I feel pretty good. This newborn was way easier than my first and I found my groove much faster. Part of that is likely that my husband was off the first four weeks with me vs only one with DD1 but also DD2 has a more laid back disposition vs a colic monster like DD1.
*Sigh* I still feel like I'm in the newborn stage. LO is such a fussy baby. With gas pains, reflux, and problems eating, I feel like we are still doing the eat, sleep, scream cycle all day long. He doesn't really play that much. He does focus some and gives smiles occasionally. But really, happy periods last for 15-20 minutes on a good day. And we have about 2 of them a day.
When the time comes. Yes, I will be thrilled to be out of this "newborn" stage.
*Sigh* I still feel like I'm in the newborn stage. LO is such a fussy baby. With gas pains, reflux, and problems eating, I feel like we are still doing the eat, sleep, scream cycle all day long. He doesn't really play that much. He does focus some and gives smiles occasionally. But really, happy periods last for 15-20 minutes on a good day. And we have about 2 of them a day.
When the time comes. Yes, I will be thrilled to be out of this "newborn" stage.
This was my first daughter. It was awful. Hang in there because it will get better soon.
*Sigh* I still feel like I'm in the newborn stage. LO is such a fussy baby. With gas pains, reflux, and problems eating, I feel like we are still doing the eat, sleep, scream cycle all day long. He doesn't really play that much. He does focus some and gives smiles occasionally. But really, happy periods last for 15-20 minutes on a good day. And we have about 2 of them a day.
When the time comes. Yes, I will be thrilled to be out of this "newborn" stage.
I feel a little like this, not quite as bad it sounds like, but my LO is still a very challenging baby. We are finally getting to the point where we have more good days than bad I think and her happy times are improving, but I am sooooo sick of ssshhhhing/rocking/jiggling a baby to sleep 4-6 times a day. Christmas with the IL's was a disaster. We went to his cousin's house and she screamed the entire time we were there.
We do get quite a few smiles and as I type she's having a blast with DH as she's kicking away on her kick n play..so we are getting there.
*Sigh* I still feel like I'm in the newborn stage. LO is such a fussy baby. With gas pains, reflux, and problems eating, I feel like we are still doing the eat, sleep, scream cycle all day long. He doesn't really play that much. He does focus some and gives smiles occasionally. But really, happy periods last for 15-20 minutes on a good day. And we have about 2 of them a day.
When the time comes. Yes, I will be thrilled to be out of this "newborn" stage.
I feel a little like this, not quite as bad it sounds like, but my LO is still a very challenging baby. We are finally getting to the point where we have more good days than bad I think and her happy times are improving, but I am sooooo sick of ssshhhhing/rocking/jiggling a baby to sleep 4-6 times a day. Christmas with the IL's was a disaster. We went to his cousin's house and she screamed the entire time we were there.
We do get quite a few smiles and as I type she's having a blast with DH as she's kicking away on her kick n play..so we are getting there.
I'm so glad you are seeing an improvement. Christmas here has been interesting as well. We had one party and there was another baby there that is 10 days older than G. He was happy, awake, alert he entire time. G was either sleeping, eating, or screaming. I felt like a bad parent. I know that there is nothing that I am doing wrong, but it made me feel so shitty.
He is growing up too fast! I had a lot of feelings when I realized it was time to unpack the 3-6 month clothes. I do love the smiles and all that.
But I am so not ready to leave him at daycare. I have legit chest pains thinking about if.
We had a few 3-6 month onesies that don't fit anymore (mostly anything not Carter's) and it makes me so sad to think about pulling out 9month stuff. I'm not ready for that at all.
When does he begin daycare? We begin on Monday and I'm not ready at all. I'm ready for a break, but like a 1 day break. Not a Monday-Friday, all day, every week break.
He is growing up too fast! I had a lot of feelings when I realized it was time to unpack the 3-6 month clothes. I do love the smiles and all that.
But I am so not ready to leave him at daycare. I have legit chest pains thinking about if.
We had a few 3-6 month onesies that don't fit anymore (mostly anything not Carter's) and it makes me so sad to think about pulling out 9month stuff. I'm not ready for that at all.
When does he begin daycare? We begin on Monday and I'm not ready at all. I'm ready for a break, but like a 1 day break. Not a Monday-Friday, all day, every week break.
I go back to work on the 11th. He has his first partial day on the 7th cause I have to get a crown.
I am lucky because we are going to tiptoe into daycare since I can bring him with me part time and I have some flexibility to my schedule.
I feel a little like this, not quite as bad it sounds like, but my LO is still a very challenging baby. We are finally getting to the point where we have more good days than bad I think and her happy times are improving, but I am sooooo sick of ssshhhhing/rocking/jiggling a baby to sleep 4-6 times a day. Christmas with the IL's was a disaster. We went to his cousin's house and she screamed the entire time we were there.
We do get quite a few smiles and as I type she's having a blast with DH as she's kicking away on her kick n play..so we are getting there.
I'm so glad you are seeing an improvement. Christmas here has been interesting as well. We had one party and there was another baby there that is 10 days older than G. He was happy, awake, alert he entire time. G was either sleeping, eating, or screaming. I felt like a bad parent. I know that there is nothing that I am doing wrong, but it made me feel so shitty.
This....After her screaming for an hour straight at the IL's I totally felt like a shitty parent. Thankfully everyone was very understanding but I don't see us hitting up anymore family get togethers anytime in the near future.
I miss how she would fall asleep while laying on us all the time, but I don't miss waking up every 3-4 hours and I definitely don't miss her (thankfully short-lived) colicky phase. Plus, she's getting so much more fun now! Those smiles kill me, she loves to mimic mh when he makes faces at her, and we got our first giggles right after Christmas.
We were 99.9% sure that we're OAD, and the newborn phase cemented that to 100%. Our insurance says it covers sterilization, so H will probably be getting the big snip at the end of the semester.
I'm on the fence. We are likely OAD but I have so enjoyed the newborn phase, it wasn't nearly as difficult as I anticipated it to be. He is a pretty easy going baby. I'm looking forward to the next stage yet not wanting him to get older at the same time.
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