Post by bantyrooster on Nov 6, 2015 9:06:53 GMT -5
I actual have one.
We started paci weaning. We cut the very end off per advice of a dentist. So he can still suck it but gets a different effect and we can cut it down more and more until it is gone. Well G was pissed. He said it was "spikey" even though it wasn't. Through the tears he said a sucker would make it better. So I promised him a sucker in the morning if he didn't cry and slept like a big boy. He of course added m&m's to the deal.
He didn't cry so he gets m&m's and a sucker for breakfast. H also told him if he goes three nights no crying he gets a toy. I think this might actually work!
I didn't know my son's lead teacher at school until yesterday at the parent teacher conference. I totally thought the assistant was the lead teacher based on how they presented themselves when L started preschool. Wow do I feel like an uninvolved parent.
Post by xanthepants on Nov 6, 2015 10:59:20 GMT -5
Riverdong11,our teachers have changed every month or 2 I don't even bother anymore trying to figure it out. The aides are the only constants at the school so I talk to them and dream of the day when we move. bantyrooster, no shame in that game.
My niece goes back to work on Monday and I think she's crazy for letting our DC watch her, which is my MIL and niece's grandma. She needs to retire. So my FC is that although I trust my MIL to watch my kids, she's just not as capable to handle younger kids now. She's not very active (she's a larger women and has bad knees) so they tend to watch a lot more tv than I'd like while she sits there I'm sure. I don't think there's a time the tv isn't on. I wish I could leave but that would be WW3 I worry. Especially since things are really good with H right now.
my bigger FC.... I've been using the car seat from my fender bender for both kids now.
I hired a babysitter from care.com a few weeks ago while I had an appointment. Everything seemed to go great. Well, now I've called her twice to see if she's available for a date night next weekend and nada. I can't help but wonder why she's blowing me off...hahaha. Come on, the kids will most likely be sleeping the whole time! Were they that bad??
Anyway, back to square one. The date night is late (like 9pm to 1am for a friend's concert), so I feel weird asking our neighbor's who also have young kids.
Not really a confession, but Emmett was woken up at 6 this morning by my sister leaving. He has been a fussy mess since. He needed more sleep, but he does not think he does. Well we have just had a tv and tablet day today. The tv has been on all day. I just don't want to deal with the fussing.
By the way, I found a great app that has kept him fully entertained for the past hour and a half. It is called Letter School. We have had the light version for a while, but I figured at some point he needs to learn how to correctly write all the letters, not just a through e. He really enjoys it and it only allows the correct formation, so it does not reinforce bad habits.
Post by xanthepants on Nov 6, 2015 13:45:32 GMT -5
It's my sucky sisters birthday today. I literally forgot until I saw the FB reminder today. She won't answer phone calls or emails on the reg from anyone but I'm certain I will be blamed as being horrible if I don't remember and make all sorts of efforts to contact her and make a huge deal. I'm just so over it after 15 year of this bull. I bought a card and will pop it in the mail late. I wish I didn't feel guilty. My FC I can't be shitty back to a person who is outright shitty to me and my family time after time.
Post by origamimommy on Nov 6, 2015 14:16:51 GMT -5
xanthepants don't call her and don't feel guilty. Games like that are for high school children. You're allowed to not feel guilty and you're allowed to let her have her emotional reaction and just let it be that--her ridiculous, unfounded reaction.
xanthepants, post something on her wall and leave it that. it will get her the attention she wants in a public way and it takes very little effort on your part. win win
I am going to an origami owl party tomorrow night. I have no interest in buying the jewelry and don't really like these kind of parties because I feel like you're expected to buy something. But I'm so starved for non-kid adult time that I'm actually looking forward to it. Plus, wine.
Post by mommymadness on Nov 6, 2015 22:13:42 GMT -5
mightybee I've also been contemplating going to a sales type party just to get out and have some girl time and I really don't want to buy anything at all. It is some weird storage tote party.
1) We got Chipotle last night and the pick up time was 7pm. I told H it was 6:30 and then just gloriously sat in the car by myself with no one touching me or talking to me for 30 minutes.
2) I accidentally ate a peanut butter cup yesterday. Robin didn't want it and gave it to me and I popped it in my mouth without thinking. Then Maggie had horrible cramps and screamed from 9-11. I felt terrible for her, but I didn't feel even a little bit bad for H who had to walk her and try to settle her for 2 hours, because that has been my life for so many days while he's at work.
Post by aimeefarrahfowler on Nov 7, 2015 9:17:36 GMT -5
On the weekends when I have coffee, A begs me for coffee too. So to get him to leave me alone, I give him a cup of milk with a splash of flavored creamer and about a tablespoon of coffee. MOTY
On the weekends when I have coffee, A begs me for coffee too. So to get him to leave me alone, I give him a cup of milk with a splash of flavored creamer and about a tablespoon of coffee. MOTY
I see nothing wrong with this. Coffee milk was a thing where I grew up. I did not like it, but it was even one of the milk choices for snack and lunch in my elementary school. It is not like he is drinking straight coffee. It can't be any worse than chocolate milk I give to Emmett once a day.
1) We got Chipotle last night and the pick up time was 7pm. I told H it was 6:30 and then just gloriously sat in the car by myself with no one touching me or talking to me for 30 minutes.
2) I accidentally ate a peanut butter cup yesterday. Robin didn't want it and gave it to me and I popped it in my mouth without thinking. Then Maggie had horrible cramps and screamed from 9-11. I felt terrible for her, but I didn't feel even a little bit bad for H who had to walk her and try to settle her for 2 hours, because that has been my life for so many days while he's at work.
I feel the same way about the touching sarasansh. It seems someone is always touching me, climbing on me, licking me, etc. Sometimes I want to shout personal space!
Post by sarahandeddie on Nov 7, 2015 14:20:06 GMT -5
Late to the party but yesterday I had a hair appointment and my mom had the girls. The last time it took nearly 4hrs for my hair. This time it only took 2. I took my time getting home and enjoyed over an hour of me time while wondering through target. It was glorious!
Post by xanthepants on Nov 9, 2015 14:19:44 GMT -5
MC - So I booked a Mommy and me shoot with the photographer I love without my H knowledge. He "gave" me a shoot for mother's day without looking up the cost, then when he found out, balked. Has since forgotten. When I reminded him I still wanted to do photos of C before the year was up (since we skipped 2 year photos) he suggested some guy at work, so I looked him up and GAG!!!! The guy does heavy metal band photos. WTF NO! No way. Geezus. So that was that and he forgot again.
Anyway, I've scrimped and saved, and this weekend while he was away hunting I made the appointment. Now I feel guilty. Part of me just wanted to do it and not tell him at all, and just surprise him with photos at Christmas. But now I feel like I'm lying and being deceitful because it's a lot of money and we will have to sneak out of the house. Sooooo. Conundrum.
MC - So I booked a Mommy and me shoot with the photographer I love without my H knowledge. He "gave" me a shoot for mother's day without looking up the cost, then when he found out, balked. Has since forgotten. When I reminded him I still wanted to do photos of C before the year was up (since we skipped 2 year photos) he suggested some guy at work, so I looked him up and GAG!!!! The guy does heavy metal band photos. WTF NO! No way. Geezus. So that was that and he forgot again.
Anyway, I've scrimped and saved, and this weekend while he was away hunting I made the appointment. Now I feel guilty. Part of me just wanted to do it and not tell him at all, and just surprise him with photos at Christmas. But now I feel like I'm lying and being deceitful because it's a lot of money and we will have to sneak out of the house. Sooooo. Conundrum.
How much was he expecting to pay? Tell him you worked out a reduced rate, take the money he was planning on giving you, add the extra you saved to it, and enjoy your photo shoot! Is it lying? Maybe a little...but 1) he gifted you this shoot, 2) you saved the extra money, and 3) it is for pictures of you and your daughter, something that you will cherish and have forever.
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