Post by dancerspose on Mar 27, 2017 16:49:54 GMT -5
I want to strangle my family. My uncle always hosts Passover. And instead of just outright saying he had a preference for the second night he strung us along and tried to subtly get the rest of the family to say they preferred that night. Meanwhile we had said the first night would be better and DH made plans that would make the second night really difficult for us...but nope now we have to make that work. He waited a whole week before essentially saying he only wanted to host the second night. Be a grown and just say that from the start. Don't ask what will work for us if you already know what you want! And we can't really back out since a lot of the other family that agreed to come is coming to meet Z.
Sorry that was confusing, bottom line - I'm annoyed with my family.
Today has been insanely hectic. I've been calling around different daycares, scheduling walk throughs, and trying to get our options together.
Some daycares have two YEAR long wait lists... at one point I just blurted out "I'm confused. How is that possible if the human gestation period is 9 months???" Booking daycare before you're even pregnant seems a whole new level of bsc to me.
This is gunna be fun.
We lived in Boston when we had DD1 and we were on lists at 8 weeks pregnant and didn't get into 3 out of 4 in time for starting! It was crazy. A lot of times the lists are that long even for infants since siblings get priority. For our current daycare in RI Poppy went to the top of the list since Stella is already there. So I think they hold spaces for siblings assuming a certain # will have kids starting soon and that is how lists get so crazy.
LO1's daycare was told we were having twins before even. Lose family knew. We were scared at trying to find 2 spots with as hard as LO1 was to place.
Yikes! Get well vibes to the musicallyinclined family! How did you like Beauty and the Beast mrsbaldwin2012? Date night got bumped to tonight, so we haven't seen it yet.
It was amazing!! It's my favorite Disney movie so I was a hard critic too! Have fun on date night!!
Post by littleredfish on Mar 27, 2017 17:09:18 GMT -5
DS just spent like 10 minutes talking to me! He's so quiet compared to his sisters, it was like the first time I've heard his voice besides crying. I love it ❤
Yikes! Get well vibes to the musicallyinclined family! How did you like Beauty and the Beast mrsbaldwin2012? Date night got bumped to tonight, so we haven't seen it yet.
It was amazing!! It's my favorite Disney movie so I was a hard critic too! Have fun on date night!!
Post by crazycatlady6 on Mar 27, 2017 19:16:20 GMT -5
Today was such a good first day going solo! We did go to the mommy and me class at the hospital. It is very informal which I was not ready for, I am painfully shy around new people. I think I will go back next week to give it another shot. We then went to the workplace so a few co-workers could meet him. Apparently I have been the talk of the rumor mill and there are many who do not think I am returning to work...which I'm not but haven't told anyone yet.
I'm going to be a stay at home mom.
I'm still nervous about it but I'm also really excited and it's the right decision for our family right now.
@crazycatlady6 - Congrats on the SAHM job! What a big decision for you and DH.
flyinghorses6- yepp my supply is the same way. The lil buggers cluster feed each night and u feel bad because they have to work for it more. Makes me second guess my ability to BF these two.
I'm so out of touch lately with the board that I'm starting to feel like maybe I'm not active enough to keep being on here. We're all busy so I can't really use life as an excuse, but there it is. I'm sorry for not contributing more often.
It's been a busy but productive day here. And it's shaping up to be a busy week. Got our taxes done, bills paid, calls in to insurance and various medical institutions, diaper laundry done, dishes done, and managed to avoid serious meltdowns from anyone.
A has her therapy appt tomorrow and we're evaluating progress and what steps to take going forward. Her Dr. is giving her a referral to a psychiatrist and suggesting that meds may be needed. I'm having lots of conflicting feelings on it, so I'm hoping to air my concerns and hopefully get some answers/ clarification.
DH is having to take the car in to get the muffler replaced. It's under warranty from an accident 3 years ago, but the shop were it got fixed is claiming they won't honor the warranty so we're having to get insurance involved. Pain in the ass.
Thursday is Sabine's hip appt out of town and then I have my postpartum appt in town later that afternoon. I'm anticipating cranky children and praying that DH gets out of work on time so I don't have to drag them with me.
Need to call the pedi and see about getting Sabine on a reflux med. I'm sort of dragging my feet about. When G had infant reflux, the meds made her so constipated and that was almost worse than the reflux we were treating. Do not want to go through that again.
On a brighter note, I'm getting excited for late spring/ summer and getting some more house projects done around here. There's a pretty big list to tackle- some carried over from when we got overwhelmed and tired last year. Home improvement/ reno work makes me giddy.
Anyone planning fun/ productive things for their tax return?
Post by loves2shop4shoes on Mar 27, 2017 20:32:49 GMT -5
I fucking hate my family.
My cousin (the one with brain damage) has lately started texting me randomly with horrible/hurtful news and each time it's like a bomb is dropped on me.
Apparently now my aunt/uncle and grandparents are going around saying that I cut my mother off right after I got married and NOW I want her love and help?
Ummm... I actually want nothing from her. And wtf do they mean "help"? I paid for my own wedding, home, cars, education, home furnishings, etc.
She paid for my $100 wedding dress and has given me nothing but reasons to be in therapy for a lifetime.
I really cannot believe that grown adults really believe that someone would just say "oh, I'm married now. Let me just flip the switch and cut everyone off, completely undeservedly and unprovoked." And the fact that the people who RAISED me think ME capable of it... just infuriates me. No one has any fucking accountability in that family. No ability to own their own mistakes. And that's why I don't talk to them.
I think I might need to change my phone number. I can't with this anymore. My heart just hurts.
loves2shop4shoes, I'm sorry. Family nonsense really is life-sucking bullshit. Can you block the calls? I wouldn't want to deal with that crap either. You shouldn't have to go through the hassle of changing your number everywhere just because they have no tact, decency, respect, etc. It's so unfair that you have to be the recipient of their behavior.
Post by sweetieheart32 on Mar 27, 2017 21:03:32 GMT -5
ls2012 there's no reason to feel like you don't belong here anymore (if that's what you mean). There's pretty much not anyone who has been posting here that I'd be like "Oh lordy, look who's back!" Newborn life is tough and normal life is, too. Put them together and honestly I am surprised that anyone has time to keep up.
ls2012 there's no reason to feel like you don't belong here anymore (if that's what you mean). There's pretty much not anyone who has been posting here that I'd be like "Oh lordy, look who's back!" Newborn life is tough and normal life is, too. Put them together and honestly I am surprised that anyone has time to keep up.
Post by musicallyinclined on Mar 27, 2017 22:22:23 GMT -5
Just got in bed and realized I forgot to change the sheets from baby's spit up all over me this morning. Do. Not. Care. Parenting is the best excuse to be ok with being gross. He's also just snoozing away blissfully in the rnp next to me and I'd rather watch him sleep than change the sheets.
loves2shop4shoes, I'm sorry. Family nonsense really is life-sucking bullshit. Can you block the calls? I wouldn't want to deal with that crap either. You shouldn't have to go through the hassle of changing your number everywhere just because they have no tact, decency, respect, etc. It's so unfair that you have to be the recipient of their behavior.
The only reason I'm considering going that far is because they frequently change their numbers whereas I have had the same number since 2004. I can't block numbers I don't know.
Post by flyinghorses6 on Mar 28, 2017 1:27:50 GMT -5
@jacks605 zcookiemonster I feed and feed and end up giving pumped milk just to satisfy the crazy. Thank god she takes a bottle! She's like a shark until I give her about 2 oz. then she's good with just a quick top off before bed.
ls2012 don't worry about how active you are here. Drop in and say hi when/if you want to. We will be here
loves2shop4shoes sorry about the family crap, you shouldn't have to deal with that. Big hugs your way.
5.5 hour stretch from miss R. I am hoping tonight's the night we don't have our usual 4/4:30 party. I want sleep little lady.
loves2shop4shoes - Hugs girl...that family mess sounds terrible. Maybe changing your number would be the easiest way to break free again.
ls2012 - I feel the same way sometimes. I mainly use this during nursing and especially MOTN to keep me up. Don't feel pressured to be super active, you have and infant plus other kiddos. Life is hard.
Not a bad first stretch- 5 HR 45 minutes! We'll see how the next one goes. It's normally less.
Guessing DH using cold water for the top off bottles doesn't help. I told him before to use warm so we don't have to warm. I can't tell him again because I'll be a nag...ugh!
ls2012 I would love to have a tax return, we always owe unfortunately. This year we did increase our withholding so we will see tomorrow actually what the deal is, we meet with the CPA who does our taxes at 3pm.
P just woke up, she was down from 9:30-5:30, she is def going through a growth spurt she has been eating way more. She should go back down after this bottle then I'm hoping she stays down until after Stella wakes up, which is usually around 7-7:30.
Post by crazycatlady6 on Mar 28, 2017 9:01:59 GMT -5
ls2012 - good to see you on here. Don't worry about how often you are on here, newborn life is tough!
I do not have fun plans with my tax return, it will be used to pay bills. We haven't done them yet but I am hoping we get a nice return when we itemize all of our medical bills.
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