DS took a 1 hour morning nap at DC and then immediately passed out on me when I brought him home for 30 minutes. He has also been waking up at 5am every morning this past week...blah.
Post by Blue Moon on Sept 11, 2014 19:59:25 GMT -5
Today was the hardest day since DD was born. I know she's only two weeks but I don't think I put her down for more than 5 minutes to pee or shove food in my mouth from 330 am until 6pm when H got home. The poor thing was so tired but wouldn't stop fussing to sleep more than a fitful 1/2 hr in my arms. When H got home she settled down and slept on him for 2 hours. I cried . I haven't slept more than 2 hours in the last two weeks and I feel like such a crap mom for wishing time to go faster so we can find a routine. I'm dreading the night. Sorry to unload.
Post by noodleskooze on Sept 11, 2014 20:02:21 GMT -5
I'm so sorry Blue Moon. You really are in the thick of it and I promise you are an awesome mom. Those early days are incredibly hard, but I promise it will get easier.
1 at 4am! Sometimes he will go back to sleep for about an hour when he wakes at 6 if we cosleep in the chair too. We had 3 nights in a row a few weeks ago where he actually STTN!!!!
yay! I am so happy you are getting more sleep now...you must feel like a different person.
I kind of overdid it today compared to what I have been doing (i.e. laying on the couch). I folded the 4 loads of laundry that were stacked in baskets, did 4 more, washed bedding, cleaned the oven, cleaned the fronts of the cabinets, cleaned bathrooms, and went on a 3-mile walk with a friend.
Now I'm kind of crampy and sore. :/ And tomorrow we're going away for the weekend so I need to pack for all of us to go to a cabin (meaning, bedding, food, the whole 9 yards).
Also, I made pumpkin bread. It's really good. I am 2 pieces into it.
Post by Willis Jackson on Sept 11, 2014 20:17:21 GMT -5
I was skimming the baby friendly hospital thread so I looked up the birth center where I had DS1 and the hospital where I had DD and DS2. I found this picture of the room where I had DS1 and it made me all emotional. It was so nice to just lie in the bed with DH and DS1 all day, eating toast and staring at him. Such sweet memories.
I haven't slept more than 2 hours in the last two weeks and I feel like such a crap mom for wishing time to go faster so we can find a routine. I'm dreading the night. Sorry to unload.
((Blue Moon)) I have felt the same way. The sleep deprivation really sucks. One night I just sat in bed bawling because M had kept me up from 12 to 6 am. I was exhausted and delirious and didn't know what to do. That was definitely a low point.
Things have gotten a little better at five weeks. I hope they look up for you soon as well. Take care of yourself!
Today was the hardest day since DD was born. I know she's only two weeks but I don't think I put her down for more than 5 minutes to pee or shove food in my mouth from 330 am until 6pm when H got home. The poor thing was so tired but wouldn't stop fussing to sleep more than a fitful 1/2 hr in my arms. When H got home she settled down and slept on him for 2 hours. I cried . I haven't slept more than 2 hours in the last two weeks and I feel like such a crap mom for wishing time to go faster so we can find a routine. I'm dreading the night. Sorry to unload.
Big hugs. The first week weeks are so hard but you will get through it and you will sleep again. Can your H do some MOTN wakeups so you could get at least a 4 hour stretch of sleep?
Thank you. I know we'll get through it. I'm bfing and was trying to hold out until the 3 week mark to start pumping per the advice of my pedi and a LC. When I pump, I plan to go to bed right after a feed, let H give pumped milk when she wakes, and hopefully I'll be able to buy a decent stretch. I might start pumping this weekend though if she's up every hour like last night. I'm so afraid I'm going to fall asleep in the glider and smother her or drop her. Thanks for listening and encouraging!
At what point do babies like being bathed? Bath night frays my nerves every time because he screams the whole way through. I don't know if it's age or him or us or what.
I'm also trying to accept that I'm not going to have a STTN baby for a long time, if ever.
Big hugs. The first week weeks are so hard but you will get through it and you will sleep again. Can your H do some MOTN wakeups so you could get at least a 4 hour stretch of sleep?
Thank you. I know we'll get through it. I'm bfing and was trying to hold out until the 3 week mark to start pumping per the advice of my pedi and a LC. When I pump, I plan to go to bed right after a feed, let H give pumped milk when she wakes, and hopefully I'll be able to buy a decent stretch. I might start pumping this weekend though if she's up every hour like last night. I'm so afraid I'm going to fall asleep in the glider and smother her or drop her. Thanks for listening and encouraging!
I started pumping at two weeks on the advice of a friend who BF for a year plus. It's fine, in my non-expert opinion.
Today was the hardest day since DD was born. I know she's only two weeks but I don't think I put her down for more than 5 minutes to pee or shove food in my mouth from 330 am until 6pm when H got home. The poor thing was so tired but wouldn't stop fussing to sleep more than a fitful 1/2 hr in my arms. When H got home she settled down and slept on him for 2 hours. I cried . I haven't slept more than 2 hours in the last two weeks and I feel like such a crap mom for wishing time to go faster so we can find a routine. I'm dreading the night. Sorry to unload.
Go easy on yourself. The early days are so, so hard. Also, it is okay to not be gaga over the newborn stage and perfectly normal to want to get back to some semblance of a routine. Hang in there!
Post by biogirl21 on Sept 11, 2014 20:31:09 GMT -5
H has J out with him at his dad's girlfriend's house, where they were installing a new sink for her. I'm pretty sure they left around noon and are still not home at 9:30. I've been at work since 7 and I really miss my baby It was nice at first, I relaxed on the couch, watched some tv and took a nap. But now I just want them home. The dogs keep startling and running to the door, which is 1) making me think they are home and 2) freaking me out because they aren't home and what are they hearing?!? I'm working on doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen, but I just want my baby.
ETA: I'm also feeling guilty for not going to get him when I got off work, but it's a 1 hour drive, I wanted some time to myself and I didn't think they would be gone this long.
And a petty grumble: end of season sales are the bane of my existence right now. The grandmas keep sending summer clothes in one size up. It snows here...he's not going to wear rompers in December. It feels like such a waste to immediately toss them in the storage bin.
Hugs Blue Moon. The first 6w are tough. My breaking point was at the 6w growth spurt. Luckily it started on a Friday night and my H sat up most of the night with DS. The silver lining was that it was only up from there.
Hugs Blue Moon. The first 6w are tough. My breaking point was at the 6w growth spurt. Luckily it started on a Friday night and my H sat up most of the night with DS. The silver lining was that it was only up from there.
Oh god. We are at 5.5w. :-$ Maybe I should refrain from doling out advice!
I'm all nostalgically going through my old posts and I'm LOLing at this post when B slept for more than 4 hours for the first time at 6 weeks and I didn't know what to do with myself.
At what point do babies like being bathed? Bath night frays my nerves every time because he screams the whole way through. I don't know if it's age or him or us or what.
I'm also trying to accept that I'm not going to have a STTN baby for a long time, if ever.
i got in with him - propped him on my legs, washed him up, and handed him off to h until almost 4 months. he tolerates baths a lot better now at 6 months.
and total commiseration on the sttn. we started sleep training sunday night (so day 5?) and i am just seeing the light at the end. i mean, we're still up twice a night to nurse, but it is so much better than the 5-6 times a night of last week. i finally have hope that i will indeed sttn again.
Ugh. M is showing no interest in going to sleep. He was lying here screaming, and H has a job interview tomorrow. I tried everything to shut him up, but the boob is the only thing that worked. I just finished nursing him for an hour, and now I'm nursing again. Moo.
Today was the hardest day since DD was born. I know she's only two weeks but I don't think I put her down for more than 5 minutes to pee or shove food in my mouth from 330 am until 6pm when H got home. The poor thing was so tired but wouldn't stop fussing to sleep more than a fitful 1/2 hr in my arms. When H got home she settled down and slept on him for 2 hours. I cried . I haven't slept more than 2 hours in the last two weeks and I feel like such a crap mom for wishing time to go faster so we can find a routine. I'm dreading the night. Sorry to unload.
i just want to scoop you up in a hug. newborns, despite their lovely squishiness, are the suck. i cried SO MUCH because no one was sleeping and i was losing my mother loving mind. i bawled every evening when the sun was setting because i just dreaded the night. i counted down until 6am because then i could just resign myself to being up for the day instead of fighting for more night sleep.
you'll make it. it sucks so much now, but you will make it.
Whoever invented Afrin nasal spray needs a Nobel prize or something. It works SO WELL. I have a cold, and 2 sprays before bed and boom I can breathe. It's like a chorus of angels singing.
Oh hey @supergreen and other app users, the app is fixed and shows older posts now (you can scroll down past the first 20 or whatever threads). Thanks y4m!
Yes I just realized this! Thanks too y4m and @vicmo for telling me she was the person who gets stuff DONE.