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Post by addymac on Dec 4, 2017 23:10:46 GMT -6
muscari oh girl. Hugs. I hope you were able to fall back asleep quickly. Those scary nightmares and thoughts are the worst. I still have panicking thoughts at times and need to triple check on him when he’s asleep in our room and I’m in the living room not ready for bed. Hugs.
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Post by muscari on Dec 4, 2017 23:30:09 GMT -6
addymac luckiky I dont have them too often no more but when I do I feel so unsettled it is hard to shake. *hugs* I am sorry you still struggle with the anxiety as well and find yourself double triple checking if all is ok with the baby while sleeping. I do too, and sometimes crazy brain takes over and I get all frightened cause she s sleeping so deep her breathing seems shallow and she won't move at all not even when I touch her hand or feel her neck for warmth. I hate that feeling.
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Post by muscari on Dec 4, 2017 23:34:44 GMT -6
So D woke at 5.25 today- daiper filled to the brim and she was real hungry too as she was trying to find booby while daddy was holding her. Aww. I think he about melted. Then dropped back asleep the moment I had her lol.. how do they do that??
So I nursed her and she fell back asleep but of course then the cats decided something special must be up and yay early breakfast!! MH has to get up in an hour so going back to sleep felt sorta useless. I decided to just stay up and enjoy some quiet time. Maybe finally get those xmas cards written. I wil go back to bed once he leaves for work heh (just hope the alarm wont wake D up again. Usually we are up like 15m before the alarm- she s been an awesome alarmclock lately).
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Dec 4, 2017 23:41:41 GMT -6
Wow cali. I didn't know you were so close to graduating. Great job, and you can do it!!!!!
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Dec 4, 2017 23:44:22 GMT -6
So D woke at 5.25 today- daiper filled to the brim and she was real hungry too as she was trying to find booby while daddy was holding her. Aww. I think he about melted. Then dropped back asleep the moment I had her lol.. how do they do that?? So I nursed her and she fell back asleep but of course then the cats decided something special must be up and yay early breakfast!! MH has to get up in an hour so going back to sleep felt sorta useless. I decided to just stay up and enjoy some quiet time. Maybe finally get those xmas cards written. I wil go back to bed once he leaves for work heh (just hope the alarm wont wake D up again. Usually we are up like 15m before the alarm- she s been an awesome alarmclock lately). muscari I am super impressed if you are actually writing Christmas cards. We haven't even decided if we are doing cards this year!!
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Post by king26 on Dec 5, 2017 1:55:44 GMT -6
Okay there is definitely part of a tooth sticking my out of this Little’s gum. I am almost 99% sure. He refused to let me get picture or a closer look. I am anticipating a rough night, but hoping for best. This is new si cr DS1 was 6 months when he started to cut tooth. Any other babies close? No clue but I feel like k is teething. He is drooling and chomping on everything
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Post by king26 on Dec 5, 2017 1:57:53 GMT -6
Hi from your long lost friend. I've been trying to keep up but life is so busy right now with the end of the semester and M being awake ALL OF THE TIME I never seem to have time to post much. Buuuuut I graduate in 12 days!!! I promise to be a more active board member after that. I miss you guys and I do try to read and LT even if I don't have time to post! Yay for graduating! I hope that means life will slow down a bit foe you. I'm sorry m is up all the time. That stinks
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Post by king26 on Dec 5, 2017 2:04:11 GMT -6
addymac I check on j all the time. St thinks I'm nuts because I'll stare at him to make sure he is breatjing. muscari I'm sorry for the nightmares. That sucks and is scary. Hugs. So for the first time in 14 weeks DH and I didn't go to bed when j did. Usually we just go with him whether it's 8 or 930 so that we get enough sleep. Since he slept 6.5 hours and only woke once the past 2 nights we decided to stay up. I thought for sure we were jinxing ourselves but j slept 6.5 hours again tonight! I only ended up staying up an hour past when he fell asleep but it was so liberating. I got some cleaning done and made a pan of fudge for a friend. It was nice but weird to just do our own thing without worrying about j. Dh ended up staying up 3 hours after j went down though and now he is tired.
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Post by muscari on Dec 5, 2017 6:50:17 GMT -6
So what's the difference between Carter's and OshKoshB'gosh??
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Post by muscari on Dec 5, 2017 6:51:30 GMT -6
king26, I'm so happy for you J slept so well these past couple of nights and I hope tis the beginning of a new sleeping pattern for him. It really IS liberating to get some real you time after so long.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 10:06:11 GMT -6
Congrats cali! You’re so close! muscari, they are basically the same. I think Osh Kosh is supposed to be the “higher end” brand. I’m sure they are owned by the same company now. Sorry for the anxiety. cwbh928, so not ready for teeth yet! king26, A wakes up 7+ times a night and I’ve stayed up a hand full of times. I’ve regretted it but will still do it anyways. It’s so nice to not have to worry about the baby for a little while and just chat with MH. Or friends who may be over.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 10:11:25 GMT -6
A has his 4 month appointment today and I’m not looking forward to the shots. I know vaccines are very important, but my mom brain just has a what if in the background. I’m interested to see how much he weights, his rolls has rolls! Lol he looked like a sumo wrestler in his cloth diaper the other night. 😆
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Post by muscari on Dec 5, 2017 10:29:45 GMT -6
A has his 4 month appointment today and I’m not looking forward to the shots. I know vaccines are very important, but my mom brain just has a what if in the background. I’m interested to see how much he weights, his rolls has rolls! Lol he looked like a sumo wrestler in his cloth diaper the other night. 😆 Good luck with the appointment, I hope the shots won't be too bad for little A.
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Post by king26 on Dec 5, 2017 11:41:34 GMT -6
A has his 4 month appointment today and I’m not looking forward to the shots. I know vaccines are very important, but my mom brain just has a what if in the background. I’m interested to see how much he weights, his rolls has rolls! Lol he looked like a sumo wrestler in his cloth diaper the other night. 😆 Good luck with the shots and holy crap a wakes up 7 times a night? I am so sorry
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Post by king26 on Dec 5, 2017 11:44:59 GMT -6
How long were your lo cranky during leap 4. J has been a super crank the last 2 days and I feel so bad because nothing is heling. He's sleeping great at night but is cranky during the day. I need it to last less then 2 weeks since I'm going back to work.
Of course this week is busy and he's cranky. My friend is coming over today and we are going for coffee. A photographer friend wants to take pics of j as her model so we will get free Xmas photos, and my parents are coming friday. It's a lot going on.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 12:58:59 GMT -6
king26, the leap is so long that I couldn’t get an idea of when he’d be crankier than usual. He’d go a stretch of days just fine, then have breakdowns daily for a week. Leap 4 is a pain! We are almost out of it. And yes, he can’t say asleep longer than 2 hours at a time. And I’m really lucky if it is 2 hours. Sleep training will be happening after the new year.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 13:01:33 GMT -6
A did well at the pedi. Our little (big) guy is 25 inches and 17.6lbs! The nurse kept commenting on his chunky legs. 😆
We’ll see how the day goes with his shots. I hope they don’t give him too much trouble.
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Post by jt2378 on Dec 5, 2017 13:02:19 GMT -6
cali, woohoo on almost graduating, that’s awesome!! GL at A’s appt! @easilyunamused. Because of scheduling, M doesn’t even go till like 5 months! Ugh Sleep sucks here with minimal naps and 1:30 wake ups the last 2 nights with not wanting to be put down so I basically slept holding her all night which is not relaxing at all!
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Post by muscari on Dec 5, 2017 15:48:22 GMT -6
D. has been napping pretty well lately but now her nights are sort of all messed up. Can a leap also make baby more sleepy? I guess it can.. Tonight she was soooo tired and we put her to bed at 9 orso, in her bed upstairs, so we could watch a movie together. She woke a couple oftimes but popping back in her paci did the trick. She just woke up (it's 10.45pm now), I was just about to head to bed myself ahhh. Hopefully she will fall back asleep after feeding and a clean daiper. Though not sure about that as daddy is talking and playful with her which prolly will wake her up. She used to be up till around midnight clusterfeeding and taking catnaps, but now that she's taking longer naps and seems to be in a different rythm we need to come up with a new evening routine.
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Post by cwbh928 on Dec 5, 2017 16:53:17 GMT -6
@easilyunamused glad appointment went well! Hope he handles the shots good for the day.
Also sorry to hear about the sleep troubles. That sounds rough.
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Post by jt2378 on Dec 6, 2017 7:36:36 GMT -6
Yeah it’s real and I feel like we might be in it already. Every time I read these tips and tricks, it just stresses me out even more. Like if your already struggling with a sleep regression and your baby doesn’t even sleep in the crib yet, how the hell can you work on that too?? Ugh
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Post by king26 on Dec 6, 2017 8:07:20 GMT -6
Good luck! I feel like j went through a sleep regression at 12 weeks. He slept like crap for a week and a half but now is only getting up once at night. I'm hoping that was our regression and it doesn't happen again in 2 weeks.
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Post by jt2378 on Dec 6, 2017 8:11:43 GMT -6
Good luck! I feel like j went through a sleep regression at 12 weeks. He slept like crap for a week and a half but now is only getting up once at night. I'm hoping that was our regression and it doesn't happen again in 2 weeks. Yeah not to be a huge downer but likely you will experience more than 1 regression. Like my toddler still goes through it time to time.
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Post by addymac on Dec 6, 2017 9:12:25 GMT -6
Oh the leaps first week killed me dead. This second week N has been much better but going down for most naps and sleep every night is a battle and he doesn’t sleep through the night and I’m so exhausted and finding a nanny is killing me. And DH hasn’t been as helpful as I’ve asked him to be. Every single night I ask him to help w N and every night he hasn’t. He’ll finally wake up in the middle of me feeding him and be like oh I can feed... dude it’s like half over, forget it. 😒😠
I feel lost and like I have no idea what I’m doing when it comes to naps and bedtime. I may make a thread to ask you guys Qs. But first, breakfast since he’s finally napping.
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Post by jt2378 on Dec 6, 2017 9:28:44 GMT -6
Oh the leaps first week killed me dead. This second week N has been much better but going down for most naps and sleep every night is a battle and he doesn’t sleep through the night and I’m so exhausted and finding a nanny is killing me. And DH hasn’t been as helpful as I’ve asked him to be. Every single night I ask him to help w N and every night he hasn’t. He’ll finally wake up in the middle of me feeding him and be like oh I can feed... dude it’s like half over, forget it. 😒😠 I feel lost and like I have no idea what I’m doing when it comes to naps and bedtime. I may make a thread to ask you guys Qs. But first, breakfast since he’s finally napping. Hugs girl. Like I mentioned above, I read those things and it just completely makes my head spin and doubt everything I’m doing. I mean you can encourage good sleep habits or routine but some babies DGAF about it and won’t sleep for shit! I know I have been lucky until now but I knew it could change anytime and it has. I’m sorry YH is not being helpful, it certainly adds to the misery and exhaustion.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 10:15:12 GMT -6
addymac, solidarity hug. MH can’t help MOTN, so I’m on my own and it’s slowly killing me. Like jt2378 said, I read those sleep tips and it stresses me out and seems so overwhelming. 😪 Like every night I hope he’ll sleep, and every night he wakes up no less than 5 times. All the pedi said was the same shit the websites say. Idk, there must be something there that works, but I don’t know how to begin. He’s always been a terrible sleeper and I know I’ve formed bad habits before we were “allowed” to do any sleep training techniques. addymac, since YH has a hard time MOTN, can he help in the AM? MH have a system that he’ll grab A about an hour before he leaves so I can either sleep or take a shower. It’s not much, but it makes a difference. Also, on his days off he’ll grab A in the AM and I’ll sleep another 2 hours or so. It doesn’t always happen, because we have things to do. But I try at least once or twice a week. Ugh sorry for the novel.
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Post by muscari on Dec 6, 2017 11:51:13 GMT -6
I've seen the words sleep regression a ton as well and always sort of wondered.. and dreaded.. D. has been STTN pretty decently for so long now I am not sure I could handle several nightly wake ups again! Hopefully the transition to her own room goes well. We are planning on letting D. sleep with us till 6mo orso, though sometimes I wonder whether it'd be better to move her to her own room sooner. I just don't know! What's your rationale to do it now? Just curious!
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Post by addymac on Dec 6, 2017 12:06:47 GMT -6
jt2378 @easilyunamused hugs. Sorry you guys are going through this, too. DH is like. We need to CIO. Uh no, he wakes up to eat, so no. And idk how to get him to stay asleep- last night he went down at 6, up at 7, immediately rubbing his eyes and yawning and fussy and crying but wouldn’t go back to slee- like fights you and kicks and punches- so ok let him be- til 9, then he went down, then back up at 9:45- then finally back down at 10/10:30. Up at 2 and then at 5, way better than the night before which was every two hours- 10,12,2,4,6. @easilyunamused. I wish DH could help in the morning. He gets up at 5:20 for work and is out the door by 6am. The other morning I asked if he could feed him at 5:30 bc he was all “I’m so sorry I slept through the night again” and he looked at me like I had 5 heads and was like “but I need to eat breakfast and get ready for work...” 😒 and he is slow as molasses every morning. If I had to do what he does to get ready I’d be ready in ten min. Makes me laugh how he was convinced he’d be able to get him and N up and ready and to the dcp and be at the hospital by 6:15 every morning. Guess the jokes on me since our dcp backed out and now I have to move to day shift since DH clearly can’t handle putting him to bed OR MOTN wake ups.
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Post by king26 on Dec 6, 2017 12:21:43 GMT -6
I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get to work in the mornings. J wakes up between 630 and 730. I have to be gone at 740. Ideally I will feed and dress him before I go then hand him off to dh. We both do motn since it's only once or twice. One of us feeds j while the other washes and makes bottles or does laundry. However, even though I'm the one working I'm ok with doing motn on my own. J usually goes right back to sleep after eating.
I'm dreading another sleep regression though. The first one sucked and now we are in such a better place. Naps are still hit or miss as to if he goes down easily but he does take them everyday.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 12:49:12 GMT -6
@starzia good luck with the transition! I’m thinking I’ll try to move him into his crib after the new year. We are just traveling a lot this month with the holidays and I’m not sure I’m ready. addymac, yeah that’s pretty early. I’m also so much quicker when it’s time to get ready. MH can be a little slow, but he knows that he needs to figure it out otherwise I’d make him sleep with me on his off weeks. Lol! muscari, since D pretty much sleeps through the night with you, it’s not a big deal. Some babies do better without co sleeping, since your movements can wake them or they can smell you and want to feed more than usual. I’m hoping this is As case and moving him will help us get better sleep.
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