PS Mommy Thread-Newborn to 12 months!

[steph72276]

CDT, Congrats!!!!!

 

[lovelylulu]

congrats CDT

hope to see you over on that other thread soon!!

 

[Mara]

congrats CDT!! wow you are a brave woman taking on a 2nd so soon hehee. i can't even imagine! then again what better time than the present right?!

Dreamer... awww i love the pics and great job on the cake mama!

mandarine... yay for STTN!! that is great.

Pandora... such a cute pic!

viz... i have mixed feelings about the whole 'bad habit' thing... doesn't it seem like at 3 months they'd be able to pick up habits? i feel like almost at a month it's almost the case (see below)!

pg.. re: formula vs BM quantities... i almost feel like if people are feeding BM exclusively that the kid would need MORE than formula almost because formula sticks around so long in their bellies vs BM which is mostly water. BM is like 90% water whereas formula i don't think is? so its confusing re: the BM vs formula amts, i almost feel like if we were feeding J 2oz formula i'd need to feed him more BM to make it the 'same'.

RPS..any thoughts re: formula vs BM and consistency?

so i am happy, i just spent over an hour trying to get J to nap in his crib for the first time ever, and SUCCESS!! i don't know how long it will last but so far it's been long enough for me to shower and eat an ItsIts and write this post so i am excited. typically he has to be in the bouncer or swing or arms but i wanted to start getting him used to his crib for the eventual move there and obviously the crib doesn't rock soooo. i put the new sleep sheep we just got (the on the go one, perfect size actually!!) on Rain and put him in. he was quiet for a while, then fussed, then cried, i kept going in and soothing and giving him paci and rubbing his body and head. finally he slept for 5 min but then woke up and cried. so 2nd time he has stayed down for about 35 min so far. yay! hopefully i can do this at least once a day if not more so that he is eventually ok with going down to sleep there.

also i am really trying to not have him fall asleep in arms/bouncer/on boob/swing EVERY time. i know that they say bad habits can't be formed yet but you can't help but THINK that maybe that's not the case...i mean if every time something happens how can that not be a 'habit' eventually? anyway.

question for you ladies..what do you do about gas? the last 2 nights J has gone down for the count at like 10pm but wakes up at 11:30 and cries. we change him and he eats a little bit, and then cries for about 30 min straight before passing out cold for 4-5 hours. last nite he actually slept 5.5 hours after the 11:30 bout. i am thinking it's gas because at 10pm when i was soothing him to sleep i could feel little tummy bubbles gurgling...and i can't think of any other reason he'd wake up 1.5 hours later and going straight to crying (no fussing or quiet alert state). we have mylicon for infants...but just wondering what the other moms think, does this sound like gas?

umm i wrote too soon, someone's awake!

 

[Sabine]

Happy Belated Birthday Hunter! My goodness, first birthday are crazy! So hard to believe when I think back to all the ttc talk we did a bit over a year ago...DD, the pics are great, and I''m impressed with your cake!

CONGRATS cdt, you crazy woman! Sending major sticky dust and dust for a much easier pregnancy this time around!

Blen...is it possible you O''d later than you thought? I''ve had several months where I''ve had spotting around cycle day 15 when I also have signs of ovulation, and my dh said that''s normal.

Re: Baptisms...we just had Jackson''s done last month when he was 6 months. I felt odd that he was so old, but it worked out well. He was awake and giggling through most of it. Unfortunately, the priest who did it for us said both our godparents needed to be Catholic and we needed letters stating that they were practicing and belonged to a church. We were also supposed to take a class, but dh talked to the priest at the hospital where he works, and he had a video and brochure that we could take home, and then he was happy to write us a letter saying we had "taken the class." The video was 20 minutes and informative.

 

[Mandarine]

Congrats CDT!!! I don''t think you''re crazy! You can totally do it
My sister and I are like 19 months apart and we are SUPER close! I loved having her growing up (even though she would give me a hard time sometimes!!!)
I am sure it''s going to be hard at the beginning, but when it gets hard just think that it is temporary (that''s what I tell myself!)...the really hard stage won''t last forever and then they''ll have each otehr to play with and you''ll have some free time

Sending tons of sticky vibes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mara]

re baptisms (again!)... how ''strict'' your church is will dictate a lot about your baptism. and sometimes it''s not even the church but the priest you choose. when my sis was baptized, my mom got an older priest at first who didn''t like that my mom got married to my stepfather after baby was born. he didn''t want to do baptism. so mom went to another younger priest and he did it. but what a PITA for sure.

 

[cdt1101]

thanks everyone...my DH and I must be total loonies because this wasn't a surprise

I mean, we knew what we were doing this month.

And I know it'll be hard, but I agree w/ Mandy that it's temporary. My only concern at this point is Lex and how he will adjust. That and I hope hope hope this pregnancy is easier than my last.

oh and Mara - I was EXACTLY like you when Lex was Julian's age, in fact I'm pretty sure I said on this thread that I would never have another

Once Lex hit 6 months, I don't know, baby fever hit hard for both DH and I and we knew we wanted another sooner rather than later.

 

[Sha]

Congrats cdt!! How exciting! I think it would be great to have your babies grow up together. I''d like to try to conceive again myself within the year, God willing.


Blen, are you going to test?

 

[Blenheim]

CDT - I think it's normal to worry about siblings adjusting, regardless of when you go for #2! Kids are resilient and I'm sure that, while you may have some tough times, he'll come out fine. I hope that you have an easier pregnancy too.

Sabine - thanks for weighing in. I'm pretty sure that I O'ed 8 days ago, and don't have any signs of ovulation now.

From what I've been able to find, it could either be implantation bleeding or an early decrease in progesterone. There's a lot of chat on the internet about drops in progesterone and infertility treatments and the like, and I'm just really not sure how often it happens out of the blue versus the other people online posting about working with a RE when it happens every cycle. If it is implantation bleeding, I'd imagine that testing on Sat or Sun would make sense? It would give it 3-4 days to finish implanting and start secreting hormones and for the hormones to start hitting the urine. Since this is so unusual for me, my feeling is that I'll probably go ahead and test so that I can either put my mind at ease or know to start laying off of the red wine (and to start panicking

).

 

[anchor31]

Date: 2/24/2010 5:43:58 PM
Author: Pandora II

Baptism - DH and I are staunch heathens so there will be no baptising going on round here. We believe that people should chose their own faith or lack of and not have one foisted on them by their families, so we don''t attend baptisms of friends or family members. My parents are both atheists, my FIL is jewish and my MIL is an ordained Anglican Deacon (married to an Anglican priest) so it''s all a bit of a mish-mash anyway. MIL has 4 sons, 3 of whom are atheists and 1 is agnostic, so she''s resigned to the ungodliness in her offspring!

To each their own of course. DH and I discussed not having Jacob baptised as a baby and letting him decide when he''s old enough (DH and I are both catholics by choice, the only ones still practicing in our families), but we figured that even if we have him baptised now, he can still make his own choice later if he wants to continue with his sacrements. We don''t consider having him baptised as "foisting a faith on him" and will respect whatever choice of faith he makes later in life.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 2/24/2010 10:18:39 PM
Author: anchor31

Date: 2/24/2010 5:43:58 PM
Author: Pandora II

Baptism - DH and I are staunch heathens so there will be no baptising going on round here. We believe that people should chose their own faith or lack of and not have one foisted on them by their families, so we don''t attend baptisms of friends or family members. My parents are both atheists, my FIL is jewish and my MIL is an ordained Anglican Deacon (married to an Anglican priest) so it''s all a bit of a mish-mash anyway. MIL has 4 sons, 3 of whom are atheists and 1 is agnostic, so she''s resigned to the ungodliness in her offspring!

To each their own of course. DH and I discussed not having Jacob baptised as a baby and letting him decide when he''s old enough (DH and I are both catholics by choice, the only ones still practicing in our families), but we figured that even if we have him baptised now, he can still make his own choice later if he wants to continue with his sacrements. We don''t consider having him baptised as ''foisting a faith on him'' and will respect whatever choice of faith he makes later in life.

I would agree except that both DH and I tried to get "unbaptised" and it was impossible - therefore we are both still counted as followers of a church we have no time for in official statistics.

 

[rockpaperscissors67]

CDT, really, I wouldn''t worry too much about how Lex will handle a sibling and how you guys will handle him, Loads of people have siblings close to their age and turn out quite well. I don''t think my daughter has any issues because of her brother coming along; in fact, she''s always been my most easy-going child. There were a lot of great things about having them so close. When they were younger, it was so cool to watch them playing together. Of course, OTOH, they also got into a LOT of trouble together -- OMG, the stories I could tell! Overall, these two rarely argued with each other. They''re teenagers now (16 and almost 15), btw.

I wouldn''t worry about that faint line, either. From what I understand, the darkness of the line means nothing because it can vary by test and isn''t a measure of the amount of hcg in your system. Keep thinking positive thoughts!

Pandora, I''m glad I''m not the only heathen around here!

When I was a kid, my parents tried several times to start going to church on a regular basis, but it never stuck, and then when I got older, I followed my own path. My kids'' stepmom works for a church, so they go with her pretty much every other Sunday and I''m glad that they''re getting exposure to some beliefs without being forced.

So Cal Girl, I had neighbors that were Jewish and Catholic and it was cool how their daughters were exposed to both religions. Neither of the parents were super religious, which I think probably helped, because it didn''t seem like they had any clashes over what to teach the girls. They celebrated holidays for both sides, and would decorate for Christmas one year and Hanukkah the next.

Mara, my best guess about the formula v. breastmilk thing is that it all has to do with the way bm changes composition and that most of it is digested. The composition changes all the time to meet your baby''s specific needs so it''s different when the baby is say, 6 months, than it was when he was 1 month. It even changes from the morning to the evening on any given day. Formula, OTOH, is static so it will be the exact same at 1 month v. 6 months. As for the digestibility, a lot of breastfed infants don''t poop every day after the first month or so because so much of the bm is used by their bodies, which isn''t true for formula. For example, almost 50% of the iron in bm is absorbed while only about 4% of the iron in formula is absorbed.


Re: Bad habits...I don''t believe that bad habits can be learned very much before a year and I don''t think of a baby that wants to be with his parents as much as possible as having a bad habit. I think babies are designed to want to be with their parents because they (the babies) are so vulnerable that they need their parents'' protection for a long time. I also believe that responding to a baby''s cries helps make that baby more secure which leads to more independence later on. I don''t think that bad habits are impossible to change, either. For example, my 3 year old is still very attached to his pacifier but we''ve been weaning off of it by limiting the places he can have it. I don''t get very wound up about it because I''d rather him have that than suck his thumb since I was a late thumb sucker and don''t want to deal with that.

Re: Gas...I have no special thing to do to deal with gas, but we had issues with it last night. Poor Ben could not get settled -- it took him until about 2 to really fall asleep. I attribute this to gas when I know he''s been fed and changed and I can feel his little gut just rumbling away. I''ve never used Mylicon. I just try bicycling his legs or letting him lie across my lap with his belly pressed on my one thigh.

I''m going to need a nap today, I think, because I didn''t sleep well since I ended up with a migraine last night starting around 10:30. I took my Imitrex, but with Ben wanting to be up, it''s hard to relax and let the medicine do its work. SO took Ben and rocked him for a while so that I could get a catnap in and then I woke back up about 12:30 and finally fell back to sleep around 2 after Ben went to sleep. But then Will came out into the living room and wanted to sleep on the couch with us -- I don''t even know what time that was. Finally, I got up at 5:30 because my boobs were ready to explode so I got up and pumped and enjoyed a little bit of peace and quiet. I''m really tired now...

 

[Shoopy]

Good morning

I''m taking Sophia to the pedi on Saturday to get her eyes checked. Yesterday FI recorded her on the jumperoo and at one point she was looking straight into the camera and you could tell that her eyes are way off, particularly her left eye. His pedi wants to see her and wants me to bring in photos so I''m going to take a screen shot of the video. I have other pictures and was doing the light test but the difference in the pictures is so minimal that you can''t really tell. In the video it''s really obvious. We''ll see if it''s all in my head or not.

 

[Pandora II]

Wind (or gas as you all call it

) - Daisy went through phases of waking up crying because of this. I gave her "Gripe Water" which contains Dill and that worked brilliantly. It also tastes quite nice so no problem getting her to take it.

Otherwise a hot bath works everytime if it''s really bad and massage doesn''t fix it.

Bad Habits - I posted on this a week or so ago to say that I don''t believe they happen in the first year. I used to worry that I was setting myself up for problems due to feeding to sleep, rocking to sleep, picking up at the first squeak etc, but it hasn''t happened. DH can put Daisy to bed with no problem at all and he can''t feed her to sleep!

I guess we may find it tricky to eventually move her into her own room, but we''ll just do it at her pace.


Daisy is still unwell and still has a very high temperature. Last night was miserable, she was so hot and kept tossing and turning (with my boob in her mouth - ouch!). I gave her some Calpol at 3am - battle and a half to get it into her - but it didn''t seem to help much.

We had a bath together this morning and she just sat there, didn''t want to splash or play with her bath toys at all. She''s not whingy though - still smiling, but looks pale with very shiny eyes and two very red cheeks. I hope it doesn''t last too much longer!

 

[Mandarine]

I knew Alex and Lucas weren''t going to repeat their performance...they were up at 1am (Alex), 4am (Lucas) and then 6am (Lucas woke up Alex...and everyone else in the house, including the dog!)

Oh well, they''ll get there one day..........

and I''m not ready to let the CIO yet....so we''ll see!

So I didn''t do the who the baby looks like pictures when you guys did...well, now I have pictures of DH and the babies...and I think we don''t need to include my picture because DH could be their long lost triplet!!!!!!!!!

 

[phoenixgirl]

CDT, amazing, congrats!!!!


So, I am home "sick" today. Really I am just too stressed out, so I had to take a sick day so I could get caught up on work at home.

I must have been teetering on the edge because one minute last night I was dressed to do a short workout while Claire was napping, and the next minute I was too stressed out to do anything. As I was heading to the basement to do the ill-fated workout, DH called out to me his "schedule" for the next few days . . . hanging out with a friend tonight (even though he forgot that I had a school function and again didn''t ask, just told), missing work to go to a bike show tomorrow, home at 6 then out to a party for the show, bike race on Saturday, back to the show on Sunday. I knew he had all of these plans, but when he went through them and I realized how much my weekend would suck and how little work I''d be able to catch up on, I just collapsed. And then next weekend he''s flying his brothers in as a surprise for his dad''s birthday, but one of his brothers is a dysfunctional addict whom I sometimes have to treat more like a rebellious teenaged student than a BIL. So no rest for the weary.

DH means well. It''s just the stress of everything. The Merry Maids are coming today, so he "cleaned up" the house for their arrival, but he only picked up 50% of what I would have. He left six pairs of shoes (five of them his!) lying around the downstairs. Of course, they need to clean the floors, so that won''t work. And then he bristled when I said I was going to clean up for them as he was leaving.

And when I told him again that he couldn''t just announce he was going out, he said, "Oh, I''m sorry. May I go out Thursday night?" I''m not your mom. You don''t need to ask permission. You need to ask if it''s a good time for me to watch Claire.

So, I''m using my sick time to pay somebody else to do my job so I can do more of my job at home. Twisted, right? But hopefully I''ll feel better tonight.

 

[cdt1101]

Thanks Sha!! I hope TTC works the way you hope

Blen & RPS - Yeah, I'm going to just try and go w/ the flow and not stress too much since obviously I'm not the 1st mom to have kids close in age. I just hope Lex doesn't feel cheated in anyway....ok that's probably my hormones talking...hehehe.....

Fiery - I hope Sophia's eye is OK. No matter what though at least if there is an issue it will be caught early and things can be done to fix it. Hang in there.

Pandora - Hope Daisy feels better soon. Breaks my heart when Lex is sick because he just doesn't have his usual spunk that I love so much

Mandy - WOW, they are definitely daddy's little *twins*...hehehe...

Phoenix - thanks! Sorry you're stressed, hang in there!

In other news, so much going on w/ us. Lex has been almost constantly sick since starting daycare

Sooo...we've decided to switch to a nanny until I finish up w/ my job in July/August. Going to cost a little more, but at least she's willing to watch him sick or not. My DH and I have missed so much work because of bronchitis, colds, sinus infections, pink eye that we just can't do it anymore. Good news is that we got a referrel from a long time friend of DH's family and we met w/ the woman last night and she seems great. So next week she'll watch Lex a day and 2 days the following to see how it goes and start full time in a few weeks assuming the trial period works out.

Man oh man though, DH and I have a lot on our plate right now...but I just keep

 

[vizsla]

Re: Bad habits...I don't believe that bad habits can be learned very much before a year and I don't think of a baby that wants to be with his parents as much as possible as having a bad habit. I think babies are designed to want to be with their parents because they (the babies) are so vulnerable that they need their parents' protection for a long time. I also believe that responding to a baby's cries helps make that baby more secure which leads to more independence later on. I don't think that bad habits are impossible to change, either. For example, my 3 year old is still very attached to his pacifier but we've been weaning off of it by limiting the places he can have it. I don't get very wound up about it because I'd rather him have that than suck his thumb since I was a late thumb sucker and don't want to deal with that.

everyone on this thread is much more concise and to the point than i am

mara - this is what i was trying to say in my round about way re: bad habits. while there are babies that follow the perfect 3 hour: hold to eat, down to play, crib to sleep routine ... my little peanut was NOT one of these babies. it was as if he needed to be held to thrive. so instead of fighting it, i held him... all of the time.... AALLLL OOOFFF TTTHEHHHE TIIIMMEEE

thank gawd for the peanut sling! anyhoo.. now that he is getting older he is *MUCH MUCH MUCH* better with being in his bouncy seat, or playing on his funky farmyard playmat for extended periods of time

and he is sleeping in his bassinet (instead of our arms). so, if i went with the theory that bad habits can be developed as early as 1, 2 or 3 months -- i imagine our family would have had many more tears. so, FWIW the 'bad habits' may just be a phase that baby is going thru for that particular week, month etc... and that can change in a heartbeat.

for instance -- since charlie has been sick he has been super uncomfortable/inconsolable at night and not sleeping well alone. in order for everyone to get some sleep we have been putting him in bed with us --- and he sleeps. now, this may seem like a bad habit. however, we have been putting him asleep *unswaddled* (and he is a TOTAL swaddle-aholic) i think it is because he is secure with us next to him. to me this 'habit' is fantastic b/c when he is feeling better we can transition him to his crib unswaddled.

re:gas... OMG GAS!!!! babies are just so sensitive to it... at least mine is. i wish i could reason with the little guy like "hey buddy.. you are going to think this is hi-larious in a few years". it's not like we pumped C w/ mylicon but we definitely used it after every feeding for those days when i ate a tub of hummos

blen - i keep meaning to comment on your amazing creative ability and sewing skills.. have you ever thought about selling some things on etsy? you are super duper talented.

cdt - you are seriously giving me baby fever!

fiery - gah! keep us posted...((hugs)) to you and your sweet little girl.

mandy - i saw a pic of the boys chillin on the couch watching the morning news on their boppys .... something i am totally stealing from you! i never thought about putting c on the couch like that.

which brings me to...... what if we had a 'tips and tricks thursday'? (TTT) similar to the little ditty i mentioned above? it would be super helpful for when your brain is totally tapped out of ideas. it can be any and everything you have discovered or heard to help entertain, soothe etc.

TTT: since C has been sick -- DH and i have been showering at night... we take turns while the other one holds C in the steamy bathroom... it really helps to clear out his little chest.

ETA -

PG - are we married to the same man? mine is a carpenter (and cyclist) and is always assuming that 'working on the house' is OK w/ me... i totally get you on the 'asking' if it is cool to be in charge of the babe. but yeah, i'm not your mom -- just 'think' ya know? hugs!

pandora-- aye ya ya... i hate sick babies... i want to be sick for them... i hope little daisy gets to feeling better.

cdt - i am so worried about the constant sickness at daycare too... i would LOVE to have a nanny.. and if c continues to be sick i'm going to have to seriously look into it. which kinda stinks b/c i really like our daycare (just not that he is there.. that's twisted right?) anyhoo congrats on the nanny... let us know how it goes!

 

[Mandarine]

Date: 2/25/2010 9:25:32 AM
Author: vizsla

for instance -- since charlie has been sick he has been super uncomfortable/inconsolable at night and not sleeping well alone. in order for everyone to get some sleep we have been putting him in bed with us --- and he sleeps. now, this may seem like a bad habit. however, we have been putting him asleep *unswaddled* (and he is a TOTAL swaddle-aholic) i think it is because he is secure with us next to him. to me this ''habit'' is fantastic b/c when he is feeling better we can transition him to his crib unswaddled.

I hate you...in an I love you kind of way, of course

 

[Shoopy]

Bad habits are subjective, IMO.

Nursing to sleep in my household would have been a bad habit because I travel and work late. FI is the one that puts her to sleep most nights and if she was being nursed to sleep, I can''t imagine how hard it would be to put her to sleep if the boobs aren''t home.

But if I were cosleeping, then nursing to sleep makes sense.

Rocking to sleep is considered a bad habit and while we don''t do it every night, there are nights where it''s way easier to rock her for 1 to 2 minutes than it is to put her down in her crib and spend the next 30 minutes doing pick up/put down.

Speaking of habits: Sophia has been going through her separation anxiety and we''ve had to rock or pat to sleep every night for the past week. Last night I put her down awake (because I was starving) and put on the projector on her white noise machine to entertain her while I took a bite of my dinner. I went in 5 minutes later and she was zoned out staring at the animals so I left her alone. 10 minutes after that, she had turned over on her belly and was still awake but very quiet and still. 10 minutes later, completely passed out

. No tears, no complaints, no dadadadadadadada, just totally asleep

And that''s why they call it the baby crack machine

 

[sbde]

congrats on the BFP CDT!! sending sticky bean vibes your way

re: GAS: our little one was v sensitive to gas and would often have crying fits because of it. mara, if julian's stomach feels hard or distended it's likely that gas is the issue. what worked for us most often was cycling his legs a bit and bringing his knees to his stomach in gentle consistent motions - the extra pressure of his knees on his belly would help him pass the gas. another trick was to hold him up against me and lightly pat his bottom for 5-6 mnutes. often enough the patting directed his attention enough to the area that he would pass his gas haha...both these tips came from the baby whisperer book.

fiery: i hope everything turns out ok with sophia's eyes!!

HTH!

 

[cdt1101]

Viz - I totally get what you're saying. We love his daycare too, and honestly feel Lex's personality is better suited to daycare (social baby, loves to interact w/ people). But right now, DH and I are stretched REALLY thin w/ taking time off from work. Now, I know I'm losing my job and some people wouldn't spend MORE 5 months before that, but it's already been said NO days off when training starts. Since I won't budge on travelling to VA to train my replacement (which most of us are expected to do...complete BS), I can't also expect that I can just keep taking days. And for obvious reasons we need to protect my DH's job as much as possible now. So yeah, we could have sucked it up and hoped that when nicer weather comes Lex is less sick, but there is no crystal ball and right now we feel less stressed having someone come to our house to watch him. I'm just hoping it all works out in the end. And at the end of the day, we can afford it so it seems like the right choice for us right now.

Sorry about giving you baby fever

ETA -

Mara - Lex had HORRIBLE gas issues in the beginning, I mean he would just cry and cry and cry and pass gas. A couple of things worked for us. Mylicon...my BFF back in those early months. We just put the drops in his bottle, but you could give it to him in a dropper before BFing. The cycling like SBDE mentioned also helped.

 

[vizsla]

fiery! TTT: what is this baby crack machine of which you speak? i MUST.HAVE.ONE.

(can you tell i *really* want TTT to take off? and who the brain fried girl is?)

mandy - we do have to hold c arms at his side until he falls asleep and then he's OK.... he eveb flips them up over his head and it doesn't wake him up... i know this would be a challenge w/ two babies but i didn't want you to think we just laid him down unswaddled and he's asleep licky-split.. baby steps, baby steps

 

[Shoopy]

Baby Crack Machine!

I love it! Eveyone on another site kept raving about it but we have a crib soother (an aquarium thingy) and figured it was the same thing. One day MIL walks in with this as a gift for DD. We''ve been using it ever since. She sleeps with the rain setting on. We hadn''t used the projector in such a long time because I forgot about it but it worked well last night

 

[vizsla]

tee hee.. done and ordered .....

it was the same thing with the miracle blanket.. everyone raved about it and i never understood.. then during a fit of frustration i sent DH out to get one.... voila.

and that darn chicco key fit... i didn't like it - bought the maxi cosi - and HATED IT.. HATED IT! so what did we do? went out and bought the chicco... gah, and i wonder where our $$ goes

 

[rockpaperscissors67]

Fiery, haha, I had to try to identify this baby crack machine before you posted what it was. I''m a little concerned about so many of the reviews on Amazon saying the projector quit working, but the price is cheap enough that I guess it wouldn''t matter. I may have to give it a shot, although we have a machine already (no projector) and Ben doesn''t give a hoot about it when I turn it on during the evenings that he''s fussy. I''m wondering now, though, if this would be a good thing to try with Will since he''s been waking up a little too early in the mornings for my liking.

Viz, I''ll play with the TTT!

Mine''s a safety tip: When your little one is big enough to go into the big bathtub, get in the habit of turning the hot water off first and letting the cold water run for a few seconds before shutting that off. This way if your kiddo turns on the hot water, the first water out is going to be cold, which gives you enough time to shut it off.

And I know it''s not Friday, but I have to share this pic. SO and Ben are crashed out on the couch. It''s been soooo amazingly quiet here for the past hour or so!

 

[Mandarine]

Fiery, where do you put the actual machine? I like the idea but I don''t know where you would put it?

 

[Blenheim]

Wow, that's cheaper than I was expecting. Does Baby Crack machine work for older babies? And ditto Mandy's question about where to put it.

Another early confession - when G just does not want to go to sleep some nights, FIL tells me that I just need to wack him over the head hard and that'll do the trick. (This is his type of humor and nothing to be concerned about, btw.) The other night George was getting tired but didn't want to go to sleep, then started flailing around and banged his head, hard. And my first thought was, I wonder if this will truly work? It didn't, btw. Bad mama for thinking that.

Fiery - good luck at the pedi! If you have any questions about our experience with vision stuff, please feel free to ask.

ETA - RPS, cute!! Now I wanna cuddle up and take a nap.

TTT - G hates having his face wiped after eating. DH has discovered that if he first wipes his own face, then wipes George, then wipes his own face again, then wipes George, then G does a lot better getting his face cleaned off.

 

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Date: 2/25/2010 11:00:29 AM
Author: Mandarine
Fiery, where do you put the actual machine? I like the idea but I don''t know where you would put it?

It''s on the floor next to her closet. I had it on her diaper pail last night so that she could see the animals a little better.

 

[Shoopy]

Date: 2/25/2010 10:57:43 AM
Author: rockpaperscissors67
Fiery, haha, I had to try to identify this baby crack machine before you posted what it was. I''m a little concerned about so many of the reviews on Amazon saying the projector quit working, but the price is cheap enough that I guess it wouldn''t matter. I may have to give it a shot, although we have a machine already (no projector) and Ben doesn''t give a hoot about it when I turn it on during the evenings that he''s fussy. I''m wondering now, though, if this would be a good thing to try with Will since he''s been waking up a little too early in the mornings for my liking.

I find that she goes in phases. As a newborn, the heartbeat and rain sound helped her sleep. Once she got older, the sound stopped helping her sleep but it did drown out all of the background noises since she''s a light sleeper. Her room is right next to the living room and the TV is against the same wall as her crib. She didn''t care about the projector from 0-3 months. Around 3 months she noticed it was there because I would have it on the ceiling but once she started noticing everything else around her, she ignored it.

I''m thinking that now it''s enough to calm her down before bed so that she isn''t lying awake in bed complaining or crying. I''m going to try it out tonight again.

Another TTT: When I want to get her to drink something, I have to pretend to drink it myself especially when I''m trying to get her to use her sippy cup. When she had to drink some pedialyte, I sat next to her with an empty cup taking sips so that she would take sips of her drink too. Such a copycat