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[ThankfulSnail]

Happy Monday!

What's everyone up to this week?

[ourcrazynavylife]

Clinicals today. About to go pick up one of the coffee travelers from Starbucks since we're celebrating my preceptors birthday and there's more than enough sweets being brought. Lol.

Just scheduled a bunch of doula interviews for the week.

[ThankfulSnail]

Good luck on the doula interviews, ourcrazynavylife!

My dad is coming over this weekend to paint DD's big girl room. I'm spiraling on pinterest for ideas for window coverings, bedding sets, etc and getting so excited.

What do you ladies have for window coverings in your LO's rooms? Both the nursery and DD's current room have terrible vinyl shades I want to get rid of, but I'm not sure I want to do wooden/faux wooden blinds like in the rest of the house because of the hazard from the strings. Not sure just curtain panels will block enough light, though.

[ourcrazynavylife]

ThankfulSnail we just have curtains. DD's are actually sheer and the nursery has just solid gray panels.

ETA: I think we're just team curtains. We have curtains in our master bedroom as well as the living room. It blocks plenty of light.

[ThankfulSnail]

ourcrazynavylife, do you have solid curtains under the sheers? Or does your DD just not mind the light coming through the sheers?

[ourcrazynavylife]

ThankfulSnail she just doesn't care about the light. And they're not even hung up all the way lol. They're like Jerry rigged covering half the window. I need to get a curtain rod and actually mount it haha

[ThankfulSnail]

Gotcha, ourcrazynavylife. I love the look of sheers but DD always sleeps poorly when the sun is up so I think we'll have to do black outs. It's so hard to make them look light and breezy, though!

[hpnegirl]

ThankfulSnail we have regular blinds that I installed hooks for the cords for and black out curtains on the windows. The kids' rooms also have valences

[ThankfulSnail]

hpnegirl, how do the cord hooks work? I'd love to do faux wooden blinds for both kids' rooms with a valance over the top if I could just figure out how to keep the cords from being a safety hazard.

[hpnegirl]

Jan 30, 2017 14:50:35 GMT -5 ThankfulSnail said:

hpnegirl, how do the cord hooks work? I'd love to do faux wooden blinds for both kids' rooms with a valance over the top if I could just figure out how to keep the cords from being a safety hazard.

I'll take a photo if I remember... essentially, you install them high enough and wrap the cords around them. I found them at BBB

[hpnegirl]

ThankfulSnail this is what they are m.buybuybaby.com/m/product/dreambaby-reg-blind-cord-wraps-4-pack/1045095979

[ThankfulSnail]

Makes sense, thanks hpnegirl. That might do the trick and solve my anxiety over blinds!

[heisenberg]

ThankfulSnail we have blackout roller blinds. Nice and clean. I actually wish we got them for our room too.

[heisenberg]

I'm so excited. We scored a halo bassinet for $100. It's next to our bed until we can find a place to store it. It makes things feel so real!

[ourcrazynavylife]

I smell like vacation.

Haha.
To elaborate my skin is going nuts lately (thanks hormones) and I've been so dry & itchy. So I picked up a giant pack of coconut oil at Costco and slathered my life in it. Lol

[onesweetworld]

Jan 31, 2017 0:36:50 GMT -5 ourcrazynavylife said:

I smell like vacation.

Haha.
To elaborate my skin is going nuts lately (thanks hormones) and I've been so dry & itchy. So I picked up a giant pack of coconut oil at Costco and slathered my life in it. Lol

Mmmmm I love smelling like the tanning salon lol.

[raven]

LO's party was yesterday. Had a blast. My SIL got her a slide, which she goes down head first. I'm a horrible mom, and didn't take pictures. My SIL did, though. Will post them when I get them.

Went for a walk today. LO in her wagon, me pulling. She loves it, but I'm soooo tired and my back is now killing me. I need to schedule a massage, and maybe see a chiropractor, for the first time ever. I don't know why, but they scare me. I have this irrational thought they are going to break my neck.

I have my glucose test and an appt tomorrow morning.

[lilmonk]

I had my first growth scan. Baby is transverse which they were a little concerned with but not enough to stress over too much as I'm just at 28 weeks. But he's growing on track and there's good fluid levels. I get my official results from it and my GTT on Monday the 6th.

[ThankfulSnail]

Good luck on your glucose test this morning, raven!

[raven]

I feel like shit this morning. Woke up at 2 am sick as hell. Something did NOT agree with me, at all. On top of (TMI Tuesday!) both ends spewing, my nose started bleeding. WTF?! Chugged the glucose thing, waiting to have the blood draw now. Hoping today gets better. Coffee and donuts might be involved immediately after this.

[ThankfulSnail]

Oh no, raven, that sounds terrible, I hope you feel better soon!

[ourcrazynavylife]

Spent all night trying to sleep with a two year old wedged up under me. Two year molars can suck it. So thankful for my chiro appt in a little bit.

[ThankfulSnail]

We're going to the hardware store to get paint for DD's big girl room after work tonight! I'm so psyched to start this project.

[heisenberg]

I failed the one hour. 😭

raven that sounds awful. I hope you feel better!

[raven]

heisenberg Nooo!!! I'm sorry.
They will "call in a few days with the results" of my test. Great... I still got coffee and donuts.
(Please ignore girl scout cookies in background. They don't count cause they're seasonal, right? )

[ThankfulSnail]

I want girl scout cookies and donuts! I am not excited about my lunch today and it's bumming me out because I'm starving.

[heisenberg]

That doughnut looks amazing.

[ThankfulSnail]

Jan 31, 2017 12:33:29 GMT -5 heisenberg said:

I failed the one hour. 😭

raven that sounds awful. I hope you feel better!

Missed this before, sorry you failed! Hope the 3 hr goes better. You have my sympathies!

[ThankfulSnail]

Good morning, A17! Wake up!

I went to see the OB today. Talked about my bad back and she wants me to get one of those maternity support belts. I'm disappointed because I had one with DD but barely got to use it since I couldn't exactly walk around work with a big white thing on my belly. Not sure how much it will help me to wear it around the house but hopefully it'll help a little. OB doesn't want me to go to the chiropractor during pregnancy since I've never gone before. My only other option is physical therapy. Bummed.

I also found out today that instead of doing 5-1-1 when labor starts like with baby #1, since this is baby 2 they want me to call L&D as soon as I've been having steady contractions for an hour, regardless of if they're 10 minutes apart of 5 minutes apart. Not good, because the people we're having take care of DD when I'm in the hospital (my ILs) live an hour away, so I'll pretty much need to just magically know somehow that this is the real deal and we need to call my ILs right away. Or else take DD to the hospital with us and have them meet us there. Not sure what we'll do.

[onesweetworld]

Jan 31, 2017 12:33:29 GMT -5 heisenberg said:

I failed the one hour. 😭

raven that sounds awful. I hope you feel better!

Oh no I'm sorry friend