The night race

Picture this.

It’s 2 AM. You hear your baby having a full on conversation with himself from his bedroom at FULL VOLUME.

Dad goes to get him and bring him in thinking a fresh diaper and a cuddle will restore peace.

WRONG. SO WRONG.

Tiny human is awake, jumping up and down, living his BEST life while Elmo sings what can only be described as the most annoying techno rap song I’ve ever heard.

Mom finally opens her eyes enough to look at the phone to realize… it’s not 5:30 or 6 and almost time to wake up… ITS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

Mom: Round 1. Snuggles, lullabies, peaceful music on TV. Kicking his sister who I’m still very pregnant with. Pinching me, pulling my hair. I give up. I do not have the patience (or sleep) to win the battle.

Dad: Round 2. Snuggles, letting him run and play, fresh juice cup… but then… disaster strikes.

Dad not only lost the battle, but fell asleep with a now unsupervised explorer ready to ravage anything he could find.

What does he find? The last of a RED DYE FILLED BOTTLE OF CHILDRENS TYLENOL that his cousin left here.

Fast forward: Mom wakes back up at 4:10 to a sticky sensation on her face. What is going on? Light on. HOLY CRAP.

Red everywhere. It’s a murder scene. DID HE DRINK IT? no, it’s on the pillow. Okay he won’t OD on Tylenol tonight. Jesus he’s covered. Bathtub ran, fresh pajamas, clean sheets… fastest crime scene restoration to have ever happened.

Post tub what does he do? Curl up on my chest (like he’s small enough for that & his sister isn’t taking up all lap space) and go right back to sleep.

When they say having a toddler is a race… that’s the realest statement of a life. 🤣

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Nursery

I dont know if this is a silly Q but in nursery I dont understand how they get all the little ones to nap?? (Under one) like... dont most babies get rocked to sleep? There's not enough hands for that.. are they all just over tired and pass out?? I dont get it

Stepdaughter sent over without underwear

She’s 9 . We went shopping for her and she asked me to check the size of the shorts she had on, I noticed she wasn’t wearing any underwear. As a bio mom to my own little girl, this is concerning to me. Am I thinking too much into it?

I’ve purchased for her underwear and training bras (which she wasn’t wearing either) she said her mom didn’t wash laundry so she didn’t have any.

Owlet Sock

Does anyone here use the Owlet sock? I got it, but my little one got really annoyed when we first tried putting it on her, and now at 15 days old, I haven’t really re-attempted to put it on her.

How to get baby back to sleep?

She used to feed to sleep and I used to be able to just put the baby on my chest and she'd fall asleep. Now she will wake up from the bottle and will claw and fight as if she's doing tummy time. The tricky part is she must be upright after feeds because of her reflux so I can't really be moving her about. I can't keep doing this fight at 3am waiting for her to wear herself out to sleep. We've tried white noise rich she doesn't respond to. Swaddles stopped working after 2 months (she's 3 months now).

Any advice??

Quickies! When?! How?! 🤦🏽‍♀️

Would you/ do you ever have a quickie while baby is awake but safely near by and occupied? Like for example they are in bouncer happily playing and you and hubby have quickie on couch? Discreetly obviously! Or do you only when baby is asleep?

We co sleep and contact nap, so when trying to put her down in bassinet asleep to get a quickie in she keeps waking up! But idk I feel is it weird if she’s in room but awake? Again safely and happily occupied, and not making it obvious.

Sleeping position

Anyone else’s baby sleep like this? He can roll back to front but not the other way round but every time I put him to sleep on his back he always ends up like this. I hardly sleep because I’m forever turning him back over or listening to see if he’s breathing. He literally fidgets all night now too
5 months old