MBF 2/16

[rlb]

Feb 16, 2015 14:27:21 GMT -5 stellabunny said:

Feb 16, 2015 10:50:57 GMT -5 mary1217 said:

MBF: We are having comcast/xfinity installed today. It is now 50 minutes past the window when they were supposed to be there. I called and at 10:15 I got a call back saying they were contacting the dispatch company. I still haven't gotten a response. Not looking good. Oh and I went online to look at the bill and the charges are wrong. Way to go comcast way to go.

I'm sorry. If this is anything like my experience with trying to get a Comcast/Xfinity bill fixed, you are the beginning of a long and frustrating journey through hell.

What she said.  Comcast is the devil incarnate.  

[sararl07]

Liv,
What about a space heater in the mean time.

[Liv]

Feb 16, 2015 14:51:47 GMT -5 sararl07 said:

Liv,
What about a space heater in the mean time.

That's the best solution. 

[lucanjo14]

@homeybee434 is the Dino toy a ball popper? I think I just saw that on Amazon. If so do you recommend it?

[GrrArgh]

Aviv is constipated again... at a loss of what to feed her at this point.

[GrrArgh]

Feb 16, 2015 16:34:01 GMT -5 @zerozeroone said:

Feb 16, 2015 15:52:16 GMT -5 GrrArgh said:

Aviv is constipated again... at a loss of what to feed her at this point.

Pears and prunes help DS. I also give him a few sips of water with each solids meal. I found peaches didn't help at all.

Yeah I am gonna go get more plums since that helped last time, but it actually gave her diarrhea.

All she has eaten the past 4 days is oatmeal/pear and mango/pear puree. I've been trying to make sure I give her something to keep her bowels moving.

[dawnfire]

My MBF: I work for local government, but they don't close for President's Day. Fail.

Why I really shouldn't MBF about it: We close for 4 solid days at Thanksgiving.

But still, President's Day guise!

[Lola]

Feb 16, 2015 16:36:40 GMT -5 GrrArgh said:

Feb 16, 2015 16:34:01 GMT -5 @zerozeroone said:

Pears and prunes help DS. I also give him a few sips of water with each solids meal. I found peaches didn't help at all.

Yeah I am gonna go get more plums since that helped last time, but it actually gave her diarrhea.

All she has eaten the past 4 days is oatmeal/pear and mango/pear puree. I've been trying to make sure I give her something to keep her bowels moving.

I've found that a probiotic in the morning bottle is helpful.

[jnnfrrose6]

Feb 16, 2015 14:49:01 GMT -5 Liv said:

Man, we are on a roll today!

I don't know that a landlord could/would do about the freezing cold bedrooms. The heat is on and working, but the windows in the bedrooms just seem to be really poorly insulated or something. I don't know that that's something a landlord would address. He'd probably just say oh that sucks. Buy some space heaters for winter and fans for summer.

So I guess my MBF is really that renting stinks. It's really the pits sometimes to be at the mercy of a landlord who's usually not motivated to go above and beyond.

There should still be laws in place for min/max temps. Doesn't matter if the heater is working, if the space doesn't stay above said temp, they're required to remedy it. 

[jnnfrrose6]

As discussed on another thread, my car was broken into today while I was at work. now I get to deal with that headache. Silver lining nothing appears to be missing.

[Liv]

Feb 16, 2015 18:46:19 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

As discussed on another thread, my car was broken into today while I was at work. now I get to deal with that headache. Silver lining nothing appears to be missing.

that's so scary! I'm so sorry!

[lea]

Feb 16, 2015 16:34:01 GMT -5 @zerozeroone said:

Feb 16, 2015 15:52:16 GMT -5 GrrArgh said:

Aviv is constipated again... at a loss of what to feed her at this point.

Pears and prunes help DS. I also give him a few sips of water with each solids meal. I found peaches didn't help at all.

I usually end up giving prunes to DS every 3 days or so, too, when he gets backed up. I start with 1/2 jar in the morning and then give him the other 1/2 if he hasn't pooped by evening time and usually by the next morning there's a big stinky diaper.

Today was the first time he's pooped 2 days in a row since we started solids.

[lea]

Feb 16, 2015 18:46:19 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

As discussed on another thread, my car was broken into today while I was at work. now I get to deal with that headache. Silver lining nothing appears to be missing.

Ugh, I'm sorry! I hate people who violate your personal property like that. Fuckers.

[lea]

Is it bad DH has been home less than 24 hours and I'm already bitching about him? Sometimes the way he prioritizes tasks that need to be done drives me insane. The pipe behind our toilet is leaking. It should be an easy fix, but he's been letting it leak all day. I even reminded him that he won't be happy if our water bill is outrageous next month. But now it's almost 8 pm and he still hasn't touched it. However, he did take the time to replace all 6 of our smoke/CO detectors. It needed to be done, but not necessarily today and not before the stupid leak.

[dawnfire]

lea, Not to mention the water damage that can happen from a leak that's left to keep going! Ugh. Hope he fixes it soon.

[soon2bmrsn]

Feb 16, 2015 14:39:44 GMT -5 honeybee434 said:

She figured out how to turn her Dino toy over. Which means my day consists of constantly flipping it right side up because she screams when she can't "play" with it anymore (aka she's flipped it over.)


Edit- yes, toy time is a mess. She flips everything over, including her toy bag

a Thirty One tote!!!!



@zuul / Litera

[liziz]

We're going on day 7 of a pukey baby. Not constant, just once a day or so. Thankfully, she's super happy all the rest of the time, but I just want my healthy baby back.

[GrrArgh]

Thanks for all the tips guys. I gave her some plums for dinner since they worked so well last time, hopefully in the morning there will be something.

[mamanorris]

Yesterday was DS1's 3rd birthday, the inlaws didn't even call. They live right around the corner and drive by everyday, take 5 minutes out of your smoking cigarettes and watching court tv to say happy birthday to you grandson. Mil did leave a fb comment on a pic so apparently that counts. Douche bags.

[Liv]

Feb 17, 2015 19:58:16 GMT -5 mamanorris said:

Yesterday was DS1's 3rd birthday, the inlaws didn't even call. They live right around the corner and drive by everyday, take 5 minutes out of your smoking cigarettes and watching court tv to say happy birthday to you grandson. Mil did leave a fb comment on a pic so apparently that counts. Douche bags.

That's so pathetic.

[Deleted]

Feb 17, 2015 19:58:16 GMT -5 mamanorris said:

Yesterday was DS1's 3rd birthday, the inlaws didn't even call. They live right around the corner and drive by everyday, take 5 minutes out of your smoking cigarettes and watching court tv to say happy birthday to you grandson. Mil did leave a fb comment on a pic so apparently that counts. Douche bags.

That sucks. What jerks!!!

[lea]

Feb 17, 2015 19:58:16 GMT -5 mamanorris said:

Yesterday was DS1's 3rd birthday, the inlaws didn't even call. They live right around the corner and drive by everyday, take 5 minutes out of your smoking cigarettes and watching court tv to say happy birthday to you grandson. Mil did leave a fb comment on a pic so apparently that counts. Douche bags.

Wow, that's awful! I'm sorry, especially for your son!   I get annoyed that my ILs have never even sent a card to their grandkids for their birthdays but if they actually lived near us and ignored it, I'd be livid!

[surfmama106]

My SIL's husbands parents are the same way. SIL lives in Georgia and her inlaws live on Long Island with the rest of both of their families. The inlaws have never visited them not even once and they have lived there for almost 3 years and have a 2 year old son and are due with another next month. In addition when SIL comes up from Christmas they stay with us bc we have more room and his parents given them a major guilt trip. They fight. And then never see them for the holidays. It happens every year. This year they didn't talk to them while they were here for a week and then sent a $400 check to their house as some passive aggressive gift. I mean they were happy with the money but they couldn't have tried to make up while they were here and and saw their grandson for a day? I mean they maybe have seen him a total of 10 times in 2.5 years.

[asunasword]

Feb 16, 2015 14:49:01 GMT -5 Liv said:

Man, we are on a roll today!

I don't know that a landlord could/would do about the freezing cold bedrooms. The heat is on and working, but the windows in the bedrooms just seem to be really poorly insulated or something. I don't know that that's something a landlord would address. He'd probably just say oh that sucks. Buy some space heaters for winter and fans for summer.

So I guess my MBF is really that renting stinks. It's really the pits sometimes to be at the mercy of a landlord who's usually not motivated to go above and beyond.

Lurker jumping in. There is a window product that will wrap around the window and jam to create an air seal. You should be able to find it at any hardware store. It goes up with a hair dryer and some provided stick tape. When winter is over, it peels off. I live in an old house with very drafty windows and this this has made a world of difference.

[mamanorris]

Thanks ladies, they are total ass hats. We tell them to stop anytime they want to and they only do if I make them dinner. Losers.