Funky Friday

[sanibel21]

Happy Friday! What's going on?

[sanibel21]

When I'm doing the dishes, as soon as I turn off the water, it's like a signal to DD1. She immediately comes out and asks if I'm done and if I can do xyz for her.
Confession: I often leave the water running when I'm done and look out the window or look at my phone for another few minutes of silence.

[sanibel21]

I might as well have sleep trained last night. I was up for 2 and a half hours straight thinking and worrying. I'm pissed. Dd2 was up a bunch also, so I'm just super cranky. She's getting backed up and I'm terrified to have another poop with holder. I'm giving her a suppository today I've been doing prune juice, warm tubs, rectal temps, and bicycle legs. We started some cereal and I'm backing the eff off with it.
I'm working today. Works been a little nerves wracking lately with a new stickler manager. I have my review next week with her. I'm hoping all my worries there are unfounded.
Has anyone done Ancestry DNA? I'm thinking of buying a lot for my great aunt who wants one because she never knew her biological father. Then I started getting interested in it for myself. But my parents are all conspiracy theory about it. Just curious if anyone's had an experience.
Happy Friday!

[becole]

We were up and ready early this morning so we took the kids and ate breakfast at chic fil a together before heading separate ways. I still really miss my baby during the day. I want so badly to be home with the infant. The toddler I miss but it's not the same right now.

[adouces06]

I am headed into work for a half day. Normally, I WFH on Fridays, but with all of DS' appointments and getting sick lately, I have missed a lot of time in the office. So I am basically just going in so people can't get all pissy at me for not being there.

[adouces06]

sanibel21 hope DD poops for you soon!
becole I feel you on just wanting to be home with the infant. I miss my maternity leave 😕

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I have both littles home. Haven't decided what we're going to do. DS hasnt said if he wants to go to playgroup yet. It's currently -4 and supposed to get colder all day (down to -18 by supper).

[jwinct]

sanibel21 - I hope she poops for you soon. Can you skip the cereal and start her on fruits/veggies? DS is pooping a lot more now that he's been eating baby food. Our pedi told us to skip the cereal and go straight to the purees at 4 months because the cereal has no nutritional value and just causes constipation.

[hikingmama222]

sanibel21 Hope she poops soon!

Cuddling DS while catching up on some DVR's shows. Love DD but it's nice and quiet when she's not here.

Going to head to the mall and pick up a few things. Probably going to Costco at some point. I'm watching my girlfriends son later. She's heading out of town with her other son and her husband can't get out of work early. He's really allergic to dogs so I'm going over there. She offered to just give him his allergy meds but our dog is shedding do bad I don't want to expose him to all the hair and dander.

[jwinct]

DS slept 10 hours straight again last night! The only thing we're doing differently is feeding him a bottle 30 minutes or so before we put him to bed, rather than right before we put him to bed. He doesn't cry or make a peep when we put him in the crib; he just goes to sleep. Perhaps we won't need to sleep train after all! Fingers crossed that this isn't just a 2-day fluke.

I left DH a list of things that need to get done for tomorrow's party. I know he'll at least dust, make the 2 pans of baked ziti, and clean the cat litter, but I hope he does more than that. I'll check in with him periodically to see how it's going and suggest things throughout the day.

[Sha259]

FFFC, I haven't started B on any purées or cereal yet because I'm scared of how they will change his poop. Consistency and frequency. Right now he goes once a day and is very predictable. Introducing foods will change that. Plus bottles are easy.

sanibel21 hope your DD will get her pooping in gear. Also, I did 23andme and the info was really useful. I did it before DH and I started TTC and in the end when we had to go to an RE I got to skip the genetic tests because of my 23andme results. It was interesting and you will always have the info.

becole nice that you had a family breakfast. But sorry you miss your baby.

adouces06 hope your day at work goes quickly

[Sha259]

And with Monday being my first day back at the office since September I'm looking forward to having some time without the baby, but will miss him terribly at the same time.

[smallpotato]

Well, N is registered for kindergarten! He threw an absolute fit about going last night, and then promptly started playing with the other kids when we got there. We talked to the school psychologist who was part of the team who did N's evaluation in the fall, and she said she was watching him play with the other kids and thought he was doing well. She also offered to help us with potty training if need be, and told me there are always a few kids (mostly boys) who come to kindergarten untrained. That made me feel a lot better about the situation. It still amazes me that there can be kids who won't turn 5 until December and kids who will be 6 in January in his class (cutoff is 12/31).

We got burgers for dinner last night, and N fell asleep in the car on the way home. He went right to bed. G and I dozed for a while after he ate around 8, but then he woke up all hangry at 10:30. I haven't had to feed him that late in ages. MH took him in the living room after he finished eating, and everyone was in their respective beds around 1. It's snowing here this morning, so I left early for work. We're having breakfast for dinner tonight. Much excite.

[smallpotato]

sanibel21, I hope she poops for you soon!

Sha259, the poop situation is one of the reasons we haven't started G on anything yet. I remember how N's poop changed after he started solids, and it was not pretty. I think we may start soon, though. I bought oatmeal cereal for G to have; N never really took to it, but I figured it can't hurt to try again. I'll have to get some veggies this week at the store so we can start prepping.

[macaronmama]

sanibel21, FX'd for a BM for her.
jwinct, I envy your sleep, but hope it's not a fluke! Pray he sleeps well again for you tonight.
Sha259, GL on Monday! Big hugs for missing him, completely understand. Glad to have another active FTM on the board again.

Still having crazy bad sleep here. DS was up every two hours last night. Was trying to comfort him and convince him he could get back to sleep without nursing. Nope. The cry-screaming continued for almost half an hour in my arms so I did a bad and gave in. Actually, it's worse than that. I did get him to go back to sleep after that half hour of crying, put him in his crib, and he was up screaming again 5 minutes later. I'll try again tonight. Calling my BFF for advice later.

Dragged myself to work today. It's raining and cold, so there was little motivation to do so.

[ksyknelvr73]

becole I feel the same way. I miss the baby too. I obviously love my boys but they are a handful, especially DS2. I need that time away from him to be able to deal with the time that I do have with him.

I totally believe that parents have a favorite kid - but I think it can change literally from day to day. The baby is my favorite right now for sure. I know it will swing again though.

[ksyknelvr73]

I'm always pretty glad that it's Friday but this one especially so. I am about to check DS1 and I in for our flights tomorrow morning. I'm so ready to go!!!!!!! My boss brought in donuts today too, so that was a nice treat. I am really, really hoping he hears something about his job today so that I can go ahead and apply and hopefully get things moving.

[erien22846]

Mar 10, 2017 8:14:18 GMT -5 becole said:

We were up and ready early this morning so we took the kids and ate breakfast at chic fil a together before heading separate ways. I still really miss my baby during the day. I want so badly to be home with the infant. The toddler I miss but it's not the same right now.

This is the first week since starting back to work 2 months ago that I've missed my baby.  I think it's because he's getting to a more interactive stage.  He not just a crying, pooping, sleeping machine. He gets so much joy out of playing, but he's still a baby who likes to cuddle.  And he literally sleeps from the time we get home until he gets up in the morning, minus a couple nursing sessions.  So the weekends are all I get to see him.  And then we're so busy that he just laying on his play mat and entertains himself.  Must find a better balance.   

[jwinct]

macaronmama- I'm sorry you're having such a rough time with the sleeping. I hope it gets better soon.

Today is going to draaaag. I don't have a ton of work to do and I just want to get home and make the birthday cupcakes and other stuff I need to do tonight. I think I'm going to be picking up a pizza for dinner because I don't want to have to cook anything! I just want to get home and get to work.

DD1 wanted to watch Moana so badly last night, but I convinced her to wait until tomorrow night or Sunday, so that DH and I can actually sit down and watch it with them because we love Disney movies, too. The storybook packaging, while stupid, isn't as bad as I thought it would be. It's still the same size as regular case, but it's just a bit thicker because of the storybook. It's okay for the older kids to read the book with the discs attached, but if a little kid was to look at it, I'd take out the discs. It'll stay in the DVD cabinet, though.

[smallpotato]

MH sends me pictures during the day when I am at work, and I do the same for him when he is at work. This morning, he sent me a pic of G dozing in his lap after he played on his play mat. He will also send me cute pics of the boys together. I love to see it, but it also makes it that much harder being away from them.

[becole]

Mar 10, 2017 9:51:22 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

I'm always pretty glad that it's Friday but this one especially so. I am about to check DS1 and I in for our flights tomorrow morning. I'm so ready to go!!!!!!! My boss brought in donuts today too, so that was a nice treat. I am really, really hoping he hears something about his job today so that I can go ahead and apply and hopefully get things moving.

He's just so sweet and lovable. He ha no negatives right now. The toddler has positives and negatives and is more difficult right now. It won't always be that way, I know.

[ksyknelvr73]

Mar 10, 2017 10:04:07 GMT -5 becole said:

Mar 10, 2017 9:51:22 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

I'm always pretty glad that it's Friday but this one especially so. I am about to check DS1 and I in for our flights tomorrow morning. I'm so ready to go!!!!!!! My boss brought in donuts today too, so that was a nice treat. I am really, really hoping he hears something about his job today so that I can go ahead and apply and hopefully get things moving.

He's just so sweet and lovable. He ha no negatives right now. The toddler has positives and negatives and is more difficult right now. It won't always be that way, I know.

Oh, exactly. It ebbs and flows. I always love the babies anyway - what's not to love usually? Unless they don't sleep, then it's not fun. There are good things and bad things to every age/phase. To me, the baby stuff is the best. It's hard not to prefer it over the others at this point in time.

[sanibel21]

Suppository worked wonders. A couple of thick plugs and then it was like a volcano. So sorry for the TMI, but it was quite a sight. No more cereal for her.
jwinct good luck with the birthday preparations.
@sha526 that's so cool about the DNA testing. Did you find any relatives through it? Does it cross reference with other places like ancestry who offers it?
@macaroni amazing sorry for the awful sleep. It's so hard in the middle of the night to just not do what you know will get you the most immediate relief. Even if it's short-lived, you always hope it's gonna work.

[danizee]

sanibel21 you clearly don't live in CA. Your confession actually made me gasp a little lol. Although we have gotten a lot of rain this year so I dare say our drought is over.

macaronmama try not to worry too much about nursing back to sleep MOTN. I stressed so much about getting her into a "bad habit" during sleep regression but honestly after 2 weeks of regression she went right back to sleeping. She was also up every 1-2 hours. In fact there were a few nights where we co slept (vacation) and she literally nursed for hours and then slept through the night without issue after that. I thought for sure she would get used to eating at night. I promise there is an end in sight 😁


We are all still sick, so another day of quarantine it is. I feel bad for my toddler, we have been home all week besides a short trip to Costco.

I did solo parenting last night. Bedtime was awful, the baby cried the entire time I did bedtime routine with toddler. Then the dog was barking while I was nursing baby to sleep. Then baby woke at 4:45 to eat and she wouldn't settle/fall back asleep, so I laid her in her crib and went to go make coffee while she kicked around a bit. Well she PUT HERSELF BACK TO SLEEP (that hasn't happened since before 4 mo sleep regression) and then the toddler promptly woke up at 5:30. How in the world do single mamas do this?? I'm so glad I went to bed early because apparently I'm up for the day.

[sanibel21]

I lovvve this stage of Babyhood minus sleep issues. So easy to get smiles and giggles. And so observant and interested. It's fascinating to watch.

[vavavictoria]

Mar 10, 2017 8:44:33 GMT -5 jwinct said:

sanibel21 - I hope she poops for you soon. Can you skip the cereal and start her on fruits/veggies? DS is pooping a lot more now that he's been eating baby food. Our pedi told us to skip the cereal and go straight to the purees at 4 months because the cereal has no nutritional value and just causes constipation.

I'm so jealous of you and your pedi who gets it. I really like mine and she was so awesome when C was underweight after she was born and came in on Sunday to see us etc. but when it comes to things like food and sleep she is so old school and I feel like I am on my own. Sleep train at 8 weeks old and feed cereal at 4 months. I don't necessarily think cereal is evil but exactly for the constipation reasons I'm skipping it and starting with veggies like I did with #1. I don't think that kid ever even tried rice cereal.

[fem]

Mar 10, 2017 8:14:18 GMT -5 becole said:

We were up and ready early this morning so we took the kids and ate breakfast at chic fil a together before heading separate ways. I still really miss my baby during the day. I want so badly to be home with the infant. The toddler I miss but it's not the same right now.

FFFC: I don't miss my toddler when I'm at work. She is a feisty, strong-willed, intense little person and the breaks make me love her more. But I do miss the baby.

 

[vavavictoria]

Mar 10, 2017 10:04:07 GMT -5 becole said:

Mar 10, 2017 9:51:22 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

I'm always pretty glad that it's Friday but this one especially so. I am about to check DS1 and I in for our flights tomorrow morning. I'm so ready to go!!!!!!! My boss brought in donuts today too, so that was a nice treat. I am really, really hoping he hears something about his job today so that I can go ahead and apply and hopefully get things moving.

He's just so sweet and lovable. He ha no negatives right now. The toddler has positives and negatives and is more difficult right now. It won't always be that way, I know.

Pre #2 I would have said every age is my favorite with the toddler age being my current favorite even though she can be totally bat s$&t crazy sometimes. I love to talk to #1 and hear the random stuff that comes out of her mouth. And I love listening to her play with her toys and scold them like they are in daycare. I do not love the crazy emotions.

Now though I am remembering that I really enjoy this part of babyhood. 6-9 months I think is my fave bc they can sit, they interact with you, and they don't have the emotional highs and lows of a toddler. And they smile a lot. I'm a fan of that.

[vavavictoria]

Mar 10, 2017 10:30:23 GMT -5 fem said:

Mar 10, 2017 8:14:18 GMT -5 becole said:

We were up and ready early this morning so we took the kids and ate breakfast at chic fil a together before heading separate ways. I still really miss my baby during the day. I want so badly to be home with the infant. The toddler I miss but it's not the same right now.

FFFC: I don't miss my toddler when I'm at work. She is a feisty, strong-willed, intense little person and the breaks make me love her more. But I do miss the baby.

 

Amen to this. I am so thankful for daycare. I am just not equipped to spend all day every day with a toddler. I don't have the emotional reserves for it. I can definitely enjoy the time I do get though.

[fem]

Just finished pumping and drinking coffee. O has a definite side preference overnight, so I just got 2oz from lefty and 5oz from righty.

Tired again, so I'm caffeinating all day because we're driving 5 hours to MN tonight after work. And DH has a man cold.