Post by thatgirlrachel on Oct 6, 2016 7:19:55 GMT -5
PSA to those wanting to order birthday invites - Shutterfly has a $20 off $20+ sale (plus 30% off of cards and stationary) going on right now. I almost purchased yesterday, but I'm glad I was too busy because I am saving an extra $13. I will XP this on the birthday thread.
Post by obscurereference on Oct 6, 2016 7:25:24 GMT -5
My H left the baby monitor stuck on DS instead of scanning when he left this morning. I woke up late and have no idea how long the baby was awake. Can this week just be over please?!
Post by thatgirlrachel on Oct 6, 2016 7:25:25 GMT -5
My boss and student worker are both out today, so that means we will likely have more visitors than usual and my day will be spent helping visitors instead of working through this pile on my desk. But hey, it's almost Friday!
I just told my H last week that it was probably time to put the swing away because R hadn't tolerated it in weeks. Well, of course now he's taken every nap in it this week. He refuses to nap anywhere else!
If C's other top tooth doesn't break through the gum today/tonight I don't know what I'll do. Last night was so, so bad. The first top one broke through earlier this week and then he slept a five hour stretch for the first time in ages and then took two long naps in the crib for the first time in ages. That was short-lived. The gum is super swollen and red over the second one and I can feel the ridge of the tooth, so hopefully this is the last day before it's through and he can get some relief. This has been a long process. The first two teeth he got were nothing compared to this!!
Anyone here in the hurricane path? (@obsurereference?) If so, stay safe!!!
meredithcarole, I think? I know there are others in FL, not sure about others along the coast. I have a lot of friends in FL from my years living there (though I was on the Gulf coast), I'm worried about them. This storm looks really nasty.
I am slightly amused that the name of this storm is my exact nickname for my nephew of the same name.
Post by obscurereference on Oct 6, 2016 10:37:58 GMT -5
DoesItComeInPink Sometimes I'm thankful I live somewhere warm. I forgot about bundling kids. Bundling 3 kids against their will sounds horrible. I couldn't even get DS to put shorts on for preschool drop off.....
Brought M back to the allergist this morning. DH and I had been joking if we even needed to bring M... good thing we did because they did more skin testing. She had a mild positive to rice. The allergist said we didn't need to worry about it, but that elecare (the formula she reacted so badly to) has rice and rice is one of the things on our is it a problem? list. We would be crazy to keep giving her rice, right?
I'm just really frustrated right now. I don't have the energy to vent it all out right now though.
I just told my H last week that it was probably time to put the swing away because R hadn't tolerated it in weeks. Well, of course now he's taken every nap in it this week. He refuses to nap anywhere else!
We are getting ready to pack the swing away too. EG weighed almost 24 lbs at her last checkup so she is about to outgrow the max weight for it, plus she rarely uses it anymore. She takes her bottles in our lap or on the boppy and has started (and will hopefully continue) taking naps in her crib. The swing was our saving grace for a while, so it kind of gives me feels that she is outgrowing it.
@tifga, I am not sure if I have a good answer. For Clara, it was until I couldn't stand it any longer (at 18 months). Right now, as long as M is doing well, we are hoping to work on that more at about the one year mark.
Post by thatgirlrachel on Oct 6, 2016 11:24:01 GMT -5
I just remembered I have a funny (ie embarrassing) story for anyone who needs a laugh. I went to my OBGYN to have my IUD removed on Tuesday. My doctor walks in followed by another guy, who he introduced as someone completing his residency. Not my first student, so no big deal. I am all spread out on the table and the student digs around for a while before saying he can't find the string. So my doctor bends down to begin looking/digging around. I am just laying on the table sprawled out wishing for the world to end while these people dig around my netherregions together. Finally the doctor finds the string, but guys it was seriously like something out of a movie. I am just chilling, all exposed, for what seemed like hours. So awkward and embarrassing.
Post by obscurereference on Oct 6, 2016 11:36:14 GMT -5
We packed up our swing ages ago. We packed up the exersaucer last weekend. I would have packed up the bouncer but H says he still uses it. The RNP is out because that's where she drinks her bottles. She is too big for it and I can barely buckle her in.
We packed up the swing a long time ago, as well. We have one of those exersaucers that becomes a standing activity place, and I'm about ready to make the configuration switch, but I'm not sure if I want to have it be upstairs or down in the basement.
We took A for her flu shot last night. It was the first time in a while that H came with us for a shot of any kind. She cried so much harder with him there (she's a total daddy's girl) and was outright pouting afterward. At one point, the nurse who gave her the shot came back in the room...A started to give her a big smile like she normally would, but then realized who she was and instantly changed to a pouty lip. It was adorable and sad at the same time. Luckily she slept well and doesn't seem to be cranky yet today.
I just got out of the Dr. I have high blood pressure so they started me on a pill for it but she said it can be reversed so I guess lots of lifestyle changes are in my future.
Brought M back to the allergist this morning. DH and I had been joking if we even needed to bring M... good thing we did because they did more skin testing. She had a mild positive to rice. The allergist said we didn't need to worry about it, but that elecare (the formula she reacted so badly to) has rice and rice is one of the things on our is it a problem? list. We would be crazy to keep giving her rice, right?
I'm just really frustrated right now. I don't have the energy to vent it all out right now though.
If you are still giving her rice or eating it and she continues to have reflux problemsI would stop it. Seems arrange to ignore that!
Right? I don't think we'll be giving it to her. So that's no wheat, gluten, oats, corn, or rice for her. I got her some quinoa cereal to try
geners sorry if I missed a follow up post - is C back on reflux (?) meds?
He is back on the Zantac, yes. I *think* it's helped but it's hard to say, he's been such a cranky, not-sleeping mess for the past few weeks. We did see some better nights right after he started it again, though, so I think that probably was part of the issue. Once these teeth come in and we are out of this wonder week, we may try slowly taking him off again and seeing how he does without other stuff bothering him, but we'll see. We have a follow-up at the GI in about six weeks so will see what they think we should do.
Post by obscurereference on Oct 6, 2016 12:54:22 GMT -5
byjove Yep. We're expecting 40-50 mph winds which doesn't seem like a big deal to me, but I understand they'd rather parents be responsible for their kids instead of teachers.
This has been such a rough week for me transition wise. Today is the start of me no longer going to nurse M during my lunch anymore. He has started crying when I try to leave and it is making it tough on him and also disrupting the toddlers trying to nap. I was planning on continuing through the end of the month when we transition to cow's milk for lunch but it was just time.
In better news, I am a day or so away from no longer pumping in the morning at work. Since he isn't taking breast milk mid-morning anymore that is almost done! This weekend I am going to drop his mid-afternoon nursing session (and thus milk at daycare) and wean that pumping session next week. So in a week I will be down to pumping only once a day. And that should only be for another 2-3 weeks. We'll continue nursing morning and night for basically as long as he would like but we should be on track to wean all of the other nursing sessions by his 1st birthday. I have mixed emotions but I actually think I am feeling pretty positively about it.
This job is sucking the life force out of me, guys. It's so hard.
The district we now live in has an opening. I went to hand deliver my resume and got an impromptu interview and told I'd be brought back in next week. They're required to leave it posted for a certain amount of time otherwise I think she would have offered me a job on the spot because she was so impressed I brought my resume in in person. I need this to be the answer. My current job is kind of soul crushing.
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