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pomelo / 5298 posts
@FaithFertility: Have you tried to feed her before she's hungry? Something I read today offered that up as a suggestion. I'm not sure at what interval you normally BF, but maybe try the bottle 45 minutes before you would normally feed, where she's not really hungry yet, but might actually consider the bottle before she's hangry.
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MamaG: We have that is what DH usually does when we try during the day
eggplant / 11861 posts
Thanks ladies for all the encouragement today!!!!! Hopefully soon this will be a memory! For today I did what I could take and she is sleeping on me!
Thankful to have this board!!!!!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@FaithFertility: tomorrow is a new day and G won't remember a thing thankfully
pomelo / 5298 posts
@FaithFertility: Well boo, stubborn little girl. Rest up and enjoy the rest of the day.
eggplant / 11861 posts
@josina: Just read your update on last night, that is great! Instead of nursing to sleep which I still.do what do you do?
pomelo / 5660 posts
Update: bottle - fail, crib- time will tell.. So far so good.. She is such a momma's girl.. I'm going to college with her
pomegranate / 3973 posts
@FaithFertility: Well the past two nights have ended up with me nursing to sleep. I think it will be hard not to just because he always falls asleep nursing at night. Sunday I think we had done that but he woke back up and then we let him CIO back to sleep, and CIO when he woke at 3:30.
Tonight he fell asleep nursing at 8:30.
I think what I will do is let him get used to the crib before we really try any serious sleep training but I do want to skip any MOTN nursing where I know he's not hungry, like I had been nursing every time he woke up.
The crib so far has seemed to help his sleep, where he is doing 2 4 hr stretches instead of 3-2-2-1. So maybe some motivation for those still in the RnP but with crappy sleep.
pomegranate / 3973 posts
@BandDmommy: I have a 12 yr old step daughter who sleeps right next to Ethan's room, she just turns on her radio.
honeydew / 7283 posts
@FaithFertility: I'm so sorry that things didn't go better yesterday I hope your mom has some success!
honeydew / 7283 posts
@josina: @FaithFertility: I find it's almost impossible not to nurse to sleep at night. He's so tired! Even Weisbluth (and he's hardcore) says that it's ok to nurse to sleep at night because nighttime sleep is so different from daytime sleep. I try to wake him up a little as I'm putting him in the crib (give him a big kiss and tell him I love him). I think the key is making it so that they don't HAVE to nurse to sleep and are able to put themselves back to sleep when they wake up. And just like Josina said - not nursing them every time they wake up if they're not really hungry.
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MrsF: I feed her and she passes out, but I hear her wake MOTN and put her self back to sleep so I'm not to worried..
As for today, it is a new day and we have a fever
So WTF? Now I feel awful thinking she was sick yesterday and I did that to her!!!!
eggplant / 11861 posts
Do you guys believe in teething fevers I've read it is an OWT ?
eggplant / 11861 posts
I knew my mom talks a big game she says this morning can you see if the sitter can do it with the bottle my back is bad if she gets real mad I can't hold her that long!
Which today is ok today because I think we both are not ready for it again!
nectarine / 2210 posts
The past few mornings K has woken up around , rolled over and then gotten upset because she's on her stomach. This morning though while she woke up and rolled over, she then managed to put herself back to sleep. So basically we all managed an extra hour of sleep this morning!
eggplant / 11861 posts
@Adira: I remembered to send you those stretches I walled you Sorry!!!
pomelo / 5298 posts
@FaithFertility: I think low grade fevers are possible with teething. C never had them, but I've heard others speak of them.
pomelo / 5298 posts
We are mostly succeeding on crib sleep, but failing on sleep training. I might need to get more rigid than the loose method we've been using. For three nights now it's taken about 2 hours to get her to sleep.
And she was randomly fussy at 3:15a. She was acting gassy, but maybe was cold? It was cool in our house overnight.
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MamaG: Yay for crib sleep! This stuff makes my stomach churn! I think 1 battle at a time!
Hope putting her down gets better!
I'd say keep at it, but I'm not.one to talk....lol
pomelo / 5298 posts
@FaithFertility: I know. It's tempting to fall back on old habits. Which is why I'm really thinking it's time for me to pack up the RnP, and put the PnP away.
At 3:15, when she seemed to just want to sleep on my shoulder, it was tempting to put her in our bed - hey I was tired too! But I resisted the urge, got her back in her crib and she slept another three hours.
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MamaG: That is great, it truly is hard, I was talking to my best friend last night and she was encouraging me and said..
I don't want to tell you this but it never gets easier you pass one hurdle another comes, but and a big BUT, your helping them grow and turn into little humans, and you have to have faith in them and they will do it and be ok!!
That helped me a lot!
pomelo / 5298 posts
@FaithFertility: Great words. Now that I have a nearly four year old I can attest that so far that has been true. Parenting is hard work and the hurdles don't stop. But it's the most rewarding thing I've ever done with my life. My heart explodes on a regular basis with love and amazement.
My older explained to me the other day that we all live on the planet Earth and that we have gravity to hold us onto the planet so we don't fly into space with the stars. Are you kidding me! She's not even FOUR! Amazing! And gone are all of the nights that I cried during her infant stage over baby struggles. And she doesn't remember any of it either
The hard moments (days, weeks) seem to last forever, but in four years you will look back and it was just a small speck of development in the scheme of where you and G have grown.
Hang in there mama, parenting is hard work.
pomegranate / 3973 posts
@MamaG: Props for the crib sleep. One hurdle at a time. I was so tempted to just let him sleep in bed after his 12:00 wake up because I was sooo tired and just wanted to sleep while nursing, but I powered through.
@FaithFertility: OMG, see I'm such a sap now, that made me want to cry about us raising little humans Love these babies.. great friend!
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MamaG: Amen!!!
@josina: To the moon and back.....and again....lol
pomelo / 5298 posts
In the event anyone isn't following @MrsScallop: on Facebook or Instagram, Charlie is leaving the hospital today! They are headed to a transitional facility, working toward going home.
I can't imagine the mix of emotions their family is going through today. But I'm so excited for them to be making the progress they are making. Charlie's looking great!
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MamaG: I just saw this!!!! So so happy for them!!! Praying the transition is smooth!!!!
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