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Post by jt2378 on Sept 24, 2018 5:03:58 GMT -6
Hey all, does no one have any random thoughts lately? Board has been quiet!
I should be getting ready for work but I’m cuddled under a blanket sipping coffee because it’s a chilly morning and I’m beat 💤💤. Weekend flew right by.
What’s up with you all?
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Post by pennylane on Sept 24, 2018 5:08:05 GMT -6
Oops, looks like we both had the same thought at the same time!
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Post by pennylane on Sept 24, 2018 5:21:47 GMT -6
I’m listening to the sounds of Monday morning whining from DS, while I wake up with my coffee.
We are supposed to close on our new house in a month so we are busy with all that goes into moving/home buying. And I’m doing a Couch to 5k program with a local moms running group, so that’s 3 mornings every week.
L has become so much more a toddler in the past week or so- if she sees you do something she totally copies it. Which is not always great when she has big brother to learn from! She thinks it’s hilarious to chase after us with “tickle hands”. I’ve been encouraging them to do laps around the downstairs trying to tickle each other.
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Post by muscari on Sept 24, 2018 9:00:27 GMT -6
I love that you two started a randoms at the same time!
I am having a netflix and couch day today. Havent been sleeping longer then 1h stretches for a week now and am beat. D is even taken her naps on me while netflixing.. so cosy, esp now that one of the cats has joined us as well.
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Post by pennylane on Sept 24, 2018 11:28:05 GMT -6
I love that you two started a randoms at the same time! I am having a netflix and couch day today. Havent been sleeping longer then 1h stretches for a week now and am beat. D is even taken her naps on me while netflixing.. so cosy, esp now that one of the cats has joined us as well. Those are the BEST kind of days. Enjoy some relaxation!
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Post by bsouls on Sept 24, 2018 11:49:46 GMT -6
R is trying to take steps and can take a couple at a time now. She won’t leave the kitchen cabinets alone. It’s so annoying.
MIL watched the girls yesterday from 12-3. We fed R before we left. She asked T if she was going to eat and I said, “she doesn’t eat this early.” We come home at 3pm and T was cuddly her blanket being real whiny. I was like, “did you eat?” MIL was like “you didn’t tell me to feed her!” ........... We thought T would say when she was hungry, but she doesn’t know her well enough to sense a shift in her personally to ask if she was hungry.
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Sept 24, 2018 14:28:45 GMT -6
muscari How have you not gotten more than 1 hr stretches of sleep!?! You poor thing. That sounds awful. Hope you can get some rest. Both boys have colds. Ds1 had a fever and slept through the night, and it freaked me out!! I had to check to make sure he was okay. Baby H has turned bath time into tsunami time. His splashing is ridiculous. I get soaked, but I'm laughing so hard I can't tell him to stop effectively.
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Post by muscari on Sept 24, 2018 14:58:15 GMT -6
muscari How have you not gotten more than 1 hr stretches of sleep!?! You poor thing. That sounds awful. Hope you can get some rest. D has been a beast during the nights for the past two weeks, thanks to teething (she got no less then 4 molars coming through at once), a bad headcold and being totally stuffed up, she's also been feverish on and off and now I think she also has a starting earinfection again. Poor thing, I hate seeing her feel so unwell. Two of her molars are through so I hope we're heading towards better times again! Thankfully I've been able to cancel some of my appointments and just generally tried to take it easy-ish during the day.. cause mama is starting to feel the lack of sleep heh.
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Post by king26 on Sept 24, 2018 17:19:57 GMT -6
I'm running on empty lately. Between work, J, family, and life I'm struggling to keep up right now.
A few things...is anyone still giving bottles s few times a day? We give morning, before bed, and motn. He gets a cup during the day. I want to get rid of all bottles but it's not working.
Also, how do u know when they drop to 1 nap? J has been fighting his second nap but once he falls asleep it's always for an hour or more. Today he flat out refused and has been a bear since 5. He refused one day last week too. Problem is he gets up at 6 and the longest he can stay up in the morning is 3.5 hours so his nap is 930 to 1130 the when he refuses he is up for 8 hours before bed. It's not good.
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Post by king26 on Sept 24, 2018 17:21:52 GMT -6
muscari I complain when j wakes up twice a night which is rare. I'm sorry u are barely sleeping. That is so rough.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2018 18:25:39 GMT -6
Sorry for the awful sleep and sick baby muscari! king26, naps are so all over the place here. I don’t know how to get on a schedule and he’s been almost only doing 1 a day. But it could be in the am or pm. And for 30 mins or 2.5 hours. 🤷🏼♀️
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Sept 25, 2018 3:00:57 GMT -6
muscari Oh man, 4 molars at once!! That's rough. Hope it gets better soon. king26 Hope things get easier soon. Baby H still gets likes five bottles a day. He's used sippies at meal times for months, so we need to transition at some point. My pediatrician said she was more worried about being off bottle by 15 months vs 12 months. I think reducing naps is just an awkward time. Baby H is still at two, but ds1 (at almost 4) is switching between 1 and 0. So, he's super grumpy if he doesn't get it, and has a super late bedtime if he does. If you move J's night time bedtime 30 minutes later would that help at all? Ds1 has been longing for a logging truck from Walmart ($15 plastic) Every time we go for months, he asks for it. I almost got it for him last time, but dh said no. I was going to save it for his bday, but then dh told him last night that he could have it today. Oh well.
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Post by bsouls on Sept 25, 2018 5:19:41 GMT -6
R’s afternoon nap has been shorter and she takes longer to fall asleep. We stick with it since she’s not moving her morning nap yet. There’s no rush to switch anything since she’s home with someone all day and we can roll with it.
No bottles here - I threw them out to not tempt us. It’s sippy cups three times a day at meals with milk. Water in a sippy cup other times.
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Post by jt2378 on Sept 25, 2018 6:42:08 GMT -6
Yeah we just kind of stopped the bottle cold turkey but she hasn’t had much of an attachment. Nursing on the other hand, I’m basically clueless on weaning this kid 🤷🏻♀️she is definitely nursing less but not weaning.
We have been at 1 nap since like 9-10 months sooooo that sucks. They have been shorter lately too ::sobs::
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Post by king26 on Sept 25, 2018 18:05:10 GMT -6
So J woke up at freaking 4am today. I managed to get him to sleep from 520 to 6 on me but then he was up. What a day.
He took a 2 hour first nap and fought his second nap but went down after 25 minutes and slept 1.5 hours so he obviously needed it. His tooth finally popped through so maybe things will get back to normal??? A mom can dream.
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Post by muscari on Sept 26, 2018 4:15:34 GMT -6
You guys! D. slept for 3h in a row the past two nights!!! I am so happy. Really feel w have turned a page and hopefully wiil have better nights again (for a bit... shots coming up in 3 weeks ugh)
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Post by king26 on Sept 26, 2018 4:42:08 GMT -6
You guys! D. slept for 3h in a row the past two nights!!! I am so happy. Really feel w have turned a page and hopefully wiil have better nights again (for a bit... shots coming up in 3 weeks ugh) I'm so glad both of you are getting some better sleep
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Post by jt2378 on Sept 26, 2018 5:10:55 GMT -6
You guys! D. slept for 3h in a row the past two nights!!! I am so happy. Really feel w have turned a page and hopefully wiil have better nights again (for a bit... shots coming up in 3 weeks ugh) I’m glad it’s a little better. Every hour is so damn rough. I hope it gets better and better! I’ve been exhausted, frustrated and cranky with 2 wakeups so I can’t even imagine how tired 😴 you must be.
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Post by bsouls on Sept 26, 2018 5:19:33 GMT -6
Sleep is so precious... not sure how we ran on so little during our early 20’s. With late nights and early morning classes/work.
Both kids are still asleep at 7:15. I don’t want to wake anyone up, but T does need to get ready for school and I need to get ready for work. Just a few more minutes of alone time...
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Post by muscari on Sept 26, 2018 8:03:17 GMT -6
Sleep is so precious... not sure how we ran on so little during our early 20’s. With late nights and early morning classes/work. I know right!!??? 🤷♀️🤷♀️
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 9:27:15 GMT -6
jt2378, I’m so lost at how to start weaning. I know he doesn’t have to nurse, since he went a full day and a half with no breast milk when I was away. But, if MH goes in to get him in the morning, he’s super cranky that it’s not me to nurse. So first thing in the morning will be hard, and he was super crabby on Sunday and wanted to nurse all day long. I’m giving it a few more months though. He’ll wean eventually.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 9:29:30 GMT -6
Naps are so hit and miss here, I’m trying to just roll with it too. Like bsouls, I’m here with him so it’s not as pressing. It can take up a lot of my day though, just to figure out when and how long. I’m actually looking forward to him going down to 1 nap. Preferably in the afternoon. Lately his longest nap is the morning.
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Post by king26 on Sept 26, 2018 19:46:12 GMT -6
R’s afternoon nap has been shorter and she takes longer to fall asleep. We stick with it since she’s not moving her morning nap yet. There’s no rush to switch anything since she’s home with someone all day and we can roll with it. No bottles here - I threw them out to not tempt us. It’s sippy cups three times a day at meals with milk. Water in a sippy cup other times. Dh is home with J all day while I work then I'm home with him so there is no rush to change here either. I'd prefer to keep him on 2 naps a month or 2 longer if I can.
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Post by addymac on Sept 28, 2018 12:35:04 GMT -6
Oh man guys. This week has been so tough at work, and N has been a beast today. I worked four in a row, so two nights I saw him for less than an hour. Sucks.
We’re down to one nap, 1-3ish. If we let him sleep longer he tends to not STTN that night so idk if it’s actually related or just a coincidence.
MIL and sFIL coming today. Leaving Sunday. Dh is so busy st work today who knows when he’ll get home 😒
N bit my face today. Not fucking cool. In public. I may have bled. I don’t know wtf to do with him. He’s been so fussy all day. He screamed for maybe an hour last night? I got home from work at 12:30am and he was up by 1:15. So tired. Idk I fell asleep while trying to have him cry it out. I’m terrible. Also He hates drinking milk out of the sippy cup with me. He won’t do it. He’ll drink the whole thing for the nanny but for me I get him to do 1-2oz before he throws the cup at me. I try to repeat everything she does and I get nothing.
Need to finish cleaning up the house before they arrive. All I want to do is nap and eat and watch greys and I get to do nothing.
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Post by king26 on Sept 28, 2018 21:47:55 GMT -6
addymac I'm sorry you are having a rough time. Biting you in public sucks, I hope you are ok. I had a student bite me in the face years ago and it sucked. I didn't know you watched greys....I do too! Hope the in lawsvisit goes well. We are so back and forth on maps. Right now it's one day 1 nap next day 2. Unfortunately when he takes 1 he goes to bed early and gets up before 5. Its killing me.
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Post by king26 on Sept 29, 2018 2:21:47 GMT -6
And J is u for the 2nd time tonight..again. I dont know what to do. 2 weeks ago he sttn 3 times now this week hes been up twice a night most nights or up once then up at 5 for the day. What is going om????
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Post by jt2378 on Sept 29, 2018 5:41:16 GMT -6
And J is u for the 2nd time tonight..again. I dont know what to do. 2 weeks ago he sttn 3 times now this week hes been up twice a night most nights or up once then up at 5 for the day. What is going om???? Omg same here, it’s been twice a night more than once a night lately. Last night she woke at 1:00, got her right back down and was up again at 2:15. Wtf!! I didn’t go in and she screamed bloody murder for like 15 mins but did go back down and slept till 7:30 though. I felt bad she was so upset though ☹️ I hope J starts doing better
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Post by jt2378 on Sept 29, 2018 5:42:01 GMT -6
I’m sorry addymac things are so tough and N bit you ugh.
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Post by king26 on Sept 29, 2018 5:53:39 GMT -6
And J is u for the 2nd time tonight..again. I dont know what to do. 2 weeks ago he sttn 3 times now this week hes been up twice a night most nights or up once then up at 5 for the day. What is going om???? Omg same here, it’s been twice a night more than once a night lately. Last night she woke at 1:00, got her right back down and was up again at 2:15. Wtf!! I didn’t go in and she screamed bloody murder for like 15 mins but did go back down and slept till 7:30 though. I felt bad she was so upset though ☹️ I hope J starts doing better I feel like our babies are always on the same night time sleep schedule lol. I hope she starts sleeping better for you!
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Post by jt2378 on Sept 29, 2018 6:18:44 GMT -6
Omg same here, it’s been twice a night more than once a night lately. Last night she woke at 1:00, got her right back down and was up again at 2:15. Wtf!! I didn’t go in and she screamed bloody murder for like 15 mins but did go back down and slept till 7:30 though. I felt bad she was so upset though ☹️ I hope J starts doing better I feel like our babies are always on the same night time sleep schedule lol. I hope she starts sleeping better for you! Right??! Me too, I hope they get the sleep memo soon. Gggrrrr
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