Buh Bye Bassinet, Hello Mama's Armpit! - Page 2

[GinaRae]

One of our DDC mamas has offered me a good price on her Amby (for which I am so grateful!) so we're going to have one soon.

Can I make it another week or two?

[sorteep]

i gave up after about a week..... don't have the heart to tell bff who gifted us a gorgeous bassinette......

[brooklyn_warbler]

Originally Posted by GinaRae

One of our DDC mamas has offered me a good price on her Amby (for which I am so grateful!) so we're going to have one soon.

Can I make it another week or two?

oooo ! lucky gal.

i'm sorry too -- i didn't mean to sound presumptuous in my first post. i was just nak & writing in shorthand -- as i am now too.

[GinaRae]

I have the cradle and the bassinette is SO in the way, so I am glad to give that back to my friend. But SLEEP would be nice!!

Last night he did the usual staying awake until midnight (so much for the few 9pm nights we had) and I just put him in bed with me. He would NOT sleep unless he was attached to the boob and I was SO exhausted. Side lying nursing is painful most of the time because my nipples hurt SO badly, but I had to choose between pain/sleep or sitting up in misery.

[chubbycheeks]

Yeah Gina on the Amby! Alisha thanks so much for the info, the Amby seems like the perfect item for us as well!

[GinaRae]

Originally Posted by robina_josephine

i'm sorry too -- i didn't mean to sound presumptuous in my first post. i was just nak & writing in shorthand -- as i am now too.

No no, nothing wrong on your end either. It just got me musing. Last night was the first in 3 weeks that I almost broke down and cried. I have always stayed cheery about it all and enjoyed him -- even the hard stuff. But three weeks without much sleep is beginning to grind on me.

I'm hoping I am not headed to a PPD. My anxiety is way up. I was really awful to my kids yesterday, been weepy about hubby's work schedule and almost lost it last night when Lach wouldn't sleep. Guess I better look into some help.

[scheelimama]

Gina, you sound normal. Lack of sleep will put any normal person (but especially women) into an emotional tailspin. You'll probably be just fine once he starts sleeping a bit better.

I hope you like the Amby as much as I have. It's definitely not an all-night sleep solution for us, but it does help her get some good 3-4 hour chunks of sleep both day and night. The key is to not run and pick her up the second I hear her squirming/grunting and starting to fuss. I don't let her cry and if I know she's truly awake, I don't leave her there. But we all wake in our sleep and then go back to sleep. So, if it's just grunts and baby noises like she's starting to wake up, I leave her there and she usually goes back to sleep within a minute or two.