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| Naperville Parents |
| Public group from Naperville, IL |
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my little one is three weeks old. i'm looking for other mothers in my area that i can talk to that will help me stay sane.
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| Posted by Mary on 06/10/2008 01:57 PM
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| Hi there! Hope you and your new baby are adjusting to each other. I am also a new sahm. The first few months were definitely an adjustment. Once I started sleeping more, I starting enjoying more. My daughter just turned 6 months, I am so glad I get to be at home with her and see all the "firsts". |
| posted by on 06/10/2008 03:53 PM
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Sleep. I vaguely recall what that was like.
We just went to the dr and turns out I'm not feeding him enough. My little guy is having such a hard time. First, my milk didn't come in so he wasn't getting nearly enough from me and now this! I've been using the Stage 1 nipples and my poor little one has been sucking and sucking and not getting as much as he should. Why do they have so many types of nipples? They sure make it hard on a first time parent to figure out what is what.
Hopefully, once he gets the amount of formula he should, he'll be sleeping the night. Hopefully anyway, right? |
| posted by Mary on 06/11/2008 06:19 PM
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| Hi Mary. I know how you feel it is tuff being a new mom and find time and people to have adult conversations with. I will be glad to chat with you. Got to warn you my replys may take time. My little one is one year old and loves buttons, mostly keyboard buttons and tends to delete or add things. So my my typing time is limited to naps, and late night, but I would love to talk! |
| posted by andi on 06/12/2008 02:45 PM
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| I must also say I am sorry no one has herd from me yet. I added my name here and then one family crisis after the other croped up. Things have finaly smooth out and I have some me time now to actualy talk which is nice. On the sleeping feeding thing. The nipple sizes are just over whelming and I have a mother in law that just over obseted to the point of driving me nutty on it. After shutting her out and listening to some common sence you just have to play around with the differnt speeds. Your baby should really let you know what they like. Mine did he literaly chuched the bottles with the nipples he did not like and had a fit tell we changed it out. It is just one more worry us poor new moms need right. Your little one should be sleeping better soon unless they start teething early. My guy started at 3 months just as he was really getting the sleep thing down. We got a good hiatus from it for a cupple months but now he is getting his two year old molers and is up down all night. I have found the orajel works but he hates the tast so I do it befor I give him is night time bottle(working on getting to full on tipy cup) so it washs out the after tast and that seems to work. Most of the time I sneek naps in when he is down it helps. |
| posted by andi on 06/12/2008 03:07 PM
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I know what you mean by sneaking in computer time when your little one is napping!
My little guy actually slept 4 hours straight last night!! I know, its the little things in life :-) The night before he was up every two hrs!
We fixed the nipple thing yesterday, so he actually is able to eat more. Poor thing, I feel so bad for him. I'll figure this whole mommy thing out, eventually. |
| posted by Mary on 06/12/2008 10:36 PM
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| so glad your little one slept well for you last night even with the storms we had. Those crakes of thunder always get me up. You know every little thing right now just so new and a bit over welming so defenatly celerbrate each little victory. Yes nap time is my me time and I wish I had more of it. My little guy is one now and by 9 months had desided he was going to one nap a day. I miss the stage you are at right now were nap time is any time. Though each new stage they go through is an adventure and leaves you wondering what they could posibly do next. It can be trying but always wounderful. |
| posted by andi on 06/13/2008 11:19 AM
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| I think we all are hoping we get this mommy thing right, and I think our moms still are hoping they did too. One thing my mother said to me when I told her how fruarserated and lost I was feeling was that she though I was a great mom and doing a wounderful job. It ment alot to me and is something all us new moms need to hear. So for everyone here your doing a great job and are a wounderful mommy and just who your baby needs right now. Always forget something I was going to type after typing. Don't you hate that. |
| posted by andi on 06/13/2008 11:42 AM
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| I am glad you found the right nipples for your baby. ANd just when you figure one thing out, they change again - and your back to the drawing board! I am just starting to introduce solids to my 6month old, how fun. It is hard to believe how fast they change. Enjoy the longer periods of time when he is sleeping, hopefully your getting more sleep now too. |
| posted by on 06/16/2008 03:44 PM
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