Thursday it is

[yummeecookee]

Hi everyone. I am WFH today and hope to get the last of the Xmas things down. When I was growing up, my mom was so insistent that we had to leave it all up through 6th Jan (Epiphany), so I feel a little bad about missing that by 1 day.
Hoping to also get to the gym during my lunch break and not be run out by all the resolutionists.

[yummeecookee]

Oh no snoopmommymom, I hope the doctor will have some good news for your kiddos.

[slenle]

Morning! Home with the kids and have nothing planned for today. I might just keep it that way since it's super cold and I don't feel like bundling everyone up and going out. Babysitter coming tonight so we can go to a meeting. Exciting stuff here!

[LizInFL]

nam2013 olive oil cleared up B's cradle cap way back when.

guster sounds like J is doing great being back at school!

Morning! B is back in preschool today, hooray! I'm not sure who was more ready, but I just really need a few hours every week where I'm not being asked for snacks or to 'watch this!' Lol. C and I are headed to do a major grocery trip, we're finally getting some sustained low temps this weekend so I want to make some of our cold-weather favorites.

[klongoria11]

Jan 5, 2017 8:33:47 GMT -5 nam2013 said:

Dd has some cradle cap, it's not that visible, but do any of you have something that worked really well?

Newborn mustela. It says on the bottle for cradle cap. We still use it on Cadence. I love that stuff.

[melaniesue05]

Sunny41 I was told to use selsun blue as well. We just had to be careful not to get it in his eyes. Also using shampoo w tea tree oil once a week helped keep it at bay. Carter had it bad. He had bald spots bc his hair was stuck to the scales that would fall off. But if it isn't bad I bet coconut oil or olive oil would do the trick, nam2013

[cagoldi]

nam2013 we used Mustela on Dude, coconut oil on X. Had good results with both.

[cagoldi]

Good luck at the pedi today, snoopmommymom. You have to go on your trip!

beckyj2013 karadee mellochello @xoxolastunicornxo sweetpotato keight38 suza66 hope you get time to check in soon.

[cagoldi]

Happy you were here yesterday, Cherhorowitz!!!

[mskatiep]

nam2013, I used coconut oil and a soft brush like wedding, suggested to loosen things up. I actually used a vegetable brush with the really soft plastic bristles.

[trtlcrzy]

Jan 5, 2017 10:06:06 GMT -5 lfigge said:

Jan 5, 2017 10:01:35 GMT -5 cagoldi said:

Happy you were here yesterday, Cherhorowitz!!!

Lol, I see what your doing...tagging her so she will come back today too! Good idea! Who else do we need to do this too?

If you tag them, they will come

[LizInFL]

DH just told me (affectionately) that my outfit looks like a flamingo hiding in marsh grass. LOL. He sure has a way with words.

Oddly enough, I'm taking it as a complement.

[trtlcrzy]

Morning! H is at preschool and I'm relaxing with S. My sister is dropping my nephew(B) off again in about an hour. Potty training went ok yesterday, only 1 accident. DH and I switched cars today because I can fit 3 car seats in his since I will have B during preschool pick up. His vehicle is an 03 Yukon and it's so gross. Needs a good deep clean, and the driver door handle is jacked up so that's fun.

nam2013 I used the mustela infant foaming shampoo for both girls.

[trtlcrzy]

Jan 5, 2017 11:02:23 GMT -5 LizInFL said:

DH just told me (affectionately) that my outfit looks like a flamingo hiding in marsh grass. LOL. He sure has a way with words.

Oddly enough, I'm taking it as a complement.

I wanna see a pic

[Cherhorowitz]

Jan 5, 2017 10:01:35 GMT -5 cagoldi said:

Happy you were here yesterday, Cherhorowitz!!!

I'm here today too!

[tallblonde]

Morning! Already 11, geez going quick. N is 6 weeks old, which seems like she's suddenly not a newborn, sob. I set up a little pumping station and finally used it and thankfully wasn't too horrible. Time to build up a stash and try bottles since it's one month until back to work, gross.

Our tree is still up, but will take it down this weekend since it's getting dry. It is the happy place to look in our apartment and I'm dreading the giant VTech plastic parking garage returning to that spot. If J didn't love that monstrosity, it'd be long gone.

Attempting my doctor's appointment this afternoon..

[klongoria11]

I have now repeated the dumb made-up story of the little girl named Cadence who hates bedtime about 5 times in the past 2 nights. The girl can't get enough of it. Maybe I should turn it into a book for her. LOL

[LizInFL]

Jan 5, 2017 11:19:01 GMT -5 tallblonde said:

I set up a little pumping station and finally used it and thankfully wasn't too horrible. Time to build up a stash ..

That's a good idea, I should probably do the same. I keep my pump all packed up and it's a hassle to get out, so I don't do it. We offer a formula bottle at bedtime to C most nights--sometimes she's interested, sometimes not--but it would be nice to use breastmilk instead.

She's not a huge bottle fan so far...she accepts it very grudgingly and let's you know it's not her first choice. B was the total opposite, he would eat any way you served it with no complaints.

[LizInFL]

@peachsmama trtlcrzy
This is how we do winter in FL...I just can't let go of my obnoxious brights!

[mamabear13]

Hello. PJ day for us over here. Colds while pregnant are no fun. At least I applied to a job this morning.

[JoeLies]

Hi all! I'm working from home since I have a much-needed haircut at noon close to home. I'm going to talk to her more about coloring my hair on my next visit. I haven't touched my color in probably a decade? I'm finding a gray here and there now right up in front, so apparently waiting until I'm 40 to start coloring isn't going to happen... So if I'm going to color it, I want it to look nice. It's pretty brown at this point and I'd like to keep it that way, just with a little sun-kissed look to it. I have no clue what that actually requires though, haha.

Anyhow I'm probably jinxing myself but Chase's sleep has been getting better. I put him down right after his bottle yesterday afternoon after his appointment, and despite his initial confusion, he was asleep within a few minutes. We've been putting him down awake for naps and bedtime for the last week or so and it's given us the longest stretch of good sleep that we've had in months. I'm sure the Baby Zarabees the last few nights hasn't hurt our cause! I know there will be rough nights in our future, I just want to get to a place where good nights are the norm.

[tallblonde]

Jan 5, 2017 11:24:54 GMT -5 LizInFL said:

Jan 5, 2017 11:19:01 GMT -5 tallblonde said:

I set up a little pumping station and finally used it and thankfully wasn't too horrible. Time to build up a stash ..

That's a good idea, I should probably do the same. I keep my pump all packed up and it's a hassle to get out, so I don't do it. We offer a formula bottle at bedtime to C most nights--sometimes she's interested, sometimes not--but it would be nice to use breastmilk instead.

She's not a huge bottle fan so far...she accepts it very grudgingly and let's you know it's not her first choice. B was the total opposite, he would eat any way you served it with no complaints.

I have one of those Ikea 3 level carts and have the pump and pumping bra ready to go and then a container of each part so I can assemble it quickly. I try to pump in the morning when supply is highest so it doesn't mess with her feeding while I'm home. I'll IG you a pic:)

[lahdeedah88]

LizInFL cute! The scarf pulls it all together. YH's description is pretty funny though.

Ok it's crazy, but the talk of cradle cap and Mustela is making me want to hold a baby now! I used to love holding M and brushing to get the little flakes off his scalp. Weird, I know.

[mskatiep]

Morning ladies. I was hoping for a snow day today but that was a no go. Managed to be 30 mins late to work though cause the roads sucked. Oh well.

It was so nice going to the gym late last night, not busy at all. Maybe I can convince my sister to hang at my house one night a week so I can do it more often. I bought her dinner, that's a fair trade to watch TV for 1.5 hrs right??

[mskatiep]

JoeLies I keep finding grey hairs in my damn eyebrows, but no where else! Getting older sucks!

[LizInFL]

Jan 5, 2017 11:50:12 GMT -5 tgrimes1980 said:

LizInFL TTMA this formula bottle you offer at bedtime. Do you pump instead? If not, are your boobs rock hard?

Our current pattern is that C will wake up from a nap b/n 6-7 and want to nurse...and nurse...and nurse...for awhile. So by bedtime (bn 9-10) I feel kind of tapped out. I'll nurse her again, but if she still seems hungry, DH takes her and offers 3-4 oz of formula. At most she takes a 2-3 oz but that's usually enough to knock her out. I don't really need to pump at that point bc There's just nothing left.

[LizInFL]

vinolove you absolutely crack me up. I'm not sure how you refrained from clocking your H.

[lahdeedah88]

Hello from the dentist. Just a cleaning for me today. They need me to come in to work earlier than I would have been in, so straight there after this. I had errands to run, but they will have to wait. I was hoping to not get out the house tomorrow since I will be off and it will be low 40s, but looks like I'll have to brave the cold. Hope everyone has a good day!

[lahdeedah88]

Perfect gif usage vinolove. Best. I picture your face exactly like Oprah's, but with a little more disbelief upon it.

[cagoldi]

Jan 5, 2017 10:06:06 GMT -5 lfigge said:

Jan 5, 2017 10:01:35 GMT -5 cagoldi said:

Happy you were here yesterday, Cherhorowitz!!!

Lol, I see what your doing...tagging her so she will come back today too! Good idea! Who else do we need to do this too?

You're on to me!