Thursday Thread for Sleepless Zombies

[aprilz81]

Fully swaddled Faith last night hoping to get better sleep.  Not so much.  Ended up with her in bed with us at 4:00.  How was everyone else's night?

[yellow711]

Apr 19, 2018 7:38:36 GMT -6 aprilz81 said:

Fully swaddled Faith last night hoping to get better sleep.  Not so much.  Ended up with her in bed with us at 4:00.  How was everyone else's night?

In bed at 830p, up at 2a and again at 615a

[ajetter]

We did ok. Asleep by 9, up at 4 and 7. But for some reason I just can’t today. Every little thing is driving me insane. My coping mechanism is to generally turn to chocolate, but I’m trying to break that habit so I can start losing some weight. Hoping for good naps and a magical laundry fairy. 😜

[aprilz81]

ajetter I'm with you on the every little thing driving you insane only mine is work related not baby related. A coworker is out of the office this week and I'm her back up (she is always my back up too when I'm out) and her clients are driving me insane. They are super needy and impatient. Lack of sleep is also making me have no chill with anyone.

I'm also a little antsy about spending the weekend at the ILs. I'm sure I will over pack the baby gear but we need safe places to put her. They have a PnP, we are bringing the RnP for overnights, her playmat and I'm tempted to take the swing but I know that is overkill. I'm worried I'm going to forget something important, but we can buy something if I forget it.

I don't want her to be cranky and miserable all weekend and I'm worried being that far out of familiar surroundings will make for a bad visit. MIL understands we won't be dragging her all over creation for a show and tell with all of her friends so that is nice. Her best friend is coming for dinner Saturday night and then we will go to church on Sunday. So hopefully that will help keep her happy and close to whatever semblance of a routine we have going.

[yellow711]

I am eating a poptart. I need to stop eating all of this crap.

[sarahh]

Last night was okay - not as good as the night before but I knew that was a fluke. Up at 12, 2:30, 5:30 then 7 for the day.

I'm ready for the weekend. I need to get some work done but here I am looking at new home floor plans.

[yellow711]

My dad is bringing over lunch today. I am looking forward to a meal I don't have to make and to see my dad.

[cake]

Apr 19, 2018 7:53:05 GMT -6 yellow711 said:

Apr 19, 2018 7:38:36 GMT -6 aprilz81 said:

Fully swaddled Faith last night hoping to get better sleep.  Not so much.  Ended up with her in bed with us at 4:00.  How was everyone else's night?

In bed at 830p, up at 2a and again at 615a

Almost the exact same here, but fell asleep closer to 9:30.  The night before he slept 7 hours, why cant that be consistent?!

[flippinchica]

Last night was pretty good. Fell asleep at 7:30 in the swing and I tried a dream feed at 9:30 when I went to bed. No dice. He work at 10:30 and 4 to eat and then slept till 7 though.
I'm technically off work today but still took them to daycare. I'm getting a pedicure now but have lots to do at home.
Clean out my car and vacuum
Laundry
Dishes
Return a pair of shoes that don't fit to Amazon
Do some work remotely
I'm am on call this weekend though.

[tiffrobot]

Last night was ok. I still bedshare though so I kind of just flop around when she wakes up to eat and I don’t think she does that a lot anymore until early morning stirring starts. Don’t worry, it’s almost 4 month regression time 😜

DS is at preschool this morning, and has a later speech time today.

I *think* my Grandma and Dad are coming over for lunch today? I say think because I guess my dad was on their roof trying to clear something the other day when it was snowing really wet and heavy and took a ride down the ladder. But I say it so causally because he drove himself to the hospital and was sent home fine and has been talking to me like normal since, just some big bumps and bruises. Sheesh.

It’s spring here guys! After today nothing but double digit celcius/50s60sf here even whoop! Yesterday I sat out on our patio breastfeeding while the big kids played and dug through the snow and explored the grass looking for toys that slowly disappear all winter in the snow lol! It felt SO good! It’s how I got through the newborn stages with the other two, just sitting outside, so over 3 months in, it’s crazy to think I’m already passed that point and she’s starting to want to watch and “play” a little too, which is going to make summer really fun!

[flippinchica]

Apr 19, 2018 9:17:22 GMT -6 cake said:

Apr 19, 2018 7:53:05 GMT -6 yellow711 said:

In bed at 830p, up at 2a and again at 615a

Almost the exact same here, but fell asleep closer to 9:30.  The night before he slept 7 hours, why cant that be consistent?!

I know right. I have had a few nights like that but never consistently
It is almost just a tease.

[Deleted]

I fed him at 10 and he slept until 4 and was up at 7 for the day. While I love the sleep at night, he can't figure out naps now and is constantly overtired and miserable.

[maddisonrose]

Night was good, down at 8 up st 430 to eat then back to bed until 7 when the big got up.

I think I’m nearing the end of my rope over here too. I’ve had approx 1 hour of solo time in the past 2 weeks and it’s taking its toll.

Also my big is extremely sensitive apparently and potty training is going horribly. He doesn’t want to get rid of his diaper 😭😭😭 I FINALLY got him to even sit on the potty (for a mini chocolate) and I just can’t decide if I should push harder or let him be. He’s totally ready he just won’t give up the diaper and go in the toilet. What do I do??? I need all the advice lol the stress of it all is making me turn to chocolate and booze and that is no bueno for the pant size

[jessijean]

Well we were going to put him in his crib last night but he fell asleep with DH downstairs soooo I told him to get out the RnP when they came upstairs. He woke at 5 as usual and fell asleep in bed with me waiting for his bottle. Transferred him to the RnP and had to wake him for daycare.

I think we are taking DS1 to a preschool open house tonight. Eek! They said kids are welcome so I think MIL is joining so we can take DS2.

[jessijean]

maddisonrose I'm stressing about potty training too. He will go pee at daycare but almost cries if I tell him it's potty time at home. How old is your big?

I feel just ridiculous because I teach child development type classes as a job and I'm dragging my feet on this even though I know it's time. My excuse was DS2 being born... well, he's here.

Do you use a potty chair or a potty seat for the regular toilet?

[maddisonrose]

Apr 19, 2018 10:25:09 GMT -6 jessijean said:

maddisonrose I'm stressing about potty training too. He will go pee at daycare but almost cries if I tell him it's potty time at home. How old is your big?

I feel just ridiculous because I teach child development type classes as a job and I'm dragging my feet on this even though I know it's time. My excuse was DS2 being born... well, he's here.

Do you use a potty chair or a potty seat for the regular toilet?

Mine just turned 3 a few weeks ago. He used to cry when I mentioned it also so on one hand I’m do glad he’s finally sitting on it but on the other I know it’s time to just get it done. We bought him a potty chair and seats for the regular one. I’m considering doing the naked method this weekend but don’t want to cause a regression of what little progress we have made

[jessijean]

maddisonrose Sounds like we are in the same boat. DS1 will be 3 in July but daycare is really pushing it hard now so I feel I have to. The naked method scares me!

[flippinchica]

Not much potty training success over here but I haven't pushed it. I feel like that just turns into a battle you can't win or control. DH is working it will keep him from moving to the 3 year old room in the fall but hopefully that will be motivation for him if he gets left behind.

[flippinchica]

Apr 19, 2018 10:33:47 GMT -6 jessijean said:

maddisonrose Sounds like we are in the same boat. DS1 will be 3 in July but daycare is really pushing it hard now so I feel I have to. The naked method scares me!

Mine will be 3 in August and he will sit on it ok sometimes to stall at bedtime) but rarely goes in it. Definitely not of his own accord.

[sarahh]

We also need to get moving on potty training here. I had the excuse first of DD1 then we had the childcare issues so now that they are almost through week one at the new daycare, I need to get serious. I think she is going on the potty at school so I need to push it more at home. She has been in pull ups for a year now because she was taking off her diaper but when do I put her in training underwear? When she is consistently going at home I guess?

[marygracerich]

G will be 3 in a couple of weeks. She sits on the potty every night before bed and occasionally during the day. She has peed on the potty once in awhile. I am team don’t push it. I don’t want to traumatize her by forcing it. She don’t be in diapers forever. I would for her to train now but I’m not going to get crazy about it.

[yellow711]

My 4.5 year old potty trained pretty well. We did a variation of the 3-day potty method and had pretty good success.

[yellow711]

Total eye roll at my husband - he scheduled his vasectomy and was "complaining" about what they are going to be doing. Dude. I am not going to give you much sympathy when I have had two babies.
The first baby was over 24 hours of labor and a vaginal delivery.
The second baby was over 32 hours of labor and then an unplanned c-section.
Yeah... not much sympathy from me.

[stephne]

E will be 3 next month and he trained relatively easy. However the past couple of weeks he has had probably 5 accidents. The other morning I told him- WE CANNOT have any more accidents. He said, its ok- they happen.

I think the best thing that worked for us was lots and lots of crazy praise when he did go on the potty and treats. So many treats!

[mrsp84]

DD1 was awful to potty train. It was by far the hardest part of parenting thus far. I have a VERY independent, do what I want, I hear you but I won’t listen to you, 4.5 year old. We tried a few times before it finally stuck. The first time I set a timer every 20 min and would put her on the potty every time the timer went off. We were confined to our house for an entire weekend so I made sure we had zero plans, which is hard in the summer. She seemed to do ok and then I noticed she was waiting until nap time/bedtime to pee because we’d put on a pull up during those times. 🙄 Then, she would regress at school. So we decided it wasn’t time.

The second time, I went to the $ store and bought a bunch of cheap things and wrapped them up. We did the sticker chart. 1 sticker for pee, 2 for poop. Once she filled an entire line, she got a present. Then, she decided she didn’t want presents and again would go in her pull-up at nap/bed time. 🙄

Finally, the last time we did the chart and one day I was like fuck it, no more pull ups. So she kept undies on during nap time. No accidents and since then she’s been potty trained.

Moral of the story: do full underwear from the beginning, especially if you notice they wait until they have a diaper on to do the majority of the pee/poop. Every kid is different, but so many moms I know that didn’t do underwear full time, took them longer.

[mrsp84]

I’m working from home again today. I went to Costco earlier while my house was getting cleaned. I love when I come home to a clean house by myself so I can enjoy it before my 4.5 year old ransacks the place 😂

DD2 has been sleeping so much since she got her shots yesterday morning. I don’t remember DD1 being this sleepy. She has only had 9oz to drink today and normally she’d have 20 by now. She’s not warm and when she’s awake she’s generally happy. Don’t wake a sleeping baby, right? No need to worry?

[sunfrogger]

E PT'd at 26 months so right before I went out on leave to have O.

We had been trying over the weekend with the naked from the bottom down method from when she turned 2. We have a potty seat in our main living area and would rush her there. She got the concept but couldn't figure out how to tell when she needed to potty. No stress. We would just praise highly when she would go on the potty and give her like an M&M or something. We did it again in Dec-  no dice. Finally at the end of January she seemed to get it. It just clicked. She had been being asked at school (where she started in early Dec). It was her last week in school before I pulled her because of leave. We also have a potty book - I think I linked it here before. she LOVES story time so we started reading to her every time she went on the potty and she slowly began to figure it out.

I took her shopping for "cute" undies as SOON as we figured this was probably the real deal (so end Jan). Read- cheap. We bought Minnie, Frozen, Princess ones, and it was all about "please don't make your princesses sad today!" kind of talk. She was never in training underwear during the day. At night she stayed in pull-ups until we were ready to tackle night training. It seemed like day training actually worked for night time, too. Most days she woke up totally dry in her pull up. Once we were home with DD2, my H was home for about 3 weeks and we decided while there were 2 of us to try night training, and if that didn't work we'd try again in a few months when he was on leave again. At night is when we put trainer underwear on, just in case she leaks a little when waking up to go pee. She's only had a handful of night time accidents and was trained overnight about 5 weeks ago. 

As far as undies - buy the cheap ones that you can throw if they poop in them - yuck. Thankfully we only had a couple poop accidents, that was gross. She poops like a grown lady. Once they are actually PT'd I really like the Carters undies, they don't feel scratchy at all. As far as overnight, we use the Gerbers trainers and Hanna Anderssen trainers (I got them on Zulily). I really like the HA ones, they seem to have a lot of padding for the occasional overnight leak-type accident if she just catches herself upon waking up.

[Deleted]

DS1 was day trained by 2.5. We just followed his lead. Our pediatrician recommended not forcing anything and it would come more naturally. He didn’t nap train/night train until 4. He just said he wanted to sleep without a diaper (he was peeing too much for a pull-up). He has an occasional accident at night still when he gets really cold or exhausted.

[kyzo]

I have zero advice on potty training. DD showed readiness at 18 months but couldn't get the hang of it. One month after her 3rd birthday it just clicked. One day we just stopped pull ups. A month later we went to Disney and only had one accident but it's rare since then.

[flippinchica]

I just opened a box of baby clothes and found the Merlin suit that DS1 had. Lol