Wednesday stuff

[emejay]

You gotta love it when your dog wakes you earlier than your baby, uh.

You know when there's a hot topic in the news and then you start seeing friends on FB post about it? Yeaaaah. Definitely makes you rethink some friendships.

Going to picnic with a work friend and her 2 months old baby today!

[Knitter]

George woke me up by rolling off the bed (he's fine the mattress is on the floor and we have pillows around it) and then when I put him back on the bed he promptly went back to sleep. So now I'm awake and both littles are sleeping.

I'm so devastated about the alligator taking the 2yo from WDW, so sad

[klxvi]

I'm up earlier than S to do some contracting work. Why are all of the companies that I work for are at least an hour away? I also wouldn't want to live where they are based (because meth) except those in northern Oregon (because wineries). My parents will be watching S today. They've had good luck getting S to nap so I hope that they have a great day!

[soyloca]

Jun 15, 2016 7:03:22 GMT -5 Knitter said:

I'm so devastated about the alligator taking the 2yo from WDW, so sad

I just read about this, so sad that poor family

Afm, Rafa woke up at 5.30 and wouldn't go back to sleep in bed with me like he normally does, so I put Little Baby Bum on for him and then I got up around 6.15. It's gonna be a long day as we are driving to Baltimore and then flying to Houston at 6.45pm. Also I have to drive to the mall to pick up a frame from kohls for Father's Day - I looked everywhere for a 4 opening frame, and could only find ONE at Kohls which is a 20-30 min drive. Should have done DAD instead of PAPA.

Anyone else still battling post partum hair loss? Mine is getting ridiculous, and I look terrible with my baby hairs! Thinking of doing a Kim K and getting them lasered!! Well not really but I hate them!

[britbratjf]

Jun 15, 2016 7:03:22 GMT -5 Knitter said:

George woke me up by rolling off the bed (he's fine the mattress is on the floor and we have pillows around it) and then when I put him back on the bed he promptly went back to sleep. So now I'm awake and both littles are sleeping.

I'm so devastated about the alligator taking the 2yo from WDW, so sad

I saw that! Devastating

I'm so tired. Just really tired. I want to work on night weaning but I'm not sure it'll work. Freya woke at 12:30....I let her fuss/cry for a while & after a few minutes of silence thought she went back to sleep but nope so I went up to feed. She woke again at 4:30, same thing except this time she didn't fall asleep and freaked when I put her back in the crib awake. So I rocked her for a while & put her back down - drowsy but still awake. She fussed but I patted her butt a minute then left & she went to sleep. Then she woke at 6:15 - I let her go 15 minutes then went up to feed and of course she fell back asleep for another hour. Ugh.

[southernpeach89]

Callie woke up extra early this morning around 4:00a.m. wide awake! She didn't fall back asleep until around 5:00a.m. so I'm dragging a bit this morning.

I need to do some Father's Day shopping this afternoon, I still need to get my Dad something and cards for everyone. I hate going to the Mall so I'm hoping that I can find something in the surrounding stores that my Dad will like.

And....DH and I have decided on a date for Callie's first birthday party. I feel like this is starting to get real that we will have a one year old in just a few months. That kind of blows my mind. I also found some invitations that I like too.

[emejay]

soyloca My baby hair is crazy. I like to wear my hair in a high bun but the hair on the front is ridiculous!! What helped the hair loss was to get a nice haircut

[obie1680]

soyloca my pp hair loss is ridiculous too. I seriously can't wait for it to grow out!

The kids went to bed early last night so I was totally expecting them up earlier today. Around 6:30am Val started crying I got up went to the bathroom. DS heard me so he started knocking on his door. I opened it told him daddy is still sleeping, he was like ok I wanna come in your bed. Then I grabbed Val out of her room and brought her into bed so she could nurse. DS coming running in with all his stuff. Mommy's blanket, aunties blanket, ribbits, & 2 Hotwheels cars it's his daily entourage. So here we are watching Disney in bed all 4 of us before H had to get up for work. DS was all excited telling H about the beach yesterday. He is so expressive when he tells a story it cracks me up. It's mornings like this that make all the bad days melt away.


No plans hanging poolside for the most part. We just finished our pancake breakfast & Val should be napping soon.

[estakis]

I think we might be entering into a sleep regression. Which feels extra awful considering C is a terrible sleeper to begin with. She woke up six times last night. We are so tired. I know we need to change our approach, but often exhaustion wins out. I am worried she starting to reverse cycle. DNW.

We wound up with a hot tub from my neighbor. We had a repair guy come out last night to look at it. He is quoting $700-$900 to repair the parts that he can tell are broken. Once he fixes those, there is no guarantee there won't be more work needed. But, the repair work could also leave it fixed and fully functional. Now we don't know what to do. If we had a crystal ball and knew that investment would make it fully functional, we would probably go for it. But, if it's going to cost much more than that, I think we're going to part ways with it. It seems that after you spend $1000 to repair a tub, you might as well spend another thousand or two and get a new tub that would be less trouble. Anyone have any advice about hot tubs?

[britbratjf]

Jun 15, 2016 7:51:35 GMT -5 estakis said:

I think we might be entering into a sleep regression. Which feels extra awful considering C is a terrible sleeper to begin with. She woke up six times last night. We are so tired. I know we need to change our approach, but often exhaustion wins out. I am worried she starting to reverse cycle. DNW.

We wound up with a hot tub from my neighbor. We had a repair guy come out last night to look at it. He is quoting $700-$900 to repair the parts that he can tell are broken. Once he fixes those, there is no guarantee there won't be more work needed. But, the repair work could also leave it fixed and fully functional. Now we don't know what to do. If we had a crystal ball and knew that investment would make it fully functional, we would probably go for it. But, if it's going to cost much more than that, I think we're going to part ways with it. It seems that after you spend $1000 to repair a tub, you might as well spend another thousand or two and get a new tub that would be less trouble. Anyone have any advice about hot tubs?

Sorry about sleep

I would probably just get a new one. It would suck to spend that money then have it still not work. I bet a lot of places will do 4th of July sales.

[eliza040502]

I had no idea there was a 9 month regression. I thought there was one at 8 months?! J is finally STTN. Of course, he's up before 6.

I have to go to court today to hand deliver a check to an obnoxious plaintiff because he wouldn't accept it via overnight mail. Court is an hour away. I'm really scared he's going to renege on the settlement agreement and insist on trying the case. So not able to do that today.

One month until we leave for France!

[tsmith312]

I'm rolling my eyes SOOOO hard at what some of my FB friends are saying about this gator incident .

Day 3 of potty training , still no success ... Perhaps she's not ready ? Who knows , I'm exhausted ! Plus last night when DH came home from work I was cooking , the toddler runs up to me and says " I need to use the potty I need to go ". I said " ok great ! Daddy is here ask him to take you real quick ". DH response " you take her your the trainer ". Really dude I'm the mom your the dad and we do this whole parenting thing together ! I know it seems like a zoo in this house but I'm no means a " trainer ". Plus I don't get paid for this gig . I was pretty much livid !

I too need to do some Father's Day shopping . I dread this day for the simple fact I have zero communication with my bio dad . He walked out on us and has never met or laid eyes on T . He met Harper when she was 2 days old , after several attempts of him trying to come into my delivery room then having to be escorted out during my delivery ( this is a whole other story ) but that's it . During the short " I want to make amends " period . He has zero communication with me , my siblings and his 3 grand kids . But I'm tankful to have a great step dad who has stepped up for our family !

[crystaleyes138]

Can I join you ladies in the shit sleep club? Ugh. Jacob woke up wide awake multiple times last night. The worst was when he woke up wide awake at 5am, I tried rocking him back to sleep for 15min and thought he was asleep. No go. So I rocked him another 15min, thought he was asleep, and nope. So I got super frustrated. Put him back into bed and put some toys in. He fussed for 10 minutes and then fell asleep on his own. What the fuck, kid?!

[andtheheartbreakers]

Anybody in here a chemistry whiz? I'm halfway through my General chem book but I have questions! (pertaining to stoichiometry and gases)

[obie1680]

First pool victim, found a baby squirrel in the skimmer bucket. Every time I go out to check it and empty it I always say in my head please no dead things. At first I thought it was a mouse because of the size. I didn't have to touch it thankfully but yuck. I washed my hands so many times once I got back in the house.

[tngrl3]

Jun 15, 2016 9:33:14 GMT -5 andtheheartbreakers said:

Anybody in here a chemistry whiz? I'm halfway through my General chem book but I have questions! (pertaining to stoichiometry and gases)

It's been a while, but I love chemistry. I was a chem minor in college and it would have been my major but biology made more sense for grad school. I might be able to help. 

[txshep]

I need to step away from the internet today. I'm mildly ragey over a comment on Facebook and don't trust myself to not be a compete bitch.

ETA: crisis averted

[txshep]

Also, what is a platinum member and when did I become one?

[andtheheartbreakers]

Jun 15, 2016 13:20:21 GMT -5 txshep said:

Also, what is a platinum member and when did I become one?

They changed the ranking system for post count.

[junewife]

I saw the headline for the gator incident and have actively been avoiding ever since, without reading details. I can't spiral on that today.

Hugs tsmith312. I have a rocky past with my dad too, and we aren't currently on speaking terms. Sucks. But I'm determined to make FD about MH instead of my dad.

[emejay]

Jun 15, 2016 13:30:12 GMT -5 junewife said:

I saw the headline for the gator incident and have actively been avoiding ever since, without reading details. I can't spiral on that today.

Hugs tsmith312. I have a rocky past with my dad too, and we aren't currently on speaking terms. Sucks. But I'm determined to make FD about MH instead of my dad.

I haven't spoke to my dad since I was 18 and my step-dad died 4 years ago, so I'm kinda looking forward having someone to celebrate this year

[txshep]

Jun 15, 2016 13:43:00 GMT -5 emejay said:

Jun 15, 2016 13:30:12 GMT -5 junewife said:

I saw the headline for the gator incident and have actively been avoiding ever since, without reading details. I can't spiral on that today.

Hugs tsmith312. I have a rocky past with my dad too, and we aren't currently on speaking terms. Sucks. But I'm determined to make FD about MH instead of my dad.

I haven't spoke to my dad since I was 18 and my step-dad died 4 years ago, so I'm kinda looking forward having someone to celebrate this year

I'm in a similar situation. My dad died 3 years ago, and DH hasn't spoken to his dad since he was 21 (he's 37 now). I was buying DH's card today and thought about how nice it is to be able to celebrate someone on FD again.

[obie1680]

Jun 15, 2016 14:01:32 GMT -5 txshep said:

Jun 15, 2016 13:43:00 GMT -5 emejay said:

I haven't spoke to my dad since I was 18 and my step-dad died 4 years ago, so I'm kinda looking forward having someone to celebrate this year

I'm in a similar situation. My dad died 3 years ago, and DH hasn't spoken to his dad since he was 21 (he's 37 now). I was buying DH's card today and thought about how nice it is to be able to celebrate someone on FD again.

I know what you mean. H's dad died 10yrs ago my dad has been gone almost 6yrs now. It was nice when Max was born to have that day mean something again.

My last Father's Day with my dad was great he got all emotional on me wouldn't celebrate till I got there because I'm the oldest. His Father's Day was more a celebration of me cause I made him a father and changed his life. It was nice to have had that moment before he died.

[crystaleyes138]

Jun 15, 2016 10:45:43 GMT -5 obie1680 said:

First pool victim, found a baby squirrel in the skimmer bucket. Every time I go out to check it and empty it I always say in my head please no dead things. At first I thought it was a mouse because of the size. I didn't have to touch it thankfully but yuck. I washed my hands so many times once I got back in the house.

We've already had 4 mice, a baby rabbit, and a baby squirrel. Last year we didn't have any. It's so upsetting.

[xcrissx]

Ugh the baby barely drinks his bottles during the day so he wakes up more than he should so he can eat. I know he's got to be hungry so I feed him. Pain in the butt.

I haven't seen any asinine comments about the gator incident and hope it stays that way.

[obie1680]

Jun 15, 2016 14:47:28 GMT -5 crystaleyes138 said:

Jun 15, 2016 10:45:43 GMT -5 obie1680 said:

First pool victim, found a baby squirrel in the skimmer bucket. Every time I go out to check it and empty it I always say in my head please no dead things. At first I thought it was a mouse because of the size. I didn't have to touch it thankfully but yuck. I washed my hands so many times once I got back in the house.

We've already had 4 mice, a baby rabbit, and a baby squirrel. Last year we didn't have any. It's so upsetting.

Last year we had a few mice and a juvenile opossum, thankfully H took care of all that the opossum was a good size I got to see a picture of it in the skimmer. I saved a mouse from the pool a few years ago.

[uclameghan]

Gonna be real - I'm having a rough time with my anxiety this week. Not sure what's up but I feel very overwhelmed - too many things to do and stretched too many ways. MH and I are going to sit down tomorrow after our guests leave and write out a summer schedule so we can both get exercise time, work time, alone time, and family time. Because leaving it up to chance hasn't been working and I'm constantly getting the short end of the stick (even he acknowledged its everything and everyone before taking care of me and that's not good).

Ok, end whine.

[London]

I am only posting to see what my new ranking is.

[London]

Jun 15, 2016 17:36:15 GMT -5 London said:

I am only posting to see what my new ranking is.

Whoaaaa

Platinum

Blang Blang

[London]

Jun 15, 2016 15:21:53 GMT -5 uclameghan said:

Gonna be real - I'm having a rough time with my anxiety this week. Not sure what's up but I feel very overwhelmed - too many things to do and stretched too many ways. MH and I are going to sit down tomorrow after our guests leave and write out a summer schedule so we can both get exercise time, work time, alone time, and family time. Because leaving it up to chance hasn't been working and I'm constantly getting the short end of the stick (even he acknowledged its everything and everyone before taking care of me and that's not good).

Ok, end whine.

It's really good that you are so aware of your need for self-care, it's too easy to let that come last. I hope your new schedule gives you some peace. Feeling anxious is terrible.