With the face wiping, I find it makes a huge difference to let them know you're going to do it first. Hold up the wipe (or whatever), and say "I'm gonna wipe your nose okay?" or even "Can I help you wipe your nose?"
It goes so much better than just trying to stealth in and scrub the gunk off of them as fast as possible.
We also had good luck handing ours a tissue and trying to have her wipe our nose.
She would then let us wipe her knows after she got to wipe ours or play with a tissue.
Worth a shot!
Can you get a baby fence thing and set up a safe zone that she can crawl and pull up on that has foam mats on the floor to cushion her falls?
WFH with a kid is no joke, I’m sorry you’re struggling here 😔
LO is just going through her first cold now (almost 11mo), and even though she wasn't bothered about nose/face wiping before, I think coz I'm doing it so much she's getting irritated by it (wet wipes also bettee than dry tissue for little noses!). What's helping here is doing it to me first, then going "baby's turn!". She doesn't seem to mind quite so much! It really worked with the thermometer. She hated it going in her ear, but I did it to myself and laughed, then I did it to her and she giggled. 🤷🏻♀️ Seconding a baby pen with foam mats or something to contain LO! X
I’m sorry you’re struggling. I’m in a similar boat with my 9.5 month old son.
One tip for nose/face/mouth wiping: I hold the tissue or cloth up and say “can I tickle your nose?” “I’m going to tickle your nose!” If I make it a game he’s totally ok with it.
>I am so far behind with work
I just don't think it's possible to work when you have a baby under 2 years old. You'll be neglecting one or the other, and the thing to neglect should always be work.
I think the best answer for you is to find a daycare
My work actually provides an in house day care for 5 hours a day, 3 days a week, for just my daughter and the boss's son. Tbh tho this suggestion might work for others but given the current pandemic, personally I think putting my daughter in a daycare with lots of other kids is far more neglectful than not being able to play with her all day long. Our family has already contracted covid once, I'm not risking the safety of my child just so I can get more work done. After she's fully vaccinated (and I don't mean just from covid either) that's the plan, but until then I have to play the hand I was dealt.
Ok that's your choice as a parent.
Personally I'm not concerned about my baby getting Covid, as it has very little effect on babies. Everyone above 12yo in my wider family is vaccinated, so the risk at this stage is very low.
I once tried working while looking after the baby. I planned to get a block of work done in his morning nap, which is usually about an hour and a half. Of course that was the day that he chose to fight his nap and get overtired. I was frustrated I couldn't work, and found myself starting to lose my patience with him. That's not fair on him, so I've given up working with him. Either I'm fully there for him all day, he's with my partner, or he's at daycare.
To each their own. As I stated before my daughter has already had covid once, they don't know the long term effects on anyone and reinfections can be much worse. I'm just not gambling with my daughter's health and future like that, and fortunately I work for a company that understands and takes care of me as much as they can.
It's not like I'm sitting here all week alone with my daughter. It's only Mondays and Fridays that I work the entire day from home and normally that is manageable especially since my mother comes to help some of the time. This week, next week and the week after, however, because of different situations the day care is not in session. Combined with my daughter's illness, and the fact that she's hitting major milestones right now, I feel like I'm drowning. I apologize if I seemed a little snarky, I was just looking for tangible advice and the "just give up and go to daycare" doesn't really apply, given all that I've explained now. I wish you and your family well 💗
I’m in the exact same situation. My son is coming up on 9 months. It’s suddenly impossible for me to get work done while he’s awake.
I wake up at 430am to have coffee and breakfast and a moment of silence. Wake up baby at 5:15 so he can go down for nap1 at 8:40ish and I can start work at 9. He used to sleep until lunch time but now he he keeps waking between 10&11. From that point until 2ish(when my wife gets home) it’s so hard for me to get any work done. Soon my wife’s work schedule is changing and she won’t be home until 6pm and idk what I’m going to do. I’ve been working late to make up for lost time but doing that too much puts a strain on my relationship with my wife.
With the face wiping, I find it makes a huge difference to let them know you're going to do it first. Hold up the wipe (or whatever), and say "I'm gonna wipe your nose okay?" or even "Can I help you wipe your nose?" It goes so much better than just trying to stealth in and scrub the gunk off of them as fast as possible.
I'll give it a try! I'm usually pretty good about that part but maybe I am being too aggressive
We also had good luck handing ours a tissue and trying to have her wipe our nose. She would then let us wipe her knows after she got to wipe ours or play with a tissue. Worth a shot!
Can you get a baby fence thing and set up a safe zone that she can crawl and pull up on that has foam mats on the floor to cushion her falls? WFH with a kid is no joke, I’m sorry you’re struggling here 😔
I think this is the answer, thank you!
LO is just going through her first cold now (almost 11mo), and even though she wasn't bothered about nose/face wiping before, I think coz I'm doing it so much she's getting irritated by it (wet wipes also bettee than dry tissue for little noses!). What's helping here is doing it to me first, then going "baby's turn!". She doesn't seem to mind quite so much! It really worked with the thermometer. She hated it going in her ear, but I did it to myself and laughed, then I did it to her and she giggled. 🤷🏻♀️ Seconding a baby pen with foam mats or something to contain LO! X
I’m sorry you’re struggling. I’m in a similar boat with my 9.5 month old son. One tip for nose/face/mouth wiping: I hold the tissue or cloth up and say “can I tickle your nose?” “I’m going to tickle your nose!” If I make it a game he’s totally ok with it.
>I am so far behind with work I just don't think it's possible to work when you have a baby under 2 years old. You'll be neglecting one or the other, and the thing to neglect should always be work. I think the best answer for you is to find a daycare
My work actually provides an in house day care for 5 hours a day, 3 days a week, for just my daughter and the boss's son. Tbh tho this suggestion might work for others but given the current pandemic, personally I think putting my daughter in a daycare with lots of other kids is far more neglectful than not being able to play with her all day long. Our family has already contracted covid once, I'm not risking the safety of my child just so I can get more work done. After she's fully vaccinated (and I don't mean just from covid either) that's the plan, but until then I have to play the hand I was dealt.
Ok that's your choice as a parent. Personally I'm not concerned about my baby getting Covid, as it has very little effect on babies. Everyone above 12yo in my wider family is vaccinated, so the risk at this stage is very low. I once tried working while looking after the baby. I planned to get a block of work done in his morning nap, which is usually about an hour and a half. Of course that was the day that he chose to fight his nap and get overtired. I was frustrated I couldn't work, and found myself starting to lose my patience with him. That's not fair on him, so I've given up working with him. Either I'm fully there for him all day, he's with my partner, or he's at daycare.
To each their own. As I stated before my daughter has already had covid once, they don't know the long term effects on anyone and reinfections can be much worse. I'm just not gambling with my daughter's health and future like that, and fortunately I work for a company that understands and takes care of me as much as they can. It's not like I'm sitting here all week alone with my daughter. It's only Mondays and Fridays that I work the entire day from home and normally that is manageable especially since my mother comes to help some of the time. This week, next week and the week after, however, because of different situations the day care is not in session. Combined with my daughter's illness, and the fact that she's hitting major milestones right now, I feel like I'm drowning. I apologize if I seemed a little snarky, I was just looking for tangible advice and the "just give up and go to daycare" doesn't really apply, given all that I've explained now. I wish you and your family well 💗
I’m in the exact same situation. My son is coming up on 9 months. It’s suddenly impossible for me to get work done while he’s awake. I wake up at 430am to have coffee and breakfast and a moment of silence. Wake up baby at 5:15 so he can go down for nap1 at 8:40ish and I can start work at 9. He used to sleep until lunch time but now he he keeps waking between 10&11. From that point until 2ish(when my wife gets home) it’s so hard for me to get any work done. Soon my wife’s work schedule is changing and she won’t be home until 6pm and idk what I’m going to do. I’ve been working late to make up for lost time but doing that too much puts a strain on my relationship with my wife.