It's Tuesday! Randoms

[aaemommy]

Happy Tuesday! FX we all have better days today!

[aaemommy]

I'm hiding from real life in the nursery. Baby snuggles in the rocking chair beat the daily grind hands down! Too bad I'm now running waaaay behind. Oops. But, worth it. ❤️

[ellesea]

Ugh so frustrated right now. I've been up since 5:30 after a really crappy night of sleep. Ds1 has been up since 6:30 because he heard H leave for work. I'm so irrationally angry at H for dragging his ass this morning. Had he woken up earlier ds1 probably wouldn't have heard him. Can today be over yet? I can already tell I won't have the patience to deal with ds1.

[snoris]

Same kind of night for sleep. Every hour. I'm hoping this is the final storm before we see the light after this sleep regression. Did anyone else get really bad at the end? He's 5 mo today so that means he's over it right? 👍🏽🙃

This morning I thought it would be a good idea to have nakey baby play. Ya know, to air out the tushie? Well. Now I have a bit of laundry to do. Saved a diaper I guess? 🤗

[ellesea]

snoris we didn't really have a bad sleep regression, but I know he is going through it as his sleep has changed. Last night was bad though, he'll be 5 months next week. And he finally figured out how to fall asleep on his tummy.

[fishbulb]

I have seven advising appointments today. I love/hate advising. I like the one on one interaction with students, but it is such a time suck at one of the busiest times of the year.

[westiemom]

DD and I are both snotty messes today. I hate baby colds and definitely hate dealing with hers while feeling crappy myself. Hoping for los of rest today.

[nerdykitten]

Sorry the two of you aren't feeling well westiemom. I hope you two get well soon.

[teraiin]

Oct 18, 2016 8:45:48 GMT -5 westiemom said:

DD and I are both snotty messes today. I hate baby colds and definitely hate dealing with hers while feeling crappy myself. Hoping for los of rest today.

Hope you guys feel better soon!

[teraiin]

Today was off to a good start. Then I got a panicked phone call from my dad saying my mom (who has severe dementia) fell down and was fighting the emts 😩😢

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Oct 18, 2016 9:34:40 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Today was off to a good start. Then I got a panicked phone call from my dad saying my mom (who has severe dementia) fell down and was fighting the emts 😩😢

Oh no! I hope she's okay and accepts treatment if it's needed. 

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I just ordered a pair of pants, in a size I've never worn before, online. I really hope they fit. I have a pair that's similar in a size smaller, so assuming they haven't changed the last few years I should be okay. Ugh. I needed pants so badly, so I really hope they fit and aren't too big.

[teraiin]

Oct 18, 2016 9:42:49 GMT -5 @led said:

Oct 18, 2016 9:34:40 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Today was off to a good start. Then I got a panicked phone call from my dad saying my mom (who has severe dementia) fell down and was fighting the emts 😩😢

Oh no! I hope she's okay and accepts treatment if it's needed. 

She was complaining about her wrist and knee but was refusing treatment when they brought her in. My bro has power of attorney and is at he ER with her. That's the last I heard 😔

[k3am]

More puke again. Because he's so little, we can't say with certainty if it's puke or spit up, so daycare hasn't complained. I think if he was fussy or not his happy self, we'd have contemplated keeping him home, but neither of us have the time. And there's about a 100% chance that he picked whatever it is up from daycare if it's not puke.

And on top of the puke, he's rocking the cold he's had since August to some varying degree. He had a long night.

DH has a training in the city, which means he needed to take the train, which meant I'm on solo parenting duty today and tomorrow (he needs to leave by 6:15 to make the train and won't be home until after bedtime). Doing drop off AND pickups for daycare sucks monkey balls.

[k3am]

teraiin, glad it's not too serious, I hope she's okay. Watching someone you love losing mental capacity is a bitch.

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I just found a basket of clothes that was washed weeks ago in Blake's closet. Ugh. I guess that's where everything had been hiding. Lol. At least I found it this morning before adding more laundry to fold to the mix.

H broke my shift key on my keyboard when he was cleaning it this weekend. He should be able to fix it, hopefully, but until he does it's useless to me. I tried using the other one, but I'm firmly a left shift only kind of typer.

[teraiin]

Oct 18, 2016 10:02:34 GMT -5 k3am said:

teraiin, glad it's not too serious, I hope she's okay. Watching someone you love losing mental capacity is a bitch.

Truth.

This may be the opportunity they've been waiting for to have her put in a facility. With my dad's health declining she isn't getting the care she needs

[teraiin]

Oct 18, 2016 10:01:42 GMT -5 k3am said:

More puke again. Because he's so little, we can't say with certainty if it's puke or spit up, so daycare hasn't complained. I think if he was fussy or not his happy self, we'd have contemplated keeping him home, but neither of us have the time. And there's about a 100% chance that he picked whatever it is up from daycare if it's not puke.

And on top of the puke, he's rocking the cold he's had since August to some varying degree. He had a long night.

DH has a training in the city, which means he needed to take the train, which meant I'm on solo parenting duty today and tomorrow (he needs to leave by 6:15 to make the train and won't be home until after bedtime). Doing drop off AND pickups for daycare sucks monkey balls.

Hugs and sympathy for the solo parenting. I don't know how single parents do it. 😰

[k3am]

teraiin, scold me if I'm too nosey, but is your mom older or did it just strike her very young?

Although when I think about it, my mom is approaching 70, and even though I think of her as "relatively young" (in years) she's really not. (My mom is an OLD almost 70 year old. DH's mom is a YOUNG almost 70 year old, if that makes sense..)

[teraiin]

Oct 18, 2016 10:26:36 GMT -5 k3am said:

teraiin, scold me if I'm too nosey, but is your mom older or did it just strike her very young?

Although when I think about it, my mom is approaching 70, and even though I think of her as "relatively young" (in years) she's really not. (My mom is an OLD almost 70 year old. DH's mom is a YOUNG almost 70 year old, if that makes sense..)

She's older (82) because I'm adopted. So there is a lot of confusion when people meet my parents. My brother is the age where he could be my dad haha

However she was diagnosed with dementia in 2008. She does have a family history of dementia and Alzheimer's although I dunno if it's technically genetic?

[ellesea]

I had no idea you were adopted teraiin. It must be so hard to watch her decline. You're one strong mama.

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Ridley skipped her first nap, then, an hour later, when I went to feed her to get her to nurse to sleep she wasn't interested in eating, but was fussy. But then she let me rock her to sleep and she was out in like 5 minutes! Maybe this will be an okay day after all!

[ellesea]

So I ended up buying a Graco 4ever all-in-one car seat on sale yesterday($100 off!!). And I'm really really impressed with it so far. It's for ds1, he was about an inch from outgrowing the Evenflo and I want to keep him rear facing until 4. I think he could probably rf until 8 in this seat though! lol Lo will get the Evenflo when he outgrows the bucket, that should last him until 18 months-ish rfing. Then he'll get a new seat. The Diono just wasn't ever going to fit properly in our car.

[Deleted]

Talk of car seats remind me of something. Or neighbors have a3 year old and they don't put her on a car seat when she rides in their truck. It makes me feel sick every time I see it and I want to say something but I don't know how to approach it. And they don't speak English, so it'll be that much harder. But I feel like I need to say something.

[teraiin]

Oct 18, 2016 11:38:16 GMT -5 ellesea said:

So I ended up buying a Graco 4ever all-in-one car seat on sale yesterday($100 off!!). And I'm really really impressed with it so far. It's for ds1, he was about an inch from outgrowing the Evenflo and I want to keep him rear facing until 4. I think he could probably rf until 8 in this seat though! lol Lo will get the Evenflo when he outgrows the bucket, that should last him until 18 months-ish rfing. Then he'll get a new seat. The Diono just wasn't ever going to fit properly in our car.

We have one of those too! I was reasonably impressed the one time we've used it but I told H that I think it would mean more if I had a different convertible to compare it to haha

[teraiin]

Oct 18, 2016 11:41:29 GMT -5 @led said:

Talk of car seats remind me of something. Or neighbors have a3 year old and they don't put her on a car seat when she rides in their truck. It makes me feel sick every time I see it and I want to say something but I don't know how to approach it. And they don't speak English, so it'll be that much harder. But I feel like I need to say something.

I wonder if you could find someone who speaks their language and have them write an anonymous note and attach some safety articles or something and leave it in their mail box.

Or is that too weird?

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Oct 18, 2016 11:43:29 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Oct 18, 2016 11:41:29 GMT -5 @led said:

Talk of car seats remind me of something. Or neighbors have a3 year old and they don't put her on a car seat when she rides in their truck. It makes me feel sick every time I see it and I want to say something but I don't know how to approach it. And they don't speak English, so it'll be that much harder. But I feel like I need to say something.

I wonder if you could find someone who speaks their language and have them write an anonymous note and attach some safety articles or something and leave it in their mail box.

Or is that too weird?

I would probably use the kids next door to translate for me. I just wish I spoke Spanish so I could have a legit conversation instead of relying on leaving a note. Which is, I suppose, probably my only option. I just wish I could find out why they don't put her in a car seat. Like, of they can't afford one and need help or something. I don't know.

[ellesea]

teraiin I have two different Evenflo convertibles and I like it better than both of them so far. I just can't get over how user friendly it is! Our selection for extended rfing is so limited here so I was super happy to see this seat come to Canada. It's only been here since the beginning of October.

@led is there a chance they just don't know she should be in a seat? My MIL is shocked that ds1 is still in a car seat. But she was also shocked that I breastfed him until he was a year.

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Oct 18, 2016 12:05:58 GMT -5 ellesea said:

teraiin I have two different Evenflo convertibles and I like it better than both of them so far. I just can't get over how user friendly it is! Our selection for extended rfing is so limited here so I was super happy to see this seat come to Canada. It's only been here since the beginning of October.

@led is there a chance they just don't know she should be in a seat? My MIL is shocked that ds1 is still in a car seat. But she was also shocked that I breastfed him until he was a year.

It's possible, I hope that's what it is. I'm working on a note now.

[westiemom]

Hugs teraiin. I'm sorry about your mom.