Post by somethingcleverer on Apr 13, 2015 8:39:09 GMT -5
Who wants to whine with me?
Mine is that I'm so congested on one side of my head I can't hear out of that ear. I'm wondering if I should go to the minute clinic later or try to get in to my dr tomorrow. I thought it was just allergies but it's not going away.
Post by aimeefarrahfowler on Apr 13, 2015 8:45:27 GMT -5
H just called me and tried to justify begging off work so he could go fishing with his buddy. Shut up, go to work. You have leave, just schedule a day off. Now he's mad at me because I told him to go to work.
Post by Riverdong11 on Apr 13, 2015 8:53:23 GMT -5
My whine is that I am at the dealership getting a recall fixed on my car. Theytold me out would take about an hour. I was here for 40 minutes before they took my car back. I really don't want to spend my whole day here.
H just called me and tried to justify begging off work so he could go fishing with his buddy. Shut up, go to work. You have leave, just schedule a day off. Now he's mad at me because I told him to go to work.
I swear I have 3 children to take care of.
Our H's sound so alike sometimes. Yesterday my H was begging me to take off Thurs and Fri to go on a cruise because this is his last week off before he goes back to work. We have a thing planned for Saturday with his dad that his dad bought tickets for. It took me a good 20 min to get him to back off about it. I mean c'mon dude, we have responsibilities.
I have a sore throat coming on and it kept me up most of the night.
Not to mention Eliza was up again. She's getting to be a turd MOTN wake ups. If we don't go get her she stands at the crib and just screams, which is annoying, but she is also still in our room so hard to ignore. So I get her and try to sleep with her next to me, and lately she's even refusing that. I'll go out and rock her and she just won't sit still. My big whine: She won't settle back down unless I give her a bottle. I'm probably creating a monster but MOTN it's so easy to just give in and give a bottle. She's done with bottles except bedtime and mornings, and since she's on the smaller side I know she's not "overeating", but it's still frustrating that she won't go back to sleep.
I hate/love this time of year. It's that limbo stage of weather where you don't want the heat on, but you don't want to leave the windows open at night and freeze your ass off in the morning. Oh wait, my H insists on doing that!
Henry has a really nasty ear infection. I am at loss for how to tell if he has one or not. He never has a fever with them. The only reason I brought him in is he complained once or twice yesterday about his ears hurting (he has never done that before). From what the doctor said he probably has had it for a bit, and it is super bad. I would love to catch this stuff earlier.
Ugh I am so tired of running around in the mornings that I have to work. I barely get a chance to get myself ready! I love H and he does help SO much in a lot of aspects but seriously he could step it up in the mornings.
I get the girls dressed, Vera changed, Vera fed her morning bottle, get her bottles and food ready for the day, and empty the dishwasher. All while he is showering and making his bfast. Cmon! Wake up a little earlier and at least get one of the girls ready! Then he gets pissy at me for being pissy. Ugh!
Henry has a really nasty ear infection. I am at loss for how to tell if he has one or not. He never has a fever with them. The only reason I brought him in is he complained once or twice yesterday about his ears hurting (he has never done that before). From what the doctor said he probably has had it for a bit, and it is super bad. I would love to catch this stuff earlier.
My mom always told me that my sister and I were just like that. She would bring us to the dr and get in trouble for not bringing us in sooner. But we never had a fever and didn't complain so she didn't know.
Henry has a really nasty ear infection. I am at loss for how to tell if he has one or not. He never has a fever with them. The only reason I brought him in is he complained once or twice yesterday about his ears hurting (he has never done that before). From what the doctor said he probably has had it for a bit, and it is super bad. I would love to catch this stuff earlier.
My mom always told me that my sister and I were just like that. She would bring us to the dr and get in trouble for not bringing us in sooner. But we never had a fever and didn't complain so she didn't know.
I am seriously considering buying an otoscope and just checking their ears every week.
Post by bantyrooster on Apr 13, 2015 10:53:29 GMT -5
paddyb that is how all of our ear infections went. Then after tubes I took him in a couple times and they were fine. Now that his tubes are out I worry every time he even coughs.
I have the worst headache today. I think the shower rush/bad weather we had last night had me on a high and now I am coming off the high. Ellison woke up twice to talk to herself, Gage woke up randomly coughing twice and H snored all.freaking.night! So I also got about 3 hours of sleep that was interrupted every hour.
When my H asked me how many times Cecilia was up last night and I said "3 times" he actually said "oh that wasn't too bad!" She's up for an hour and a half each time and over a 7 hour period that's a lot of awake time. Do the math dude before you make a comment. And honestly as much as I want to sleep at least when she is awake she just wants to slowly eat and she's not just awake to scream at me...so it's just a half whine
My real whine is about Henry. I know it will get better but I'm ready to sell him. Not like he will fetch much in terms of money but ugh...the kid is on my last nerve.
Post by origamimommy on Apr 13, 2015 11:01:24 GMT -5
bliz1712, could you try a night weaning and then CIO type of method? Like one ounce less per bottle per night until you know she doesn't "need" the food at night, and then sleep train? I don't know if you're there yet, but I read Sleep Easy and that's what they recommended.
My Monday whine is that Tyler has been really emotional lately, and we had one of the worst daycare drop offs ever. It was really bad, and now I feel like a shitty mom and all of that other stuff that goes with it. Otherwise, today is okay, but I am nervous for the rest of the week. I don't know why but I have severe anxiety that something is going to happen at work. I don't know what, but I feel it.
origamimommy, We did sleep training around Christmas and have had to revisit it off and on, but lately when we've done it it's just been a lot of CIO and I just can't handle it at some point. She just stands up and screams non stop. There's no slowing down or non crying. When we did do it in December she went 50 minutes before tiring out and that was before she could stand up. Standing up she doesn't give up and just fights it. Plus, she then gets so worked up that it takes even longer to get her back to sleep. Some weeks she'll sleep great and then she has a spurt where she's up 1-2x a night every other day.
I've considered doing the 1oz less per night. It's not every night that she needs one but majority of the nights she wakes up she does. It's just something that I need to suck it up and deal with.
Post by origamimommy on Apr 13, 2015 11:08:23 GMT -5
bliz1712, it's so hard when it's like that. Like, if you do CIO it's just hearing her cry all.night.long but if you give in, you're giving in. Hugs! It'll get better. And maybe she'll be an easy teenager since she's giving you grief now!
origamimommy, We did sleep training around Christmas and have had to revisit it off and on, but lately when we've done it it's just been a lot of CIO and I just can't handle it at some point. She just stands up and screams non stop. There's no slowing down or non crying. When we did do it in December she went 50 minutes before tiring out and that was before she could stand up. Standing up she doesn't give up and just fights it. Plus, she then gets so worked up that it takes even longer to get her back to sleep. Some weeks she'll sleep great and then she has a spurt where she's up 1-2x a night every other day.
I've considered doing the 1oz less per night. It's not every night that she needs one but majority of the nights she wakes up she does. It's just something that I need to suck it up and deal with.
You could try offering water instead of milk/formula. When I nightweaned with Sadie, H would offer her a sippy of water instead of me nursing. She was like "wtf man that's not what I want!" but caught on pretty quickly.
cookiesandwine, I like that idea. I'll keep it in mind. She's pretty picky with how warm her formula has to be, so maybe I'll warm it up a bit also.
origamimommy, I know, I'm screwed either way. But the hardest part is that MOTN, H will usually go get her if I let her fuss. Not staying consistent is our issue and I realize that. So that's why it seems mean to do CIO for too long when we don't do it MOTN. I can't complain too much because she's FAR better than she was before the first round of sleep training.
I'm tired of my leg. I know this is a common one for me lately but with the weather getting nicer it is hard to sit all day inside. We go to the park and I get to sit on a bench. I can't go anywhere that requires too much walking which is pretty much everywhere we go. I'm starting to walk better and without my boot a little but it is so swollen and stiff and sore that I just feel like crying all the time. I know I'm being dramatic and people have it way worse, I'm just tired of it.
I also got my jury questionnaire yesterday in the mail so we will see if I get called. I don't think being pregnant with a broken leg is enough to get out of it but I put it on there anyway. I've talked to a few people that got those and they all got called 2 weeks later. Knowing my luck lately I will have jury duty the first week of summer break. I actually don't mind being on jury duty and would normally be happy to serve, it's just not the best timing.
Post by ThePinkSuperhero on Apr 13, 2015 11:19:29 GMT -5
I was offered a new job (same place, new department) on April 2nd, and then negotiated a slightly higher salary than initially offered ($2k higher) on the 9th. I'm still waiting on a revised offer letter! Some sort of budgetary delay! WTF! I need that letter so I can sign it and feel like I officially have that new job! Without it, I'm just the dummy who already resigned her job here (although I think they would take me back if it came to that and it better not....)
I have class tonight. It's the boring Econ class, which is a huge lecture class. There's one dumb guy who "asks" a thousand dumb "questions" because he likes to hear his own voice. I wish I could skip but I skipped last week so I really shouldn't. And it's starting late tonight due to the room being double-booked. The professor still better end on time.
bliz1712, CIO just doesn't work for some kids. It never worked for P and he sounds similar. He wouldn't give up and I was afraid would eventually hurt himself or he would get so upset he would throw up. I would quit the CIO for now and just work on the feeding. I like cookiesandwine idea of switching to water but if she still wants the bottle then I would keep going, she's right at a year right? Maybe there is something else going on right now and she needs that for some reason.
Take all of this with a grain of salt because I had a terrible sleeper around that age (and still do sometimes). I just couldn't handle the screaming anymore and had to give in. I don't always think that giving them what they want/need is giving in though.
Ugh just got out of my dermatology appointment for my psoriasis. Basically his end goal would be for me to be on Humira, possibly for the rest of my life. With that means absolutely no more kids. I'm pretty sure we are done anyway but still the finality is sad/scary. I'm not sure what to do exactly so lots and lots of thinking for me :/
Post by aylafsu1881 on Apr 13, 2015 12:57:52 GMT -5
cbear, Hugs. That is sad news, even if you were leaning that way.
paddyb, E is like that with ear infections. I guess they do not bother some kids as much as others? She never really complains and her sleep is about the same. A couple times they found ear infections during a routine appointment.
cbear, That sucks to be forced into the decision, even if it is the one you were going to make anyway. It's hard not being given a choice by your body.
Thanks ladies! My sister is a doctor and my mom is a NP so I'm going to talk a lot with them to see what they think and I know they will help me research things to make sure it's the right decision, so that makes me feel a little better..
cbear, Hugs girl. Just curious because I know nothing about it, but why does it restrict you from having kids? Is the prescription that potent?
Ya the prescription is potent so he said it would basically be very bad for the baby. Plus it does suppress the immune system some so I'm assuming that would be bad for me too while pregnant
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