Confessions - Page 2

[Om Girl]

I'll bite:

*DD fed "her baby" an M&M this morning (Kiera is approximately 4 days old) which I promptly rescued from her mouth!

*Kiera sleeps in the dolly cradle my dad made me as a child

*Bath, what's that? She's clean she was born in the water!

*I haven't left the house yet

[GreenFlower]

I've thought of bringing the seat into the store, and then putting him in the sling, and just putting him back when it's time to go so I'm not fumbling w/ it in the car. However, DC#1 has a booster seat next to baby, so DC#1 has to get out first in order for me to get the baby seat out. We don't have a stroller so then I'd have to lug the car seat through parking lot (w/ dipe bag), find a place to put it in the cart (leaving minimal room left for groceries), then get baby out, put in sling, shop, put baby back, go to car, put baby in first, then DC#1, then groceries.

So I guess if I'm planning to take baby out it's better to just forget the seat. Even if I do plan to leave baby in the seat, I still have to get it out, lug it in, find a place for it in the cart, try and pile stuff around it, and then do that in reverse at the end. So it's probably just a fact that no matter how you do it, it's not easy dealing with a car seat and an infant, whether you take it or leave it (the seat, not the infant ). I am pretty handy with a ring sling, though, so I gues if it's going to be difficult one way or another, I may as well use a sling 'cause at least I can nurse in it, and not worry about my guilty conscience or where to put groceries

[Sage_SS]

Oh, this is great!

I too watch my husband snore quietly while I try to remove the tar that someone painted over my eyelids at 3 am. I wake him up just to hand me the wipes, then blame the wake on himself for putting the wipes on his side of the room.:

Lucien wakes up every two hours to eat an night and it takes about an hour to feed him and such. Sometimes I just feed him and lay him down softly, trying to avoid him waking up and having to feed him on the other side. This also bypasses burping, which really only punishes me! Since in about 30 minutes he's all fussy because he needs to burp and when I pick him up to do that, he's WIDE awake and hungry.

He is three weeks old and had 4 baths. He didn't have his first bath until he was 10 days old.

I am always nursing him at the time when someone needs to be up with our daughters getting lunches ready and such. I also need to stay in our bedroom to do this where we're nice and warm in bed, and calm in the somber light. The rest of the house is havoc.

I had a glass of wine with dinner the other day, not because I wanted the wine but because I was hoping it would make him sleepy. : It didn't work. Now I'm considering shots of tequila..

I need sling lessons too. I used a snuggly with the others, but I didn't like it because it was so formed. But I'm not very good with the sling and Lucien LOVES it. There just has to be more comfortable ways to wear it!

[natalieadw]

Originally Posted by buckysprplmonkey

Oh. I forgot this really gross one. When DD2 was new, she spit up on the floor once and the dog got to it before we could clean it up. But she did such a good job that sometimes we'll call her when the baby spits up.

OMG! I laughed until tears were streaming down my face!!! Thanks for that!

Originally Posted by GreenFlower

I used to be SO anti-pacifiers...until I tried driving with a newborn. Then I swore it would ONLY be for using in the car. Then I used it once when he was fussing from a diaper change at a store. Now there have been times I use it so I can take a shower, or spend some *quality time* w/ DH, or run downstairs to throw laundry in real quick, or...

Last night we went to bed really late and baby only woke up once and I decided we were both too tired for me to change his diaper. Besides, his dipe hadn't leaked. I woke up this morning and realized it had leaked and soaked his clothes...just couldn't feel through his fleece sleep sack. Stupid diapers keep leaking!!

I HATE seeing babies carried in their car seats, and even though sometimes it would be easier and make more sense than the sling ( and DH wants to), I still refuse to carry him in the seat because I don't want to be one of those mothers. I'm so embarassed to admit how judgemental I can be!

I totally leave Spencer in the carseat if he's sleeping! It's like 20 degrees and the last thing I want to do is wake him up and bring him outside of the car just so I could sling him and get him all upset for waking him up so rudely. SO yes I used to be one of those judgemental mamas, until I had my second child!

[GreenFlower]

Originally Posted by natalieadw

OMG!I totally leave Spencer in the carseat if he's sleeping! It's like 20 degrees and the last thing I want to do is wake him up and bring him outside of the car just so I could sling him and get him all upset for waking him up so rudely. SO yes I used to be one of those judgemental mamas, until I had my second child!

This IS my second child it is really cold here, too, but I guess I've felt like he's warmer in the sling...I guess unless I covered his whole face, etc., with a blanket in the seat.

[natalieadw]

Originally Posted by GreenFlower

This IS my second child it is really cold here, too, but I guess I've felt like he's warmer in the sling...I guess unless I covered his whole face, etc., with a blanket in the seat.

Didn't mean to come off snarky, I was nakking and trying to use as few of words as possible Hey different strokes for different folks....we all do what works best for our families, and no one is doing it better than anyone else, just whats right for them.

[GreenFlower]

Oh, I didn't take your message in a bad way at all I've come a long way from when I was pregnant with my first child as far as not being judgemental towards other moms. It's definitely one of those, "if you're pointing one finger at someone, you've got three pointing back at yourself!" It's just so silly that I would judge myself for carrying baby in the car seat if it were, in fact, more comfy for him, sorry if this doesn't make sense... nak!

[Sioko]

ok,

It's been 3 weeks and Bug has had only one "bath".... at the hospital She smells so good still!

that "greasy like a ferret" comment cracked me up so bad!

If Bug spits up after feeding in the middle of the night, I'll just put a burp rag under her cheek and go back to sleep...

Sometimes when Bug grunts at night to wake up and feed, I'll just set my hand on her and pat her back to sleep so I can get a few more minutes or so of sleep myself.

I also feel guilty for carrying the carseat into stores and on errands. I'd prefer to wear her, but my gut isn't ready to have the mei tai tied around my waist yet.

I sometimes play with Bug's reflexes. The step reflex is just so cute!! and I love watching her toes curl and uncurl.... so cuuuuuttteee!!!!!


When DD2 was a few months old (could sit up) I was carrying her on my hip while walking backwards febreezing the house. I walked into a child-gate and fell backwards like a tree. I was able to hang onto DD until just before hitting the ground when my reflexes took over and I threw my arms back to catch myself. DD bounced twice and SCREAMED! I called my mom in tears, and STILL feel guilty for my stupid reflexes beating my protective-mom insinct :

When DD2 was potty training she left a "pile" on the carpet and I went to get paper towels and when I got back, the dog had already "cleaned" it up! I nearly :Puke that's just so gross!

[Kleine Hexe]

I'm supposed to bathe my baby?

[AugustineM]

[gypsymomma4]

oh, I so love this thread. This being my fifth I have done quite a few of the Ben, has only had a bath about once a week, I say its because he hates it except for the washing his hair part-for some reason he loves that. I have used the car seat for going into some errands, even though it is a pain, because of the cold weather, and because I'm not very good with the sling, you would think I would have gotten the hang of it by now, but I still have trouble nursing in one, I'm hoping someone in our local baby wearing group can help me, but I haven't had a chance to meet up with one yet.

I have to confess I used disposables the first two weeks he was home, because he was to little for my cloth diapers-he had to wear the preemie ones. I really feel bad about it, but at the same time, it made it easier to get through those first days at home, since my DH went straight back to work.

I have only trimmed his nails twice, the rest of the time, I either bite them, or pull the hanging off bits off.--in truth this is in part due to the fact that my DH and I have misplaced the baby nail clippers again.

I have also handed him off to DH when I know he needs a diaper change, because I do 90% of the diaper changes.

I have given him a pacifier, I don't know why I feel so guilty about this, but I do, he likes it when he has the hiccups and it seems to help him get rid of them.

I let him sleep propped on the boppy, while I am on the computer beside him.

the worst though, was the fact that at almost two weeks of age, he fell. he was on the Boppy on my lap, and had just finished nursing, and my toddler was coming to me, to get help with trying on her halloween costume, and I leaned forward to help her, and ben rolled off my lap and hit the floor. I felt like the worst mom ever. I called the doc. and we took him up to the hospita, where they even did a cat scan everything was fine, but I still feel so guilty, if he had been in the sling he wouldn't have fallen.

[slinginhipmama]

Originally Posted by Kleine Hexe

I'm supposed to bathe my baby?

[OkiMom]

Baths?? Whats that? Lexi has had one, at the hospital.
The doctor told me when she was releasing us that she would only release us if I would supliment... Lexi hasn't had formula since leaving the hospital
I don't change diapers in the middle of the night unless they are poopy.

Theres more but I can't think of them right now. My brain is fried

[emc03]

i was putting dylan in his swing to nap so i could get some stuff done (like eat my lunch 3 hours after lunchtime). but i came it at a funky angle and didn't notice his arm got stuck on the way in. it twisted to the side and up. when he started to cry my first response was "i have to eat sometime. it'll only be a minute"

good thing i saw his arm before i put him down fully. that was totally a "i'm a crappy mom" moment. it was a while before i got to eat and he went in his bed instead.

[noeonend]

We were on such an awesome high and all after her birth, we forgot to change her diaper for the first 8 hours. Oops.

[TefferTWH]

Originally Posted by buckysprplmonkey

Oh. I forgot this really gross one. When DD2 was new, she spit up on the floor once and the dog got to it before we could clean it up. But she did such a good job that sometimes we'll call her when the baby spits up.

Ah, I forgot about that and it makes me miss our dogs. My favorite dog had to be euthanized a year ago this time and I still miss her like mad.

Greenflower, are you sure you don't read my mind. I'm with you on everything, right down to the bath temp! I hate the bucket, but it's too cold here (less than 25 degrees) to do anything but keep her in the bucket for errand running. Today though, we're going to ride the Christmas train and I'm wearing her the whole time.