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pomelo / 5298 posts
Ped thinks the head cold is bothering her the most, but she does have an infection in her right ear too. He said it doesn't look too bad, but gave us meds regardless. We see the ENT on Thursday. Eating has been a little off for us as well and today she's fighting her pacifier. Blah! I'm suddenly feeling very bah-hum-bug too.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@MamaG: Can't help it! It's hard to be in the holiday spirits when we're battling illnesses, teething and everything under the sun lol!
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MamaG: I feel yeah, we have so much good things coming but I just feel blahhhhh as G does too!
pear / 1961 posts
@snowjewelz: i would just be careful of letting "no highchair" (or wherever you would like her to sit for meals) go too long or too often! one of my good friends' daughters will NEVER eat at the table anymore (she's 2...) and so she is always running around, chasing her with food, trying to get her to grab something and eat it on the go. probably an extreme example, but still! e will sometimes fight it, but i make her sit at a table (either in her high chair that we now pull up to the dining room table...or at the little kids Ikea table we have). if she won't do either, she's done eating.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@KayKay: yeah, that's what we think, so we try really hard every night to get her to sit there. some days she's fine, but the nights she's not, it's so hard! but then I get nervous that she will associate dinner time with this fighting in highchair thing and then not want to eat anymore and make it worse. Right now our middle ground is let her sit on me and eat, and then we'll move her back to the high chair later.
I do find that she likes it better when we now take off the tray and just pull it up to the table!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Ryan has a fever. I knew it because he STTN last night. Tyler has his school performance this evening and we probably have to skip it since I was going to have to take the kids alone.
honeydew / 7283 posts
@AngelicOne: I've started giving J one of the A&A security blankets just around bedtime and I think it's helping. We also stopped nursing though, so I think breaking the food - sleep association is probably the biggest change for us. Maybe the blanket was just a coincidence.
@FaithFertility: I hope that G's first day back went well.
@Adira: Sorry
@josina: That's great that he went to bed so easily! Sometimes these kids can surprise us
honeydew / 7283 posts
@snowjewelz: Sounds miserable I hope she's feeling better soon! I try to be pretty strict with the rules (high chair, etc) or else I find that we have more battles later! I know it's hard when they're sick though.
@MamaG: Poor kid
@winniebee: Oh no. That's terrible timing. I'm sorry.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@MrsF: I know! I think ideally we want to be strict, but then I also don't want to be inflexible so she's so miserable and we're all miserable during meal time
honeydew / 7283 posts
@snowjewelz: I get it. Mealtimes are hard enough without extra misery. It'll all work out
pomelo / 5660 posts
@snowjewelz: D hates sitting in her high chair. Because of it I feed her like 5 meals a day. Once she stands up in the high chair I end the meal.
pear / 1961 posts
@snowjewelz: i constantly have the too strict/too lenient battle going in my head! it's one of the hardest parts of parenting for me.
@winniebee: if he's otherwise symptom-less (and not grumpy), i'd be tempted to go and just try to keep him from interacting with too many other kids directly?
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@Adira: I'm so sorry! It's got to be so tough. I was a little worried Ryan would return from the weekend away and wouldn't want to nurse anymore, so I get why you feel this way.
pomelo / 5660 posts
We accidentally locked our chihuahua in Ds room. Hahahaha he was not happy but she loved it.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@winniebee: I know that I'm lucky I was able to nurse him so long already, but I really wasn't ready to be done yet, especially since he's my last baby. I just feel so frustrated and defeated. This is so hard. I can't stop crying.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@Adira: When were you planning to wean? I posted another comment on your other thread just now.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@Adira: I wrote on the other thread that maybe Logan is sensing the pressure to nurse? What started off as just not feeling like it one day... now it's something else? If you are upset/stressed/crying around him, maybe he knows? Not blaming on you, just mentioning this as a possibility.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@winniebee: I wasn't planning on weaning until closer to 18 months, though I was willing to follow his lead. I just really don't think he's weaning and is striking... just not sure this strike won't turn into fully weaned because I don't know if I can keep trying. I totally hear you on the pressure. I definitely am trying NOT to pressure him and just offering and when he turns away, say "That's okay! Maybe later!" but I'm definitely FEELING stressed and frustrated, so maybe he's picking up on it even though I'm trying not to show it. Don't worry, I'm not crying all over him, begging him to take my boobs, haha. I waited until I was pumping to have a little breakdown.
honeydew / 7283 posts
@Adira: I'm so sorry
I weaned J on my terms and I still felt pretty sad about it, even though it was the right thing for us. I hope that this is just temporary!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@MrsF: Thank you! I know I'm being dramatic, especially since we've already nursed past one, but I'm just feeling so emotional about it.
I'm just going to blame it on this first period postpartum that I'm dealing with.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@Adira: waiiiiit. you have your period?? that might be why he doesn't want to nurse....maybe your milk is tasting different or the supply is really low making it not worth it? ryan used to get really annoyed when I had my period, but he's gotten used to it, since mine returned relatively early.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@winniebee: Hmm... you think it could be related? Yeah, I just got my period basically right around when the strike started, but I thought it would only affect how much milk I had, not the taste? I've been pumping and definitely still making a decent amount, so I didn't think that was it... Maybe when my period is over, I'll go back to smelling normal??
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@Adira: your let down might be taking a really long time...mine takes forever when I have my period and often I would keep having to encourage Ryan because he would get annoyed/bored.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@winniebee: I don't think it's a letdown issue, because he didn't even really try before he started refusing. He just put his mouth on me for maybe half a second and then immediately pulled off and started screaming. That was when I thought maybe he had an ear infection because he was clawing at his ears, but then the next morning, he nursed okay, but then that night, he just turned away from me and wouldn't even try. And that's how it's been since then - he just turns away or starts whining as soon as I pop a boob out at him.
eggplant / 11861 posts
@Adira: I am so sorry!
@winniebee: ohhh no, hope he is feeling OK!!!!
@snowjewelz: Hope K is feeling better!!!!! Sorry about meal time!
eggplant / 11861 posts
@MrsF: She did have a good day! Little fussy, but to be expected after being home for 7 days and cuddled 24/7
eggplant / 11861 posts
G is really a mess lately I think it is milestone, sick, teeth, independence combo....lol
She also is attached to my leg like Velcro
Absolutely fine if I am not around, but minute she sees me WHAM!!!!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Mama had a night out for work holiday party She has been totally fine sleep wise tonight! I feel like she is out to only torture me lol.
@FaithFertility: I so hear you! Tonight is a perfect example! I'm not home and bed time is totally fine!
@Adira: I am so sorry I get sad too that our BF journey ended early. I hope it's just a strike for him!
pomelo / 5660 posts
I can deal with sick kiddos all day. But second day of DH being sick. Ugh, man colds are the worst. So many complaints
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@BandDmommy: haha, yes! Man colds are almost worst than the kids being sick! Sorry!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@BandDmommy: I agree with that with the caveat that I can deal with it better during the day. My husband isn't up all night needing me when he has a cold....my 1 year old on the other hand......
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I had to cancel Ryan's well visit today. Since he's had a fever, I don't want to do vaccines until he's fever free for at least a few days. He was up straight from 1-3:15. Wouldn't be rocked, nursed but was still wide awake, wanted to play with dad when dad tried to get him back down....cried if we left him in crib. UGH!
In other news, we close on our new house today!!!
pomelo / 5298 posts
@winniebee: Lots of coffee for you today?
K slept better last night than the two prior nights. But at 4:30 she kept crying. Apparently she just wanted to be rocked. Umm, no! Thirty minutes later I gave up and put her back in her crib where she fussed for two seconds and went back to sleep.
And I might have pink eye! Darnit. My right eye is red this morning and it hurts. No drainage or itchiness.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@winniebee: Ugh, sorry Ryan is so sick! But YAY for the new house!!!! How exciting!!!
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