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@Smurfette: Awww, poor R! Can she get antibiotics or anything if it's viral? Or just have to wait it out? I hope she feels better soon!
@Pumuckl: Yeah, Xander took two naps on Thursday, but I think that was only because he was sick! I'm going to miss that second nap...
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@Adira: Just have to wait it out.....fun times.
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@keepcalmcarrie: Sorry you had so many wake ups the other night! That sounded rough! We are thinking about taking the same swim class at the Y but they are always full by the time I call!
@Adira: We are down to one nap too. It's usually between 1-2 hours but never longer than that. I'd really love to grow it to three hours but I can't seem to figure it out. How long is Xander's nap?
@Smurfette: So sorry to hear she is sick this week! I hope it passes quickly.
After a great weekend, Pete was such a sad baby last night and this morning. I can't figure out why. He cried for over an hour at 10pm last night and only calmed down when we brought him to bed with us. He fell asleep eventually and then we moved him back to his crib. He woke at 6am sharp, screaming again, and was just a sad little guy all morning. I gave him motrin both times, thinking it was teeth but that didn't seem to help. I could hear him wailing from the house as I waited on our corner to grab the commuter bus. Broke my heart.
The daycare teacher said he's been okay at school so hopefully he was just having an off morning.
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@Smurfette: Ugh, that sucks! Hopefully it's quick! Are you home with her today?
@QueensBee: Xander's nap is the same as Pete's! 1-2 hours! Usually at least 1 hour 20 minutes, but never more than 2 hours.
I want a 3 hour nap!!Poor Pete! Did you take his temperature at all? I wonder what was wrong! It doesn't sound like teething if the motrin didn't help at all, but I don't really know. I hope he feels better!
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@QueensBee: B's been a little clingy too. Today he cried when I put him in his crib and stopped once he got additional cuddles.
@Smurfette: oh no, poor R hope she gets better soon!
@Adira: yupp, will definitely miss it! So tired right now on the weekends...
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So I actually had some success getting Xander to brush his teeth tonight, but it took some serious work! First, I gave him a piggy-back ride into the bathroom. Then while we were both staring at each other in the mirror, I put toothpaste on his brush and handed it to him. Then I picked up my toothbrush and started brushing! He ended up semi-brushing/chewing on his brush. When I finished with my teeth, I walked us into his room to change his diaper. He continued to "brush" his teeth while I changed his diaper and put him into his pjs! I think he even did a decent job considering how long he was going at it!
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Isaac is not a fan of playing in the grass. It is finally nice and we are all relatively healthy so I figured taking him for a walk and letting him play in the grass (our yard is currently dirt) would be fun. Both days he sat and would not move and then wanted up and was just pointing to the stroller. I even tried to get him to stand but he wouldn't put his feet down. Hopefully he'll warm up to it soon.
@Silva: I could not find them so I went with goldfish and animal crackers. And he loved both.
@Smurfette: Poor R. I hope she is feeling better soon.
@blackbird: Hopefully E is feeling better, poor thing.
@Pumuckl: Glad the appointment went well. Is your DH going to take some time to stay at home when LO#2 is here or will you be thrown right into the solo during the week?
@Adira: We are on one nap, although some times on the weekend, like today he had two, but mostly because he was awake way too early. At daycare he naps at about 11:30 for 1.5 -2.5 hours. At home a lot of the time he will have a nap at 10 or 10:30 and usually a max of 1.5 hours.
@QueensBee: Hopefully Pete was a happier boy tonight. A 3 hour nap would be bliss, although right now we have to work on better night sleep, it is still all over the place.
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@ALV91711: glad you found something he likes! Funny about the grass, I've heard of other babies that don't like it initially. I PT feels prickly, maybe?
T woke up at 10:30, 12:30, 4:30, and was up for the day at 5:30. Unbelievable. I nursed her every time, and she wanted to nurse until she got a let down, which took forever- like 15 minutes every time. My husband is taking part of the boards today so we couldn't let her CIO (I let her go for 5-10 minutes each time, but she was pretty escalated).
I'm hoping (I guess?) that it's this stupid molar that is half way through, but she got Advil and Tylenol before bed and Advil at midnight. And she has a lot more molars to come, so this doesn't seem sustainable.
She'd be down to one wake up at about 4:30 for awhile (but still getting up for the day at 5:30), but the last two nights she's added this random 10:30 one.....ugh.
I'm not sure what to do, honestly. I'm not even sure if CIO will work at this point- she just screams and screams. My husband says once his test is over he can try going in, but when we've done that before she just wakes up again 20 minutes later, and he really can't just be up with her all night.Waaaaaaa. Pity party at my place
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@ALV91711: My friend's daughter was the same way with grass in the beginning! She just didn't like the feel of it or something! But they do grow out of it!
@Silva: Yikes! That night sounds rough! I have no advice for you.
I hope things get better soon!
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@ALV91711: B was the same. The first time we put him on grass he put all fours up from the floor and gave us a "how dare you doing this to me look". Now he's fine and seems to enjoy it. He was "walking" barefoot on it this weekend.
DH should be able to take a couple of days off since it's his own company but I guess he might be able to do that for maybe a week or two. I'm more scared of how we'll handling the getting to the hospital part... B was 9 days late...
@Silva: Awww no, sorry for the rough night. Hope tomorrow goes better. Molars are devil's work...
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@Silva: yuck, that was pretty much our night too. Maybe our lo's can keep each other company and let us sleep! Lol.
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@Adira: I gave up on toothpaste. I have to hold R down to even brush her teeth and then I don't think I am doing a great job. It sucks. I have tried brushing my teeth at the same time and it worked semi once.
@Silva: I am so sorry! Molars are a bitch. 3 months later, R still doesn't fully have them in. Honestly at this point she doesn't need to eat over night, so I would just CIO. Even if that means she is up every 20 mins. In the long run, you both need more sleep and this will help you get it. But I know I am more pro CIO then some.
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@Smurfette: I hear you. We have the same problem with Xander most of the time. He won't even cry and open his mouth - he just keeps his lips locked shut and I have to pry them open! It sucks.
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So last night R and I went for a walk since we were home and had the time. We ran into a neighbor walking her daughter. We last saw them when I was on maternity leave. This little girl is 3-4 weeks older then R. Y'all she wears 2T clothes! She is like a beast next to R. It was making me laugh. The Mom is super skinny too. Said that she has been over the 100% for weight since 3 months. Crazy. We exchanged numbers to have a play date one weekend.
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So yesterdays' mess was just teeth, I think. there are 3 up there :(. Two are through and the other is coming through. Sigh. Thank goodness for ADvil
@smurfette, omg, i accidentally put a 2T shirt on E this morning and it was HUGE. Falling off her shoulders, etc. And she is a TALL kid. But doesn't have enough meat on her bones to fill it out, either.
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@blackbird: @Smurfette: Haha, I have a little chunk - B is in 24m and 2T sizes most of the time. He is tall too though.
@Adira: @Smurfette: I still brush his teeth with tooth paste since it is all the fluoride he gets... But he screams through it EVERY SINGLE DAY! Oh man, I really hope that will change at some point. Luckily he hasn't figured out yet that clamping his mouth shut would prevent the tooth brushing...
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@blackbird: She is a skinny mini! Yay for more teeth. And I hear ya on the Advil.
@Pumuckl: Really? How do you carry him around? R is getting heavy enough for me! -
@Smurfette: Seriously I don't know, my arms just grow with him. I have super trained upper arms just from carrying him! (And I mean I carry him A LOT - he still cannot walk). He's like 26.5lbs/32in... Somtimes I'll sit him on my shoulders - that gives my arms some relieve and he gets a major set of giggles so it's a win win
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@ALV91711: Haha Pete and Isaac would be good friends. He is the same way, but on sand. He literally falls on his belly and lifts up his arms and legs (so that no exposed skin is touching the sand) and screams. I am assuming they will both learn to love the grass and sand eventually!
@Silva: That sounds like a night from the newborn days! Ugh, the worst. Pete never wakes up that often anymore however, he does have nights when he wakes up and screams for hours. It's no fun and I feel so helpless. Will she sleep if you bring her into bed with you? That's our last resort, which only sometimes works. I really hope tonight is better for you!
@Adira: Glad you found a way for him to tolerate the toothbrush! Pete actually loves brushing his teeth but he insists on doing it himself. He absolutely will not let me move the brush around his mouth. So, I'm not sure how clean his teeth actually get since he is mostly sucking off the toothpaste and chewing on it.
@Smurfette: How fun to have a new mom/baby friend in the neighborhood!
@Pumuckl: 32 inches! Wow, he is tall! We are still wearing 12 month pants. My shorty. I hope he grows!
So I must sound like a broken record but once again, I am analyzing what to do for childcare. We got a spot in a center that's much closer to our house than the home daycare we currently use. It's really nice but definitely more of a school setting. The issue is that they open at 7:30am and DH and I are usually on a 7:10am train. Switching to this daycare would mean that we either have to arrive late to work a few days each week or hire someone in the neighborhood to walk him over there in the morning. I'm also concerned that he won't nap there (they all sleep on cots in one big room), but he only sleeps about 30 minutes at his current place. We have to decide by Friday and hand over a $1400 deposit....
I'm also considering sending out an email blast to our neighborhood asking if any other families would be interested in doing a nanny share. I think it could be really great if we find the right family and the right nanny, but it also feels like a lot of work to get it all established.
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@QueensBee: oh, I wish. She co bedded with us until about 8 months when we moved her to her own room, and now whenever we try to co bed it's a disaster. She thinks it's play time. Last time we tried at a friends house because she wouldn't sleep in the pack and play, and she would crawl a few steps then just fall over, dead asleep, then wake up and crawl, then fall asleep. It was ridiculous.
@Smurfette: there is a 10 month old at a playgroup we go to who wears 2T. It is CRAZY. I think he must have like 10lbs on T. He is an incredibly beautiful boy though....just massive. I cannot imagine carrying him around (he just started crawling!), my body is all screwed up from carrying around my little tiny one!
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@QueensBee: whoa. A 1400 dollar deposit is nuts. Have you looked at in home child cares? We really didn't want a school like setting either, and after visiting the only center that could fit us in, we checked out some in homes and found an amazing place that is in line with our parenting style. It's awesome.
My back up plan was to try to find a nanny share, though. Around here I think people actually use craigslist to find families, and care.com to find nannies. Or networking at story time, etc. -
@QueensBee: The late drop off would be an issue if either of you can't go in later. Our new place opens at 715, so luckily my work is letting me work 800-430 to make it work. But I know you are a teacher so you can't be late. What is the nap situation where he is now? Everyone napping at one time might help him. What kind of school setting?
@Silva: we had to give a month of tuition deposit plus $100 registration. Luckily the deposit is the first months rent. So next month we pay savings to replace what we had to take out for the deposit. -
@Smurfette: wow! We only had to do one week of pay as a deposit!
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@Silva: well they bill monthly not weekly......
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@Smurfette: gotcha
probably more convenient for you in the long run. I already know I'm going to forget my checkbook.
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@Silva: Yikes, then the co-sleeping definitely won't work! Hmmm, now you have me thinking more about the nanny share...
@Smurfette: I teach but currently my first class doesn't start until 10am. I don't know my schedule for next year yet but it's *possible* that I could ask to come in a bit late. The daycare is a sweet little nursery school-type place. They have scheduled activities like music class and art, which he doesn't have right now. I love that he'll have more activities, but nervous that he'll face more germs. But you're right, maybe a group nap time would help!
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@QueensBee: I wouldn't worry about the germs personally. He is gonna get in contact with them at some point anyway. So either now or later in pre-school/kindergarten. Is there any chance that you can find out ahead of time whether a later start to your schedule is possible for the next year at least? I was gonna say the group nap might help. It can also not work
B was having quite some issues with sleeping longer stretches at daycare (he was usually the first one down but also the first one up) but daycare decided to change the place of his cot and now he gets lots of more sleep! Yay, I'm so glad they did that - I didn't even think about asking them so they did it all on their own behalf! Love our daycare!@Silva: I think you just grow stronger when your child gets heavier. I could never imagine that lugging around a this heavy baby would work out quite alright.
We had a horrible morning. B was up at 5:20am and was screaming his head off. Once I got him and took him to bed with me and nursed him he did okay for maybe 5-10min and then he starting screaming again. He would not stop for the next hour or so. Nothing I did helped him and then I got impatient with him and was like "you need to stop crying and you need to talk to me!" in a loud voice and he got even more upset-- not my finest mummy moment.
He finally fell back asleep around 7am and then I had to wake him at 8:20am to get him to daycare hoping he'd still get breakfast there. Once we were there though it was too late for breakfast. Luckily they get fresh fruit everyday at 9:30am though so I hope he did ok until then.
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@Pumuckl: oh, I'm sorry you had a rough morning. We've all had our moments like that, at least I have! I'm sure he will be fine this morning.
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@QueensBee: Ugh, that late start time would be a deal breaker for us. I have to be AT work by 7:30, and while Hubs can get to work later, it still just wouldn't work for us. I do agree with @Smurfette that them all napping at the same time might actually help him though, though who really knows!
@Pumuckl: Ugh, sorry about your rough morning! I have definitely had those moments with Xander where he's crying or being fussy and I just kind of lose my patience and am like "Seriously, you need to stop now, you're driving me insane!" Obviously it doesn't work, haha. I always feel so bad. But at least you know you're not the only one! I hope he's feeling better!
Xander woke up last night around 10:00 for who knows why. He was up for an hour and I have no idea what the issue was. We ended up giving him tylenol incase it's teething and changing his diaper, but he still cried for a long time. I felt so bad.
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@QueensBee: The problem with one nap time is that if one kid doesn't nap and wakes up everyone else. Which is what caused R's 20 min nap yesterday. The new girl just cried and cried cause it is her first time in day care and she wanted her Mommy and to nurse. But when they all nap, R takes great naps.
R is in a structured program like that. I like it. They still get plenty of just play time but it also starts prepping them for preschool and helps them to learn to follow directions. R fights to get to the front for movement/yoga time, ha!
I wouldn't worry about the germs. It can't be that many more kids or they wouldn't meet ratio requirements, right?
@Pumuckl: Rough morning, hugs! And I have had that moment too, so you aren't alone.
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@Silva: @Adira: @Smurfette: Ahhhh thanks ladies you make me feel so much better - I'll make it up to B with extra snuggles tonight.
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@Pumuckl: I know, you're totally right. I'm usually a big proponent of daycare germs. They build immunity! But I also worry that poor naps + germs = lots of days missing work with sick baby. And that's awesome that daycare found a way to improve sleep by moving to cot location. I hope ours would be that proactive!
I'm so sorry you had a bad morning. Those moments can be so hard. You are definitely not alone!
@Adira: Wow, you have really early mornings at work! We have nights like that with Pete often. I seriously have no idea what they are crying over. I hope you aren't too exhausted today.
@Smurfette: I really love the educational setting for all the reasons you mentioned. Decisions, decisions...
And I laughed out loud when I read that R busts to the front for yoga class! Haha!Well, Pete has been a full on tantruming toddler this week. He still has no words, which I imagine is frustrating for him, so he points and cries for everything. My morning classes were canceled today for a field trip, so I decided to have a leisurely morning at home with him and do the daycare drop off myself. What a mistake! It was not the morning of bonding and playing like I had hoped. Just lots of tears, clinging, and whining!
The only thing that keeps him 100% happy is when he's outside playing in our yard. I have to say, it makes me pleased that we moved out of the city for this reason. He can spend hours walking around, picking up rocks, blowing on dandelions, examining the grass. Of course, the downside that that he cries his eyes out when it's time to go back inside.
I hope this is a phase that will come and go every so often, and not a preview of the next two years living with a toddler. He's lucky he's so cute!
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@QueensBee: oh yes. She also will not allow anyone else to sit in either teacher's lap during story time. Only she can. That girl!
The tantrums are so annoying aren't they? I hate it when she throws one at night cause we don't get much time together and I feel like it ruins the time we do have. R loves to be outside too. It is so cute, you say R do you want to go outside and she runs to the door. I agree luckily they are cute!So apparently another got bit yesterday at day care. So the biter is doing it to everyone now
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@Smurfette: Oh no!! I always feel so terribly when I read the biting posts on HB. The parents of the biter and the bitten must both feel so stressed. Your daycare sounds great though, I'm confident they'll find a way to get the biting under control.
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@Smurfette: So hey, is tomorrow the day that R gets to go play at the new daycare??? I hope she has fun!!
So I'm not sure if it's teething or Xander's ear infection (or both), but he woke up AGAIN last night. This time it took 2 hours before he fell back asleep! Poor baby.
How many teeth does everyone else have? Xander still only has 6 (4 on top, 2 on bottom), so I'm actually kind of hoping he's teething because he needs more teeth, haha.
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@Adira: Yep! Going in the morning. Will let yall know how it goes.
R has 12 teeth now (the top molars are still working the way down). Have you tried giving him Tylenol before he goes to sleep?
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@Smurfette: I haven't tried that, but that's a good idea! If he wakes up again tonight, I'll start doing that! We've been giving it to him after he wakes up, but it still has been taking him a while to fall back to sleep.
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@Adira: Poor Xander! Hope tonight is better.
B has all his teeth except for the 2-year-molars.
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@Adira: we usually give before bed when we know she is teething. She will still wake up and cry out in her sleep but it does help.
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@Smurfette: I'll definitely have to try that then!
The daycare teacher said he's been okay at school so hopefully he was just having an off morning.
I want a 3 hour nap!!
B was having quite some issues with sleeping longer stretches at daycare (he was usually the first one down but also the first one up) but daycare decided to change the place of his cot and now he gets lots of more sleep! Yay, I'm so glad they did that - I didn't even think about asking them so they did it all on their own behalf! Love our daycare!
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