Tuesday night...

[rugbywife]

I just emailed HR and my bosses and informed them of my interest to return to work early from my mat leave (I will be going back in January instead of April).  I am SO.FUCKING.EXCITED.

I finally told DH I ordered a Tula. He laughed at me.

He has been on the phone with a friend (the wife) who we just recently found out is getting a divorce. He has been in the backyard for almost and hour, I didn't think they would be talking this long. I encouraged him to call her (he was friends with both the wife and husband) and I am happy he did, obviously she wanted/needed to talk. 

[spk926]

I am so tired. Not only did DD wake up twice last night but every year I forget how exhausting workshop week is. When DD gets overly tired she doesn't sleep well and I think that's what happened yesterday. It was her first day back at daycare and then we spent the evening outside playing with neighbors.

Tonight I made sure we had a low key evening and got her to bed a little early. Open house tomorrow night and then a half day on Thursday and I'm done for the week!

[tulips]

I mopped the kitchen after the kids went to bed. Approx two minutes later I literally ran back in there to grab the monitor and fell flat on my ass. I forgot I had mopped. My body hurts!

Mombrain sucks.

[namasteak]

My digestive system has not been happy with me today. I think I'll turn all the lights out and watch GG in bed until I'm sleepy.

[yellowbrkrd]

Lately, we've been more strict about M eating the food that is prepared for dinner. We'll let him add some fruit, but other than that, he has to eat the well balanced meal we've made. The other night he went to bed without eating dinner. Tonight he refused dinner, but ate a banana as his fruit. I took him out to run errands and when he got back he decided to eat his dinner! Yay!

He also ran up to the bras screaming "Boobies! Mama boobies! Booooobies!!" at Target tonight.

[yellowbrkrd]

Also, just walking around Target and doing a few chores wore me out. I have some serious pelvic pain already.

[spk926]

@notquiteblushing I took pictures of my classroom today!

[karinothing]

I feel sort of guilty about putting DS2 in down so much. DS1 only napped in my arms for 6 months and only slept on me at night b until almost 3 months. He hated the stroller so I always carried him. DS2 is OK with being put down and I feel like I have to put him down more to deal with DS1 so I do. But then I feel like I am not loving him as much and he will not be as happy as a kid as DS1. Please know I realize this is insane.

[greycat]

I have been exhausted lately and attributing it to being in the first tri. Turns out my thyroid meds need to be adjusted. I'm looking forward to not falling asleep at 7:30-8p. I can barely keep my eyes open tonight. Just need to summon the will to shower and crawl into bed....

[rugbywife]

Sept 1, 2015 20:21:58 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I feel sort of guilty about putting DS2 in down so much. DS1 only napped in my arms for 6 months and only slept on me at night b until almost 3 months. He hated the stroller so I always carried him. DS2 is OK with being put down and I feel like I have to put him down more to deal with DS1 so I do. But then I feel like I am not loving him as much and he will not be as happy as a kid as DS1. Please know I realize this is insane.

I have worried about this.  DD actually never wanted to be held really, so that was just my 'normal'...DS wants to be held way more but now with a toddler it just doesn't happen as much.  Part of me feels badly, but part of me knows it is just reality.

Now, how much I am on my phone when I do hold him is another thing.

[ewall]

Sept 1, 2015 20:21:58 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I feel sort of guilty about putting DS2 in down so much. DS1 only napped in my arms for 6 months and only slept on me at night b until almost 3 months. He hated the stroller so I always carried him. DS2 is OK with being put down and I feel like I have to put him down more to deal with DS1 so I do. But then I feel like I am not loving him as much and he will not be as happy as a kid as DS1. Please know I realize this is insane.

My kid hated being held, never liked to be cuddled, but LOVED his bouncer. It's okay!

[ladygrey]

DD helped me make some pesto this afternoon. She has helped with the basil from planting, to watering, to now picking it, and I think it was mind-blowing for her to see it transformed. We had it on some salmon for dinner tonight and she kept exclaiming, "Yummy pesto! Lucy helped make it!"

[lauren170]

I kind of need to talk about this somewhere because I'm still freaked out. At the playground today, a bird swooped close to where DD was running. It was just your average bird, but something about the way it flapped its wings made me realize it was hunting or fighting something. Yeah, it was a HUGE fuzzy brown spider and DD was in sandals. This was like 2 feet away from us. If it wasn't for that guardian angel bird - she could have stepped on it. It looked like this if you are brave enough (warning nasty spider pic from the web).

www.spiderzrule.com/1010/CSC_0882.JPG

[6fsn]

I'm so sore tonight I can barely stand. I'd like to say it was from an awesome workout, but it was from cleaning out closets and starting on the garage. 2nd floor to basement and climbing into a crawlspace kicked my old ass.

[turtlegirl]

karinothing - DD is only 6 days old and still sleeps a lot and most in the vibrating rocker chair thing. It just seems like she's always in that thing.

But I also remind myself that I nurse her about 10 times a day, so she's being held that whole time. And when the boys are in school or with grandma then I try and get one snuggle/holding nap in.

[karinothing]

Sept 1, 2015 20:42:05 GMT -5 turtlegirl said:

karinothing - DD is only 6 days old and still sleeps a lot and most in the vibrating rocker chair thing. It just seems like she's always in that thing.

But I also remind myself that I nurse her about 10 times a day, so she's being held that whole time. And when the boys are in school or with grandma then I try and get one snuggle/holding nap in.

That is true. We do nurse a ton. I try to hold him for one nap too. It is comforting to know I am not alone for being worried about this. I think I will wear him more when it is not 800 degrees aND humid too. Poor guy always has heat rash

[cjeanette]

H took E with him and C to football practice tonight. It has been so nice to have a quiet house!

We now have a cello in our parlor. $46 a month which doesn't seem bad at all.

[AlpineSlide]

Ds didn't nap today which means I didn't nap today. I'm scared for tonight and how many wake ups he'll have. First tri sucks and I've been so miserable that I've barely thought about being happy for baby #2. Then I feel bad.

[pooh8402]

Is my child destined to be a crappy napper, or is this just normal 6 week shenanigans?

He has been going down for the night between 8 and 9 and sleeping about 4-5 hours. Short wakeup to nurse, then down for another 2-3 hours. Short wakeup to nurse, then 1-1.5 hours sleep. Next wakeup we may be up for the day, or we may nurse and sleep for another hour. All in all, he sleeps about 10-12 hours at night with 2-4 wakeups. No complaints there. He wakes up happy in the mornings. First nap is about an hour after we wake up for the day and he goes down easy. It's only about 30 minutes though. And it goes downhill from there.

Lately, that first nap is his longest one. I've been having such a hard time getting him to nap for longer than like 20 minutes. Today, his longest nap was 25 minutes. I literally spent all day trying to get him to sleep. He's not even sleeping on me very well. I went on that troublesome tots website and used her swing method and that was a big fat fail.

He doesn't really care for the swing, tolerates the paci, will sit in the RNP for only a short while, and only likes being in the baby carrier if he's in a good mood. He loves being held and swung in my arms while I'm pacing around the house.

[namasteak]

pooh8402 6 weeks is so hard! This is one of my favorite blog posts about the newborn stage nurshable.com/2012/05/27/six-week-growth-spurt/

[humpforfree]

I now hope that 2.0 is a girl. I got my wicked cute headband from swizz yesterday and today bought a bunch of cute girl stuff from Carter's. The baby boy stuff wasn't as cute as girl & I can make do with the boy stuff we already have. I did get Christmas pjs for Lane and 2.0, as well as Christmas outfits for L and potential boy or girl.

[spk926]

One of my friends on Facebook (actually one of DD's old infant teacher's from the center we used to go to) posted an up close picture of her stitches from her ankle surgery. WHY? WHY do you think I want to see that? Ugh it makes me cringe and now I can't forget it.

[pooh8402]

Sept 1, 2015 20:54:42 GMT -5 namasteak said:

pooh8402 6 weeks is so hard! This is one of my favorite blog posts about the newborn stage nurshable.com/2012/05/27/six-week-growth-spurt/

Omg that describes him to a t. Even dh said so.

So you vote normal and this too shall pass?

[namasteak]

Sept 1, 2015 21:04:05 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

Sept 1, 2015 20:54:42 GMT -5 namasteak said:

pooh8402 6 weeks is so hard! This is one of my favorite blog posts about the newborn stage nurshable.com/2012/05/27/six-week-growth-spurt/

Omg that describes him to a t. Even dh said so.

So you vote normal and this too shall pass?

Unfortunately yes, it sounds normal. Big hugs mama, you've got this!

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Sept 1, 2015 20:21:58 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I feel sort of guilty about putting DS2 in down so much. DS1 only napped in my arms for 6 months and only slept on me at night b until almost 3 months. He hated the stroller so I always carried him. DS2 is OK with being put down and I feel like I have to put him down more to deal with DS1 so I do. But then I feel like I am not loving him as much and he will not be as happy as a kid as DS1. Please know I realize this is insane.

I feel the same way. I nursed DS for an hour at a time, snuggling him and stroking his hair. He napped on me at least 1x a day until 18 months. I spent so much time playing with him, doing tummy time, naked time, reading him books. Poor DD doesn't get any of that. She is a fast nurser thank god, but I'm always watching DS or on my phone while she eats. All her naps are on the go or in her crib, never in my arms. She is an extremely chill baby, and I feel bad that I take advantage of her and just plop her somewhere to care for DS. Poor second child.

[thebreakfastclub]

That nurshable chick waits like 2 years for her kid to sleep, sadly. She keeps her chin up though.

[luv2rn4fun]

pooh8402- ((hugs)) Sounds normal, unfortunately. C would only nap in the baby carrier (he was born end of Dec so it was much cooler) while I walked outside. Literally, if I came home and opened our front door he would wake up.   I stopped doing that for every nap once he was 3 months old and it changed to rocking/bouncing/shushing/etc for 40 min for the kiddo to take a 20-40 min nap. It got much better once we sleep trained at 4 months. Hang in there...he will sleep someday even though it doesn't seem like it right now.

[namasteak]

Sept 1, 2015 21:22:28 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

That nurshable chick waits like 2 years for her kid to sleep, sadly. She keeps her chin up though.

I don't know how she does it! I'm not really a fan of her blog in general but that post man...it hits all the right feels.

[MadamePresident]

Chase has not been going to sleep lately. He fights me rocking or bouncing him, so I put gimmick the ergo and go for a walk. It's really nice.

[mcfelix]

My mom went home tonight. I cried after she left. It was so nice having her here. And I am feeling overwhelmed with having to exclusively pump.

I am also really disappointed that I have to pump instead of nurse, at least until DD's lip and tongue ties are clipped and healed. I don't miss the pain of nursing, but it's much harder to leave the house since I have to pump every two hours and I have to bottle feed her, so all of that is more time consuming and inconvenient than being able to nurse. I am really upset about it. Her appt with the dentist isn't until next Wednesday. Sigh...

Ok we are watching the news and at the state fair they have little kids riding sheep. What the fuck. They could get trampled after they fall off!!