F@&$ yeah, it's Friday

[wineallthetime]

tgrimes1980, seriously!? Do you need to up your wine intake? I don't think your dose is high enough.

[lahdeedah88]

Morning!

I wanted to pop in early today. It's been a week. I've been keeping up with the threads, but didn't have time to post some days. MH has been out of town at a conference since Wednesday and I've started my full-time schedule. Everything is good other than the fact that I'm so tired. M has been in my bed at night since Dad is gone and I just don't sleep well when he sleeps with me. MH will be back late tonight so I'm looking forward to taking a unisom and passing the f@&$ out tonight!

Hope everyone has a great Friday! Off to get ready for work....

tgrimes1980 I hope it's not pink eye.

[yummeecookee]

Oh no tgrimes1980, I hope your eye feels better. =(

[yummeecookee]

Well I had a wild ass morning. C woke up around 430, which is not usual for him. So I made the mistake of bringing him to bed, thinking he would just fall sleep with us. He basically talked, played, wanted to watch TV, wanted to look at my phone, anything but sleep. Then while I was getting ready for work he was wanting me to hold him and shouting "mama" and following me around, scream-whining the entire time. Really stressful.

Thankfully I am leaving work early today and will be attending B's Mother's day party at school.

Hope you all have good Fridays!

[calishove]

Hey girls hey

We have the preschool mother's day party today. Not too much else happening.

tgrimes1980, that sucks about your eye

[wineallthetime]

May 12, 2017 7:55:46 GMT -5 guster said:

Decorating question: how do you all feel about painting the inside of a front door for either visual effect or a pop of color in the entryway?
We have sort of a dusky aqua as our accent color in most rooms of the house with pops of color here and there. I was thinking about painting the inside of the front door that color to liven up our small entryway. I figure if I hate it, it's an easy thing to paint over and bring back to white.

I'm a fan. I was thinking about doing that, but I don't know if it'd look right in our space. 

[melaniesue05]

tgrimes1980 noooooo! Yes, you need all the wine.

I'm about to leave for my girls weekend. Bags are packed, I just scarfed down a high protein breakfast to fuel me for our hike in 2 hours (I hope it's still fueling me. I'm gonna take some pb crackers). Hope y'all have a great weekend!!

[klongoria11]

Leaving work in a couple hours to have mother's day lunch with Cadence. I more than likely won't eat unless I stop at Subway to get us both sandwiches. The teacher said it will just be the dc food and I should probably bring my lunch. LOL

[yummeecookee]

I'm also going out to dinner w some HR colleagues tonight. So I'm looking forward to enjoying a bit of kid free time.

[trtlcrzy]

Morning! I'm jelly of these Mother's Day meals at preschool, H's didn't host one. I also just realized I didn't get a Mother's Day gift from there I'm guessing if they made something they are sending it home today, but she doesn't go on Fridays.

tgrimes1980 you need some sort of immune boost. I hope the crud leaves your house soon.

[trtlcrzy]

We are supposed to go to a Mother's Day thing at GMIL's nursing home this afternoon. I might just tell MIL to take H because it's right in the middle of nap and I don't want a cranky baby.

[slenle]

Yay for Friday! WFH today, then a ladies "bike and wine" ride where we'll meet and bike out to the winery for a glass and light dinner then bike back. We're doing a long ride tomorrow with friends so my butt is going to be sore! It's supposed to be close to 80 all weekend which I am really looking forward to.

MH is driving me crazy with his whining about the whole 30. Dude, we only do this 4.5 days a week as a compromise to you already. Plus, he has had "social obligations" as he likes to call it 4 of the 8 nights we've been "on" where he's had a beer or 2. Last night he said "I'm not trying to be dramatic but I'm never going to do the whole 30 again. I'm all for eating healthy but this is too much." OMG biggest eye roll ever. Seriously, he has liked every meal we've made and doesn't feel hungry in between. Stop whining.

[klongoria11]

The suns Cadence's class made yesterday were actually for us. It says "Mom, you are my sunshine"

[JoeLies]

May 12, 2017 6:53:03 GMT -5 tgrimes1980 said:

I either have pink eye or my blepharitis has returned.

I'm sorry, that's got to be beyond frustrating.

[JoeLies]

Hiiiii!

I just found out officially (I already kind of knew) that I got bumped from the nice hotel we're hosting our conference in, and will be staying at the Best Western about 1/2 mile down the road. A whole bunch of others are in the same boat, so it's not a huge deal. But the conference hotel is right on the water so we were going to extend our stay. Oh well.

We had another bad pick-up yesterday. Colin actually came out of daycare on his own, but then started running around the parking lot once we got inside. Fortunately he stays on the strips of sidewalk and most of the cars in the general vicinity are going to or from the daycare as well, but it still makes my stomach drop. I hope next week is better.

[klongoria11]

tgrimes1980 Whatever it is I hope it goes away quickly!

I'm now contemplating not coming back to work after I go to the lunch thing. I really have no desire to be here today and I haven't been in the right headspace all week. I've contemplated quitting every day this week, but I've also contemplated getting in my car and just driving off. ....maybe this should have been in the confessional thread.

[yummeecookee]

May 12, 2017 9:38:19 GMT -5 nam2013 said:

I'm sick and tired with fighting ds over meals and food. He cannot lose weight, and if I leave it up to him, he wouldn't eat at all. It sucks starting and ending your day with a fight, especially since he really is the sweetest kid ever the rest of the day. And he gets so incredibly sad, telling me that he wants to but he just can't eat.

We fight every night w B too. Often times, I have to feed her bite by bite, like a baby. Meanwhile my 1yo is happily feeding himself w a fork and eats everything we give him!

I feel you, it's so frustrating. Especially when I know it is food she likes! Why won't she just eat it then.

[klongoria11]

I read an interesting article on the eating battle.
www.huffingtonpost.com/the-mid/6-words-that-will-end-picky-eating_b_7139710.html

Since starting this dinnertime has been much more peaceful.
nam2013 your situation is a bit different though, since your ds has texture issues that induce vomiting, right? So it isn't necessarily that he is refusing to try things, it really is that he can't, so that must make it so freaking hard and I'm sorry.

[lahdeedah88]

May 12, 2017 9:38:19 GMT -5 nam2013 said:

I'm sick and tired with fighting ds over meals and food. He cannot lose weight, and if I leave it up to him, he wouldn't eat at all. It sucks starting and ending your day with a fight, especially since he really is the sweetest kid ever the rest of the day. And he gets so incredibly sad, telling me that he wants to but he just can't eat.

I'm sorry nam2013. One of my new coworkers has a daughter born a few months after our N13s and she has trouble with food, too. Yesterday she told me one day last week, all she had was a few pretzels for lunch and nothing else the entire day. The day after that she asked for Mac and cheese at 8am and she fixed it for her. Whenever she wants to eat she lets her have at it, because some days she doesn't want much at all. If they try to get her to try something when she doesn't want to, just the food touching her lips will make her start to gag. This may not help your feelings, but I wanted you to know that you're not alone in this struggle.

[wineallthetime]

No daycare brunch/lunch here, but Wednesday C came home with a muffin he baked me and a cute craft that had one of those Q&A's about mom. So cute.

L has been out of daycare this week due to a rash, so I'm bummed I probably won't get anything from her.

[lahdeedah88]

My issue with M these days is he always wants snacks. Some days he will eat all of his dinner, but some days he will only eat a little and then want all the snacks at night. I'm trying to get him to eat more protein packed foods to keep him full, but the kid loves chips, and crackers, etc. Packing lunch for school has also been a struggle because he stopped eating PB&Js and won't eat any type of sandwich. He may eat just deli meat, but it depends on his mood that day I guess. Peanut butter crackers have been out go to for a while now. I hope he doesn't get burnt out on them soon.

[klongoria11]

wineallthetime, I meant to ask what sort of rash does L have? Like a viral body rash or is it diaper rash? I thought it was odd that the dc sent her home for it when you mentioned it the other day.

[wineallthetime]

May 12, 2017 10:42:27 GMT -5 klongoria11 said:

wineallthetime , I meant to ask what sort of rash does L have? Like a viral body rash or is it diaper rash? I thought it was odd that the dc sent her home for it when you mentioned it the other day.

So, we think it's from her chicken pox/measles vaccine. I guess they can get a rash like 2 weeks later that kinda looks like chicken pox? She hasn't had a fever or anything. Daycare said they've had roseola in the room so they didn't want to chance it. She pretty much all better today except for a few small spots, but we just kept her home with MIL so we didn't need to deal with being called and needing to leave work. 

[lahdeedah88]

I'll look for those Sunny41.

I haven't even thought about those tgrimes1980. I used to do them over a year ago, but haven't tried them since. Not sure where the recipe I had is, so please link me!

[wineallthetime]

lahdeedah88, C is a huge snacker too and isn't big on meals. Protein is our biggest thing too. C is really into turkey pepperoni right now. Smoothies are also a hit and easy to get protein in.

[yummeecookee]

Yes w the snacks lahdeedah88! As soon as B gets home from school, she is asking for snacks. Then after her bath she wants a snack. I'm like - why didnt you just eat all your dinner then?

[yummeecookee]

Im going to do some muffins. TY for the links tgrimes1980.
I remember MH did the zucchini ones once and instead of grating or food processing them, he just chopped them up into chunks. I'm like - hello, you think you can fool her into eating muffins with huge chunks of zucchini sticking out of them!

In case you were wondering, she did not eat them.

[wineallthetime]

May 12, 2017 12:17:43 GMT -5 Sunny41 said:

How much independence do you give your n13?
We don't have a fence on our yard and E is really good about not going into the street. I will let him ride his bike on the sidewalk to the cul de sac. I can see him most of the way and walk very slowly behind him to the corner but if it weren't for some unleashed dogs I would probably not follow him. If we are in the backyard I will let him run around to the front of the house where he goes inside the house.

We live in a subdivision in a cul de sac. I'll let C ride his bike 2-3 houses down and back while I sit on the porch. He's been known to bolt, so I don't let him go further than that. I wouldn't feel comfortable letting him out of my sight at this age though.

[LizInFL]

Hi! Haven't read yet but just popping in to say hello. We've been out at the golf tournament this morning. Kids have done well and Sergio Garcia stopped and gave Bradley a golf ball! Really cool experience and I hope B will remember it.

It's a billion degrees so I think we're about to head for home, but it's been a fun day. Might do the pool later this afternoon.

[slenle]

May 12, 2017 12:17:43 GMT -5 Sunny41 said:

How much independence do you give your n13?
We don't have a fence on our yard and E is really good about not going into the street. I will let him ride his bike on the sidewalk to the cul de sac. I can see him most of the way and walk very slowly behind him to the corner but if it weren't for some unleashed dogs I would probably not follow him. If we are in the backyard I will let him run around to the front of the house where he goes inside the house.

We live in a quieter neighborhood but no sidewalk, so if we're out front I stay with her. I will let her go out back and play on her swing set for a few minutes while I'm inside and can see her from the window.