BMW 1/27

[cinnamonsmiles]

We seriously don't have one of these yet? Bring on the release people.

[cinnamonsmiles]

Trying to start on thesis work is apparently unheard of in this department.
I mean, the longer I'm a student, the more money I have to give them right? So no rush or anything, not like this is the only thing between me and graduating...

[cgab36]

I think this was a parenting board discussion so I hope I'm not repeating but I'm so effing sick of people on fb pushing their beach body and other weight loss programs! I had a girl from HS friend me on fb yesterday and I bet it's because of whatever program she is pushing.

Yes I want to lose weight. No I don't have $100 a month to buy your stuff!

[juliesmiles]

Jan 27, 2015 11:57:36 GMT -5 cgab36 said:

I think this was a parenting board discussion so I hope I'm not repeating but I'm so effing sick of people on fb pushing their beach body and other weight loss programs! I had a girl from HS friend me on fb yesterday and I bet it's because of whatever program she is pushing.

Yes I want to lose weight. No I don't have $100 a month to buy your stuff!

I'm so fucking tired of all the ItWorks, Younique, Thirty-one, etc. on Facebook. Like I want to unfriend people who post these. Yes, I would also love to lose weight, but you know what I would like more? To sit on my ass and eat cookies. If you have a plan selling that, then spam my Facebook all you want. 

[ashanne88]

GDI. My contact just ripped. Now I have to decide if I want to have an irritable eye all day or if I want to be partially blind.

[charsam]

LO had sleeping under control with one dream feed then one wake for food. I didn't phase this out because she was having difficulty gaining weight. Then she learned to roll on demand and toured her bed angrily multiple times a night. Got that figured out and she began peeing through her diapers since she's now sleeping on her belly and has a lean build. Aaand today I left DH with her for a while and she has started separation anxiety and I'm back to work next month. It's all falling apart. Awesome.

[snowpants]

Jan 27, 2015 12:43:39 GMT -5 juliesmiles said:

Jan 27, 2015 11:57:36 GMT -5 cgab36 said:

I think this was a parenting board discussion so I hope I'm not repeating but I'm so effing sick of people on fb pushing their beach body and other weight loss programs! I had a girl from HS friend me on fb yesterday and I bet it's because of whatever program she is pushing.

Yes I want to lose weight. No I don't have $100 a month to buy your stuff!

I'm so fucking tired of all the ItWorks, Younique, Thirty-one, etc. on Facebook. Like I want to unfriend people who post these. Yes, I would also love to lose weight, but you know what I would like more? To sit on my ass and eat cookies. If you have a plan selling that, then spam my Facebook all you want. 

+1 to being sick of all this stuff. And it's not just that people post about this stuff all the time, it's when they add me to a group to sell this stuff that really makes me mad. I mean, I know it's easy to just leave the group but I hate that they can add me without my permission in the first place. 
Disclaimer: I do have some friends who sell stuff that are very respectful about it and don't harass anyone. If I ever decide I want any of those products I'm going straight to them and NOT to the people who keep pushing it in my face.

[cinnamonsmiles]

Jan 27, 2015 13:53:49 GMT -5 charsam said:

LO had sleeping under control with one dream feed then one wake for food. I didn't phase this out because she was having difficulty gaining weight. Then she learned to roll on demand and toured her bed angrily multiple times a night. Got that figured out and she began peeing through her diapers since she's now sleeping on her belly and has a lean build. Aaand today I left DH with her for a while and she has started separation anxiety and I'm back to work next month. It's all falling apart. Awesome.

What type of diapers do you use? When LO started sleeping on his stomach I had to do the same thing (and then reevaluate when he started side sleeping) through trial and error.

We're starting with a little separation anxiety now too, and DH thinks I'm crazy for always telling LO where I'm going ("Mommy is putting you down here so she can go pee and then she will be back.")

[charsam]

cinnamonsmiles We buy whatever is on sale so we were using Pampers Baby Dry and around the time that she began sleeping on her belly we switched to Huggies Snug and Dry. I went out today and bought the Pampers Extra protection. LO is still only 14 lbs so I bought size 3 which are for 16lbs+ but I'm hoping if I get them on tight enough they'll work.
I'm going to start announcing leaving to LO and making sure DH spends lots of time with her since he'll be on pat. leave for 10 weeks once I am back to work.

[cinnamonsmiles]

@charsam Well, for disposables everything I looked at said to try putting the diaper on backwards for belly sleepers most of the absorption is in the back. I've also heard that putting a smaller size (for you, 2) inside of a larger size (3) really helps to prevent leaking as well. You may also have tried all of this already, but those were the recommended options for disposables.

And as far as I know, that's what is recommended (via a quick scan of the 6-9mo section a week ago). He was getting really bad when I put him down but is slowly getting better. Hope your LO adjusts quickly!

[mully626]

charsam Another thing to try that's worked for us is to fasten the diaper as high up in the front as you can. So the velcro tabs are at the bottom of where they stick to. We'd always size up at night first too. And, I always felt like the cruisers were more absorbent at night than the baby dry, I never had to try the extra protection though. Hope you figure out something that works for baby!

[charsam]

Last night went better thankfully. She didn't leak through her diaper and only really woke once for food. I'm going to try and wean this MOTN feed once we have her sleep caught up and back on track. Hopefully this phase is about over. Thanks for the diaper recommendations mully626 and cinnamonsmiles I may start putting them on backwards and once we're through this pack of night diapers try the cruisers as well.

[ashanne88]

The clutch in my car went out this morning on the way to drop DS off. I had to pull over on the freeway and have DH come get us. He was able to drive the car home in second gear.

I find out if I get a bonus by the end of this week. Hopefully I do so we can pay for the car to get fixed. Otherwise it's going to really suck.

[thankusweetlordbaby2]

Posted this on the working mom post but it fits here too. Back to work today, had DD1 sick mon & tues, then LO was congested & running fever yesterday (I think it's teething mixed with a small cold). Now I'll have to work Saturday to finish everything that needs to be finished by the end of the month and make up the time I've missed. Our house is a mess because LO has been so clingy that the second I'd put her down she'd cry like someone was beating her. I think we've only seen DH for about an hour since Saturday, he's had a lot going on with school and work, that means that he hasn't been able to help out at all at home. I'm stretched out way thin and I hate it, I feel like I can't devote enough time to anything that I do so I'm not really doing any of it right!


LO has also started separation anxiety

[Lest12]

Our admin is about 35 weeks pregnant and called out for the rest of the week.

That is not even a little bit my BMW - I remember being 35 weeks pregnant and it isn't fun.

My BMW is that everyone in my office is talking shit about her. Give the girl a break. It makes me wonder what they thought of me!

[amackattack]

@lest12 I seriously find that its usually women who ARE moms and have raised kids before who rag the most on other moms and them missing work. I'm sooo tired of the culture at my company. It's like a competition of who can work the most overtime for no reason or who can put in the most facetime. If you have it the hardest, you win. It's the dumbest thing ever. I have never once logged more than 40 hours in our project tracking even when I've worked more than 40, just to prove a point.

[frenchchocolate611]

amackattack I hate that - tt's like that at my company too. Many people here don't take vacation, leave time, etc. and it is "expected" that you work many hours of overtime each week. I almost didn't take the full 13 weeks of FMLA when I had E because I was afraid it would hurt me at work. But then, I was like fuck them this is my only chance to have time with my baby and that is way more important than being at work!

[nicolemcm]

ugh
Of course when I go to bed at a reasonable time (11) and ds sleeps through, I can't get to sleep but for dh's snoring and waking up 3x! with crazy ass nightmares. Counting down until DH is home from work at 4.

[meritsamomma]

K is asleep on me right now. She has been super irritable the last two days. All I want is to watch my team (go Pats!) play (win!) the Superbowl and now I'm trapped and hungry. DH went surfing all morning and just got home. He went straight next door to the party. #momneedsadayoff

[cinnamonsmiles]

Bleah, LO has a terrible diaper rash brought on by a missed nighttime poop. Poor little guy is in pain and there's not much I can do about it other than wait it out

(Calling a pedi is not an option for us, just in case anyone was wondering).

[mully626]

cinnamonsmiles Triple Paste and a little tylenol might help! I always feel so bad when that happens, but not much you can do to prevent it. Although, I do try to always put a layer of aquaphor or rash cream on before bed just in case, but even that doesn't necessarily help a big MOTN poo.

[cinnamonsmiles]

Feb 3, 2015 9:38:41 GMT -5 mully626 said:

cinnamonsmiles Triple Paste and a little tylenol might help! I always feel so bad when that happens, but not much you can do to prevent it. Although, I do try to always put a layer of aquaphor or rash cream on before bed just in case, but even that doesn't necessarily help a big MOTN poo.

Thanks! I let him go naked for a few hours to help but will try that option for nighttime now to see if it helps

[frenchchocolate611]

I have a milk blister and it HURTS SO BAD to nurse!!

[charsam]

frenchchocolate611 I had those when I first started, they're brutal!!

[mully626]

frenchchocolate611 I had those over and over again with DD1! I feel for you, they totally suck. Thankfully, I haven't had any this time around...*knock on wood*

[frenchchocolate611]

Ugh mully626 and @charsam - how do I get rid of it? I read to try heat but that hasn't worked so far

[charsam]

frenchchocolate611 unfortunately I had to adjust her latch so nothing really helped with the pain, just time. She initially prefered a shallow latch so it took a few weeks of working on that problem to get rid of them. She also gave me lacerations and we both had thrush that took a couple of months to get rid of. Is your LO getting/just gotten teeth?

[frenchchocolate611]

@charsam he doesn't have any yet, but I think I see one that is about to come through on the bottom. He can be a pretty agressive eater though and has recently started getting distracted while eating which leads to him pulling off and re latching many times during a feeding.

[mully626]

Feb 3, 2015 16:21:39 GMT -5 frenchchocolate611 said:

Ugh mully626 and @charsam - how do I get rid of it? I read to try heat but that hasn't worked so far

at the end of my shower while still in there, I'd try to rub it a bit with a washcloth and see if I could get it to open up and get the blocked milk out.  Truthfully, if that didn't work on the more stubborn ones, I grabbed a sterile needle from work and lanced it.  Mine were mostly on the aerola though, not the actual nip.  Also, if you can feed or pump right after the shower and washcloth rubbing, that may help pull out the blocked milk.

[mully626]

Maybe more of a FWP than BMW but Sunday, MIL went to Sam's club and asked if I needed anything. She and FIL were supposed to come over for the super bowl so I said a couple things (non-perishables) and grapes. Because of the blizzard, they didn't come over so she still has our grapes. She was planning on bringing them over after work yesterday but didn't make it so now the grapes have been sitting in her car all day yesterday, all night and all day today until she drops them off later. I will then have like 2-3 lbs of frozen grapes. This does nothing for me because I'm sure if I let them thaw they will just be a soggy, squishy mess. I'm not really sure what to do with 3 lbs of frozen grapes and I don't want to tell her how dumb it was to leave them in her car when it's 6 degrees outside because she will feel legit bad about it. Ugh. annoying.