@ randoms feb 5th

[awick14]

Dd has been up since 3:30, (it’s now 4:40) I was suppose to get up and ready for work at 4:15, and I’m already exhausted.

I put her back half asleep, in her crib at 4:20 and she slept for maybe 5-10 mins then she woke up screaming. Urg

Now I’m feeding her again and we will see if she will go down, if not I’ll have to get dh up because I need to get ready and leave for work by 5:15. What a lovely start to my work week. (I had insomnia last night and fell asleep some time after 1.) 😞

[Deleted]

Sorry to hear about your night awick14 . C was also opposed to sleep last night but she did managed 4:30-6:50 in our bed which I'll call a win. We need to move her from our room because I'm pretty sure my DH's snoring woke her up then she woke up again when I had a coughing fit. 

[estrellita]

E had another screaming fit this morning as H was getting him ready. It's exhausting and I was only listening to it. H wasn't having it this morning. He asked if E wanted to pick his socks, E said no, so H did. "NOOOO!!!!!" Sigh. Every morning and every night is the same. I really hope A ends up being slightly more agreeable. These tantrums are a huge reason I'm 99% not having another kid. Plus I really don't like the newborn stage. So dealing with both right now = no more kids. Lol.

[luv2rn4fun]

((Hugs)) awick14 @opal estrellita

C is already sick after just two days of preschool. His nose is runny/congested and he has a cough. His cough kept me up all night. Plus L was up 3 times. It’s going to be a long day. I need to try to get out for bagels and groceries but probably shouldn’t drag C out this morning so not sure if it will happen.

[christy082]

Saturday my in laws are taking C to Paw Patrol Live for her birthday. It's a surprise and I think she's going to love it!

She's got all the Paw Patrol pups except Tracker, and keeps talking about not having him. I got her a Tracker play Set for her birthday and can't wait to give it to her!

[tacocat]

estrellita I SO feel you with toddler tantrums and a baby. DS1 has been SO whiny lately it's driving me nuts. Sometimes it seems we can't do anything right. Plus our dog barks at just about everything outside, so sometimes I want to hide in the bathroom.

DS2 usually only gets up once to eat, but I usually have to settle him down 1-3 more times throughout the night. It's frustrating to not get better sleep when he only eats once a night.

Sorrt C is sick luv2rn4fun. Hope he feels better soon. Is he still able to go to school?

[luv2rn4fun]

Feb 5, 2018 10:52:34 GMT -5 tacocat said:

estrellita I SO feel you with toddler tantrums and a baby. DS1 has been SO whiny lately it's driving me nuts. Sometimes it seems we can't do anything right. Plus our dog barks at just about everything outside, so sometimes I want to hide in the bathroom.

DS2 usually only gets up once to eat, but I usually have to settle him down 1-3 more times throughout the night. It's frustrating to not get better sleep when he only eats once a night.

Sorrt C is sick luv2rn4fun. Hope he feels better soon. Is he still able to go to school?

tacocat- that is my DS2 as well...he has been like this for months.

C has school W/F. If he had school today I wouldn’t be sending him. He’s definitely not himself and is coughing a ton. He is also having some retractions so I am keeping a close eye on him (not the same frequency as L so I am not as concerned...and I could start a breathing treatment for him...if he would let me LOL). I should be getting a call from the pediatrician today to schedule a well baby appointment for L so I will ask them about C when they call. Oh, and L has a random cough too so probably be starting him on breathing treatments soon.

[awick14]

Please no one tell DH about how hard a toddler and a newborn are at the same time please. Lol, we want a second and I want to start trying in the summer so that there is 2 1/2-3 years between them but dh is hesitant. He is unsure how a second will go without any family help. I’ve told him many people do it, so we can make it work for 2-3 years until we move closer to our home town.

[luv2rn4fun]

Feb 5, 2018 11:35:35 GMT -5 awick14 said:

Please no one tell DH about how hard a toddler and a newborn are at the same time please. Lol, we want a second and I want to start trying in the summer so that there is 2 1/2-3 years between them but dh is hesitant. He is unsure how a second will go without any family help. I’ve told him many people do it, so we can make it work for 2-3 years until we move closer to our home town.

It’s hard but totally doable. We have pretty much zero help (even with family close by...my parents will watch them a handful of times and mostly only when they are sleeping because the two of them are a lot of work). I don’t even have a lot of help from DH, even when he’s home, because I SAH so am used to the daily routine much more than he is (he helps but not as much as he would if we both worked).

Our boys are only 21 months apart...I would love a third and think a 3 year gap would be so much easier! Both boys would be in preschool (well, I plan to start L when he is 3-3.25 yo) so much easier than having both home for the last 16 months and having to juggle naps and feeding two kids all the time (and entertaining C while L naps).

ETA: I was also the one hesitant to have another because C was such a challenge...but I have found that going from 1-2 has been much easier for me than 0-1 (whereas this transition has been harder on DH).

[MrsMB]

Trying to nail down a weekend to do potty training. DH's Mom and brother are "talking about" coming down (read: they won't supply an EXACT date until three days before) so I'm just going to have to make the call on a Friday. I'm getting mentally prepared before then. She's been ready prior to this. We've just had SOMUCHGOINGON.

[tacocat]

luv2rn4fun Poor little guys. I hope it doesn't last too long for y'all.

[luv2rn4fun]

Feb 5, 2018 12:44:00 GMT -5 tacocat said:

luv2rn4fun Poor little guys. I hope it doesn't last too long for y'all.

Thanks! So far L seems happy and normal so that’s good! C is a mess...so much coughing, whining, crying. I gave him a breathing treatment and finally decided to just have him nap when L went down this morning. He fell right asleep. Hoping he takes a couple decent naps today and feels much better. This is the same type of cold that always lingers off and on for 1-2 months. I am also worried at the possibility of it being flu since that is so scary right now (although it seems just like his normal sinus/chesty cold he gets...he isn’t as bad as L but I think his lungs are compromised as well...just not enough that I want to push for a daily steroid yet).

[HoneySpider]

DS has been doing some ridiculously cute things lately but he's also been doing SO MUCH screaming. Ugh. I hate these phases.

[estrellita]

Feb 5, 2018 11:35:35 GMT -5 awick14 said:

Please no one tell DH about how hard a toddler and a newborn are at the same time please. Lol, we want a second and I want to start trying in the summer so that there is 2 1/2-3 years between them but dh is hesitant. He is unsure how a second will go without any family help. I’ve told him many people do it, so we can make it work for 2-3 years until we move closer to our home town.

Lol. I'm sure it'll get better once A starts sleeping better and can interact a little more. We're just in the tough baby stage and tough toddler stage at the same time. To be fair, E is fairly self sufficient so we can just let him play or watch TV (I'm not saying I'm the best mother.. Lol) and he doesn't need constant assistance which is nice!

[tacocat]

awick14 Ditto what estrellita said! DS1 watches SO much tv right now, lol. I know in a couple of years, I'll be happy they're so close, but it's just tough right now. We had a pretty good thing going with DS1 spending a lot of time with grandparents, so it's been a little tough to going back to constantly having a baby with me. I know soon enough DS2 will be sleeping more then nursing will be over, so it's just one day at a time. Overall though, going from 1 to 2 has been a lot easier on us than going from 0 to 1.

[tacocat]

awick14 Ditto what estrellita said! DS1 watches SO much tv right now, lol. I know in a couple of years, I'll be happy they're so close, but it's just tough right now. We had a pretty good thing going with DS1 spending a lot of time with grandparents, so it's been a little tough to going back to constantly having a baby with me. I know soon enough DS2 will be sleeping more then nursing will be over, so it's just one day at a time. Overall though, going from 1 to 2 has been a lot easier on us than going from 0 to 1.

[estrellita]

Feb 5, 2018 13:56:23 GMT -5 tacocat said:

awick14 Ditto what estrellita said! DS1 watches SO much tv right now, lol. I know in a couple of years, I'll be happy they're so close, but it's just tough right now. We had a pretty good thing going with DS1 spending a lot of time with grandparents, so it's been a little tough to going back to constantly having a baby with me. I know soon enough DS2 will be sleeping more then nursing will be over, so it's just one day at a time. Overall though, going from 1 to 2 has been a lot easier on us than going from 0 to 1.

I agree going from 1 to 2 hasn't been too bad. We "know" what we're doing this time so it's much easier. We're much more laid back with A in that we don't panic as much if she cries and we've gotten good at planning around her eating and sleeping. With E it was such a big change because it was just us, but with A we already have to think about one kid so it's not much different thinking about another. Plus we know how fast it goes so as much as the newborn stage sucks (IMO), I know it'll be over before I know it so I'm attempting to enjoy her staying in one place (kinda, she's already rolled over, lol) and not needing a ton other than eating, changing and cuddling!

[bk1]

G had her 3 year check up today. 36.4 lbs and 40 inches! She was anxious about the appointment but all good when she got a sucker at the end.

[krystee]

awick14 right now I am finding a newborn and a toddler to be surprisingly manageable. I was sure the second was going to be insanely hard since my first was easy. But I lucked out with another easy one somehow. It's my darn dogs that make life difficult (one throws up every time he drinks water because he gulps it, so I am cleaning vomit like six times a day, and the other gets into every single thing and makes me absolutely crazy!). The only hard thing right now, besides the dogs, is cabin fever because I am not supposed to take the baby anywhere in flu season. We did go to the library once because I could not stand being cooped up for one minute longer.

(I think the fact that I formula feed makes things exponentially easier too...H does almost half the night feedings, and I have the freedom to get out whenever I need a change of scenery since anyone can feed the baby.)

[krystee]

Feb 5, 2018 15:27:02 GMT -5 bk1 said:

G had her 3 year check up today. 36.4 lbs and 40 inches! She was anxious about the appointment but all good when she got a sucker at the end.

How are our babies three already?! (DS turns 3 next month.) I loved the cake you made--I bet G was over the moon!

[tacocat]

krystee My dog does the same thing with water. Luckily she only does it occasionally, so when we know she's going to try to drink a lot we try to limit the water in the bowl. She has definitely made things much more difficult. She's more on my nerves this time than with DS1. Good thing she's cute or she'd be in trouble more often.

[estrellita]

Why does A refuse to nap? E refuses to sleep too and I have troubles falling asleep so maybe it's hereditary. Lol. Seriously though, unless we're holding her, she falls asleep for a few min, wakes up, falls asleep again, wakes up, etc for a couple hours. I can get her to sleep while holding her but she usually wakes up within a few min of putting her down. I was trying to avoid swaddling for naps because I've read that's one way to help keep babies understanding the difference between night and day but if that's the only way she will sleep I might need to try it. I just wanted to sneak in a nap before she's hungry again!

[luv2rn4fun]

Feb 5, 2018 17:21:26 GMT -5 estrellita said:

Why does A refuse to nap? E refuses to sleep too and I have troubles falling asleep so maybe it's hereditary. Lol. Seriously though, unless we're holding her, she falls asleep for a few min, wakes up, falls asleep again, wakes up, etc for a couple hours. I can get her to sleep while holding her but she usually wakes up within a few min of putting her down. I was trying to avoid swaddling for naps because I've read that's one way to help keep babies understanding the difference between night and day but if that's the only way she will sleep I might need to try it. I just wanted to sneak in a nap before she's hungry again!

C only napped in the baby carrier (sometimes he would take a 20 min nap in the RNP but it was rare) until sleep training at 4 months.

L was slightly better but his naps were on the short side unless I was holding him.

I also swaddled for naps until 4-6 months old. Not helpful, I know...

[luv2rn4fun]

Nurse wants me to give C an albuterol treatment and see how he does. He is retracting a little and is pretty lethargic today (two naps, spent most of the day on the couch, etc). I really hope I don’t have to drag both of them to the doctors this evening. L is now coughing too and woke from his nap screaming. They are both so whiny and clingy today...I feel bad for them but trying to juggle both their needs is also not fun. Oh, and while I was cuddling C on the couch L was being a little too quiet...sure enough he was playing in the fireplace 🤣

[estrellita]

Feb 5, 2018 17:50:33 GMT -5 luv2rn4fun said:

Feb 5, 2018 17:21:26 GMT -5 estrellita said:

Why does A refuse to nap? E refuses to sleep too and I have troubles falling asleep so maybe it's hereditary. Lol. Seriously though, unless we're holding her, she falls asleep for a few min, wakes up, falls asleep again, wakes up, etc for a couple hours. I can get her to sleep while holding her but she usually wakes up within a few min of putting her down. I was trying to avoid swaddling for naps because I've read that's one way to help keep babies understanding the difference between night and day but if that's the only way she will sleep I might need to try it. I just wanted to sneak in a nap before she's hungry again!

C only napped in the baby carrier (sometimes he would take a 20 min nap in the RNP but it was rare) until sleep training at 4 months.

L was slightly better but his naps were on the short side unless I was holding him.

I also swaddled for naps until 4-6 months old. Not helpful, I know...

I'd put her in a carrier but I haven't figured it out, lol. I can't seem to figure out the wrap and the other carrier I have is hard to buckle by myself. I also can't figure out how to do anything with her in there because I feel like she'd get in the way. I'm sure it'll get better when she can actually play a little while I eat or pump. Right now, I swear she can be out, but the second I try to eat, fall asleep, or pump, she's crying. I don't get it!

[bk1]

So G has been very against potty training. Last week she pooped in the tub for the first time. It freaked her out so much she has been pooping on the potty everytime since. Yay for the win? Tonight she even wanted to use the big potty instead of her little one. Maybe she will potty train before C after all.

[luv2rn4fun]

Feb 5, 2018 19:00:16 GMT -5 estrellita said:

Feb 5, 2018 17:50:33 GMT -5 luv2rn4fun said:

C only napped in the baby carrier (sometimes he would take a 20 min nap in the RNP but it was rare) until sleep training at 4 months.

L was slightly better but his naps were on the short side unless I was holding him.

I also swaddled for naps until 4-6 months old. Not helpful, I know...

I'd put her in a carrier but I haven't figured it out, lol. I can't seem to figure out the wrap and the other carrier I have is hard to buckle by myself. I also can't figure out how to do anything with her in there because I feel like she'd get in the way. I'm sure it'll get better when she can actually play a little while I eat or pump. Right now, I swear she can be out, but the second I try to eat, fall asleep, or pump, she's crying. I don't get it!

Newborns are jerks like that LOL. With C, the few times I tried to nap while he napped he would take a short nap. It was so bad that I ended up anxious every time and eventually just stopped napping because my time was better spent relaxing and doing something for me. I still can’t really nap when they nap...but I also don’t get much done besides eat and maybe a cup of coffee. That time is really the only me time so I try to use it to power through the rest of the day.

I SO enjoyed the “not being able to move” phase way more this time around. L is just now starting to walk pretty well and I haven’t wished him to walk any sooner. Once they are mobile it’s a game changer...two going in separate directions, a LO who can get hurt easier, they play together but also fight because C either doesn’t want to share or L is destroying something C built. And then they both want your time and attention whereas L used to just sit and observe and be totally content.

[luv2rn4fun]

Feb 5, 2018 21:03:37 GMT -5 bk1 said:

So G has been very against potty training. Last week she pooped in the tub for the first time. It freaked her out so much she has been pooping on the potty everytime since. Yay for the win? Tonight she even wanted to use the big potty instead of her little one. Maybe she will potty train before C after all.

That’s awesome!! Way to go G!!

We are in a potty training regression again. C is back to withholding poop and not wanting to go. He went 3 days with no poop until yesterday. I knew he needed to poop again today and tried to get him to go but he refused. He did poop during nap time (which hasn’t happened in months) and I am ok with it. I am so planning to bribe him with M&Ms for pooping starting tomorrow to avoid going back in this cycle again.

[christy082]

[/quote]We are in a potty training regression again.[/quote]

luv2rn4fun
So are we. 1.5 weeks ago we ended up in the urgent care with C because she couldn't pee for hours. We assumed UTI but it turns out that she was constipated and it was blocking her from peeing.

Since then, she's starting pooping in her underwear before telling us she needs to go and has been way less cooperative about using the toilet. Ugh.

[luv2rn4fun]

C slept great last night (thank you Zarbees cough medicine!)! He was a totally different kid after his nap yesterday so hopefully his cold will be short lived. L, on the other hand, had a horrible night 🙁. I was in there a lot and his nose is so congested. Lots of screaming from him even though he has Motrin. I didn’t get much sleep...and it’s 6:15 and he’s already wanting to be up for the day.