One thing that we found was that sleep creates sleep. In the early days we tried once to keep Z awake for much of the day thinking that that would make him super tired and sleep better at night. It didn't work. Once he started sleeping more during the day he slept better at night. Those first weeks are crazy. I think if it works then do it. I hope you all got some sleep last night!
Hey! We have a similar story, my boy was born at 4 lbs. 4 oz. but we only had a 1 week NICU stay. When we got home it was so crazy and we were also so happy to have him gain weight so quickly. He had a lot of trouble latching because he was so small so I ended up mostly pumping for 4 months. I switched to nursing then and over time he got so much better at it. The posters here said that he would get better/faster and they were right. If you want to keep pumping/bfing you might be able to stop pumping so often.
The way that my H and I did it over night was when he would wake up I would pump and while I did that my husband would feed him other pumped milk. It went faster for us and when the baby woke up we were both normally awake anyway. Sleep for us was rough until 3 months. It was good from 3 to 4 months, terrible from 4 to 6 months and then we sleep trained and it has been good ever since. Hopefully that continues for us and hopefully you guys can get some sleep soon!
When Z started doing that I put the newborn mittens on him to prevent the face pinching and scratching. He didn't like it but he wanted to eat more. One of my husband's ideas, actually.
I would find a place as soon as possible. I am also a person who enjoys my own space. If you think it could be 6+ months before there is a house on the market that you love and you can afford, in my opinion, that is way to long to live with the ILs.
I would think if everything else has been ruled out it might be time to sleep train. We did it at 6 months and felt so bad doing it. It was easier and quicker than we thought it would be and all 3 of us are so much happier when we get sleep. Our doctor said that it would be harder on us than on the baby and he was right. Before we sleep trained we would be up 6 or 8 times a night and it was miserable. I hope something starts working for you guys!
My bp started going up around my 36 week appointment. I was put on bed rest and had to do the 24h urine collection. That was tested and they called with the results and I was told to get to the hospital and I would be induced. I went and had my baby 2 days later at 37 weeks. He was quite small, but there were placenta issues as well. Everything turned out wonderfully.
I didn't have early indications I would have pre-e. My bp was almost always low. Once it started though I was retaining a lot more water and you could see it in my face and hands.
The thing that my OB told me that has still stuck with me was "is the baby going to do better on the inside or on the outside? If the answer is the outside then we take the baby."
Zucchini freezes well, but if you plan on keeping in in the freezer for a while, I would blanch it first. Aside from grating, I also like to dice it up and freeze it on a cookie sheet, and then put the chunks in a bag for stir fries and stuff.
Yeah, this is what we did last year. It worked well.
I grew up with 4 brothers, with a 10 year spread between the oldest and the youngest. We went on lots of vacations. We did a lot of camping (tent) but stayed in hotels as well occasionally. When in a hotel we would normally get only one room and the kids would sleep on the floor on an air mattress or a couch. When we did get 2 hotel rooms we asked for ajoining rooms and just split up that way - 4 beds for 7 people = 2 people per bed and the only daughter (me) gets her own bed.
We never went on a family cruise so I can't answer that one.
We had a van that would seat 7 and we drove to all of our destinations except for one. Our one family plane trip was one of our bigger vacations and when we were all older, so yeah, more expensive. Those family vacation drives when we were all crammed into a minivan with all of our camping stuff and everything were awesome and full of so many great memories for my brothers and I!
We introduced the Wubanub at 6 months when we sleep trained. It was at the suggestion of a friend. I laughed it off, but my kid loves the thing, and as a bonus sleeps great! It is my new go to gift for baby showers. We leave it in the crib and I think it gives him something to look forward to or enjoy about getting in his crib and something to play with when he wakes up.
Yeah, this happened to us around 6.5 months. We called the doctor when he reached 4 days without going. They told us it was normal and not to worry unless it got to be 10 days without going. I believe the problem resolved itself on day 6. Now at 8 months he is a once a day kind of kid.