Wild Weekend Randoms

[dashook]

I'm up. D did fine last night until about 4:20, then she was up 4 times between then and 5:50. Finally I brought her in my bed even though I kind if didn't want to because it was hot as balls last night.

I'm tired and not excited for today. H is taking DS to gymnastics and then to run errands so that's cool because I might get to sneak in a nap with the baby before noon. But once they're back I'm solo parenting because H has to work. We have a joint birthday party for a 3 year old and 1 year old in the afternoon so at least DS will be entertained. Me, not so much.

[ClassyMrsA]

Morning! Well, we slept like shit. Lilah was up probably every 45 minutes or so all night. She'd settle, sleep a bit, and then whine again. And since I didn't go to bed until 12, it sucked. We were up at 6:30. Send coffee.

But....someone got up on hands and knees this morning!! No crawling like that, but it's coming apparently. Maybe she's leaping?

DH has a race later this morning so I'll be solo for a few hours. I'm hoping this afternoon the girls will let us have a nap. Today is just about survival. And caffeine. Lots of caffeine.

[tallblonde]

Morning. We are up and about to head to the city for a Pre-K Meetup at the natural history museum. MH has work all weekend, so I've recruited my best guy friend to meet me to help manage both kids, which could be funny since no one knows MH, so other parents may think he's my h. Hopefully this doesn't scare him from ever having kids. It's also the climate March, so may check that out as well. Then off to my moms for the rest of the weekend..

[kleigh]

Morning!!

Well, I am determined to find time for that mani/pedi bc gdamnit I need a break and also my talons are disgusting and today's going to be 80s so flip flops are a must.

Also taking my sister to a post-op massage therapy appt which is kind of annoying bc I have to pick her up 20 minutes away to bring her back down to my town and then brig her back up to her town 20 minutes away and then bring myself back to town. Oh well. Also, she can't sit (butt implants) so she has to bend over the seat but I have car seats in my back seat sooooo have no clue where she's going.

There's a carnival in town at the beach so we'll take the kids later just to walk around and get some sea salt air in my lungs.

[dashook]

Apr 29, 2017 7:56:28 GMT -5 tgrimes1980 said:

Oh & h was up every 45 min last night. MH is still sleeping so I'm letting M be as loud as she wants.

You want to play with the pots & pans in your play kitchen? Let me help you get them all out.

This would totally be me.

[hangry]

kleigh I have a wedding next Saturday so a pedi is a must this wknd. Dnw to try to do one during the week with babe in tow.

waitwhat I've never had a fit bit but would get one just to get a good laugh at my sleep come morning.

So H is taking O to his first baseball game today! He got a new Jays hat this week so he so excited. And they get to ride the streetcar too. I'm excited for them.

E and I will be going to a coworkers house for a party this afternoon. I'm looking forward to hanging with my coworkers (bc many of them are more friends than coworkers) but it's going to be hard to enjoy the potluck and avoid things with milk/butter in them. Pity party for 1 over here.

[hangry]

So the bottle is our goal this weekend danib. We have a wedding next Saturday, so I really don't want to have to leave it (even though it's only 10 minutes away) to feed her before bed.

[sophiegrace]

Last night was hell. Every night for weeks now has been torture, but last night it finally got to my H and I. It was pretty bad. She finally fell asleep at midnight and I was so worked up that I didn't fall asleep until 3. So of course she woke up at 3:30 and 5 and 6:30.

This sleep stuff sucks. I'm sorry to hear others had a rough night as well.

[sophiegrace]

Apr 29, 2017 8:32:35 GMT -5 waitwhat said:

Does anyone have a Fitbit? I just saw a commercial for the Fitbit Alta and its super cute and slim. I'm interested but would love to hear from someone who has used one before.

I have something similar and ehhhh

At first it's super motivating, and then the novelty wore off and it became a very expensive bracelet.

[goldenlove3]

Morning ladies. It's going to be a pretty busy weekend for us. We have a wedding tonight so C is going to ILs for the night. I need to shower and get ready at some point. We also need to get an old car seat from ILs and go to Target to do the trade in event. Of course today is the last day so either H is going to do a lot of back and forth or we're going to Target in our fancy clothes before the wedding. We are just about ready to switch to the convertible seat though. C is getting too heavy.

Annnd tomorrow we'll be at ILs all day because we're doing dinner for FILs birthday.

[sophiegrace]

I hope you get your mani/pedi kleigh! You deserve all the R&R.

Day drinking is expected in beautiful days that feel like summer waitwhat. You have my full support.

Will this party have wine dashook? Because it sounds like the type of party that should have all the booze.

Sooo much caffeine ClassyMrsA! Go, Lilah, go! Mia's not even close to that yet, but her frustration is mounting. As though she knows what she wants to do, but doesn't know how.

ILY tgrimes1980. Hero status.

So glad to hear about the sleep and the bottle progress danib! What a relief. I've given up on the bottle battle. I couldn't take it anymore. She'll "sip" water out of a cup so I'm counting really hard on her taking to a straw cup or something similar.

[sophiegrace]

goldenlove3 the convertibles have been sitting in my garage for weeks just waiting to get installed, but I can't make myself pull the trigger. It's so nice to be able to have her contained in something going in and out of places. I don't think we have a choice though and will probably switch them out next week. Where did our little babies go?!!

[sophiegrace]

Scratch that. Convertibles are getting installed right now. Gulp.

Not ready!!!

[sophiegrace]

Apr 29, 2017 9:20:56 GMT -5 tgrimes1980 said:

Also, how much of a coincidence is it that his eyes cleared up while on antibiotics and 2 days later they're clogged again.

Something makes me feel like it's related, but I don't have anything other than anecdotes to back it up.

[dashook]

Apr 29, 2017 9:45:25 GMT -5 sophiegrace said:

Last night was hell. Every night for weeks now has been torture, but last night it finally got to my H and I. It was pretty bad. She finally fell asleep at midnight and I was so worked up that I didn't fall asleep until 3. So of course she woke up at 3:30 and 5 and 6:30.

This sleep stuff sucks. I'm sorry to hear others had a rough night as well.

I am so sorry. All the hugs and coffee for you!

[goldenlove3]

Apr 29, 2017 9:59:41 GMT -5 sophiegrace said:

goldenlove3 the convertibles have been sitting in my garage for weeks just waiting to get installed, but I can't make myself pull the trigger. It's so nice to be able to have her contained in something going in and out of places. I don't think we have a choice though and will probably switch them out next week. Where did our little babies go?!!

NO idea where my little guy went. He just won't stop growing!

My worry is that he's actually been falling asleep on his way to my mom's or coming home and he actually stays sleeping in there for a while. I don't think he'll sleep through being taken out. But 21lbs + car seat is too much now.

[goldenlove3]

Apr 29, 2017 10:51:56 GMT -5 tgrimes1980 said:

No EI. Pink eye in both eyes.

Oh no!! You guys need to catch a break soon. That is crazy.

[dashook]

So this birthday party starts at 3:30 (i.e., 2 minutes ago) but both of my children are sleeping. Guess we're gonna be late.

[aggiebug]

After fighting for an hour to get C to nap he falls asleep, kind of on me, as my ILs walk through the door aww shucks.

[kleigh]

Still no mani/pedi. But hey at least H got to take a nap with Alec, amiright ?

So that bigass bottle of German white wine in the fridge has my name all over it.

And there's a bakery about 1000 feet from my house.

Fanceh German wine and cupcakes on the menu for this evening, any ladies care to join?

[goldenlove3]

kleigh I'll be drinking vodka tonics and eating wedding cake!!

[goldenlove3]

Leave it to two engineers to use zip ties, wire cutters and gorilla glue while getting ready for a wedding...

[kleigh]

Apr 29, 2017 16:34:39 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

Leave it to two engineers to use zip ties, wire cutters and gorilla glue while getting ready for a wedding...

I'm intrigued!

[sophiegrace]

Apr 29, 2017 10:43:55 GMT -5 vinolove said:

sophiegrace I'm sorry. Wanna talk about it? Or just leave it in the past. Either way I hope today is better and she naps well.

At this point I'm downright embarrassed for both of us. We were in rare form. LSS we were tired and frustrated and he called me a name because I was annoyed by him and oh so maturely ignoring him. It was a bad name. The word that I don't even say outloud. I was all RAGE and LASER BEAM EYES. Instead of discussing it, I showed my displeasure by spiking my full bottle of water onto the floor. It shattered. Water everywhere. And I left it there for him to clean up.

I'm disappointed in us, but I guess it's a good learning point in how not to support each other. Idk.

[sophiegrace]

Apr 29, 2017 18:13:52 GMT -5 kleigh said:

Apr 29, 2017 16:34:39 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

Leave it to two engineers to use zip ties, wire cutters and gorilla glue while getting ready for a wedding...

I'm intrigued!

+1!

[sophiegrace]

Took a ride to try out the convertible car seat. M loved it so much she pooped herself. Big time.

I was going to have to learn how to wash the cover eventually, right?

[goldenlove3]

Apr 29, 2017 19:03:29 GMT -5 sophiegrace said:

Apr 29, 2017 18:13:52 GMT -5 kleigh said:

I'm intrigued!

+1!

My belt was really long and kept dangling so I asked H what I can use to secure it. He suggested a zip tie but it pinched the belt too much so we cut it off and just glued it. Then we used a tie clip to keep it in place while it dried. It's not that exciting but I laughed at us.

[goldenlove3]

Apr 29, 2017 19:05:06 GMT -5 sophiegrace said:

Took a ride to try out the convertible car seat. M loved it so much she pooped herself. Big time.

I was going to have to learn how to wash the cover eventually, right?

m

There's a cover??

[goldenlove3]

Who sees "no children please" on an invitation and proceeds to bring their SEVEN kids???!!!

[hangry]

sophiegrace I hate when we act less than what I know we are capable of. But we all do it. And sleep deprivation doesn't help. As long as you learn from it and it doesn't become the norm, no major harm.

I mean look at M. She knows she should wait til you're at home to have a massive blow out poop, but decided to act less than that. Maybe she will learn from that and it will never happen again

In all seriousness, good luck with the cleaning.