Daycare wants us to have the pedi look at her ears because she's been acting different lately but I don't think she's showing symptoms.
If she doesn't have a fever then screw it.
Dd has only had double ear infections, but she was usually cranky as hell.
No fever. But she's been really cranky, not napping particularly well, has a little more fluid drainage from her ears, and has been not particularly interested in eating from bottles.
My DD who is almost 3 is going to be Elsa for Halloween (I'm sure she will be the only one too!). Would it be wrong if I did a tiny bit of Elsa makeup on her? Would you do this to a child? Thanks.
Yes I would. My Elsa is begging for purple eyeshadow!
My kid just put on her jammies. She pulled the pants up as high as they go and said, "I have to pull them up high, because I'm an old lady!" I'm dying.
My DD who is almost 3 is going to be Elsa for Halloween (I'm sure she will be the only one too!). Would it be wrong if I did a tiny bit of Elsa makeup on her? Would you do this to a child? Thanks.
It's Halloween!
BBT is around the same age I think, will be 3 in a few months, and I think she is getting a bit of pink sparkly eyeshadow with her costume, since SST is getting some gold sparkly stuff to go with hers. As long as you're not giving them the full face pageant treatment, I think it's fine.
So she's not even asking for it. It's me. Me. I have the perfect shade of orchid eyeshadow for an Elsa look. You guys may not be aware, but I have developed a bit of a makeup obsession.
I'm night weaning S. It's been nearly 12 months and child is still waking at least twice. I've been trying to do it gently, like I won't nurse him at midnight but will at 3. Because it's plausible he's hungry at 3 but not so much at midnight.
But it's not been working, really. He's still waking at midnight. And 3. And then at 6. For a while he was down to just 3 and 6, but then went back to waking at midnight again.
So last night he ate a good dinner and nursed to sleep with a lot of milk (I missed my last pumping session, so was on the full side).
When he woke at midnight I was like "screw this. we're going cold turkey."
So H went in and the hysterical screaming began. H got him down briefly around 12:45 and he was back up at 1am until 3:30. Lots of rocking and snuggling and nuks and he finally did go down without nursing.
Fucking shoot me now.
Man, I hate when I'm near the end of a long response and my iPad dies!
Keep up cold turkey! You can do it! Your baby is the same age as mine. Let me tell you what my pedi said at DD's 9 month appointment. She has been at 5% for weight since birth, so of course if I thought she was hungry, I'd feed her. If she's waking several times to nurse, she MUST be hungry. NO! He nurses because he likes it and you're offering. He is perfectly capable of making it all night without starving (assuming, of course, that there isn't a growth issue). At one year, he will be pissed and frustrated at not getting his way, but he is not starving, nor does he feel abandoned and neglected (which is an emotional maturity issue that lasts until 6 months or so.). Our pedi recommended harsh CIO. So we did. Take my advice - take am Ambien and pass the fuck out so you are not tempted to give in and nurse. Your DH is perfectly capable of handling things, especially since YOU did all the MOTN wakings for more than a year. It took three nights to get Stella to STTN. THREE nights your DH is on call compared to the 365+ you were on call.
The first night she woke twice. DH went and comforted her, put her down and left. She cried 20 minutes each time and went to sleep. The second night was less time, and the third night she woke but didn't even cry before going back to sleep. I do nurse her when she wakes at 6 am, but that's because she'll sleep another hour and a half. However, if she wakes before 5 am, we treat it like a MOTN waking and DH goes in. That's only happened twice.