Halfway through the weekend randoms

[pibblemom]

Do weekends even count anymore? I don't even know what day it is half the time anyhow.

Today I felt the true meaning of "touched out". C was up fussing all afternoon, I finally got her down as H was coming home so I layed down. The dogs joined me (normally not an issue), I doze off, my cat comes in and tries to snuggle, I push him off for like 10 mins then finally kick him out bc this is wasting precious nap time. I doze off again and H comes in and wants to snuggle and "nap" with me and C. I doze off again and the dogs start growling at each other over a bone. I kick them both out, try to fall asleep and H starts snoring. I gave up, came out to the living room, had a good cry for no reason other than being overwhelmed and got on with my night. I seriously just needed an hour all to myself (sort of) with no one asking me for anything or touching me.

So I hope all of your weekends are going better.

[lakegirl]

Busy busy over here. I have family visiting and staying with us this weekend. My 90 year old grandpa is here to meet the baby! And he loves the toddler who is being such a ham with the extra attention.

[peaseblossom55]

We took E today to IL's by the shore. It was our first outing with her. It was a good day. I am so so tired though for some reason. H insisted on bringing so many things we didn't need but may need just in case. 🙄

[thelittleredm]

pibblemom, That was me last night! Except I finally locked myself in the bathroom to cry. Big hugs lady.

peaseblossom55, That sounds like a great first outing. I'm glad you guys had a good day.

lakegirl, Awww that's so sweet

opheliainwaders, I really need that app if only to remind myself that this too shall pass.

W is having another fairly sleepless day. Sigh. But thankfully, I got to have help from my parents while H was out helping a friend move. In a good (?) note, he really likes the music in Trolls so that keeps his attention pretty well.

We have his baptism tomorrow so we went shopping with my parents for brunch items for afterward. It was great until DS1 squirted his pouch of yogurt smoothie all over his door, window, and seat in my mom's Suburban and then used it as fingerpaint. Ugh. My ILs found out and took him for the night to give me a break.

I also talked to H tonight after he brought up that I've been really grumpy this week. I don't think anything has been resolved but oh well, it's out there and no yelling was involved.

[thelittleredm]

Oh, and as I bought juice for the brunch, I detoured into the liquor section and got a bottle of champagne. After this week, I deserve a mimosa....or three.

[heybulldog56]

Hey everyone! I had a wonderful day "off". Spent my time watching tv and napping on the couch. It was glorious. SIL and BIL are coming by for a visit tomorrow and I plan on getting shit done around the house and run some errands. Hanging out with Dh before bed. FX for a second night of four hour stretches!

[MissDemeanor]

I took the boys to my parents today because bf was being a bitch. DS1 wanted to stay with grandma so of course I said yes.

Now we're watching Manchester by the Sea and it's really sad

[MissDemeanor]

/wishful thinking

[thelittleredm]

MissDemeanor, My MIL always purchases the movies nominated for best picture and I've been meaning to watch that one. Good to note that it's sad. I'll need to remember that so I choose my day wisely.

H helped out cleaning house for tomorrow. It was really nice to have help so I let him take most of the "soothe W" breaks. We also had Moana playing at the same time and I didn't get to really watch a lot of it but H loved it so I assume it's good. The best part? Before we started it, I mentioned that he'd probably really like it since it's based in Hawaii and he said I was stereotyping him because his dad's side of the family stems from Hawaii and the Philippines and that it was just a coincidence that he really liked the Disney short about the volcanos and his favorite song is the Hawaiian version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Guess who agreed with my comment after the movie? I'm so right. He should stop arguing with me.

[silvermelody]

Cluster feeding hell. The kids did not synchronized nap today so I got no nap and no shower today and I'm cranky about it. Then she refuses to go to bed despite being awake four hours, playtime, clean diaper. Just wanted boob boob boob. She's dozing upright and I'm praying she'll transfer.

I'm planning on taking her to babywearing meet up tomorrow because I need to freaking socialize with someone other than DH.

[weeklyplanner]

pibblemom I'm so sorry that sounds rough. I've been having many touched out moments. I seriously nurse DD and hand her off to another adult if there is one around because I just want no touching or at the minimum DS climbing on me. Last night 3 friends came over and they don't have kids. It was amazing because they wanted all the baby snuggles. So, for 5 hours I just nursed and passed her to someone to snuggle. Of course, it's back to reality today.

[weeklyplanner]

I'm starting weight watchers today. Someone hold me, ha. I'm preemptively cranky about feeling hungry and being on a "diet." But, I'm also sick of maternity pants and feeling gross. Ugh. I hope this isn't too hard.

[weeklyplanner]

Feb 26, 2017 8:16:35 GMT -5 carrots said:

We got real smiles from M this morning! The best.
We were on the go all day yesterday so might take it easy this morning and head to the park when it warms up after nap time.

Same here. We have no real plans besides cleaning up the house a bit. This is the first time we have no weekend plans in months. I'm actually looking forward to a chill day.

[silvermelody]

She was up for almost five hours last night (with little cat naps) and she went...
Only four freaking hours. I was really hoping she was tanking up for something special. I'm so freaking tired.

[thelittleredm]

silvermelody, Hugs lady. W woke up an hour and a half before we needed to get ready for church and I should not have give back to sleep when he did. I'm struggling now.

[weeklyplanner]

Feb 26, 2017 8:44:07 GMT -5 silvermelody said:

She was up for almost five hours last night (with little cat naps) and she went...
Only four freaking hours. I was really hoping she was tanking up for something special. I'm so freaking tired.

I'm sorry. That sounds rough. FX today and tonight go much better.

[lakegirl]

+1 silvermelody. Dd did not do well last night. It was not fun. I feel like I might just drop dead. Counting down till the family leaves so I can hide in bed.

[weeklyplanner]

Trying to put DD down for a nap for the second time. She gets one more chance and then oh well kiddo. Mommy needs to get dressed!

Why do babies fight sleep so much? Sleep is amazing!

[peaseblossom55]

E woke up at 7:30. She has not napped since and has had 2 blow outs since.

[silvermelody]

thelittleredm hope his baptism goes well!

lakegirl sorry you had a rough time too.

We got another 2.5 hours but thanks to my app I know I got approximately 6.25 hours of sleep between 10pm and 8:30. And the night before was rough too. I need all the coffee.

Still gonna shower and go to BW group, I need both for my sanity

[MissDemeanor]

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[MissDemeanor]

[peaseblossom55]

It must be nice H is still asleep just because he goes to bed later doesn't mean he gets to sleep until 1 in the afternoon.

[pibblemom]

silvermelody, I'm sorry for such a rough night. I hope you get a nap in.

I had all the plans of sleeping when C went down for her nap today. Guess who can't fall asleep during nap time (spoiler: it's not her). Oh brain, Please shut off for one day.

[ellabee]

My randoms:

B is back to giving me a milk blister on the right side so I'm half pumping half nursing at each feed today. Hopefully once it's healed he can go back on. I think in the motn his latch gets lazy. ☹️

We're doing taxes today in between caring for B and DD. It's been years and years since we've gotten a refund because we've had major financial changes in recent years. I miss the days when we didn't end up owing and DH and I could use our refund for something fun for the two of us.

DH had a light schedule today so we went for a walk around the local pond. It was the first time we'd been out with the stroller that used to be DDs. We have the kick board for her to ride on and she was a good sport about letting B ride up front in "her" stroller. I'm glad it went well since we did decide not to get a double stroller.

I was talking to a friend about being busy on the weekends, and I it dawned on me that I only have 5 more weekends before I go back to work and each one of them is already booked. That made me kinda depressed about my leave coming to an end. Time has really flown this time around.

DD had a decent nap at home and now she's at the park with DH. B is napping on me and I'm just internetting.

[lakegirl]

I just got up from a nap with the toddler. It was heavenly.

[rinny]

Sorry for all the bad sleep. L is getting the official boot to his room tonight. I did a trial nap in his crib and could barely distinguish the grunting from the white noise machine over the monitor. So this can go either one of two ways - either we sleep awesome or not at all because we're too nervous about not hearing him.

The antibiotics worked super fast on my strep. Feeling better already!

[thelittleredm]

That's great news rinny!

Baptism went smoothly! W slept all service long except for the baptism itself but he didn't cry so that's a win. He did, however, struggle through pictures afterward. I doubt we got any without him crying or frowning.
Brunch went fantastic. So much food! I limited myself to two mimosas. I knew one of my SILs would gladly partake in mimosas with me so I wasn't worried about drinking alone but I didn't think so many people would have them! My other SIL was all but chugging them and I attribute that to all her kids being whiney ask through church and the brunch. They'd drive me to drink, too. Even my mom had a mimosa but made hers with cranberry juice under the pretense that she'd flush out her kidneys while giving them something to do. I also learned her best friend who was here had never had a mimosa before so we fixed that.

Also, my FIL was a saint. Coffee was not on my mind and I forgot how many people we invited are so used to always having it at get togethers that I forgot to borrow my mom's coffee maker since ours is dead. But my FIL came to the rescue and picked up two boxes of coffee from the Starbucks nearby. There's still half a box left and I plan on making I've cubes with it.

[weeklyplanner]

I've been on weight watchers 9.5 hours and I'm so hungry. Here's hoping my healthy dinner fills me up. 😩

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Glad you're feeling better rinny!

thelittleredm yay for mimosas 😉 freezing the starbucks sound like such a good idea!!

weeklyplanner I was thinking of doing weight watchers! I've seen so many Oprah ads on hulu lol! You'll have to keep me posted. I said I'd give myself 6 weeks to not worry about eating and I'm almost at the end.