Happy Monday Randoms!

[littlelion]

Good morning! Anyone attempting to score some after christmas deals?

[littlelion]

I'm excited to go to the grocery store. Last year I got christmas themed ziplocs and tupperware for sooo cheap. I'll stock up for the rest of the year. #lamemomgoals?

[littlelion]

And temps here today is high of 57°! Got to get my kids outside.

[requiressnacks]

Good morning!!!

Today is Christmas #3 with my dad. Thank GOD I'm not hosting. My prime rib sit down dinner for 9 was a little ambitious yesterday.

[requiressnacks]

Dec 26, 2016 9:39:37 GMT -5 littlelion said:

I'm excited to go to the grocery store. Last year I got christmas themed ziplocs and tupperware for sooo cheap. I'll stock up for the rest of the year. #lamemomgoals?

I'm going to hit Target tomorrow! Hopefully all the good stuff isn't gone.

On a side note....my precious girl is starting to outgrow newborn clothes! I went through my clothes stash today and I have barely any 3 month clothes for her. I think I'm going to Carters tomorrow to pick up a coordinating capsule wardrobe. I know so much more about baby clothes than I did 2 months ago. Boo snaps! Yay zippers!

[requiressnacks]

I jut want to tell you guys that I have the stupidest BIL. He refuses to call my babies by their names because we asked him not to call Gianna by GiGi (the name of my sisters cat)

So all day yesterday he referred to them as "him" and "her". He literally refuses to use their names. If I wasn't self medicating with champagne I would have kicked his ass out of my house.

[requiressnacks]

I'll just keep going.....the Ninja Coffee Bar is amazeballs. I'm so happy that I ordered it for myself on Black Friday and let MH give it to me for Christmas.

[sdgal]

Well I'll be heading to Carters to return the baby's first Christmas clothes I had in waiting.
And going for another long walk and scheduling another acupuncture session to get baby going!!

[achromia]

Dec 26, 2016 10:37:28 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

I jut want to tell you guys that I have the stupidest BIL. He refuses to call my babies by their names because we asked him not to call Gianna by GiGi (the name of my sisters cat)

So all day yesterday he referred to them as "him" and "her". He literally refuses to use their names. If I wasn't self medicating with champagne I would have kicked his ass out of my house.

Ugh. What an ass.

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Dec 26, 2016 11:14:46 GMT -5 sdgal said:

Well I'll be heading to Carters to return the baby's first Christmas clothes I had in waiting.
And going for another long walk and scheduling another acupuncture session to get baby going!!

I'm in the same boat. Yesterday we took a long walk, longer than our dog has ever been on. We thought she would crap out halfway through but she was so excited and pretty much ran the whole time. More walking today, then we're braving Target and Home Depot for some deals.

[requiressnacks]

Dec 26, 2016 11:14:46 GMT -5 sdgal said:

Well I'll be heading to Carters to return the baby's first Christmas clothes I had in waiting.
And going for another long walk and scheduling another acupuncture session to get baby going!!

I was wondering who still had inside babes!

[lastnamewithheld]

Ew WTF BIL requiressnacks. Also, My H agrees with you re: zippers vs snaps lol.

I'm being lazy today. Can't believe Tommy is a week old already!! Time flies! I have a follow up appointment to get sutures removed (?) from my incision tomorrow. Hopefully I can get my pain meds refilled. It's a rough go without them still.

[hmr11913]

Immature much, requiressnacks? Ugh.

It's fairly decent out here today too, temp wise, but we have 40mph wind advisories. DH is off today, so we took all the Christmas stuff down and once G wakes from her nap will go grocery shopping. Our town just has a small grocery store, unless we head to the city, so I'm sure there will be no cute ziplock bags for me!

Nadia is starting to outgrow her newborn clothes too... but I put a 0-3 on her yesterday and it was huge. What's a capsule wardrobe? You know more than me! Haha. And yes, zippers for the win!!!!!

[Lucy]

I'm recovering from 2 days of my passive aggressive MIL. When we left she made sure to give us crap about maybe coming back out there again before July. Bitch, how about YOU come visit us sometime instead of making us drive 3 hours to you. The last time she drove to our house was when DD1 was born. That will be 9 years in March.

She was also mad because our kids don't know how to pray, and didn't want to go to church with her Saturday night or Sunday morning. We aren't church people. H and I are atheist -- we aren't actively forcing the kids to be atheists themselves, but we don't take them to church or pray either. When they bring up religion, we more or less gloss over the discussion and don't really tell them what we think. We'd rather they make their own decisions about it. We aren't going to discourage the kids from going with her (or with friends in the future) if they want to, but they don't. They have no interest. When we pray at meal time at MIL's, H and I go through the motions of it, and have the kids do the same out of respect for MIL. Her feelings are hurt because the kids won't lead the prayer over the meal themselves, but like I said, it's not something we do, so they don't know how.

As far as I'm concerned, if she wants to be a positive religious influence on the kids, then maybe she should be an active participant in their lives as well.

[littlelion]

Dec 26, 2016 12:50:43 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

Nolan is too big for newborn clothes too and he's already wearing size 1 diapers 😭😭

Saturday Alex wore a size 4 diaper. Somehow I only packed 1 of his diapers in the diaper bag and the minute I put it on him, he pooped. DS1 wears size 5 but my sister found a size 4 in her stash. I also forgot to pack wipes. Luckily, she has those too. Yeah, stm here.

He's also starting to outgrow his nb clothes and wears more 0-3 mo. I'm not sad. Nb are ok, sweet stage but I like them more solid and awake.

[mrswillie]

I wish I was scoring after Christmas deals. Instead, I just spent 2 1/2 hours taking baby to the ER to get checked out after DS1 accidentally stepped on him. Not a hand or a foot... his chest. Ugh! I'm not sure who cried more... baby or me. Now I'm rocking DS2 back to sleep.

Oh, and since er'body discussing.... I put little cozy 0-3 month pants on DS this am. They kept falling down below his bum at the hospital. Lol.

requiressnacks what a dumbass he is. Why not just call her by her name instead of making up a nickname her parents don't like. It's annoying enough that IL's can't spell my (easy) kids name correctly. I'd lose it if they made up nicknames for them.

sdgal and W I'm sending baby vibes your way! Come out, come out wherever you are!!

Lucy we have the same problem. Everybody expects us to come visit them and drive around to various parts of New England to see them. Nope.

[Deleted]

sdgal and W I knew there was three of us left. I keep having some contractions at night but they go away when I sleep. I swear if DH is right and she comes on the 1st I will never hear the end of it.

[littlelion]

mrswillie glad baby is ok. That is my fear. DS1 is too enthusiatic about being close to his brother for head pats and hugs.

[requiressnacks]

Dec 26, 2016 12:51:55 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

MH gave me an Apple Watch for Christmas. I downloaded a sleep tracker app and that shit told me I got 7 hours of restful sleep last night. LIES

I got one for my birthday! I like it so far.

I don't sleep with it though. Especially won't now that I know it lies.

[requiressnacks]

hmr11913, it's basically a small wardrobe that all coordinates. Since I'm starting from scratch, it will be easy to choose clothes that can be mixed and matched

[hmr11913]

mrswillie I'm glad he's ok - how scary. DD is constantly wanting to be by DD2 also... it's tough to keep them away and will be be nice once these little ones are a little bigger.

[requiressnacks]

Dec 26, 2016 14:42:55 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

Dec 26, 2016 14:36:50 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

I got one for my birthday! I like it so far.

I don't sleep with it though. Especially won't now that I know it lies.

Yay! I'm still trying to figure it out but we can motivate each other to get steps? I like how the Fitbit has the social aspect and not sure how that works with the APple Watch.

Me either. I need to spend some time figuring it out. Not like it came with any instructions...

[lastnamewithheld]

Omg mrswillie that must've been so scary. I hope everyone is okay!

I don't think I realized how exposed DS would be in regular onesies. I don't think he'll be wearing any of his NB onesies. Thankfully I have a bunch of long sleeved onesies in 0-3 when the time comes!

[harfamilyof3]

Please help me feel better about my decision. I was originally planning (and told owners) that I would be back from maternity leave January 9th. Nora will be 8 weeks.

Also to remember before I go on- I'm the assistant director at the same daycare she'll be going to.

Now, with her broken clavicle and having to be extra careful with her, I just don't feel comfortable letting her go in yet. Also, she won't have any vaccines until the 19th.

Tonight I sent the owners and my regional an email saying I was changing my return date to the 23rd, and specified about Noras clavicle. Up to this point no one had reached out to me regarding my return.

I now feel stressed and sick to my stomach waiting for their response. I literally don't even want to open my email. I know fmla covers my position for 12 weeks, but I just feel guilty. But, I need Nora healthy, vaccinated and for me to feel that she's safe.

[harfamilyof3]

Dec 26, 2016 14:34:19 GMT -5 littlelion said:

mrswillie glad baby is ok. That is my fear. DS1 is too enthusiatic about being close to his brother for head pats and hugs.

+1 my toddler scares me with being gentle but I know all she wants to do is love and hug her.

[littlelion]

harfamilyof3 try not to stress. You may be surprised at how understanding people can be. And if not, like you said, fmla covers you. Don't feel guilty! I, & plenty of other good ppl, have been laid off without consideration by employers looking out for themselves. You need to look out for you and in this case, what's best for your baby.

[Winnifred]

Hey ladies - just wanted to check in with everyone! We're starting to feel a little less overwhelmed here. I feel like I just totally lost control of everything during our baby's first few days. The pressure to breastfeed and pump around the clock just broke me.

Things have been good the last day and getting better. I'm still not sure how we're supposed to leave the house with her... but I'm sure we'll figure it out in the next couple of days!!

Hope everyone is doing well!

[lastnamewithheld]

harfamilyof3 it's easier said than done but don't worry about it. Like you said, you're covered for 12 weeks. You need to do what you need to do for your family! The clavicle thing was unexpected; I'm sure they'd understand. (Or else that'd be a gigantic dick move!! Also a whole different story!) take your time and please please don't feel bad for doing so!!

[mrsp121308]

Dec 26, 2016 12:50:43 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

Nolan is too big for newborn clothes too and he's already wearing size 1 diapers 😭😭

Does anyone have or use a ring sling? It's a little easier putting a newborn in it, but I still feel so awkward putting it on. I find my wrap is so much easier.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my ring sling. I have an ergo and a wrap, but I think my sling is the easiest for this age. However, the lady I bought from made me learn how to wear her properly before she let me leave her store with it.

[mrsp121308]

We had Christmas with DH's family today which is always really fun. I love my BILs and one SIL plus all we all have young kids so it's a lot of fun. I'm exhausted though from running all weekend and this is a busy week for us going to basketball games so I just have to push through.