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Post by littlelion on Jun 26, 2017 8:33:39 GMT -6
Morning! What's going on with your babies this week?
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Post by littlelion on Jun 26, 2017 8:41:17 GMT -6
I bought a bottle warmer this weekend. Alex took the formula bottles much easier. It's just not easy to take that around as I went out to parties, brunch, etc. I'll see how he does today at DC with formula. If he's good, the new goal for DC is to increase # oz. He's currently taking 3 4 oz bottles. I'd like to get that up to 6 oz. And introduce a 3rd solids meal at home soon too. Hoping all this helps him stay asleep thru the night. I'm getting super tired of all the wake ups. Last night I gave him a 4 oz bottle at 12 am. I thought for sure that would get me at least 4 hrs of sleep. Nope. He woke up like clockwork at 2 am.
It's going to be a nice, sunny next few days. I'm going to enjoy some walks during lunch time.
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Post by moutonrouge on Jun 26, 2017 8:59:44 GMT -6
I think I'm jumping to put DD down for her naps too soon. She will fuss a bit and I'll think okay nap time, but then it takes an hour to get her to sleep. Need to work on that. The fussing is likely just boredom and anger at tummy time.
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Post by Nymeria on Jun 26, 2017 10:07:37 GMT -6
Had another midnight wake up last night. Starting to wonder if it's a growth spurt since he's been waking up between 10pm-midnight every night for a week+ now and when I gave in and nursed him last night he actually ate, not just comfort nursing. Hopefully I can get him to eat more before he goes to bed and see if that helps any.
I'm going to a baseball game tomorrow night and won't be home until 1-2am probably, so we'll see how he does for MH when he's all bottles before bed. This will be the latest I've been out since DS was born. I see lots of afternoon coffee in my future tomorrow.
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Post by littlelion on Jun 26, 2017 10:15:58 GMT -6
Had another midnight wake up last night. Starting to wonder if it's a growth spurt since he's been waking up between 10pm-midnight every night for a week+ now and when I gave in and nursed him last night he actually ate, not just comfort nursing. Hopefully I can get him to eat more before he goes to bed and see if that helps any. I'm going to a baseball game tomorrow night and won't be home until 1-2am probably, so we'll see how he does for MH when he's all bottles before bed. This will be the latest I've been out since DS was born. I see lots of afternoon coffee in my future tomorrow. You are one brave momma. I'd prob call off the next day. And take my kids to DC still.
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Post by Nymeria on Jun 26, 2017 10:50:42 GMT -6
Had another midnight wake up last night. Starting to wonder if it's a growth spurt since he's been waking up between 10pm-midnight every night for a week+ now and when I gave in and nursed him last night he actually ate, not just comfort nursing. Hopefully I can get him to eat more before he goes to bed and see if that helps any. I'm going to a baseball game tomorrow night and won't be home until 1-2am probably, so we'll see how he does for MH when he's all bottles before bed. This will be the latest I've been out since DS was born. I see lots of afternoon coffee in my future tomorrow. You are one brave momma. I'd prob call off the next day. And take my kids to DC still. Wednesday is a WFH day for me at least. I have another game in July. It's an 8pm Sox-Yankees game which always seem to go an hour+ longer than most other games. That also happens to be the same night as the Game of Thrones season premiere. I already took that Monday off and may still bring DS to my MIL house so I can watch in peace, lol.
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Post by ellabee on Jun 26, 2017 11:08:18 GMT -6
You are one brave momma. I'd prob call off the next day. And take my kids to DC still. Wednesday is a WFH day for me at least. I have another game in July. It's an 8pm Sox-Yankees game which always seem to go an hour+ longer than most other games. That also happens to be the same night as the Game of Thrones season premiere. I already took that Monday off and may still bring DS to my MIL house so I can watch in peace, lol. Oooh jealous of your Sox/Yanks game. I haven't been to one of those in ages. I fully support pawning off the kid on family to watch GoT lol.
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Post by Nymeria on Jun 26, 2017 11:12:03 GMT -6
Wednesday is a WFH day for me at least. I have another game in July. It's an 8pm Sox-Yankees game which always seem to go an hour+ longer than most other games. That also happens to be the same night as the Game of Thrones season premiere. I already took that Monday off and may still bring DS to my MIL house so I can watch in peace, lol. Oooh jealous of your Sox/Yanks game. I haven't been to one of those in ages. I fully support pawning off the kid on family to watch GoT lol. We usually get to one a year. My parents buy my brother and I a Sox Pak for Christmas so my parents, brother, and I go to a few games a year together. We always buy a pack with a Sox/Yanks game. My MIL is always disappointed when something takes away one of her days with DS so I figure why not still bring him over?
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Post by ellabee on Jun 26, 2017 11:28:28 GMT -6
My MIL is always disappointed when something takes away one of her days with DS so I figure why not still bring him over? Win-win!
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Post by moutonrouge on Jun 26, 2017 15:29:41 GMT -6
How have other people gotten away from nursing or rocking to sleep?
I'm concerned that when I go back to work DH is just going to be stuck driving and walking her around because I haven't laid a good foundation.
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Post by piratecat on Jun 26, 2017 19:26:08 GMT -6
We had a really good night last night, being able to put J down after each feeding without too much trouble and him sleeping through until the next feeding all but once. I'm hoping that it wasn't a fluke and that we are making good progress.
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Post by gimmesugar on Jun 26, 2017 20:11:56 GMT -6
How have other people gotten away from nursing or rocking to sleep? I'm concerned that when I go back to work DH is just going to be stuck driving and walking her around because I haven't laid a good foundation. Hi, my apologies if I should officially intro. I'm jumping in from May 17 BMB. My DS is 7 weeks old, and I'm trying to incorporate the "drowsy but awake" approach. Dr. Harvey Karp from Happiest Baby on the Block suggests doing what you usually do and then waking the baby slightly as you put her down to sleep...like just rubbing her cheek or something so that she'll go back to sleep a few seconds later. That will help break up the nursing or rocking sleep association. She'll remember just falling asleep laying in her crib. She might surprise you and not need as much help to sleep. Right now, I'm just not as careful when I transition from nursing/rocking to bassinet. Sometimes he'll drowsily open his eyes as I lay him down, and 95% of the time, it's NBD. I also try to send MH in to soothe him if we're certain he's not hungry so that way he doesn't always expect mommy for sleep. DH rarely picks him up to soothe. He has really helped me not be so quick to jump in, and DS has surprisingly self-soothed quite a bit and put himself to sleep. If he's wailing, obviously we pick him up to figure out what's going on. Hope that helps! ETA: We're not doing any "sleep training" or CIO. We just give him some extra time to fuss to see if he works through it. We don't want to wake him up completely if he's just going to drift off to sleep again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by cmb on Jun 27, 2017 6:01:43 GMT -6
How have other people gotten away from nursing or rocking to sleep? I'm concerned that when I go back to work DH is just going to be stuck driving and walking her around because I haven't laid a good foundation. Can you have your H give her a bottle at bedtime and start the bedtime routine? We rocked to sleep past a year. If I wasn't home or able, DH did it. It wasn't until he was past a year that DS1 got picky on who would put him to bed We eliminated bottles on his first birthday so that eliminated the bottle portion. I incorporated a book, usually a long Dr Seuss, and if he was still awake, he went down drowsy. He eventually stopped falling asleep during the stories. For DS2, depending on when he's ready for bed, DH either starts it or takes over when DS1 requests to go to bed, and I finish up bedtime once DS1 is down
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Post by littlelion on Jun 27, 2017 8:13:13 GMT -6
How have other people gotten away from nursing or rocking to sleep? I'm concerned that when I go back to work DH is just going to be stuck driving and walking her around because I haven't laid a good foundation. Not yet. He'll either fall asleep nursing or DH rocks him. With my 1st I rocked him right up to about 12 mo. I'd like to try sleep training but trying to finish the transition to formula first...
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Post by littlelion on Jun 27, 2017 8:19:36 GMT -6
We had an ok night. Did not attempt a formula bottle MOTN. He cries too hard and wakes everyone else up. Tonight I'm going to try adding a 3rd solid meal in the evening. Hope that helps him sleep better. But I'm happy to say that his dry spot on his face is improving. He's had it for 3 wks almost. I tried Aveeno & Vaseline with not much improvement. This week I started rubbing in some hydro cortisone. Hope it goes away completely.
It's half day for me. Hanging out with my sister doing some shopping.
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Post by moutonrouge on Jun 27, 2017 8:51:37 GMT -6
gimmesugar hi! Somehow I got it in my head that I needed to do more to break the connection. Like I needed to discourage drowsiness from nursing by nursing with the lights on, then going to put her down for a nap. But I didn't understand how to get her drowsy without nursing or rocking. She's 3.5 months and when she's tired she's just crabbier and crabbier. cmb we're still dealing with bottle rejection. So DH can't take over. That'll come to a head in two weeks when I go back to work, but not clear if the outcome will be her taking the bottle or just reverse cycling. I do put her down drowsy but awake. I just thought I was supposed to get there without nursing first. But maybe I misunderstood the point of it all.
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Post by gimmesugar on Jun 27, 2017 12:39:37 GMT -6
moutonrouge I think the idea would be to slowly move the feeding earlier in the nightly bedtime routine and further away from actual sleep time. So, instead of bath, book, boob, bed, it might eventually become boob, bath, book, bed. I really like this blog: www.preciouslittlesleep.com/3-6-month-baby-sleep-survival-guide/It has a lot of great tips and advice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by lildiamondeyes on Jun 27, 2017 13:11:30 GMT -6
How have other people gotten away from nursing or rocking to sleep? I'm concerned that when I go back to work DH is just going to be stuck driving and walking her around because I haven't laid a good foundation. I have found with all three kids that they act completely different for daddy. I nursed/rocked to sleep while daddy can be on the computer holding them and they will pass it. Daddies do it differently.
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Post by lildiamondeyes on Jun 27, 2017 13:17:15 GMT -6
I got 2 blocks of 2.5 hours of sound sleep and Fitbit says I had 7.5 hours of sleep last night. Not sure if I believe Fitbit. I have finally figured out how to diaper so that he doesn't have a leak and apparently that helps.
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Post by gimmesugar on Jun 27, 2017 15:26:35 GMT -6
How have other people gotten away from nursing or rocking to sleep? I'm concerned that when I go back to work DH is just going to be stuck driving and walking her around because I haven't laid a good foundation. I have found with all three kids that they act completely different for daddy. I nursed/rocked to sleep while daddy can be on the computer holding them and they will pass it. Daddies do it differently. +1 to Dads having special soothing powers. DS gives in much more quickly when MH puts him down for a nap. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by gimmesugar on Jun 27, 2017 15:33:46 GMT -6
lildiamondeyes Teach me your non-leaky ways! We went through 3 outfit changes last night...though the 3rd one was for spit up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by lildiamondeyes on Jun 27, 2017 16:10:44 GMT -6
lildiamondeyes Teach me your non-leaky ways! We went through 3 outfit changes last night...though the 3rd one was for spit up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Dh had to show me the ways! I didn't have the flaps out nor did I have it tight enough. We previously went through 3-4 a night. Never had this issue with the girls. Boys are so different.
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Post by moutonrouge on Jun 27, 2017 16:34:10 GMT -6
I buy the overnight diapers, but they start at size 3. Before that we sized up overnight. But only once she was sleeping longer stretches, since before she was up to feed every 3 hours anyway. I honestly think it helped extend her sleep, but that's hard to prove.
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Post by gimmesugar on Jun 27, 2017 16:43:29 GMT -6
moutonrouge Yeah, most of the time, he poops at least once MOTN and needs a new diaper anyway. But, if I try to not change him if it's only pee, then we have potential leak issues by the time the 4AM feeding comes around. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by cmb on Jun 27, 2017 18:16:34 GMT -6
moutonrouge Yeah, most of the time, he poops at least once MOTN and needs a new diaper anyway. But, if I try to not change him if it's only pee, then we have potential leak issues by the time the 4AM feeding comes around. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Size up for overnight. We use size 2s during the day when using disposables but overnight size 3s in an overnight diaper. DS1 is in 5s during the day, 6s overnight when we use them (it's sparingly- the boxes of disposables we have for DS1 I bought 13 months ago and they're only half empty..)
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Post by gimmesugar on Jun 27, 2017 18:40:08 GMT -6
cmb Thanks! I was thinking about doing that recently. He still tends to poop quite a bit, so I haven't decided if it's worth it since he usually has at least one change. I think we had just one or two nights where we tried to go through, and it just ended up in an early morning outfit change. There are no issues with gaps that cause leaks? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by lildiamondeyes on Jun 28, 2017 6:30:05 GMT -6
Why on days we have stuff to do in the morning the baby sleeps in? Dentist appt is shortly. I suppose I can get everyone else ready and then go wake up G and Dh. Yup, Dh decided he would sleep in as well. Damn Zumba has me all sorts of energized.
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Post by cmb on Jun 28, 2017 9:11:59 GMT -6
cmb Thanks! I was thinking about doing that recently. He still tends to poop quite a bit, so I haven't decided if it's worth it since he usually has at least one change. I think we had just one or two nights where we tried to go through, and it just ended up in an early morning outfit change. There are no issues with gaps that cause leaks? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Nope, you just have to make sure it's pulled tight, penis (for a boy) is pointed down, and the wing thingies are pulled out
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Post by littlelion on Jun 28, 2017 11:45:20 GMT -6
How have other people gotten away from nursing or rocking to sleep? I'm concerned that when I go back to work DH is just going to be stuck driving and walking her around because I haven't laid a good foundation. I have found with all three kids that they act completely different for daddy. I nursed/rocked to sleep while daddy can be on the computer holding them and they will pass it. Daddies do it differently. Yes to this! Plus baby acts differently with other people. If he's tired and cranky and I'm holding him, he wants to nurse even though he already ate and will thrash around in my arms. My DH or sister will hold him just fine until he knocks out.
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Post by piratecat on Jun 29, 2017 7:16:05 GMT -6
Almost 5 weeks in and I'm still a mess when H goes to work. Yesterday, I managed to make myself oatmeal for breakfast but by the time I was getting it out of the microwave the baby was fussing and hungry so I had to feed him again. Oatmeal that's been sitting around for half hour is fucking disgusting. I still ate half of it anyway because I was starving and trying to increase my supply.
Same thing happened with lunch but thankfully my husband came home early.
Today H made me breakfast and brought it to me in bed before he left for work. And he's only gone for and hour and a half. Sigh.
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