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Post by nevertoomanyshoes on Jul 29, 2018 16:07:47 GMT -6
Good lord toddlers man!
Any tips for getting the toddler to leave you alone when you’re trying to get the baby down for a nap? Mine likes to growl/yell/whine when I ask him to go to the lounge (I always say so mummy can come play with you when baby is in bed). So frustrating!!!!!!!!!
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Post by clementine on Jul 29, 2018 18:01:16 GMT -6
I just went to visit my friend and her new baby. Same hospital and same pp room as me. It was a little surreal walking in there! All the feels, man. It’s only been 5 months but it’s crazy to think L was that small once. I feel like I’ve forgotten already!
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Post by leatherpants on Jul 29, 2018 18:05:41 GMT -6
Man I would have another baby tomorrow if I was 10 years younger and richer. I’m assuming it’s hormones though because the 4yr old is being very defiant and the baby now does this banshee scream.
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Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jul 29, 2018 18:09:46 GMT -6
nevertoomanyshoes I’m currently nursing the baby to sleep and my H had to work late so I threw dinner and the iPad at my 3yo and told her to come get me if she needs me. I’m sure she’s on a YouTube spiral I’ll have to get her to surface from once I put the baby in the crib😳 team #dowhatworks
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Post by cornpop on Jul 29, 2018 18:10:40 GMT -6
I am in denial that our babies are old enough to be thinking about trying again. My flammable, I'm just not accepting N is no longer a newborn.
I had a crappy Sunday because of dramas with the ILs. I want a Sunday do over.
Do you HAVE to stop swaddling if your baby has rolled back to front two times? I'm not ready
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Post by auri on Jul 29, 2018 18:12:58 GMT -6
sunshinedaisies Have a great time in Hawaii! We knew we definitely wanted two, but I wasn’t sure if I wanted a third. About halfway through my pregnancy with my horrible morning sickness I decided that two was plenty. I didn’t want to risk having another rough pregnancy again. We have almost a 5 year age gap between DD and DS. We originally wanted a smaller gap...but DD was such a handful, I thought it was better to wait. I’m really enjoying the bigger gap though. She’s old enough to be semi self sufficient when J needs attention and she loves to help. Plus she’s starting school in a few weeks, so once J gets mobile I don’t have to chase after them both at the same time.
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Post by leatherpants on Jul 29, 2018 18:17:01 GMT -6
Man I would have another baby tomorrow if I was 10 years younger and richer. I’m assuming it’s hormones though because the 4yr old is being very defiant and the baby now does this banshee scream.
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Post by dizzycooks on Jul 29, 2018 19:12:30 GMT -6
Add me to the list of “if I was younger, money was no option” I’d keep having babies. We decided 4 was our limit and dh got shipped. I’m glad we decided before we had him, bc I’d have baby fever for sure. I know this is best. 3 and 4 are 27 months apart, our biggest gap, and I’m glad our others are all close - 25 mo, 22 mo, 27mo apart. I’m tired though. We are embracing a new chapter. But my BABY cannot be ready to roll, think about eating or to sleep in his own room. Nope. We had my nieces over for dinner spontaneously tonight and it was fun. Everyone was social?? Lots of past drama so this was way unexpected. Now I’m exhausted and had one too many margaritas...
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Post by dizzycooks on Jul 29, 2018 19:13:01 GMT -6
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Post by stardust84 on Jul 29, 2018 20:14:37 GMT -6
I am in denial that our babies are old enough to be thinking about trying again. My flammable, I'm just not accepting N is no longer a newborn. I had a crappy Sunday because of dramas with the ILs. I want a Sunday do over. Do you HAVE to stop swaddling if your baby has rolled back to front two times? I'm not ready We have started swaddling with one arm out. So far so good. Unfortunately as I am writing this we are having our first bedtime meltdown for no apparent reason. Neither DH or I can settle L.
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Post by alwayscheese on Jul 29, 2018 21:19:11 GMT -6
I am in denial that our babies are old enough to be thinking about trying again. My flammable, I'm just not accepting N is no longer a newborn. I had a crappy Sunday because of dramas with the ILs. I want a Sunday do over. Do you HAVE to stop swaddling if your baby has rolled back to front two times? I'm not ready We have started swaddling with one arm out. So far so good. Unfortunately as I am writing this we are having our first bedtime meltdown for no apparent reason. Neither DH or I can settle L. Our babies are apparently in sync. We also had the first bedtime melt down. Tenting though so....
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Post by nevertoomanyshoes on Jul 29, 2018 21:59:38 GMT -6
This morning I bribed him with a cookie. Then for afternoon nap I put Peter rabbit on the tv. Food and Netflix are my only strategies so far 😬
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Post by snowmoon on Jul 30, 2018 7:13:40 GMT -6
I'm still on the fence about a third. My heart says yes but my head says no.
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Post by calendula on Jul 30, 2018 7:52:18 GMT -6
Due to IF we are done. I suppose we could do IVF again (we have coverage for additional cycles) but I'm happy to see that chapter of my life closed, closed closed. Miscarriages and failed cycles and meds and doc appointments were part of our lives for so long, its definitely changed us. I still feel triggered when I see pregnant women, tbh, even after having L successfully. Its weird. We are fully in the healing stage from that, and there's no going back. We have a lot of work still to do, I think. If we hadn't suffered so badly from IF, and had a closer age gap between kids, I think we would be talking about a third. Raising our kids has been the most joyful, affirming thing we have ever done together.
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Post by yianna on Jul 30, 2018 8:00:19 GMT -6
If I was younger and could be guaranteed a baby just like this one, I would be all in.
But also money.
So nope.
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Post by cornpop on Jul 30, 2018 8:09:43 GMT -6
Well this AM, I put N back to bed and re-swaddled her because she had gotten out. When I went back up to get her an hour later, she has one arm out and she's on her belly. I guess the time to stop swaddling is now. Womp. Womp.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Jul 30, 2018 8:26:03 GMT -6
If I was younger and could be guaranteed a baby just like this one, I would be all in. But also money. So nope. Haha same! DD2 is such an easy baby that I don’t want to tempt fate. I’ve been able to really really enjoy this stage so much so I like to think we’re going out on top 😂
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Post by leatherpants on Jul 30, 2018 10:33:48 GMT -6
Well this AM, I put N back to bed and re-swaddled her because she had gotten out. When I went back up to get her an hour later, she has one arm out and she's on her belly. I guess the time to stop swaddling is now. Womp. Womp. Good luck. I was so worried but it ended up being ok. Largely bc of the zipadee zip I think. At any rate, good luck!
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Post by calendula on Jul 30, 2018 11:08:45 GMT -6
Well this AM, I put N back to bed and re-swaddled her because she had gotten out. When I went back up to get her an hour later, she has one arm out and she's on her belly. I guess the time to stop swaddling is now. Womp. Womp. Good luck. I was so worried but it ended up being ok. Largely bc of the zipadee zip I think. At any rate, good luck! Good luck cornpop! We also thought it would be awful but once we got the zipadee zip she started STTN again.
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Post by nevertoomanyshoes on Jul 30, 2018 11:39:31 GMT -6
calendula I hear you, not the same as we didn’t need treatment to have our babies but I had three losses, one before DS1 and two before DS2. I don’t know if I can do that again and I have an irrational fear that if we go for a third the pattern would continue and I’d have three losses before a successful pregnancy.
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Post by woodenshoes on Jul 30, 2018 11:39:56 GMT -6
I would love to have a third but money, infertility and my age is likely going to keep us from having another. Between DS1 and DS2 we had multiple losses, and now the only way we can have another biological child is through IVF. Adoption or foster is a possible option, but we are likely moving in the next few months and it is a house that is the perfect size for our current family.
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Post by stardust84 on Jul 30, 2018 13:59:04 GMT -6
We have started swaddling with one arm out. So far so good. Unfortunately as I am writing this we are having our first bedtime meltdown for no apparent reason. Neither DH or I can settle L. Our babies are apparently in sync. We also had the first bedtime melt down. Tenting though so.... He was just exhausted and wanted to sleep. Once he finally fell asleep he was out for over 7 hours (good for us).
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Post by ArielMermaid on Jul 30, 2018 15:02:48 GMT -6
Am I the only one who would rather have a tooth pulled than have a third? 😂
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Post by stardust84 on Jul 30, 2018 19:27:11 GMT -6
Am I the only one who would rather have a tooth pulled than have a third? 😂 No, DS1 confirms every night that I don't want another 3 year old regardless of a little part of me wanting to try for a girl
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Post by cornpop on Jul 31, 2018 7:43:44 GMT -6
Am I the only one who would rather have a tooth pulled than have a third? 😂 I would rather have EVERY TOOTH pulled. Like, I'd maybe be okay with actually having a third child in our lives, but in no way do I want to be pregnant and go through labor and go through trying to lose the baby weight a third time. But if a baby just appears on our doorstop, okay.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Jul 31, 2018 8:22:50 GMT -6
Am I the only one who would rather have a tooth pulled than have a third? 😂 I would rather have EVERY TOOTH pulled. Like, I'd maybe be okay with actually having a third child in our lives, but in no way do I want to be pregnant and go through labor and go through trying to lose the baby weight a third time. But if a baby just appears on our doorstop, okay. I could have a two year old delivered to me and be ok. I’m so much better at kids who can talk and feed themselves.
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Post by snowmoon on Jul 31, 2018 20:43:21 GMT -6
Am I the only one who would rather have a tooth pulled than have a third? 😂 I would rather have EVERY TOOTH pulled. Like, I'd maybe be okay with actually having a third child in our lives, but in no way do I want to be pregnant and go through labor and go through trying to lose the baby weight a third time. But if a baby just appears on our doorstop, okay. Ok, I feel the opposite. It's bizarre. I would have a million more pregnancies to go through labour and postpartum and the newborn phase. Then I could pass them along to you.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Aug 1, 2018 4:53:18 GMT -6
I would rather have EVERY TOOTH pulled. Like, I'd maybe be okay with actually having a third child in our lives, but in no way do I want to be pregnant and go through labor and go through trying to lose the baby weight a third time. But if a baby just appears on our doorstop, okay. Ok, I feel the opposite. It's bizarre. I would have a million more pregnancies to go through labour and postpartum and the newborn phase. Then I could pass them along to you. +1. I’m already dreading that 11-15 month stafenwhere they have the attention span of a goldfish nd want to do everything themselves and have crappy communication skills. A sleepy baby that can nap anywhere and doesn’t need real food or toys? Gimme.
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