This is Thursday

[yummeecookee]

What's going on my friends?

[yummeecookee]

I am happy to report that I had a good morning with B. She happily picked out a dress to wear and ate all her breakfast without incident. Thank goodness.
I have an awards breakfast I am hosting at work this morning, so I will mostly be away tending to that. But hey, free food and free coffee.

[yummeecookee]

Im sorry @peachsmama =(

[calishove]

I'm sorry things have been so hard @peachsmama, I hope it gets better with your parents.

Hurray for a good morning yummeecookee

V was up last night at 11:00 pm in the kitchen, resting his head on a carton of tomatoes. He cried this morning when I suggested we write his name on the painting he insisted on making at 7 am.

We're planning on going to the library this morning and grocery shopping. Life in the fast lane over here.

[slenle]

I'm sorry @peachsmama

[slenle]

You guys. I drank so much wine last night. And stayed up until 1am. I'm hurting. I can't get myself out of bed so I turned on music and N is dancing in my room and h is laughing at her. Whhyyyyy do I do this??

[wineallthetime]

Apr 20, 2017 7:58:00 GMT -5 slenle said:

You guys. I drank so much wine last night. And stayed up until 1am. I'm hurting. I can't get myself out of bed so I turned on music and N is dancing in my room and h is laughing at her. Whhyyyyy do I do this??

This would have been me, but we ran out of wine at 10:30 so I just went to bed! I hope you feel better. 

[tallblonde]

I'm sorry @peachsmama.

[JoeLies]

I'm so sorry, @peachsmama. I'm glad to hear your Mom is now planning to stay local. Hopefully some time apart will clear their heads and they can take the steps necessary to be happy, whether that's together or apart. Thinking of you.

[yummeecookee]

Apr 20, 2017 8:33:50 GMT -5 tgrimes1980 said:

Apr 20, 2017 8:12:35 GMT -5 mwhipple77 said:

Sorry you aren't feeling well tgrimes1980 . Lack of sleep isn't helping your immune system.

I know they don't help everyone, but do you take a daily multivitamin? I feel like since I've started taking them regularly, I don't get sick as often.

I'm still taking prenatal vitamins because I had a bunch leftover. 

You should keep taking them as long as you are nursing anyways (sorry, couldn't remember if you were or not).

I've always been into multi-vitamins.  Now I just take B's gummy vitamins.

[cagoldi]

I take a prenatal because I figure I'm still child-bearing age and since Pete is unwilling to get snipped and I'm not using BC, well, we could have a surprise.

I like Rainbow Light. They're easy on my stomach.

[cagoldi]

Sorry for the rough night, chrisy01. Did L tell you what he was dreaming about?

[lahdeedah88]

Morning.

Glad your mom decided to stay local @peachsmama. When I first read your post, all I could think of was how could she do that to M and J! I know it's not that simple, but I know Matthew would have missed her terribly. Hoping she can find happiness somewhere close by.

Glad B had a good morning yummeecookee.

[JoeLies]

Morning.

Colin has been having a lot of bad days at daycare lately - not listening, making noise or even running around at nap time, etc. I swore there's been an uptick in his bad behavior since they started transitioning some of the younger kids into his class (he'd been the youngest up to that point), but I thought maybe I was reading into things based on past experience. Well last night at pick-up, one of his teachers volunteered to me that he never used to act like this and she thinks it's the influence of one specific kid, one of the new ones. Colin later told me who he was misbehaving with and it's this kid we've had issues with in the past. The director actually stepped in last year and moved Colin up with older kids and away from this boy, specifically because Colin behaved so much better when they were separated. When it comes down to it, he's a massive follower and copy cat, so he behaves better when surrounded by kids who are behaving better.

Colin doesn't move classes again for 4 months so I'm not sure what to do. DH gets angry and makes threats to take things away (pizza night, his favorite teddy bear), but that does NOT sit right with me - nor does it work. TBH part of WHY I don't like it is pure pettiness, because DH is the same damn way, a follower by nature. And it's certainly gotten him in trouble far past the age of 3 1/2!!

I'm going to bring it up with the director and see if we can come up with some sort of action plan. Or if at least next year when/if the other boy gets moved up, if they could move him to the OTHER 4's class and not whichever one Colin ends up in. I was actually surprised she let him into Colin's class after the issues we had last year. This was the boy who left Colin with gashes on his face multiple times, including one huge one that is only now almost faded 18 months later.

End rant. I just needed to get that out.

[lahdeedah88]

My ILs arrived last night. M is in grandparent heaven. He's staying home today so they can spoil him.

I need to start packing soon, but waiting for Ulta to open so I can see if my stylist has availability this morning. I need to wash my hair before we leave for NC tomorrow, but I don't feel like taking the time, so I'm hoping she can squeeze me in before I go to work later. If she can squeeze me in, I might go for a pedicure, too. I haven't treated myself in a while, so why not??

[yummeecookee]

I think I forgot to put deodorant on today - gross. I do this maybe 1-2x a year and every time, I say "oh, I'll keep a travel sized one in my office." Then I never do and just sit around and stink all day.

[yummeecookee]

Vent on JoeLies. As you know, I have been having my own behavior issues lately w B. It's so frustrating.
It doesn't make sense that previously the DC made made an effort to separate the boys in the same class, but now they have them together again!

[wineallthetime]

Apr 20, 2017 8:50:50 GMT -5 tgrimes1980 said:

Apr 20, 2017 8:48:13 GMT -5 wineallthetime said:

This would have been me, but we ran out of wine at 10:30 so I just went to bed! I hope you feel better. 

But you're wine all the time.  How does that happen?

Right!? I purposely didn't buy more so I wouldn't have too much. Guess what I'm stopping for on my way home today!

[cagoldi]

Good luck today, heymama!

[yummeecookee]

Apr 20, 2017 10:04:54 GMT -5 mwhipple77 said:

Apr 20, 2017 9:55:32 GMT -5 yummeecookee said:

I think I forgot to put deodorant on today - gross. I do this maybe 1-2x a year and every time, I say "oh, I'll keep a travel sized one in my office." Then I never do and just sit around and stink all day.

Just thinking about not putting it on, makes me sweat!  Can you run out at lunch and get some?

Yes and I am about to!

[73jewels]

Apr 20, 2017 9:57:06 GMT -5 chrisy01 said:

Apr 20, 2017 9:27:33 GMT -5 cagoldi said:

Sorry for the rough night, chrisy01 . Did L tell you what he was dreaming about?

Some kind of monster. He had a lot of details. The name didn't sound familiar. He hasn't watched any tv the passed few days due to not behaving so I don't know where this came from.

I just find his baby dumbo and said he would protect him. It helped him get back to sleep but since he's a roller the toy gets lost in his bed. So when he woke up he would yell for me to help him find him and to turn on his white noise machine.

Funny, I was going to post about this today.  S used to randomly tell me there was a monster somewhere, but in the past week or so, they are suddenly everywhere right at bedtime (I stories with both boys in his room then leave to feed B and put him down - so he's calling me in as I'm changing B's diaper, etc.).  He is screaming and upset at the monsters and I can't get him to stop.  I finally I took a doggy and a stuffed Shrek doll and put them by his door to "guard" it.  It worked for a while, then he told me the monster just went around them.

Anyone else dealing with this?  Truthfully I just think it's for attention b/c I am leaving him to put B down, but I'm not sure how to get him to stop.

[kim22]

Apr 20, 2017 11:12:38 GMT -5 73jewels said:

Apr 20, 2017 9:57:06 GMT -5 chrisy01 said:

Some kind of monster. He had a lot of details. The name didn't sound familiar. He hasn't watched any tv the passed few days due to not behaving so I don't know where this came from.

I just find his baby dumbo and said he would protect him. It helped him get back to sleep but since he's a roller the toy gets lost in his bed. So when he woke up he would yell for me to help him find him and to turn on his white noise machine.

Funny, I was going to post about this today.  S used to randomly tell me there was a monster somewhere, but in the past week or so, they are suddenly everywhere right at bedtime (I stories with both boys in his room then leave to feed B and put him down - so he's calling me in as I'm changing B's diaper, etc.).  He is screaming and upset at the monsters and I can't get him to stop.  I finally I took a doggy and a stuffed Shrek doll and put them by his door to "guard" it.  It worked for a while, then he told me the monster just went around them.

Anyone else dealing with this?  Truthfully I just think it's for attention b/c I am leaving him to put B down, but I'm not sure how to get him to stop.

Yes, T hasn't gotten up MOTN in over a year but since he stayed at my sister's 2 weeks ago, he's up crying for me every night. He claims his room has a ghost. He has his own room at home but slept with DD and 2 of his cousins while we were away. I think we might get him a bigger bed. He is in a toddler bed but slept on a full at my sister's. He also cried at drop off every morning this week which he has never done before.

[heymama]

Apr 20, 2017 11:09:39 GMT -5 cagoldi said:

Good luck today, heymama!

Thank you! My live blog is pretty boring. Have to stay laying down for 2 hours while the cytotec dissolves. So, that's what I'm doing!

Hope all you ladies have a nice day!

[73jewels]

Apr 20, 2017 11:26:07 GMT -5 kim22 said:

Apr 20, 2017 11:12:38 GMT -5 73jewels said:

Funny, I was going to post about this today.  S used to randomly tell me there was a monster somewhere, but in the past week or so, they are suddenly everywhere right at bedtime (I stories with both boys in his room then leave to feed B and put him down - so he's calling me in as I'm changing B's diaper, etc.).  He is screaming and upset at the monsters and I can't get him to stop.  I finally I took a doggy and a stuffed Shrek doll and put them by his door to "guard" it.  It worked for a while, then he told me the monster just went around them.

Anyone else dealing with this?  Truthfully I just think it's for attention b/c I am leaving him to put B down, but I'm not sure how to get him to stop.

Yes, T hasn't gotten up MOTN in over a year but since he stayed at my sister's 2 weeks ago, he's up crying for me every night. He claims his room has a ghost. He has his own room at home but slept with DD and 2 of his cousins while we were away. I think we might get him a bigger bed. He is in a toddler bed but slept on a full at my sister's. He also cried at drop off every morning this week which he has never done before.

S has the biggest bed in the world.  It's technically a double but MH was in charge of getting the mattress and got the biggest mattress I've ever seen. 

I think S is worse at drop offs on nights he doesn't sleep as well.  Thankfully the "monsters" don't seem to wake him once he's asleep, they just keep him from falling asleep.  

And if he wakes up MOTN tonight I will curse the day I typed this.

[73jewels]

Good luck today, heymama!

[trtlcrzy]

Good luck today heymama! Bagel vibes!

[trtlcrzy]

Hey ladies. I have had a productive morning. I took H to preschool, then bought the part for the dryer which was way more expensive than I was expecting, and then did barre class. I've been sitting in my car in the garage for the last 45 mins because S fell asleep. I'm about to leave to get H, probably as soon as I post this.

[tallblonde]

tgrimes1980 15lb! That's awesome!! We have N's big weigh in a week..I think she broke 13lb finally. Daycare was saying she doesn't like to eat on their schedule...I'm like um I told you she can eat as much and as often as she wants, at least every 2.5 hours. Come on people.

JoeLies ugh discipline is so so hard. We have noticed so much improvement when we use the methods in the positive Discipline book that J's teacher lent us when he saw me losing my mind. It is more work for the parents, but just better for everyone. For example this morning j decided to hide in my closet instead of finishing his morning to do list (must complete before toys are "open"). I wanted to drag him out and make him get dressed, but told him he had two choices, to get out on his own or to get out with my help and he had to decide by the time I counted to 3. He promptly got out. It's almost maddening when it works, but such a relief too. MH was reluctant to read book until he saw it working.

Also that kid sounds like a bad egg, hope DC sorts that out.

[heymama]

Sorry about your parents @peachsmama. Hope your mom finds a place and stays close.

L talks about monsters sometimes too. We had to have his stuffed dog bark into his closet and tell the monsters to stay away! He seems to have gotten over it for now!

Still laying here feeling uncomfortable! I want to turn over but can't yet because I'm all hooked up and she falls off the monitor. Ugh! 35 more minutes till I can move around!

[trtlcrzy]

Apr 20, 2017 12:25:07 GMT -5 heymama said:

Sorry about your parents @peachsmama. Hope your mom finds a place and stays close.

L talks about monsters sometimes too. We had to have his stuffed dog bark into his closet and tell the monsters to stay away! He seems to have gotten over it for now!

Still laying here feeling uncomfortable! I want to turn over but can't yet because I'm all hooked up and she falls off the monitor. Ugh! 35 more minutes till I can move around!

Are you contracting? How dilated were you when you got there?