DADYERO
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Any advice on baby proofing? We have the electrical socket plugs and a few door knob things. I guess baby gates are next. And corner protectors.
Little G is rolling and trying his best to crawl. He can kind of scoot backwards now.
Little G is rolling and trying his best to crawl. He can kind of scoot backwards now.
Baby gates are key. We probably had about 4 of them at one time. Top and bottom of stairs for sure.
Also put those drawer latches in the kitchen drawers to keep them from opening. If you have some dressers that may turnover when he climbs on them you can buy something that prevents that's. I hated the drawer latches.
That's for now.
Then you need door squeezes to prevent him from opening doors when he can walk.
Also put those drawer latches in the kitchen drawers to keep them from opening. If you have some dressers that may turnover when he climbs on them you can buy something that prevents that's. I hated the drawer latches.
That's for now.
Then you need door squeezes to prevent him from opening doors when he can walk.
*UPDATE*
RE: Sleeping
We have increased her bottles at night from 6oz to 8 oz ( she is 7 months Jan 2). SO FAR she is going from about 8:30p until 4a, so almost 8 hours.
THAT......this DAD can manage
RE: Sleeping
We have increased her bottles at night from 6oz to 8 oz ( she is 7 months Jan 2). SO FAR she is going from about 8:30p until 4a, so almost 8 hours.
THAT......this DAD can manage
He's all over the map. When did you cut the late night feeding and start putting him down at 8:30? Might not be a bad idea.
Can I pay a company to come in an do all this kidproofing? Maybe just outsource a few kids to run around the house and see what they get into.
Strap dressers and large objects to the wall, new outlets, cabinet locks, door protectors. **** I drank bleach as a kid an made it through. We good.
Can I pay a company to come in an do all this kidproofing? Maybe just outsource a few kids to run around the house and see what they get into.
Strap dressers and large objects to the wall, new outlets, cabinet locks, door protectors. **** I drank bleach as a kid an made it through. We good.
DADERYO. Key portion being DAD. Literally a million blogs out there for MOMS. Hussy.
Until about a week ago she was waking twice a night, once were we walked her back to sleep and then prob an hour later if that in which we feed her. Then she would stay asleep until about 5:30.
Upped the bottle to 8oz and so far seems to have done the trick (about 8:30 until 4)
As of 12/22/15 she has slept through the night exactly THREE times since 6/2/15.
Whew....what a ride
You're never going to baby-proof everything. They will find a way. Just get the outlets and chemical cabinets.
We only used the plug covers, not the plastic inserts, for the plugs and we used the hooks for cabinets doors.
Once both our boys were tall enough to reach door handles we used the rollers honestly because all we were scared of was a door pushing open and the boys falling face first on a tile floor so the roller allowed him to get around safe and make a lot of things out of reach.
As far as sleeping at night our kids slept with mommy and I slept in their room for along time. But around 3-4-5 as long as the boys were together they would sleep in their bed. Wasn't easy but not as bad as people say either.
Remember and enjoy these times because once they are on their feet and go mobile all bets are off!
Once both our boys were tall enough to reach door handles we used the rollers honestly because all we were scared of was a door pushing open and the boys falling face first on a tile floor so the roller allowed him to get around safe and make a lot of things out of reach.
As far as sleeping at night our kids slept with mommy and I slept in their room for along time. But around 3-4-5 as long as the boys were together they would sleep in their bed. Wasn't easy but not as bad as people say either.
Remember and enjoy these times because once they are on their feet and go mobile all bets are off!
Tried to be slick and never mention going to visit Santa. He's 5 months old for Christ sakes. Can't wait to visit Nicholasville Rd 2 days before Christmas to, snap a pic with Santa. Yippee!!
My wife took our ~1 month old daughter to see Santa at the mall exactly 2 days after warning me, with psychotic eyes/tone, not to let any old people or kids touch her during our jog at the park.
At least I didn't have to go to the damn mall, I guess, and the photo was cute. You couldn't see any of the diseases on his gloves.
Our oldest was so scared of Santa until he grasped the idea that he gives him presents. At ages 1-2-3 he couldn't have had a worse pic with Santa.
Our youngest hit Santa in the nose because he hated him too. Then when I got him he hit me too! Dude is too aggressive for his age.
Our youngest hit Santa in the nose because he hated him too. Then when I got him he hit me too! Dude is too aggressive for his age.
You can now get an appointment with Santa at Oxmoor Mall.
Freaking white people...
Freaking white people...
Thank God. Was told today the line for Santa was half the mall deep. I'd drop a pretty sizeable amount to skip a line full of screaming kids and just get the photo. Ts. Still thinking of just ordering a Santa suit and missing everything. Can't understand how much I hate being around Nicholasville Rd/Mall area right now.
Make appointments at the Lexington Green Santa each year. Saves a lot of problems. I can't imagine waiting in line at Fayette Mall.
Good thing for myself is my wife hates lines and Mall xmas ******** as much as anyone.
Did our own little photo shoot in front of our tree with several different outfits. Dad got to sip wine with sports on in the back ground.
WIN WIN Imo
Did our own little photo shoot in front of our tree with several different outfits. Dad got to sip wine with sports on in the back ground.
WIN WIN Imo
Not going to lie, pretty bummed by all the dad's getting to really celebrate Xmas Santa style tomorrow. G loves tissue paper tho.
I love this time of year, but I swear a point will come where no matter how excited you are for the reaction of the little guy you will still get overwhelmed and wish he didn't get so much junk on xmas.
Just got home from their 1st stop and I'll be damned if out of their 20 new gifts they play with one past this weekend. I'll probably step on the stuff they got tonight more times than they play with them!
Just got home from their 1st stop and I'll be damned if out of their 20 new gifts they play with one past this weekend. I'll probably step on the stuff they got tonight more times than they play with them!
need sleep
Also awake. Must be a thing abut turning 5 months. Our girl turned 5 months on Monday and the sleep is all of a sudden sketchy when she was sleeping about 8p to 5 or 6a.
Sleep was going good enough for me....now a tooth has reared it's ugly head....fussy fussy fussy
As soon as our last one was able to kick out of her swaddling, sleep was rough for a couple of months.
It gets better.
It gets better.
Little dude is so close to crawling, he gets up on his knees but can only manage to slide backwards right now.
Started the sleep sense plan on Thursday night. Whew. Essentially kind of a schedule based cry it out method teaching them to fall asleep without props or support. Good bye podster, pacifier, rocking to sleep, Dad and G's 2-3 hours of hanging out at night after hours and anything that is a rutch for getting him down. First few days was but last two nights ray: he slept 8p-7ish. I got so much sleep I feel kinda weird. Seems to really be working though. It's gradually taking less time for him to go down for naps and at night.
Started the sleep sense plan on Thursday night. Whew. Essentially kind of a schedule based cry it out method teaching them to fall asleep without props or support. Good bye podster, pacifier, rocking to sleep, Dad and G's 2-3 hours of hanging out at night after hours
and anything that is a rutch for getting him down. First few days was but last two nights ray: he slept 8p-7ish. I got so much sleep I feel kinda weird. Seems to really be working though. It's gradually taking less time for him to go down for naps and at night.
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Hey gang, well, the whole Santa façade was shattered ON Christmas morning, DURING the opening of gifts. The older one realized the whole thing was a fraud thanks to some carelessness by yours truly. So a few hours later, we found her crying and then the dam broke: Easter Bunny, Elf on the Shelf(which we didn't do), Tooth Fairy, the whole bit. Made for a pretty terrible Christmas Day for her, honestly. By the next day, she was over it and was kinda thinking it was cool that now she could play along for her sister's sake. Still, that was brutal. That was truly the first "she's not our little girl anymore" moment of my life, and it hit hard.
Now we're trying to decide what to do with our youngest for spring sports season. We want her to play SOMETHING, and she needs to be active, but we can't decide between soccer and softball. Oldest plays softball, and we like softball much better in general, so there's an advantage to having them both at the ballpark instead of running between two places. On the other hand, she's been playing soccer and it's good for her, active-wise, and she actually showed that she can play a little bit.
Finally, we have had that Disney Infinity(2.0) game for a year or so, and they've played it here or there. But I bought a couple of Marvel characters on sale the other day, and now they're hooked. Guess I should've known that it would be different playing as Iron Man or Black Widow vs. Tinkerbell and Stitch.
Now we're trying to decide what to do with our youngest for spring sports season. We want her to play SOMETHING, and she needs to be active, but we can't decide between soccer and softball. Oldest plays softball, and we like softball much better in general, so there's an advantage to having them both at the ballpark instead of running between two places. On the other hand, she's been playing soccer and it's good for her, active-wise, and she actually showed that she can play a little bit.
Finally, we have had that Disney Infinity(2.0) game for a year or so, and they've played it here or there. But I bought a couple of Marvel characters on sale the other day, and now they're hooked. Guess I should've known that it would be different playing as Iron Man or Black Widow vs. Tinkerbell and Stitch.
Soccer is the best for kids IMHO.
Crying it out is the best and most old school way. However most women can't handle it. There is a mental thing that makes it hard but there is also, apparently the issue with milk production when babies cry.
F'n amazing really what a woman's body does to be able to self support another life.
We find out on my oldest's bday if we are about to have a boy or girl. 3 more weeks.
Crying it out is the best and most old school way. However most women can't handle it. There is a mental thing that makes it hard but there is also, apparently the issue with milk production when babies cry.
F'n amazing really what a woman's body does to be able to self support another life.
We find out on my oldest's bday if we are about to have a boy or girl. 3 more weeks.
It's easy to see why they use the sound of a baby crying as a torture technique. On an exhausted temperament it will drive you to think things you would have never considered under normal circumstances. TS. Absolutely brutal. I guess we're programmed to instinctively respond to that noise.
Our boy (9 months) is really enjoying pulling himself up in the crib and just looking around.
The fact that he does it in the middle of the night, in the pitch dark, in our old-*** house, as viewed on the infrared baby monitor is: creepy as hell.
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The fact that he does it in the middle of the night, in the pitch dark, in our old-*** house, as viewed on the infrared baby monitor is: creepy as hell.
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6 year old is doing basketball and 4 year old is doing karate. Oldest will do tee ball in spring, both will do soccer this fall. If I'm ranking kids sports I'd go
1. Tee ball/baseball
2. Soccer
3. Basketball
4. Karate
Oldest was good at soccer, but great at tee ball. I mean he Marcus have been Derek jeter out there as a 5 year old. Amazing. He is awful at basketball. Looks like skal out there. Nervous wreck the whole time, awkward with the ball, whole deal. But if you ask him his favorite sport he says basketball every time. I don't get it.
Anyone one else have issues making their kids stay in bed at bed time? I'll give my boys a bath, brush hair/teeth/read story and lights out. Then they'll usually spend the next hour looking for every damn reason imaginable to come downstairs. Makes me envious of you guys that can just plop your little boogers in a crib and bounce.
1. Tee ball/baseball
2. Soccer
3. Basketball
4. Karate
Oldest was good at soccer, but great at tee ball. I mean he Marcus have been Derek jeter out there as a 5 year old. Amazing. He is awful at basketball. Looks like skal out there. Nervous wreck the whole time, awkward with the ball, whole deal. But if you ask him his favorite sport he says basketball every time. I don't get it.
Anyone one else have issues making their kids stay in bed at bed time? I'll give my boys a bath, brush hair/teeth/read story and lights out. Then they'll usually spend the next hour looking for every damn reason imaginable to come downstairs. Makes me envious of you guys that can just plop your little boogers in a crib and bounce.
Anth, what is the sleep sense and can you give me the details? We are at the point were we have gone long enough waking up three sometimes four times a night....
Poor little one of ours spent the last three days with a 101-103 temp
Heart breaking
Poor little one of ours spent the last three days with a 101-103 temp
Heart breaking
Me and my wife had a little scare last week, but the pregnancy test came back negative. Shew, looks like you guys are spared at least another year before I start posting in here.
On the plus side though, me and my wife actually went to Disney World for New Year's. I was skeptical but my wife really wanted to go so we did it. Went to Universal which was fun, only did Magic Kingdom for 3 hours before I lost my mind and we had to go (good lord that's going to be rough as that's probably going to be the only place we're at with kids) and then spent rest of time in Epcot. Went around and got a cocktail at every country. Amazing lunch in Mexico, great dinner in France. Was expensive as hell but awesome. Will be fun to take the little ones there someday, but really glad we did it up as adults too.
On the plus side though, me and my wife actually went to Disney World for New Year's. I was skeptical but my wife really wanted to go so we did it. Went to Universal which was fun, only did Magic Kingdom for 3 hours before I lost my mind and we had to go (good lord that's going to be rough as that's probably going to be the only place we're at with kids) and then spent rest of time in Epcot. Went around and got a cocktail at every country. Amazing lunch in Mexico, great dinner in France. Was expensive as hell but awesome. Will be fun to take the little ones there someday, but really glad we did it up as adults too.
Hey, man.Anth, what is the sleep sense and can you give me the details? We are at the point were we have gone long enough waking up three sometimes four times a night....
Poor little one of ours spent the last three days with a 101-103 temp
Heart breaking
We* are doing "The Sleepeasy Solution."
*We should read, "My-ya wwiiiifffee," in Borat voice.
So, we were at the same stage. Anth sleeping 5.5 restless hours a night for 6 months, WS sleeping about the same with progressing wake ups. Realizing little dude wasn't ever going to get on our DINK schedule. On the brink of losing it. Friend highly recommended a sleep consultant, $300. I know. Fine, take all the shots at me you want. Don't care. I would have paid 10 times that. Easy.
The main things with books is information overload and not knowing what to do for your child. Which book is right? which method? but he likes to do this... and what if it doesn't work? That's where the lady comes in handy. Completed a 50 question form on basically everything about his life. She analyzed, met with us(via skype) with a ridiculously detailed and specific plan for G. So there was no guess work. "If he does X we do Y. If he cries this long then do this. On night 1 do this, on night 2 do this, after night 7 don't do this." If we have specific questions she answers her email any time but on Sunday. Really this training and plan was to fix us, not G.
Basically you strip away all sleep props and teach them to fall asleep without your assistance. He's out of the podster, no pacifier, no rocking to sleep, nothing. Take him to his room, read a couple books, 1 lullaby, put him in the crib, bounce. First few nights were tough, took an hour TWICE the first night of straight crying and you just have to sit there and listen next to the crib without offering much assistance, but after that we just lay him down and he puts himself to sleep. 2 nights of hell for what seems to be him becoming an independent sleeper. I keep waking up thinking he's not breathing or something. Even if he wakes up in the middle of the night he goes back down alone. It's glorious and I honestly can not recommend it enough. Game changer.
Shoot me an email if the wife is interested in her contact info.
The main things with books is information overload and not knowing what to do for your child. Which book is right? which method? but he likes to do this... and what if it doesn't work? That's where the lady comes in handy. Completed a 50 question form on basically everything about his life. She analyzed, met with us(via skype) with a ridiculously detailed and specific plan for G. So there was no guess work. "If he does X we do Y. If he cries this long then do this. On night 1 do this, on night 2 do this, after night 7 don't do this." If we have specific questions she answers her email any time but on Sunday. Really this training and plan was to fix us, not G.
Basically you strip away all sleep props and teach them to fall asleep without your assistance. He's out of the podster, no pacifier, no rocking to sleep, nothing. Take him to his room, read a couple books, 1 lullaby, put him in the crib, bounce. First few nights were tough, took an hour TWICE the first night of straight crying and you just have to sit there and listen next to the crib without offering much assistance, but after that we just lay him down and he puts himself to sleep. 2 nights of hell for what seems to be him becoming an independent sleeper. I keep waking up thinking he's not breathing or something. Even if he wakes up in the middle of the night he goes back down alone. It's glorious and I honestly can not recommend it enough. Game changer.
Shoot me an email if the wife is interested in her contact info.
On the flip side, you could read a book and potentially keep $290 in your pocket.
Our kid's been on the routine five days. Last night he woke up twice for five minutes a piece and put himself back to sleep each time.
And we never had to listen to him cry for more than ten minutes through the entire process.
Our kid's been on the routine five days. Last night he woke up twice for five minutes a piece and put himself back to sleep each time.
And we never had to listen to him cry for more than ten minutes through the entire process.
For sure. WS and I tried that, but the whole process seemed overwhelming. So many different opinions, specific needs not addressed, unanswered questions. Someone telling us what to do and corresponding about our family specifically was well worth it. Like I said, for us I think it was worth ten times the cost. Maybe more.
We have just been really lucky so far. My mom keeps stressing that.
Apparently, I was a pretty easy baby and she thought she had something to do with it. Then my brother came along and shattered that illusion.
Apparently, I was a pretty easy baby and she thought she had something to do with it. Then my brother came along and shattered that illusion.