Post by LadyNymeria on Aug 12, 2016 8:11:07 GMT -5
Enjoy the pedicure! Sounds lovely!
Cable guy is here upgrading our cable boxes. Our time window was 8-10am and he was here by 8:15! Olympics and possibly nap time (hopefully! I can never seem to fall asleep during the day) after he leaves since I didn't get home from the Red Sox game until 2am.
I've been MIA lately because I'm too tired to do anything extra. Today it's supposed to be 40C+ with the humidity. UGH. I have DS until DH gets home from work and then I am hoping to get a big nap in since I start my first of 3 night shifts tonight.
Post by LadyNymeria on Aug 12, 2016 9:14:27 GMT -5
Huge shout out to Fisher-Price customer service. I washed the seat pad and body cushion for our brand new swing and the seam ripped on part of the cushion. Within 48 hours of submitting an online contact form they have ordered me a whole new seat pad and body cushion at no cost to me with basically no questions asked. I'm impressed.
@snuff9861, I'm in the same boat, the heat is killing me. It's finally going to be nice here this weekend, but we have to go to TO where it's still going to be super hot.
I met my 2nd midwife yesterday. She had me do my GBS swab since they're good for 5 weeks and I gave birth early last time. I wasn't expecting that. We discussed things to encourage labour. 😬
@snuff9861 , I'm in the same boat, the heat is killing me. It's finally going to be nice here this weekend, but we have to go to TO where it's still going to be super hot.
I met my 2nd midwife yesterday. She had me do my GBS swab since they're good for 5 weeks and I gave birth early last time. I wasn't expecting that. We discussed things to encourage labour. 😬
MMMMM TO humidity and smog?!! Good luck with that.SaveSave
Hi there. I'm just taking it easy today. We went to ikea yesterday and that was so tiring. I had a good time though. But I had to keep Stopping to sit or lay down on one of the beds lol. We got our toddler one of the chalkboard for kids they they sell and also a potty seat to introduce toilet training. IKEA is my favorite end of pregnancy walking place. Also bonus my hubs bought me a new arm chair because I needed a good place to sit for nursing with better support than chairs I currently have. Tomorrow we are going to tour the hospital to re familiarize our selfs with the layout and entrances and what not. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
Good morning! DS slept until 9 which never happens must be the cold he is recovering from. I'm planning on taking him to a park since we have been inside so much this week. We have family coming through from Chicago so we are going to go to dinner with them tonight!
Morning all! We finally found a house and get to move on the 23rd. Hopefully Little G holds off until the 1st.
I'm stressing about our dog. He's a 100lb Rotty and tries so hard to be good, but all the baby toys and balls and stuff are just too much for him. He wants to play with them and just can't keep it together. He doesn't realize how big and strong he is. He takes DS out at least twice a day. DH wants to find another home for him before we move...I feel guilty either way. He has to stay locked out of the room we are in at least 90% of the day and he doesn't get much attention at all anymore. At least not like he used to. If DH is home, forget it.
When we move, DH wants to make it so he isn't even allowed upstairs where the all the bedrooms are.
I just can't, this is so incredibly stressful and upsetting and I really don't know what to do.
Morning all! We finally found a house and get to move on the 23rd. Hopefully Little G holds off until the 1st.
I'm stressing about our dog. He's a 100lb Rotty and tries so hard to be good, but all the baby toys and balls and stuff are just too much for him. He wants to play with them and just can't keep it together. He doesn't realize how big and strong he is. He takes DS out at least twice a day. DH wants to find another home for him before we move...I feel guilty either way. He has to stay locked out of the room we are in at least 90% of the day and he doesn't get much attention at all anymore. At least not like he used to. If DH is home, forget it.
When we move, DH wants to make it so he isn't even allowed upstairs where the all the bedrooms are.
I just can't, this is so incredibly stressful and upsetting and I really don't know what to do.
Sorry for the rant, I'm just a bit upset...
That's tough. Our dogs ( a boxer and chi/Pom) had trouble when our toddler was born. They still knock her down sometimes on accident and eat toys but are very caring towards her too. It was definitely a learning process for them to learn the boundaries and for her as well. Good luck.
Had an HOA meeting last night that ran until 11pm. H is grouchy because the power went out around 8 or 8:30 last night and he ended up staying up instead of going to bed. I can sympathize, our dogs get very anxious when the power goes out. I guess he finally decided to just come down to the HOA meeting, but then when he got there some of our friends were leaving, so they all went for a drink instead. Finally tried to get some sleep around midnight, but my back was absolutely killing me.
So I'm running on like, 5 hours of sleep. I have to work for a couple of hours, but luckily not long because my entire team is at this day of service charity event the corporate office has going today. I also need to clean the deck and our patio furniture and BBQ, then go into town and get the supplies for H's party tonight (it's his birthday) and then do a quick sprucing up of the house. Congrats to me for actually keeping up on the housework this week. I have like, half a load of dishes to do, the small downstairs bathroom to clean, and the guest room linens need to be washed and the bed made. Easy.
My mom gets here tonight, then we have the baby shower tomorrow! I'm so excited. H is convinced we'll be getting all the things we haven't bought yet from this. I'm 90% certain that most of my friends bought small stuff like clothes and blankets. So we'll see.
Apparently my MIL has been pushing him not to even set up a separate nursery, just to have the baby in our room with us. That way we don't have to disassemble our stereo/theater room and store all the gear away somewhere. I'm not a fan of this option. For one, H and I like to watch TV late at night, and we usually let the audio of whatever we were watching play as we fall asleep. Second, we have both dogs in the room with us, and they occasionally wake up in the middle of the night to bark, or whatever. I really don't need to have to worry about soothing a baby back to sleep because Stinkus and Dinkus (not their actual names, I promise) heard a noise outside. And I really don't think our TV situation is conducive to sleep training. H agrees, but he also doesn't want to lose his stereo room. He misses the obvious solution that his mom's stay only be temporary, and she get an apartment near by when she gets a job.
That's tough. Our dogs ( a boxer and chi/Pom) had trouble when our toddler was born. They still knock her down sometimes on accident and eat toys but are very caring towards her too. It was definitely a learning process for them to learn the boundaries and for her as well. Good luck.
I think he will be fantastic when the kids are older, I'm just not sure I can convince DH to hang on that long 😔
We are officially scheduled for August 25 (37 weeks exactly which is the latest recommended for twins who share a placenta) for our induction. It feels so good to have a end date in sight and it's my dads birthday too! He was so excited when I called to tell him.
Morning all! We finally found a house and get to move on the 23rd. Hopefully Little G holds off until the 1st.
I'm stressing about our dog. He's a 100lb Rotty and tries so hard to be good, but all the baby toys and balls and stuff are just too much for him. He wants to play with them and just can't keep it together. He doesn't realize how big and strong he is. He takes DS out at least twice a day. DH wants to find another home for him before we move...I feel guilty either way. He has to stay locked out of the room we are in at least 90% of the day and he doesn't get much attention at all anymore. At least not like he used to. If DH is home, forget it.
When we move, DH wants to make it so he isn't even allowed upstairs where the all the bedrooms are.
I just can't, this is so incredibly stressful and upsetting and I really don't know what to do.
Sorry for the rant, I'm just a bit upset...
*hugs* That sounds really stressful. Can you compromise and see about maybe getting a trainer that can work with your dog to help? PetSmart and PetCo often have some training classes that aren't too high cost (and you can usually find coupons).
I hate the idea of rehoming him, but if your H is dead set on him not having access to most of the house and not getting to be with the family most of the time, that's not really fair to poor doggy either. Save
Post by annapunkalunka on Aug 12, 2016 10:20:57 GMT -5
I'm running on 5 hours of sleep, too! Today is C's first full day at her new daycare. I'm so nervous! She didn't cry when I dropped her off (amazing in itself), but I can't wait to go pick her up this afternoon and see how her day was. We're hosting a baby shower at our house this weekend so I did way too much cleaning this morning. I still have some baking to do, but that's my afternoon task. My other task is to pack our hospital bag and put the car seat base in my car.
pismoduo, we did extensive training with a trainer who specifically works with large, aggressive breed dogs. We spent roughly $2k working with him before DS was born. He's so much better and calmer than he was, but it's not enough for DH.
Remus will be 5 in December and I know he's going to calm down eventually. I think locking him out is part of the problem. They haven't been forced to learn how to behave with one another. And I can't help but place most of the blame on DH. I've been guilty too on those days when Remus just has so much pent up energy and can't control himself, but it's mostly DH.
Eta- They've been together all morning, and they're doing pretty good so far, so it gives me hope. I just can't let down my guard, ya know.
We are officially scheduled for August 25 (37 weeks exactly which is the latest recommended for twins who share a placenta) for our induction. It feels so good to have a end date in sight and it's my dads birthday too! He was so excited when I called to tell him.
Ahhhh! That's like 2 weeks away! That is so exciting and terrifying all at once SaveSave
@snuff9861 , I'm in the same boat, the heat is killing me. It's finally going to be nice here this weekend, but we have to go to TO where it's still going to be super hot.
I met my 2nd midwife yesterday. She had me do my GBS swab since they're good for 5 weeks and I gave birth early last time. I wasn't expecting that. We discussed things to encourage labour. 😬
MMMMM TO humidity and smog?!! Good luck with that.SaveSave
My boxer is about 7 now. He was pretty hyper still at 5. Not sure about your dog but boxers are bad about jumping all over people. I will say the dogs have helped the toddler be tough haha.
cbrandt1 that is so hard about the dog. We spoke to our vet about rehoming our dog because he growled at DD constantly when she started being mobile. Luckily he got over that but it's such a hard decision to face.
The humidity is killing me too, my hands ache from being swollen.
Pedicures were great, they were so nice to DD. She got a foot massage and her nails painted bright orange.
Post by singingsea on Aug 12, 2016 12:50:16 GMT -5
Sup ladies. Tomorrow H and I are celebrating our 8 year wedding anniversary. This will more than likely be our last date night before the baby gets here. DS is spending the night at my mom's and H and I are going out to dinner and a movie. Hopefully sleeping in as well but my body doesn't really do sleep anymore so we'll see
I'm sorry cbrandt1 - that has to be so stressful. Maybe a compromise with your H makes sense (as long as safety isn't a concern). We just moved and decided to make the upstairs (where all the bedrooms are) - dog free. I just couldn't stand the dog hair and dirt everywhere and I wanted a clean space that would be dog free for the kids. Our dog has free reign of the downstairs and we are definitely always working on the relationship between my toddler and the dog. In fairness, my dog is a smallish beagle so I get there are a lot more issues at play for you. Either way....hugs I can't imagine how hard this decision must be.
fem was this your DD's first pedicure? That is so cute. My DD loves when I paint her toenails. Maybe a pedicure would be a fun mom/daughter treat before the baby comes!
fem was this your DD's first pedicure? That is so cute. My DD loves when I paint her toenails. Maybe a pedicure would be a fun mom/daughter treat before the baby comes!
Yes it was her first. I don't think I would have braved it alone but MIL wanted her to go with us. She sat on my lap and played on her tablet while they did me (with her feet in the water) then she just got a little massage and her nails painted at the end. The guy was sooo nice to her I'd definitely go back.
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