How is everyone recovering from the week? B is apparently on a nursing and nap strike. He's rolling around in his crib watching the Einstein aquarium and not sleeping.
No plans. It's a "snowstorm" here. We have maybe an inch and everyone is freaking out.
It's 20 degrees outside with snow on the ground. Now I wouldn't mind these temperatures if we had an actual furnace, but as we live in the south we only have a heat pump to provide heat for our house. So, it's 55 degrees in our house and it's not going to get any warmer in here or outside in the next day or so.
We are all bundled up. S has a onsie on and fleecy sleeper pajamas and everyone else is wearing layers.
Right now I have the oven on for coffee cake then I will make cookies. I am thinking of making a pork loin roast or another ham in the oven to warm things up later.
For those of you with 2+ kids, what do your weekends look like? Do you do family outings or do you split up and each parent takes 1 kid? Due to E needing a morning nap, I'm finding it hard to do family stuff in the morning and if we wait until he wakes up, our time is limited before we need to head home for lunch and nap for both boys. So I think splitting up is easier, but this annoys my H bc he wants to do family outings. But then E takes a crappy/nonexistent nap resulting in crankiness, and at the outing, my H and DS1 are running around having fun while I'm nursing E and trying to keep him happy. Just seems like a waste until E is a little bit older to get something out of the outing (one exception is the zoo - I love zoos and fresh air is good for anyone regardless of age). And we spend the afternoons/evenings together so we get family time. Just curious what others do bc H and I are arguing about this.
For those of you with 2+ kids, what do your weekends look like? Do you do family outings or do you split up and each parent takes 1 kid? Due to E needing a morning nap, I'm finding it hard to do family stuff in the morning and if we wait until he wakes up, our time is limited before we need to head home for lunch and nap for both boys. So I think splitting up is easier, but this annoys my H bc he wants to do family outings. But then E takes a crappy/nonexistent nap resulting in crankiness, and at the outing, my H and DS1 are running around having fun while I'm nursing E and trying to keep him happy. Just seems like a waste until E is a little bit older to get something out of the outing (one exception is the zoo - I love zoos and fresh air is good for anyone regardless of age). And we spend the afternoons/evenings together so we get family time. Just curious what others do bc H and I are arguing about this.
Our weekends are a mish-mash of errands, chores and fun stuff. We're pretty breezy about nap times, but I'm lucky that my kids are generally ok with moving nap time around or skipping sometimes. We split up sometimes, too, but mostly to give the bigger one some one on one time. He craves it and needs it.
rungirlrun I don't know because my husband never wants to do anything. When it was warmer we went to the playground a few times, but R was littler and napped easier. Sometimes I take R and go shopping and he stays home with the big kid. Since I SAH and he is so anti-doing stuff, I just go to places like museums and zoo (when it's warm) during the week without him.
rungirlrun I'm pretty breezy ATM about B's nap times. He's a crapshoot anyway, so we normally just do things as a family and don't worry about B's morning nap. I am, however, very strict about being home for DS1's nap. We are always home by 12:30 and nap is from 1-3. It's tough to do things sometimes, but I can't be flexible with DS1s nap time. He has night terrors if he is over tired.
It stinks for now, but this time is so short. Just do what works best for you. Find family time another way, your H will get over it.
Post by sarcaztic10 on Jan 7, 2017 12:48:21 GMT -5
rungirlrun our payday weekends are usually spent running around getting food and doing errands around the house and that's all we have time for. The weekends in between are spend on chores and then fun things if we have the time and money. When it's warmer (but not super hot) we go for hikes and places where we can walk outside.
Naps are touch and go on the weekends. I wear S a lot so he will usually get at least one good nap a day while we are doing stuff. Otherwise it's a mishmash of cat naps.
Post by sarcaztic10 on Jan 7, 2017 12:53:26 GMT -5
Well, by using the oven to make coffee cake I have successfully raised the temp in our house to almost 60 degrees. It's not usually this cold here and by Tuesday it will be in the 50's outside again so we are just wearing lots of layers, doing lots of baking, and dealing with it. I bed share with S so he is plenty warm at night and L will just have extra blankets. Once the temp gets above freezing our heat pump will function normally again and heat our house to what the thermostat is set for.
Post by lostinfaith225 on Jan 7, 2017 13:25:47 GMT -5
rungirlrun Heeeey! Poor second child gets dragged around for outings when we do them. When it was warmer, we did them a ton on the weekends. Now it is errands and whatnot. We each take a kid mostly. It is like that in the evenings a lot.
Thanks all. My older one was beyond awful at napping and it caused me so much anxiety. While E certainly isn't earning any gold stars for night sleep, he's a pretty good napper when given the chance so I feel like I need to be somewhat strict about it when I can (weekends). And since I stay home, all of these family outings H wants to do aren't all that exciting for me. I do all this stuff during the week. And I know he will be the one having fun w DS1 while I deal with the baby. Just need to keep reminding ourselves that this time is short lived and it will get easier - I hope!
For those of you with 2+ kids, what do your weekends look like? Do you do family outings or do you split up and each parent takes 1 kid?.
We don't have regular weekends because my H works Saturday and Sunday but on his day off, we tend to split up. He will take DD to go run errands or whatever he wants to do to get her out of the house. She's at that great age where she is fun and big but still little enough to think a boring errand is awesome if she gets a lollipop. Family stuff (like a meal out) is brief, casual, and with low expectations. It usually stresses me out to get all four of us anywhere but I try for everyone's sake. But when H thinks it would be "fun" to grocery shop as a family, I set him straight. My husband has never attended a kid's birthday party. I do all the weekend event stuff.
Post by cabbagecabbage on Jan 7, 2017 14:44:06 GMT -5
My weekend is all busy due to my kid's popularity. We have two birthday parties and a playdate. I've been creating a sourdough starter and I think it's almost ready to be made into bread. I'm probably too excited about that.
1. He sucks at priorities. And fucking up all my passwords because he wouldn't wait an hour to email about a fucking 8 dollar shirt.
2. I have a migraine. He complains he had to get up with DS. FU dude, I had a horrible night with my migraine and still got up with W for feeds. Plus last night he decided to sleep on his stomach.
3. Quit fucking up my living room!
4. He is like a 5 year old when we get a box in the mail. It doesn't have to be opened right away. You don't need to play with W's toy so close to be time.
I swear he wants to clean and ask me 50 questions when I just want to veg and be quiet.
Sorry I'm so grumpy. Martin Luther King Jr day can't come soon enough.
Also I'm so grateful we are not in the flood zone in NV.
Post by littlesthobo on Jan 7, 2017 15:09:31 GMT -5
rungirlrun I don't worry too much about L's morning nap on weekends where we're out doing stuff. Last weekend we took DS1 sledding and I put L in his stroller and he napped there while DH and I took turns going down the hill with DS1. If we're going anywhere in the car, we try to leave at the beginning of naptime so he will nap in the car.
Other times DH and I swap watching both kids so the other can do something on their own. L is FF so this is a bit easier for us. Today DH watched the boys while I slept in, and I watched them while he took the dog out for a walk.
My birthday is tomorrow! Last year I was still so sick and puking all day thanks to being pregnant. I think I'm going to take tomorrow off, send kids to DC (duh), and have a "me" day.
Post by sarcaztic10 on Jan 8, 2017 11:52:43 GMT -5
I desperately want to get out of the house and go somewhere but I have no idea where to go.
Woke up to the house being 50 degrees this morning... I have been doing lots of cooking on the stove and am making maple honey oat bread in the oven currently. With all of that and my running around because both boys are being needy today the house is now 59 degrees.
We're going to go to IKEA today and buy organizers for all the crap DD1 got for Christmas. Yay for getting out of the house!
We're going to Ikea today too! DD got a new bed/desk combo thing for Christmas so we're going today to pick it up. And also to wonder aimlessly while I mentally design my whole house & finish the day with delicious meatballs.
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Today I learned that Ikea with children is a special kind of hell.
HOLY FUCK.
Sorry I was just going to ask how you did!
our trip was not pleasant either. I'd been there with DD1 before so I knew she would beg to play with every.single.thing. I should have abandoned her in the childcare lol. And apparently the entire city decided to go to IKEA today for funsies because it was so crowded you could barely move. DH hates crowded spaces so he was all agitated and cranky. And sadly the toy organizer I thougt I wanted (the Trofast I think) looked so much smaller in person so we didn't get it. Sooo all that and my family room still has toys everywhere.
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