Comments on: Boydling watch: April 4, 2008

By: Emery

Emery — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:41:59 +0000

Ann,

I can TOTALLY relate. I was terrified to be alone with my two for a couple of months. BUT YOU DID IT! I promise it gets better. Now I actually love being with them and it’s even more normal than it was to have just one!

But it is a lot of work and some days, I am ready to climb the walls in frustration, especially when Mirai doesn’t nap and Kaden needs to be held constantly. Hang in there – I know you are a great mom!

And HOORAY for co-sleeping – if Kaden and I didn’t co-sleep, I would be really looney by now.

By: katrina

katrina — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:00:36 +0000

Thank you. :-)

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:08:10 +0000

Katrina, we made some swaddling blankets out of old sheets. I just cut them 45” square and hemmed the edges. This was big enough for Lucy for a long time. When she really started busting out of the swaddle, we got The Miracle Blanket, which was totally worth the money and worked great.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:23:45 +0000

Hey Katrina – we swaddled Ella until she was probably 9 months old or so. I did an arms-only swaddle where I would lay out a blanket on the floor (like this blanket, from babies r us http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2415407) and then put her on it about a foot or so from the left edge. I would take the upper left corner, pull it tightly over her right arm and tuck it between her left arm and torso and then underneath her. I would then roll her up in it (seriously, rolled her over until we ran out of blanket), making sure the first roll made it pretty tight around her other arm. This worked well for us.

By: katrina

katrina — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:16:00 +0000

Ann when Lucy was bigger and you were swaddling her what did you use…just a big blanket? what material? Right now we use a Halo sleepsack swaddle with Lydia (Maddy did like swaddling) but it is almost two small and they really don’t make bigger sizes. HELP.

By: kriss

kriss — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:23:22 +0000

OMIGOSh. I’m exhausted just reading this. Getting up at midnight to bottle feed lambs is much much easier. You leave them in the barn! I like the baking therapy idea. Thank God for butter and chocolate – proven mood modifiers. You are doing great.

By: jane

jane — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:53:16 +0000

I hear ya sister friend!

One day at a time, you’re doing a great job…

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:54:28 +0000

Oh, Ann, what a day! I’m so glad the next day was better.

By: Tysa

Tysa — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:07:15 +0000

You made it! That’s what counts. For every horrible day, there are plenty of good.

Maybe that is what I needed last night, some baking therapy! I felt like the worst mom in the world, when Kaia began her “you can’t tell me what to do” and then proceeded to do everything, EVERYTHING, she shouldn’t. I lost my temper and broke house rule number 1 several times (no yelling).

I’m hoping that this morning she’ll be an angel, even if she’s not a morning person, because I only get a an hour or so before she’s off to church and I’m off on a business trip.

Hope Lucy continues to adjust. The 2’s are definitely here for us!

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:28:32 +0000

wow, an impressive log. I appreciate the food and film citations; baking and/or watching Pride & Prejudice to cope with stress totally makes sense to me.