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wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@FaithFertility: Praying for strength!! You can do this! This is like me procrastinating with sleep training! So hard to start/get through but results will be worth it!!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@KayKay: yeah I don't find that sleep really begets sleep... her night sleep doesn't really link to her day sleep. we absolutely didn't do anything special when she had those few STTN nights. Some nights I feel REALLY good about it and then she wakes up a billion times!
eggplant / 11861 posts
Yeah right???? It is all.out war at my house :(.no nap no bottle
DH told me to leave for the day again!!
I'm in tears!
eggplant / 11861 posts
Her poor face is all marked up from scratching her face and rubbing eyes this sucks!
pear / 1961 posts
@banddmommy: good luck with crib bootcamp! if she was refusing PNP, maybe she's ready!
pomelo / 5298 posts
@FaithFertility: will she take a pacifier? Or suck your finger? Can you get her to suck something so she's calm and then switcheroo? We do the opposite switcheroo on K, she gets mad about taking her bottle away to burp or when it is empty. So a quick pop of her pacifier soothes and distracts her.
pomelo / 5298 posts
@FaithFertility: This quick article has some good tips, I recall using some of these when we were BF, so they may work for the bottle as well.
http://www.parents.com/advice/babies/feeding/what-can-i-do-when-my-baby-refuses-the-bottle/
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@FaithFertility: Aww!! I think you should leave the house! Can DH put mittens on her for now? Just keep offering the bottle... Never force it on her so she'll associate with it negatively. Just keep cheerfully and gently offering to her. She WILL be hungry and WILL be grumpy but she also will be hungry enough eventually to take it!!
pomegranate / 3973 posts
@FaithFertility: That is so rough! I hope something finally clicks with her! Hugs!
I caved last night at sleep training, made it 45 min. And he was histarical crying so I nursed to sleep. He did 2 four hr stretches after that so I'm happy, in the crib all night again also. One step at a time. This little guy is just not ready for bed till almost 9.
pomelo / 5298 posts
@josina: Good job! We made it all night in the crib as well (two days!) We ending up offering another feeding as well. She was short a bottle for the day, so I couldn't help but think she might be hungry.
The big win was that she actually did put herself to sleep originally, cried/fussed for less than 5 minutes. BUT, she couldn't connect sleep cycles and at 40 minutes was awake and crying. We battled for about an hour before we gave her a bottle. Then she went down fairly easily for the rest of the night (no MOTN feed).
pomegranate / 3973 posts
@MamaG: Yay for only 5 minutes of fussing!
Ethan was so tired last night I thought he'd do the same but no go.
eggplant / 11861 posts
I'm out, I left! I know I keep saying this but you girls are strong......
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@josina: Yes one step at a time! Def a win!
@MamaG: That kinda worked out then! Def progress!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@FaithFertility: So what are you doing out? I shall distract you from thinking about what's going on at home?
pomegranate / 3045 posts
@FaithFertility: stay strong! H still won't take a bottle. My husbands trial that he was crazy busy on is over, so I'm hoping we can have him try more. Silly babies!
pomelo / 5298 posts
@BandDmommy: Yes on sleep training with another kiddo. We haven't tackled nap training and I'm not sure when I will (if I do). Having an older is part of what allowed me to put this off, I didn't want to disturb her sleep as well. Our older sleeps with her door closed and white noise. The younger now has the same white noise and a closed door too. Honestly, you can't hear the crying in the older's room. Thankfully! The first night our older was already asleep when I started the process (and we had a loud thunderstorm too). And last night she was in her bedtime routine with Dad, while I worked on the younger. And C was able to fall asleep without any issue.
I suspect the noise is why you were asking, but if I missed the mark sorry for all the excess info.
pomelo / 5298 posts
@BandDmommy: Are their rooms adjoined or separate?
Our room adjoins C's room and I finally realized (or admitted!) that C has been sleeping through K crying in our room while I make a bottle for her. So now that their rooms are not adjoined, there shouldn't be a reason for it to deter us.
The only thing I might need to do is put a knob cover on K's room. C wanted very badly last night to go check on her crying baby (you can hear her in the hall) while she was getting ready for bed. Having a knob cover would prevent that from occurring. I had one on there prior when I was pumping and didn't want C getting in.
eggplant / 11861 posts
@snowjewelz: Went to breakfast with my mom and had a HUGE mimosa....and a few tears!
No text from hubby we said no check in!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@FaithFertility: Good! What are you gonna do next? And day drinking is totally encouraged in this circumstance lol
nectarine / 2053 posts
@FaithFertility: hugs! hoping today is the day she takes the bottle!
eggplant / 11861 posts
@snowjewelz: At my mom's hanging out might go shopping little later!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Wow so much going on! Bottle training, sleep training, crappy sleep..... love to everyone here! It's all a phase and tough to get through but man....it's tough while you are in it!
I said crib training this week...but then Ryan got sick. He's not awful, just fussy (unlike him) and sneezy and has felt hot at night. Once he's over it - crib and unswaddle. He's been waking 2x a night to eat (we were down to 1 for a month) and often waking in the 5 am hour not wanting to go back down. And naps I have to rock him to sleep.
I'm worried about sleep training Ryan as well - I never had to sleep train Tyler really. We let him fuss some around the 4m mark but he never cried more than 10-15 mins. He was typically up once a night until 8 mos with random sttn here and there after 4 mos. I have a feeling Ryan is a more sensitive soul and might cry and cry (example - last night I gave him a 5 oz bottle before bed and thought he was drowsy enough to go to sleep on his own. WRONG. He freaked out and I left him too long and he ramped up to hysterical mode and wouldn't even calm down enough to nurse....completely out of character. My husband had to give him another 2 oz to get him to sleep). And their rooms adjoin by a door so waking big brother up is a real concern. He sleeps with loud white noise, but I can hear Ryan crying while in his room with white noise. Hopefully once he's in his crib we won't be having this discussion
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@FaithFertility: have a glass of wine and jump in the pool. Stay strong
eggplant / 11861 posts
@winniebee: It is a rainy day....... already had a mimosa....lol but wine might be in the cards too!
Hope R gets over his cold quick!
We still do a little shushing
and bouncing to sleep for naps usually only for a few minutes!
2hrs left......... and I told myself 4 was my cut off if she had not taken it yet so he will let me know... last feeding was at 7
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MamaG: Thanks for article, she doesn't take a pack but uses her thumb or fingers
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@winniebee: lol sensitive soul I'm afraid to even see how long Kara might cry for!
@FaithFertility: keep at it even if it doesn't happen today! be strong!!
honeydew / 7283 posts
I was at work yesterday and didn't get to check HB and I'm so behind! Just caught up but too much to even comment... I feel better just knowing what's going on with my friends here though
@MamaG: We have a Motorola and I'm happy with it. We added a second camera when J was born and now it scans back and forth between the two kids' rooms. No complaints!
@BandDmommy: We have been sleep training and J and M's rooms share a wall (and have a heating vent between the rooms). I was really worried about noise but we have loud white noise in each room and it hasn't been a problem at all. I've been in M's room putting her to bed while I know that J is crying, and I can just barely hear him if I'm listening for it. M is honestly so used to baby noises by now that I think she might tune it out anyway.
@FaithFertility: You're so strong mama! It's so hard to go through these struggles but you guys will figure it out and some day it will all just be a fuzzy memory. I hope that G and your DH have had success today!
@winniebee: Sorry that R hasn't been himself lately I hope he's feeling better soon!
eggplant / 11861 posts
DH just texted me she is throwing up she is so upset! I'm done for today!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@FaithFertility: Awwww poor baby I am so sorry it's such a struggle! Maybe if it's anything like sleep training, tomorrow will be better? Give daddy a pat on the back too for sticking it out with G!
eggplant / 11861 posts
@snowjewelz: I'm going to have my mom try for a bit tomorrow as DH has to work
I told him to go out with his brother for a drink....poor guy!
Her eyes are swollen red almost shut
Lord help me!!!!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@FaithFertility: she didn't drink all day?!? Poor mama and poor baby. Poor daddy too! Have you tried the comotomo yet? It's ok if you don't want to try again tomorrow. You still have awhile!!
eggplant / 11861 posts
@winniebee: Nothing!!!! I'm nursing her balling my eyes out!!!! I just don't know what to do!!
No, but I am going to try
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