Happy Bump Day!

[jennlin]

good morning! along the same lines as @jennuinne, bjl has been choosing to sleep in the side-car crib lately (as opposed to using it as pillow storage as we normally have been), and h and i are getting the pressure to give her her *own* bed now. she thinks it's hilarious to lay in the sidecar and wait for me to nurse her instead of waiting in the bed like she normally does. we have a bed that's been sitting at my moms house, but we haven't picked it up--now that it's raining, it makes it even more tough! but we will do it this week i think.

in other news, boy stay latched all night..literally. only stopped when i had to roll over to nurse bjl, and he'd cry until he got relatched..so i did a lot of tandem overnight.

[toratoratori]

I'm at 24 weeks, 4 days today. I was home this weekend and took Baby Rogo to her first Giants game. She LOVED it. She was bopping around in there the whole time.



My bubby is giving me shit about the name we picked for her, which I explicitly asked my parents not to share, but my mom did anyway. She sent me a list of "alternate names she likes" on Friday night (because the one we've selected is apparently "too prim and proper" for her), and I basically emailed her back and told her that if I wanted her opinion, I would ask for it.

Semi-baby related news: We got the keys to our house on Friday, so I'm ready to go pick out paint colors for her nursery!

[shevacc]

I think G slept fairly well last night...at least I did. She had been getting DH up several times overnight to take her to the potty and I think he got grumpy at her. Suddenly she doesn't want him to take her to the potty ever (including daytime), and she's back to using her diaper at night. The diaper thing is easier for me so that's fine but I'm getting worried about nighttime parenting in August. DH is really mean and grumpy when he gets woken up in the MOTN which leads to G being up for way longer since he refuses to comfort her...lately I've given him 10-15 minutes to figure it out and then I comfort her back to sleep. I don't know that I can survive a newborn plus comfort a toddler without his help.

[jennlin]

Apr 16, 2014 13:04:27 GMT -5 shevacc said:

I think G slept fairly well last night...at least I did. She had been getting DH up several times overnight to take her to the potty and I think he got grumpy at her. Suddenly she doesn't want him to take her to the potty ever (including daytime), and she's back to using her diaper at night. The diaper thing is easier for me so that's fine but I'm getting worried about nighttime parenting in August. DH is really mean and grumpy when he gets woken up in the MOTN which leads to G being up for way longer since he refuses to comfort her...lately I've given him 10-15 minutes to figure it out and then I comfort her back to sleep. I don't know that I can survive a newborn plus comfort a toddler without his help.

my h is the same way at night--so i definitely do parenting for two overnight. it's extremely frustrating that they don't have the same patience, right? this is the root of all of h and i's problems lately..because he prefers to use ear plugs and just walk around with him instead of bouncing with him or trying to remedy anything. *hugs* and good luck..hopefully g will be able to potty by herself before the baby comes or at maybe sttn??

bjl doesn't wake us up for potty just yet, so we may be in for a treat when she does.

[shevacc]

Apr 16, 2014 15:17:09 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Apr 16, 2014 13:04:27 GMT -5 shevacc said:

I think G slept fairly well last night...at least I did. She had been getting DH up several times overnight to take her to the potty and I think he got grumpy at her. Suddenly she doesn't want him to take her to the potty ever (including daytime), and she's back to using her diaper at night. The diaper thing is easier for me so that's fine but I'm getting worried about nighttime parenting in August. DH is really mean and grumpy when he gets woken up in the MOTN which leads to G being up for way longer since he refuses to comfort her...lately I've given him 10-15 minutes to figure it out and then I comfort her back to sleep. I don't know that I can survive a newborn plus comfort a toddler without his help.

my h is the same way at night--so i definitely do parenting for two overnight. it's extremely frustrating that they don't have the same patience, right? this is the root of all of h and i's problems lately..because he prefers to use ear plugs and just walk around with him instead of bouncing with him or trying to remedy anything. *hugs* and good luck..hopefully g will be able to potty by herself before the baby comes or at maybe sttn??

bjl doesn't wake us up for potty just yet, so we may be in for a treat when she does.

Now I remember you mentioning this before -- I'm sorry you're dealing with the same thing. I was using magical thinking to half hope that he would be better with 2. DH actually slept in the guest room for over a year bc he acts like a whiny toddler when sleep-deprived, even if he doesn't actually get up and help with anything, just from having his sleep interrupted. Then he had the gall to ask me for one weekend morning for him to sleep in since he was tired from staying up too late watching tv/playing video games/whatever during the week. Obviously we struggle with this a lot too...

How do you manage bed-sharing with two kids? How do you keep your son safe and away from bjl?

[stretchad]

I am so tired. I think that if most of the working world is as tired as me then it is a miracle that this society functions as well as it does.

DH has just been completely useless overnight for the last couple of weeks. And the lack of sleep is taking its toll. I feel like I am walking in a permanent fog that no amount of caffeine can help. I am beginning to think that I will never get 6 hrs of uninterrupted sleep ever again.

In laws arrive tomorrow with their 3 boys, all under age 6. I offered to have in laws over on Friday or Saturday morning to play, have brunch, etc. my SIL texted me back saying she was very concerned about her boys getting sick from Hand Foot and Mouth even though it will have been 2 weeks since DS got it and a week and a half since I got it. I let her know we have sanitized every thing and aren't sick any more. She texts me today to say her oldest had a fever, go figure. So who knows if they are coming. Don't get me wrong, I don't want my nephew to be sick BUT I am kind of glad that this fever happened before they got here vs. While they were here or after so they don't blame us for getting them sick.



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[dana86]

I am ready for the weekend. As mention on the main board H got his tonsils and crap out today. It was fine until we got in the car now he's just kind of an asshole. Not looking forward to dealing with him for 2 weeks if this is how it's going to be. Thankfully the girls are being pretty good. J is a little clingy lately but she is always kind of clingy to me so not much change there.

[mrslefty]

I've had a pretty blah day. Not great but not bad. There were cookies in the staff room so that made today better but the rain is making me feel blah.

[jennlin]

Apr 16, 2014 15:41:05 GMT -5 shevacc said:

Apr 16, 2014 15:17:09 GMT -5 jennlin said:

my h is the same way at night--so i definitely do parenting for two overnight. it's extremely frustrating that they don't have the same patience, right? this is the root of all of h and i's problems lately..because he prefers to use ear plugs and just walk around with him instead of bouncing with him or trying to remedy anything. *hugs* and good luck..hopefully g will be able to potty by herself before the baby comes or at maybe sttn??

bjl doesn't wake us up for potty just yet, so we may be in for a treat when she does.

Now I remember you mentioning this before -- I'm sorry you're dealing with the same thing. I was using magical thinking to half hope that he would be better with 2. DH actually slept in the guest room for over a year bc he acts like a whiny toddler when sleep-deprived, even if he doesn't actually get up and help with anything, just from having his sleep interrupted. Then he had the gall to ask me for one weekend morning for him to sleep in since he was tired from staying up too late watching tv/playing video games/whatever during the week. Obviously we struggle with this a lot too...

How do you manage bed-sharing with two kids? How do you keep your son safe and away from bjl?

This would not fly well with me...I hope you ripped him a new one! It sounds like your h is more severe when it comes to lack of sleep. Mine tolerates waking up, and does it as necessary, but nobody wants to be around him when he does.

I will PM you about bed sharing with 2!!