Post by wegrowsheep on Oct 1, 2015 23:02:48 GMT -5
I'm sitting in DD's bed waiting for her to fall asleep because she says she is just too scared tonight to be "alone" (brother is asleep 6 ft away). My deodorant wore off about 5 hrs ago. I want to shower. BUT I HAVE WINE TONIGHT!!!
DH worked late and isn't coming home tonight, and I was at the farm with all 3 kids since after lunch. I held T and picked 30 lbs of tomatoes. I collected eggs and watered chickens and let my kids run around like maniacs and "help" the highschoolers working in the nursery. And then I simultaneously fixed dinner, fed kids, held baby, and had a conference call. Parents were out to dinner for that last part. Then (still in conference call, albeit on mute), I loaded 52 lbs of turkey in the car with 3 kids and did turkey deliveries on our way home while T screamed about the injustice of his carseat.
Last time I asked DH if he ever wanted to be a SAHD, he laughed. He's a smart man
Coincidentally, we are staying with DHs aunt and uncle tonight on the way up to a wedding. They own a farm. The guest house we are in smells very...farmy. I hope the smell doesn't stick to my BM dress.
Our next door neighbors are the chickens, so that's probably the culprit.
Chickens are the worst! Our rental is cow pasture on 3 sides. I may have been raised around them, but even I shut my windows when they're grazing 20 feet away!
I'm super impressed! I feel lucky when coherent words come out of my mouth!
LO has been up twice and since I slept like a rock tonight in between, I didn't pump. I'm going to be at a wedding almost all day Saturday and working Tuesday, so I need to. I guess I'll just dip into my frozen stash.
Post by whoopsadaisy on Oct 2, 2015 4:20:20 GMT -5
Rockstar! Shoot, I didn't do 1/16th of that much work today and I felt productive. I hope DD fell asleep quickly and you got to that wine! My baby doesn't sleep, nbd. He finally went down at 10:30 and woke at 1a, 3a and now 5a. I'd say horrible things about the four month sleep regression, but this isn't that much crazier than he has always been. I can't believe I'm going on 4 months of never sleeping longer than 4 hours, and most often sleeping about 1 hour between wake-ups. Le sigh.
T apparently decided that he was going to give me a break and slept his longest ever, 7.5 hrs! Ha! Not telling DH. Also, that means he's really well-rested at the unreasonable hour of 5am.
Post by carolyngrace on Oct 2, 2015 7:54:44 GMT -5
DB tried to wake up at 5:30 today. I definitely turned the monitor down to low, shut the door, and put a pillow over my head. Who knows when he fell back asleep but he wasn't up again until 8:30!
I'm sitting in DD's bed waiting for her to fall asleep because she says she is just too scared tonight to be "alone" (brother is asleep 6 ft away). My deodorant wore off about 5 hrs ago. I want to shower. BUT I HAVE WINE TONIGHT!!!
DH worked late and isn't coming home tonight, and I was at the farm with all 3 kids since after lunch. I held T and picked 30 lbs of tomatoes. I collected eggs and watered chickens and let my kids run around like maniacs and "help" the highschoolers working in the nursery. And then I simultaneously fixed dinner, fed kids, held baby, and had a conference call. Parents were out to dinner for that last part. Then (still in conference call, albeit on mute), I loaded 52 lbs of turkey in the car with 3 kids and did turkey deliveries on our way home while T screamed about the injustice of his carseat.
Last time I asked DH if he ever wanted to be a SAHD, he laughed. He's a smart man
Good lord and I felt like superwoman for sweeping and washing floors and doing four loads of laundry. How the hell do you do it?
..I've been up like 4 times so far tonight but now it's 430 and this kid is happy as a clam talking up a storm and ready to take on the day. I am not in agreement.
LO has been doing this too. Wake and jabbering at 445am.
..I've been up like 4 times so far tonight but now it's 430 and this kid is happy as a clam talking up a storm and ready to take on the day. I am not in agreement.
You have all my sympathies! Nothing kills my outlook on the day like being awake before 6am.
I'm sitting in DD's bed waiting for her to fall asleep because she says she is just too scared tonight to be "alone" (brother is asleep 6 ft away). My deodorant wore off about 5 hrs ago. I want to shower. BUT I HAVE WINE TONIGHT!!!
DH worked late and isn't coming home tonight, and I was at the farm with all 3 kids since after lunch. I held T and picked 30 lbs of tomatoes. I collected eggs and watered chickens and let my kids run around like maniacs and "help" the highschoolers working in the nursery. And then I simultaneously fixed dinner, fed kids, held baby, and had a conference call. Parents were out to dinner for that last part. Then (still in conference call, albeit on mute), I loaded 52 lbs of turkey in the car with 3 kids and did turkey deliveries on our way home while T screamed about the injustice of his carseat.
Last time I asked DH if he ever wanted to be a SAHD, he laughed. He's a smart man
Good lord and I felt like superwoman for sweeping and washing floors and doing four loads of laundry. How the hell do you do it?
Washing floors is my nemesis. I can't do that with kids around. But maybe it's the third child. Or my dad that looks right past the kids and is all, "Why haven't you done _____?"
Good lord and I felt like superwoman for sweeping and washing floors and doing four loads of laundry. How the hell do you do it?
Washing floors is my nemesis. I can't do that with kids around. But maybe it's the third child. Or my dad that looks right past the kids and is all, "Why haven't you done _____?"
Haha I only get floors done when the dog is at day care.
wegrowsheep i heart you! You always make me feel so lazy, lol. I thought I had a rough day yesterday, but compared to yours it was nothing!
Random question - does anyone have any tips for getting puke off of a microfiber couch?
There's a couple things to try. Use some non HE Tide, and hot water, and make a foam of bubbles. Scrub with the foam. Then spray with white vinegar.. Let dry and vacuum. And there's this:
I have used both. The first works great for getting out smells. The second is great for stains.
I'm sitting in DD's bed waiting for her to fall asleep because she says she is just too scared tonight to be "alone" (brother is asleep 6 ft away). My deodorant wore off about 5 hrs ago. I want to shower. BUT I HAVE WINE TONIGHT!!!
DH worked late and isn't coming home tonight, and I was at the farm with all 3 kids since after lunch. I held T and picked 30 lbs of tomatoes. I collected eggs and watered chickens and let my kids run around like maniacs and "help" the highschoolers working in the nursery. And then I simultaneously fixed dinner, fed kids, held baby, and had a conference call. Parents were out to dinner for that last part. Then (still in conference call, albeit on mute), I loaded 52 lbs of turkey in the car with 3 kids and did turkey deliveries on our way home while T screamed about the injustice of his carseat.
Last time I asked DH if he ever wanted to be a SAHD, he laughed. He's a smart man
Your day makes me so exhausted.
I really wanted to have wine last night, but I would've had to open a bottle. My mom is coming to babysit with my dad tonight, and since she's in recovery I really don't want to leave anything like that around. So, I have to wait until tomorrow night to open it. Something to look forward to!
My solution would be to drink the entire bottle and then dispose of the evidence
If I didn't have to work today, or if I could drink more than one glass without feeling shitfaced, I totally would have!
I haven't heard anyone use shitfaced in so long! It brings back such good memories haha.
One of the political candidates in our last provincial election used a song that had the word shitfaced in it to launch his campaign I almost fell off the couch when I saw.
Almost midnight here, and T has been down since about 7. I made a huge pile of orange-frosted cookies and a double batch of cinnamon rolls for a bake sale tomorrow. I should be sleeping but I'm in bed with DS1 because he woke up and wanted me, not DH, who just happened to be asleep on the floor next to his bed. So DH has been snoozing the evening away with the apparent intention that's he's getting some as soon as I have a spare moment. LOL. No. Doesn't help that I'm not in the mood at all.
And with my luck this will be T's only long stretch for the night. Guess who gets to sleep in tomorrow???
Post by ombradellarosa on Oct 3, 2015 4:37:34 GMT -5
I shouldn't be, baby has been asleep for 2.5 hours. I think I'm having the 4 month sleep regression. But seriously, she is sleeping in disposable because I forgot to bring her night cloth diapers to my parents' house and I'm anxious about it leaking.
We just had our first two wake up night....I think it's the first one ever!! I am one happy girl. I'm actually not dragging ass at work today. We put him down at 9 with this new sleep projector/sound machine which apparently is magical, and he woke up at 2am and then 5am. He was still snoozing when I got ready for work at 645, so I pumped and left a bottle for my husband to feed him for whenever he wakes up.
But seriously, this projector thing is great. It has a voice activation feature, so when T fussed around midnight, it activated and put him back to sleep!
Haha I only get floors done when the dog is at day care.
I've been on floor strike since I got pregnant. I have used the central vac in our house exactly ounce. DH does all vacuuming and sweeping and floor washing. He also will occasionally do laundry but only folds his own clothes . I do all dishes and clean bathrooms. I used to do all inside chores and help with outside ones before baby...I like this way better. He's a good guy.
That's awesome that he does so much!
MH is great with keeping the counters clean and generally putting away stuff, oh and doing the laundry, but he has not done the floors/bathrooms/toilets/or emptied out the fridge once since I've known him. I don't mind doing them, but I hate being the only one that does it, so we decided that it would be better for our marriage if we hired cleaners to come in once a month and do a deep clean. In between cleans, I tidy up bathrooms and spot check floors, and do most of the dishes. MH does the laundry, takes care of the trash and will wash all my pumping stuff/put away milk when I get home from work so I can get baby snuggles right away
Post by carolyngrace on Oct 3, 2015 21:14:21 GMT -5
This is probably crazy to the non-scheduled mommies out there, but for the first time I kept DB out with me until he fell asleep, instead of coming home for bedtime. He did awesome! He usually goes to bed around 7:30, but he stayed up until almost 9 and fell asleep against my chest. We were outside at a fire so there was lots to look at and listen to, which I think kept him happy far beyond his usual tired point.
Of course once we got home he cried pretty hard getting changed and going into the crib, but hopefully the rest of the night goes ok!
I've started treating DDs 8:00 wake up as MOTN instead of a failed bedtime and it's making my evenings so much happier. I don't know why it didn't occur to me sooner to just nurse her and put her back in bed.
What time is she going to bed before waking up at 8? Oscar often goes down around 7/7:30 and wakes up an hour later. I definitely treat it as MOTN! He might fight it a tiny bit, but for the most part goes right back down after nursing.
What time is she going to bed before waking up at 8? Oscar often goes down around 7/7:30 and wakes up an hour later. I definitely treat it as MOTN! He might fight it a tiny bit, but for the most part goes right back down after nursing.
Sometime between 6:30 and 7:30 depending on when she wakes up from her last nap. If I go straight to nursing her she goes immediately back to sleep.
Yes, then it's definitely a MOTN thing to her! I'm hoping Oscar drops that at some point, but I think for now it helps him fuel up for the night so I don't mind.
We just had our first two wake up night....I think it's the first one ever!! I am one happy girl. I'm actually not dragging ass at work today. We put him down at 9 with this new sleep projector/sound machine which apparently is magical, and he woke up at 2am and then 5am. He was still snoozing when I got ready for work at 645, so I pumped and left a bottle for my husband to feed him for whenever he wakes up.
But seriously, this projector thing is great. It has a voice activation feature, so when T fussed around midnight, it activated and put him back to sleep!
Tell me more about this sleep projector such as brand!!
Post by seannemairi on Oct 3, 2015 23:30:35 GMT -5
On our 4th round of bed time attempts since 9. First, she wouldn't even nurse to sleep. DH finally got her to fall asleep, put her down next to me and she was up in 5 min. I walked her around this time, laid down with her and she immediately woke up. I laid her down in front of me and held a pacifier in her mouth (she hasn't been taking one for a while now) and she was out hard. That lasted about 15 min. She screamed and DH came up again, got her to sleep again, and laid her down...again. 10 minutes and here we are again. I'm nursing her. She's asleep in 2 min flat but I can't do anything with her. I haven't slept in 3 weeks since she started her sleep regression and I'm about to just keel over from exhaustion. Hard to believe this is the same baby who used to give me between 6 and 8 hours a night.
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