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Post by tbirdlove on Aug 27, 2019 20:26:28 GMT -6
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Post by tbirdlove on Aug 27, 2019 20:28:13 GMT -6
Omg. DD has been extra awful at night recently. For a few days she was waking three times before midnight, (plus her usual two+ after midnight). Last night she was up screaming and crying nearly every hour. I maybe got two total hours of sleep. It's looking like tonight is going to be the same. I have no clue what is going on with her. I thought maybe teeth so gave her Tylenol motn last night and that didn't help. Tried Motrin tonight and that's obviously not helping. She doesn't have a fever, she seems fine during the day, she took a three hour nap today so I don't think it's an ear infection that hurts her to lay down. She not in a leap, she's not just hungry. You guys seriously, the sleep deprivation is killing me. She's up a lot at night still all the time and now this is even worse.
Does anyone still co-sleep part of the night at this age??? I haven't been doing that as she's gotten more mobile because I'm nervous about her sitting up and trying to crawl around or something. Which is probably a silly worry because I can't imagine I wouldn't wake up. But I also feel like she's too old for it now, in terms of creating a bad habit and her deciding that she only wants to sleep with me... I don't want to deal with having to break that habit on top of everything else.
Uggggh 😖
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Post by brenna on Aug 27, 2019 20:46:12 GMT -6
Omg. DD has been extra awful at night recently. For a few days she was waking three times before midnight, (plus her usual two+ after midnight). Last night she was up screaming and crying nearly every hour. I maybe got two total hours of sleep. It's looking like tonight is going to be the same. I have no clue what is going on with her. I thought maybe teeth so gave her Tylenol motn last night and that didn't help. Tried Motrin tonight and that's obviously not helping. She doesn't have a fever, she seems fine during the day, she took a three hour nap today so I don't think it's an ear infection that hurts her to lay down. She not in a leap, she's not just hungry. You guys seriously, the sleep deprivation is killing me. She's up a lot at night still all the time and now this is even worse. Does anyone still co-sleep part of the night at this age??? I haven't been doing that as she's gotten more mobile because I'm nervous about her sitting up and trying to crawl around or something. Which is probably a silly worry because I can't imagine I wouldn't wake up. But I also feel like she's too old for it now, in terms of creating a bad habit and her deciding that she only wants to sleep with me... I don't want to deal with having to break that habit on top of everything else. Uggggh 😖 thankfully DD has been a pretty good sleeper but lately she's been waking up a few times in the middle of the night crying. Usually she falls back asleep after a few minutes so we just leave her. Her pediatrician said to wait 15 minutes which seems like forever but usually she settles herself before that time is up.
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Post by brenna on Aug 27, 2019 20:48:52 GMT -6
I can't figure out what to do about a birthday party. All I'm trying to do is immediate families plus a couple cousins, and I can't find a day that actually works with all the important people. Sept 14? SIL's 30th b-day party Sept 15? Dad gone & 1/3 brothers gone Sept 21 or 22? In laws gone both days (offered to reschedule their trip but I feel bad asking), Mom gone the 22, 2/3 brothers gone the 21, likely all 3 brothers could make it the 22 Sept 28? Mom gone, 1/3 brothers gone Sept 29? Dad gone, 1/3 brothers gone I wanted more time to test DS2 with baked egg so I really don't want to go earlier than the 2nd full weekend of September, but I hate the idea of pushing it off to October. I don't know WTF to do and it's stressing me out and making me feel like I shouldn't even bother. Which then makes me sad and guilty because as it is DS1 got a huge party and I'm just not up for that so I already feel bad DS2 is only getting an immediate family party which is being shared with DS1 because they're birthdays are a day apart. if it were me I'd probably do it the 15th. My dad was not super excited for dd's birthday party whereas my mom wouldn't have wanted to miss it. I guess it depends on who you think will want to be there the most since it looks like someone will end up missing it unfortunately. I'm not sure how it is in your family, but birthday parties are not super special things for us and we would just do something later on with whoever missed it if they felt like they missed out.
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Post by Nymeria on Aug 27, 2019 21:00:46 GMT -6
tbirdlove - Sorry for the shitty sleep. When DS2 wakes up, if it's before ~4am I'll cuddle in the glider and hope he falls back to sleep. If he wakes up after that time we cosleep. **knock on wood** we've had no issues with him being more active in his sleep. The only downside is once he's awake for the day I cannot get him to stay laying down so we end up having to get up and out of bed immediately.
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Post by Nymeria on Aug 27, 2019 21:07:34 GMT -6
I can't figure out what to do about a birthday party. All I'm trying to do is immediate families plus a couple cousins, and I can't find a day that actually works with all the important people. Sept 14? SIL's 30th b-day party Sept 15? Dad gone & 1/3 brothers gone Sept 21 or 22? In laws gone both days (offered to reschedule their trip but I feel bad asking), Mom gone the 22, 2/3 brothers gone the 21, likely all 3 brothers could make it the 22 Sept 28? Mom gone, 1/3 brothers gone Sept 29? Dad gone, 1/3 brothers gone I wanted more time to test DS2 with baked egg so I really don't want to go earlier than the 2nd full weekend of September, but I hate the idea of pushing it off to October. I don't know WTF to do and it's stressing me out and making me feel like I shouldn't even bother. Which then makes me sad and guilty because as it is DS1 got a huge party and I'm just not up for that so I already feel bad DS2 is only getting an immediate family party which is being shared with DS1 because they're birthdays are a day apart. if it were me I'd probably do it the 15th. My dad was not super excited for dd's birthday party whereas my mom wouldn't have wanted to miss it. I guess it depends on who you think will want to be there the most since it looks like someone will end up missing it unfortunately. I'm not sure how it is in your family, but birthday parties are not super special things for us and we would just do something later on with whoever missed it if they felt like they missed out. My dad would be extremely bummed to miss it but would understand and wouldn't give me a hard time. My mom would also be extremely bummed to miss it and likely would give me a hard time/make me feel guilty even if she didn't actually mean to. I saw my mom today and told her I was about to give up having a party. Apparently the plans on the 28th for her and 1 brother weren't actually real plans yet. I have claimed the date and unless people have made new plans EVERYONE might actually available. Not thrilled it's so late in the month but better than having to chose which of my parents got to come to the party.
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Post by tbirdlove on Aug 27, 2019 22:00:36 GMT -6
Omg. DD has been extra awful at night recently. For a few days she was waking three times before midnight, (plus her usual two+ after midnight). Last night she was up screaming and crying nearly every hour. I maybe got two total hours of sleep. It's looking like tonight is going to be the same. I have no clue what is going on with her. I thought maybe teeth so gave her Tylenol motn last night and that didn't help. Tried Motrin tonight and that's obviously not helping. She doesn't have a fever, she seems fine during the day, she took a three hour nap today so I don't think it's an ear infection that hurts her to lay down. She not in a leap, she's not just hungry. You guys seriously, the sleep deprivation is killing me. She's up a lot at night still all the time and now this is even worse. Does anyone still co-sleep part of the night at this age??? I haven't been doing that as she's gotten more mobile because I'm nervous about her sitting up and trying to crawl around or something. Which is probably a silly worry because I can't imagine I wouldn't wake up. But I also feel like she's too old for it now, in terms of creating a bad habit and her deciding that she only wants to sleep with me... I don't want to deal with having to break that habit on top of everything else. Uggggh 😖 thankfully DD has been a pretty good sleeper but lately she's been waking up a few times in the middle of the night crying. Usually she falls back asleep after a few minutes so we just leave her. Her pediatrician said to wait 15 minutes which seems like forever but usually she settles herself before that time is up. When I try to let her cry, she'll scream and cry for an hour. Who knows how long she'd continue for, I always end up going in there because I can't take any more.
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Post by tbirdlove on Aug 27, 2019 22:04:19 GMT -6
tbirdlove - Sorry for the shitty sleep. When DS2 wakes up, if it's before ~4am I'll cuddle in the glider and hope he falls back to sleep. If he wakes up after that time we cosleep. **knock on wood** we've had no issues with him being more active in his sleep. The only downside is once he's awake for the day I cannot get him to stay laying down so we end up having to get up and out of bed immediately. If tonight is as horrible as last night I'll probably co-sleep with her. No way I can deal with two nights in a row of no sleep.
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Post by Nymeria on Aug 28, 2019 8:08:27 GMT -6
tbirdlove - Sorry for the shitty sleep. When DS2 wakes up, if it's before ~4am I'll cuddle in the glider and hope he falls back to sleep. If he wakes up after that time we cosleep. **knock on wood** we've had no issues with him being more active in his sleep. The only downside is once he's awake for the day I cannot get him to stay laying down so we end up having to get up and out of bed immediately. If tonight is as horrible as last night I'll probably co-sleep with her. No way I can deal with two nights in a row of no sleep. How'd last night go?
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Post by tbirdlove on Aug 28, 2019 8:15:35 GMT -6
If tonight is as horrible as last night I'll probably co-sleep with her. No way I can deal with two nights in a row of no sleep. How'd last night go? Thankfully, it was better after midnight. She was only up twice after midnight. Thanks for following up 🙂
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Post by Nymeria on Aug 28, 2019 8:27:01 GMT -6
Thankfully, it was better after midnight. She was only up twice after midnight. Thanks for following up 🙂 I'm glad to hear there was some improvement. I hope things keep headed in that direction!
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Post by pixiepink24 on Aug 28, 2019 19:15:16 GMT -6
We still co-sleep and DS has been walking for a while now. But mind you, it's just he and I in my bed. I use a pool noodle to lift one side and my snoogle pregnancy pillow for a barrier. He will occasionally stand up but I always wake up because he fusses. And also we now have carpet in our room so I'm not AS worried if a spill happens.
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 29, 2019 7:33:00 GMT -6
tbirdlove I cosleep occasionally with C because sometimes he won't go back in the crib. There is a bed in his room that is against a wall, so I just sleep with him between me and the wall usually so I don't have to worry about him falling off. Even then, sometimes he's too wiggly and won't settle and I end up putting him back in his crib and just let him fuss himself to sleep. Last night was rough, he was warm in the MOTN and not settling back down to sleep so I gave him Motrin and he finally went back down. Might be teeth, he always seems to spike a fever the night before a tooth pops through. My newest MOTN method is once I nurse him and put him back down in the crib, if he fusses or (or like last night, babbles to himself) and doesn't go right back to sleep, I turn off the monitor and put a 15 min timer on my phone so I can go back to sleep without having to listen to him cry it out. 90% of the time, when the timer goes off he is asleep again. If he's still up after 15 min, I go back in and nurse/cuddle him some more. It's worked pretty well for me so far.
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Post by brenna on Aug 29, 2019 10:58:49 GMT -6
September baby turned August baby is one today! It's also dd1's last day at the in home daycare she's been at for two years so I'm pretty emotional today ðŸ˜
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Post by Nymeria on Aug 29, 2019 11:55:39 GMT -6
Happy Birthday to her brenna!!!
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Post by tbirdlove on Aug 29, 2019 21:02:25 GMT -6
brenna - Happy FIRST Birthday to L!!! 🎉🎂🎈 How has it been a year already 😠It seems so fast, but good heavens it feels so long too. Such a conflicting feeling!
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Post by brenna on Aug 29, 2019 21:09:46 GMT -6
I'm kind of pissed. DH didn't get home until about 15 minutes before dd2's bedtime. We hurriedly opened up her few cards and presents and then it was like well she can't even play with anything because she's so tired and it's time for bed. He didn't seem to think it was that big of deal but I'm sad she didn't really get the birthday I was expecting since everything was so rushed.
On another note, we went to build a bear today for the "pay your age" birthday bear. DD was so cute running around the store. I don't know if she even likes the bear, but it was only a dollar so 🤷
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Post by Nymeria on Aug 30, 2019 8:28:54 GMT -6
Sorry YH ruined what you had in mind for her birthday brenna. Sounds like you 2 had a great time today though!
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 30, 2019 8:38:52 GMT -6
brenna Happy Birthday, L! I can't believe our little group has a one year old already!
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 30, 2019 8:44:33 GMT -6
C has had a fever for the past 36 hours or so. It goes away with Motrin and then comes back. He was pretty rough last night when the Motrin wore off. Debating whether to wait it out (he's a little boogery and cranky on and off, but not really acting "sick") or have J take him in today. I hate seeing my little guy not feeling well.
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Post by Nymeria on Aug 30, 2019 9:15:35 GMT -6
Dramaphile - If the fever is not that high, is coming down with Motrin, and his diaper counts are still ok then I'd just wait it out. I took DS2 in for the exact same thing last week because he had all that plus started playing with his ear and it's "just" a virus with a fever. Hope he feels better soon!!
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 30, 2019 10:02:55 GMT -6
Dramaphile - If the fever is not that high, is coming down with Motrin, and his diaper counts are still ok then I'd just wait it out. I took DS2 in for the exact same thing last week because he had all that plus started playing with his ear and it's "just" a virus with a fever. Hope he feels better soon!! Yeah, last time this happened, they said it was just a virus and then the next day two new teeth broke through so who knows. He doesn't seem to be touching his ears at the moment, I'm always conscious of that because DD gets ear infections a couple times a year and always goes from totally fine to super cranky with a high fever in a short period of time.
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Post by brenna on Aug 30, 2019 15:14:35 GMT -6
I've been reading about how some moms rotate their kids toys every so often to keep them interested and have less toy clutter and I just took two huge boxes of toys and stuffed animals out to our garage and it feels so good. I doubt dd1 will even miss most of those toys (I might actually get rid of a bunch if she doesn't ask for them). I hope this helps my house from looking like a toy store exploded all day every day 😃
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Post by brenna on Aug 30, 2019 15:16:31 GMT -6
C has had a fever for the past 36 hours or so. It goes away with Motrin and then comes back. He was pretty rough last night when the Motrin wore off. Debating whether to wait it out (he's a little boogery and cranky on and off, but not really acting "sick") or have J take him in today. I hate seeing my little guy not feeling well. I hope he starts to feel better soon! I usually just wait it out with fevers unless there are a lot of other symptoms. I feel like "it's probably a virus" is the answer I get every time anyways so just I just do meds/rest/fluids.
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Post by Nymeria on Aug 30, 2019 20:55:58 GMT -6
I've been reading about how some moms rotate their kids toys every so often to keep them interested and have less toy clutter and I just took two huge boxes of toys and stuffed animals out to our garage and it feels so good. I doubt dd1 will even miss most of those toys (I might actually get rid of a bunch if she doesn't ask for them). I hope this helps my house from looking like a toy store exploded all day every day 😃 Part of our long weekend plan is to try to purge some toys. I always feel guilty getting rid of stuff (even donating things) other people bought my kids but we have way too much and a good chunk never gets used anymore.
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Post by Dramaphile on Sept 3, 2019 13:22:12 GMT -6
C has had a fever for the past 36 hours or so. It goes away with Motrin and then comes back. He was pretty rough last night when the Motrin wore off. Debating whether to wait it out (he's a little boogery and cranky on and off, but not really acting "sick") or have J take him in today. I hate seeing my little guy not feeling well. I hope he starts to feel better soon! I usually just wait it out with fevers unless there are a lot of other symptoms. I feel like "it's probably a virus" is the answer I get every time anyways so just I just do meds/rest/fluids J ended up taking him on friday just because he was extra cranky and it was a long weekend and I didn't want to miss an ear infection. Ears were fine, just a virus, which finally resolved Sunday night. He's back to happy pterodactyl screeching and trying eat the dog's tail!
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