ILs are coming over to celebrate Thanksgiving this afternoon. I should probably be cleaning instead of sitting and drinking coffee, but it's too early.
We had a surprise 50th anniversary last night for my ILs. DS stayed at the party until 8:30, then my friend took him home to bed. DH and I stayed and didn't get to bed until 1 am.
DS seems to not be feeling well (again), because his cough woke him up at 1:05, 2:45 and 5:30. So now I'm in the recliner and he's sleeping on me. I think I slept for maybe 3 hours, broken up.
DS has croup, and it has made him so, so sad. He actually slept pretty well last night, but within minutes of waking up he was in tears. I think the barking sound is really upsetting him. I really hope things improve today.
We're both hanging out on the couch. I need to get up, have coffee, make breakfast, and run some errands. I plan on getting to Costco riiiight when they open this AM so I can avoid the weekend crowd.
Post by jeaniebueller on Nov 23, 2014 7:15:06 GMT -5
Kids up early, baby woke up a million times last night and my h stayed out at a friends house (they were drinking and playing cards and he understandably didn't want to drive). I am trying to psych myself up to not bite his head off when he walks through the door tired and hung over. Because I was up every two hours or more with the baby last night and am exhausted.
I went to a girls night out last night and had a blast! It was my friends birthday, she invited a bunch of gals to her new house for a heavy appetizer dinner and CAH. I was proud of myself for staying until 11:30, even if I was the first one to leave.
Apparently DS had a hard time going to bed. He was okay with me being gone, but was very scared DH was going to leave him too. DH said DS kept crying, saying "I scared, dadda no leave me! Love dadda, no leave me!" At one point DH was letting out the dog and had his coat on, and DS cried from his bed and DH went to check on him with his coat still on. DS FLIPPED OUT that dadda was leaving him.
I finally decided that I am going to dye my hair dark. I'm so scared. It's happening tomorrow.
Yay! I am a dark hair enabler. I can't wait to see some pictures.
I highlighted mine pretty heavily blonde for years, then went dark (actually, darker than my natural color) about 3 or 4 years ago. It looks so much better and my hair is a lot easier to maintain. It's my natural color now. One tip: if you have fine hair and have been coloring it blonde, you might want to try a root lifter. I need it without the damage from the highlights to rough my hair up a little bit.
Post by catsarecute on Nov 23, 2014 7:53:10 GMT -5
I'm standing in my kitchen in fucking tears. 7 mornings in a row of dd waking up at 3:45-4:00 screaming. I don't know what to do. I've tried everything. I've changed and unchanged routines. I just don't know what it is.
I'm standing in my kitchen in fucking tears. 7 mornings in a row of dd waking up at 3:45-4:00 screaming. I don't know what to do. I've tried everything. I've changed and unchanged routines. I just don't know what it is.
I'm standing in my kitchen in fucking tears. 7 mornings in a row of dd waking up at 3:45-4:00 screaming. I don't know what to do. I've tried everything. I've changed and unchanged routines. I just don't know what it is.
I'm so sorry. We've been there. Sleep deprivation makes it even worse.
Motrin? If there is screaming for no reason I usually guess teeth.
I have brunch with some of the other message board ladies today, so that will be fun:)
I also am awake at least an hour before I had hoped to wake up just because I couldn't sleep. I will get up momentarily to go clean. It wears me out so fast. I'm pretty sure it will be nowhere near as clean as I would like to be by the time my mom gets here Wed afternoon. She's not going to be judgy about a little dust or a pile of mail, I just really like when my house is actually clean.
I also need to write my end of year review for work today. Boo!
Post by teatimefor2 on Nov 23, 2014 8:32:09 GMT -5
I'm exhausted. DS2 was up or grunting loudly with gas pains most of the night. But both kids were sleeping when he woke at 7:30. After I nursed him, DH offered to take both boys thus morning to let me sleep. That lasted at 15 minutes.
I could hear DS2 crying, I went downstairs and DS1 was up and coloring, but DS2 was crying and no one had a diaper change and DH was trying to make muffins. I brought DS2 upstairs to nurse again.
Turns out we are out of milk and eggs so DH and DS1 just left for the store. DS2 just finished nursing and is asleep,
I feel a bit smug as DH has never had both boys alone and never in the morning. It's harder than you think! Lol, but he gets an A for effort.
N didn't go to sleep last night until almost midnight. WTF my kid is broken! He finally fell asleep on the floor in front of his door, and when I went into move him I woke him up, so I ended up letting him sleep in our bed since DH is gone. He will be back tonight and I am NOT doing bedtime.
I am still recovering from vacation, and solo parenting is proving to be exhausting.
N has a gross cough and may need to go to the pedi tomorrow. BUT I don't want to take the day/time off work since I've been gone for a week already, and am expecting an internal job offer. Plus, I'm only in the office Mon & Tues.
Post by yellowbrkrd on Nov 23, 2014 9:17:11 GMT -5
We went out with friends last night to our annual Wine, Beer and Food festival. We had so much fun and I'm not even hungover! Yay! DH did let me sleep til 9am though, awesome.
DD was up from 3-5 am last night. I think she was hungry? I nursed her until I was fully empty then pulled a bag from the freezer and she drank a couple of oz of that too. We haven't done a MOTN feeding in a couple of weeks and I have never needed to supplement so I'm not sure what that was about. Her dinner last night mostly consisted of bread from the bread basket at the restaurant we ate at (parents of the year?) so maybe that was it.
H and DD are grocery shopping and I'm putting up Christmas decorations on the mantle. Oops. He's doing outside lights today because it's so warm and everything was in the same box and I couldn't help myself!
I'm standing in my kitchen in fucking tears. 7 mornings in a row of dd waking up at 3:45-4:00 screaming. I don't know what to do. I've tried everything. I've changed and unchanged routines. I just don't know what it is.
I'm so sorry. We've been there. Sleep deprivation makes it even worse.
Motrin? If there is screaming for no reason I usually guess teeth.
We tried motrin last night before she went to bed. I guess we should give it to her when she wakes up screaming and see if it helps? When we pick her up she is fine. She falls back asleep on us.
Post by matildasun on Nov 23, 2014 10:03:14 GMT -5
My husband went to the farmers's market for Thanksgiving groceries, the kids are watching The Incredibles, and I am lounging around, because I don't feel good. I felt dizzy after A's party and fell asleep before the kids went to bed.
A's party was great and chaotic.
My friend has three boys. Her middlest, who is almost 9, loves M and the feeling is mutual. They hung out together for most of the party, which was great, because it meant I didn't have to worry about M. They are super sweet together.
catsarecute, that's what I would do. I read somewhere that teeth push out more at nighttime. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but DD's always seem to bother her more overnight.
bunch...I am 90% yikes and 10% glad someone else's family is nuts.