Thursday thoughts

[guster]

Morning, girls! Have a good day!!

[guster]

I am trying something new after the nighttime potty training thread. I have started waking Josie up at 9 to take her to the bathroom. She’ll go, but her pull is still full when she wakes up. I’ll keep trying until I see her ped for the well visit next week and see if she has any other ideas. Although she told me last time when I asked about it that pull up at 5 we’re still the norm for many kids.

[flamingo]

Morning!

DH had PT early so he brought home donuts and is taking B to school. It's currently 34 outside so I will not miss going out in that

We have the command holiday party tonight and I'm not feeling it at all; we're using a new sitter, and several of the couples we've gotten to know and really liked have recently moved on, so it'll be a bunch of new people. I need to turn my attitude around. I may try and host a dessert party or cookie exchange this month to try and get to know the incoming spouses.

[flamingo]

guster We did the late-night wake-up (usually 11ish) when B was first nighttime training, it worked well. We don't have to do it anymore, although if he has a ton to drink at night occasionally we will just to be safe.

[guster]

Nov 29, 2018 7:15:47 GMT -6 flamingo said:

guster We did the late-night wake-up (usually 11ish) when B was first nighttime training, it worked well. We don't have to do it anymore, although if he has a ton to drink at night occasionally we will just to be safe.

I’m hoping it takes effect in the next couple of weeks, but right now it feels frustrating to get her out of bed to only wake up in a still very wet pull up.

[flamingo]

Nov 29, 2018 7:19:05 GMT -6 guster said:

Nov 29, 2018 7:15:47 GMT -6 flamingo said:

guster We did the late-night wake-up (usually 11ish) when B was first nighttime training, it worked well. We don't have to do it anymore, although if he has a ton to drink at night occasionally we will just to be safe.

I’m hoping it takes effect in the next couple of weeks, but right now it feels frustrating to get her out of bed to only wake up in a still very wet pull up.

Clearly I need more coffee, I misread your initial post Do y'all cut back her fluids at night? That helped us, too. 

I hope you will see some success soon, but like you said, 5-6 is still very 'normal' from what i've always heard. 

eta: would be way more work for you, but I wonder if this is one of those things like PT where she has to "feel" getting wet to realize she's urinating, and learn to catch herself that way?  

[guster]

Thanks for the tips, flamingo. She stops drinking around five, but those are only small sips of things.
I have recently read about putting a pair of underwear inside of the pull up so it might wake her up but also contains any mess if she doesnt(such a super heavy sleeper). We may have to try that next.

[xolastunicornxo]

guster Lucas is seven and still will have an occasional accident, and so will Ryland, usually if we have a late night event and don’t keep an eye on how much liquid he’s drinking. But we still always take Lucas and Ryland to the bathroom whenever we go to bed.

[guster]

I don’t think I’m going to stress about it, but I have never tried anything for night time training so it’s worth it to me to give it a chance.
I’m sure, like all the other milestones in her life, when she’s ready it’ll just happen.

[xolastunicornxo]

Morning. I’m exhausted. C has been an awful sleeper, but last night felt like a newborn night. She was up basically every 30 minutes, and was tossing and turning, obviously super uncomfortable and restless. Around midnight I gave her some Tylenol and this morning she is a snotty clingy mess. Give me all the coffee.

[mwhip]

Happy Birthday flamingo!!!

[kim22]

Nov 29, 2018 7:59:09 GMT -6 xolastunicornxo said:

Morning. I’m exhausted. C has been an awful sleeper, but last night felt like a newborn night. She was up basically every 30 minutes, and was tossing and turning, obviously super uncomfortable and restless. Around midnight I gave her some Tylenol and this morning she is a snotty clingy mess. Give me all the coffee.

Same here again. We gave Motrin at 11 and he woke up snotty. Of course he did though since we have plans tonight. I’m probably going to triple the babysitter’s pay so she doesn’t quit.

[klong11]

Happy Birthday flamingo!

[peachsmama]

Happy birthday flamingo!!

[peachsmama]

My stomach is in knots and I'm super anxious. I'm glad my mom is coming with me today. I'm having flash backs to Ana's ultrasound and I'm about to lose it. Come on 10:45...

[slenle]

Happy birthday flamingo!!

I hope the appointment goes well peachsmama!

[slenle]

Morning. I’m off today and have a list of things to tackle. I should probably get off the couch and get started. It’s also dhs birthday and we are going downtown Minneapolis for dinner tonight with friends. I’m going to drop the kids off at my parents after lunch and get some Christmas shopping done before we go.

[cheeksmum]

I hope the appointment goes well peachsmama

Happy Birthday flamingo

[tallb]

Morning. I am getting used to the morning commute and was able to turn off Waze halfway in. It has taken us a different route every time I've driven to or from work this week, which is a bit exhausting trying to learn the best way around. I guess it's good there are options, but I miss auto pilot of how to get home. We do drive through a beautiful park along a stream for half our ride, which is quite lovely.

Mh is mad that last night was a bit of a cluster bc j wanted pizza and by the time he got there we basically had finished. I am over planning things and I wasn't pleased either - so no need for the silent treatment. Tonight we have to close up the apartment and say goodbye, hopefully it's not too sad, j gas been saying he misses living in a building and in the city💔. Sucks that it's so dark that we can't play outside at night yet and/or meet other kids.

[dapostrophe]

Good Luck today peachsmama. Glad your mom is going for support.

tallb Hang in there, big changes are hard on everyone. It will take awhile, but pretty soon this will be your new normal.

Happy Birthday flamingo! Hope you get spoiled rotten today 😁

ETA: I feel you on the new people thing. It's a lot of work.

[cagoldi]

Good luck at today’s appointment, peachsmama. Can’t wait to hear how baby is doing.

[nam2013]

Morning. I felt awful this morning and called in sick which I never do. It’s dh’s day home, so I could actually take a break. I slept for 3 hours! About to get up and take some painkillers to make the headache go away. Any of you girls have any experience with salted dough? I need to make some mini cribs for the Christmas pieces at school. Normally we make them from walnut shells, but since one of the kids in ds’ class had a severe nut allergy, they want to be on the safe side.

[nam2013]

peachsmama good luck today! Glad you have your mom there.

[xolastunicornxo]

Thinking of you peachsmama

Happy birthday flamingo!

[nam2013]

flamingo happy birthday!!!

[joelies]

Happy birthday flamingo!

Thinking of you today, peachsmama. Can't wait to hear about your visit.

[klong11]

nam2013, Cadence and I made salted dough ornaments last year. We unpacked them the other night and I was very surprised that none of them had broken. It was an easy to use dough, then after baking/drying we painted with acrylic paints and I sealed them with modpodge, which is basically just a type of glue/sealant.

[tgrimes]

Happy Birthday flamingo!

[wedding]

Happy birthday flamingo!!

Good luck this morning @peachesmama!

[tgrimes]

I have today off for doctor’s appts. It was really nice to not rush getting the kids out the door!