The opening ceremony doesn't start until for another hour and a half on our tv here. Weird!
They probably want to make sure it's prime time! I was surprised it's not live here even though it's only an hour ahead. Apparently in the parade the US is in the beginning (in Portuguese it starts with an E) and went way earlier today so they prerecorded :/
Whew, day one down! Between the lunch, the rehearsal, and the rehearsal dinner I am exhausted. The baby was starting to look a little frayed by dinner. He met a lot of strangers and went to a lot of new places. I thought he would completely crash after getting home and eating, but he's happily gurgling away. Time for bed, baby! Because it is my sister's big day, I wasn't really prepared for all the focus on me. There were a lot of friends and relatives who hadn't met DS, and I felt like I was back at my own wedding... Not able to make it to the buffet without everyone wanting to stop and talk to me and see him. It's great everyone was so excited, but I was happy to have a good excuse to leave early. I'm looking forward to having a babysitter tomorrow so that I can hopefully have some non-baby related conversations.
Post by packerfan4life on Aug 6, 2016 8:00:34 GMT -5
I survived the first week of work. And one more day of ILs before they leave tomorrow and we are done with 2 weeks of visiting family. It's been good seeing people but I'm so excited to be done with worrying about visitors.
I am getting nervous for H to go back to work this week and LO to start daycare Fri. 2 months is too early
packerfan4life I'm glad you survived both work and two weeks of visitors! I'm sure it will be nice to have your space back. I'm sorry that you are nervous... I hate that our leave policies make it so hard on families Hugs!
Post by manybellsdown on Aug 6, 2016 8:28:57 GMT -5
We're back home after 10 days away! Two of those days involved 12-ish hours of driving. Special kind of hell. But otherwise we had a lot of good family time and unplugged in rural lake country.
One of the cats is very angry we left/purry we're back, so she has meowed what feels like nonstop. I get it but there's a special kind of irritation reserved for a MOTN wakeup not caused by your baby.
vivela, glad things are going well for the wedding weekend and enjoy your time while you have a sitter!
My sister is getting married in Seotember and it will be a whole weekend away of wedding events so I'm grateful for your updates and experience. On the wedding night after the ceremony we will have a sitter for DS and my 2 year old neice back at the hotel but I think it will be too much for her with the baby so the baby will stay with us. The current plan is to put her in the stroller which lays flat and hope she falls asleep at some point.
Also we will be doing an 8 hour drive down to the wedding with a 3 month old and 3.5 year old so I will definitely update our experience with any tips and disasters, to help others avoid!
My dad took DS for the afternoon and I'm about to put the baby down for a tummy nap. DH wants to watch the latest Star Wars movie which I'm not thrilled about but it's his birthday on Monday so I guess this counts as his birthday weekend. I'll have an aperol spritz to accompany the film.
csat I thought the latest Star Wars movie was really good, so hopefully you like it better than you think you will. Also I love aperol spritz!!! So jealous!!
packerfan4life I feel you on visitors. I love everyone coming to visit but I kind of feel like a bed and breakfast. We've had people in our home every weekend for 9 weeks now. My dad is coming this next weekend so it'll be 10 weeks in a row. I'm tired of cooking and cleaning my house for everyone but I appreciate the love and thoughtfulness of them all coming. Good luck with yh starting work.
Dh left this morning for 8 days. I know I'm going to survive but I'm terrified for bedtime every day. Even with him here it's a 2 hour process between both kids.
Dh left this morning for 8 days. I know I'm going to survive but I'm terrified for bedtime every day. Even with him here it's a 2 hour process between both kids.
That is a long time! I hope bedtime goes better then you expect. I'll be thinking of you! Good luck!!
Dh left this morning for 8 days. I know I'm going to survive but I'm terrified for bedtime every day. Even with him here it's a 2 hour process between both kids.
mladerri, oh dear I hope your children are nice to you at bedtime for the next 8 days, I would be dreading that also.
DS has some sort of bug, he's been complaining of stomach aches the past 4 days at the same time came down with what so far is a minor cold. He hasn't thrown up (yet, yikes), is not constipated, has a raspy voice and now a low grade fever. Trying to keep the baby away from him but aside from direct physical contact isn't really possible.
Our plan to go out to dinner for DHs b day and leave the kids with my parents tomorrow night is likely off the table but hopefully we can reschedule soon. He gets today to do whatever he wants which is about the best gift you can get when you have a 2 month old and a sick three year old at home (he's at the movie theatre at the moment), he deserves it though.
Dh left this morning for 8 days. I know I'm going to survive but I'm terrified for bedtime every day. Even with him here it's a 2 hour process between both kids.
That's along time, so sorry!! You can do it! But please feel free to come here and vent when you need to!
Dh left this morning for 8 days. I know I'm going to survive but I'm terrified for bedtime every day. Even with him here it's a 2 hour process between both kids.
That sounds terrifying. You'll be fine though! I think a big glass of wine and a night off will be in order when he gets home
csat I'm so sorry your DS is sick! and sorry your dinner is likely postponed. Hopefully he will feel better soon. Did you end up seeing Star Wars? Did you like it?
LO is currently cranky and not sleeping but DH took over so I actually have time to check in here!
We have had a great weekend-beach BBQ yesterday with a bunch of old friends. Today DH and baby and I went to brunch and then family came over to see the baby aka watch him nurse.
I'm planning on going to a mommy and me group and breastfeeding support group this week, it's nice to get better and better at getting out of the house!
Whew, wedding weekend accomplished! After the bridesmaids' lunch, the wedding rehearsal, and the rehearsal dinner, DS fussed until around midnight and then slept for 8 hours straight! I woke up before him and took a shower and got ready and eventually had to wake him up to eat so I could go to my parents's house. That is most definitely a first. Hair and makeup started at 9, then ceremony at 2. It was stressful trying to figure out just when to feed him and get him dressed so he would be most likely to sleep through the ceremony. Originally my husband was supposed to carry DS while escorting my grandmother down the aisle, but we forgot to bring the groom's sister her bouquet so I gave her mine and carried the baby. I wouldn't have minded at all, but I don't normally wear three inch heels and I was terrified the whole time that I would fall holding him. But we made it! There had been a million discussions about who was holding him when and what to do if he started to cry during the ceremony. K, my sister's girlfriend, suggested her mom (she was less invested in seeing the whole ceremony if she had to leave, and loves babies). He gave a few squeaks at one point but was otherwise angelic, and K's mom knew how to handle him. Then we had to get to the reception site, take photos, drive all the way home, give him to the babysitter, then get back to the reception in time for dinner. I was really worried about this part because I thought we might be really late. But I ended up pumping and feeding him a bottle in the car on the way home and we made decent time. Then we could dance the night away worry free. Leaving DS with a stranger for the first time was a little sad. But she babysits for a friend of mine and works at both an urgent care center and a daycare in the infant room, so I knew she could handle it. We went to the brunch at my parents's house this morning. Feeding DS a couple times during the day felt so relaxing, it was the first time in two days there was no kind of time crunch or concern that he might get hungry again at the wrong time. I actually like a lot of things about breastfeeding, but it was tough to get the timing right for two days of planned events and I hate wearing those pads in case of leakage. My cloth ones are just circles, so the edges wrinkle and show under my clothes. The plastic Lanisol ones are ok, but they can really itch. Anyway, that is my super long story about my weekend! Cookie for reading
Is it just me or does anyone else get overwhelmed with constantly holding/nursing/soothing LO, and then your SO takes them for a few minutes and you miss them right away and you're like "bring me back by baby!!"
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