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@Lindsay05: @cascademom: Plus in DH's parents' case, they don't hear very well anymore. So I think they're used to shouting at each other and don't even know it
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Your DH is awesome!
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@PrincessBaby: Your husband is awesome!
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Glad you get some relief! My IL are nice people in general but I could not handle them after baby was born. They were supposed to come for a couple nights right after baby was born but left after one night thankfully bc I think they could tell they were stressing me out and I really needed sleep. Everything became about their schedule instead of figuring out how to fit in with our household. MIL wanted to sleep in the nursery, not to help with night wakings but because we don't have 2 guest rooms so she didn't want BIL sleeping on the couch. But I was nursing, changing LO in there in the middle of the night several times and didn't want to keep tripping over MIL or an audience or to wake up DH who also hadn't slept much in several nights. It was just unnecessary drama - MIL kept talking about how poor BIL must not have slept well, BIL was saying he slept really good, and I'm just thinking WTF I literally haven't slept in days. I think I would have gone absolutely bonkers if they'd stayed for 2 weeks.
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Yay for your DH!
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Wow ! Your DH rocks for taking charge like that! I can only imagine how stressful it has been on you all - even poor H who can't get her needed naps! Hopefully your routine will settle back soon and you all can get some much needed rest!
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I can't imagine 2 weeks! My stress-inducing family (parents, sister,BIL & 2 year old niece) stayed with us for 3 nights over Xmas when L was 6 weeks old. He cried each evening,very different from his usual pattern and went back to normal the first night they were gone!
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I get along with my in-laws pretty well. They are pretty unassuming and nice people. But threads like this make me a littttle nervous, because DH and I plan to have them come for 2 months (yup!) at the end of my maternity leave, so they can watch the baby during the day and hopefully help us make it until LO is 6 months old before they have to start day care.
And should I mention that we'll be living in a small, two bedroom apartment by then? (Right now we are in a 1 bedroom).
Hehe....we might be crazy, but we'll see how it goes!
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Yes, they sense stress. Good job to your husband for taking care of his ladies!
I love my IL's to death, but my boy always acts differently when we have them (or anyone) stay with us. At 5 months it was really bad and he went on a nursing strike for a few days. At 10 months he went on a bottle strike. Both times all sleep went to hell and night weaning was history.
We always cap off staying at their house or them staying with us at a week maximum. I would rather they stay with us than at a hotel, but it means that I can't let him cry for long at night/early morning- I don't want to wake anyone up, especially since my husband works during that time.
For us the occasional week here and there of disrupted sleep are totally worth it for the quality time, but I do notice a change in the house for a bit. How you handled 2 weeks, holy $#&%!
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Two weeks is a LONG time for a visit in home whether or not you have a baby but with a newborn?! Holy crap. Yeah, major major props to hubby! I hope H gets back to normal and fast!! J is uses to loud talking BC my mom watches him and she's totally going deaf
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@PrincessBaby: good for your DH! Mine kicked my ILs out after they picked a really crazy fight with us last year.
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Ah! I would be freaking out! We have really loud neighbors that just moved in when DS was born and I wanted to kill them. Just a little while longer and they will be gone...
You are a saint for letting them stay so long!
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