Wednesday!

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Let's see those lovely babies!

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Its super windy but I'm still going to attempt to go to playgroup. A double stroller would make my life so much easier *grumbles/eye roll*.

DD has SUCKED at sleeping lately. Yesterday she would not let me put her down for a single second and the stuff I needed to get done wasn't possible while wearing her (scrubbing the tub and the oven etc). She only slept on her box from 230-6. We haven't had more than a 4 hr stretch in over a week.
I'm working on crib naps. I put her in wide awake, turned on her owl and frog and voila!


I have no idea how long she'll last but it's something. I literally need her to just chill so I can get DS and myself ready.

[hikingmama222]

Picked up some cute bibs yesterday because the drool is insane! He's a cutie even though his nighttime sleep sucks. We were up every hour and a half.

Going to a fitness class this morning with both kids in tow. Wish me luck, I might die.

Preschool for DD this afternoon.

[jwinct]

@snuff9861 - Hooray for falling asleep in the crib! I hope her sleeping gets better for you.

DD1 had DS smiling and laughing this morning, but it's so hard to get a picture of him because he's always whipping his head around. This is the best one I could get.



Here's one from Saturday when he decided he finally likes to actually swing in the swing.

[britta]

Yay!! Baby day!!!

Just dropped the kiddos off at daycare. DS1 will be making a bird feeder in school today and DS2 was, again, all smiles helping to ease my mom guilt. Especially given that I don't think the census is going to support me working today. At this point, I have no qualms about dropping DS1 off at daycare even if I'm not working, but I have tons of guilt taking the baby. I don't know what else to do though. We pay whether they go or not, and they have to go on a set schedule, I can't just drop in when I get the chance to work. And if I pulled them out, I'd never get to work. *sigh* Am I a bad mom for taking my baby to daycare when I'm not working? I try to make up for it by keeping busy with housework while they're there, so that home days there's less that I *have* to do...

Anyway, what you're here for. DS2. Will be 3 months on Saturday. PDQ.
*poof*

ETA: Added a thought.

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britta
DS goes to daycare two days a week and I'm not working right now. When I am working, he goes. If I pick up a shift, I'm able to drop in with him. If I get sent home (hardly ever happens because our patient to nurse ratio is the worst in the country) he stays.

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Oh and DD lasted 20 minutes

[adouces06]

britta I def get the mom guilt, but I would absolutely do the same thing. Our daycare is the same, you pay whether or not they go to hold the spot.
DD has been smiling and giggling like crazy lately. She is chomping on her fingers constantly and loves sticking her tongue out. She sleeps great still*knock on wood* and has finally gotten used to the bottles. My nursing/pumping schedule is going well, so I am glad I was able to keep that going.
I ended up getting the job I applied for. The bad thing though is the pay isn't what I was hoping for. While the hourly rate is more than I make now, since it is PT the hours are less. I was expecting a cut in pay, but it would be a 15k paycut to only gain one extra day off. There are no benefits and zero PTO. I think I would be happier there, but I just can't see how it would work financially for my family. Womp womp. The good part is I know I can get paid more at other companies, so I am hoping to utilize that to earn myself a raise at my current job.
Ok enough about that, here's DD 😊

[penguin129]

Good morning! I'm about to start day 3 of the domino organizing and de-cluttering the house project I'm working on. I need to make donations to my church today. I'll be back later

[vavavictoria]

britta when I go back to work, I work m-th. I will still take both girls to daycare every Friday. No guilt. We need time to ourselves too. Makes us better to be around for the kids the rest of the time.

[becole]

I don't want to send this baby to daycare. I'm not ready and I don't know when I will be. The bottle thing is stressful and life is so busy. I cannot imagine working right now.

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Ignore my AWing today

[vavavictoria]

#2 is 12 weeks old. She mostly takes crappy naps (45 min or less) but is a sweet happy baby. And she sometimes sleeps 7+ hour stretches at night. Or 4 hour stretches like last night. I feel like we are on the way to a schedule which makes me happy. Bedtime has been around 8/830 for the past 4 days. I'm not pushing to move it any earlier yet bc I want to sleep in a little bit these last two weeks.

#1 on the other hand continues to be a hot toddler mess. So much crying. So much drama. So much crazy. She's lucky I love her so much.

[iwantbacon]

Sleep was awful last night, so I feel like a mess right now. Does not help that someone is using the pump room I reserved so I am pissed (but luckily I am now using another room). RESERVE THE DAMN ROOM IF YOU WANT TO USE IT!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh Oddly enough, my normally poor performing left boob is kicking ass this pumping session. Maybe I should pump angry more often.

britta Hell no, you aren't a bad mom for taking baby to daycare if you aren't working. You paid for it, enjoy the free time!!!

Sorry about the pay issue adouces06. I hope something works out soon for you at your current place or elsewhere.

[smallpotato]

britta, I am starting G in daycare next Thursday, and going back to work on Friday. There is a part of me that feels very guilty, but I think having the day to myself before I go back will help. I am off on 2/13, and N will be going to school. If MH was working, G would probably be going too. I did have a slight meltdown thinking about how I'm going to get all of us out of the house on time.
adouces06, I'm sorry about the job.

G and I are hanging out today with no plans. He's been on his playmat for the last half hour or so. He does have a new trick-he is somehow turning himself in the crib in his sleep. He's still on his back, but I found him perpendicular to the long sides of the crib. MH said he was like that at 3 when he went in to check him. G was quite proud of himself when I went in this morning.
Here's G in his favorite spot these days, alone and with his brother.

[becole]

I just want a year off. A year. In my entire life. And keep my job. That's all I want.

[fem]

Only good one I have is both the girls.

My stomach is not happy this morning. I'm really hoping it's from lack of sleep last night and not a stomach bug.

[becole]

11 weeks I think.

[britta]

Thanks guise. You're the best. 😭

I'm trying my best to release it. This is my situation right now. It's the best I can do.

adouces06 yay about the job!!!, but man. Sorry about the pay. I'm glad you feel empowered to search elsewhere now though. Good luck with that.
Hugs becole. I'm sorry you're feeling so stressed.

Edit to fix tag and OMG becole. That shirt. I die. DS2 needs that.

[becole]

That shirt is one of the few I have from DS1 that matched up size wise because we were in sunny Florida! I took full advantage.

[vavavictoria]

becole when are you supposed to send DS to daycare? And I forget if you have mentioned this already, who is giving him bottles? You, DH?

#1 was not a fan of bottles. She wouldn't take one from me until she was 9 months plus. H had a lot of trouble with them too. Grandma and daycare. No problem. She started daycare at 13 weeks and within a couple of days was chugging milk almost faster than I could pump. I totally get your stress but he won't starve. He will figure it out. Hugs though. It's tough.

[becole]

Jan 11, 2017 10:34:24 GMT -5 vavavictoria said:

becole when are you supposed to send DS to daycare? And I forget if you have mentioned this already, who is giving him bottles? You, DH?

#1 was not a fan of bottles. She wouldn't take one from me until she was 9 months plus. H had a lot of trouble with them too. Grandma and daycare. No problem. She started daycare at 13 weeks and within a couple of days was chugging milk almost faster than I could pump. I totally get your stress but he won't starve. He will figure it out. Hugs though. It's tough.

My H had tried over the last few months and I had tried, not very successfully except maybe 1 time each and different bottles each time that worked. Then my mom got him to take some over break but only an ounce or two- not a whole feeding. Then he flat out refused on her the last time. I called daycare to ask if I could have the teacher try next week before he starts full time. I'll talk to her at pick up today about that.

ETA he's starting Jan 23. Or supposed to. He was born oct 19.

[becole]

Also- I just got him to take 1.5 ounces from a nurser bottle. Then he ate from me too. He was obviously hungrier than what he took but didn't show signs.

I'm also having trouble pumping and getting a letdown. I have a Medela pns. Thoughts?

[vavavictoria]

Jan 11, 2017 10:41:44 GMT -5 becole said:

Jan 11, 2017 10:34:24 GMT -5 vavavictoria said:

becole when are you supposed to send DS to daycare? And I forget if you have mentioned this already, who is giving him bottles? You, DH?

#1 was not a fan of bottles. She wouldn't take one from me until she was 9 months plus. H had a lot of trouble with them too. Grandma and daycare. No problem. She started daycare at 13 weeks and within a couple of days was chugging milk almost faster than I could pump. I totally get your stress but he won't starve. He will figure it out. Hugs though. It's tough.

My H had tried over the last few months and I had tried, not very successfully except maybe 1 time each and different bottles each time that worked. Then my mom got him to take some over break but only an ounce or two- not a whole feeding. Then he flat out refused on her the last time. I called daycare to ask if I could have the teacher try next week before he starts full time. I'll talk to her at pick up today about that.

ETA he's starting Jan 23. Or supposed to. He was born oct 19.

Mine is the same age (oct 18) and starting the same day. I may regret this but I haven't pushed bottles much at all. At the very least we can commiserate when they go back. I will probably have H feed a few bottles this weekend and next week. Just keep at it. He will figure it out.

[jwinct]

I'm listening to/watching Trump's press conference. UGHHH. I cannot stand him, but I'm watching out of curiosity and for the opportunity to eye roll and complain about him. Can he come up with some other phrasing besides "Very, very much?" Everything he talks about ends up so narcissistic. "I'm so awesome. Look what I've done so far and I'm not even president yet!" Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I'm so excited to redo DD1's room. We now have everything we need, except for the bed. I think I know which bed I want to get. We just need to order it. I'm going to send her to my parents' house for the day when we're ready to redo her room, and she's going to be shocked when she sees it. I can't wait to surprise her.

[smallpotato]

Why am I subjecting myself to this? Trump makes me want to puke. And why is there applause? This is a press conference, not a damn rally. Nice of him to talk over the reporter asking about the tax returns. I can't believe this is real life.

[iwantbacon]

Jan 11, 2017 10:27:59 GMT -5 becole said:

I just want a year off. A year. In my entire life. And keep my job. That's all I want.

THIS

[smallpotato]

becole, I would look at pics of N while pumping at work. I have the PISA, and would run the letdown function for the full two minutes if I had trouble getting a letdown. You could always run the letdown function again if you don't get one right away.

[jwinct]

Jan 11, 2017 11:39:23 GMT -5 smallpotato said:

Why am I subjecting myself to this? Trump makes me want to puke. And why is there applause? This is a press conference, not a damn rally. Nice of him to talk over the reporter asking about the tax returns. I can't believe this is real life.

OMG, I know. The American people don't care about his tax returns?? Really?? I care! Because there is a reason that he is not making them public and it's not because they're still "under audit." He is clearly trying to hide something. And he's all, "I'm so awesome that, if I was allowed to, I could totally run my company and run the country at the same time and I would do a great job at it." That's a paraphrase, but it's pretty damn close to what he actually said. Looking at him and hearing his voice just makes me ragey.  

[smallpotato]

Jan 11, 2017 11:53:42 GMT -5 jwinct said:

Jan 11, 2017 11:39:23 GMT -5 smallpotato said:

Why am I subjecting myself to this? Trump makes me want to puke. And why is there applause? This is a press conference, not a damn rally. Nice of him to talk over the reporter asking about the tax returns. I can't believe this is real life.

OMG, I know. The American people don't care about his tax returns?? Really?? I care! Because there is a reason that he is not making them public and it's not because they're still "under audit." He is clearly trying to hide something. And he's all, "I'm so awesome that, if I was allowed to, I could totally run my company and run the country at the same time and I would do a great job at it." That's a paraphrase, but it's pretty damn close to what he actually said. Looking at him and hearing his voice just makes me ragey.  

Yes to all of this! There is no reason whatsoever not to release them unless you're trying to hide something. It's so absurd.

Oh, so he's helping the democrats by repealing Obamacare. No details about it. Shocking.