Post by songbirdsinging55 on Apr 24, 2015 4:15:14 GMT -5
I am up. Isaac has been up 3 times. I am beat! I received a random email from the project I just was laid off from. The HR guy asked if my new job is temp or permanent. He is not a social person so this makes me wonder. It also stresses me out honestly. I like this new place and it is going very well so far. If the old job makes an offer, I can't expect the new job to make one when I have only been there 2 weeks. I have to be on for at least 3 months.
On a happier topic, is anyone working on a baby book? I have just started project life and I have to say that it is looking great so far!
Post by littleapplemom on Apr 24, 2015 7:13:47 GMT -5
songbirdsinging55 Projecy Life looks like fun. Is it all digital? Sorry, my brain can't read all of that article. I'll have check it out again later.
Sorry so long....VENT!!! Can someone grant me the calmness to not strangle DH? Ugh he's so lazy and careless sometimes and it's driving me nuts!! We rent an old house with oil heat. DH has two responsibilities that are his alone in our house and checking the furnace is one of them. When you have oil heat you have to make sure there's water in the furnace and you gauge it with a little clear tube that has a bubble in in. Bubble halfway in tube = good. Bubble low=add water. No bubble=trouble. Apparently we had some sludge buildup in the lines and the tube corroded with some of it, therefore DH could not see the bubble. FOR. THREE. WEEKS. He just kept filling the furnace a little every time he checked it "figuring it would be fine" (his words) instead of saying "hey wife, something doesn't look right here". Um, genius.....if the tube was clear and now it's not and you know you should be able to see through it then something's wrong. So DH flooded the lines and when we turned the heat in last night (because it's April and 35 degrees! WTH?) the pipes started rattling and banging like mad and we got a flood in the living room from spouting water. A $110+ service call later because the oil co was closed so they'll bill me today everything's ok, heat is fixed, tube is replaced and I'm still not sure how DH made it through the night because I could kill him. I know him, the tube is low and he's too lazy to bend down to look at it. Granted he's well over 6' tall but still. His laziness and carelessness just cost us money we don't need to be spending.
And to top it off....LO peed through his sheets the other night so I asked him to run the washing machine when he came home yesterday. He did...and he put the bottle of detergent away in the cabinet...sideways.....without closing the cap right. So on top of the heat debacle I had a giant soapy mess in my laundry room. And still no word in the new job for him that would alleviate all of this so I'd get to stay home for a while instead of these 12 hr days!! I just feel like I'm at my wits end, raising 3kids bc DH acts like one. I can't do everything by myself!!! END RANT. Sorry ladies. Had to get it out.
littleapplemom OH MY GAWWWWD I would murder my dh if he did that!! Ugh laziness bothers me to no end...I mean, I'm not the most perfectionist person by no means, but stuff like putting trash on top of the trash can instead of taking out the garbage to make room is just effing annoying and makes more work in the end >:-( I would have lost it if I saw that laundry detergent!!
Norah has been doing this new thing where she only wakes up once at night!! Let's hope it sticks, especially since we're all going away to Cape Cod for the weekend today. Now if I could just get her to take the 2-2.5hr naps she takes at daycare...she only sleeps 30-45 min for me at home!!
littleapplemom, so sorry for all your struggles and your H being lazy about it! I would not be happy if DH did that!
So I don't know how to feel about this job that I interviewed for. They calling me every other day just to say "we want to give you an offer, but we are waiting until we have a project for you". It has been like 3 weeks of this. I'm getting annoyed that they don't just send the offer so I can first see if I even want it. I don't want to put them off by asking for the offer though. But seriously get it together!
songbirdsinging55 jeez how frustrating if they want you back. I mean it sounds like you like it where you are now. That reminds me that I plan on doing basically a family yearbook. I'm smooshing 2014 and 2015 into one because we got married and liam was born in 2014 but it was all the last few months of the year. I wanted to do like a book for each year starting on Liam's bday but we plan to have a few kids (4 maybe) so I won't be able to keep up with that. Soooo year to year it is.
littleapplemom oh man, there would have been screaming fits in my house if that happened. We are both stretched pretty thin but I work two jobs and am the only one who cleans the house, and cooks, and you know, take care of the baby. So no excuses on the few jobs left for him around the house. And spilled laundry detergent is the worst too.
aluzitano I hope the one time wake up keeps going! Have fun on the cape! H used to work in mashpee (looonnnnggg commute) and we still go up fairly often, especially to the beaches.
catlady22 that's so frustrating. I hope they give you that offer soon
Liam is napping now, and at 11 his grandma (H's stepmom) is coming over again so I can get some work done. He slept pretty crappy last night but it was my fault. He woke up at midnight for a bottle and I went to feed him but he kept spitting it out so I figured he wasn't hungry. I put the bottle in the fridge thinking he would be up again soon for it. He woke up again an hour later and I tried again and he spit the nipple out. I made a different bottle and he ate the whole thing. I *think* it wasn't rinsed well and maybe had a soapy taste :-(
I am at work pumping. LO will be 6 months old in 2 short weeks. He started cereals and purées 2 weeks ago; otherwise he has been a breastfed baby. For the last few days I have been seriously considering weening him. I am just getting tired of pumping several times a day and then having him attached to my boob all morning and evening. With bottled milk and purées he eats as fast as he can, but on the boob he will sit and suck for a long time. He will spend 20-30 minutes on each boob at a feeding.
I do have some guilt over this. Breastfeeding is the cheapest and it is also healthy for baby. All my reasons for wanting to quit are rather selfish. I have never really had a timeline for how long I should BF so now I don't know how to decide when to stop.
Post by littleapplemom on Apr 24, 2015 9:46:28 GMT -5
aluzitano, Ooh, Cape Cod. I'd like to get there someday. I've lived on the East Coast my whole life, have yet to make the trip! FX for naps. LO had one wake up last night and didn't take a feeding. ( jjh1119, maybe they're growing out of it?).
sjp03, I never had a timeline either and we did supplement but as LO has gotten into more purees and some BLW foods he seems to like eating actual food. He stopped nursing about two weeks ago which I was really sad about, but he's just not into it AT ALL. I even tried this morning just to see...got a big nope from him. I felt totally rejected when it was first happening but I sat back and thought about how far I'd gone and how healthy he is. I'm still pumping and my supply has dropped but still doing what I can. As long as he's getting fed nutritously and he's healthy and on target I'm ok with him leading the way on the BF front.
catlady22,I would be super frustrated! Sounds like "we want you, but not right now". I've been at my job for 8 yrs but I don't remember things being this complicated or taking so long. DH had his interview a week ago (his third with the same co. since Feb...2 phone and one other in person) and we still haven't heard back. And songbirdsinging55, why lay you off to come back to you now? Hope it works out for you.
littleapplemom Sorry about YH. If I had any calmness to give you regarding husbands, I would. Sadly, I have none myself! MH is on my shit list. But I feel your pain!
catlady22 Would the job be just for the one project?
I'm at work pumping right now too sjp03! I hate pumping, but I like bf. It's such a personal decision and I don't know that there is a good way to decide when to stop! I think you just keep bf until you don't...
Post by spiraltheory on Apr 24, 2015 10:28:02 GMT -5
It's Friday! I have a busy day today, but it's the good kind of busy. I'm having lunch with a friend for her birthday. Then my sister and her kids are coming over for a visit. And tonight I'm having a low-key dinner party. I didn't plan everything to happen on the same day, but that's the way it worked out. I hope my little man is in a cooperative mood. Oh- and he is five months today! Try not to hurt your husbands, ladies, although the struggle is real! I had a few moments last night. My husband forgot to bring in the baby swing from outside and then he turned on the lawn sprinklers. I haven't assessed the damage yet. Grrrrrr.
littleapplemom, Yeah I agree that job interviews have become these long drawn out processes now days. It took me 3 interviews to get the job I am at now.
zengal, No, that's why it is weird. They want me to be utilized as soon as I come on though. There has to be some training time though (on top of the 2 weeks notice) so it doesn't make much sense to me to wait.
sjp03, that's hard, but only you know when it's a good time to stop. I too loathe pumping (and usually forget to put the milk away so I end up having to throw it out). I try not to set any hard limits on myself and just continue until I don't want to anymore. 6 months is a long time, give yourself credit! I'm personally pumped that we made it to 6 months without supplementing.
Thanks catlady22zengal and littleapplemom - it is so hard trying to decide how long I should breastfeed. jist a couple weeks ago I was thinking I would have no problem making it a year now I am ready to be done. I am also afraid that if I quit I will soon regret it.
I love this group because it is so true to us. LO is six months today.
As I sit pumping at work, I reflect. I've been EPing and supplementing since she was 2.5 weeks old. I'm not ready for purees yet (mostly because of the mess factor). I've finally gotten over that I actually make only about 50% of what she eats daily. Someone asked me this week when I planned to stop. I shrugged and said that EBM is "free" (not on time spent) and is more forgiving of room temperature storage.
I don't have a plan on when to stop, but wondering what to do about a weeks travel in September when she is 11 months. I'll cross that bridge later, I guess.
I am up. Isaac has been up 3 times. I am beat! I received a random email from the project I just was laid off from. The HR guy asked if my new job is temp or permanent. He is not a social person so this makes me wonder. It also stresses me out honestly. I like this new place and it is going very well so far. If the old job makes an offer, I can't expect the new job to make one when I have only been there 2 weeks. I have to be on for at least 3 months.
On a happier topic, is anyone working on a baby book? I have just started project life and I have to say that it is looking great so far!
I feel you. SO accidentally woke LO up at 1am, then I went to make sure the blanket wasn't covering his face (he likes to do this in his crib) and I guess I really woke him up. So I had LO all night nursing him to stay asleep. I am exhausted.
I was so happy because yesterday ds slept for the first time ever, for 8 hours straight!!! We were hoping for that again and it would have worked.
Ds also hates his walker at our house that we just bought. But loves the one at his grandmas. Smh.
I'm at a dentist appt for my stepdaughter right now and so far they're an hour behind. With a whole group of people sitting in the waiting area with me. They'll never get my business again. This isn't their first time being understaffed and ridiculously slow.
Post by ninergirl52 on Apr 24, 2015 13:30:35 GMT -5
songbirdsinging55, That is really frustrating. I probably wouldn't go back to the old job unless they offered a substantial increase. catlady22, That is super annoying. Hopefully they make an offer soon! littleapplemom, Ugh! To be honest that sounds like something I would do, but not on purpose, just because I'm an idiot when it comes to things like that. If it doesn't have an on/off button its best I don't touch it. jjh1119, 2 jobs?? Oh man lady, you need a break. I hope your DH is helping out as much as possible. aluzitano, have fun this weekend that sounds like a ton of fun!!
My mom is here today watching LO while I'm working. She got him to fall asleep without a bottle and he's napping in his room and she's just happily reading a book. I feel slightly guilty "probing" while she was getting him to sleep. We're going to have her try a bottle today. Did I mention he took a bottle from DH twice yesterday!!! They totaled 2.5 oz together but I'll take it. Oh and he apparently likes the lansinoh bottle that I received for free. Ha! Of course he does!
Edited to add this took me 4 hours to finally post!!
gldnbearz, if you need any pumping and traveling help - feel free to ask! I was gone for 6 days from LO a month ago and had to fly with the pumped milk from the week. It is doable!
I am at work pumping. LO will be 6 months old in 2 short weeks. He started cereals and purées 2 weeks ago; otherwise he has been a breastfed baby. For the last few days I have been seriously considering weening him. I am just getting tired of pumping several times a day and then having him attached to my boob all morning and evening. With bottled milk and purées he eats as fast as he can, but on the boob he will sit and suck for a long time. He will spend 20-30 minutes on each boob at a feeding.
I do have some guilt over this. Breastfeeding is the cheapest and it is also healthy for baby. All my reasons for wanting to quit are rather selfish. I have never really had a timeline for how long I should BF so now I don't know how to decide when to stop.
this right here is the struggle. I don't want to make this decision but I want to everyday. I actually think he's weaning himself but then my boobs swell like no other and I see how much he actually eats... But he loves his bottle of formula a lot. I gave him cereal a long time ago mixed in the bottle but I've basically stopped now. I'm waiting to give him baby food, the signs he's almost ready are there.
Side note: I did begin my scrapbooking finally (I have 5 lol) but I stopped the same day. I need way more stuff for all the books and not enough time to do it. I'm giving some books away to family members.
Post by ninergirl52 on Apr 24, 2015 14:22:38 GMT -5
OMG OMG OMG!!! PEOPLE, MY KID JUST TOOK 4 OZ OUT OF A BOTTLE!!!!!! Yes, that was all caps worthy!!! My mom gave him a bottle and he guzzled it right down. Apparently the secret bottle that he will take is a lansinoh momma ... of course I only have one of these bottles as I received it as a free promo. I think I'll ride out the weekend and see if he'll take it again from DH and then I'll buy some. That took 5 days, and I'm sure the training has not ended, but I'm doing a virtual jig right now over this milestone!
This whole H not being able to do anything SUCKS! I'm trying to stay on top of everything and clean for company that we're having on Wednesday (yes, I need to start cleaning now, it's that bad) and then H gets home and it's like "well, I need to rest my knee the whole evening" grr. Not really his fault, though.
I'm with y'all on the pumping dilemma. The ebfing is going fantastically except for that M won't eat on my right side. So I pump and donate the entire 2-3 oz I get a day. But I'm getting sick of that. I didn't pump yesterday and just tried to get M to eat as much as he would on that side. Then I woke up soaked through my washcloths that I use for overnight breast pads.
In other news, we played outside today! Sun, grass, wind, sticks, birds... there is so much to discover when you see the world through the eyes of a 5 month old.
ninergirl52 yay!!! That's awesome. I hope he keeps the momentum up and the lansinoh bottles are the thing!
So I've been working on sitting up with Liam, and he's starting to sit for a few seconds before leaning over so yay! I put him down on his playmat and he got on his knees and did a mini two step crawl before falling back down! Holy crap. I am NOT ready for being completely mobile. I'm hardly handling all this scooting and rolling. He was barely rolling over two weeks ago and now he's practically crawling. Stop right now time. Just. Stop.
jjh1119 how exciting your lo got on his knees! I agree with you I'm not ready for that at all. Did he get to his knees from sitting or on his tummy??
ninergirl52 ya apparently lo screamed all day for my H. I fed her at lunch and she took a nap after and woke up and cried for almost 2 hours he said. Poor guy was in tears (!) when I got home, it was his first full day with her and went really badly. I don't know what the deal was, she doesn't normally cry like that and of course chilled right out as soon as I got home and nursed her
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