Post by younglove316 on May 31, 2016 5:55:54 GMT -5
I hope everyone enjoyed their day yesterday if you had plans!
DD2 put up a fight again for bed last night and after about 2 hours we finally got her down. I guess it was worth it because she slept 9- almost 530!!
Today we got invited to a playdate and just about all the moms will be there which hasn't happened in forever so that should be fun. Other than that, cleaning. One perk of being up early is that I already have a load of laundry put away and two more loads in progress.
Post by littleredfish on May 31, 2016 6:05:25 GMT -5
Our realtor is recommending we lower the price of our house by $10,000 to get more attention in the high rush that's coming because he says if we're not sold by July it slows down here until September. I'm really stressed and annoyed.
My very annoying co-workers are back from their trip. Last week was so nice and quiet. Not today
So lately E has been doing this really weird bedtime sleep thing. She cries when I try to give her a binky, but also won't fall asleep without it. So it's this dance of me waiting until the EXACT right time to give it to her and then she's down. Also she went from a quick 20 min feed and rock to about an hour of bedtime stuff. I KNOW she can fall asleep on her own and she does it every other time of sleep, but at bedtime bets are all off.
TTC #1: March 2014 Dx: MFI Medicated IUI #1: March 2015-BFP Baby Girl born 11/5/2015! TTC #2: August 2016 Medicated IUI #1: Feb 2017-BFN Medicated IUI #2: March 2017-BFP Baby Boy expected Dec. 1
Post by sunfrogger88 on May 31, 2016 7:01:45 GMT -5
Rocking E down for nap #1. It looks like Fri was slow in the office so I don't really have anything to catch up on.
I can't believe our 6mo check up is tomorrow!!!
Still have a lot of clean up to do around here and planning for Es dedication in 2 weeks. Please to suggest easy food things. I was thinking crockpot meatball subs, pasta salad, veggie tray, etc. Thoughts? We're going right from church back to my house so it needs to all be ready to go before we leave for church.
It was so nice to have a long weekend though and have my H be present and not playing on his phone or doing work.
Married DH 09/21/13 BCP 08/08-02/12, 01/13-08/14 Paragard 02/16-? TTC#1 August '14 1st BFP 3/9/15! EDD: 11/17/15 Emma Rose born 11/26/15 (Thanksgiving!)
Post by yummeecookee on May 31, 2016 8:17:09 GMT -5
WFH today. C was up 3x last night so I am tiiired!
sunfrogger88, for my DD's baptism, I had Panera catering so thats about as easy as it gets. For C's baptism, MH's grandmother made 3 gigantic trays of baked ziti on the day before. Then the day of, my BIL left the service about 30min early so that he could go to our house and pop it in the ovens for us. We also had a cucumber and tomato salad that was already dressed, garlic bread and a few bowls of chips/pretzels.
We had a trip to the mountains this weekend. I did my first hike with baby. It's so much harder to hike while carrying a baby, but the view is always worth it.
A former student is coming by today to meet E! I think it's so sweet that she's coming. She was on my news staff for three years and is a lovely person and I'm excited to hear all about her first year in college.
If I could make the crib swing, I would have no problem getting E to sleep at night. She was asleep in the swing for a nap within 10 minutes of me putting her in there. No fussing, not a peep about it. It took me an hour and a half to get her to sleep for good last night. :/ She's so into babbling that she just won't stop! And then she gets upset. And when I go in for the interval check she starts grabbing my pants or shirt through the crib...it breaks my heart. I don't know if CIO is for me.
I'm also starting to panic a bit because she doesn't seem to be gaining weight anymore. Six month plateau?
All weekend C slept like a newborn again. Up every 2-3 hours. This morning he woke up at 4 and WOULD. NOT. go back to sleep. So finally at about 20 till 5 I gave up the possibility of going back to sleep considering my alarm goes off at 5. I FINALLY got him to go back to sleep at about 5:30, but it was only for like 5 minutes. I am SO tired.
Post by yummeecookee on May 31, 2016 9:26:44 GMT -5
We did a hike this wknd too samelly. Man, I was so sore carrying C around. Then I started thinking about how I gained a total of 45lb w my pregnancy. Well C is just under 20lb right now. I don't know how I managed in my last tri!
Married DH 09/21/13 BCP 08/08-02/12, 01/13-08/14 Paragard 02/16-? TTC#1 August '14 1st BFP 3/9/15! EDD: 11/17/15 Emma Rose born 11/26/15 (Thanksgiving!)
We did a hike this wknd too samelly. Man, I was so sore carrying C around. Then I started thinking about how I gained a total of 45lb w my pregnancy. Well C is just under 20lb right now. I don't know how I managed in my last tri!
I know! The weight I have lost since DS was born is about the same as my 4-year old. It is crazy to think of that. So really, carrying DS is a lot less.
Post by sunfrogger88 on May 31, 2016 10:33:24 GMT -5
It's been SO nice being at home with E. Even on my WFH days. I was last in the office on Wed last week. It will be so much harder to drop her off on Friday at my mom's!!!
We are finally at like 95% of all naps in the crib. I want my snuggles!!!!
Married DH 09/21/13 BCP 08/08-02/12, 01/13-08/14 Paragard 02/16-? TTC#1 August '14 1st BFP 3/9/15! EDD: 11/17/15 Emma Rose born 11/26/15 (Thanksgiving!)
Ugh ever since my daughter was super sick she hasn't slept through the night since. SUCKS. I am sleepy today lol
Also she LOVES to sit, and no because of that she refuses to to lay and roll, she screams if we do that (except for bedtime and naptime). Which means she isn't practicing picking herself up to get in the position to work on rocking to crawling. So frustrated
Post by ashleymarie26 on May 31, 2016 11:03:25 GMT -5
Ugh. If ya'll remember the friend who let her daughter CIO, please just allow me to vent for a moment. And it's going to be long. I just need hair pats.
It's no secret that I struggled BFing and had a really hard time keeping up, both emotionally and physically. It's also no secret that I am beyond disappointed and quiting was extremely hard on me. I've shared that both here and very openly IRL.
Enter said "friend". You guys. She has been sending me pictures of her freezer BURSTING with frozen milk. Complaining to me about pumping ONLY 42 ounces in one day, instead of her normal 46. Telling me her and her husband counted and she has 30 gallons of frozen milk. How she might just throw some away because she has more than she could ever need.
I understand being proud. And I'm very happy that her BFing journey is going so well for her. It's everything I wish that I could have experienced.
But it is killing me. Jealousy, shame, disappointment. I feel like she is rubbing it in. And I don't know how to tell her to stop without being a jealous, whiny bitch. I've tried just ignoring those messages and only responding to other parts of conversation. I've tried ignoring her completely.
I don't know what I'm looking for here other than just to vent and feel sad for a minute.
Post by catinatophat on May 31, 2016 11:25:47 GMT -5
ashleymarie26 , I would have to ask her to stop (a good thing to start the text with would be 'Are you fucking kidding me with this?'). She is either a bitch for rubbing it in or a total idiot.
ETA: I am having all of the BF feels today because my supply is shit and I'm thinking of quitting so maybe I am being a little sensitive about this...
Post by yummeecookee on May 31, 2016 11:26:02 GMT -5
Hmmm, why is she being that way I wonder ashleymarie26? She knows you struggled w it. I can see a friend just mentioning she has tons of milk, but no need to go on w the pics and talk about throwing it away. (And BTW on one should EVER be throwing that stuff away - EVER. There are mothers and babies who will take it). That is really weird. I think you have done right by ignoring it so far, but maybe if she keeps doing it, you could just say you would prefer not to hear about it since you are no longer BF-ing. A real friend would understand and prolly feel embarrassed for even having bragged about it in such a way.
ashleymarie26 , I would have to ask her to stop (a good thing to start the text with would be 'Are you fucking kidding me with this?'). She is either a bitch for rubbing it in or a total idiot.
I am wondering about this too. Like, I want to give her the benefit of the doubt that she's just a moron and doesn't realize that bragging about her massive oversupply is hurtful. I just cant imagine someone would purposefully want to hurt their friend for no reason at all.
ashleymarie26 , I would have to ask her to stop (a good thing to start the text with would be 'Are you fucking kidding me with this?'). She is either a bitch for rubbing it in or a total idiot.
ETA: I am having all of the BF feels today because my supply is shit and I'm thinking of quitting so maybe I am being a little sensitive about this...
Hugs to you. I'm sorry you are struggling i know how hard it is.
ashleymarie26 , I would have to ask her to stop (a good thing to start the text with would be 'Are you fucking kidding me with this?'). She is either a bitch for rubbing it in or a total idiot.
I am wondering about this too. Like, I want to give her the benefit of the doubt that she's just a moron and doesn't realize that bragging about her massive oversupply is hurtful. I just cant imagine someone would purposefully want to hurt their friend for no reason at all.
See I don't know either. She doesn't come off as mean or purposefully hurtful. But can someone truly but that stupid!?!?!
Post by kensie5226 on May 31, 2016 11:37:30 GMT -5
ashleymarie26, your friend kinds of sucks. If is insensitive behavior normal for her? Does she generally lack self awareness? If she does, then I guess it would be (shitty) par for the course. If not, I think she's deliberately bragging in your presence and needs to feel to superior to you for something.
I spent a lot of time talking with my neighbor about her BFing challenges this weekend and I've been very careful about not talking about my amount or stash. I even felt bad after I used the word "oversupply". I also know that it's not something to bring up to my sister who had to stop at about 6 weeks with both kids b/c of thyroid issues. Either she's extremely insensitive or she's a douche.
TTC #1: March 2014 Dx: MFI Medicated IUI #1: March 2015-BFP Baby Girl born 11/5/2015! TTC #2: August 2016 Medicated IUI #1: Feb 2017-BFN Medicated IUI #2: March 2017-BFP Baby Boy expected Dec. 1
ashleymarie26, your friend kinds of sucks. If is insensitive behavior normal for her? Does she generally lack self awareness? If she does, then I guess it would be (shitty) par for the course. If not, I think she's deliberately bragging in your presence and needs to feel to superior to you for something.
I spent a lot of time talking with my neighbor about her BFing challenges this weekend and I've been very careful about not talking about my amount or stash. I even felt bad after I used the word "oversupply". I also know that it's not something to bring up to my sister who had to stop at about 6 weeks with both kids b/c of thyroid issues. Either she's extremely insensitive or she's a douche.
Right? I just feel like you avoid topics like this with people who struggle. I don't mean to compare breastfeeding to infertility, but if I were having a discussion with someone who I KNEW struggled to get pregnant, I wouldn't be blabbing about how easy it was for me, kwim?
I honestly don't know her all that well in person. We met at work because we got pregnant around the same time, but we worked in different departments. We talked via email/text throughout our pregnancies. I've only spent time with her f2f a handful of times, maybe 5.
B's just about to have a bath, he had a horrible poopsplosion. He was sitting on my lap when he then decided to roll over and slide down off my lap, so he was standing on the floor. He then had a big poop, and half of it ended up on the living room floor. I'm just thankful it wasn't on me!
Post by kensie5226 on May 31, 2016 11:49:30 GMT -5
ashleymarie26, actually my IF is exactly what I thought of. My sis didn't brag on her ability to get KU and I don't brag on my BFing. I mean, seems obvious.
TTC #1: March 2014 Dx: MFI Medicated IUI #1: March 2015-BFP Baby Girl born 11/5/2015! TTC #2: August 2016 Medicated IUI #1: Feb 2017-BFN Medicated IUI #2: March 2017-BFP Baby Boy expected Dec. 1
Post by kensie5226 on May 31, 2016 11:51:24 GMT -5
Also, maybe she is just that un-self aware. I know people like that. I can't believe they exist, but they do. A co-worker used an Asian racial epithet in front of two Asian co-workers as well as me (married to an Asian, half-Asian daughter) and seemed genuinely surprised when I called her out on it. I mean, REALLY?!?!
TTC #1: March 2014 Dx: MFI Medicated IUI #1: March 2015-BFP Baby Girl born 11/5/2015! TTC #2: August 2016 Medicated IUI #1: Feb 2017-BFN Medicated IUI #2: March 2017-BFP Baby Boy expected Dec. 1
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