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Post by JackMcFarland on Mar 15, 2008 14:42:09 GMT -5
It its the $40 coffee table? lol We have the same one...I'm always walking into it...those edges are very sharp!!
And you're right, who cares if it looks nice. Gotta make sure baby is safe. Have fun rearranging furniture!
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Post by ouchy on Mar 15, 2008 17:01:08 GMT -5
LOL. Yah...I think that is the one! It now belongs to Salvation Army. LOL!
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Post by jellybean on Mar 17, 2008 0:28:09 GMT -5
I'd really love to try this, but my guy moves a lot when he sleeps. I rarely ever move, and with my mind on the baby, I'd surely wake up at the slightest peep, but I don't know how we'd manage this with his moving. Any ideas, Ouchy?
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Post by ouchy on Mar 17, 2008 1:35:26 GMT -5
What size bed do you have? You could also have baby always sleep to one side of you (side by the wall/bedrail). That way you'd still be sleeping by your man, yet baby is safe from flailing arms.
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Post by anneny on Mar 17, 2008 10:16:20 GMT -5
Okay, here's kind of a funny problem. This morning confirmed that my husband has the worst morning breath in the world. Mine's bad too, but I'm able to breathe through my nose at night. He's a mouth breather (asthma and chronic congestion from allergies). I don't want my baby to breathe toxic fumes! Seriously, it's so bad I have to face the other way or put a pillow between us so I can get fresh air.
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Post by ouchy on Mar 17, 2008 11:22:57 GMT -5
LOL!
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Post by minnie on Mar 17, 2008 11:34:43 GMT -5
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww, that is so gross. Can imagine though !!! Poor little baby!. Get him to brush his toungue as well as his teeth before he goes to bed and to use a mouth wash and floss! Bit of dental hygiene is needed by the sounds of it!
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Post by anneny on Mar 17, 2008 12:10:40 GMT -5
He does brush his teeth, which helps, but I haven't been able to convince him to use mouthwash, too. Luckily I have until mid-July to convert him before the baby gets here. We'll probably use a bassinet beside the bed since we have a small bed. But I want to be able to have the baby sleep with us sometimes, too.
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Post by jellybean on Mar 17, 2008 15:27:07 GMT -5
We're currently discussing getting either a queen or king size bed and the snuggle nest. My SO is probably a large frame and I'm a medium, so the bigger the better I'm sure. Good idea about the wall though.
Hmm...teeth brushing. To be honest, I don't know if/when my SO does it anymore. Maybe I'm sleeping through it lately. He's lucky because his breath always smells great...even after he smokes. That's the one thing I know is going to be an issue for us.
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Post by ouchy on Mar 17, 2008 15:37:44 GMT -5
go for a king! even w/ small people, I think the snuggle nest would be too "snug" with a queen
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Post by jellybean on Mar 17, 2008 15:46:19 GMT -5
Thank you, Ouchy.
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Post by ouchy on Mar 19, 2008 2:57:48 GMT -5
^No prob! Big beds rock! And if you get a "California King" rather than an "Eastern King," you will have even more room. It's wider than the Eastern, yet shorter in length by a couple inches. Basically, they chopped off the bottom couple inches and put it in the width. I just looked over some crap that our pediatrician gave us (duplicated generic forms) saying that if your baby isn't sleeping through the night by 4 months, you should discuss with your pediatrician ways to keep your baby awake during the day since she should be sleeping through by now....HELLLLOOOO!!!! Co-sleeping babies wake to eat! It kind of irked me, especially since our ped. touted co-sleeping! She needs to read the forms she gives out! Like co-sleeping babes have a disorder or something! Sheeeesh!
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Post by JackMcFarland on Mar 19, 2008 8:13:30 GMT -5
Ohhh Cali Kings.....my bf is dying for one! As soon as we buy a house. Yay.
And what is your ped thinking? or wait, theyre not thinking at all. and ive seen some babies who just arent sleepers! my twin cousins...dont sleep during the day...go the bed at 10 and are up at the butt crack of dawn! and they are two of the happiest babies. silly pediatricians.
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Post by anneny on Mar 19, 2008 8:21:34 GMT -5
A lot of those forms are just downloaded from medical advice sites and printed without too much thought. If you had your baby in a crib in another room and she didn't sleep through the night at 4 months, then there would be cause for concern---not because there was anything wrong with the baby, but because the parents would be dangerously sleep deprived by then!
Clearly, waking slightly to breastfeed at night without the disruption of being taken out of bed and put back is not hazardous to babies. It's the way it's supposed to be.
Pediatricians are great when kids get sick, but their parenting advice leaves something to be desired.
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Post by ouchy on May 15, 2008 0:53:54 GMT -5
Sad. But happy. "Little Miss Crawl/Roll/Dry Hump Everywhere" can get to wherever she wants to go. That includes both climbing over and burrowing under any type of pillow barricade we tried to corral her in with on our big bed. The bedrail my husband made does little to stop her since she just goes around to the other 5/8 of the bed that isn't barricaded in. We bought a co-sleeper. Found a great deal on a full-sized co-sleeper on craigslist. It's organic (not like I care), and perfect. I nursed her to sleep in our bed and then moved her into the sleeper. This might actually be the first time in over 6 months that I get to sprawl out in bed as well. We'll see how it works. I can always resell it. However, I think it might just work out.
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