tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169903406311502011.post2189160460024341819..comments2023-08-07T08:02:01.400-07:00Comments on future*perfect: 8 weeksericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11414537639917539473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169903406311502011.post-41662394671157664472009-04-20T16:04:00.000-07:002009-04-20T16:04:00.000-07:00Things will get easier - the first 12 weeks are th...Things will get easier - the first 12 weeks are the hardest, tiring and trying. I have a 4.5mth and a 2.5yr old (now there's a demanding age!) and even on our very good days, I still go to bed feeling frazzled. <br /><br />They both wanted to suck constantly, so we went with a pacifier (or dummy, as we call them in Australia) and it worked a treat. Ben swapped his at around 12 weeks for his fingers and he still sucks them now (a sure sign that he's tired). Emmeline I can't see giving hers up anytime soon, but it's the difference between her crying and settling quietly, so we do it . . . complete with socks on her little hands to stop her from taking it out since she is at the "I need to hold everything in my fat little fingers" phase.<br /><br />I'm all for pacifiers - they have saved my sanity! Pacifier or not, Leon is a gorwing, healthy, beaufitul little boy, so you must be doing something right!<br /><br />xMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609679404613519015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169903406311502011.post-40015008804491098032009-04-20T11:10:00.000-07:002009-04-20T11:10:00.000-07:00At this point, don't be paranoid about anything --...At this point, don't be paranoid about anything -- even the dirt on a pacifier. Babies are imminently sturdy -- and C. had a bottle in her mouth until she was 3-1/2 (embarrassed I did that -- but you do what keeps them happy). End result? Her teeth are perfect -- no bottle mouth. So put a pacifier in his mouth and let him have at it. And don't worry about the chapters -- things will get easier and you'll get that thing finished.pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825568567597090734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169903406311502011.post-56654872376720549342009-04-20T09:18:00.000-07:002009-04-20T09:18:00.000-07:00go with a pacifier... just find something non-toxi...go with a pacifier... just find something non-toxic. do not feel guilty about it.<br /><br />it will be worth it for you. he will eventually ween off of it... and you need/want/deserve the break.<br /><br />you are already a great mom.theaftermathkitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06321502465436929451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169903406311502011.post-58299311586745950622009-04-20T06:51:00.000-07:002009-04-20T06:51:00.000-07:00The pressure of adapting to a new baby with a diss...The pressure of adapting to a new baby with a dissertation looming - I can't imagine what that must be like. Two competing, completely disharmonious timelines. It must be a little like trying to steer a boat pounded by continuous waves of stress. <br /><br />I think going to go buy plants sounds like a good idea.evenclevelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16338164103202396208noreply@blogger.com