What are you doing NYE?

[king26]

Let's hear it@

[king26]

DH and I planned apps and champagne starting at 5 and bed when j goes. He had to make a delivery 2 hours away . He left at 9 am. He just called to say he went the wrong way on the highway and won't be home until 7 so pretty much j and I are celebrating alone and I'm irritated. Plus dh has the ingredients for appetizers so looks like we won't be having those tonight.

[thinkchocolate05]

Awwww king26 that sucks. Make him bring you something awesome like a delicious milkshake or something yummy to share when he comes home.

If it makes you feel any better, I have appetizers but no one wants to hang out with us because we have pinkeye, lol.

Once I put baby h down, I'm going to make that recipe where you pour toffee over saltine crackers and then spread a layer of chocolate over it. It's so unhealthy but so yummy.

[cali]

I'm sorry king26, I'd be so annoyed!
thinkchocolate05, ugh, sorry about the pink eye but those toffee crackers sound delicious.

[cali]

We're going to a friend's house. It will just be us, the couple whose house it is and one other couple. We're all really good friends. They live about 45 mins away so we're staying overnight. It should be fun but packing to stay overnight with M was a big nightmare! I'm glad we're staying over though cuz I definitely don't want to be on the roads tonight.
Happy New Year everyone!

[addymac]

king26 oh no! That sucks I’m sorry.

We.... are starting night one of sleep training and feberizing him. I am leaving to go get pizza and cry in the car. I feel like I failed him as a mother by instituting poor sleeping habits and now my poor baby has to suffer and cry bc I sucked at teaching him how to sleep. 😔

[king26]

Dec 31, 2017 19:32:21 GMT -6 addymac said:

king26 oh no! That sucks I’m sorry.

We.... are starting night one of sleep training and feberizing him. I am leaving to go get pizza and cry in the car. I feel like I failed him as a mother by instituting poor sleeping habits and now my poor baby has to suffer and cry bc I sucked at teaching him how to sleep. 😔

Hang in thete. I think all of us have instituted some poor sleeping habits. It's what we do when we can't get baby to sleep. I think we are going to have to sleep.train too and I'm dreading it.

[happyfeet9]

DH worked today and will work tomorrow so my sister and BIL are hanging out here. I made some appetizers, baked ziti and salad, and some desserts. We are going to sip some champagne and watch the ball drop. The twins will be asleep but I can't guarantee DS1 will be (he's our crappy sleeper here). It's been a loooong time since we've had an adult evening so I'm letting it slide and rewarding myself.

[happyfeet9]

addymac please don't feel like you failed as a mom. Some kids are just much harder to sleep train than others. I had the same routine with DS1 that I have with the twins. The twins sleep like champions and DS1 just started settling into better sleep routine over the past few months (he's 3). We tried every different training method with him, to the point that our pediatrician said that she had nothing else to say or recommend.

I hope you find something that works for you; I know how exhausting it can be.

[jt2378]

We went to my inlaws for dinner and just got home. I hope M will go down soon but was up like every hour last night so sleep has been so shitty. I likely won’t see midnight or at least intentionally 😂

addymac, big hugs, you are so far from a failure. It’s nearly impossible to teach a newborn to sleep and some just take much longer than others with many ups and downs along the way. I’m heading in the same direction, GL and let us know how it goes. I’m dreading it too 💕

[pennylane]

We watched a movie once DS was in bed, and now I’m having a cider in bed while watching TV. Exciting stuff! And... the baby just woke up.

[happyfeet9]

Happy New Year from the Big Apple! Cheers to 2018 everyone

[muscari]

Will read and update later today but wanted to wish everyone a happy New Year from 2018!! May it be a fantastic year!

It is 6.50am here, NYE messed up little D s sleeping ahhhhh she did let me sleep 4h and now is having her morning boob. I hope she goes back to sleep after cause 2018 hasnt seen enough sleep yet 😉😴 MH has to go to work in an hour poor guy!

[king26]

Happy New year! DH got hhome, we had our apps and champagne, bed at 930. J woke up at 1230 already and DH and I both have upset stomachs from eating crap late lol. I hope 201i is a wonderful year for everyone

[bsouls]

I watched the Bills make the play offs, while H and T watched cartoons in the basement. Then H and I watched TV until like 10pm then went to bed.

My phone blew up between 12-1am with Happy New Years texts, which woke me up and pissed me off. I put my phone on vibrate, but it still woke me. I think it woke R up to and then she was up multiple times throughout the night.

R was wide awake at like 3:30am and making these high pitched sounds. H decided to get her and I was like, “I was trying to let her figure it out herself.” He ended up putting her back within five minutes because she was still talking and she was drooling on him. Then her happy sounds turned angry - so, it was 30 minutes of angry noises until she fell asleep.

[jt2378]

How did last night go with N addymac? 💕

[Deleted]

Happy new year ladies and babies!

We had an early dinner at a sushi place and I was in bed by 8:30. A barely slept while I was at my mother in laws this weekend, so there was no way I could’ve stayed awake longer.

MH grabbed A around 7am and I slept in a little longer. He brought me coffee spiked with baileys so I call that a good start to 2018!

[addymac]

Jan 1, 2018 10:24:25 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

How did last night go with N addymac? 💕

👎🏼 Cried for over two hours with us checking on him every ten min and I was sobbing on the couch and Ben finally called it quits. I ran in to hold him and he fell asleep within two minutes of my snuggling him.

But he wakes up all the fucking time. Like. It’s pretty easy to get him to fall asleep but he doesn’t stay asleep. Our usual bedtime routine isn’t bad- he falls asleep easily and will sleep in his rnp for a good first stretch. So then we decided to try the gradual cuddled wean and didn’t hold him all night except to feed, and just laid him in our bed. He woke up a lot but I kept feeds to every three hours instead of ad lib and he did ok.

I told Ben I thought we were trying to do too many changes at once- sleep in the pnp, fall asleep on his own, sleep laying down on his back, stretch out feeds- kid can only handle so much! So we agreed to keep him in our bed and work on sleeing flat and stretching out feeds this week.

He also just took the longest nap he’s taken since he was like 2 months old- 2.5hours! So I think we will try the gradual laying in bed approach and stretching out feeds. He eats so much at night I need to change his diaper at least twice, it’s not fair to just take them all away. So I’m setting a rigid q3-4 feedings schedule during the day and hoping he’ll start eating more during the day and that will also help lessen feeds at night.

I’m so worried for going back to work tomorrow night

[Deleted]

So sorry, addymac. Sleep training is such a hard thing to do, especially with terrible sleepers like ours. At least you tried. And I know you’ll keep trying things until something works.

[jt2378]

Jan 1, 2018 12:14:49 GMT -6 addymac said:

Jan 1, 2018 10:24:25 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

How did last night go with N addymac? 💕

👎🏼 Cried for over two hours with us checking on him every ten min and I was sobbing on the couch and Ben finally called it quits. I ran in to hold him and he fell asleep within two minutes of my snuggling him.

But he wakes up all the fucking time. Like. It’s pretty easy to get him to fall asleep but he doesn’t stay asleep. Our usual bedtime routine isn’t bad- he falls asleep easily and will sleep in his rnp for a good first stretch. So then we decided to try the gradual cuddled wean and didn’t hold him all night except to feed, and just laid him in our bed. He woke up a lot but I kept feeds to every three hours instead of ad lib and he did ok.

I told Ben I thought we were trying to do too many changes at once- sleep in the pnp, fall asleep on his own, sleep laying down on his back, stretch out feeds- kid can only handle so much! So we agreed to keep him in our bed and work on sleeing flat and stretching out feeds this week.

He also just took the longest nap he’s taken since he was like 2 months old- 2.5hours! So I think we will try the gradual laying in bed approach and stretching out feeds. He eats so much at night I need to change his diaper at least twice, it’s not fair to just take them all away. So I’m setting a rigid q3-4 feedings schedule during the day and hoping he’ll start eating more during the day and that will also help lessen feeds at night.

I’m so worried for going back to work tomorrow night

Big hugs lady, 2 hours is rough. I know others will disagree but I think some kids would just cry and cry and never give up. My first seemed this way and M seems similar so I don’t know about the CIO approach for us either. They say to be successful you have to stay consistent but fuck crying for 2 hours every night.

I think you have great points about all of it being too much at once and I think your gradual approach will hopefully be easier on all of you.

Sleep has always been the hardest shit to figure out for me with babies!

[pennylane]

Well I think L has arrived at the 4 month sleep craziness. She has only taken a few 20 minute naps the past couple days and is cranky all day bc of it. Boo. I’ve been up since 2am today thanks to both kids combined night wakings. I cannot wait for it to be bedtime.

Oops meant to post this in the randoms.

[jt2378]

Jan 2, 2018 16:23:51 GMT -6 pennylane said:

Well I think L has arrived at the 4 month sleep craziness. She has only taken a few 20 minute naps the past couple days and is cranky all day bc of it. Boo. I’ve been up since 2am today thanks to both kids combined night wakings. I cannot wait for it to be bedtime.

Oops meant to post this in the randoms.

T&ps, sorry you’ve joined this party 😬