aydee , I did flu shots with both kids solo. We did C first and let him cry and walk back and forth while I held A for hers. I walked out a side door with 2 kids crying bloody murder. Its freaking hard to do by yourself.
I wish you nothing but the most luck and few tears. 3 kids solo deserves an award tonight.
Twins are definitely going first, with hopefully 2 nurses doing their shots at the same time. If they see their sister wailing first, I figure there's no hope of getting them to cooperate, whereas Abigail won't have a clue so I think it's okay for her to go last!
Getting my hair cut and highlighted one last time before I move. H worked all night and now has C. I rescheduled this appointment for him and now he's pissed.
M had his checkup this morning. He grew an inch in the last three months. The doctor wants us to talk to babies can't wait again because he's not really talking. I'm hoping we can skip a few steps in the process.
We helped our photographer out doing promo shots for an upcoming mini session she's having, M did so great! He was hamming it up. He fell asleep on the way to my dad's so I'm expecting he'll mostly nap this afternoon.
I left a message with the HR person to follow up about the interview, so I'm hoping for some good news today.
W has an ear infection in his left ear and one starting in his right. He also might have bronchitis (his lungs sounded clear but she was concerned about his cough). He took his nap on me and seems to be doing ok. We (I use we lightly) ate an entire box of mac and cheese for lunch.
Daniel Tiger is amazing. The twins were both rock stars and didn't shed a tear with their flu shots. Just closed their eyes and thought of something happy just like they saw on Daniel Tiger. Abigail cried for a minute when she got hers but then cheered right up when I gave her an animal cracker. That was so much easier than I had imagined. Woohoo!
Post by th3stryck3r on Oct 25, 2016 11:51:57 GMT -5
Happy Tuesday!
My IL's are still in town. They leave tomorrow. They're totally nice, but, probably because I've never spent a lot of time with them, I can never feel relaxed around them. Plus, even though they aren't technically staying with us, they are in our (not huge) space for 12+ hours during the day. I'll be happy to feel like I can relax again.
packmomma Bummer about the ear infection and possible bronchitis. I'm glad you got him into the doctor. I hope he starts feeling better soon!
shellyr Sorry about the grumpy husband. I hope your hair looks amazing though!
ampaints Does M demonstrate receptive language? If he seems to understand what you're saying to him, then chances are that the talking will come along. Isn't he also on the verge of walking? It takes a lot of energy to work on those gross motor skills. It's hard to learn multiple new skills at the same time. For the record, Abigail doesn't have many words yet either and what she does have are mostly animal sounds.
noname, I totally get having mixed feelings about sending your LO to MDO. As you're saying though, it's only 6 mornings between now and January. If you want one on one time with her, can your DH take DD1 during an evening or weekend so you can hang out with her? It could be really awesome to get some kid-free time for yourself before baby #3 arrives. Trust me, lol!
Post by th3stryck3r on Oct 25, 2016 12:14:32 GMT -5
And we are in limbo with our apartment situation, but I am hopeful it's going to work out. Over the weekend, we met with the chairman of the church board and the woman who does their finances, who also acted as a translator. The chairman wanted to offer us the duplex right then, but the financial person said it was premature to do that– they would like to do this, because we're good, stable tenants and frankly, they'll be able to collect more rent from us if we were to move to the larger apartment, but they need to replace their priest first, and make sure that it's a situation that will work for the new priest (i.e. they are either looking for a priest who doesn't want housing through them, or for someone single.) (For anyone who missed it– we rent our apartment from the Polish Catholic Church. We were living above the priest and his family, who were in a much larger space than us. They are leaving, and we were planning on moving at the end of the year to a larger place, but now are hoping we might just be able to move downstairs.)
So, for now, we're still in our same space, but they are giving us a little break on the rent in exchange for taking care of general things with the building– shoveling if it snows, making sure the heat is set to a good temp so it's efficient but the pipes don't freeze, trash, yard maintenance, etc. But, really hoping it works out!
nonameaydee he only days mama regularly. He's said no and hey a few times. He makes lots of noises, but I wouldn't call a lot of it babbling. He goes back and forth on responding. Lately he's doing pretty good with pointing to some colors when we ask. The evaluation with babies can't wait is free and if nothing else we'll get pointers on how to work with him. Last time they were more focused on his gross motor. This time the pediatrician agrees with me that he's very close and isn't really concerned. Of course if it's like last time he'll walk and talk the day before/of the evaluation.
th3stryck3r good luck with the apartment! Did they give you any time frame on when they would know? Do you have a time frame that you would need to move because of a lease?
th3stryck3r, aydee, Thanks, my hair looks awesome! I felt like I needed to spruce myself up before starting the new job. H is less grumpy now and sleeping.
I need to pack, guise, but I'm in such bad denial that this move is happening on Thursday. Like, almost nothing is packed. It is so bad. I need small goals, like I will pack the entire bathroom this afternoon.
+1 to LO not saying much. She says dada and nana (my sister is our nanny) but stopped saying Momma. I think she will probably start asking for me again when I go back to work. She says dog and ruff ruff. She knows a lot of words when we talk to her, she just isn't saying them. I get worried about her expressive language sometimes, but I'm going to ride it out awhile longer before I have a freak out.
Our house was broken into and totally ransacked. Many things taken (electronics) but worst was our unlocked safe with all of our SS cards, passports, birth certificates, checks, and other personal docs. My laptop and external drive are gone too. I recently cleared my iCloud too so I have lost thousands of baby pics and videos. I am so upset. I cannot turn my brain off to sleep.
@layloo8 - can you tell how they got into your house? It sucks to not feel safe in your own space. I hope they catch the assholes and you get your stuff back. That sucks so much...I'm especially sad about your pictures
layloo08 Oh my goodness, that is so terrible! It's such a huge loss and invasion of privacy. I get so angry when I hear about things like this. I'm so sorry about everything that was stolen, but especially the pictures. I know how precious those are.
I made banana bread tonight. I found a recipe that uses maple syrup instead of sugar. I told H it was for A, but I may have already had a piece. I mean, I had to make sure it turned out ok.
Abigail has been pooping nonstop for the past 6 days, all due to teething. The diapers are horrendous, and she's had like 6-7 loose poops a day despite giving her lots of bananas and rice and almost no other fruit. Diaper changes have turned in wrestling matches. I just want some teeth to pop through so we can put an end to this!
DH leaves tomorrow for a work trip and I have a 5 day stint of solo parenting. I'm kind of dreading it and just hoping that I can hang onto some patience between tomorrow and Sunday. I know some of you do this routinely and somehow survive. Plan is to eat leftovers for 2-3 nights and pull easy stuff out of the freezer on the other nights. Paper plates all the way.
And if Abigail continues to poop nonstop, this is going to suck. That's a lot of disgusting diapers to change on my own!
Good luck with the packing shellyr! I hope the move goes smoothly. I'm excited to have you join me here in Central time. It gets lonely late at night here when the East coasters are already in bed, lol! Then again, I just realized, the whole midwest isn't all in Central time. Maybe you'll still be East coast. Boo.
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