Tuesday....hello?

[colinsfebmommy]

Anyone out there? lol

[ashleymarie26]

Hiiii!!!

[colinsfebmommy]

This board is sloooooooow

[proceedwithcaution]

Where is everyone?

[ldubhawksfan]

I'm at work and spent the first part of it posting on FB because DD is 7 mo today. Now I'm slowly calcing some storm drain and sipping on coffee.

[proceedwithcaution]

I'm wrangling my 2 kiddos. It's my day off. The toddler is soooo emo.

We are going house shopping this afternoon!

[sunfrogger88]

Hi!!!!!!

Today is a WFH day. I had to take the dog to the vet and now $300 later, my DD is just having a peach of a day.

I want to go back to bed.

[samelly]

I'm here. I've been planning out my summer. My daughter's 4th birthday party is coming up soon. We also have a visit from Grandpa around the corner. My daughter is signed up for a couple day camps which will give me some quiet time with the baby. We also have a two week trip to Ontario planned so I can visit some family members. That will be fun but I am bummed my H is not coming.

Today is not an exciting day. I'm taking DS to his first eye exam soon and I'm thinking of grabbing takeout for lunch after that.

[catinatophat]

I had to take Henry for a blood draw this morning (last ditch effort to avoid a bronchoscopy) and they missed the vein on the first arm and had to poke him twice. It was horrible.
Other than that I have a million things to do before we leave for a long weekend on Thursday and I have no idea how to get it all accomplished. I have a feeling wine and coffee are the answer...

[yummeecookee]

I'm around too. WFH and cuddling C when I can. He really likes climbing now and it's making me edgy. He's already fallen backwards twice today.

Sorry for H's rough morning catinatophat. Blood draws are so awful to watch. My pedis office does them at the 9mo well check to conduct a blood test. Not looking forward to that.

[younglove316]

We finished up the errands this morning that I didn't get to yesterday and now per usual I'm fighting DD2 to take her second nap.

I'm excited because today is my husband's short day and then he is off the next two. Once he gets home soon I plan on giving him kid duty and working on a few things around the house I want to get done.

[bluesorceress]

Jun 14, 2016 11:38:49 GMT -5 sunfrogger88 said:

Hi!!!!!!

Today is a WFH day. I had to take the dog to the vet and now $300 later, my DD is just having a peach of a day.

I want to go back to bed.

You and me both!

I hope your baby's day improves and that you at least found out what was wrong with your dog and could do something about it. The end result of my 1.5 hour, $300 vet visit was that they didn't know what was going on for sure, except that he was "a bit constipated." :confused:

AFM, I'm pumping away on my break right now.

I slept poorly last night because I was a nervous wreck. I had my daughter on the bed next to me while I was folding clothes and she rolled right off. I put her in the middle, but she's so quick now that she made it over the edge in the time it took for me to pick a sock up off the floor. She was fine after an initial bout of howling, but it made me jumpy and anxious all night. I was checking her on the baby cam pretty much every hour and a half. I do not feel like the MotY.

[sunfrogger88]

bluesorceress my dear furry child is fine. We needed a rabies and distemper booster, plus I needed another 6 months of Heartgard and Nexguard (I'm doubling up this summer/fall on flea/tick protection). I can get Frontline at Costco so it's on my list for there.

[colinsfebmommy]

yummeecookee, Hope your baby is feeling better

I am just enjoying silence at work. Lately my toddler is going at 100% with whining and crying, I am hoping this is just a short phase because it is seriously awful. Then to top it off when he really cranks out the tears, my baby cries in sympathy with him. It is a total shit show that will run down anyone's nerves.

i literally hid in my basement last night for 15 minutes for silence.

[winogirl]

I'm here - just crazy busy at work today so not as much slacking off and internetting.

i'm debating going to get a latte. I need some more caffeine! F slept for crap last night.

BUT - that mom friend that I was worried was fading on me messaged me today so I'm hopeful we'll actually get to real friend status. woohoo.

[sunfrogger88]

TwoPeas wow, Alaska! Have fun!

[ldubhawksfan]

Vet bills are the worst! There is never a reasonable one. We need to take ours in to get a tooth removed, which will be about $900 to do! And it was $70 for the initial visit just to tell me that it probably was dead but they couldn't do anything until he was put out, which was all but like $50 of the price tag above. Come on dog!! Don't cost so much!!

[sunfrogger88]

I have to vent. E keeps doing these mini nursing "strikes" where she gives me a hard time for like an hour (I mean, arching, turning away, crying, screaming, etc) and then will finally nurse. I'm sure it's probably a phase but my mom jumped right on the "well, you did the best you could" train. Umm..... I'm not letting a couple very short, minor nursing strikes end our BF relationship. It's a blip comparatively. Just the fact that she would suggest I give up so easily is beyond me.

:/

Bah. Ok, got it out of my system.

[sunfrogger88]

Jun 14, 2016 14:08:30 GMT -5 ldubhawksfan said:

Vet bills are the worst! There is never a reasonable one. We need to take ours in to get a tooth removed, which will be about $900 to do! And it was $70 for the initial visit just to tell me that it probably was dead but they couldn't do anything until he was put out, which was all but like $50 of the price tag above. Come on dog!! Don't cost so much!!

Yeah. It's unbelievable.

[littleredfish]

Sorry your mom isn't more supportive @sunfrogger. DD2 gets in those moods on random days. I'm sure it is just a phase. Try not to let her bug you.

Well my children were about 10 seconds from being sold this morning between a screaming baby (not crying just straight up belligerent yelling like a teenager) and a kid who refused to listen at all. So we took off for the day to get them out of the house. Shopping, splash pad, library. They are exhausted.
Baby loves the water.

[bluesorceress]

Jun 14, 2016 12:51:07 GMT -5 sunfrogger88 said:

bluesorceress my dear furry child is fine. We needed a rabies and distemper booster, plus I needed another 6 months of Heartgard and Nexguard (I'm doubling up this summer/fall on flea/tick protection). I can get Frontline at Costco so it's on my list for there.

There I go assuming facts not in evidence again. I'm glad your dog baby is well.

[melimo1315]

Today was fun! I bought a summer pass to a park/"pond" in a neighboring town. They basically put a concrete bottom pool in the middle of the woods but made it look like a pond. It's filtered and salt water based which is great for baby skin. They also have grills, picnic tables, bball court, tether ball, 2 playgrounds, corn hole, volleyball court, splash pad, mini golf, water slide and paddle board. I've been going since DS1 was 7 mos old and this year they switched to resident and members only. It's totally worth the pass since we kill at least 2 days a week there hahaha. Hopefully both boys sleep well tonight!

Tomorrow is strawberry picking at a local farm. They also have a huge petting farm area AND homemade blueberry mini donuts. They do apple cider and pumpkin mini donuts in the fall (separately not the 2 flavors mixed together)

Friday I *might* have an interview for a PT teaching position. The college I teach at is wait listing me for classes since I didn't teach this past semester. I've been there since 2009 so I'm a little butt hurt.

[yummeecookee]

I love those type of parks littleredfish!

Ooh good luck on the interview melimo1315!

So I finally feel settled enough post-move, that I was ready to work out again. Just did yoga tonight and feel really good. I hope I keep this up. Before my pregnancies, I was really into yoga.

[rachaeleigh]

Just finally having time to check in.
So, we're so tired and the babies sleep has seemed to get worse, we were at the point of considering sleep training. Then, we found out she had an ear infection so the plan was to let that clear. We go Friday to check that out (I'm not convinced that the infection is gone) but now I feel a little tooth poking through.
I'm sure that causes pain...but she's so pleasant during the day.
Does teething significantly impact their sleep? I'm talking up crying every hour last night. Ultimately, we just put her in bed with us.
And how am I ever just supposed to let her cry for any amount of time if I can't be sure she isn't in pain from teething?
Ugh, am I overthinking this?
This mom stuff sucks

[mandie]

We are painting our whole house (trim included) and laying new flooring. I am exhausted and it's only been 10 days of work. It usually is after the kids go to bed, and since it is summer, that has been closer to 7/8 than 6/7 of winter. The house is looking great, though.

[winogirl]

Jun 14, 2016 14:14:29 GMT -5 sunfrogger88 said:

I have to vent. E keeps doing these mini nursing "strikes" where she gives me a hard time for like an hour (I mean, arching, turning away, crying, screaming, etc) and then will finally nurse. I'm sure it's probably a phase but my mom jumped right on the "well, you did the best you could" train. Umm..... I'm not letting a couple very short, minor nursing strikes end our BF relationship. It's a blip comparatively. Just the fact that she would suggest I give up so easily is beyond me.

:/

Bah. Ok, got it out of my system.

late to this - but Finn does the same thing every once in a while. In fact for 3 days in a row he would only nurse if I was holding him while standing up and dancing around. Not easy with a 17lb baby!! Keep going mama.

[melimo1315]

Jun 14, 2016 19:59:37 GMT -5 yummeecookee said:

I love those type of parks littleredfish!

Ooh good luck on the interview melimo1315!

So I finally feel settled enough post-move, that I was ready to work out again. Just did yoga tonight and feel really good. I hope I keep this up. Before my pregnancies, I was really into yoga.

Thank you! It's at my old HS so I'm hoping that helps. Even though a handful of Catholic schools have closed in my city this month, I'm thinking I might have an edge since they don't typically teach my subject area. Health is required in public schools but not Catholic and/or private. Public school jobs around here are soooooo hard to get. You have to know someone to even get interviews. My cousins FIL is on the school commitee in her town and that's the only reason she has a job now basically for life. She's been fired from every other teaching jobs she's had hahahaha.