Monday

[becole]

What's up

[erien22846]

Hello! I'm still here. Extremely busy weekend and now my focus is on getting ready for vacation next weekend.

I took DS2 with me to help my aunt pack and go through her stuff again this weekend. He was very clingy and not at all himself. Wanted to nurse all night long (that has NEVER happened). I blamed it on teeth and stranger danger. Well, he's a snotty mess today so I think he's sick:( I dropped him off at daycare because he didn't have a fever. The poor kid really needs to stay home and get some rest though.

[katrine05]

erien22846 Hope DS feels better!

It's a holiday here today so DH is off work. We're going to our new house this afternoon to do a home inspection (one of the conditions of the sale that we still need to clear). No other plans. I still need to get out for a run. Tweaked my back Saturday so I didn't want to risk hurting it more yesterday.

DS is so clingy with me. I can't walk out of a room for 30 seconds without him bursting into tears.

[becole]

We are back from the trip. I'm pumping.
I am very sleep deprived. Man I forgot how much it sucks to go on vacation and be woken up at night by the baby and the toddler doesn't want to nap in a strange place.
All I want is some sleep you tiny minions!

[fem]

erien22846 that's the worst when they fit the 'criteria' for going to daycare but you know they don't feel good.

becole we just planned 3 trips for this summer and I'm mixed between excited and exhausted just thinking about it.

[fem]

I'm under a sleeping baby. Lately her morning nap is a big struggle.

Taking the girls to daycare this afternoon. I have a therapy appointment then a retirement party. It's for the teacher that just lost her husband.

My house is a disaster from being sick all weekend and I invited my whole school to a cookout here Saturday.

We had family pictures yesterday. I had picked out summer outfits and it was 53 and windy. The girls were both grumpy because they were freezing. I hope she still got some good ones.

And that ends my random ramblings.

[macaronmama]

@kitchen Your girls' birthdays are close together? Does that make it easier or harder? Sorry about the workload.
erien22846 Hope DS2 feels better soon.
katrine05, M is being clingy and more fussy recently as well. My Wonder Weeks app is going off that we can expect Leap 6 soon so hoping it's that, just early.

Got my tea and I'm at work til 5pm today with DH doing daycare pickup. I hate hate hate that I don't get home til after bedtime when I work til 5pm. Really wishing I did not have such an awful commute. But I was earning 1/3 less than I do now if I had kept my previous job that only had a 20 minute commute.

[iwantbacon]

I am so over pumping. Wondering if I should start switching DS2 to bottles over weekends to help speed up the weaning process.

I am also helping the new meds help with my focus. I feel all over the place, and continued sleep deprivation doesn't help.

[erien22846]

May 22, 2017 8:53:07 GMT -5 becole said:

We are back from the trip. I'm pumping.
I am very sleep deprived. Man I forgot how much it sucks to go on vacation and be woken up at night by the baby and the toddler doesn't want to nap in a strange place.
All I want is some sleep you tiny minions!

I'm starting to dread the thought of vacation next weekend. I was really looking forward to it but I think it's going to be overwhelming.  Wrangling the older kids at the zoo and keeping the baby on somewhat of a schedule isn't going to be easy.  The ILs are coming too but I consider than more of a hindrance than a help.  On the bright side I think we all be worn out and ready for bed by 8 or 9 so we can turn the lights and tv off to create the best sleeping environment for the kids. 

[becole]

My baby is really getting tough to nurse when we are anywhere. This morning he wouldn't nurse when he woke up. Not sure why. He's been giving me trouble when he's distracted. Almost acts not hungry and then screams for food in the car or at night.
He's waking up more- sleep was crap before the trip, and for sure during the trip. He's on amox for the ear infection and I wonder if it's not clearing up or hurting his belly.

[erien22846]

May 22, 2017 9:27:09 GMT -5 iwantbacon said:

I am so over pumping. Wondering if I should start switching DS2 to bottles over weekends to help speed up the weaning process.

I am also helping the new meds help with my focus. I feel all over the place, and continued sleep deprivation doesn't help.

I'm thinking about switching to bottles after vacation. This is the longest I've nursed and I just don't have the patience for the distracted nursing and always wondering if he's getting enough.  I'm thinking I'll pump for a bit to slowly wean by body.

It's a been a tough decision for me to make so we'll see how I feel next week when it actually comes time to implement the plan.

[macaronmama]

iwantbacon, BTDT. I hope the weaning process goes easily for you. Glad the meds are helping, but I also know that now I'm done pumping/nursing, I feel so much better than I expected. Hope that's the case for you.
becole Hope it's not the amox.
erien22846, I feel you on un-helpful in-laws. My MIL is great but dreading getting together with BIL and his wife.

[britta]

Hey y'all. It's my day off this week. Some random thoughts...
-DS1 finally got in the pool at swim lessons Saturday. It was for a total of maybe 10 minutes out of the whole 50 minute class, but I'll take it.
-I'm cleaning and organizing with the windows open. The sun is a little misleading...it's windy and cooler than it looks, but I've got my blues station on Prime Music going and it's otherwise quiet. I'm content.
-We met my sister's side-guy yesterday. I guess her "boyfriend" now that both their divorces are finally. He's ok. I guess. He's a talker, so that was nice (compared to her ex), but they're both just so...immature. Like I would 1000x over rather hang out with my 21 year old sister and her bf. They did an awful lot of hanging on each other and alluding to all the crazy sex they have...it was...obnoxious and awkward. And he's almost kind of possessive of her. I don't like that.
-We put in an offer on a property we've been looking at. I don't have high hopes, but FX. I've had all this nervous energy now while we wait to hear back. My stomach is in knots.

katrine05 I see you got your house?! Congrats!

[katrine05]

britta We did! Super excited! Good luck with your offer! The whole process is so nerve wracking.

[britta]

May 22, 2017 12:22:26 GMT -5 katrine05 said:

britta We did! Super excited! Good luck with your offer! The whole process is so nerve wracking.

Did you sell your current house?

[katrine05]

May 22, 2017 12:25:15 GMT -5 britta said:

May 22, 2017 12:22:26 GMT -5 katrine05 said:

britta We did! Super excited! Good luck with your offer! The whole process is so nerve wracking.

Did you sell your current house?

We did. Sold it Sunday and bought on Friday. We get our new house July 10th and give up possession of our current house on the 14th of July. We got super lucky with how everything worked out.

[erien22846]

I feel like such a newbie. As previously mentioned, DS2 is sick. He had goopy eyes yesterday. Not just crusty eyes when he woke up, he had discharge while awake and playing. Does that suggest an infection and we should take him to the doctor? He had green snot this morning but no fever or bloodshot eyes. How do I know if he needs antibiotics??

[jcrewgirl]

I'm so exhausted. We had a lot of family in from out of town for DD's birthday. It was a lot of fun, but I'm so tired now. We took the kids out of school on Friday and went to the Baltimore aquarium on Friday, followed by pizza, cake and presents at our home. On Saturday, a huge group of us went out to the west side of the state and visited a vineyard for the majority of the day. It was so much fun, but I woke up hung over on Sunday

DD had a great birthday and I can't believe she is 3! Time has flown by.

Getting back into the swing of work since I took last Thursday and Friday off. I just came back from the gym and nearly died in spin class.

I too am over pumping.

I took DS in for a sick appointment last week - no ear infection but lots of fluids. She was wavering on giving us the meds. She wrote a RX for Amoxicillin so we're on day 7 of that although the last two days I forgot to give it to him at night. He did not want to sleep in his crib last night and cried for about half of the night. I have no idea what his deal is but I am super exhausted today after only getting 3 hours of sleep last night.

[jwinct]

katrine05 - I didn't realize you found a house! Congrats!
And good luck, britta, with your offer!

Last week, DH put all the window A/Cs in because we were having unusually hot weather. Every year we put the same ones in the same windows, including the one that we put in DS's room. We barely ever used that one, though, because it used to be a spare bedroom. Well, I think it was extra dirty inside, even with cleaning the filter, because DS started wheezing again after sleeping with it on for a couple of days. He progressively got worse every time he was in there with it on (including naps) and then it occurred to me that it was probably due to the a/c. I had to start him back on the nebulizer and on zyrtec because his nose started running terribly again, and he started getting congested on top of the wheezing/coughing. I made DH take the a/c out and we bought a brand new one for his room. We have never had that problem before with the air conditioners, but I feel so bad. Luckily, his wheezing has subsided and now he's just a snot faucet and has sad "allergy eyes," so hopefully that will subside soon, too.

And on top of that, his 4th tooth broke through Saturday night. They always seems to come through at night.

[katrine05]

jwinct Thanks. Sorry about DS. Hope he's feeling better.

[smallpotato]

@kitchen , good luck with the planning. An acquaintance of mine is already planning her son's first birthday party. He was born two weeks before G. I should probably start thinking about N's, since his birthday is 2 months away now.
erien22846 , hugs to you on the weaning. I am in the process right now (pumping only in the morning and at night), and I am all in my feels about it. We started adding formula to G's bottles yesterday, and so far, so good. I hope the little guy is not getting sick.
katrine05 , good luck with the home inspection!
becole , we are going on vacation next month, and I am nervous about nighttime sleep, and that we are going to screw up the naps that we are finally getting from G. I hope you had a great time despite the sleeping and nursing issues.
fem , I hope you're feeling better, and that the retirement party goes well.
macaronmama , long commutes suck.
iwantbacon , I hope the new meds help you. I am also over pumping, and am counting down the days until I'm done.
britta , I've missed your face! I'm so glad DS1 did a little better with swim class. Good luck with the offer.
jcrewgirl , happy birthday to your DD! It sounds like you had a great weekend.

jwinct, so sorry DS is not feeling well. I hope the new A/C will fix the problem.

[jwinct]

May 22, 2017 12:35:17 GMT -5 erien22846 said:

I feel like such a newbie. As previously mentioned, DS2 is sick. He had goopy eyes yesterday. Not just crusty eyes when he woke up, he had discharge while awake and playing. Does that suggest an infection and we should take him to the doctor? He had green snot this morning but no fever or bloodshot eyes. How do I know if he needs antibiotics??

Poor little guy. I would take him to be seen because he could very well have a sinus infection. The green snot is usually a red flag for infection. DS had one a month of so ago. He had green snot, and he was also super congested, had a very runny nose and had a fever on and off. It took two rounds of two different antibiotics for him to get better, and then the allergies kicked in. Fun times. I hope your DS feels better soon. 

[macaronmama]

jwinct, hope DS is feeling better soon, bleh allergies.

Have any of you moms seen this floating around the FBverse?

english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/amp/

I feel really lucky that DH does a lot more housework than I probably do, but I admit that all of the "planning" falls in my lap and always has in our entire relationship. And I'm getting more and more tired of it. DH appreciates that I do this, it's not invisible in our relationship, but he also sucks at the planning... I wish I could show him this as a conversation starter but I don't want to offend him but seeming all uppity about it.

[smallpotato]

This weekend, I took N on a mom/N date, which we haven't done since I came back to work after G was born. We went to the mall (at his request), ate lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings, and then went to Target. Yesterday was just grocery shopping and hanging out. My two aunts and cousin are at my mom's visiting from Arizona, so we have to get the house cleaned for them to come down to visit this weekend. They'll be meeting G for the first time, and seeing N for the first time since my sister's baby shower two years ago. It should be fun.

[erien22846]

May 22, 2017 12:52:08 GMT -5 jwinct said:

May 22, 2017 12:35:17 GMT -5 erien22846 said:

I feel like such a newbie. As previously mentioned, DS2 is sick. He had goopy eyes yesterday. Not just crusty eyes when he woke up, he had discharge while awake and playing. Does that suggest an infection and we should take him to the doctor? He had green snot this morning but no fever or bloodshot eyes. How do I know if he needs antibiotics??

Poor little guy. I would take him to be seen because he could very well have a sinus infection. The green snot is usually a red flag for infection. DS had one a month of so ago. He had green snot, and he was also super congested, had a very runny nose and had a fever on and off. It took two rounds of two different antibiotics for him to get better, and then the allergies kicked in. Fun times. I hope your DS feels better soon. 

That's what I was thinking about the green snot, too, but needed some input from you all. I hate to be "that" mom that thinks her kid needs medicine for every sniffle but I think it's worth the $100 office visit to get him checked out.  Especially with vacation coming up. 

[smallpotato]

macaronmama, MH and I had this exact argument last night about housework, but the roles were reversed. I told him I need to know what he needs (help with housework, time away to himself), but I can't read his mind. He said that he shouldn't have to ask for that stuff. It's so hard, and adding a child into the mix makes it even harder.

[becole]

They are talking about that link on my local board too macaronmama.
What I wish they would have added in that comic is all the social calendar shit. Never in 10 years has my H shopped for a gift, a gift bag, and a card for a party that he knows we are going to. Many times he claims he doesn't know we are going and he for sure assumes i will take care of it. Which means my personal time gets divided by more work.

[macaronmama]

May 22, 2017 13:06:28 GMT -5 becole said:

They are talking about that link on my local board too macaronmama .
What I wish they would have added in that comic is all the social calendar shit. Never in 10 years has my H shopped for a gift, a gift bag, and a card for a party that he knows we are going to. Many times he claims he doesn't know we are going and he for sure assumes i will take care of it. Which means my personal time gets divided by more work.

Yes, this, omg. All the time - "you never said" - no, you weren't listening love. Again.


+ I love DH but I shouldn't have to remind you when your mother's birthday is! Or that we should send a gift. I do all the Christmas/Naw Ruz shopping for our families and he wonders why I start buying things in like Sept/Oct - so I have more time to get it done and not flip out last minute!

[becole]

May 22, 2017 13:53:19 GMT -5 macaronmama said:

May 22, 2017 13:06:28 GMT -5 becole said:

They are talking about that link on my local board too macaronmama .
What I wish they would have added in that comic is all the social calendar shit. Never in 10 years has my H shopped for a gift, a gift bag, and a card for a party that he knows we are going to. Many times he claims he doesn't know we are going and he for sure assumes i will take care of it. Which means my personal time gets divided by more work.

Yes, this, omg. All the time - "you never said" - no, you weren't listening love. Again.


+ I love DH but I shouldn't have to remind you when your mother's birthday is! Or that we should send a gift. I do all the Christmas/Naw Ruz shopping for our families and he wonders why I start buying things in like Sept/Oct - so I have more time to get it done and not flip out last minute!

What's annoying is when I remind him to get his mom a gift and then he still doesn't fit it in and do it.

[macaronmama]

And, sorry to be venting at length, but it's super exhausting to have a mental list of everything that needs to be done around the house and with a kid, and such, and have DH ask me when we never have any free time and why are we constantly having to work on stuff.

Um, cause we're adults? And this is shit that needs to get done eventually. Stop putting it off - you just make my mental list longer!