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Post by snuff9861 on Jan 3, 2019 11:37:09 GMT -6
grumpycat that teacher should not be around small children. She sounds like a twat. Not much going on here. I’m off today so I took the kids tobogganing (sans DD2 as she was sleeping). Laundry and boring stuff today and then I work a night shift tomorrow and Saturday. I cannot wait for Monday when everyone is back at work/school and I can have my routine back.
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Post by quinn on Jan 3, 2019 12:21:04 GMT -6
I should say twat more. Such an under-used yet spectacular word
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Post by pootsen on Jan 3, 2019 12:49:23 GMT -6
Good morning! It’s a good thing C never sleeps past 6, I forgot to set my alarm this morning. He reminded me that it was time to wake up! He’s super crabby again today. I think he’s still mad at me for trying to consolidate his naps. Luckily I went to work and he is with Nana and Papa today who usually snuggle him for his naps 🙄
I’m sorry for all the sleep deprivation! Lots of coffee for you all ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️
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Post by rooskie on Jan 3, 2019 13:15:53 GMT -6
Good morning! It’s a good thing C never sleeps past 6, I forgot to set my alarm this morning. He reminded me that it was time to wake up! He’s super crabby again today. I think he’s still mad at me for trying to consolidate his naps. Luckily I went to work and he is with Nana and Papa today who usually snuggle him for his naps 🙄 I’m sorry for all the sleep deprivation! Lots of coffee for you all ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️ I didn’t even set an alarm until I moved offices in November. My worst case scenario was H’s went off at 7. 🤷♀️
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Post by grumpycat on Jan 3, 2019 13:26:35 GMT -6
grumpycat, maybe the teacher is as sleep deprived as cnf and sarahandben108, haha. Just kidding 😊 sorry you guys are so sleep deprived. Some how in trying to get DD off the middle of the night nursing we've made her dependent on both of us in the night 🤦 now she wants me for milk and DH to cuddle her to sleep and to be up for 1.5-2 hours in the night. Sigh. Thankfully I'm still off this week and she's sleeping in until 730/8. She is like ... Really old. So no little ones waking her up in the middle of the night lol.
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Post by roloma on Jan 3, 2019 15:33:23 GMT -6
Praise be...N slept the whole night without so much as a peep. He even slept through my shower, which he rarely ever does. I, of course, had crazy dreams and woke at 3am to pee anyway. Sigh. I know better than to get my hopes up but boy, that was nice.
I had to call the ENT's office today to ask some questions about his tubes surgery. No one was there to talk to so I had to leave a message. I am irrationally angry about it. They sent me paperwork with a surgery date on it but we are supposed to be coordinating with the eye surgeon and I am not sure that was done. In fact, I am pretty sure it wasn't by the time the stuff was sent to me. I really want to know if we are going to be able to get them both done at the same time, or if we'll have to wait on the eye. Come on people, get it together!
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Post by thatgolfb on Jan 3, 2019 16:48:11 GMT -6
Ds1 had a bad day at school. I've pretty much come to decision that we are pulling him out from their daycare. Something is contributing to the behavior and while he is no angel at home, it's not nearly as bad at home. This sucks but I cannot handle the stress over it and clearly whatever they have "tried" isn't working. I'm over it and ready to just get my kid back on track. Today his teacher told him that if he acted this way in kindergarten, that he would get suspended. First of all, he has a year and a half until he starts kindergarten. Second of all, suspension isn't something that most small kids understand. He's not an easy kid but the teacher is very clearly unwilling to switch up her teaching "style" to work with him. I mean... the fact that she said this to him, who is most likely too young to understand, is troublesome to me. Something tells me that it is good that you pulled him out. But I'm sorry that you had to do that; child care is so tough, and I know it must be frustrating to have to do that.
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Post by thatgolfb on Jan 3, 2019 16:50:10 GMT -6
Thanks for all the nap anecdotes! I tried to keep C up this morning but he threw a fit at Target because he was so tired. Then he fell asleep on the ten minute drive home but woke up when I tried to transfer him. He took a 1.5 hr nap this afternoon and was crabby all day. So idk. So you have the boy version of the prototype, and I have the girl version. But really this is my kid. She was so incredibly cranky after her later nap yesterday. She was also hungry and ate everything in sight and cried when there wasn't food directly in front of her once we got home from day care. Growth spurt? Teething? Just being a baddler? Baddler is the term my F14 BMB came up with to describe when they are babies, not quite toddlers, and it is super accurate for DD2 right now.
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Post by thatgolfb on Jan 3, 2019 16:52:28 GMT -6
I should say twat more. Such an under-used yet spectacular word It always makes me think of Stanley Tucci in Easy A.
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Post by thatgolfb on Jan 3, 2019 16:54:03 GMT -6
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Post by thatgolfb on Jan 3, 2019 16:54:29 GMT -6
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Post by blabbermouth on Jan 3, 2019 18:23:15 GMT -6
grumpycat, maybe the teacher is as sleep deprived as cnf and sarahandben108, haha. Just kidding 😊 sorry you guys are so sleep deprived. Some how in trying to get DD off the middle of the night nursing we've made her dependent on both of us in the night 🤦 now she wants me for milk and DH to cuddle her to sleep and to be up for 1.5-2 hours in the night. Sigh. Thankfully I'm still off this week and she's sleeping in until 730/8. She is like ... Really old. So no little ones waking her up in the middle of the night lol. Time to retire ya old bag! 😡
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Post by grumpycat on Jan 3, 2019 20:40:55 GMT -6
Ds1 told me that he had a great day today. He has not described his day as great in I don't even know how many months. I yelled at him a bunch and he spent time in time out. He told dh all about our adventures when he got home too. Guys, I haven't seen my kid this happy ... In awhile. My heart hurts and I'm so glad we made this decision. He voluntarily told me that he loves me, you name it. He told me that he loves ds1 very much. Seriously, screw that horrible teacher. She really should be fired.
... He did ask me to put one of the cats in the oven in his toy kitchen, so ya know. Not all sweet stuff. But still.
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Post by quinn on Jan 3, 2019 21:05:56 GMT -6
Ds1 told me that he had a great day today. He has not described his day as great in I don't even know how many months. I yelled at him a bunch and he spent time in time out. He told dh all about our adventures when he got home too. Guys, I haven't seen my kid this happy ... In awhile. My heart hurts and I'm so glad we made this decision. He voluntarily told me that he loves me, you name it. He told me that he loves ds1 very much. Seriously, screw that horrible teacher. She really should be fired. ... He did ask me to put one of the cats in the oven in his toy kitchen, so ya know. Not all sweet stuff. But still. oh that makes me happy. I'm glad you made that choice 🤗
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Post by clucky on Jan 3, 2019 21:06:56 GMT -6
Ds1 had a bad day at school. I've pretty much come to decision that we are pulling him out from their daycare. Something is contributing to the behavior and while he is no angel at home, it's not nearly as bad at home. This sucks but I cannot handle the stress over it and clearly whatever they have "tried" isn't working. I'm over it and ready to just get my kid back on track. Today his teacher told him that if he acted this way in kindergarten, that he would get suspended. First of all, he has a year and a half until he starts kindergarten. Second of all, suspension isn't something that most small kids understand. He's not an easy kid but the teacher is very clearly unwilling to switch up her teaching "style" to work with him. Oh no no ma’am (teacher). Maybe small children shouldn’t be part of her career focus. Sorry you are all being put through that. ETa: I see this has been covered. Obligatory TWAT
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Post by clucky on Jan 3, 2019 21:15:29 GMT -6
A sprouted 2 new teeth overnight. No wonder he has been extra clingy lately. His poor booty though. If I haven’t mentioned it before, I hate teething poops more than anything ever.
DS3 has been flipping his head like a long-haired surfer lately. He refused to get his hair cut and we are all about picking our battles, plus he has curls when it is long (like H). It is so cute when he flips it. I melt.
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Post by cakewench on Jan 4, 2019 7:37:03 GMT -6
We really gotta buckle down on getting N on sippy cups and not bottles. Every time I read articles on transitioning, they all say I should have done this by now so I feel super guilty. We were going to start him on whole milk this weekend (was going to be last weekend but sick baby had other plans), and I should probably start gradually reducing his morning bottle so that I just give him some milk and a snack in the AM before daycare. Might be why he always refuses lunch there, too - between his morning bottle, breakfast, another bottle, and a mid-morning snack, he's too damn full already. I don't know why nutrition has been my "I don't know wtf I am doing" hill lately, but this was a lot easier when it was just breastmilk.
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Post by sarahandben108 on Jan 4, 2019 8:43:30 GMT -6
We really gotta buckle down on getting N on sippy cups and not bottles. Every time I read articles on transitioning, they all say I should have done this by now so I feel super guilty. We were going to start him on whole milk this weekend (was going to be last weekend but sick baby had other plans), and I should probably start gradually reducing his morning bottle so that I just give him some milk and a snack in the AM before daycare. Might be why he always refuses lunch there, too - between his morning bottle, breakfast, another bottle, and a mid-morning snack, he's too damn full already. I don't know why nutrition has been my "I don't know wtf I am doing" hill lately, but this was a lot easier when it was just breastmilk. If it makes you feel better, E still has two bottles a day. Once first thing in the morning and once before bed. He does do sippy cups during the day but it took him a little while to figure it out. We do the bottles because we are trying to get as much into him as quickly as possible. If that makes sense. I was totally prepared to get rid of all the bottles before I realized it just wasn't going to happen for E. Even when I breastfed N we did bottles at daycare after his first birthday until he was completely ready for "meals". As for the nutrition, I am way more clueless this time around. I feel like I had a much better handle of N eating healthy and offering so many choices. E isn't as easy to please, he doesn't like as many things N did and frankly would rather eat what we are having. That resulted in us being way more laid back this time around. Like at 1 year, N would never have goldfish. E sees N eating goldfish and he wants them too. And we give him some. It will all work out. Definitely Introduce the milk. He should be getting some of the nutrients from it. And then start upping your solids. He won't really be ready to dump the bottles until he can get full on his solids.
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Post by cakewench on Jan 4, 2019 8:51:50 GMT -6
We really gotta buckle down on getting N on sippy cups and not bottles. Every time I read articles on transitioning, they all say I should have done this by now so I feel super guilty. We were going to start him on whole milk this weekend (was going to be last weekend but sick baby had other plans), and I should probably start gradually reducing his morning bottle so that I just give him some milk and a snack in the AM before daycare. Might be why he always refuses lunch there, too - between his morning bottle, breakfast, another bottle, and a mid-morning snack, he's too damn full already. I don't know why nutrition has been my "I don't know wtf I am doing" hill lately, but this was a lot easier when it was just breastmilk. If it makes you feel better, E still has two bottles a day. Once first thing in the morning and once before bed. He does do sippy cups during the day but it took him a little while to figure it out. We do the bottles because we are trying to get as much into him as quickly as possible. If that makes sense. I was totally prepared to get rid of all the bottles before I realized it just wasn't going to happen for E. Even when I breastfed N we did bottles at daycare after his first birthday until he was completely ready for "meals". As for the nutrition, I am way more clueless this time around. I feel like I had a much better handle of N eating healthy and offering so many choices. E isn't as easy to please, he doesn't like as many things N did and frankly would rather eat what we are having. That resulted in us being way more laid back this time around. Like at 1 year, N would never have goldfish. E sees N eating goldfish and he wants them too. And we give him some. It will all work out. Definitely Introduce the milk. He should be getting some of the nutrients from it. And then start upping your solids. He won't really be ready to dump the bottles until he can get full on his solids. N is still entirely on bottles unless we are trying the sippy cup (which again, we tried a bunch last weekend and he understands the concept and drinks from it but since he was sick, he just wasn't interested in anything). I feel like constantly refusing lunch is a hurdle we need to get over, and once we get past that we should be OK. He does seem to want his bottles less frequently though, so we are getting there. I hope lol.
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Post by snuff9861 on Jan 4, 2019 9:10:30 GMT -6
We really gotta buckle down on getting N on sippy cups and not bottles. Every time I read articles on transitioning, they all say I should have done this by now so I feel super guilty. We were going to start him on whole milk this weekend (was going to be last weekend but sick baby had other plans), and I should probably start gradually reducing his morning bottle so that I just give him some milk and a snack in the AM before daycare. Might be why he always refuses lunch there, too - between his morning bottle, breakfast, another bottle, and a mid-morning snack, he's too damn full already. I don't know why nutrition has been my "I don't know wtf I am doing" hill lately, but this was a lot easier when it was just breastmilk. DS was off bottles the day of his first birthday. He liked milk, ate like a champ and had a ton of teeth to chew food. DD1 still got a morning and bedtime bottle until she was almost 18 months. She had 3 teeth until 15m, didn’t really like solids or milk. Also we had a newborn to deal with. DD2 still gets a bedtime bottle. She still only has 2 teeth and while she love solids we found she was still super hungry at bedtime. We switched her to a toddler formula (milk based so we know for sure it’s not a milk issue). She is just starting to like milk so in the next couple of months we’ll wean her off the formula and switch to milk and work on dropping the last bottle.
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Post by sarahandben108 on Jan 4, 2019 9:11:46 GMT -6
If it makes you feel better, E still has two bottles a day. Once first thing in the morning and once before bed. He does do sippy cups during the day but it took him a little while to figure it out. We do the bottles because we are trying to get as much into him as quickly as possible. If that makes sense. I was totally prepared to get rid of all the bottles before I realized it just wasn't going to happen for E. Even when I breastfed N we did bottles at daycare after his first birthday until he was completely ready for "meals". As for the nutrition, I am way more clueless this time around. I feel like I had a much better handle of N eating healthy and offering so many choices. E isn't as easy to please, he doesn't like as many things N did and frankly would rather eat what we are having. That resulted in us being way more laid back this time around. Like at 1 year, N would never have goldfish. E sees N eating goldfish and he wants them too. And we give him some. It will all work out. Definitely Introduce the milk. He should be getting some of the nutrients from it. And then start upping your solids. He won't really be ready to dump the bottles until he can get full on his solids. N is still entirely on bottles unless we are trying the sippy cup (which again, we tried a bunch last weekend and he understands the concept and drinks from it but since he was sick, he just wasn't interested in anything). I feel like constantly refusing lunch is a hurdle we need to get over, and once we get past that we should be OK. He does seem to want his bottles less frequently though, so we are getting there. I hope lol. <iframe width="22.839999999999918" height="9.319999999999993" style="position: absolute; width: 22.839999999999918px; height: 9.319999999999993px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_677063" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.839999999999918" height="9.319999999999993" style="position: absolute; width: 22.84px; height: 9.32px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1083px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_81038985" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.839999999999918" height="9.319999999999993" style="position: absolute; width: 22.84px; height: 9.32px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 401px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_33161051" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="22.839999999999918" height="9.319999999999993" style="position: absolute; width: 22.84px; height: 9.32px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1083px; top: 401px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_14861306" scrolling="no"></iframe> As I said, it took E a while to catch on the to the sippy cup. Just keep offering it. If you are too quick to offer the bottle he's going to keep rejecting the cup. With E we gradually decreased the bottles we offered. We did one bottle less a day and replaced one with a snack and the cup. My problem with E is that he's a carbs man. He loves his crackers, cereal, toast, teething biscuits, etc. He hates cheese and some veggies are a real stretch to get in him.
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Post by cakewench on Jan 4, 2019 9:19:26 GMT -6
sarahandben108 - N hates cheese too! That's part of the problem, a lot of the lunches at DC involve cheese, and he won't eat it (and yet he inhales Goldfish crackers so... *shruggy guy*). I don't know how he's my kid Thanks, guys - it's good to know he's not as behind as I thought. We'll keep at it.
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Post by sarahandben108 on Jan 4, 2019 9:21:51 GMT -6
Oh my god cakewench. I'm like, HOW IS HE MY CHILD AND HATES CHEESE????!!!?
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Post by cakewench on Jan 4, 2019 9:30:49 GMT -6
Oh my god cakewench . I'm like, HOW IS HE MY CHILD AND HATES CHEESE????!!!? He also doesn't seem to care for mashed potatoes. Clearly, I have a pod person.
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Post by jules1614 on Jan 4, 2019 9:47:53 GMT -6
Ds2 can use a sippy, straw and miracle cup but he likes to spit it all out of his mouth- soy milk or water. I'm keeping an eye on his hydration status because we've dropped the bottles but he still nurses morning, night and motn- he'll figure it out eventually. We see the nutritionist next week so if I get any gems I'll let you all know!
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Post by sarahandben108 on Jan 4, 2019 10:01:34 GMT -6
Oh my god cakewench . I'm like, HOW IS HE MY CHILD AND HATES CHEESE????!!!? He also doesn't seem to care for mashed potatoes. Clearly, I have a pod person. SAME. Until I put some gravy on them and then I was all, there's my boy....lol. That's right, I fed my one-year-old gravy! Come at me
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Post by pootsen on Jan 4, 2019 10:15:42 GMT -6
Thanks for all the nap anecdotes! I tried to keep C up this morning but he threw a fit at Target because he was so tired. Then he fell asleep on the ten minute drive home but woke up when I tried to transfer him. He took a 1.5 hr nap this afternoon and was crabby all day. So idk. So you have the boy version of the prototype, and I have the girl version. But really this is my kid. She was so incredibly cranky after her later nap yesterday. She was also hungry and ate everything in sight and cried when there wasn't food directly in front of her once we got home from day care. Growth spurt? Teething? Just being a baddler? Baddler is the term my F14 BMB came up with to describe when they are babies, not quite toddlers, and it is super accurate for DD2 right now. Lol at “baddler” love it!
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Post by pootsen on Jan 4, 2019 10:18:59 GMT -6
We need to make the switch to sippies but every one I’ve tried so far is leaky! I have a couple more I want to try but I’m sick of cleaning up milk so I just throw him a bottle. I’m so glad your ds1 had a good day grumpycat. He sounds like such a sweet little feller!
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Post by grumpycat on Jan 4, 2019 10:27:08 GMT -6
Thank you pootsen! I really do think he's a sweet kid. Just got a crappy teacher who isn't willing to see that. He has his last day of school today. The main teacher isn't there on Friday so I was ok sending him. He still isn't feeling great but dh was able to convince him to go. 🤷 Ds2 takes the toss n go sippy cups but he never took a bottle so that's probably not helpful. He drinks water or cow's milk with meals and nurses in the morning/before nap/mid afternoon usually/before bed, plus one motn wake up. He does eat full meals and snacks too. chunky babies are gonna chunk 😉
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Post by roloma on Jan 4, 2019 14:14:11 GMT -6
I got a call from the eye surgeon's office and we are all set to do both the eye surgery and ear tubes on the 28th! I really thought it was a long shot that we would be able to get them scheduled together, let alone so soon. I'm nervous about my baby going under but it will be such a relief to have everything taken care of.
Also, N has STTN the past two nights. Please let this be a turned corner and not a fluke.
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