Wednesday Wassup?

[14joa31]

What's going on, ladies? I have the internet today (thank you, Al Gore) so watch out world!!

[tinydancer]

We were up early today. My baby has been venturing into the 5:30 wake up territory and it's no bueno for me. Fortunately sleep on the whole has been a bit better.

I'm working from home today - yay for soft pants!

[14joa31]

tinydancer - DD has also jumped on the 5 am hour wake-up call train. It is unpleasant. Thank God there is now a Dunkin Donuts within walking distance of my house so I can just plop her in the stroller and drag my weary body down there, since she is ready to party and mommy needs her coffee.

Hopefully, when we switch to solids our kids will start sleeping in a bit longer!! FX!

[snd1231]

I seriously am so tired this week. Not only were the babies up a lot but I couldn't sleep even when they were sleeping bc our ac went out yet again. We just had it worked on two weeks ago and it stopped yesterday and was 85 in our house. So worker came at 6:30 this morning right when I got the babies back asleep from their am bottle and had just crawled in bed. So no sleep for me. But on the bright side. The air is fixed! Bad side babies are up lol! Hopefully today will go a bit better since my nanny will be here.

[scorpioscuba]

tinydancer, 14joa31, DD is the same, waking up slightly before 6am when it used to be closer to 7-7:30. Hopefully it's just temporary.

snd1231, nothing worse than broken a/c, espcially with babies in the house! Glad it is fixed now.

All you ladies who do daycare drop off are my heroes! SO MUCH to think about and remember. I am dropping DD off at my sisters 3 days this week and I'm constantly in fear of forgetting something like her milk or diapers. Way too much for my incredibly forgetful mommy brain. My sister is having a blast with DD though and I'm so glad she is doing so well over there. She has a friend who gave birth 2 days after DD was born so they had a playdate yesterday. My kid is a giant compared to hers!

[scorpioscuba]

kcrkcs, so you probably can't answer this but I'm so incensed and just want your thoughts since you love and care for horses (among many other things!). I drive past a house everyday and they have 2 horses in a small circular corral. They have plenty of land but only give them this small corral. There is BARELY any shade. Like a postage stamp sized metal cover over one corner of the corral. Depending on how the sun is shining they have zero shade. I live in AZ and we are about to embark on a super hot weekend where it could reach 117 degrees. Their water is out in the open, not even under the shade. The owners just dump hay over the side. So they are fed and have access to (hot) water. They rarely clean out the corral. One of the horses I see often laying down in the afternoon and I'm guessing because it is SO hot. I've never seen this horse lay down this much. I'm calling the Sheriff's office today. But I'm NOT over reacting, right? This is wrong, right? Please tell me this is wrong because I can't bare to drive by these poor horses anymore. I told H I want to go out there in the middle of the night and take them away. Never mind that I do not have the means to do so but it's weighing heavily on me especially with this heat coming.

[Lollipop]

Knock on wood! M slept from about 10:30 last night til 6:15, had a bottle and went back down until 8:45. S slept until 8:45. M is getting tired again. I really hope this keeps up. Now we just have to get her sleeping during the day and unswaddled at night

[kcrkcs]

Jun 15, 2016 10:42:09 GMT -5 scorpioscuba said:

kcrkcs, so you probably can't answer this but I'm so incensed and just want your thoughts since you love and care for horses (among many other things!). I drive past a house everyday and they have 2 horses in a small circular corral. They have plenty of land but only give them this small corral. There is BARELY any shade. Like a postage stamp sized metal cover over one corner of the corral. Depending on how the sun is shining they have zero shade. I live in AZ and we are about to embark on a super hot weekend where it could reach 117 degrees. Their water is out in the open, not even under the shade. The owners just dump hay over the side. So they are fed and have access to (hot) water. They rarely clean out the corral. One of the horses I see often laying down in the afternoon and I'm guessing because it is SO hot. I've never seen this horse lay down this much. I'm calling the Sheriff's office today. But I'm NOT over reacting, right? This is wrong, right? Please tell me this is wrong because I can't bare to drive by these poor horses anymore. I told H I want to go out there in the middle of the night and take them away. Never mind that I do not have the means to do so but it's weighing heavily on me especially with this heat coming.

The shade and hot water thing are a real issue. You are not wrong. Don't be surprised if nothing gets done after your call though. I have seen much worse and no action taken.
As far as the small pen goes that in and of itself won't be something they would do anything about unless we are talking literally too small to house 2horses. Small pens are not nice, but pretty standard especially out west, and honestly with proper shaded areas much better than what some horses experience being in a stall 24-7. If it is really filthy they might say something but again it just has to be so far past what I find abominable before anyone does anything. Good for you for noticing. I wish more people would. I wouldn't be afraid to call again. Especially with those temps. No shade and no cool water could be easily enough to kill a horse.

[scorpioscuba]

Thank you kcrkcs! I talked to the Animal Cruelty unit of our Sheriffs office. There is nothing in the statute that regulates required shade! I'm dumbfounded. She (as a horse owner herself) recommended I write our congress members regarding getting changes to the statute. I plan to do just that. I was able to file a zoning complaint for the feces they never clean out of their corral. Seems insane that is the only way I can get anyone's attention. I just wish these people would give their horses to someone who would care for and love them. They NEVER get ridden. Or have any stimulation. Sorry to be a downer.

[chimomma19]

Holy shit, it's Wednesday. I swear to jebus it was Tuesday. Morning made.

Anyways, today is going well. It has been really tiring being back at work. I miss my old energy level (sans baby).

J had physical therapy today and he's finally showing some good progress with the tort/plagio. Hoping that once he really starts rolling we can be done.

[kcrkcs]

Jun 15, 2016 12:08:57 GMT -5 scorpioscuba said:

Thank you kcrkcs! I talked to the Animal Cruelty unit of our Sheriffs office. There is nothing in the statute that regulates required shade! I'm dumbfounded. She (as a horse owner herself) recommended I write our congress members regarding getting changes to the statute. I plan to do just that. I was able to file a zoning complaint for the feces they never clean out of their corral. Seems insane that is the only way I can get anyone's attention. I just wish these people would give their horses to someone who would care for and love them. They NEVER get ridden. Or have any stimulation. Sorry to be a downer.

Yup it's pretty out of control. It's amazing how poorly people will treat living beings.
I can't tell you how many times I have given feed to people who had starving horses. But they won't fucking rehome them. They would rather let them starve than give them up.

[Lollipop]

Jun 15, 2016 12:13:35 GMT -5 kelltothekell said:

scorpioscuba, good for you for calling! That sucks.

Lollipop, that's wonderful. sleep is good. we are thinking about sleep training in a few weeks because dd still wakes up several several times a night and is hard to get down. we'll see.

snd1231, when your nanny comes, can you sneak away and get some rest?
tinydancer, i love working from home. the dress code and no commute are awesome.

icequeen, not sure if you're checking in but wanted to give you some support!

I was just planning to start figuring something out. She was getting up a few times a night all week, and I was getting desperate, but the last 2 nights it's been fine. And she's getting better about daytime sleep. We've been putting her down and letting her CIO, and she's been doing about 45 minutes at a time, but just now she slept for about 2 hours. We just have to get her unswaddled at night.

[crimsonandclover]

DD2 was pushing all my buttons at bedtime tonight. I just had a glass of wine and now need to do a little reading.

[dizzycooks]

scorpioscuba that is just wrong. Good for you for calling it in.
I found an adorable little yorkie this morning without a collar or tags. Luckily a car drove by as I stood there trying to figure out what to do and they knew its owner. He was delivered back to his house safely, but I'm not gonna lie, he was so cute I could have kept him if no one claimed him.
Dd3 is sleeping on lately which is amazing. I'm still tired. I am with chimomma19 I miss my pre kids energy. I am overwhelmed with tasks and no time or energy to do them. Even simple things, dd3s exersaucer came today and I have no desire to put it together or take her swing apart (wha?? How is she that big??) I want to lay on the couch and do nothing.

[14joa31]

Re: exhaustion: the amount of coffee and black tea that I drink is ridiculous. And getting into bed is the highlight of my day some days - lol! I even say out loud to DH "I am just so excited to go to bed!"

[snd1231]

kelltothekell I'm actually laying in bed right now about to attempt to take a nap. All the babies are sleeping and the nanny is here. Hopefully she will earn her money and let me rest a bit! She's a young college student out for the summer and it's only her second week so she's still a little unsure (rightfully so).

[dizzycooks]

I folded a load of laundry and washed the dirty dishes. I set chicken out for dinner. I am done. We are headed to swimming lessons and then hopefully Dh will be home.

[valie]

DD had an okay night. She slept in and DS really slept in and it's completely thrown off our routine. We've had nearly no time with both up or both down today. At least it's raining so I don't feel bad about not making an outing today.

[silverspoon]

I keep looking for updates on the Disney World Resort tragedy. I *know* a good outcome is unlikely, but I can't wrap my head around it otherwise. It's too awful.

[Lollipop]

I unloaded and ran through the dishwasher. I'm about to go grab the dry laundry and throw in another load. M is down for her second nap. I'm going to make chicken Alfredo for supper tonight. I'm feeling pretty productive. I forgot how much I could get done when I don't have a tiny person permanently attached to me.

[scorpioscuba]

Jun 15, 2016 15:02:02 GMT -5 silverspoon said:

I keep looking for updates on the Disney World Resort tragedy. I *know* a good outcome is unlikely, but I can't wrap my head around it otherwise. It's too awful.

Oh I am with you on this. It's truly horrible. I feel so sad for that family.

And on this note, I am seriously OVER the parent judgment and shaming that takes over the internet and my FB feed when tragedies like this happen. I just posted on my wall asking people to please just STOP! One person in particular is a pastor and she is commenting about how "easily this could have been prevented" and "no child should be wading alone in the water." SMFH. No one knows the true facts and I seriously doubt the parents would have been anywhere near that water with their child if they had any inkling there could possibly be a gator anywhere in that water. It's a man made lagoon for goodness sake. Regardless it's a tragedy and there is no room for judgement by anyone.

[kcrkcs]

I had deliberately not read any of the things that came up about the kid and gator be said stuff like that now makes me ill. I caught something on NPR on my way back from town and it almost gave me a panic attack thinking about how horrible the whole thing was. How distraught the parents must be. How scared the child must have been. The police chief or whatever said they had moved from a rescue mode to a remains recovery mode. I mean not likely it would have had another outcome but how devastating. I can't think about it anymore it makes me totally ill.

[silverspoon]

I'm currently sitting with a child that should be asleep, wants to be asleep, REFUSES to stay asleep. He just keeps waking up crying and rubbing his eyes.

He went to sleep at the normal time, but woke up half an hour later and is NOT happy about it.

[14joa31]

scorpioscuba - WTF with the people in your Facebook feed? In what dimension can these parents possibly be to blame? They were at an open air movie night on a Disney resort and their kid stuck his feet in the water of a man-made pond. There were no alligator warning signs posted.

It looks like a good way to do some spring cleaning on FB! I cannot even wrap my head around how tragic it is.

[NellieOleson]

Jun 15, 2016 19:29:25 GMT -5 silverspoon said:

I'm currently sitting with a child that should be asleep, wants to be asleep, REFUSES to stay asleep. He just keeps waking up crying and rubbing his eyes.

He went to sleep at the normal time, but woke up half an hour later and is NOT happy about it.

My baby is also on some weird anti-sleep mission today. Is it a full moon or something?

JFC - I love you, but go to sleep child!

[dizzycooks]

We are on night two of a wake up two hours after bedtime. Not cool baby.
Also, I sold a grill on fb and three people have not shown up and the latest chick is two hours late but claims she's coming. I'm ready to go to bed and I swear if she wakes my children I am going to lose it.

[valie]

Random thought during yoga... (pic is not me btw)

"Woah! My BFing boobs look awesome like this!"

[scorpioscuba]

Jun 15, 2016 20:33:59 GMT -5 14joa31 said:

scorpioscuba - WTF with the people in your Facebook feed? In what dimension can these parents possibly be to blame? They were at an open air movie night on a Disney resort and their kid stuck his feet in the water of a man-made pond. There were no alligator warning signs posted.

It looks like a good way to do some spring cleaning on FB! I cannot even wrap my head around how tragic it is.

According to this stellar mother and daughter duo this is why it's the parents fault (but they're not judging since they clearly state so in their posts):



Sorry. I'm very worked up over this. There is a thread on Parenting I spiraled on as well. Ugh.SaveSave

[dizzycooks]

Jun 15, 2016 22:29:27 GMT -5 scorpioscuba said:

Jun 15, 2016 20:33:59 GMT -5 14joa31 said:

scorpioscuba - WTF with the people in your Facebook feed? In what dimension can these parents possibly be to blame? They were at an open air movie night on a Disney resort and their kid stuck his feet in the water of a man-made pond. There were no alligator warning signs posted.

It looks like a good way to do some spring cleaning on FB! I cannot even wrap my head around how tragic it is.

According to this stellar mother and daughter duo this is why it's the parents fault (but they're not judging since they clearly state so in their posts):



Sorry. I'm very worked up over this. There is a thread on Parenting I spiraled on as well. Ugh.SaveSave

Obviously they said they werent judging so they weren't and that clearly makes anything they say ok. <end heavy sarcasm>