Week of 7/9

[cactuscookie]

Jul 10, 2018 20:31:25 GMT -5 loira said:

cactuscookie , ditto Pooh. Also if she'll eat those pureed prune pouches, those work really well in a pinch. A began holding her poop too when we first started PTing, even though she still went at night she would hold it for 2-3 days. I tried to remain super nonchalant about pooping on the toilet and eventually she became regular again. She eats a ton of fruits and veggies, so there wasn't a whole lot I could do to increase her fibre. Still not pooping regularly in the toilet obviously, but at least the constipation issue is solved. That's amazing that H called for you to get her out so she would pee. I'm jealous, but not of the 5am part.

Say...what now? H subsists on carbs and dairy. She is the caricature of a two-year-old. At least most of the carbs we eat at home are whole grain...

[pooh8402]

I saw my OB at work today and told her. She's excited. I won't see her until late first tri or early second tri but yay.

[pooh8402]

Jul 11, 2018 16:54:17 GMT -5 cactuscookie said:

Jul 10, 2018 20:31:25 GMT -5 loira said:

cactuscookie , ditto Pooh. Also if she'll eat those pureed prune pouches, those work really well in a pinch. A began holding her poop too when we first started PTing, even though she still went at night she would hold it for 2-3 days. I tried to remain super nonchalant about pooping on the toilet and eventually she became regular again. She eats a ton of fruits and veggies, so there wasn't a whole lot I could do to increase her fibre. Still not pooping regularly in the toilet obviously, but at least the constipation issue is solved. That's amazing that H called for you to get her out so she would pee. I'm jealous, but not of the 5am part.

Say...what now? H subsists on carbs and dairy. She is the caricature of a two-year-old. At least most of the carbs we eat at home are whole grain...

Same here. I was excited yesterday when E ate 2 bowls of applesauce.

[loira]

Jul 11, 2018 16:54:17 GMT -5 cactuscookie said:

Jul 10, 2018 20:31:25 GMT -5 loira said:

cactuscookie , ditto Pooh. Also if she'll eat those pureed prune pouches, those work really well in a pinch. A began holding her poop too when we first started PTing, even though she still went at night she would hold it for 2-3 days. I tried to remain super nonchalant about pooping on the toilet and eventually she became regular again. She eats a ton of fruits and veggies, so there wasn't a whole lot I could do to increase her fibre. Still not pooping regularly in the toilet obviously, but at least the constipation issue is solved. That's amazing that H called for you to get her out so she would pee. I'm jealous, but not of the 5am part.

Say...what now? H subsists on carbs and dairy. She is the caricature of a two-year-old. At least most of the carbs we eat at home are whole grain...

Yeah, we lucked out and she'll eat a lot of different things. She's not as keen on cooked veggies as raw though. I'd love to be smug about it except I'm 100% sure I'll pay with something else later. Just as well she eats like this. It will stand her in good stead when she starts going to all these west coast birthday parties and all little Quinoa's mummy serves is a tofu cake with wheatgrass icing.

[dellabear]

Congrats to all the recent BFPs! And congrats loira on the new job.

I seem to be turning into a lurker, I read often but then when I go to post something I get distracted or pulled away by the kids. Things are pretty same old, really wishing I was off with the kids this summer. My new mission in life is to wrangle my way into getting my summers off, without becoming a teacher or having another baby that is.

DS is 25 mos and we bought him a shiny new potty that sings songs, for his birthday. So far he mostly isn't into it but once in awhile he pees in it. I don't want to wish these last days of toddlerhood away but, man, will I be happy when he learns to use the potty.

[shauni27]

Jul 11, 2018 18:54:34 GMT -5 loira said:

Jul 11, 2018 16:54:17 GMT -5 cactuscookie said:

Say...what now? H subsists on carbs and dairy. She is the caricature of a two-year-old. At least most of the carbs we eat at home are whole grain...

Yeah, we lucked out and she'll eat a lot of different things. She's not as keen on cooked veggies as raw though. I'd love to be smug about it except I'm 100% sure I'll pay with something else later. Just as well she eats like this. It will stand her in good stead when she starts going to all these west coast birthday parties and all little Quinoa's mummy serves is a tofu cake with wheatgrass icing.

ha, I am here too. I am so happy that S eats really well, but then the minute I start getting all, "my baby is the best at eating" he will go on a food strike the next day.

[shauni27]

ok, help me out: S was sleep trained at 8 months. Did great. We did full CIO--put him in his crib at bedtime and did not go back in until morning. He would occasionally wake up in the night for a few minutes and cry, but since then was STTN great.

For some reason about a month ago he started waking in the night. He was a bit sick so instead of letting him CIO we would go in and cuddle him. Then immediately after that sickness, we had company for 11 days and when he woke in the night we did not want the entire house of guests to wake up as well, so again, in to cuddle back to sleep.

Well now it has been a month and he is waking up NIGHTLY screaming. We have gone a week letting him CIO. He is just screaming his little head off, so sad sounding. Some nights he will stop after an hour (!!!) and some nights he has gone from 3 am until time to wake up. I went in again last night after 30 minutes because he was just not calming down at all and he whimpers in my arms and is shaking, etc. He calms down pretty quickly but when I put him back in bed he starts crying again (even if he has fallen asleep in my arms).

What gives? How do we fix this? I hate letting him CIO right now because it really seems to be taking a toll on him :/

[cactuscookie]

shauni27 , you've been working on re-sleep training for a month with no progress?

This sounds brutal. H has had a few sleep setbacks where we had to re-train. She is very susceptible to sleep crutches. For example, similar to you, when we were visiting family, we got into the habit of sitting in her room with her while she fell asleep because we didn't want everyone to have to listen to her scream. Then she got sick, then we moved, so we kept doing it, until it got to the point where she'd wake up a couple times per night and wouldn't go back to sleep without us sitting in her room. We couldn't handle that, so we went back to CIO, doing our normal bedtime routine, with a few minutes of cuddling/rocking, but then leaving the room once she was in the crib. There were definitely some rough nights, with up to about two hours of crying in the middle of the night. But this only lasted for a week or two before she adjusted.

If it's been a month with no progress...I don't know. Do you do periodic checks when he's CIO? We usually do, but I know some people have said it makes it worse.

[shauni27]

Jul 12, 2018 8:21:44 GMT -5 cactuscookie said:

shauni27 , you've been working on re-sleep training for a month with no progress?

This sounds brutal. H has had a few sleep setbacks where we had to re-train. She is very susceptible to sleep crutches. For example, similar to you, when we were visiting family, we got into the habit of sitting in her room with her while she fell asleep because we didn't want everyone to have to listen to her scream. Then she got sick, then we moved, so we kept doing it, until it got to the point where she'd wake up a couple times per night and wouldn't go back to sleep without us sitting in her room. We couldn't handle that, so we went back to CIO, doing our normal bedtime routine, with a few minutes of cuddling/rocking, but then leaving the room once she was in the crib. There were definitely some rough nights, with up to about two hours of crying in the middle of the night. But this only lasted for a week or two before she adjusted.

If it's been a month with no progress...I don't know. Do you do periodic checks when he's CIO? We usually do, but I know some people have said it makes it worse.

sorry, not clear--we started retraining again just a week ago with no progress. Every other time we have had to retrain it has taken maybe 3 days? So the fact it is just about a full week makes me so frustrated. I hate hearing him cry so much in the middle of the night. It is breaking my heart, but I guess we will keep going.

[cactuscookie]

Jul 12, 2018 9:38:23 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Jul 12, 2018 8:21:44 GMT -5 cactuscookie said:

shauni27 , you've been working on re-sleep training for a month with no progress?

This sounds brutal. H has had a few sleep setbacks where we had to re-train. She is very susceptible to sleep crutches. For example, similar to you, when we were visiting family, we got into the habit of sitting in her room with her while she fell asleep because we didn't want everyone to have to listen to her scream. Then she got sick, then we moved, so we kept doing it, until it got to the point where she'd wake up a couple times per night and wouldn't go back to sleep without us sitting in her room. We couldn't handle that, so we went back to CIO, doing our normal bedtime routine, with a few minutes of cuddling/rocking, but then leaving the room once she was in the crib. There were definitely some rough nights, with up to about two hours of crying in the middle of the night. But this only lasted for a week or two before she adjusted.

If it's been a month with no progress...I don't know. Do you do periodic checks when he's CIO? We usually do, but I know some people have said it makes it worse.

sorry, not clear--we started retraining again just a week ago with no progress. Every other time we have had to retrain it has taken maybe 3 days? So the fact it is just about a full week makes me so frustrated. I hate hearing him cry so much in the middle of the night. It is breaking my heart, but I guess we will keep going.

I guess if it's only been a week, I'd just keep going, but I know how discouraging it is that there hasn't been any change.

I'm mean, so I usually only feel bad for H for the first half an hour or so of crying, and then I just get annoyed. Stop being stubborn and go to sleep!

[ivy]

shauni27, do you think he would do better with checks?

[cherryvalance]

shauni27, no advice. DS was an excellent sleeper and has started slowly scaling back his wakeup times AND waking up screaming twice during the night. This morning he was up at 4. I want to die.

[shauni27]

ivy, no, he usually gets MORE pissed with checks, which is why we did full CIO for proper training.

I guess I just need to keep going. He is just crying so, so hard

[shauni27]

cherryvalance, liking in solidarity, mama.

[shoeless]

No heartbeat today . Thanks all for the well wishes

[shoeless]

Jul 12, 2018 8:01:32 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

ok, help me out: S was sleep trained at 8 months. Did great. We did full CIO--put him in his crib at bedtime and did not go back in until morning. He would occasionally wake up in the night for a few minutes and cry, but since then was STTN great.

For some reason about a month ago he started waking in the night. He was a bit sick so instead of letting him CIO we would go in and cuddle him. Then immediately after that sickness, we had company for 11 days and when he woke in the night we did not want the entire house of guests to wake up as well, so again, in to cuddle back to sleep.

Well now it has been a month and he is waking up NIGHTLY screaming. We have gone a week letting him CIO. He is just screaming his little head off, so sad sounding. Some nights he will stop after an hour (!!!) and some nights he has gone from 3 am until time to wake up. I went in again last night after 30 minutes because he was just not calming down at all and he whimpers in my arms and is shaking, etc. He calms down pretty quickly but when I put him back in bed he starts crying again (even if he has fallen asleep in my arms).

What gives? How do we fix this? I hate letting him CIO right now because it really seems to be taking a toll on him :/

My DD went through a phase where she would get up MOTN and just want to party for 1-2 hrs. I finally paid for sleep help and they suggested pushing bedtime back by 30 minutes it worked like a charm and she finally went back to her typical sleeping pattern (which still wasn’t sleeping through the night but that’s another issue).

[cactuscookie]

Jul 12, 2018 11:03:39 GMT -5 shoeless said:

No heartbeat today . Thanks all for the well wishes

Oh no. I'm so very sorry.

[ivy]

Jul 12, 2018 11:03:39 GMT -5 shoeless said:

No heartbeat today . Thanks all for the well wishes

Oh, Shoeless. I'm so, so sorry.  

[icedcoffee]

I'm so sorry shoeless.

[cherryvalance]

Oh, shoeless, I am so incredibly sorry. I know how devastating that moment is. Please lean on us and take care of yourself.

[Mushe]

I am so sorry, Shoeless. 😥

[shauni27]

I am so, so sorry, shoeless.

[kellikans]

((shoeless))

[scm1011]

I'm so so sorry, shoeless

[dellabear]

I'm so sorry shoeless, hugs.

[mrsgoontz]

shoeless I am so incredibly sorry.

shauni27 and cherryvalance I'm going to park myself right next to you two. C was teething bad and woke up once or twice a night about a month ago and I caved and went in to get him back down. Now he refuses to nap at home unless someone holds him until he falls asleep. But what is getting me is some nights he sleeps 10-11+ hours no problem! Then some nights he wakes up at 4:30am screaming his head off and won't go back down. I don't know what gives.

I just realized that I committed to going on a work trip and did not realize it started on a Sunday which happens to be C's birthday. UGH. I know I can fly out later but it just makes things messier.

oneslybookworm I absolutely adored the pics of the party! I was obsessed with the crawfish cookies, I had never seen them done that way before and thought it was so creative.

[dellabear]

shauni27, when we did sleep training we would just comfort him in his crib, give back pats /rubs, and talk to him in a low voice or sing a lullaby. Sometimes I would sit next to the crib for awhile with my hand through the rails, until he fell asleep again. I found when we took him out of the crib it 'worked' in that he calmed down but putting him back in was impossible.

[oneslybookworm]

shoeless, I am so incredibly sorry. Huge hugs lady.

[oneslybookworm]

Jul 12, 2018 13:04:09 GMT -5 mrsgoontz said:

oneslybookworm I absolutely adored the pics of the party! I was obsessed with the crawfish cookies, I had never seen them done that way before and thought it was so creative.

Thank you!! It was my second time ever decorating cookies and I was terrified they’d look horrid! I’m pretty proud of them and really want to do more and possibly make them for friends on the side. I had a blast with the cookies and the party!

[pooh8402]

Oh no shoeless, I'm so sorry.