"Newest" Moms Hangout... take 2!

[sbell111]

Are you on Facebook? maybe you need an account? Did it work for anyone?

It turns out that I wasn't signed in. The link works fine.

 

[harleyquinn]

Great!

 

[justhat]

This is why this group is so important...we can see there are all types of 'normal' when it comes to sleep!
My thought right now is that when Lily is big enough, we'll take down her crib, put her matress on the floor and I'll use an aerobed next to her. I have a feeling for a while she won't use her matress, but will see. Either that or I'll just buy a twin for her and we'll use that and chuck the crib matress. Then DH can have our room back. I know this might be insane to some of you, but I sleep WAAAAY better with Lily than I do with DH!

My kids are in a Montessori school, and their method is mattress on the floor from birth. They don't advocate cribs at all, just make the baby's room baby-proof, set a gate at the door (when they are old enough to need a gate), and the mattress on the floor. Idea is that they will crawl around and play if they aren't tired yet, then crawl to their mattress when they are tired. Or just fall asleep on the floor, whatever the case may be. So based on that, Lily is old enough to do that.

Of course, I never did it myself so I can't really say how it works with babies, but it's effectively what happens when they get older anyway. My kids have toys in their room now and often play, read books, or talk to each other till they get tired. Then they each retreat to their beds (though at one time they would both stay in my son's bed) and go to sleep. We don't have a fence at their door anymore as they don't need it now, but we did when my son first moved to a bed at 20 months. I didn't want him out of his room cause I was afraid he'd walk to the stairs and tumble down so the fence solved that. Once he learned to climb over it we just took it down.

 

[harleyquinn]

My kids are in a Montessori school, and their method is mattress on the floor from birth. They don't advocate cribs at all, just make the baby's room baby-proof, set a gate at the door (when they are old enough to need a gate), and the mattress on the floor. Idea is that they will crawl around and play if they aren't tired yet, then crawl to their mattress when they are tired. Or just fall asleep on the floor, whatever the case may be. So based on that, Lily is old enough to do that.

Of course, I never did it myself so I can't really say how it works with babies, but it's effectively what happens when they get older anyway. My kids have toys in their room now and often play, read books, or talk to each other till they get tired. Then they each retreat to their beds (though at one time they would both stay in my son's bed) and go to sleep. We don't have a fence at their door anymore as they don't need it now, but we did when my son first moved to a bed at 20 months. I didn't want him out of his room cause I was afraid he'd walk to the stairs and tumble down so the fence solved that. Once he learned to climb over it we just took it down.

Thanks!! Maybe we'll think about doing this sooner rather than later...hmmm.

 

[hulagirl87]

I'm hoping some of you might be able to help me out. My best friend's husband just lost his job and they have a 6 month old and 2 year old! She only works part time. I was wondering if any of you had Similac coupons or Huggies coupons that you are not using. I'd like to help her out in any way I can. Much appreciated!!

After reading a bunch of posts yesterday about sleeping patterns, I think it jinxed DD! The past three nights she has slept through the night, and even when she wasn't sleeping straight through, she would only get up once.
But last night she got up at 2 and then at 4:15! and she was fidgety in between those times, not really falling asleep. Sigh... I knew that sleeping through the night was too good to be true, and I was fine with getting up with her once a night, but the 2 times thing threw me for a loop! We'll see what tonight brings...

 

[caitty13]

Here is an article on the new Pampers Dry Max if anyone is interested.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36972785/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/?gt1=43001

 

[sbell111]

We've been using Pampers Dry Max diapers and Princess Wigglypants' butt remains rash free.

 

[ShootingStarMom2]

My kids are in a Montessori school, and their method is mattress on the floor from birth.

Wow, I've never heard of doing that before. I think I would worry about pinched fingers on all the furniture in their rooms. They both open the drawers and have tried to spin the knobs off.

My guys slept in our room until about 3 months old in the basinette then went straight to their cribs. They nap there every day in the afternoon unless we are far away from home and they sleep in the car. LO takes a short morning nap usually when we are in the car on our way out for the day. After lunch and playtime they both nap for about 2.5 hours. I don't plan to change DS out of his crib until he figures out how to get out.

 

[sbell111]

Sarah's crib converts to a bed, so when she get's too old for the crib, we'll just say the magic words and turn it into a bed for her.

 

[sbell111]

So what should Sarah get for her Mommy for her first Mother's Day?

 

[Piecey]

So what should Sarah get for her Mommy for her first Mother's Day?

A prenatal massage since she knows from experience how much effort it took Mommy to carry her around in her belly and now Mommy is doing it all over again.

 

[sbell111]

A prenatal massage since she knows from experience how much effort it took Mommy to carry her around in her belly and now Mommy is doing it all over again.

She's not a fan of massages.

 

[jaleaton]

So what should Sarah get for her Mommy for her first Mother's Day?

2 gift certificates for pedicures....1 for now, and 1 for when she can no longer see / reach her feet.

 

[Adi12982]

I was right there 6 years ago! Madison was a terrible sleeper at best. Terrible. Her peak was sleeping 11-3 and 3-7 from 6 weeks to 4 months old. Then it stopped and I was lucky if she went 2 hours at a clip. And she NEVER slept in her own bed from 4 months on. She would scream to the point of vomiting every time we tried to put her in the crib. She was such a challenging infant that I said I was not following through with my plan of 4 kids, and that it would be a long time till I even had the 2nd! Of course, then I was surprised with #2 so that ended that plan, but I was so terrified that I would have 2 kids up every night! Luckily she changed on her own just weeks before I had Henry or I think I'd be insane now!

But with that said, Madison went to bed at 11pm like I said. She never slept all night so I figured why bother putting her to bed earlier when she'd just be up every 2 hours anyway? That proved to be a mistake, at least given what I learned with Henry and Scarlett. The earlier the bedtimes, for them anyway, the better they slept all night. Those two also slept in their own beds early on. Henry slept in the cosleeper from birth, and Scarlett did once she got on the Prevacid. Prior to that she slept in my arms. Henry stayed there till 5 months when he moved to the crib in his own room, and Scarlett will be around 6 months when we get out to AZ, which is when I will set up her room.

But the brightside, once Madison did start sleeping all night, she never looked back. Like I said, maybe 5 wakings since she was 3yo. But Henry, who was a power sleeper from 6 weeks old, went through a couple of night waking phases as a toddler.

Thanks for sharing, you've given me some hope! DH and I decided last night that we will start putting her down earlier, and I pray it helps. We decided to last night when she decided to "nap" from 8-10 pm and then had a HORRIBLE night last night. So, tonight I will plan her bedtime around her 7/8pm feeding and see how it goes. We were planning on an earlier bedtime for her after we moved, but we will be bumping it up by a couple weeks!

I'm heading to WDW in 26 days, so I'll be sure to fill everyone in on how it goes. We are flying, but only have a 1 hour and 45 min flight. She doesn't take bottles, just milk in a sippy cup, or nursing every chance she gets! And she eats table food.

Katie doesn't sleep in her bed at all. She's never been in it over an hour at a time. I'm giving her bed away, as soon as one of my pregnant students shows up to pick it up! I told her today that I want it out of the house this week. We are planning to put down an aerobed next to our bed (where the crib is now) and try to get her to sleep on it. I can go back and forth from it to our bed. She sleeps on a mat at daycare, so hopefully the mattress will have the same affect.

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Again, thanks for sharing - sometimes people (esp at church) make me feel like I just have this spoiled child b/c she sleeps with us, and I'm spoiling her because I feed her and hold her if she cries at night, but I like hearing from everyone else on here because it does show me that all babies really are different and it is ok if my 6 month old is not sleeping the night.

QUESTION: for those of you who swaddle, how late did/do you? We still swaddle Isabel and I don't even begin to know how long she should or how to wean her. The blankets say up to 22 lbs and she's maybe 15, so it is ok I guess, but just wanted to hear what you all did/are doing!

 

[december]

Adi, I know Katie is spoiled, but she is mine! They grow up so fast, and she is my last little one. I don't understand why anyone thinks it is any of their business if she sleeps with me. I have a friend who I seriously don't want to speak to anymore because she makes snarky comments about it.

Hi all! For those worried about traveling with babies and their formula or breastmilk here's the relevant TSA website: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/index.shtm

Upshot is fluids, water, formula, milk, breastmilk and juices are permitted to be brought for children and babies.

My 2 still aren't sleeping through the night. Well occassionally Dylan will, most nights he's up once to nurse, usually because Katie has woken him up. Between teething & just not wanting to slow down enough to eat enough during the day, Katie will usually eat 2x overnight. I keep saying, one or the other wouldn't be so bad, it's having 2 that makes things tough....

In other news, after 10 months AF has fiinally made her return...... I was starting to wonder if she'd ever show up or would I go straight from nursing (no period) to menopause. I'm 38, will be 39 this summer, so it wasn't out of the question! Either DH or I really need to do something permanent on the BC front, I think 3's our limit.

Glad there was no real drama to be had here. I like our thread, no bashing going on, every one behaves like adults.

I missed this yesterday. Katie will be 1 next Friday, and I still haven't had a "visitor." I'm 37, so menopause has crossed my mind, too! I'm just scared she's going to wait until WDW to show up!

Are you on Facebook? maybe you need an account? Did it work for anyone?



This is why this group is so important...we can see there are all types of 'normal' when it comes to sleep!
My thought right now is that when Lily is big enough, we'll take down her crib, put her matress on the floor and I'll use an aerobed next to her. I have a feeling for a while she won't use her matress, but will see. Either that or I'll just buy a twin for her and we'll use that and chuck the crib matress. Then DH can have our room back. I know this might be insane to some of you, but I sleep WAAAAY better with Lily than I do with DH!

Shhhh..................me, too. I love to sleep cuddled next to Katie!

My kids are in a Montessori school, and their method is mattress on the floor from birth. They don't advocate cribs at all, just make the baby's room baby-proof, set a gate at the door (when they are old enough to need a gate), and the mattress on the floor. Idea is that they will crawl around and play if they aren't tired yet, then crawl to their mattress when they are tired. Or just fall asleep on the floor, whatever the case may be. So based on that, Lily is old enough to do that.

Of course, I never did it myself so I can't really say how it works with babies, but it's effectively what happens when they get older anyway. My kids have toys in their room now and often play, read books, or talk to each other till they get tired. Then they each retreat to their beds (though at one time they would both stay in my son's bed) and go to sleep. We don't have a fence at their door anymore as they don't need it now, but we did when my son first moved to a bed at 20 months. I didn't want him out of his room cause I was afraid he'd walk to the stairs and tumble down so the fence solved that. Once he learned to climb over it we just took it down.

This would be wonderful, if we had a room for her. Since she is in our room, there is not really safe place for her to play. But I figure a mattress on the floor is safer than her falling out of the bed!

 

[ShootingStarMom2]

Adi, I know Katie is spoiled, but she is mine! They grow up so fast, and she is my last little one. I don't understand why anyone thinks it is any of their business if she sleeps with me. I have a friend who I seriously don't want to speak to anymore because she makes snarky comments about it.

What does she say to you about it? That's so rude! I think some of my friends are surprised that I'm still nursing my LO. But only one has skirted around the question when are you quitting that?

 

[hotveggy]

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QUESTION: for those of you who swaddle, how late did/do you? We still swaddle Isabel and I don't even begin to know how long she should or how to wean her. The blankets say up to 22 lbs and she's maybe 15, so it is ok I guess, but just wanted to hear what you all did/are doing!

We swaddled until about 8-8.5 months. I was SCARED to stop because she was sleeping through the night and I didn't want to change that. I even swaddled for naps. Daycare stopped for naps probably at 6-7 months. I thought about trying to make them looser, but she could easily get out of the swaddle blankets (the ones with velcro) if she wanted her arms out. Anyways, we stopped one night because she was getting way too long for them and bc she had spit up on both of the clean ones. I switched to a sleep sack which I still use though now that is is getting warmer I have to worry about weaning this. I think that she associates this with nap/bedtime.

I think that there is no problem with continuing it.
Hope this helped.

 

[december]

What does she say to you about it? That's so rude! I think some of my friends are surprised that I'm still nursing my LO. But only one has skirted around the question when are you quitting that?

If I mention anything about being tired (you know, I'm just working full time, going to grad school, and raising 3 kids.....) she starts in on how I've created the situation (co-sleeping) and I'm just going to have to deal with it, I must like it (not sleeping) since it is my fault she is like that, etc. She has been very rude! She is going through a nasty divorce, so I'm trying to let it slide, but I don't really look forward to talking to her at all anymore! I had made some comments about being worried, since Katie normally sleeps pretty well as long as she is with me. I haven't complained about that. Over the weekend and the first part of this week she wouldn't sleep at night, would scream bloody murder unless the tv (Barney) was on. That is what I was trying to vent about. After 2 rounds of negativity, I just quit talking to her.

And tonight at ds12's baseball game, I had 2 different people tell me it was time to wean her! WTH-it isn't any of their business! And I didn't nurse her at the game-ds12 gave me strict orders on that. These were just random people who overheard someone else ask if she was still nursing and had to share their 2 cents.

 

[ArielRae]

DS just slept 6 hours between feedings last night. I fed and put him down at 9:00pm and he woke up just before 3:00am.
I now fed and put him back down at 3:30am, lets see how long he will sleep now.

Was wondering what is the longest your little sleeps between feedings and what age that is or was. Thanks

 

[hulagirl87]

DS just slept 6 hours between feedings last night. I fed and put him down at 9:00pm and he woke up just before 3:00am.
I now fed and put him back down at 3:30am, lets see how long he will sleep now.

Was wondering what is the longest your little sleeps between feedings and what age that is or was. Thanks

it's so nice when you get that big chunk of time. The first time it happened though, I thought it was bad! I kept going in and checking on her to make sure that she was ok and that she didn't need to eat. 4 out of the 5 past nights DD(10 weeks old tomorrow!) has slept through. So she went without a feeding for 10-11 hours. Still freaked me out, but I'm hoping that we are getting onto a little bit of a schedule.