself 5 photos at a time. Great.
Aren't you able to transfer the pictures to your computer instead of emailing them? I have an iPhone 4S not being backed up to the cloud, but I just transferred everything from it (and my work cell, an iPhone 5c) to my computer to make sure I have all of my pictures saved.
I'm planning on upgrading soon to an iPhone 6 as well.
Post by holliberry28 on Aug 10, 2015 14:21:58 GMT -5
carolyngrace, if the procedures could add years and quality of life to the pet, I would absolutely donate. I am obsessively in love with my two cats to the point where I'd go into debt for them. But you ultimately have to do what you're comfortable with, and I'm not sure I would ask others to donate money for my pet. I do think they are the owners responsibility.
@imapenguin, & mirage86, they said that in order to download the pics to my computer I would have to upgrade operating systems and the operating system upgrade is what could potentially cause me to lose all of my photos. Is this incorrect? I've never downloaded pics to a computer from my phone so I'm just relying on what they are telling me.
eTA: I'm not familiar with Amazon photo? How does that work?
@imapenguin, & mirage86, they said that in order to download the pics to my computer I would have to upgrade operating systems and the operating system upgrade is what could potentially cause me to lose all of my photos. Is this incorrect? I've never downloaded pics to a computer from my phone so I'm just relying on what they are telling me.
I'm not sure why you would have to upgrade. You should just be able to plug into the usb and get the photos. Turn auto-sync off in iTunes to make sure it doesn't do anything automatically maybe?
Hmm okay I'll give it a shot. If it works that way it would sure save my sanity, thanks!
I've been trying to get a new phone, upgrading from an iphone4 to an iphone6, and ive been to the verizon store twice in the last 2 days and will be going back again tomorrow. Since i havent been updating the operating system and backing up to the cloud i have to email myself all of my photos because everything else could result in me losing them (allegedly a 50-50 chance). Oh and i have well over a thousand and can only email myself 5 photos at a time. Great.
On the upside we just had a good 2 month pedi visit and the pedi was impressed with how well LO has been eating and sleeping.
Could you download them all to Dropbox? That's where I save my photos from my phone before transferring them to our computer and backing them up on our external hard drive. GL with saving them all!!
ETA- took me awhile to write this, I am seeing you have another plan in the works now!
I just got back from DD's 2 month checkup and immunizations. Everything went well! DS is working on popping his last molar thank the heavens, but unfortunately came down with a cold now. Poor kiddo is having a rough summer! He takes it mostly like a champ though, but he is more easily irritable than normal but who can blame him. It's supposed to be hot hot here all week, 30s for my Canadian friends, 90s for the Americans. H has this week and next week off yet until he goes back for meetings before school starts again! It's going to be interesting going back to just me at home, but at least now DD is just starting to get out of the newborn phase and DS just keeps getting more independent and grown up as weeks go by too, so it will be a very different experience for me this school year!
Post by turtletyme on Aug 10, 2015 14:45:13 GMT -5
carolyngrace I might be an asshole but I never donate to a go fund me unless it's the for the actual person I know and it's life threatening. Pets are taking it too far for me. Their pet, their problem. I also never would have asked people for money when our dog needed surgery!
carolyngrace I might be an asshole but I never donate to a go fund me unless it's the for the actual person I know and it's life threatening. Pets are taking it too far for me. Their pet, their problem. I also never would have asked people for money when our dog needed surgery!
I guess I'm an asshole too, then. I hate gofundme accounts...someone that I used to go to church with has one set up so she can buy a car and get gastric bypass surgery done...NOPE!
ladysif and clbehenna, I should join you all on potty training DS, but he's not super interested and he's SO stubborn, I don't want to fight it. I'm kind of waiting for daycare to tell me he's doing it at school so we can reinforce at home.
How do you guys feel about Go Fund Me, and similar money raising sites, being used to pay for people's pets' surgery? We put down our cat this year because we didn't have the 3-5k it would have taken to keep her alive (and even if we did, I'm not sure we'd spend that on an animal). Someone I know is trying to raise $4,000 for their dog right now and even though I feel bad for them I don't feel like giving money to that. WWYD?
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