Post by yellowbrkrd on Jul 18, 2014 19:04:27 GMT -5
We are at my mom's place for my brother's gf's surprise birthday party. M has slept here before but tonight he freaked the eff out when I put him down. Now I am sitting on the bed next to the PNP hoping he will fall asleep so I can go join the festivities.
Post by dukesilver on Jul 18, 2014 19:07:44 GMT -5
Vivi is getting her first two teeth, starting to experience separation anxiety for the first time and hasn't napped all day. She went down like a dream at 7:30 but is already awake. Oh, and I had a job interview today for a job I really wanted but I'm 99.9% sure I sounded like a moron and I'm definitely not getting the job. There will be lots of beer in my future tonight.
Post by gibbinator on Jul 18, 2014 19:07:58 GMT -5
We finally got a summer weight sleep sac in the mail for ds. He won't sleep without one and asks for his "sac" when he's tired. So until this point he's been sleeping in a fleece sleep sac in an often 75 degree room. I imagine he'll be quite a bit more comfortable now! The cotton is super soft too (halo big kids sac if anyone is wondering).
The 4mw can bite me! J slept for 45 minutes until he was screaming. He's currently asleep on my chest. I don't know if I dare to put him back in the pack n play yet. Also, my parents dog better stfu and not wake my currently sleeping baby.
Baby's asleep, other two are reading in their rooms. I'm laying here for a minute then I'm going to pour a glass of wine and pick up enough to start the roomba. Very exciting, I know.
Post by bananapancakes on Jul 18, 2014 19:26:55 GMT -5
So last night was a bust with wake ups at 11:30, 1:30, 3:30, bed sharing and nursing off and on until 6:00, wide awake until 7:30, then asleep again until 8:30. Hopefully tonight will be better but I'm not holding my breath. I'm beginning to dread night time. I think it is time to ditch the swaddle but he can't handle having his arms out yet. I should be getting my Merlin sleep suits next week. Let's hope they help!
We're home from Columbus and C pretty much napped all afternoon. I'm not sure what this means for tonight. I'm gonna make DH do bedtime since I sucked up my exhaustion and went grocery shopping this evening.
Post by SallySparrow on Jul 18, 2014 19:52:30 GMT -5
A has been refusing to nap, so she passed out at 6. She's going to be up at 3am.
It's my weekend to work. I am so stressed because of work I have been having migraines. And it's payday but there's no check in my bank, because I work for assholes. "It will be there Monday. We apologize".
So at this point I'm trying to decide if the guilt of taking a mental health day will make me feel worse than actually working. But if I don't take a mental health day I might have a nervous breakdown. I snapped at A tonight. I snapped at my ten month old. For nothing. Fuck. So basically I'm failing at work and at home and I'm miserable. Sorry, Debbie Downer here.
Dh is watching a terrible movie and I just finished the accounting for my food exchange minutes before the 9pm deadline. Victory! Finishing a beer and going to bed. Fingers crossed for no more 5:30 am early wakeup errands necessary. Or if there are, dh is doing them
We have introduced formula to our suspected mspi breastfed minimal to no dairy son this week... Regular formula.... Per doctor saying to try it out and see how it goes... Blood in stool today I really wanted to drop a pumping session/ begin weaning and this just defeats me.. I tried alimentum (spelling?) but he refused it.
Post by cincodemayo on Jul 18, 2014 20:44:16 GMT -5
I'm watching an old ep of Sister Wives abd thinking about a beer or glass of wine instead of cleaning up. I fell asleep rocking DS and he was still awake. He hates sleep. (And me, maybe)
I have been feeling pretty meh the past week about life. I really have no cause for this other than being busy at work leading to me feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. Hopefully my work out tomorrow morning gets me perked back up.
I am feeling guilty about our 9 nights away from J in December. I have been looking into pre-cruise and post-cruise hotels (pre-cruise at www.hotels.com/ho336247/cocobelle-resort-fort-lauderdale-united-states/ and considering an overnight in the Keys post cruise since our flight doesn't leave until 2 the next day - maybe staying here www.tranquilitybay.com/). Plus obviously the 7 night alcohol inclusive Celebrity cruise. I want to plan for fun but I keep feeling down about being apart from DD. This will be great right? I will cherish this when I am (hopefully) pregnant or nursing newborn 2?
We can overly analyze this Sunday because I have been feeling this hard all week. I can say that it was hard to leave both kids last summer when DH and I got away but it really was great. I know I'll be a mess leaving the baby in October.
I am feeling guilty about our 9 nights away from J in December. I have been looking into pre-cruise and post-cruise hotels (pre-cruise at www.hotels.com/ho336247/cocobelle-resort-fort-lauderdale-united-states/ and considering an overnight in the Keys post cruise since our flight doesn't leave until 2 the next day - maybe staying here www.tranquilitybay.com/). Plus obviously the 7 night alcohol inclusive Celebrity cruise. I want to plan for fun but I keep feeling down about being apart from DD. This will be great right? I will cherish this when I am (hopefully) pregnant or nursing newborn 2?[/quote]
On the bright side our part of Florida has much nicer weather than Ohio and the Keys are great that time of year. I can give you some recommendations closer to your departure. I've had some really good and really bad food in the keys.
DS has a cold with a cough that keeps waking him. Plus, he has fluid in his ears, a sore throat and is getting his first two teeth. He's already woken 3 times. Tonight is going to suck.
And DH is working until tomorrow night, so nobody to tag in after a few hours.
Post by carolinagirl831 on Jul 18, 2014 21:11:28 GMT -5
i've had the shittiest 48 hours. Yesterday I am down with a summer cold. felt awful. I had a dentist apt for a preventative filling, and my car battery died. Didn't get home until 7pm, couldn't eat because mouth was numb . DD who has slept through the night for the past 6 months was up from 2-5 screaming (damn canines!). DH and I switched off . but I still slept like shit on top of feeling sick. So glad today was friday, only to come home to find both our dogs had explosive diarrhea and vomited all over the place. They were covered in it. currently begging on the couch drinking a beer!
Both kids are in bed. Dh just told me that he is on his way home from work, 16 hours after he left this morning.
I'm guessing this isn't normal?
No. He does construction and there was a fire at a local hotel so he had to go and fix the holes in the roof so the hotel can reopen on Monday. That was after he already worked his regular hours.
DS turns one tomorrow. Tonight while I was nursing him before bed I started crying that I actually made it to a year breastfeeding. Just kind of in amazement.
I hated pumping and had major anxiety about supply as I didn't keep up once I went back to work. When I made the decision to supplement with formula at 8 months, it lifted such a huge weight off me. I have continued to nurse morning and night, and now I don't have an end date in mind. I'll keep doing it until DS isn't interested or I don't want to do it anymore.
It's been an amazing year. Not all rainbows and sunshine every moment, but overall, it's been really fantastic to watch DH and I become parents and see our cute little guy develop into a person.
We finally got our shit together and built J's crib. Yay, no more baby in the bed! We also got the video monitor hooked up and I love it. I love being able to see him. He was on his back and rolled to his stomach! He hardly ever rolls at 6 months old so that was pretty great. It took him about 45 minutes of screaming off and on to fall asleep though. Poor guy, I gave him some ibuprofen because I think his teeth are bothering him. I'm hoping maybe getting him into the crib and out of our bed will help him STTN? I don't know, but I'm so sick of waking up every 2-3, 4 if I'm lucky, hours.
I ran some errands today and when I tried to get back home there were cop cars blocking some residential streets and a helicopter flying low over the area. I got a little panicky but found a different way back. I feared a manhunt or something but turns out there was a gas leak on a couple of streets and residents were evacuated. It didn't last too long thankfully.
Post by turtlegirl on Jul 18, 2014 23:20:59 GMT -5
Boys are in bed and we are finishing up getting everything prepped for DS2's bday party tomorrow.
We also looked at a house tonight that had lots of potential. Great layout, minimal work needed. But it's at the very tip top of our budget. But the neighborhood is very nice with a huge park and school within walking distance. It isn't our ideal neighborhood. It's a little newer and snootier than we would like. Our dream is to live in the charming historic district of our town and it kinda feels like selling out to move to cookie cutter central. But the historic area has much smaller houses and is rarely has anything for sale. Blah!!!