Ugh. Monday

[mmarie]

Morning! I took a nap with DD yesterday so even with the help of a sleeping pill I've been awake since about midnight. I did get some homework done which made me feel productive. Now I'm just waiting for everyone else to wake up so I can get some laundry started then we are heading to the children's museum.

What do you guys have going on today?

[aggiebug]

That is terrible! Sorry for the sucky sleep.

Today is grocery day. I have nothing else on the schedule.

[dreemkin]

mmarie like for the children's museum!

Grocery day here too. It's a long list today. Hope Sam's club isn't too crazy; it's the last few days of it being open so I have a feeling everyone will be there.

[lilyelayne]

mmarie have fun at the children's museum! Hope you're not too tired!

Since we've been so busy, I expect G to tell me he wants to stay home today. Probably backyard time, working on LLL stuff during nap. If he doesn't want to stay home, maybe ILs or my parents' house to swim.

[seamonster]

Back to work. H has to work late tonight so it'll be me tonight with DS. Ironing and finishing American Horror Story Freak Show are tonight's agenda after bedtime. I'm also picking myself up dessert.

[aggiebug]

I think I might back off potty training. S freaked out when she pooped on the deck the other day (I intentionally didn't make too big a deal about it) and today she panicked because she had to go pooped. I asked if she wanted to sit on the potty or have a diaper so she could go and she said she didn't want to poop and has yet to go. I think I might have to ignore everything and try again later. What is weird is it was her asking to go poop that triggered me to start the process.

Thoughts?

Honestly diapers are more expensive but so much easier that I really don't care if we potty train now. It would probably be August at the earliest if we try again.

[dreemkin]

aggiebug it can be so frustrating. Our biggest problem was with pee though so I don't really know how to answer your question. You know I'm in the wait camp anyway.

[aggiebug]

Jun 26, 2017 15:08:52 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

aggiebug it can be so frustrating. Our biggest problem was with pee though so I don't really know how to answer your question. You know I'm in the wait camp anyway.

Honestly I am too! It seemed like she was the one ready not me. I have always felt diapers are expensive but easy.

When she woke up from a nap I told her we were done and it was ok. We get downstairs and 10 minutes later she asked to do pee and she did. So who knows I am just going to keep with pull ups and let her ask. I just don't care. We will see what happens I guess and maybe try again later if she needs it.

[mmarie]

Children's museum was fun. They had a blow up planetarium. I thought she would be freaked out but she loved the "cave" and watching the stars. Quick target run and then we had lunch at Chipotle. She napped on the way home now we are snuggling watching Moana because I'm exhausted. MIL just called H and said she was coming over soon.

[mmarie]

No thoughts on potty training aggiebug. We have a potty but she hasn't sat on it in a long time. I would love to not have to buy diapers but for things like today, I would have spent half our time taking her to the bathroom. We are in no rush. The dance class I want to put her in in the fall requires that she be potty trained, but I'm ok holding off a year on dance class.

[aggiebug]

Jun 26, 2017 15:34:09 GMT -5 mmarie said:

No thoughts on potty training aggiebug. We have a potty but she hasn't sat on it in a long time. I would love to not have to buy diapers but for things like today, I would have spent half our time taking her to the bathroom. We are in no rush. The dance class I want to put her in in the fall requires that she be potty trained, but I'm ok holding off a year on dance class.

This right here is why I don't want to.

[seamonster]

DS has asked a few times to sit on the toilet. I think he just likes to wipe and flush. He's peed like once. His baby doll is potty trained according to him. I'm ok buying diapers. We'll probably get cloth training pants for when we start so it'll be the same work as accidents in underwear without the wardrobe change.

[seamonster]

I have a job interview today! Hopefully it goes well.

[aggiebug]

Jun 26, 2017 16:53:45 GMT -5 seamonster said:

I have a job interview today! Hopefully it goes well.

Crossing my fingers.

[mmarie]

Good luck seamonster

[lilyelayne]

Batsignal dmorgendorffer agm04 y'all okay? Surviving newborn life?

[lilyelayne]

aggiebug you know your kid best. If you think backing off is right, do it. The Oh Crap book says if they don't like having accidents, like the poop on the floor, then it's time to PT because they understand it's a bodily function that isn't supposed to happen willy nilly. But I think she has a solid method and sketchy everything else so take or ignore that as you will.

PT for us was a week or two of aggravation and then it got much better. G has a large bladder so that helps. We kept a little potty in the back of the van & every time we got somewhere, I'd take him out of the car seat & sit him on the potty. When we left, potty then car seat. A couple naked days at the beginning and then a few weeks of commando truly made the process more understandable for him.

I did like the idea in Oh Crap that this is something your child is learning, something you are teaching them, just as deliberately and patiently as you taught them to use an open cup or whatever. You present it as the new normal and don't look back. But it involves tons of attention and work on your part, and if I had another baby and was packing my house for a move.... ehhh...

I am glad we have potty trained. But
tl;dr there's no right answer for when you should, imo.

[lilyelayne]

Jun 26, 2017 16:53:45 GMT -5 seamonster said:

I have a job interview today! Hopefully it goes well.

Fingers crossed!

[dreemkin]

seamonster good luck!

[seamonster]

Did not get the job. I don't think I was really in the running because the interviewer didn't listen to what I was saying and kept making comments about how they aren't like the fab and don't just get to pass things down and I should work more with a particular group. I could t get across to him that I wish I had people to pass things down to at night and I'm on call during the weekend and I actually work quite often with that group. Bleh. I put in for another job with that organization and I'm going to send that hiring manager an email about myself so I don't get automatically rejected because this one guy was an ass.

[aggiebug]

seamonster that really really sucks. I am sorry.


lilyelayne that make a lot of sense and it's why I think she is ready but she absolutely panicked today at the thought of pooping anywhere. Like started crying and saying she never wanted to poop on repeat through out the day without prompting. My guess is every time she had the urge and held it in.

[dreemkin]

I partly agree with Lily too. Every kid is different. For us, N needed that backing off. Maybe A would be okay but I think I'll wait for a bit anyway. Maybe August/sept.

[dreemkin]

I'm sorry seamonster. It seems like they give you the run around there. Hope you find/get what you want soon!

[kartish]

seamonster sorry the interview went poorly and the guy was a jerk. Hopefully the next one goes better.

aggiebug V flipped out when he pooped in the shower. We aren't PTing yet but we do offer him to sit on the potty before bed and before baths, and if he asks to go. But after the shower incident he didn't want to sit anymore and would flip again if asked for a couple of days. I took it as a sign he wasn't ready yet, combined with his fickle interest in the potty anyway.

Hopefully she can relax about it again. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

[seamonster]

Daycare wants to start potty training some of the kids next week. We're only in town 2 days and DS is not ready. Maybe the next go around. From what I've read boys typically train closer to 3 so I'm not rushing.

[agm04]

Jun 26, 2017 19:59:56 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Batsignal dmorgendorffer agm04 y'all okay? Surviving newborn life?

Thanks for checking on us! We are okay. I just don't get to check in here much, because we're still struggling with C's latch, so breastfeeding takes both hands. And any time I'm not feeding her I'm either sleeping or trying to squeeze in time with A. Hope everyone is doing well! Hopefully I can stop in more in the near future.

[lilyelayne]

seamonster sorry the interview was a bust and for no fault of yours. I hope something comes through for you soon; I feel like you've been struggling to find a new position for a long time!

[seamonster]

Jun 27, 2017 14:12:19 GMT -5 agm04 said:

Jun 26, 2017 19:59:56 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Batsignal dmorgendorffer agm04 y'all okay? Surviving newborn life?

Thanks for checking on us! We are okay. I just don't get to check in here much, because we're still struggling with C's latch, so breastfeeding takes both hands. And any time I'm not feeding her I'm either sleeping or trying to squeeze in time with A. Hope everyone is doing well! Hopefully I can stop in more in the near future.

Eternal breastfeeding question, but have you seen a IBCLC? I hope it gets better.

[seamonster]

Jun 27, 2017 15:32:40 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

seamonster sorry the interview was a bust and for no fault of yours. I hope something comes through for you soon; I feel like you've been struggling to find a new position for a long time!

Thanks. My new group is ok. Not the train wreck my last one was. But I still don't want to be doing my job anywhere.

[agm04]

Jun 27, 2017 16:53:59 GMT -5 seamonster said:

Jun 27, 2017 14:12:19 GMT -5 agm04 said:

Thanks for checking on us! We are okay. I just don't get to check in here much, because we're still struggling with C's latch, so breastfeeding takes both hands. And any time I'm not feeding her I'm either sleeping or trying to squeeze in time with A. Hope everyone is doing well! Hopefully I can stop in more in the near future.

Eternal breastfeeding question, but have you seen a IBCLC? I hope it gets better.

We have. We also just saw a pediatric ENT - last LC recommended that we have her evaluated for lip and tongue ties. Thankfully he said no tongue tie, and we're going to try to work with the lip tie. But man it is painful and tough! We'll get to the other side.