My DD loves Frozen, still does. I actually prefer it over most "princess" movies. It focuses more on family, IMO, verses the love and marriage junk. Sister bonds. I liked that message.
DD is just over 1 year old. She still wakes up multiple times a night and has NEVER slept through the night. I think I got a 5 hour stretch once when she was 4 months old.
I also bed share...which I had to start doing when she was 7 months old and decided her crib was some sort of strange medieval torture device.
She can somehow manage to steal all the covers and take up an entire double bed.
Every night.
SO gets to sleep peacefully all night long, alone in our big king sized bed in our bedroom.
I usually end up edged off the matress, on the floor, in DD's bedroom.
Sometimes I get to take my pillow with me.
I love her more than life, but I miss sleep.
I feel for you. I went a very long time before having a night of uninterrupted sleep. LO hasn't been feeling well, so lots of restless sleep, and it is easier for me to sleep with him when he is like that, but I swear every time he moves one inch, the covers move a foot off the bed. And how such small beings are able to be the biggest bed hogs is beyond me. My LO and my smaller of my two dogs are the biggest bed hogs in the house, and I am convinced they coordinate their efforts. It is only me that ever loses ground too. Since you end up on the floor anyway, can you put a rail on the bed and just have her sleep in her own bed? Maybe I am skewed in this idea as my LO was an early walker and climber, so he was easily able to handle a regular bed at that age. I also get that it takes less effort to tend to LO when you are right there versus having to get up and go to another room. We bed shared for a long time as a last resort, and we still do part time. He hated his crib from day 1, so I very much understand your situation. On the bright side, bed sharing in his bed helped him transition easier to sleeping alone as he was in the same bed, in the same room (IMO anyway as it obviously can't be verified, but it was a smooth transition with a kid who doesn't often do well with change at first).
Thank you for the suggestion! She was an early walker too and can get in and out of a bed safely but she loves the floor bed...and when she's tired she's a danger to everyone. So it works well for us right now...and she would likely just scale a bed rail because she climbs EVERYTHING! Since she is our only I'm in no rush to get her to sleep alone. I'm happy to lose sleep if it means a bit more time with her as my little bitty baby. I still nurse too so this arrangement helps to keep my supply up since I can't nurse her during the day while I'm at work. I have a feeling she'll be the kind of kid who will just kick me out of the bed completely when she doesn't want me there anymore anyway! ☺
I feel for you. I went a very long time before having a night of uninterrupted sleep. LO hasn't been feeling well, so lots of restless sleep, and it is easier for me to sleep with him when he is like that, but I swear every time he moves one inch, the covers move a foot off the bed. And how such small beings are able to be the biggest bed hogs is beyond me. My LO and my smaller of my two dogs are the biggest bed hogs in the house, and I am convinced they coordinate their efforts. It is only me that ever loses ground too. Since you end up on the floor anyway, can you put a rail on the bed and just have her sleep in her own bed? Maybe I am skewed in this idea as my LO was an early walker and climber, so he was easily able to handle a regular bed at that age. I also get that it takes less effort to tend to LO when you are right there versus having to get up and go to another room. We bed shared for a long time as a last resort, and we still do part time. He hated his crib from day 1, so I very much understand your situation. On the bright side, bed sharing in his bed helped him transition easier to sleeping alone as he was in the same bed, in the same room (IMO anyway as it obviously can't be verified, but it was a smooth transition with a kid who doesn't often do well with change at first).
Thank you for the suggestion! She was an early walker too and can get in and out of a bed safely but she loves the floor bed...and when she's tired she's a danger to everyone. So it works well for us right now...and she would likely just scale a bed rail because she climbs EVERYTHING! Since she is our only I'm in no rush to get her to sleep alone. I'm happy to lose sleep if it means a bit more time with her as my little bitty baby. I still nurse too so this arrangement helps to keep my supply up since I can't nurse her during the day while I'm at work. I have a feeling she'll be the kind of kid who will just kick me out of the bed completely when she doesn't want me there anymore anyway! ☺
I hear you. My guy is 3, and we still cuddle as he falls asleep (in all honesty, I fall asleep sometimes too and end up there all night). I love it. I know he can fall asleep without me (or without a fill-in person), so I don't worry about that. If it works, keep going with it. I got the impression you were getting burnt out, which is why I made the suggestion. Your response now makes it seem more of a typical annoyed-for-a-moment-but-it-is-easier-overall type situation. It sounds sooo much like where I was. LO nursed during the night yet at that age. I knew most kids could go through the night without, but he was tiny, didn't wake to nurse at a consistent time/times, etc, so I knew in my gut that it wasn't just a habit. I have no regrets about the path we ended up taking, which sounds very similar to yours.
I don't like how the staff at dd's doc office assumes she likes Frozen/princess just because she's a girl. Today dd finally told the lady at the desk that she doesn't like princess and wanted a different sticker.
That's awesome! Go her!
On a similar note, I don't like how every doc's office, PCPs and specialists alike, are overloaded with Frozen shit, and they assume every little kid is BSC over that movie. My kid knows who some of the characters are, but she will gladly take it or leave it over something more to her liking, like Thomas, Daniel Tiger, Sesame Street, or just princesses in general.
Our doctors office has different themes for different rooms. Our favorite is the aquarium theme. None of them are any of the Characters that are out tho.
I don't like how the staff at dd's doc office assumes she likes Frozen/princess just because she's a girl. Today dd finally told the lady at the desk that she doesn't like princess and wanted a different sticker.
That's awesome! Go her!
On a similar note, I don't like how every doc's office, PCPs and specialists alike, are overloaded with Frozen shit, and they assume every little kid is BSC over that movie. My kid knows who some of the characters are, but she will gladly take it or leave it over something more to her liking, like Thomas, Daniel Tiger, Sesame Street, or just princesses in general.
My LO has no clue who anyone from Frozen is. He would probably like the snowman only because he likes snowmen in general, not because it is that snowman. I think it was around his 2-year check up or maybe something shortly after that he was upset, and the nurse tried making small talk about the Batman decals on the wall; she was surprised he didn't know who it was. He is a PBS lover too.
Post by stellabunny on Feb 2, 2015 17:20:59 GMT -5
I finally got my ass to the gym today, got all changed and went to put my shoes on and realized I had forgotten my damn workout shoes in my office. The shoes I wore in were knee-high black boots and there is no way in hell I'm climbing on the elliptical in those. Argh!
DD is just over 1 year old. She still wakes up multiple times a night and has NEVER slept through the night. I think I got a 5 hour stretch once when she was 4 months old.
I also bed share...which I had to start doing when she was 7 months old and decided her crib was some sort of strange medieval torture device.
She can somehow manage to steal all the covers and take up an entire double bed.
Every night.
SO gets to sleep peacefully all night long, alone in our big king sized bed in our bedroom.
I usually end up edged off the matress, on the floor, in DD's bedroom.
Sometimes I get to take my pillow with me.
I love her more than life, but I miss sleep.
same story here! DS is 16 months and he only sleeps long stretches if I'm next to him i think I'm going to put the toddler rail on his crib soon since he doesn't use it anyway!
On a similar note, I don't like how every doc's office, PCPs and specialists alike, are overloaded with Frozen shit, and they assume every little kid is BSC over that movie. My kid knows who some of the characters are, but she will gladly take it or leave it over something more to her liking, like Thomas, Daniel Tiger, Sesame Street, or just princesses in general.
We tried Frozen just a few weeks ago and DS was not interested. At first I thought it was because he was too young to sit through a movie but then he sat through most of the newest Muppet movie so ... I thought Frozen was cute but don't get the hype really. It came out over a year ago and it is still freaking EVERYWHERE.
DD is completely and totally BSC over that damn movie! She'd never sat through so much as a tv show, but then my nephew watched it with her and she loves it. She gets more excited over Olaf (the snowman) than the princesses. But, it is the only thing that she will sit still and watch... for like, a solid hour. I've tried other movies now (because I'm sick of Frozen) but haven't found anything else that she likes yet.
Thank you for the suggestion! She was an early walker too and can get in and out of a bed safely but she loves the floor bed...and when she's tired she's a danger to everyone. So it works well for us right now...and she would likely just scale a bed rail because she climbs EVERYTHING! Since she is our only I'm in no rush to get her to sleep alone. I'm happy to lose sleep if it means a bit more time with her as my little bitty baby. I still nurse too so this arrangement helps to keep my supply up since I can't nurse her during the day while I'm at work. I have a feeling she'll be the kind of kid who will just kick me out of the bed completely when she doesn't want me there anymore anyway! ☺
I hear you. My guy is 3, and we still cuddle as he falls asleep (in all honesty, I fall asleep sometimes too and end up there all night). I love it. I know he can fall asleep without me (or without a fill-in person), so I don't worry about that. If it works, keep going with it. I got the impression you were getting burnt out, which is why I made the suggestion. Your response now makes it seem more of a typical annoyed-for-a-moment-but-it-is-easier-overall type situation. It sounds sooo much like where I was. LO nursed during the night yet at that age. I knew most kids could go through the night without, but he was tiny, didn't wake to nurse at a consistent time/times, etc, so I knew in my gut that it wasn't just a habit. I have no regrets about the path we ended up taking, which sounds very similar to yours.
Thanks for the sympathy! Some days I think I can't wait to sleep by myself again because I'm so tired and uncomfortable. ..but then I hear her breath or her little hand reaches out for me and I'm pretty sure I could share a bed with her forever. Plus she has never been a good eater and she is very slow to gain weight so I feel better nursing her at night too.
DD is just over 1 year old. She still wakes up multiple times a night and has NEVER slept through the night. I think I got a 5 hour stretch once when she was 4 months old.
I also bed share...which I had to start doing when she was 7 months old and decided her crib was some sort of strange medieval torture device.
She can somehow manage to steal all the covers and take up an entire double bed.
Every night.
SO gets to sleep peacefully all night long, alone in our big king sized bed in our bedroom.
I usually end up edged off the matress, on the floor, in DD's bedroom.
Sometimes I get to take my pillow with me.
I love her more than life, but I miss sleep.
same story here! DS is 16 months and he only sleeps long stretches if I'm next to him i think I'm going to put the toddler rail on his crib soon since he doesn't use it anyway!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
We put the toddler rail on the crib a few weeks ago since I'm pretty sure she is never going to sleep in a crib again. She loves it! She has piled all her stuffed animals on it and it's like her own personal throne.
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