April Mummies 2011

[cheese lover]

Stacey, we bought a side rail for our bed. We have a king size so its big enough for the 3 of us. I need to find a crib for Isis. Eventually she's not going to be able to sleep in the pack n play bassinet and she doesn't like sleeping in the bottom of the pack n play. There's one with the dresser on craigslist for $300 and the crib is convertible. That's crazy that she settles so well in your bed. Isis doesn't settle better it's just quicker because I don't have to walk to her room. I'd be very tempted to just let her sleep with us if that was the case. Makes it easy for travel, don't have to bring the baby's bed I'm seriously considering not buying a crib but buying a firm mattress and putting it on the floor with rails. Let me know if you go with that route. I can't find any reason not to do it other than her getting up in the middle of the night when she can open the door. Ugh!

Dana, Stacey is right. It sounds like a tightness in the muscles on the one side of her neck. It's pretty common. Nothing you could have done would have prevented it. She'll be fine with a little physical therapy!

Isis is sleeping and I'm really hoping she sleeps well tonight. I'm going to be in bed soon...

 

[Lilly12]

We have a king size bed too and are cosleeping.
She sleeps really good on me , and next to me as long as she touches my arm or hand.
She barely wakes at night.
Thank god!
I wake alot cause I sleep light now cause of cosleeping n husband snores, he sleeps on the couch half the time cause I need sleep too!

 

[DanaBump]

the dr said it was a real problem with muscles and she wanted to get her pt before it turns into even a bigger one.

i would really like to get abby a softer mattress, the one we have for her is soft but it still seems hard. we just got our cal king bed and it's omg awesome. she doens't sleep in it with us tho, but her crib is in the room with us so maybe that's why i'm ok with it.

can't wait til next year when we can get her her own room. for now, she's going to end up being in our room until she's almost 18 months. i just don't want to put her in the room with zack, i'm not comfy with it. not to say my step son would do anything, something just creeps me out about it now.

 

[cheese lover]

I need some advice from other moms. We bought a used crib from a sale at my SIL's school. The platform that holds the mattress doesn't fit in the frame of the crib and it didn't come with the right hardware. We didn't realize this until after we had already bought the crib mattress. Currently Isis sleeps in the basinet part of the pack n play. She's getting close to pulling herself up at which point she can't be in the bassinet any more. She doesn't sleep well at the bottom of the pack n play so I need a new option by then.
Eventually we want to have her sleep in a queen size bed so we can use it as a spare bed (and she can sleep with us) when we have that much company like when all of DH's family comes to town.
I'm thinking of putting her on the crib mattress on the floor in a corner and then when she quits rolling off that mattress buy the queen. My concern is what happens when she learns to open the door to her room and I don't like that I would have to keep her door shut. Ugh. Oh and of course we have the door handles that are easy to open. I don't know what to do. I hate to spend a couple hundred bucks on something we'll only use for like a year. I found this https://desmoines.craigslist.org/bab/2616623210.html I really like it.

 

[Lilly12]

Can't you leave her door open and put a baby gate there ?
That's what we are gonna do when she starts moving

 

[JakesMummy]

Jake still rolls out of his bed and he is 2.5 years lol! Just put a stairgate up?

 

[caro103]

gosh, i love that cot cheese! what a good idea having it all combined in one, and the sides on the change part mean it can be used for longer.

I'd have thought if you just put her mattress on the floor you'll spend a lot of the night picking her up off the floor and putting her back on the mattress without any kind of rail. Or she'll just end up sleeping on the actual floor which wouldn't exactly be comfy!

a wall, mattress and siderail might work? but you might waste more money by doing to much trial and error. Depends on what she'll be like when she's older. Alex is already a complete wriggle bottom so i can imagine he'd be a nightmare without cot sides, i've already had to put another bumper around his cot cos he kept getting his legs caught

 

[caro103]

eugh, am a walking zombie today . Sleep did not go well last night!

have booked dr's appt for thurs to go back again about his diorrhoea, its becomming beyond funny and really interfearing with his cheerful personality cos he's not getting so much sleep

not sure whether we should just stop food for a week and see if it gets better as thats prob whats triggering it, but now he's kinda used to having 1 meal a day, and sometimes 2, but i can't work out that theres a 'trigger food'


Dana, i'm sure abby will be fine hun, and its nothing you've done! non of our stuff had neck support either. it'll be one of those things xx

 

[DanaBump]

I need some advice from other moms. We bought a used crib from a sale at my SIL's school. The platform that holds the mattress doesn't fit in the frame of the crib and it didn't come with the right hardware. We didn't realize this until after we had already bought the crib mattress. Currently Isis sleeps in the basinet part of the pack n play. She's getting close to pulling herself up at which point she can't be in the bassinet any more. She doesn't sleep well at the bottom of the pack n play so I need a new option by then.
Eventually we want to have her sleep in a queen size bed so we can use it as a spare bed (and she can sleep with us) when we have that much company like when all of DH's family comes to town.
I'm thinking of putting her on the crib mattress on the floor in a corner and then when she quits rolling off that mattress buy the queen. My concern is what happens when she learns to open the door to her room and I don't like that I would have to keep her door shut. Ugh. Oh and of course we have the door handles that are easy to open. I don't know what to do. I hate to spend a couple hundred bucks on something we'll only use for like a year. I found this https://desmoines.craigslist.org/bab/2616623210.html I really like it.

we have something similar...https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cadence-...and-Toddler-Mattress-Bundle-Espresso/14245024
it will eventually convert into a queen and comes with mattress. we LOVE it!

 

[MissFox]

Dana. I hope pt sorts everything out quickly.
Cheese I also have a 4 way convertible crib and I love it. Rosie's only does full size frame though.
Sorry for all the sleepless nights!
Caro- if you don't want to completely cut everything out and still feed Alex I would try going back to very basic food. Only one food introduced every 3 days. You should be able to tell if its a certain food causing the problem.

 

[caro103]

thanks hun, think will try that!

 

[cheese lover]

Well as I was typing a post I made the decision to just buy the crib I showed you guys. I'm pretty excited honestly. I know eventually we won't be able to use that changing table but it'll be nice while we have it. I was worried with her sleeping on the floor, how much would it suck to change her diaper on the floor every time! We're picking it up this afternoon.
Isis and I are home sick today. I think I'm worse off than her.
My MIL has taken a bad turn in the last day. We're going to Indiana this weekend instead of Chicago but depending on how things go we might be leaving earlier. Yesterday she stopped being able to speak. They took her to the hospital and so far all we know is that she's still cancer-free but she may have had a stroke or seizure. Last night at the hospital she had a major seizure but after was able to say yes or no. DH is a mess. He's a real momma's boy, but in a good way.
On top of all that Isis wouldn't sleep last night. I was up until midnight with her. She ended up sleeping with us again. Little devil wakes up smiling and happy.
Well Isis is napping so I'm going to as well.

 

[caro103]

oh cheese xx

 

[cheese lover]

Thanks Caro!

We bought the crib and already set it up. It's beautiful!

MIL has gotten worse. She's gone from 4 word sentences this morning to basically unresponsive. We're leaving tomorrow night for Indiana. We're also trying to figure out what to do with FIL. They've been together since 8th grade. I don't know how he's going to handle this.

 

[DanaBump]

lots and lots and lots of massive hugs danielle!!!

well, my dh and i made a really big decision tonight one that i hope doesn't hurt him in the end. he doesn't seem to be doing so hot right now and i'm really rather worried.

 

[cheese lover]

Dana, I hope he's ok!

 

[Lilly12]

@Dana, what'd you decide?

 

[DanaBump]

we're sending his son back to his gma's. the schools here basically refuse to do what we know is best for him (down there, bigger city, more resources), today they called social services because of the bruise that i explained (i tripped with abby pushed into him trying to protect her in the fall he slammed into the wall) thinking that instead i punched him. this is the 4th time this school has called them for something equally as ridiculous (why would i punch my kid in the eye and then send him to school?).
he's miserable here, all he does at home is sit in his room. i could go on and on but basically after talking with my counselor today i brought it up to DH and he said he's been thinking about it for a while and before i knew it he was on the phone with them arranging that this be his last week in school up here.
i can't tell you how much of a weight this takes off me. not to say that he's an added stresser, but yes...he adds a lot of stress to my daily life. i'm on the brink of a breakdown (confirmed today) and it's just better he be where he smiles and can thrive in every way.
dh's family won't see it that way but they can fuck off. they've offered NO help with him, given us NO breaks even knowing how difficult of a kid he is. they give dh any crap for it, we're cutting all ties to them. period. i take dh's decision tonight as the most selfless thing that he could've done for his son and i'm proud of him for making it.

 

[DanaBump]

can you tell today's counseling session went well? i'm set up for 2 days a week, but i already feel tons better. i don't feel like a failure and abnormal as within an hour she basically had me all figured out. breath of fresh air has hit my lungs that hasn't hit them in a long time.

 

[cheese lover]

I'm so glad your session went well today and you're feeling better! I'm sure Nick knows it's what's best for his son. I hope he feels better about it soon. Sometimes the things we know are best are the hardest to do.

I might have to do some retail therapy tomorrow. It's either shop or binge eat. I'm thinking shopping might be better. I saw a yarn shop not too far from where I have physical therapy. Might be buying some more wool and alpaca yarn...