Because I am stupid, we used a glitter PAAS kit to dye eggs this weekend. I was running late to work this weekend and made another poor choice to grab two out of the fridge to eat at my desk. I look like I walked through glitter bomb on the way into the office but at least I'm all good on protein.
I totally let my snark out today. I could have handled it better.
There's a co-worker who never seems to say "hello" or "good morning" and starts off with jokes instead. Usually something involving what I can do for him as a punch line. It annoys the crap out of me.
This morning, I was cleaning my desk and he comes up, "You want to clean my desk too?!"
Me: Not funny, dude. You could just say good morning. Him: [laughing] Sorry, good morning. I have bad hearing. Me: That doesn't give you an excuse for poor manners.
I am going to plan a 3-day weekend with DH sometime this summer. We'll take off Monday as a vacay day, leave DS with my dad and go to Six Flags and enjoy roller coasters and getting some sun, and acting like we're tweens.
We're overwhelmed with our new dog. She still has A LOT of puppy energy, and I don't feel like I've really bonded with her. I feel really guilty about it. We still just need time to adjust, right?
I'm a little late to the game on this, but yes, time should help a lot! When we first got our dog she was 8 months old and her energy was definitely overwhelming. It took me a couple months to really feel like we'd bonded. We spent a lot of time training her, and learning what kind of discipline worked (we had/have to treat her like we are the alphas). Now she's four and just the best.
Oh, I see! I had never heard of that before! I hope it helps you all get some much needed rest! How old is L?
15 weeks
Isn't it pretty typical for babies this age to be waking up several times a night still? We got lucky with a good sleeper early on (don't worry, that's not still the case), but I have several friends whose children are 6-9 months who still wake up several times in the night to eat... like more than 2-3 times per night, so every 2 hours doesn't seem out of the realm of normal for a 15 week old.
Can you and your H alternate feedings, so that you get at least a 4 hour stretch of sleep? i don't know if you are BF or formula feeding, but can you pump if you're bf-ing, so that your H can feed the baby and you can sleep?
We're overwhelmed with our new dog. She still has A LOT of puppy energy, and I don't feel like I've really bonded with her. I feel really guilty about it. We still just need time to adjust, right?
I'm a little late to the game on this, but yes, time should help a lot! When we first got our dog she was 8 months old and her energy was definitely overwhelming. It took me a couple months to really feel like we'd bonded. We spent a lot of time training her, and learning what kind of discipline worked (we had/have to treat her like we are the alphas). Now she's four and just the best.
Thank you, I really needed someone to tell me this!
I admitted this weekend that I need to start replenishing my wardrobe. I start a new job next week, and realized all of my clothes are starting to fade and look worn (no holes/tears/stains). I hate spending money, but it looks like part of my bonus check from my current job will be going to clothing.
Our pediatrician has ruled out a medical cause to L waking every 2 hours at night and we have tried the recommendations in several books to no avail so we have hired a sleep consultant to help us figure out how to get him to sleep in longer stretches. She will go over all of the things we've tried, medical history, etc and help us come up with a plan.
I say this with love. But save your money. I am a little nervous this is going to be a big waste of money. Your baby is still so young and sounds like he is sleeping pretty darn close to how a "normal" baby sleeps at that age.
I say this with love. But save your money. I am a little nervous this is going to be a big waste of money. Your baby is still so young and sounds like he is sleeping pretty darn close to how a "normal" baby sleeps at that age.
Agreed.
Will didn't sleep more than two hours at a time until he was a year old (granted, he was taking the bare minimum of pumped milk during the day while I was at work and making up for it at night).
Nama, he's a bit too young to try to get him to sleep any longer than 2 hours at a time right now. My nephew is a sleep rockstar and even he took until 5 or so months to start sleeping more.
I say this with love. But save your money. I am a little nervous this is going to be a big waste of money. Your baby is still so young and sounds like she is sleeping pretty darn close to how a "normal" baby sleeps at that age.
I had one amazing sleeper and one who didn't sleep more than 3 hour stretches until he was 7 months old. Some kids are just absolutely horrid sleepers. At 4 though, he's an amazing sleeper now. I know sleep deprivation is the absolute worst. It makes you feel anxious and worried about everything. Trust me though, some kids just don't sleep. It's pretty normal. That's why in when my teenager tries to sleep in till 10, I'll be waking his ass up at 7am. Payback I really hope it gets better for you.
Post by marylennox on Apr 21, 2014 12:04:34 GMT -5
I wish every weekend was a three day weekend. This weekend was so great. The whole thing was a perfect balance of being with people I like, going out and doing things I enjoy, and time to myself.
It also put me in a great state of mind for jumping into a busy week of work. I'm in a great mood today.
Isn't it pretty typical for babies this age to be waking up several times a night still? We got lucky with a good sleeper early on (don't worry, that's not still the case), but I have several friends whose children are 6-9 months who still wake up several times in the night to eat... like more than 2-3 times per night, so every 2 hours doesn't seem out of the realm of normal for a 15 week old.
Can you and your H alternate feedings, so that you get at least a 4 hour stretch of sleep? i don't know if you are BF or formula feeding, but can you pump if you're bf-ing, so that your H can feed the baby and you can sleep?
Both pedis we've seen said he should be doing 3 hour stretches consistently by now. He will do then occasionally and has even done a few 5 hour stretches so we know he can.
DH has tried calming DS MOTN but it doesn't work Multiple people have tried several kinds of bottles and DS Refuses (I think he's taken part of 3 his whole life).
He just doesn't have the ability to self soothe. The only thing that will fix that is time.
namasteak What bottles have you tried? I'm sure there have been several, and I'm not questioning you at all, just trying to see if I can think of anything to get you some more sleep!
Does he sleep in your room, or his room? In his crib or a rock n play/swing/pack n play/co sleeper?
Does he take a pacifier at all? G would only take the soothie brand, if you haven't tried that.
What if you put him on his side or even stomach to sleep instead of his back? I know that it isn't recommended, but other people have had success with putting their kids to sleep in different positions... i know jeremys kids were stomach sleepers from early on.
*if any of this hasn't been tried, and ends up working, you can just send me the $200 sleep consultant fee
How long have you let your DH try to soothe him? I always felt like I was listening to my kids cry forever and I would just rush in there and it would really have only been 5 minutes. I eventually had to go outside where I couldn't hear it and let him try for 20 minutes.
Eddly, Cbwm1 & callalilly - even though more than 1 pedi has said he should do more than 2 hours at a time? I'll admit our effort has been on the taking a bottle so that I can at least leave him w/ DH or our parents and I can get a full nights sleep.
It's only $200 and I'm so tired
My pedi was unconcerned, even when I sat sobbing in his office He told me numerous times that every kid is different, and if they all were the same, he'd make a fortune writing a book. Sleep deprivation is it's own form of personal torture. I honestly would've done anything for sleep. But honestly, us forcing him to do anything wouldn't work. He had to figure it out on his own. He is my better sleeper now, and I think it's because he learned how to put himself to sleep. At 15 weeks, he's still young. Plus you've got the 4 month wakeful coming, and teething. He has to learn to handle it. I'm so sorry I remember what it was like. I honestly just don't think a sleep consultant will help.
Eddly, Cbwm1 & callalilly - even though more than 1 pedi has said he should do more than 2 hours at a time? I'll admit our effort has been on the taking a bottle so that I can at least leave him w/ DH or our parents and I can get a full nights sleep.
It's only $200 and I'm so tired
My pedi was unconcerned, even when I sat sobbing in his office He told me numerous times that every kid is different, and if they all were the same, he'd make a fortune writing a book. Sleep deprivation is it's own form of personal torture. I honestly would've done anything for sleep. But honestly, us forcing him to do anything wouldn't work. He had to figure it out on his own. He is my better sleeper now, and I think it's because he learned how to put himself to sleep. At 15 weeks, he's still young. Plus you've got the 4 month wakeful coming, and teething. He has to learn to handle it. I'm so sorry I remember what it was like. I honestly just don't think a sleep consultant will help.
I agree that this time is a hard period with the 4 month wakeful on the horizon. It really sucks when you're in the thick of it, but I honestly barely remember when G was so tiny, especially now that he is his own individual person who can do so much on his own. Something that one good friend with 4 kids told me is that everything is a phase, it will all pass, and you will be on to the next thing (good or bad) before you know it.
Isn't it pretty typical for babies this age to be waking up several times a night still? We got lucky with a good sleeper early on (don't worry, that's not still the case), but I have several friends whose children are 6-9 months who still wake up several times in the night to eat... like more than 2-3 times per night, so every 2 hours doesn't seem out of the realm of normal for a 15 week old.
Can you and your H alternate feedings, so that you get at least a 4 hour stretch of sleep? i don't know if you are BF or formula feeding, but can you pump if you're bf-ing, so that your H can feed the baby and you can sleep?
Both pedis we've seen said he should be doing 3 hour stretches consistently by now. He will do then occasionally and has even done a few 5 hour stretches so we know he can.
DH has tried calming DS MOTN but it doesn't work Multiple people have tried several kinds of bottles and DS Refuses (I think he's taken part of 3 his whole life).
Eddly, Cbwm1 & callalilly - even though more than 1 pedi has said he should do more than 2 hours at a time? I'll admit our effort has been on the taking a bottle so that I can at least leave him w/ DH or our parents and I can get a full nights sleep.
It's only $200 and I'm so tired
I get the tired. I totally get it.
I mean if you get something out of it. Awesome
I am totally just inserting myself and making assumptions here, but I worry this sleep consultants is going to make you more focused on doing the "right? thing. I looked at your other posts and you are very vigilant about doing the correct thing according to books etc. And I get it. I read a lot of sleep books too. I worry you are focusing too much on that and not just allowing yourself to accept that at this moment in your life you have a small baby who wakes in the night. Do you know what I am saying? He is stll so young. And the way he sleeps now is not in anyway indicative of what kind of sleeper he is going to be. He is just a little guy, who is too young to self sooth. Which is very normal. You can't really fix that until they get older.
I am just worrying you are putting too much effort into something that can't be fixed at present because it just kind of goes with the territory.
If I were you, I would focus on ways to make the experience as easy and pleasant as possible. And I would focus less on how many hours he is sleeping, and how long his nap, what the right answer is etc. Focus on ways to be kinder to yourself right now. And remember it gets better. :-)
We had a great weekend. Our housewarming was a blast. I made SO MUCH FOOD. I sent several people home not only with moonshine and cookies, but racks of ribs. LOL. The jumper was a pretty big hit, too, I'm only disappointed I didn't get to spend more time in it! Sunday we were both exhausted, my H actually took 2 naps.
This week I go to Seattle/Portland. Only about 9 days away from vacation! The countdown is on!