MOTN 9/18

[Flick]

First night moving from the bassinet to the pack and play. She's doing well so far. Hope you ladies have a good night!

[baileybaileybne]

Not MOTN here: sitting in my car at home letting LO keep sleeping because she's napped terribly today. Of course it's enabling the problem, but she is overtired so I need to sort that out first.

I was scared to try sleep training but after this week I'm in: she is totally incapable of self-settling at the moment.

Got a book, wrote a check list, now we start. It's going to be hell. Wish me luck!

[carolyngrace]

Just got home after being out with some friends. DB has been asleep almost 6 hours. Such a missed opportunity for sleep, but I needed to get out and relax.

But yeah, that means he went to bed around 6:30. I would have thought that was CRAZY before I became a mom. If he won't take a 5pm (or so) nap, he has to go to bed that early or he'll be an absolute mess!

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Sept 18, 2015 23:12:18 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Just got home after being out with some friends. DB has been asleep almost 6 hours. Such a missed opportunity for sleep, but I needed to get out and relax.

But yeah, that means he went to bed around 6:30. I would have thought that was CRAZY before I became a mom. If he won't take a 5pm (or so) nap, he has to go to bed that early or he'll be an absolute mess!

My LO has also been skipping the late afternoon nap and moving up bedtime on her own. Lately she wakes up from her last nap at 4ish. So she goes to bed at 645pm.

[pghtruelove]

Jules went to sleep at 7 which is super early for her. But like carolyngrace she didn't take her last nap of the day so I just let her sleep. I napped until about an hour ago. Then I ate a bowl of ice cream, and two Klondikes. My mouth hurts really bad still so ice cream it is!

[erbear]

I'm sorry your root canal still hurts, pghtruelove. I must've been exceptionally lucky that mine never hurt.

I'm exhausted and I have an all day training today (well, 8:30-3). I just want to sleep in a bit, which H usually lets me do on weekends until LO needs fed. I carried her all around a giant consignment sale and my arms are killing me as a result, too.

[kemdupuis]

Ugh. I don't know if we are approaching the 4 month sleep regression early or what, but the last few nights have been hell. We went from B going down around 7:30 and sleeping until around 3:30/4am and then 2 hour stints after that to getting up 4 or 5 times before 4am. I am about to lose my shit. I go back to work on Monday, and I don't need lack of sleep to compound the miserableness of the situation.

That being said, B woke up at like 3am. I had been up with him everytime he has been up tonight and have gotten next to no sleep. I beg DH to take him (this would make a whopping maybe 5 times DH has been up with B in the MOTN since he has been born) and he does, which is great. I wake up at 4:30 and I hear B screaming in the living room. DH is watching baseball reruns and seems to have given up on B. I pick him up and he almost immediately starts to calm down because he knows I will feed him. I do, and now he's almost asleep again. Here's the issue: WTF DH?! Why can you not get a bottle!?! There is BM in the fridge ready to go- you just need to warm it a bit! Why does this not cross your mind?! Ugh.

[pghtruelove]

Thanks erbear! My dentist got me some meds to help! Also how was the consignment sale? I'm considering going today if I'm feeling better and if it seems worth it.

[nchauhan]

This week was pretty terrible sleep wise, but last night gave me a much needed break! He slept from 9-2 and then 230-530. I just went ahead and got my work bag and pump ready and packed a lunch after he was done. We had a crazy thunew storm last night and our rose bush git struck by lightening! It's crazy how loud it was!! Hoping you ladies get some good rest!!

pghtruelove, hope your mouth feels better!! I was a huge fan of eating Nutella milkshakes when my wisdom teeth were taken out

Edited: our neighbors tree got struck and our rose bush also got charred. Also, I'm currently on the side of the highway because this crazy torrential downpour is preventing me from seeing anything! Looks like my 45 min drive will be closer to an hour today! Hopefully my patients don't get too upset

[pghtruelove]

Sept 19, 2015 5:42:18 GMT -5 nchauhan said:

This week was pretty terrible sleep wise, but last night gave me a much needed break! He slept from 9-2 and then 230-530. I just went ahead and got my work bag and pump ready and packed a lunch after he was done. We had a crazy thunew storm last night and our rose bush git struck by lightening! It's crazy how loud it was!! Hoping you ladies get some good rest!!

pghtruelove, hope your mouth feels better!! I was a huge fan of eating Nutella milkshakes when my wisdom teeth were taken out

SO went and got me all kinds of icecream cause I can't chew. I'm also drinking ensure since I've been so worried about losing my milk supply over this stupid tooth.

[jessila]

Two nights in a row of only waking up twice. Maybe it'll stick?

[carolyngrace]

Sept 19, 2015 5:14:28 GMT -5 pghtruelove said:

Thanks erbear! My dentist got me some meds to help! Also how was the consignment sale? I'm considering going today if I'm feeling better and if it seems worth it.

Feel better!

I also may hit up the sale and am curious about how it was!

[pghtruelove]

Sept 19, 2015 6:23:20 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Sept 19, 2015 5:14:28 GMT -5 pghtruelove said:

Thanks erbear! My dentist got me some meds to help! Also how was the consignment sale? I'm considering going today if I'm feeling better and if it seems worth it.

Feel better!

I also may hit up the sale and am curious about how it was!

I just saw pictures on their FB page. It looks pretty legit. I think I'm gonna head to it today.

[nchauhan]

Sept 19, 2015 6:03:31 GMT -5 pghtruelove said:

Sept 19, 2015 5:42:18 GMT -5 nchauhan said:

This week was pretty terrible sleep wise, but last night gave me a much needed break! He slept from 9-2 and then 230-530. I just went ahead and got my work bag and pump ready and packed a lunch after he was done. We had a crazy thunew storm last night and our rose bush git struck by lightening! It's crazy how loud it was!! Hoping you ladies get some good rest!!

pghtruelove, hope your mouth feels better!! I was a huge fan of eating Nutella milkshakes when my wisdom teeth were taken out

SO went and got me all kinds of icecream cause I can't chew. I'm also drinking ensure since I've been so worried about losing my milk supply over this stupid tooth.

That's exactly why I started sucking down milkshakes, to keep my supply from tanking! My supply bounced back after a week, so hopefully yours will too!!

[erbear]

Sept 19, 2015 5:14:28 GMT -5 pghtruelove said:

Thanks erbear! My dentist got me some meds to help! Also how was the consignment sale? I'm considering going today if I'm feeling better and if it seems worth it.

It was good! There was a second consigner drop off last night with fresh stuff!

[Flick]

I keep forgetting there are other time zones out there! Haha I was thinking "holy hell it's 330?" But it's only 11 my time.

[wegrowsheep]

DH finally put T in his bed and is working on dishes, and grumbling about it. But not very loud. I'm guessing it has something to do with my offer of holding the baby while he does all the dishes and cleans up the house. And he wants sexy time. And I did bedtime routine with the big kids, and cleaned up pee in the bathroom, and dealt with DS1's brilliant idea to stick a lego battle axe in his ear (omg the screaming...).

AF is 4 or 5 days late, but I'm feeling great, so chalking it up to BFing. I remembered that after DD, I had a 60 or so day cycle.

I'm waiting on DD to fall asleep. Then I get to shower.

[erbear]

My eyes were glued shut when LO woke up just now. I am feeling quite grumpy about being awake now, haha.

[seannemairi]

Prepare for a novel, I am raging. 4 month sleep regression 2 weeks early. We took a road trip 4 hours away to our sister in law's house for the weekend. I didn't wanna go because she hates her carseat and has just been a nightmare in the car lately. Little did I know she was going to scream in gas pain until after midnight both nights we are here and proceed to refuse to sleep in her rnp until she's been asleep in my arms for at least an hour if at all. Well here we are, almost 5am, she's been eating and going in and out of sleep for an hour with no sign of being asleep enough for me to put her down. And we're getting up at 7 to hit the road. I'm also seething because everyone is this house took a 3 hour nap except me after they all slept until noon while I had been up since 6. Including my husband who had been exactly no help to me all weekend. Then when I had a mini meltdown due to lack of sleep trying to get her to sleep last night, he had the audacity to say to me "I just hate seeing you get frustrated with her, we signed up for this" coming from the man who couldn't spend 20 hours alone with her while I was on a work trip last week. He's also gotten increasingly lazy when I do hand her over. He just wants to sut with her, usually in a position she hates, when she clearly wants to be played with, entertained, or walked around with. Sorry y'all. Thanks for letting me air that out haha.

[Flick]

seannemairi ugh I hate when men say "we signed up for this". Uh, yeah I signed up to be one parent, not both. If I wanted to be a single mom I would be! I'm sorry your DD isn't sleeping well. Grab some earplugs and nap in the car while he drives back and if you can't do that, then tell him you're taking a nap when you guys get home. If he tries to wake you for anything less than the apocalypse I think it classifies as justifiable homicide.

[holliberry28]

I'm in the same boat. My H said to me, other moms seem so happy all the time. You just seem so tired and negative all the time. Well, it's difficult when you only help when you feel like helping and not when I actually need/want it.

[Deleted]

LO woke up every 1-2 hours last night and was actually hungry each time. She won't be 4 months until October 1st. So it seems early for her growth spurt. I am so exhausted.

The only other thing I can think of is that she always goes to bed in her crib by 7am and last night we took her to a dinner party so she wasn't at home and asleep in her crib until 945. Maybe she was overstimulated.

[missjenniebean]

My baby who has been sleeping through the night has suddenly decided to start waking up by screaming bloody murder. Dunno how to get her to calm down on her own after she does that!

[erbear]

Sept 20, 2015 22:26:53 GMT -5 @imapenguin said:

DD learning to roll over may be the end of sleep for everyone. I can't keep her on her back and she currently has no chill on her tummy.

This is my fear when we move to the pnp/crib. I put her down and she immediately rolls over and wails because she hates it.

Re: husbands, mine frustrated me yesterday. I was up with the baby nursing and then up early for a training while he slept. He took the baby to my mom's, so she watched her while he did some work. We all came home and I'm beat but while I'm nursing her, he's all, "I think I'll take a nap!" And then naps for an hour and a half. By the time he woke up at 5 it was too late for a nap and I was fuming.

[carolyngrace]

@poppyc8 we are pretty much with you. DB went down at 7 and has been up at 10, 12, 1, and now 4.

He's 4 months on the 31st. I definitely think you can hit the sleep regression early!

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[seannemairi]

Oh Hello 330 am. I remember a time when my child would seep through you. Now she won't even go back to sleep after you. Now here we are, at 7 am and we haven't slept. Today is gonna be fun. My work calls this time off 'vacation.' I hate vacation now.

[dogmama22]

My sweet child decided to scream in the middle of the night last night as well. I'm hoping it's because he's congested and not about to become a regular occurrence because I go back to work next week.

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Sept 21, 2015 3:24:19 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

@poppyc8 we are pretty much with you. DB went down at 7 and has been up at 10, 12, 1, and now 4.

He's 4 months on the 31st. I definitely think you can hit the sleep regression early!

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How was last night for you? And you budders ? Our's was a little better. She just woke at 2, 4, 530. So I at least got the 7-2 stretch.