I'll start... 1. Sleep sucks these days, nature is so cruel. 2. I looked at my countdown to baby app, 10 days, holy crap. 3. I hate MH right now, he's always f'ing sleeping in. It takes him like no time to get ready and get to work. 4. Yet I'm rushing around getting N ready in the morning. 5. That's all the bitching I can think of right now What's on everyone else's agenda today.
Post by chrispy1122 on Dec 20, 2016 8:38:47 GMT -5
vlagroupie your number 3 and 4 are my pet peeves too. It's like I'm up early in the morning getting 3/4 of the house ready and H gets up and is "running too late" to help me get the kids in the car. If I had any free hands in the morning I probably would have strangled him by now.
H took vacation this week so I'm going to let him do both drop off and pick up. And ignore that he is delusional and thinks I'm going to keep doing drop off.
1. Bub slept past 6:00 the last two mornings! Let's hope this is the start of a new trend! 2. Nevermind the fact that he was in our bed hogging my pillow for the last 2 hours of sleep. 3. If you told me 5 years ago how happy I'd be to get to sleep in til 6:15... I might have never had a kid. 4. I'm so behind on grades at work. 5. I should be done work at noon today, but I'll probably still he here all day tomorrow finishing up. 6. We're planning a new deck, and the budget is getting out of hand. I might have to give up on my dreams of a pergola for shade. 7. How is it December 20 already? I'm not ready for Christmas. 8. My mom texted me to remind me to bring winter gear when we visit so we can play outside in the snow. Eff that. I'll be on hot chocolate duty. 9. I'm thankful the snowpants I bought Bub last year (and he never wore) still fit. All he needed was new boots. 10. My dad wants to pull a sled behind the 4-wheeler with my child on it. Eff that as well.
vlagroupie your number 3 and 4 are my pet peeves too. It's like I'm up early in the morning getting 3/4 of the house ready and H gets up and is "running too late" to help me get the kids in the car. If I had any free hands in the morning I probably would have strangled him by now.
H took vacation this week so I'm going to let him do both drop off and pick up. And ignore that he is delusional and thinks I'm going to keep doing drop off.
This is making me feel bad because I'm off the rest of the week, but I'm still hoping DH will do drop-off. It's a long drive for me, but only like 15 minutes out of his way for work.
vlagroupie your number 3 and 4 are my pet peeves too. It's like I'm up early in the morning getting 3/4 of the house ready and H gets up and is "running too late" to help me get the kids in the car. If I had any free hands in the morning I probably would have strangled him by now.
H took vacation this week so I'm going to let him do both drop off and pick up. And ignore that he is delusional and thinks I'm going to keep doing drop off.
Sorry I really only let him get away with it bc he picks up in the evening. And sometimes I don't get home until 615 so he has to deal with her a lot longer than I do in the evening. What really annoys me is he wakes up groaning like he had the worst straight 8 hrs of sleep 🙄
vlagroupie your number 3 and 4 are my pet peeves too. It's like I'm up early in the morning getting 3/4 of the house ready and H gets up and is "running too late" to help me get the kids in the car. If I had any free hands in the morning I probably would have strangled him by now.
H took vacation this week so I'm going to let him do both drop off and pick up. And ignore that he is delusional and thinks I'm going to keep doing drop off.
This is making me feel bad because I'm off the rest of the week, but I'm still hoping DH will do drop-off. It's a long drive for me, but only like 15 minutes out of his way for work.
I didn't mean to make you feel bad and I think that is a key difference. Our daycare is like five minutes from our house. I think I'm just frustrated because my H puts a lot of pressure on me to try to get home earlier in the evenings. Also he gets grumpy whenever he does take a vacation because he doesn't do anything, which he secretly blames me for because I'm at work. It's like, I get it, my job is annoying, but the reality is that I get measured by how many minutes I am doing work and the minimum acceptable minutes is pretty high. I can't just take 3 weeks vacation without making it up at other times (which is why I want him to take the kids in the morning so I can get in early and do less work during vacation next week).
Tl:dr didn't mean to make anyone feel bad, I think I'm just grumpy at my H for other reasons!
vlagroupie your number 3 and 4 are my pet peeves too. It's like I'm up early in the morning getting 3/4 of the house ready and H gets up and is "running too late" to help me get the kids in the car. If I had any free hands in the morning I probably would have strangled him by now.
H took vacation this week so I'm going to let him do both drop off and pick up. And ignore that he is delusional and thinks I'm going to keep doing drop off.
Sorry I really only let him get away with it bc he picks up in the evening. And sometimes I don't get home until 615 so he has to deal with her a lot longer than I do in the evening. What really annoys me is he wakes up groaning like he had the worst straight 8 hrs of sleep 🙄
My H also does pick up and gets dinner ready so I really shouldn't complain as much. I think I'm just in a grumpy mood today.
vlagroupie your number 3 and 4 are my pet peeves too. It's like I'm up early in the morning getting 3/4 of the house ready and H gets up and is "running too late" to help me get the kids in the car. If I had any free hands in the morning I probably would have strangled him by now.
H took vacation this week so I'm going to let him do both drop off and pick up. And ignore that he is delusional and thinks I'm going to keep doing drop off.
Sorry I really only let him get away with it bc he picks up in the evening. And sometimes I don't get home until 615 so he has to deal with her a lot longer than I do in the evening. What really annoys me is he wakes up groaning like he had the worst straight 8 hrs of sleep 🙄
If his sleep is annoying you now, just wait. It gets better 🙄
I started putting baby in a cosleeper in the living room with H so he has to wake up and bring me the baby. I started doing that when he kept telling everyone the baby was such a good sleeper (when he was waking every 2 hours.) It was only a couple weeks and H is insisting babe sleeps better in the crib in the office... but now he knows to Change baby's diaper and bring him to me. He was thinking because baby is BF that meant he just needs to handle DS and I'll do everything for the baby. L O L.
This is making me feel bad because I'm off the rest of the week, but I'm still hoping DH will do drop-off. It's a long drive for me, but only like 15 minutes out of his way for work.
I didn't mean to make you feel bad and I think that is a key difference. Our daycare is like five minutes from our house. I think I'm just frustrated because my H puts a lot of pressure on me to try to get home earlier in the evenings. Also he gets grumpy whenever he does take a vacation because he doesn't do anything, which he secretly blames me for because I'm at work. It's like, I get it, my job is annoying, but the reality is that I get measured by how many minutes I am doing work and the minimum acceptable minutes is pretty high. I can't just take 3 weeks vacation without making it up at other times (which is why I want him to take the kids in the morning so I can get in early and do less work during vacation next week).
Tl:dr didn't mean to make anyone feel bad, I think I'm just grumpy at my H for other reasons!
Yeah, if DC was close to our house, I'd probably keep DS home a little longer in the morning and then take him in after breakfast.
Sorry your job is so stressful. Are you guys able to schedule your vacations at the same time to be able to do something fun?
After the first night at the hospital H was complaining about sleep. I said I don't want to hear the words I'm tired come out of your mouth the next entire year.
Just preface it all now for your H and he might fare better than mine.
JoBub H still takes DS to school on my leave unless he's waking up later or staying home with me for a while. Sometimes we have lazy mornings and I'll take him at 10 and then H picks him up.
I'm keeping DS home on Friday out of guilt. The director was like "Will he be here on Friday? I know the [whatever district] schools are off that day, I wasn't sure if you are." And I was like "Yeah I'm off... I guess I'll keep him home..."
Post by chrispy1122 on Dec 20, 2016 10:21:33 GMT -5
JoBub yeah, we have been taking one week in the summer and then we take between Christmas and New Years off. My H will usually take two additional weeks at other times because he gets 4 weeks. There's inconvenient parts of every job. One of mine is that im in a service industry and its really hard to completely unplug for more than a day due to client demands. So even when I'm off I'll do a few hours of work in the morning before H and the kids get up or I'll try to sneak some work during nap or if we are watching a movie. It annoys me that my H finds this annoying.
I'm keeping DS home on Friday out of guilt. The director was like "Will he be here on Friday? I know the [whatever district] schools are off that day, I wasn't sure if you are." And I was like "Yeah I'm off... I guess I'll keep him home..."
I would take him. You pay for it, who cares if you're off or not. They had me circle days when he would be here this week and next. H and I are both going to be home between Christmas and New Years and I'm going to send him at least one day.
JoBub yeah, we have been taking one week in the summer and then we take between Christmas and New Years off. My H will usually take two additional weeks at other times because he gets 4 weeks. There's inconvenient parts of every job. One of mine is that im in a service industry and its really hard to completely unplug for more than a day due to client demands. So even when I'm off I'll do a few hours of work in the morning before H and the kids get up or I'll try to sneak some work during nap or if we are watching a movie. It annoys me that my H finds this annoying.
That makes sense. I remember it used to really bother my mom when my dad would take work calls while we were on vacation. I guess I can see both sides of it. My job is so different than most when it comes to vacation, that these are things I've never really considered. But I know my H is frustrated that we probably won't be able to take a vacation this year because the baby will pretty much consume my summer break.
I'm keeping DS home on Friday out of guilt. The director was like "Will he be here on Friday? I know the [whatever district] schools are off that day, I wasn't sure if you are." And I was like "Yeah I'm off... I guess I'll keep him home..."
I would take him. You pay for it, who cares if you're off or not. They had me circle days when he would be here this week and next. H and I are both going to be home between Christmas and New Years and I'm going to send him at least one day.
I usually do. Now I feel like it's too late because I know she schedules teachers around how many kids will be there that day. Oh well. I'm going to post on the PB if anyone wants to have a play date on Friday.
Sorry I really only let him get away with it bc he picks up in the evening. And sometimes I don't get home until 615 so he has to deal with her a lot longer than I do in the evening. What really annoys me is he wakes up groaning like he had the worst straight 8 hrs of sleep 🙄
If his sleep is annoying you now, just wait. It gets better 🙄
I started putting baby in a cosleeper in the living room with H so he has to wake up and bring me the baby. I started doing that when he kept telling everyone the baby was such a good sleeper (when he was waking every 2 hours.) It was only a couple weeks and H is insisting babe sleeps better in the crib in the office... but now he knows to Change baby's diaper and bring him to me. He was thinking because baby is BF that meant he just needs to handle DS and I'll do everything for the baby. L O L.
No.
Oh I remember well from last time. I'm considering sleeping in the guest room just so I'm not annoyed by him. It's like ff is so tempting bc then I can be like, it's your turn! I have to vent about something re: nb sleep. My boss, his stepdaughter just had a baby. Baby is a couple weeks old and apparently an amazing sleeper. She is bf'ing but told me that the baby sleeps for 9 hrs at night. Like wtf are you even supposed to let them do that this young?! I spoke to his sd at holiday party the other day and she said how great she is sleeping. I asked if she pumps motn for comfort, she said no. I just can't imagine. I remember when N slept like 6 hrs once as a NB I woke up all panicked and my boobs were as hard as rocks. Anyway, apparently there are unicorn newborns out there lol.
Post by mrscatfarmer13 on Dec 20, 2016 10:42:32 GMT -5
Morning. 1. I spent two hours fighting with my new phone because my text message application would crash anytime I sent/received something. 2. After I finally said eff it, I'm doing a factory reset tonight, my phone fixed itself without me touching it for 10min... 3. The museum center has memberships buy one get one half off right now. It looks like the memberships are also 15-20% off right now on top of the BOGO deal. 4. I have an u/s this afternoon. 5. Last night was the best sleep I've had in 4 days thanks to dentist. 6. I need to bust ass at work since I wasted half the morning trying to fix my phone.
theophania 4mo is such a crap time for sleep. I hope you get some rest with K soon.
JoBub yeah, we have been taking one week in the summer and then we take between Christmas and New Years off. My H will usually take two additional weeks at other times because he gets 4 weeks. There's inconvenient parts of every job. One of mine is that im in a service industry and its really hard to completely unplug for more than a day due to client demands. So even when I'm off I'll do a few hours of work in the morning before H and the kids get up or I'll try to sneak some work during nap or if we are watching a movie. It annoys me that my H finds this annoying.
I'm not trying to make you feel bad, I get that this is how your job is, but that would bother me as well, so I understand where your H is coming from. My H used to be the same with his old employer. No matter the day or time or if he was on vacation, he still took calls, etc. I know this wasn't necessary and he just wasn't letting the calls or issues go to the person that's supposed to be covering him while he's out. I know it's easier to just take care of things yourself sometimes, but nope, you're not a doctor, someones life isn't in your hands, when you're off, you're off. Again, not saying that's the case with you, just that I can see where your H is coming from.
If his sleep is annoying you now, just wait. It gets better 🙄
I started putting baby in a cosleeper in the living room with H so he has to wake up and bring me the baby. I started doing that when he kept telling everyone the baby was such a good sleeper (when he was waking every 2 hours.) It was only a couple weeks and H is insisting babe sleeps better in the crib in the office... but now he knows to Change baby's diaper and bring him to me. He was thinking because baby is BF that meant he just needs to handle DS and I'll do everything for the baby. L O L.
No.
Oh I remember well from last time. I'm considering sleeping in the guest room just so I'm not annoyed by him. It's like ff is so tempting bc then I can be like, it's your turn! I have to vent about something re: nb sleep. My boss, his stepdaughter just had a baby. Baby is a couple weeks old and apparently an amazing sleeper. She is bf'ing but told me that the baby sleeps for 9 hrs at night. Like wtf are you even supposed to let them do that this young?! I spoke to his sd at holiday party the other day and she said how great she is sleeping. I asked if she pumps motn for comfort, she said no. I just can't imagine. I remember when N slept like 6 hrs once as a NB I woke up all panicked and my boobs were as hard as rocks. Anyway, apparently there are unicorn newborns out there lol.
Yes my SIL got one STTN at 8 weeks and his 4mw lasted a week and now he's STTN again at 5 months. Now I think she pumped an extra bottle during the day somehow and he fed the baby at first wake up and she at second so her boobs were used to that. That might help with STTN too because baby doesn't want to see Dad motn. Idk? This baby just started getting up once so. He sleeps 8:30-2:30 then right back down after eating, wakes at 6:30 goes back down until 7:30 or 8am. It's crazy because last week he was up 4 times/ night.
1. 5 days this Christmas! 2. Furnace issue could have been prevented if we changed our filter, oops. But luckily it wasn't anything major, just the expense of having a guy come for a late night repair 2. Need to go rent fans to dry out the basement. I just went down and it's 90% dry now, just some puddles to sop up with towels. But I think I should rent some big fans anyway to dry out things I can't see into like the beams or walls.
3. Plumber is coming later today.
4. Needless to say I'm working from home today
5. Work is slowing down at the end of year, so hoping to get some cleaning done between breaks bc our house has been neglected
6. Stocking stuffer ideas for H?
7. DD's breath has been stinky. We brush morning and night, but I never brushed her tongue. Hoping that brushing her tongue helps. Ew.
mrscatfarmer13 thanks for the museum tip, will have to look it up. We will probably renew our zoo membership and will still have the aquarium membership for a while (I think we got it this summer and it's good for 1y + a couple months or 1.5 years, something like that). I don't think we will get the aquarium pass again, it's just not as fun as the zoo and it's a longer drive plus have to pay for parking.
I feel like it's too early for me to think about, but at some point I definitely need to pick you guys' brains about newborn sleeping arrangements. With Bub, we would take turns sleeping on the couch with him in the PnP through the first week or two, and then we put him in his crib fairly early (I don't really remember when) and I would sleep in the guest room so I could get up to nurse without waking H.
Now with the new recommendation to have baby in the same room, I'm not sure what we'll do. H doesn't snore anymore, so it would be fine to have a bassinet in our room. But I also like the idea of having separate spaces so at least one of us is getting decent sleep. I'm considering putting a bed in the nursery so I can just sleep in there some nights.
Post by vlagroupie on Dec 20, 2016 10:55:22 GMT -5
lindsay I got a target men's beauty box for H, took everything out and put in his stocking. So, all kinds of mens products, shaving etc. Then I'll just get some of his fav candy, oh and I found some bengals socks at costco.
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