November 2008 Weddings
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New moms
When you leave your LO with someone for the night, what info do you provide? the whole routine, the "how to decode LO's cries" blurb, nothing at all? I don't want to go too crazy here!
Thanks!
Re: New moms
You're so cute! You know why I'm asking, so you're giving the control freak in me free reign.
That's kinda my instinct, though it'll probably be more like one page cause he doesn't do much yet. DH doesn't want me to go too crazy, but it's the first time we leave him with anyone! Well, once we left him with MIL for an hour to go get breakfast, but that was it...
There are a lot of control freaks in my family, so I'm good with it
. I was the first one my sister left her first baby with, and she (my sister, not the baby) cried the entire time she was gone. Which was only for 2 hours, but my niece was only 10 days old! My sister loves her kids, but she is now completely happy to leave them for an entire weekend. Such as this coming weekend, when we're taking them 
. I guess what I'm saying is that it will probably get easier, but you should make as big a deal of it as you want right now!
All of this plus things others wouldnt think like is it ok to let him nap in the swing, on the floor, in the bouncy? Do you allow blankets or a stuffed toy with him when he sleeps? I dont know how long he has been taking bottles but Myka will want a bottle drink 3 oz then 10 minutes later she will sometimes want another 2 oz because she gets milk out of the bottle so much faster than from me. How do you get him to sleep, by rocking or patting his back? Are you sticking with cloth, if so what to do with them.
I know there is more, I will keep thinking.
I'm so bad . . . . I pretty much just hand her over and let them know when she last ate, etc. That's it.
The only people who have kept Bebe overnight are my parents and R's aunt & uncle. My parents know everything we do and keep it pretty much the same at their house. R's aunt & uncle do pretty much the same stuff . . . but a lot of the time they kind of do what they know from raising their son. I figure he survived alright so she will be fine.
I'm normally a total control freak but I think its good for Bebe to learn to adapt to different routines and environments . . . keeps her mellow.
Don't worry, we'll give you disposables, it's easier for the trip
Don't forget instructions on how to heat the bottles/breastmilk if you've pumped....some would just throw it in the micro, but that kills the probiotics in the breast milk.
I think that's all that I can think of besides what the other girls listed.
Yay!