Woo it's Wednesday

[lilyelayne]

Hope everyone has a great day!

[dmorgendorffer]

I have a marathon of meetings today and found out I have two junior level people who are going to start working with me to "mentor" them - I'm pretty sure this is my boss trying to get some people in place for when I go on maternity leave but we've only got 3 engineers on our team so we now have a 1:1 product manager to developer ratio which is definitely not ideal. Maybe I can just have them start doing everything now and I'll relax until May.

[mena]

Sounds like a crazy day for you dmorgendorffer! Hope it flies by for you!

Morning all!

Today was the first weight check for the Biggest Looser at work! I'm down 4.4lbs from last Wednesday! I'll take it as I binged all weekend and only started my diet on Monday. I'm hoping this trend continues!

DH had the nerve to bring McDonalds home last night and ate it right in front of me 😡 Thanks man.

I'm hoping DD's rash improves. I'm debating on switching diapers however I really don't think that's it even though DC is insisting. I feel like she just might be extremely sensitive and she's had a lot of sickness lately. FX.

Work is going ok so far thank goodness as I've dealt with a lot of craziness the past few weeks. Hoping the day goes by quick. I want to start slowly organizing everything in the house but I get overwhelmed easy. I figure if I pick one small task a day to do right after work maybe I will start to make some progress.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day! Halfway there! ☺️

[seamonster]

Jan 11, 2017 9:12:45 GMT -5 dmorgendorffer said:

I have a marathon of meetings today and found out I have two junior level people who are going to start working with me to "mentor" them - I'm pretty sure this is my boss trying to get some people in place for when I go on maternity leave but we've only got 3 engineers on our team so we now have a 1:1 product manager to developer ratio which is definitely not ideal. Maybe I can just have them start doing everything now and I'll relax until May.

I'd train them up on your job so you can "transition" and have a "no hiccup hand-over".

[dreemkin]

dmorgendorffer sorry it's hectic. I vote yes to delegating. Delegate all the things!
mena that is so unfair. McDonald's is hard to resist. Good job with the weight loss so far!

As for my weight loss, I am steadily going back down after the holidays. My body is the slowest weight loser EVER so I have to think about it like this: if I just keep exercising and eating well, even if I don't see a huge weight loss, it's still being healthy. I have bad tickers on both sides of the family

I recently put in a new set of contacts and my left side was irritating me. I couldn't see a rip so I tried for a few days thinking it was just debris in my eye. Well it was still driving me nuts so I tried a new one today! Uh maze ing! My eye is so happy right now! Sucks to waste a contact though...

Edited: words autocorrected to weird things

[kartish]

Home for now, going later to take DH pants shopping and browse light fixtures.

Baby appointment today, down to appointments every week from here on out.

[aggiebug]

dmorgendorffer I hope the day is smooth with all the meetings. And yes totally delegate.

mena the less absorbent brands definitely cause more frequent rash with DD, but if you have used the same throughout and see just now seeing a bad rash I would not say it's the diaper (unless you are CDing but I am guessing you aren't)

If you use the hydrocortisone as directed and it starts looking worse at all stop it and stop it quickly. It is awesome for just irritation but it will make a yeast infection 1000% worse. O feel like they often forget to tell you that part. A&D paste is the best, I mix it with liquid Maloxx for the worst rashes seems less stingy for DD.

[aggiebug]

Jan 11, 2017 13:54:46 GMT -5 kartish said:

Home for now, going later to take DH pants shopping and browse light fixtures.

Baby appointment today, down to appointments every week from here on out.

Ahh this is crazy! So close.

[aggiebug]

Being ruled by the tiniest of dictators today. It currently means being his nap time spot. So nap/ reading for me while DD is in bed.

[mena]

Thanks for the tip aggiebug I only used it once last night and it really didn't do much (granted it was only one application) but I put that new diaper cream on her for overnight and it looked so much better this morning! I don't cloth diaper and really don't think it's the diapers. We've been using Pampers baby dry since she was an infant and they are super absorbent. I've also heard of them giving LO's chemical burns though but before now we never had an issue. I also bough Lomotrin just in case it is fungal and doesn't go away with this new cream. Ugh it's always something! I'm hoping when I pick her up from DC today it's still minimal as I gave them the new cream to use on her every diaper change.

GL with the tiny tyrant!

[mena]

Eek kartish! So exciting!

[seamonster]

Jan 11, 2017 13:54:46 GMT -5 kartish said:

Home for now, going later to take DH pants shopping and browse light fixtures.

Baby appointment today, down to appointments every week from here on out.

So excited for you!

[dreemkin]

Does anyone use in-wash scent boosters like gain or downy unstoppables? I got a sample of the gain ones and they smell amazing. But if I buy a bottle at Sam's Club it's a huge amount and I don't know which kind I'd like best. I'm also wondering if you've noticed staining on clothes (I used to use softener and I had staining issues) or prefer a certain brand if you do use them. Side note I don't use downy or gain laundry products normally; I use All.

[lilyelayne]

kartish I can't believe it's almost baby time!

mena +1 for liquid maalox (not the mint flavor) for bad diaper rashes. I usually pour a little on and then follow with Boudreaux's. I used to pre-mix like aggiebug

Pretty good day. G was adamant he did not want to go to music hour at the library, so we went to the park instead. Had a total blast but I missed the social aspect of the library.

I think my hormones are being wonky. Last cycle I had horrible headaches and a day of exhaustion just before my period started. This cycle I have headaches, yesterday I was exhausted, and today I've been nauseous. I should be ovulating soon. I'm gonna start temping next cycle to check things out. No unprotected sex and negative pregnancy tests last cycle and today so idk. Hopefully it's just breastfeeding making me especially sensitive to hormone changes or something.

[mena]

Hope you feel better lilyelayne! And thanks for the tip!

[agm04]

so with all this diaper rash talk, does anyone else have one of these diaper cream brushes? it looks so silly, but i love it! i use lanolin on my daughter's very sensitive skin every night before bed, and this thing spreads in nice and thin, and my hands aren't covered in gunk! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FH51ORA/ref=br_it_dp_o_nS_ttl?ie=UTF8&colid=BG3RJ6FYKX5Y&coliid=I3K76EN3OPXHBD&vs=1&th=1

[agm04]

and lilyelayne feel better!

[aggiebug]

dreemkin they give me headaches so I don't, I don't think I will even use scented detergent again. So helpful for you I know but I wasn't ignoring your question

Feel better lilyelayne

[aggiebug]

agm04 lol that thing cracks me up. No I had never heard of it before, my H would love that it keeps his hands clean though.

[agm04]

aggiebug it really is hilarious but so useful!

[dreemkin]

lilyelayne hormones can be weird; hopefully it's just that. Also, I sometimes feel like that when I'm cutting back on certain foods or dieting. As anything changed like that for you recently?
agm04 I never knew that existed! It looks neat. Too late for me now though. I'm hopefully nearing the end of diaper changes (and A I think had like 1 or 2 diaper rashes ever, praise the Lord).
aggiebug thanks. I know people can be very sensitive to scents. We went scent free when N was a baby bc she had such sensitive skin and we've been slowly adding it back in since we all seem to tolerate it well now. For me it's like - 'give me all the good smelling stuff!' I especially like to use it with mostly towels and sheets that will be stored a bit longer than usual.

[aggiebug]

dreemkin I do know softener will reduce absorbency of towels.

[dreemkin]

Jan 11, 2017 15:56:35 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

dreemkin I do know softener will reduce absorbency of towels.

I don't use softener but I wonder about these boosters...??

[mena]

Jan 11, 2017 15:38:38 GMT -5 agm04 said:

aggiebug it really is hilarious but so useful!

That's a great idea! It's such a pain and gets in my nails sometimes! Do they work well? I might have to check em out.

[kartish]

Thanks guys, I'm starting to get excited. My trainee at work is awesome and doing great (so yes to lots of training and delegation dmorgendorffer!) and we are making progress in the nursery.

dreemkin my sister uses the downy boosters, she has for about a year, but I'm not sure about the absorbency issues.

[dreemkin]

And you do not know what you are having right, kartish?

[kartish]

Jan 11, 2017 18:22:05 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

And you do not know what you are having right, kartish?

Nope, still a surprise. I wore DH down!

[lilyelayne]

Thanks, y'all. Feeling better this evening.

dreemkin no diet changes.

[agm04]

mena yes, they work super well. I bought one on Amazon and then saw them in my local grocery store for $7, so got another there.

[dreemkin]

*whoops meant to post on Friday thread*