So now that I'm carrying around a sesame seed sized baby number 5, I've decided to get some things under control with baby number 4.
1. Sleeping through the night. Echo has never slept through the night. She's a little spoiled I guess. Its been frustrating, but I've dealt with it because, I thought she was the last. That's no longer the case, and now, I'm freaking tired. I can't do it anymore. I can barely keep my eyes open at 2 in the afternoon and 10 in the evening. I need more sleep at night. I can't keep getting up every three or so hours to nurse. I've been trying to let her cry it out, but its hard. Any suggestions?
2. Drinking from a bottle/sippy cup. I'm still nursing. I didn't even know you could still nurse while pregnant. Well, you can and I am, because Echo refuses to go anywhere near a bottle. If she even sees it she flips out. Even when its filled with breast milk. We've also tried the sippy cup, but she only takes small sips of water from one, and that's not helping. This is turning into quite the dilemma because since becoming pregnant, I'm pretty sure the breast milk supply is decreasing, which may be contributing to her sleeping less as well. I'm trying to fill her up on other things like baby food, cereal pieces, yogurt, biter biscuits, etc, but she mostly just wants to nurse (which I'm okay with, I just want her to get enough food, and I don't think she is). Any suggestions on this one?
3. Sitting in the Car seat or Stroller without screaming like a psycho. I don't really know if this is something that is fixable. But Echo HATES her car seat and the stroller. She does not enjoy being tied down. She screams and cries almost non-stop every time we get in the car or in the stroller to take the boys to school. The last two weeks I've resigned to putting her in the snuggli to take the boys to school (which I haven't used since Dexter was a baby), she actually likes that and doesn't cry at all. The only problem is that it hurts my back (which is why I haven't used it in so long), and when my belly starts to bulge it won't really work anymore. So how do I get her to be happy in the car seat and stroller? Any suggestions on that guys?
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Anyway, I finally started on the companion cube and got it all done pretty easily except those corners. They are a weird shape, and I couldn't figure it out. I let it sit for days while I thought it over (which is something that actually helps me figure out ways to do odd shapes. If I don't work on it for a couple days and try different things in my head, I can usually come up with a genius plan). Next thing I knew it was the 17th. I needed to finish the corners that day. So I sat down, tried some different things and finally came up with something that worked. I finished it that afternoon.
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sorry I have no suggestions on the first two quandaries. But the third I would suggest activities. Having her pick a toy or book or biscuit for the ride. Something like that. Your cube and chick look great (not that I know what they are supposed to look like) but Drew says they are awesome.
Wow. Uhhhh, I'll pray for you! Those are some tough dilemmas.
Just don't give up on the crying through the night. I remember my Dr. telling me that they don't NEED a feeding in the night after 4 months. I just kept telling myself that when I felt like a bad mom listening to my baby cry. I did the "go in at longer and longer intervals" thing for awhile (mostly cuz it made ME feel better). Like go in and pat them after 5 min, then 10 more min, then wait 15 min. Don't pick them up, just pat them, say I love you and leave.
I'd say, just keep at it with the sippy cup and/or bottle. Will she take it from Scott? Like if it was feeding time, and she was starving and you weren't around, would she drink from those from Scott? I'd try that (maybe you already have). Don't give up.
And good luck with the carseat/stroller. I like the other idea about giving her something fun (or a treat) when you put her in.
As for #3 I have found NOTHING to stop it, Payton was the absolute worst at that. She grew out of it at about 4 years of age. Sorry!
#2 I have been told by many Dr. a baby/child will not let themselves go hungry, the crying part is very difficult to deal with but you just have to let them do it. Payton was also like this while I was Preggo with Jesse. She will eventually get hungry enought to eat from anything!
#3 Payton yet again I had a huge problem with sleeping and I still do! She didnt sleep through the night til she was like 3, I just let her cry, it may sound so evil but we turned her door handle backwards and locked her in her room when she was old enough to figure out how to open it. She would cry at the door and eventually go climb back in bed.
Sorry Chelle Bell, hope you find a way to make it work for you guys!
P.S. Heather's comment about her taking it from Scott...It worked with Payt, she wouldn't take things from me but would from Jesse.
Monty does really well with the Playtex Nurser Drop-In's, studies show its nipple and flow are the closest to the breast of anything on the market, though I have heard good things about Dr. Browns as well.
For sleeping you could try giving her a blanket that smells like you (try sleeping with a fleece blanket tucked into your bra, against your skin for a few nights) that might give her enough comfort to take a bottle and go to bed.
Ray made me a moby wrap out of a king size jersey sheet cut in half and sewn together to double the length. I can wear Monty around for hours without hurting my back (I even have 2 herniated discs in my lower back)
I hope you are able to figure something out, good luck!!
I'm just old school on the things I tried you know how it worked for me. So all I can say is "good luck,and I hope all of your problems get solved" You're a super mom....just keep on truckin,
The little doll and cube look great!
Do you have to start weaning now? I've heard of women nursing during their pregnancy. Obviously you'd want to wean beofre the baby's due, but why now, unless your Dr. absolutely said stop. And, if they did, maybe do some of your own research, doctors don't know everything, but they have lots of single experiences they base their opinions on.
Ugh I a so sorry for all of the issues right now. I hate letting my babies cry it out and Brad hates it even more. But that being said eventually I did it with all of them. You maybe totally opposed to this but do you ever nurse her in bed. I do that sometimes when I am just too tired to sit in a chair. Maybe have Scott offer her a bottle at night and when she realizes she isn't going to get you she won't wake up or maybe she will take the bottle. Sorry I wish you were getting more sleep. That carseat issue has to be so hard and you can't bend on that one. Good luck!
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