Saturday morning (and motn?)

[gibbinator]

No one was up last night? All the babies slept?

We're at a hotel and brought ds2 so of course I didn't pack a pump. Ds2 nursed totally normally all evening and I haven't been dealing with motn engorgement for awhile so I figured I'd be fine.
NOPE. Apparently righty decided to make all the motn milk and I woke up in extreme pain at 4am. Lefty didn't even feel full! It was so bad I actually woke ds2 up to feed. I've never been so desperate that I wake up a sttn baby before.

[ryry]

DD1's preschool is having a photo shoot fundraiser today. We're signed up for the 9:15 slot and DD2 is a hot mess. She has a cough/cold/fever. She's napping on me now and I'm going to see if some meds and sleep will help her rally, or if we just need to cancel. Poor girl

[VillainV]

I hate that! I got randomly engorged one night a few weeks ago (at home) and pumped in the MOTN. Got a lot of milk though.

I always try to take at least a hand pump when I travel, just in case :-)

[bowies]

STTN, LOL you're funny.

It took a couple of hours to get DS to sleep and then we started the every 2 hour wake up schedule again. At 2:30 I cried uncle and put him in the RNP and finally got about 4 hours straight. My expectations are so low these days, I'm grateful for 4 hours of sleep.

[chickens987]

DD was coughing a lot last night She has a bit of a cold but seemed fine when we put her down. And the coughing never woke her up, fortunately. Would you still take her to music? I am pretty breezy about cold germs but I don't want the other parents to hate me.

[sh10]

STTN, ha. I'm beginning to think that will never happen.

I'm teaching this morning and have a haircut this afternoon. Then my friend and I have a frozen yogurt date sans babies! I can't wait to catch up without the kiddos!

[cincodemayo]

My DS did STTN but I tossed and turned like crazy. I'm so uneasy and feeling down- I think caused by the season changing and it being so dark all the time. Probably doesn't help that I got my period AND had to spend time with my obnoxious SIL last night.

We have extended family photos and a burger dinner out tonight. Should be a nice day.

[Deleted]

Its 4:35, my baby is aslep. Why am I awake?!

I'm so annoyed, our new iphones were supposed to ship by yesterday, and I still haven't received a confirmation. I was really hoping I would have it before I leave on my work trip sunday night. First world problems, I know.

[ssmjlm]

I'm hungover. It was worth it.

Today is our 6th anniversary!

[Deleted]

DD had her usual night - down around 7, up 12:30 (this is later than usual though bc I fell asleep watching the baseball game), and back down til 6 after a bottle.

Now I'm up and we're going to a daycare open house at 9, getting fish food at the pet store, and rushing back bc my ILs are coming over at 11. Then I am playing chauffeur for DH and FIL while they tour 2 breweries and MIL is staying home with DD.

[jackie011]

We're also in a hotel. It is horrible. DS will not sleep in the pack & play at all. He will sleep in the bed between us, for maybe 90 minute stretches, maybe? I just keep nursing him MOTN (which we don't do at home anymore) to help him fall back asleep. He's in pain from his teeth, he's off his routine, and we haven't really done a damn thing since we got here. I'm going to flip my shit if DH pulls the "I didn't sleep very well last night" BS he pulled yesterday. No, sir, I get the break today. I believe the 4 times DS woke MOTN you were snoring away.

Traveling with a teething 6 month old is a terrible idea. We should have skipped this wedding like all of the other cousins with babies.

[bananapancakes]

bowies, that was totally us when L was the age of your little one. It does get (marginally) better. Last night he was down at 7:30, up briefly to eat at 12:30 and 3:30, then up for the day at 6:30. The best part is, even if he's not sleeping, after he finishes eating I can put him in the crib awake and he puts himself back to sleep. I never thought he'd be able to do that! Hang in there! Things started to get better at 5 months and really started improving at 6 months. His 4th month was the hardest of my whole life.

Yesterday was a tough day for us. I really wish my kid was a car seat sleeper and not a car seat screamer. It would also be awesome if he would take a bottle so I wouldn't have to take him everywhere with me. Yesterday we had to go to the city to which we are moving to look at another house (2nd time this week). Without traffic, the city is about 1.5 hours away. The drive there was okay. He was awake but not crying for the first half, then fell asleep for the second half. Traffic moved well with no slowdowns. The way back was another story. He slept for the first half, then we hit major traffic. The whole trip took 3.5 hours and he screamed almost continually for 2 hours. I stopped to feed/change him about 2 hours into the trip but for the last 1.5 there was absolutely nothing I could do. It was stop and go and he just screamed and screamed. It absolutely broke my heart.

On a more positive note, one month today my H will be home for good!

[rbp]

H forgot to turn off his alarm last night, so it went off at 6:49 am. Womp womp. M started crying about two minutes later, and I (possibly irrationally) blamed it on H's alarm. I had just fed him an hour earlier, so I knew he wasn't hungry. H and I both failed at soothing him, so I read him a book and rocked him for a little while before putting him down for a morning nap.

So now everyone in the house is asleep but me. SIGH. At least I've gotten a little better sleep the past few nights. I don't feel like a total zombie!

[ginkgoleaf]

We went on a date night last night and didn't go to bed till midnight. DS was up at 6 and I'm so freakin tired (I know, at least he usually STTN, so I can't complain that much). But at least I got red velvet cheesecake. Off to make some chai to wake me up.

[laurenh]

DD woke up ready to go at 6:20 and H took her out to breakfast so I could stay in bed. I did get up at 7:30 and cleaned the kitchen and living room, which was wonderful to do in peace and quiet. T-minus 10 minutes until toddler tornado returns

[krystee]

I was up half the night because my pubic bone area is so freaking painful. Every time I rolled over (like 20 times), it popped and felt like a bowling ball was resting on top of it. I am only 16 weeks. This is not allowed.

[laurenh]

krystee not sure if you're open to it or not, but my chiropractor has a tool that she specifically uses to realign the pubic bone during pregnancy. If you're interested/open to trying chiro, you can search for a Webster certified chiro on icpa4kids.com.

[catsarecute]

I'm praying for rain so I don't have to take my niece to her soccer practice. Not sure why I volunteered to do so in the first place! As if I can juggle a baby and a 5 year old.

DD's daycare had a harvest festival last night. I want her to wear tights all of the time now.

[krystee]

Good idea! I will ask my OB about it today and make an appointment if she okays it. (I had a very bad experience at one, so I want to get her sign-off and hopefully a referral).

[catsarecute]

bananapancakes I'm so glad L is sleeping better!!! I've been wondering if things improved. And yay for one more month! I know you are over the moon.

[Willis Jackson]

My parents are visiting next weekend and the ILs are coming the weekend after that, so DH and I are planning all the dates we're going to take. See ya, suckas! We'll have to take DS2 so we can't party too hard.

[winemaker06]

Oct 25, 2014 7:28:12 GMT -5 krystee said:

I was up half the night because my pubic bone area is so freaking painful. Every time I rolled over (like 20 times), it popped and felt like a bowling ball was resting on top of it. I am only 16 weeks. This is not allowed.

I had this around that point and was so scared of what it meant for the rest of pregnancy. It actually improved after a couple of weeks, thankfully! Hopefully you'll have the same experience.

DS has had a croup cough and snotty nose all week. He was finally doing better yesterday but was being ridiculously fussy. Finally caught a glimpse of red gums and a tiny bit of white underneath! At least I know there's probably a reason for my smiley baby disappearing. This is his first tooth so I'm hoping it doesn't go on forever!

[kdubs923]

DH's nieces had a performance (dance) last night. I scheduled the babysitter to come early so we could grab an appetizer & beer before the show.

Well, our nieces were only in the first few numbers, but that was it. The rest of the dancing was so terrible, we skipped out and got dessert and drinks! I normally like watching live theater/dances, but I was not going to waste precious babysitting on a crappy show.

Today, I think we're finally getting a new car. I've been using my aunts car for over a week and I feel terrible. Initially, I thought it would only be a day or two. Hopefully the dealership doesn't notice the car needing a new transmission - hoping for a decent trade in!

[ladygrey]

Well, we've got out first urgent care visit and ear infection in the books. DD was a hot freaking mess yesterday and we finally decided to go into UC after dinner. She seems so much better this morning after just two doses of amoxicillin.

[statlerwaldorf]

I haven't been getting on here in the motn, but ds hasn't come close to sleeping through the night. DS has been getting up to nurse every hour. He usually only nurses for 10 minutes and goes back to sleep, but he will have one 3 hour stretch and then it's every hour.

[zarapipe]

3 week old dd slept 7 hours straight last night!!!!! To torture me today se has been awake for 3.5 hours and is fighting napping and doesn't look like she's giving up any time soon.

[lolo]

I too have lost any immediate hope of DD (and hence me) sttn.

We were planning on going to the farmer's market this morning. DD loves to eat the samples and see all the dogs. But it's raining and she was up an hour early... So I might see if she wants to take two naps today and give me some peace and quiet.

Alternatively I have a cute backpack that converts into a rain coat for her. My bff sent it from the UK. It's adorable and clever.

[matildasun]

My family is at soccer. I am madly sewing, and watching Gilmor Girls, so it is kind of fun.

[scribellesam]

I just got a tiny early smile from DS2 and got that heart-melty in love feeling for the first time.

DH happened to wake up both times when I got up with DS2 last night and offered me sympathy on my "bad night" this morning. His horror when I informed him that was actually a good night was extremely vindicating. As long as I'm the only one getting up, it's nice to be appreciated!

[Deleted]

As I said in the annoyed thread yesterday, DH was ADMANT we didn't need to bring lunch on an apple picking trip a 40 min drive away. I thought he was CRAZY.

Follow-up this morning: I told DH I was packing lunch. I said, "if we get home in time, lunch is all made! No waiting around. If we get lost, or stuck in traffic or whatever, we can eat there. Win-win." He reluctantly agreed.

We had a GREAT time. Beautiful weather, sunny and 70. DS loved picking apples and pumpkins. At 11:30 he literally sat down in the orchard and said "tired...hungry." DH said all chipper "let's go have lunch!" And DS says "thank you dadda!" I decided not to ruin the afternoon by giving him the stink eye. We all devoured our lunches and came home. DS is now sound asleep.