Getting up and motivated to take the whole family up and out of the house for Easter service. This will be our first attempt at taking the baby to church.
I have to skip church today to write a paper for school. Yesterday we had a full day of birthday parties and then my family visiting, so I got no school work done. LO went to her first birthday party and we dressed her up super freakin cute. It was so fun!
So excited for Easter dinner today. My MIL is the most amazing cook ever and I loooooove me some honey baked ham. She also will probably have at least 3 different pies made, a cake or two, and some cookies. I should probably wear some stretchy pants!
Post by hollydfromtn on Apr 5, 2015 7:13:12 GMT -5
We're taking DS to church with the inlaws today instead of our usual church. They have no idea and are going to be so excited. This is their first grand baby and they brag about him all the time. So DS is going to get a lot of attention this morning. Hopefully he just sleeps through it all and we can avoid any meltdowns. Then we're off to two back to back family dinners. It's going to be a long day.
Our plan is church and then lunch at DH's grandmother's house with his extended family. I meant to make oatmeal cookies yesterday but it didn't happen, so for my contribution I'll bring an adorable baby, who is one month old today!
Of course will DS nursing right now he'll probably get hungry again right when church starts, but we'll figure it out.
Fx that my husband feels better when he wakes up today. He felt pretty lousy yesterday and then got morose that he's not a good enough parent - when he's totally awesome! Maybe not feeding DS is really getting to him. Sometimes H apologizes when DS is hungry earlier than we expected.
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Have a great day!
Since we stupidly packed in all our easter decorations in the crawl space (from getting our house ready to sell) we have no baskets or plastic eggs. So the easter bunny had to place the gifts on the kitchen table. But he wrote a note and left some carrots behind that he was chomping on. No egg hunt this year. And with all the showings and having to take our dog, we've just decided to not attend church today.... I feel bad but believe it or not we do have people interested in seeing the house today. This is so disruptive.
dreemkin, two years ago my husband and I went to an open house on Easter. We thought it was so weird that they were holding one that day... We ended up buying the house though! Hopefully you get a buyer today!
We had an egg hunt and Easter Baskets for the kids and DD had so much fun this time. She really gets it now. I also left bunny prints through the house so her mind was blown that she could follow the prints to her basket. Now I am dressing the littles in their coordinating outfits and making soup. This afternoon we are off to my inlaws who also have an egg hunt planned, checking our maple syrup buckets and dinner.
Post by toadandbuggie on Apr 5, 2015 8:45:12 GMT -5
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! I can't wait to put DS in his cute little Easter outfit and bunny hat.?
We are going to SIL's for dinner at 2. My Easter dress is not breastfeeding friendly but I have some expressed milk in the fridge I can bring even though DS has been refusing the bottle lately. If he gets super crank I will just go into another room and unzip the top and feed him like that.
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! I can't wait to put DS in his cute little Easter outfit and bunny hat.?
We are going to SIL's for dinner at 2. My Easter dress is not breastfeeding friendly but I have some expressed milk in the fridge I can bring even though DS has been refusing the bottle lately. If he gets super crank I will just go into another room and unzip the top and feed him like that.
Hope everyone has a great Sunday.
Do far this is my least favorite part of BFing. I like dresses but so many aren't easy to nurse in.
We are on the train back from my parents'. DD sleeps amazingly well on the train, I guess it's all the rocking that makes her comfortable. On the ride here she woke up for the announcements but now she sleeps through those as well.
We are on the train back from my parents'. DD sleeps amazingly well on the train, I guess it's all the rocking that makes her comfortable. On the ride here she woke up for the announcements but now she sleeps through those as well.
Well, that smiley did not turn out right... I'm leaving it though.
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! I can't wait to put DS in his cute little Easter outfit and bunny hat.?
We are going to SIL's for dinner at 2. My Easter dress is not breastfeeding friendly but I have some expressed milk in the fridge I can bring even though DS has been refusing the bottle lately. If he gets super crank I will just go into another room and unzip the top and feed him like that.
Hope everyone has a great Sunday.
Do far this is my least favorite part of BFing. I like dresses but so many aren't easy to nurse in.
Yes! I wear dresses all the time, way more than I wear skirts / shorts / pants but that's pretty hard to do now. Guess I have to buy more v neck stretchy dresses or something.
7:43 and baby is eating. Church starts at 8:30 and is about 15 min away... will the cougar family make it? Let's watch and see.
Update! We made it just in time! And he slept the whole time, even when I got him out of the seat for communion.
Now DH is peeling potatoes for the mashed taters we're bringing to dinner.
Glad you made it!
I wear DS to church. Usually takes some walking / swaying to put him to sleep after the car seat --> K'Tan transfer but after that he sleeps really well & I don't have to worry about unloading him from the seat for communion. Also no one touches his face this way!
Nothing special for us today. My dad is over so that DH can help fix his computer and in a couple hours a friend of mine is coming over so we can watch last night's Outlander. We don't have cable any more, but she can play it from her phone to the Chromecast for the tv. Aside from that I'm doing laundry and experimenting with a single Dr Brown bottle for DD, which means I have to wash it after every feeding.
We were at the IL's this weekend but came back this morning. DD1 fell asleep in the car so refused to nap. DH took her out for a walk...while it's snowing...bc LO is sleeping on the couch with me. Well of course she fell asleep in the stroller so now he's still out walking around with her lol
Also I'm an ass. DD1 was standing on the gate. She knows it's a no-no. I asked her to get down, told her, then threatened no candy after lunch. She got down. Then got right back up. Asked her 5 more times to get down. Then threatened no candy all day even if the Easter bunny comes. Well she lost the candy. Now I'm mad at myself for threatening with that, when she probably didn't really understand the consequences and I know I'm going to back down bc I want to do the egg hunt today. Ugh!
I'm so sad today. DH is working a night shift so I'll see him for an hour or so between him sleeping then leaving for work, and the only family in town is, well... I'd rather light myself on fire than spend an hour with them.
I just feel sad that DS's first Easter is going to be the same old boring day it would have been otherwise. I mean he's 4 weeks old, it's not like he'll care.. But I do! I couldn't even find a place to get his picture taken with the Easter bunny.
This is such a non-problem I feel guilty for feeling so bummed out about it which makes me sadder and aww man. Pity party over.
Post by boxerrrmama85 on Apr 5, 2015 13:56:18 GMT -5
Happy Easter ladies and babies! LO looks so sweet in her Easter dress and even got a picture at church with the bunny. (Despite the fact that she was up every hour on the hour from 2:30am... Yeah growth spurt! If this keeps up I will have gray hairs spurting from my head at a higher rate than usual!)
Hope everyone has a great day with friends and family!
Post by boxerrrmama85 on Apr 5, 2015 17:37:23 GMT -5
When is it time for the next size pacifiers? She is still on newborn size MAM and enjoys them, but today she had an imprint of the paci on her chin and upper lip.
Had a good time with both sides of the family. I'm glad our aunts/uncles/cousins got to meet and hold him.
I had to feed him at both houses, though. It's hard to get a good latch with the cover. I could, and maybe should, just go into a bedroom, but I wanted to keep chatting. I'll need to practice more at home.
MIL pissed me off though saying I need to burp more so he doesn't spit up. This was after I tried to burp him for a good 5-10 minutes, rubbing and patting over my shoulder and on my lap. Well of course he spit up a little. It was actually more like dribbling out excess. She acts like he's the only baby to spit up. Oh did I mention that she's a retired day care director?
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