DD is teething (I think) and won't go down in her crib tonight. She has a temp and I've been rocking and nursing for the past 6 hrs pretty much. Gave Tylenol. Waiting patiently till H takes over later. Anyone else up too?
Someone a few weeks ago posted a link to a butternut squash and sausage rice bake thing and I made it tonight and it was SO good. Thank you whoever that was.
Post by teatimefor2 on Jan 31, 2015 2:23:39 GMT -5
Yes, just about to nurse. We are beat , DH is also feeling under the weather. It's really sad when your baby wakes you both before 11:00 pm and you think it's the MOTN.
I'm hoping this isn't going to be an every two hour even from here on out. Mommy is tired.
I'm awake too unfortunately. Ds got his two month vaccinations yesterday and seems to be a bit under the weather. He doesn't want to be put down and his reflux is acting up because he keeps getting himself worked up. Poor guy....I feel so bad for him.
I'm awake too unfortunately. Ds got his two month vaccinations yesterday and seems to be a bit under the weather. He doesn't want to be put down and his reflux is acting up because he keeps getting himself worked up. Poor guy....I feel so bad for him.
He is kind of dozing and snoring simultaneously. If I wasn't so tired I would probably think out was absolutely adorable. I know as soon as I put him down though he will turn into a little beast.
I think for the most part the non primary caregiver has to figure out their own way for themselves. Sometimes I'll say "I found this worked really well for me today " and then show him the trick. I also ask him for advice or his opinion when I can so he knows his ways are also valuable.
I am on maternity leave, so I am spending 5 days a week with the baby and what is turning into several overnights. I am getting really good at soothing and stuff he seems to prefer to chill out. How do I teach this to H without undermining him as a parent?
no advice as we have the same thing going on. It doesn't help that C is literally at his worst the entire 3 hrs DH is home before C and I go to bed.
I am jealous that you get your DH to help you at all MOTN. Mine has yet to do more than stay with C twice for an hour starting at 4 am (I am BF and i just started pumping and introducing the bottle). We fight about this a lot and feel you on being resentful. Especially since DH can workout, enjoy coffee, eat, and get ready for work without any worries in the world.
I'm up coughing my head off and trying to breathe out of both nostrils at the same time. DS has been asleep for hours. I hate this. I'll get situated and comfortable and then I'll have a coughing fit and start all over again. Hopefully the ILs can come over today and help out with DS so I can sleep and rest most of the day. I hate losing precious weekend time to sickness!
Yea. We have a weekly blowout fight about it but I always get the "I don't have boobs/can't feed so I can't do anything" BS. I literally put him down for 95% of all naps and nighttime, which nighttime right now is almost always on me since he's so gassy and wakes himself up in pain.
Here and pumping. H is feeding baby #1 and then I'll take over holding her upright while he feeds baby #2 and then before you know it, it has been an hour and a half. We are tired.
wake up #2. because my 11 month old has averaged 4-5 wake ups the past few nights.
but this weekend it's daddy boot camp! h goes in first, settles him back to sleep, if he's up again in 20 minutes I'll go nurse. I think so much of his wake ups are habit and he refuses comfort from me if its not from the boob. we're breaking that cycle. I go back to work in two weeks with a nearly one year old who has never slept through the night. something has to change.
Yes, just about to nurse. We are beat , DH is also feeling under the weather. It's really sad when your baby wakes you both before 11:00 pm and you think it's the MOTN.
I'm hoping this isn't going to be an every two hour even from here on out. Mommy is tired.
Sleep has been really, really bad for us lately. I just woke up, feeling a little refreshed, for a change, and thought we must be having a Christmas miracle. It actually feels close to morning time!
I'm also up late tonight. For moms who want husbands to help out- DH would always do diaper change and re swaddling in MOTN for me. So even though I still had to deal with the feeding, his help made me feel like it wasn't alllll on me. He also had to swap and take turns if she wouldn't go back to sleep. He eventually got better at calming her than me! Good luck and know there is a light at the end of the tunnel because someday they will (hopefully!) sleep.
Post by blueberry10 on Jan 31, 2015 3:45:43 GMT -5
Here too, feeding DS. He just noisily filled his diaper while eating - full out grunting while still swallowing milk. Hope the diaper change doesn't make him be too wide awake.
Vomit city over here. My 13 month old woke up covered in puke. I bathed him while my husband changed the sheets. Then I got puked on twice while we were trying to get him back down. Poor little baby. He just kept giving me this look of disbelief.
I am on maternity leave, so I am spending 5 days a week with the baby and what is turning into several overnights. I am getting really good at soothing and stuff he seems to prefer to chill out. How do I teach this to H without undermining him as a parent?
I think you just need to let him figure it out. What works for you may not work for him.
wake up #2. because my 11 month old has averaged 4-5 wake ups the past few nights.
but this weekend it's daddy boot camp! h goes in first, settles him back to sleep, if he's up again in 20 minutes I'll go nurse. I think so much of his wake ups are habit and he refuses comfort from me if its not from the boob. we're breaking that cycle. I go back to work in two weeks with a nearly one year old who has never slept through the night. something has to change.
Good luck! My son was waking up like 3 times a night at that age. Then I had to travel a few nights for work and he never woke up once for my DH. After that I was like enough! I'm on to you! We started sending in just DH and his sleep got better fairly quickly. I hope this works for you too.