Does anyone use this website?

Hi!  I saw a commercial for this website on tv and decided to give it a try, but it looks like it is brand new.  I have a 6 month old son and would love to chat with new moms or moms in general.  I had questions about sleeping through the night, teething, and ear infections.  If anyone wants to chat, lets get this website started!

Houstonsmom,

Hi and welcome - you saw a commercial for this website ? I'm the owner and I'm a little surprised about a commercial for this website. (tell me more)  This website is in the development for almost two years now.  I got the idea when I was pregnant with my first child (only child) and well between working and raising her I have not had time to develop the website as I would like, so I never publically launched - I have so much more info I would like to add to TriadMoms.com - I plan on launching the first of February and hopefully we will have alot more members very shortly.

Thank you for joining,
Mesha Carlisle

I saw a commercial for this site as well.  I saw it on WFMY2 channel.  I would love to chat as well.  I have a 14 month old!

Mesha,
You had no idea there was a commercial for your website? This website is a really good idea.  How old is your daughter now?

meredith,
Do you have a boy or girl?  My son has just started teething.  I took him to the doctor yesterday because I was worried about an ear infection.  He kept pulling at his ear and he wakes up screaming in the middle of the night.  He is already 6 1/2 months old and still not sleeping consistently through the night.  He did not have an ear infection (thank goodness), but I need to come up with a plan for when he wakes up.  I need to start letting him cry some and it kills me when he cries.

Ok, I think I know what Commercial you two are talking about - it is actually for digtriadmoms.com that is WFMY2 website - they have digtriad.com as there main site. Now don't you two switch over (well you can join both) but don't forget about me (Triadmoms.com).  I am in the process of setting up some advertising for TriadMoms.com so hopefully TriadMoms.com will have alot of new members soon.

I have a 18 month little girl - I didn't realize becoming a parent was so time consuming but I love every minute.

To be honest I'm not the best to ask about the waking up in the middle of the night - we just got Hailey out of our bed - Santa brought her a big girl bed, she hated her crib and wouldn't sleep in it (well I probably gave in to much).

Do you give him a bottle before bed ? Maybe he is not getting enought food before bedtime and that is why he is waking up.  Have you tried the baby cereal in his milk - it was the trick for us.  Hailey was waking up during the night until we started giving her cereal in her milk.

Crying is still not easy on me but sometimes you just have to do it. Hailey has started with the fits and that just kills me but I have had to learn to let her roll around in the floor and scream, she is starting to learn that it gets her no where (thank goodness)

We did the cereal in a bottle and that worked great to get him off the middle of the night feeding.  Now he just wants held and he goes right back to sleep.  We just started 2 nights ago letting him cry for 5 min. before going to get him.  I think he is already learning.  He is still getting up, but already, he has put himself back to sleep twice.  He never did that before!  Thank you for the advice though!  

I'm here, too. I found out about the site when I was at the pediatrician's office- a lady waiting with her child gave me a business card with the name on it. I assume that was you?

Alicia

Hello,

I am the mother of three boys - Carter 7, Weston 4 and Mason 2 months. I am expected to return to work in 7 weeks and am desperately looking for a live OUT nanny.  Any ideas where I can find one.  I have advertised at the local community college, have solicited people and have made numerous informal postings.  I was sure I would find someone but the respondents have been too young, too inexperienced, too this or too that.  

I recently moved to Danville from Virginia Beach by way of South Florida and Washington, DC.  Can anyone help me?  Please advise.  All be well.

Bethann

Can I join the discussion!?!  
I'm Wendy and have a 6 month old.  I cloth diaper and thought I heard about this website from a local cloth diaper retailer.  
Any other cders in the hood?  
Wendy

So are there 32 of us with July 07 babies?  That's cool!  ETA (I guess the owner of the website had a 6 month old when she started this.  Boy are you patient momma...I'd have given up on something long ago.  I'm glad you didn't though.  I'd love to have a place to connect with local moms!)
Is anyone taking their LO to swim lessons yet or any other kinds of classes for babies?  What's available in our area?
Wendy

I'm having the same night time issues with my 6 month old...he gets up 1 or 2 times at night to nurse, but I think he just wants comfort.  I'm going to give him a bottle tonight w/ cereal to see if that helps.  Momma needs her sleep!  
Wendy

I would love to take mine to swim lessons, but I work (high school teacher) so I do not have a lot of free time during the week.  Let me know if you find anything in the area!  

Alicia,

I'm sorry but it wasn't me - I haven't even got my business cards made yet - I finally got the logo the way I want it this past week - I'm so slack - I can't believe it has taken me almost two years to get this website open for business.

I work a full time job and have a 18-1/2 month old and husband - I'm lucky if I can stay put past 9:00pm here lately but I'm sure many of you are in the same boat I am.

I am hoping to have TriadMoms.com Officially launched in February - I have to get my business cards ordered and print up flyers so I can put them in Doctors Offices. My advertising budget is not large, so I'm going to start with Doctors Offices.

Everyone hang in there, we will have more members shortly.

Mesha

I used to teach hs too...at North Forsyth, math.  What do you teach Jennifer?

I teach Earth Science at East Forsyth HS.  This is the first year I have just one prep.  The last four years, I also taught Biology.

Hi Julie!  Welcome!  My brother just moved to Austin.  Where do you live now?  

Hi Julie, I just joined...Maybe you can help me. I didn't become a Mom until I was 6 days away from my 37th birthday!  Sometimes I feel like a complete failure.  My child is 3, and I tried going to church to get her into one, then worried that she was possesed, because everytime we walked through the doors, she acted crazy.  She is my husband's child.  I was a very docile child, but somehow I gave birth to a miniature diva.  Tonite she said, "I DON'T LIKE YOU," when I was getting her ready for bed.  I told her that was ugly, and put on her jammies, and turned off her lite and TV, and closed her door. She howled.  My stupid husband immediately went up to comfort her and she hugged him and said, "Mommy's mad at me!" He made her apologize, but I wanted her to know what she siad was bad!  My husband undermined me!  He gets angry with her in the mornings because she's whiny. That's no big deal...She's just sleepy.  She never told him that she didn't like him.  Apparently you have a lot of experience, any advice.  My sister would have given her kid a spanking for that talk, but I don't like to do that.

It is going to be very important that you sit down with your husband and talk this out - If you two are not on the same page then you are going to have a brat on your hands and it is only going to get worse - I'm sorry to say that but it is the truth - She is testing you two right now and that is what she is suppose to do. My husband and I have already had this talk and luckly he is on the same page I am.

Well I guess they are both sleepy in the mornings just remind him (over and over and over again) that she is just sleepy - it takes awhile for it to sink into their (men's) brains - hang in there he will eventually get it.

My daughter is 20 months old today actually and I was 36 yrs old when I had her.  Your not a failure, never say that about yourself - you are doing the best job possible you can.  It gets frustrating - I've been there many times and unfortunately the older they get the worse it gets on us.

Learning from my sister, who has a almost 14 yr old, a 4 yr old and a 2 month old - the I don't like you statement is going to be heard alot the older she gets. Try explaining to her that it hurts your feelings when she says things like that.

Hang in there I'm sure your a great mom !!

Hi,
I'm a new mommy to a 2 week old, my name is lesley and looking to see if anyone knows of mother outings in the winston area. This is my first child and looking for a support group. I'm a single mother and i'm 23, anything will help. Thanks.

Hey i'm new anyone out here to talk???