tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655933.post9194687001662916396..comments2023-11-02T02:15:31.682-07:00Comments on Embryo Motel: TimeMotel Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713211390770892389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655933.post-31542343747204852302007-05-21T20:05:00.000-07:002007-05-21T20:05:00.000-07:00My dear, please, for the love of god, call me when...My dear, please, for the love of god, call me when you need a rest. Nothing I'm doing is so important that I can't give you a hand when you need one. Most of the time people are afraid to intrude--but lady, if you need three or four hours of sleep, I can be there in a minute.<BR/><BR/>I realize that we won't be your extended network much longer, but use and abuse us while we're still here.TLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528402228927046821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655933.post-50700631769996485702007-05-21T19:16:00.000-07:002007-05-21T19:16:00.000-07:00My sympathies, to go along with my assurances that...My sympathies, to go along with my assurances that it gets easier & they get better at not screaming all night. We were saved by using a yoga/ excercise ball to bounce our infant. Fed her, loved on her, and then when none of that made her stop fussing/crying, we held her in a swaddle while bouncing on the ball and talking/singing to her. When we felt particularly close to fatigue induced insanity, we would watch TV in the dark while bouncing her. Kept us sane, the baby happier, and what a lovely thigh workout too! <BR/><BR/>Keep at it, and good luck!Homestead Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609656644515059452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655933.post-69160942800791795642007-05-21T15:13:00.000-07:002007-05-21T15:13:00.000-07:00I have NO experience in this (yet) but I can say t...I have NO experience in this (yet) but I can say that it will get better!!<BR/><BR/>Until then, I hope you can function, and having your mom around for a bit will help too.<BR/><BR/>Update us (if you can) after the pediatrician appt.Hopeful Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339776324264791028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655933.post-77583428591776869222007-05-21T14:31:00.000-07:002007-05-21T14:31:00.000-07:00The first couple of weeks seems to go by so slowly...The first couple of weeks seems to go by so slowly like you're in a super haze. But it'll pick up relatively fast. <BR/><BR/>The crib takes a little time, and you might try putting the bassinet in his crib, but yeah, from tiny womb to big crib, the mini HATED his crib for a good few weeks or so. One thing that really helped us was sitting in the chair with him in the crib and just talking to him. Whatever your heart desires, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, world politics, they don't care. That seems to settle them down a bit. We started a routine off pretty early, which made the transition when he finally accepted the crib much easier. He's been "going to bed" at the same time now every night for the last 6 weeks or so, and now sleeps great in his crib at night. <BR/><BR/>Let's not talk about the day time, where he sleeps whenever, wherever, by any means necessary. <BR/><BR/>Hang in there, you actually do get accustomed to lack of sleep. Believe it or not. And before you know it, you're able to function on little sleep and then gradually they start to sleep more and more, and you feel human when you realize he slept for 4 solid hours. To a new parent, that's like winning the sleep lottery. <BR/><BR/>They told me it would get easier, and since I'm still in the thick of infancy (11 weeks today), I can really truly tell you with honesty, that it does get easier.statiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467429719047005561noreply@blogger.com