SAHP check in week of 10/30

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I figured I would take this over for penguin while she is out. 

Achievements:





Challenges:





Plans for the week?





How are YOU doing?





Q's/Vent?





QOTW- What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up?

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Achievements: Surviving a week of solo parenting.


Challenges: DD was acting up with DH being gone.


Plans for the week? Taking DD trick or treating tomorrow night with a friend and her kids. Not sure about the rest of the week.


How are YOU doing? A lot better now that DH is home. DD's attitude as improved drastically.


Q's/Vent? Nope.


QOTW- What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up? I was a ninja turtle for three years in a row. Not really my favorite now, but it was a favorite back then.

[ashiscute]

Achievements: I bought a new bra that actually fits!

Challenges: DS is super against naps right now but is a happier kid when he gets a few a week. He does not agree.

Plans: Halloween tonight! Lots of errands and chores and we leave for Disney on Saturday

I'm doing well. Not too stressed about our trip yet

Why is car shopping the worst?!?!

QOTW- Snow White. My mom made the costume and I wore it two years in a row. Unfortunately she let a cousin borrow it and we never saw it again :/

[namastebiotches]

Achievements: nothing in particular. I guess it's an accomplishment staying awake most days.

Challenges: DS' behavior has been crazy

Plans for the week? We had a super busy weekend & tonight will also be busy with Halloween. Only other planned thing is ds' ot/speech therapies tomorrow

How are YOU doing? Mentally drained with ds'. Thank jeebus he's in school majority of the day.

Q's/Vent?

QOTW- What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up? I remember one year, I got a super fancy witch costume I really loved.

[penguin129]

@auri Thank you so much for posting this. Believe it or not I head over here to do the same thing. My morning routine of checking in here is one of the things keeping me from not focusing on everything right now.

namastebiotches I'm jealous of your little jack-o-lantern icon. How did you get that? I want one.

[namastebiotches]

penguin129 I just went into my profile & added the emoji to the name

[penguin129]

Achievements: H is at home with AG and doing a really good job with her. The last thing we thought was that he would be stepping into the role of SAHP after the birth of HL. He tells me that she tells him what to do. She knows her routine and guides him through the day. Also being so set in my morning routine and household business routine that I can pay our bills away from home.

Challenges: Making sure I take time for myself in all this chaos. I started out trying to be at the NICU every 3 hours, but between nursing, feeding HL her bottle to finish her off, pumping, turning in and logging pumped milk each trip to the NICU I'm there about 1 1/2 - 2 hours which only gives me and hour of downtime before I do it all over again. The nurses kept telling me I needed to take time off and I finally started listening Saturday.

Plans for the week? Try to remain calm and in a good place in all this chaos. I have a feeling HL won't be going home until at least Wednesday, if not later in the week.

How are YOU doing? I'm doing as good as I can be. Being at the Ronald McDonald House really helps. All the colors are very calming blues and earthy tones. That really helps.

Q's/Vent? In a way I'm happy HL is still in the NICU because it means I don't have to physically keep AG away from her. It is going to be so hard to tell AG she can't hug, kiss, or hold her little sister.

QOTW- What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up? I'm not really sure.

[penguin129]

Oct 31, 2016 8:12:31 GMT -5 namastebiotches said:

penguin129 I just went into my profile & added the emoji to the name

Cool! It's a TCF emoji then?

[namastebiotches]

Oct 31, 2016 8:19:10 GMT -5 penguin129 said:

Oct 31, 2016 8:12:31 GMT -5 namastebiotches said:

penguin129 I just went into my profile & added the emoji to the name

Cool! It's a TCF emoji then?

no, it's just an emoji from the keyboard on my phone

[teraiin]

Achievements: I can't really think of any. We are all alive, fed, and clean?! Hahha

Challenges: DSs sleeping (naps) are horrific. And I feel like I don't even know what I'm doing with my attempts to fix it. All of my irl mom friends agreed that since he won't nap in the rnp anymore, he won't nap in my arms, or his pnp that leaves the crib. He HAS to nap. Somewhere. Which means nap training/cio. He cried 5 minutes on day one and I was so excited because it's supposed to get better right? Day two 45 minutes with checks. Uh oh. Day 3 an hour before I threw in the towel. 😭

Plans for the week? Trying to get a handle on this nap issue.


How are YOU doing? Stressed about baby naps. Money is always on my mind. Otherwise pretty good. Night time isn't the worst or th best but I'm getting some decent stretches sooooo....


Q's/Vent? If anyone has any advice for a baby who legit won't nap anywhere let me know

QOTW- What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up? My mom made me a beautiful pioneer girl costume with the dress and bonnet. I loved it!

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teraiin, Keeping everyone alive, fed, and clean is definitely an achievement the first year! I don't know what you've tried with getting your DS to nap, but my DD was all about gentle movement. Rocking her to sleep, a gentle swing, rock and play, or even driving around in the car when I was desperate. I hope you can find something that works.

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Achievements:
She's finally rolling both ways!!! Last week she stated rolling back to belly and confusing herself. Time to baby proof!

Challenges:
Still really fussy.

Plans for the week?
Going for walks when it's not raining.

How are YOU doing?
Meh. Jackson's birthday is on Wednesday and I'm having a hard time dealing with that. A friend came over and we talked about it a little and had cheesecake and wine to celebrate, but I just miss him so much. I hate that Ridley won't ever get to know her big brother. I hate that I never got to know him. I'm just sad.

Q's/Vent?


QOTW- What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up? I don't know that I have a favorite. We were poor so it was a lot of thrown together pieces that often didn't make much sense.

[cam]

teraiin, stroller was our go-to when nothing else worked. A few times, I did laps around my kitchen table because thunderstorms or temperatures in the negative double digits kept us inside. Good luck!

[teraiin]

Thanks @auri and cam! The last two days he's actually napped but nighttime has been rough. Go figure lol

Eventually he will sleep right? 😂

[cam]

Achievements:
LO did awesome on our mini getaway.

Challenges:
Growth spurt giving LO growing pains.

Plans for the week?
Finishing up the last of the birthday craziness.

How are YOU doing?
Mentally/emotionally, doing well. Physically, could be better, by a lot.

Q's/Vent?
Nope.

QOTW- What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up?
I don't really remember any of my costumes.

[younglove316]

Achievements: I got a lot of donations up to our assistance center and a few small organization projects done

Challenges: DD2 has been waking up earlier and earlier every morning. Not that she ever slept in but I'm terrified for the time change this weekend.

Also really stressing DD2 getting enepigh solids and getting her off formula


Plans for the week? I'm hoping to make it to the library today, each girl has little gym this week, and I think if the weather is ok we are going to go to the zoo this weekend.


How are YOU doing? I'm ok. I just feel like there is so much that I have to get done and things that I want to fit in, that there aren't enough hours in the day.


Q's/Vent?


QOTW- What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up? My friend and I were bowling pins and his little sister was the ball

[teraiin]

younglove316 when I was in high school my friends and I dressed up as bowling pins! One person dressed up as a ball and one person was the bowler. I think he got the better end of the deal in terms of comfort 😂