M did give me a 4 hour stretch after all. Still hoping for a bit more sleep after this feeding. After a busy weekend we have no plans for today. I'm pretty excited about that actually.
we fed 1:15-2am and after he emptied me I pushed a few ozs of formula down him. paid off because he didn't wake up again until now!!! usually he wakes every two hours so this is awesome.
I finally realized I should do an oz or so of formula after a MOTN nursing session too!
My darling child, 5am is not anywhere near my definition of morning, especially after you don't go to sleep until almost 11pm and then eat at 1, 3, and 4. Let's go back to sleep for a few hours. Love, Mommy needs to sleep or she's going to cry.
So glad my mama is coming back to stay this week. N decided that eating every hour and a half was the cool thing to do last night. He starting making noises at 7 but I left him in bassinet until 7:30.. Bad mama.
htuzzi324 Yupp rough night here Too. I may buckle and call my mom to watch Little A for a few hours so I can nap. This morning is definitely the most tired I've felt so far
The weird part is he is wide awake and so happy, smiling away at me. Stop that! Don't you know I'm grumpy? He's done this the last two mornings. Wide awake and happy. But the night before last he was only up twice for three hours each time. I need some sleep.
Eta: he's happy laying on the floor with baby tv on. I might just lay down next to him and take a nap.
I got three stretches of sleep last night. One two hour and two two and a half hour. That adds up to seven hours of sleep for me and it is only 8 am! I'm holding her up right now and she has gone back to sleep. I'm trying to decide if I want to shower or try to get another hour of sleep...hmmm I'm so excited because so far my days alone with her have literally been nothing but keeping her alive and me trying to shower when I can, eat when I can, sleep when I can. I'm thinking maybe today I can try to do some other stuff too!
i keep expecting my hair to thin out but it's still feeling thick and a pain to dry. I remember after my last pregnancy my hair got super thin and took almost a year to get back to normal. What's up this time? I can't wait to cut off 3-5 inches in a few weeks. I'm ready for a change and less blow dry time.
Post by shannonabigail on Sept 14, 2015 7:10:09 GMT -5
More coffee needed over here. O went down at midnight in his pnp for the first time. I was up at 3:30 to pump. He woke at 4:30 to eat so I sent H. Alarm went off at 6:30.
We only have one car and little man has a neurosurgery appointment at noon because the plates in his head have looked weird since he was born. Had to take H to work by 8 and currently sitting in his/our office since I didn't have time to pump this morning. Then on to the shop to get our window back on track, doctors appointment, and probably grocery shopping all by myself.
In other news, I'm wearing pants with a button and zipper for the first time in about 8 months!
H missed his turn getting up with B. I was pissed. I was up at 1:30 and 4:30. I didn't get back to sleep after the 4:30 wake up either because B kept falling asleep latched on and would wake up 10 min after I put him down. I love coffee. I'm so glad I splurged and bought a big bag of Sbux anniversary blend last week. I need some good stuff today.
Little Miss had a rough night. Cluster feeding until 2 and then fussy until I put socks on her in her swaddle. Poor DH is back to work today and he slept like crap. And it's our wedding anniversary. He's feeling really stifled with my parents here and it's hurting my feelings. My parents are being such a huge help and DH isn't used to family being around, being involved or helping. He can't wait till my parents leave and it's just us - and I'm nervous to be alone all day without help. Sigh. Still have a few more days of help to enjoy!
Post by runningmommy519 on Sept 14, 2015 7:34:30 GMT -5
@dsmh13 happy anniversary!
@mrspanpan we didn't have a one month check up..... Granted we were still in the hospital but Ethan will be 2 months old ti orriw and the only shot he has had is the hep B. We have his two month check up next week and he'll get some shots then
Post by runningmommy519 on Sept 14, 2015 7:39:28 GMT -5
My brother and his family head to my mom and dads today. We are having breakfast with them first then they are heading out. My dad was able to find the issue with the leaking water.
Plan for today is calling the pest guy about our wasp issue, I need to make an appointment with a dr here so I'll be able to get my migraine medicine, I also need to call the old hospital about our bill.
Ds1 has preschool this afternoon. I'm hoping to either nap or have the pest guy come.
DD2 got her first bottle this weekend and took it like a champ. I'm cautiously optimistic. DD1 took her first bottle fine, then refused every single one for the next 7 weeks. After trying every trick in the book and multiple different bottles, we finally got her to take one starting a week before I went back to work. Then she refused them completely at daycare the first two days. Talk about stressful when you're already upset about leaving your baby. Hopefully it goes better with DD2. We'll be giving her a second one sometime this week to make sure she does ok so I can go to a social event next Monday (my first night out!).
We had a rough night here also. C was cluster feeding until 1030 last night, and up again at 12 to eat, then I got one decent stretch of sleep from 115 til 415, and then he cluster fed from 415 until 615. Then V woke up and came to my room, and she was soaking wet because her pullup had leaked. Wiped her down and changed her, put a towel down over my sheets, and by some miracle got her back to sleep and we both woke up at 8. So I slept from 115 to 415 and 645 to 8...that is not enough sleep. Bring all the coffee!!
My MIL will be here at 1030 this morning. She hasn't seen the kids in a week and misses them. I love when she comes to my house...she always ends up tidying up and I have learned to just say thank you. I didn't grow up with family that did that kind of stuff for each other, but she did, and she wants to pass it on to me.
Little Missbhad a rough night. Cluster feeding until 2 and the. Fussy until input socks on her in her swaddle. Poor DH is back to work today and he slept like crap. And it's our wedding anniversary. He's feeling really stifled with my parents here and it's hurting my feelings. My parents are being such a huge help and DH isn't used to family being around, being involved or helping. He can't wait till my parents leave and it's just us - and I'm nervous to be alone all day without help. Sigh. Still have a few more days of help to enjoy!
Post by skinandbones on Sept 14, 2015 8:02:30 GMT -5
Rough night last night. We had Siuper Fussy Pants from 10ish to 1ish. Nothing was working- happiest baby on the block my ass. DH was dropping DS1 off at day care this morning so I got a little extra sleep.
Littlest Bones takes a pacifier! Little wouldn't take one so irrationally excited that I don't always need to have a boob in his mouth.
Hoping DH hears about the possible promotion today. He's so freaking calm about the whole thing.
Moms of more than1: how are you splitting your time between 2? I had both kids this weekend by myself. DS2 was fussy during the day. I felt like DS1 just watched TV and played by himself. Mommy guilt in full effect.
Between 7 and 8:30, I successfully fed and changed Teagan, helped a coworker (even though I'm still on leave), and got 3 kids up, fed, ready for school, and on their buses. All by myself. Doesn't sound like much, but I'll consider it a good start, especially on a Monday. Now if I can find time to shower, eat, and put on real clothes before the kids get home, I'll be thrilled. Time to pump. Yay!
Between 7 and 8:30, I successfully fed and changed Teagan, helped a coworker (even though I'm still on leave), and got 3 kids up, fed, ready for school, and on their buses. All by myself. Doesn't sound like much, but I'll consider it a good start, especially on a Monday. Now if I can find time to shower, eat, and put on real clothes before the kids get home, I'll be thrilled. Time to pump. Yay!
Post by motownthrowdown on Sept 14, 2015 8:14:07 GMT -5
@mrspanpan if you give a pacifier dipped in sugar water, that might help with the shots. I'm sure your pedi has some.
Amelia didn't get any shots in the hospital, so our doctor is giving them to her a couple at a time in order of contagion level lol. Next month, we should be getting a call to come in for her Synagis shot (help prevent RSV). I can't wait until it's spring and cold/flu/rsv season is over. She can't get her flu shot until November. I know she'll get sick eventually but I'm so afraid she'll end up back in the hospital on a respirator.
I won't complain about sleep, because he's been pretty good the last 3 nights, but I'm struggling with getting back to sleep after his MOTN feeding. I'm up for an hour and a half and then sometimes only get half an hour or 45 mins before I have to get up again. His first stretch of sleep is almost 5 hours though, so maybe it just means I'm not totally exhausted anymore.
The library down the street (a 15minute walk) has baby time at 1030. No min age on the website. Would it be weird to go to this today? She is too little to benefit from stories or whatever they do there, but we both could get out of the house!
Hubs baby and i went out for a delicious breakfast after dropping dd at daycare. now i need to fix dryer or buy new one, set up appointment with ssa for new card and somehow dry my laundry thats been sitting in broken dryer. oh mondays, you are never fun. and sometimes having to adult this hard sucks.
The library down the street (a 15minute walk) has baby time at 1030. No min age on the website. Would it be weird to go to this today? She is too little to benefit from stories or whatever they do there, but we both could get out of the house!
Do it. I plan on taking this one to some baby stuff once I take some time to look them up. I don't think its weird and you may make a new friend.
The library down the street (a 15minute walk) has baby time at 1030. No min age on the website. Would it be weird to go to this today? She is too little to benefit from stories or whatever they do there, but we both could get out of the house!
Do it. I plan on taking this one to some baby stuff once I take some time to look them up. I don't think its weird and you may make a new friend.
Yes I plan to go to the story time at the library once the ILs leave.
Rough night last night. We had Siuper Fussy Pants from 10ish to 1ish. Nothing was working- happiest baby on the block my ass. DH was dropping DS1 off at day care this morning so I got a little extra sleep.
Littlest Bones takes a pacifier! Little wouldn't take one so irrationally excited that I don't always need to have a boob in his mouth.
Hoping DH hears about the possible promotion today. He's so freaking calm about the whole thing.
Moms of more than1: how are you splitting your time between 2? I had both kids this weekend by myself. DS2 was fussy during the day. I felt like DS1 just watched TV and played by himself. Mommy guilt in full effect.
I hear you on the mommy guilt. I had DS and DD on my own this weekend. Saturday I wore DD and took DS to get frozen yogurt and to play at a playground. I felt like we had a great balance, but yesterday was a different story... I told DS we could go to the beach for a bit, but between DD fussing and me being exhausted from the night before, we spent the day at home (and truthfully the TV was a huge help). When she was asleep/calm I built Legos with him and we read together, but the majority of the time he was on his own. There's no school today so maybe I'll take him to the beach after all... Honestly though, I wouldn't beat yourself up about DS1 having to play by himself/watch more tv in the beginning, especially if you're running things in your own for a few days. My goal for this weekend was more or less to just make it through
Between 7 and 8:30, I successfully fed and changed Teagan, helped a coworker (even though I'm still on leave), and got 3 kids up, fed, ready for school, and on their buses. All by myself. Doesn't sound like much, but I'll consider it a good start, especially on a Monday. Now if I can find time to shower, eat, and put on real clothes before the kids get home, I'll be thrilled. Time to pump. Yay!
You=superwoman
Thanks! It wasn't pretty, but I think everyone's where they're supposed to be. At least DH let the dog out and fed him before he left for work. Pretty sure I would have forgotten that part.
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