Post by carolyngrace on Nov 17, 2015 6:20:12 GMT -5
DB wakes up at an average of 6am. Which means some days, like today, it's 5:30. I have to throw my covers off so I'm freezing to drag my ass out of bed. Dear God, so tired.
But on a positive note I just realized neither of my sitters can work next week. So I will be taking the week off! Not good financially, but I can't wait
I just checked the weather, December is in the 14 day forecast! Holy shit!!!
Can I dislike this post?? Only because it means that cold weather is really right around the corner. We have been super lucky so far (in MD), but they keep saying it is going to be a very bad winter. Im really not looking forward to snow~!
Post by beersandweirs on Nov 17, 2015 10:03:01 GMT -5
Technically this happened yesterday, but... We went to Costco yesterday, which is not a short trip, and about half way there we realized we forgot her diaper bag. But we just kept going saying that we never really change her diaper in public anyway. Cue putting her in her sling at Costco and realizing she has had a blow out... and then shopping anyway... Parents of the year!
I'm thisclose to deleting my Facebook app today. I cannot stand anymore political/racist/hateful/fearful rants/memes.
Yes. I have deleted so many people posting disgusting anti-refugee propaganda. It makes my skin crawl.
Off to the drs this am to have a pre-IUD internal. Yay for ppl poking around my hoo-hah before I've had chance for a coffee.
Seriously with you guys on the FB thing. I actually have a Norman Rockwell meme where the father is asking the son if he knows what he did wrong and the son is admitting to posting stupid things on FB withoutl fact checking and contributing to the overall dumbing down of the human race. I think I repost it at least every few days.
Post by hannahl201477 on Nov 17, 2015 10:09:07 GMT -5
On the topic of FB last night two things pissed me off.. 1- someone said they got a call from their boss they work at American Eagle and the boss got a call from the TBI that said all emergency personal are prepared for action as threats from ISIS have been made about the state of TN. Eventually enough people shared it and TBI responded saying it was not true. What was the point? To scare people shitless. Of course you have to be a little dumb to not realize if that were e true we would have been seeing it more than just some shared fb posts. AND 2- a known stripper from my town posted that she had some Muslims getting on her flight and she thinks ALL muslimsneed to be sent back no matter how long they have lived here. REALLY???
Post by wegrowsheep on Nov 17, 2015 10:09:29 GMT -5
+3 or whatever to the fb shitstorm. OMG THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING. smh. Someone posted a video about how "they hate us and our way of life and blah blah *racial slurs* etc" I very politely asked him how his language and attitude made him any different, but he missed the point.
Post by beersandweirs on Nov 17, 2015 10:14:06 GMT -5
Also, we are doing a trial run with the woman we want to nanny for baby today, and I am just sitting here at home "working" and freaking out, this will be the longest she has ever been away from me
+3 or whatever to the fb shitstorm. OMG THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING. smh. Someone posted a video about how "they hate us and our way of life and blah blah *racial slurs* etc" I very politely asked him how his language and attitude made him any different, but he missed the point.
The worst part is those people never get it, no matter what you try to tell them or how you explain. I always find that the more stupid people are the less likely they are to be willing the change any opinion. They just dig in. My husband who has a PHD actually has a sign on his home office door "Stupid isn't a crime so you're free to go." I think there are days he'd actually love to put it up at the college but he'd probably get in trouble for that.
Post by holliberry28 on Nov 17, 2015 10:21:55 GMT -5
When people talk about CIO why doesn't anyone talk about it working initially to go to bed, but then not at 11, and 12, and 4 am?? It seems like everyone I've spoken to who have had CIO work for them struggled for one or two nights and then had perfect sleepers. My kid can cry, and is persistent in doing so. And still wakes up at 5 even when he spent many intervals crying for 20-30 minutes.
I'm about to lose my shit and this is day 2 of CIO which H has forced upon me yet again after waking up every hour to replace the pacifier. All because we layered on the soothing since he was teething, but it appears he will be teething for the next 2 years at the rate he's going with no teeth to show for it.
I just realized this should've went in the sleep thread but I've got no other randoms other than I'm dying from the lack of sleep and screaming at night.
When people talk about CIO why doesn't anyone talk about it working initially to go to bed, but then not at 11, and 12, and 4 am?? It seems like everyone I've spoken to who have had CIO work for them struggled for one or two nights and then had perfect sleepers. My kid can cry, and is persistent in doing so. And still wakes up at 5 even when he spent many intervals crying for 20-30 minutes.
I'm about to lose my shit and this is day 2 of CIO which H has forced upon me yet again after waking up every hour to replace the pacifier. All because we layered on the soothing since he was teething, but it appears he will be teething for the next 2 years at the rate he's going with no teeth to show for it.
I just realized this should've went in the sleep thread but I've got no other randoms other than I'm dying from the lack of sleep and screaming at night.
When. We did CIO with DS1, we would do the same soothing as at bedtime: every 5 minutes, only talking. And I would set an alarm to wake up to feed him, under the idea that it was MY idea to feed him, not his choice to nurse whenever he wanted. But if he woke up, he had to go back to sleep before I could wake him up to feed him. He was also 1, sooo it was different.
When people talk about CIO why doesn't anyone talk about it working initially to go to bed, but then not at 11, and 12, and 4 am?? It seems like everyone I've spoken to who have had CIO work for them struggled for one or two nights and then had perfect sleepers. My kid can cry, and is persistent in doing so. And still wakes up at 5 even when he spent many intervals crying for 20-30 minutes.
I'm about to lose my shit and this is day 2 of CIO which H has forced upon me yet again after waking up every hour to replace the pacifier. All because we layered on the soothing since he was teething, but it appears he will be teething for the next 2 years at the rate he's going with no teeth to show for it.
I just realized this should've went in the sleep thread but I've got no other randoms other than I'm dying from the lack of sleep and screaming at night.
When we did the Sleep Lady Shuffle, we read her book, Good Night Sleep Tight. And in the book it mentions to expect to be even more tired the first couple of nights because you will actually be getting up more as you try to break the previous sleep associations that baby has. Which was definitely true for us, but you just have to be consistent.
Maybe I am living under a rock, but I really haven't seen anyone post anything offensive on FB recently. Then again, I only have about 30 friends who I know are not shitbags...so...
I would immediately unfriend anyone who posted something as ignorant as you all have mentioned.
I'm on a local gossip page, so none of those idiots are actually friends. Just most of the local population. :\
When people talk about CIO why doesn't anyone talk about it working initially to go to bed, but then not at 11, and 12, and 4 am?? It seems like everyone I've spoken to who have had CIO work for them struggled for one or two nights and then had perfect sleepers. My kid can cry, and is persistent in doing so. And still wakes up at 5 even when he spent many intervals crying for 20-30 minutes.
I'm about to lose my shit and this is day 2 of CIO which H has forced upon me yet again after waking up every hour to replace the pacifier. All because we layered on the soothing since he was teething, but it appears he will be teething for the next 2 years at the rate he's going with no teeth to show for it.
I just realized this should've went in the sleep thread but I've got no other randoms other than I'm dying from the lack of sleep and screaming at night.
Honey, if CIO isn't working, then move on to a different strategy. It works great for some kids, but not for all. Don't waste your time and sanity attempting the same thing over and over if it isn't working for you. There are plenty of other methods you could try. Don't let your husband force something that you aren't comfortable with, especially if you are the one getting up with your LO.
Also, in regards to teething, they will be teething for about 2-3 years. It doesn't matter how quickly they get their first teeth. They will eventually get the 2 year and then 3 year molars, which are a bitch.
I honestly don't know what other strategy to use. He does not like to be soothed or rocked when he's tired and will still scream while I'm holding him. And, it works pretty well for bedtime, with never usually more than 5 minutes of crying because we do a soothing bedtime routine of bath, bottle, book, and singing some lullabies.
The middle of the night and early 4 am morning wakeups are the problem. Even if I put him in bed with me, he'll scream. He wants the pacifier then gets mad when it falls out. He'll go in the swing....sometimes. That's why we're resorting to the CIO because the problem seems to be being unable to soothe himself but not wanting outside soothing.
This was the 2nd day we are doing it consistently. We did Ferber for a few days a few weeks back, but it was more letting him cry for 5 minutes and then soothing to try to teach him to self soothe a bit and not automatically rely on us. Then we stopped because he really seemed to be in pain. Now this is the 2nd day we're doing the full on extinction and that was tried once before, but I couldn't commit, which I know is not the way to go about it. I've going to give it a full 7 days to see if it's due to our lack of consistency to see if it helps. If not, then I have to think of something else.
When people talk about CIO why doesn't anyone talk about it working initially to go to bed, but then not at 11, and 12, and 4 am?? It seems like everyone I've spoken to who have had CIO work for them struggled for one or two nights and then had perfect sleepers. My kid can cry, and is persistent in doing so. And still wakes up at 5 even when he spent many intervals crying for 20-30 minutes.
I'm about to lose my shit and this is day 2 of CIO which H has forced upon me yet again after waking up every hour to replace the pacifier. All because we layered on the soothing since he was teething, but it appears he will be teething for the next 2 years at the rate he's going with no teeth to show for it.
I just realized this should've went in the sleep thread but I've got no other randoms other than I'm dying from the lack of sleep and screaming at night.
This really helped me. In fact, this whole website has really helped me!
ETA: Seriously, this has helped us so much. I have read 4 or 5 different "sleep" books, and nothing was helping. This has helped us. And it makes so much sense, at least to me anyways.
At C's 6 month appointment I am going to ask the dr if it would be ok to wean away from the middle of the night feedings. Once I get the ok to do that, we will be following this:
I just checked the weather, December is in the 14 day forecast! Holy shit!!!
Can I dislike this post?? Only because it means that cold weather is really right around the corner. We have been super lucky so far (in MD), but they keep saying it is going to be a very bad winter. Im really not looking forward to snow~!
BRING ON THE SNOW!!!! Especially because Marylanders are afraid of driving in it so SNOW DAYS!!! To be fair, I am a Marylander and I am afraid of driving in the snow. My zippy little Mazda 3 was not built for snow.
We had 8 inches of snow this morning and it was still coming down. We were under a blizzard warning. Every school district around us closed for the day and even the government and court houses were on abbreviated schedules, which never happens. Our school district was the only one that kept going on a regular schedule. Not even a one hour delay. I'm pretty sure whoever is making these decisions was brought in from Nome, Alaska just to annoy us. Granted, all I have to go to get DS1 to school is push him out the front door when the bus comes, but I'm still irritated I had to get out of bed to do it.
Oh, and I made soup last night and left it out on the stove. It had chicken in it, so looks like that will get tossed.
Oh man, that sucks! I'm usually really lax when it comes to stuff like that, I might even re-boil it for a few minutes and then keep it? But my husband has a food safety certification for work and he is a freak about that stuff. He temps EVERYTHING, even pre-cooked things, like the frozen Bob Evans mashed potatoes? He whips out his little thermometer and I'm like, seriously???
Though, since baby is doing her trial run with the nanny today, my husband and I are getting never ending pasta bowl at Olive Garden for lunch today, so I am pretty excited about that.
Can I dislike this post?? Only because it means that cold weather is really right around the corner. We have been super lucky so far (in MD), but they keep saying it is going to be a very bad winter. Im really not looking forward to snow~!
BRING ON THE SNOW!!!! Especially because Marylanders are afraid of driving in it so SNOW DAYS!!! To be fair, I am a Marylander and I am afraid of driving in the snow. My zippy little Mazda 3 was not built for snow.
Im not afraid to drive in it, My parents taught us how to drive in the snow. But even if it snows I am still expected to work from home. So snow days dont really exist for me! Let it snow the weekend that I am on a cruise so that I dont have to deal with it, and you can have all the snow to your self!
Since today is World Prematurity Day I have been scrolling through and loving all of the pics of premies and where they are now and ignoring anything about Syrian refugees.
RE: Charlie Sheen. I'm honestly surprised he went through such an effort to hide being HIV positive. His reputation wasn't so great to begin with and if there were so many people blackmailing him, then why didn't he let the cat out of the bag sooner?
SQT: If I'm consistently pumping more than LO eats while I'm at work, should we start giving her more at each bottle feeding? I feel like if she's happy after she eats then I should just let it go and be glad I'm stocking up... right?
I would freeze the extra amount! But thats just me
SQT: If I'm consistently pumping more than LO eats while I'm at work, should we start giving her more at each bottle feeding? I feel like if she's happy after she eats then I should just let it go and be glad I'm stocking up... right?
Ok, I hate you. But seriously, I wouldn't give any more if she's happy after she eats. Just be VERY glad you have this "problem" and freeze it up!
I honestly don't know what other strategy to use. He does not like to be soothed or rocked when he's tired and will still scream while I'm holding him. And, it works pretty well for bedtime, with never usually more than 5 minutes of crying because we do a soothing bedtime routine of bath, bottle, book, and singing some lullabies.
The middle of the night and early 4 am morning wakeups are the problem. Even if I put him in bed with me, he'll scream. He wants the pacifier then gets mad when it falls out. He'll go in the swing....sometimes. That's why we're resorting to the CIO because the problem seems to be being unable to soothe himself but not wanting outside soothing.
This was the 2nd day we are doing it consistently. We did Ferber for a few days a few weeks back, but it was more letting him cry for 5 minutes and then soothing to try to teach him to self soothe a bit and not automatically rely on us. Then we stopped because he really seemed to be in pain. Now this is the 2nd day we're doing the full on extinction and that was tried once before, but I couldn't commit, which I know is not the way to go about it. I've going to give it a full 7 days to see if it's due to our lack of consistency to see if it helps. If not, then I have to think of something else.
Any other methods you would recommend trying?
If it's only day two of consisten implementation, then it's too early to say it's not working. If you feel like this is the strategy for you, then I would give it more time like you mentioned. I agree not to do it just because your husband says so.
V is inconsistent with what he prefers in terms of soothing. Some nights he only wants to be held, others it seems to piss him off. Sometimes he needs the pacifier, other times he detests it. How long is he sleeping/awake he does wake? You mentioned only one MOTN wakeup and then 4am, which seems pretty decent (relatively speaking; I know it's exhausting). Is the issue that you are trying to prevent him from waking at all, or that you want to get him back to sleep more easily?
It's not that I'm trying to prevent him from waking up since all babies wake up, I just want him to be able to put himself back to sleep by himself without crying 10-30 minutes each time. The 12 am and 4 am are guaranteed, but he also wakes up at 11, maybe 3, and a few times before 5 for a pacifier.
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