Morning. It is chilly, rainy and very windy. Aka a good day for being lazy. I think we are staying in today. I am thankful I do think need to go to the store today. I hope to finish the shirt I am making for S to wear on her birthday and I might start trying to make candy Minnie bows for the cupcakes. Oh and wrap presents. I can't believe she is two in two days. dreemkin when is A's? She is a January babe too right?
aggiebug omg two days, I know how you feel. Yup, A's is next week 😔 Jan 31st
Yestersay A grabbed grandpa's hand, said "potty", and lead him into the bathroom and sat down on her potty. She then uses toilet paper to wipe her clothed bottom. I think she might be ready for pull ups sooner than I was expecting. Today we are just hanging out bc tomorrow is totschool and grocery shopping.
aggiebug what kind of shirt are you making? i need to order one for DD. man these babies have grown so fast!!
does anyone want to help dress me for a super bowl party i have to go to? i used to know what to wear to these things, but i'm clueless now. and pregnant. it's a "red carpet event", hosted by a big NFL agent, supposedly lots of celebrities and athletes. soooo not my comfort zone! i bought this top (which is way better looking in person) www.loft.com/piped-strappy-cami/424808?skuId=22246110&defaultColor=9348&colorExplode=false&catid=catl000011 and i'm thinking maybe waxed denim + fancy heels on bottom? and some nice jewelry? i think this is more trendy red carpet than black tie red carpet.
agm04 that sounds awesome! I'm jealous! I have no idea about your outfit though as I rarely have to dress up. When I was pg with A I had a big party at a museum downtown and I wore a simple, comfortable, knee length grey dress and fancied it up with jewelry and accessories.
Also I found a cute birthday shirt at Walmart for N when she turned two so she'll wear that for her first Auntie day this weekend. Our babies are definitely too old, wtf!
How do we feel about doing a private group on this board? I feel like anyone still lurking is just creepy and doesn't need to for informational purposes.
dreemkin things like christmas parties are so much easier for me! i feel totally out of my element here, haha.
I would be too. I think what you said sounds like it would be great if it's not a sit down dinner! I think the heals and nice jewelry would make it more formal.
agm04 I will try and post a picture. I have a sewing machine that does basic embroidery so I have appliqued a design on it and will embroidery birthday girl under it.
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As far as the outfit goes I have no flipping clue! Ha I am not stylish at all. If you aren't sure about it also look at rent the runway I know they have maternity stuff.
dreemkin Dd has been doing that potty thing. I have even out her on the potty a few times when she is struggling to poop but nothing has happened. I have no idea when to put her in pull ups.
aggiebug that's so cute! i love it. i did check RTR, but didn't love any of the options. i'm about to order way too much stuff online and then figure it out from there. lol. story of my life.
Re: potty training. I honestly don't know if I should start all of that already. I feel like we pushed N into it when it was time for her to start and it just turned into this whole horrible process and may even if we waited it would have been easier. But A is acting interested sooner (probably bc she has N for a role model). My gut is saying to wait until she's fully ready. Right now it's only once in a while she tells us of activity occurring in the diaper.
How do we feel about doing a private group on this board? I feel like anyone still lurking is just creepy and doesn't need to for informational purposes.
I am OK with it others are just let me know. I agree we aren't very informational now which was one reason I am not really for it most of the time.
Private board- I'm neutral. We don't really have anyone who drops by anymore so I don't know that anyone would miss us if we went behind a password. Would we do all threads on the private board or just randoms? Or is a moot point because all we post are randoms haha.
Potty training- G is occasionally interested in sitting on the potty but has never done anything there. 100% of pee he gives no indication he's about to go or currently going or already went. Would stay in the same wet diaper all day if up to him. 90% of poo diapers gives no indication, the other 10% he'll tell me when he's done. So I feel we're a long way from potty training.
DS is now in a toddler bed. He needs a bed rail because he forgets he's not in the crib when he's lounging before falling asleep. We also got a tall gate for his door.
I'm pretty sure we mostly just post randoms. But we could see how that goes. Also, would that make our board seem inactive and therefore in danger of getting deleted? I wouldn't want that.
ETA: I guess I just feel a little violated from the last newcomer. I know it's an open board on the Internet but I feel like since we are closer after about three years together, some posts are more personal. It's up to the rest of us! I would be for it.
Re: potty training. I honestly don't know if I should start all of that already. I feel like we pushed N into it when it was time for her to start and it just turned into this whole horrible process and may even if we waited it would have been easier. But A is acting interested sooner (probably bc she has N for a role model). My gut is saying to wait until she's fully ready. Right now it's only once in a while she tells us of activity occurring in the diaper.
Yeah I would wait. You could always encourage the interest in many ways but not really fall through until she's really ready.
Day off tomorrow for me! It's kindergarten registration day for dd1. We actually took a walk on the weekend and walk to her big girl school. She's excited alright. Lol. It was nice bc it's the first family walk we have taken that was just a walk and not a trip to the park.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jan 23, 2017 21:49:55 GMT -5
agm04 I think your outfit idea sounds good and Super Bowl party appropriate.
All of my remote team members are in town this week so we have crazy days of meetings and then social events planned every night. I like having the whole team together and we had a really productive day but the evening activities all involve alcohol and I'm just not interested. I feel bad not hanging out longer but I'd rather be home and actually see E this week instead of out watching my coworkers drink and making DH solo parent all week. All this rain does not help my motivation either!
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jan 23, 2017 21:51:59 GMT -5
On potty training, E asks to use the potty but it's really just because she wants her diaper off. Tonight she successfully removed her pants and diaper on her own for the first time - then peed on the floor. So need to figure out how we deal with that one.
V liked to sit on the potty occasionally, and one time he even peed in his little potty, but I think we are still a long way from PT. Still, I encourage him if he wants to sit. He generally will tell us when he poops, but not always. Pee I think he would sit happily in a wet diaper all day.
We'll see how things go after the new baby is here, but I'm not thinking he will be ready anytime soon.
Need to turn the gate around so it opens out (H set it up). DS had gotten out of bed and crawled to the doorway and was crying. I got him to roll on his side so I could get in. Poor little guy doesn't know what do with his expanded cell.
on the private board issue, i'll do whatever you guys want. i am also kind of lazy with passwords though, and honestly we are probably pretty boring to anyone who comes in out of nowhere, lol. not like we have a lot of drama or super personal stuff floating around, but again i will do whatever you guys are most comfortable with. i think it's super weird to lie about major things on these boards (like how old your kid is, etc.), but i didn't feel like there was anything malicious about the newcomer's posting. dreemkin i am certainly not implying that you shouldn't feel violated - i understand why you might, especially since we are all so welcoming - but i'm kind of meh about the whole thing.
DD likes to sit on the potty clothed and usually wants to sit before her bath, but we are definitely not PT any time soon. if i ask if she wants to go potty pretty much any other time, she says no emphatically. she does tell us nearly every time she poops though, and often when she pees. i just don't want to push it too early and make it take longer, like dreemkin said. plus the idea of being couch bound nursing a newborn and a toddler needing my help in the bathroom gives me hives.
on the private board issue, i'll do whatever you guys want. i am also kind of lazy with passwords though, and honestly we are probably pretty boring to anyone who comes in out of nowhere, lol. not like we have a lot of drama or super personal stuff floating around, but again i will do whatever you guys are most comfortable with. i think it's super weird to lie about major things on these boards (like how old your kid is, etc.), but i didn't feel like there was anything malicious about the newcomer's posting. dreemkin i am certainly not implying that you shouldn't feel violated - i understand why you might, especially since we are all so welcoming - but i'm kind of meh about the whole thing.
DD likes to sit on the potty clothed and usually wants to sit before her bath, but we are definitely not PT any time soon. if i ask if she wants to go potty pretty much any other time, she says no emphatically. she does tell us nearly every time she poops though, and often when she pees. i just don't want to push it too early and make it take longer, like dreemkin said. plus the idea of being couch bound nursing a newborn and a toddler needing my help in the bathroom gives me hives.
I am pretty certain she lied to develop a plausible AE. Not to be malicious to us but to hide who she was because of previous events m. Clearly didn't work.
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