Comments on: 12 weeks and all is almost well http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/ Thu, 03 May 2012 12:33:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: eva http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 eva Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:56:52 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/#comment-1001 I can totally relate...my daughter's 9 weeks old and still not napping on anything resembling a schedule. From reading way too many sleep books I agree with your friend - napping will resolve itself. My kid also has the sexy and sexy-smelling neck rash. Yum. <em>eva's last blog post..<a href='http://glickers.blogspot.com/2008/02/sleep-honeymoon-is-over.html' rel="nofollow">The Sleep Honeymoon Is Over</a></em> I can totally relate…my daughter’s 9 weeks old and still not napping on anything resembling a schedule. From reading way too many sleep books I agree with your friend – napping will resolve itself. My kid also has the sexy and sexy-smelling neck rash. Yum.

eva’s last blog post..The Sleep Honeymoon Is Over

]]> By: calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 calm mama Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:04:00 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/#comment-1000 Teething? Noooooooooo! Ha ha. This is such an amazing journey really. Thanks Susie (you'll see I took the invitation to vent in the Eclipsed post seriously :+) ). Amen, Kate! Teething? Noooooooooo! Ha ha. This is such an amazing journey really. Thanks Susie (you’ll see I took the invitation to vent in the Eclipsed post seriously :+) ). Amen, Kate!

]]> By: Kate http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Kate Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:25:33 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/#comment-996 I have been continually amazed by the fact that the stuff I constantly worried about (I am a big worrier)--sleeping, feeding, teething, and now as a toddler, behavior issues--have all just disppeared and resolved themselves. So much so that I forget that I even worried about it, until I look back at journals, blogs, etc. Of course, they have been replaced by new things for me to worry about. But still, the point is, things do get better and work themselves out. Sounds like you are doing all the right things by just listening to your baby. <em>Kate's last blog post..<a href='http://willfull.blogspot.com/2008/02/bless-you-will.html' rel="nofollow">Bless You, Will</a></em> I have been continually amazed by the fact that the stuff I constantly worried about (I am a big worrier)–sleeping, feeding, teething, and now as a toddler, behavior issues–have all just disppeared and resolved themselves. So much so that I forget that I even worried about it, until I look back at journals, blogs, etc. Of course, they have been replaced by new things for me to worry about. But still, the point is, things do get better and work themselves out. Sounds like you are doing all the right things by just listening to your baby.

Kate’s last blog post..Bless You, Will

]]> By: susie http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/comment-page-1/#comment-995 susie Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:05:16 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/#comment-995 Oh man, I remember my girlie's rash around her neck. She had about five chubby neck folds and there was always a gross milk ring around each of them. The tricky part was finding and cleaning them all :) No worries on venting about the hard parts of these early weeks, I really get relief from realizing there are other Mommies our there dealing with the same issues I am. Here's wishing you and the boy a great gurgly and smiley day! Oh man, I remember my girlie’s rash around her neck. She had about five chubby neck folds and there was always a gross milk ring around each of them. The tricky part was finding and cleaning them all :) No worries on venting about the hard parts of these early weeks, I really get relief from realizing there are other Mommies our there dealing with the same issues I am. Here’s wishing you and the boy a great gurgly and smiley day!

]]> By: NoMasNinos http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/comment-page-1/#comment-993 NoMasNinos Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:03:49 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/#comment-993 Things do eventually settle themselves out as everyone is saying. Sometimes it happens so gradually you don't even notice. I always say some things get easier and others more difficult. That's just parenting. This is me just giving you a heads up on teething. My first just fussed for the first few teeth he got, but my second child would fuss at every new tooth. I can't say I blame him since it seems he kept getting one after another, and by the time he reached one had about twice as many teeth as other toddlers his age. <em>NoMasNinos's last blog post..<a href='http://nomasninos.blogspot.com/2008/02/pecan-harvesting.html' rel="nofollow">Pecan Harvesting</a></em> Things do eventually settle themselves out as everyone is saying. Sometimes it happens so gradually you don’t even notice. I always say some things get easier and others more difficult. That’s just parenting.

This is me just giving you a heads up on teething. My first just fussed for the first few teeth he got, but my second child would fuss at every new tooth. I can’t say I blame him since it seems he kept getting one after another, and by the time he reached one had about twice as many teeth as other toddlers his age.

NoMasNinos’s last blog post..Pecan Harvesting

]]> By: calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/comment-page-1/#comment-992 calm mama Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:44:29 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/#comment-992 Hey Joy! I'll take that advice, thank you. Words of encouragement from the Internets have been helping me survive this early crazy (dare I say chaotic?) time. And thank you too, Leanne. Everything you said. Exactly! Hey Joy! I’ll take that advice, thank you. Words of encouragement from the Internets have been helping me survive this early crazy (dare I say chaotic?) time.

And thank you too, Leanne. Everything you said. Exactly!

]]> By: Leanne http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Leanne Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:32:38 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/#comment-991 Congrats on 12 weeks! I think schedules are hard at that age -- babies are growing and changing so fast that about the time you settle into a pattern they are ready to move on. I found that hard to deal with at times because there was a part of me that wanted a child on a schedule, something predictable that I could cling to. But then my son's needs would change and I would have to adapt (change wasn't one of my strong suits). It does get easier though -- and as you realize, there's not necessarily a magic moment when it does. And one of these days, you'll look back and marvel at how you got through it all. Really. And I remember those 30 minute naps. I tried to encourage longer naps or at least more rest but that plan didn't always work out. And eventually, yes, the naps do get longer and less frequent. I think your friend has a point about things working themselves out. It just doesn't always happen as quickly as (or perhaps the way) we would like. Congrats on 12 weeks!

I think schedules are hard at that age — babies are growing and changing so fast that about the time you settle into a pattern they are ready to move on. I found that hard to deal with at times because there was a part of me that wanted a child on a schedule, something predictable that I could cling to. But then my son’s needs would change and I would have to adapt (change wasn’t one of my strong suits). It does get easier though — and as you realize, there’s not necessarily a magic moment when it does. And one of these days, you’ll look back and marvel at how you got through it all. Really.

And I remember those 30 minute naps. I tried to encourage longer naps or at least more rest but that plan didn’t always work out. And eventually, yes, the naps do get longer and less frequent. I think your friend has a point about things working themselves out. It just doesn’t always happen as quickly as (or perhaps the way) we would like.

]]> By: chaotic joy http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/comment-page-1/#comment-984 chaotic joy Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:02:24 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/02/19/12-weeks-and-all-is-almost-well/#comment-984 I concur with your friend. Most things you worry about now will settle themselves with time. And new babies, they are just fussy sometimes, and while it doesn't feel like that now, it won't be forever. It gets easier, I promise. And it's okay to complain, it doesn't mean you aren't grateful. And I'll stop giving advice now, as I don't know you a bit. Thanks for stopping by my place. <em>chaotic joy's last blog post..<a href='http://joyandchaos.blogspot.com/2008/02/lolly-pop-lolly-pop.html' rel="nofollow">Lolly Pop, Lolly Pop</a></em> I concur with your friend. Most things you worry about now will settle themselves with time. And new babies, they are just fussy sometimes, and while it doesn’t feel like that now, it won’t be forever. It gets easier, I promise. And it’s okay to complain, it doesn’t mean you aren’t grateful. And I’ll stop giving advice now, as I don’t know you a bit.

Thanks for stopping by my place.

chaotic joy’s last blog post..Lolly Pop, Lolly Pop

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