I'm taking myself out to breakfast before I grocery shop while DH is home with baby. Don't know why I feel a little guilty, he treats himself all the time! Trying to push those thoughts aside and enjoy someone serving me for a change!
@nph1982 enjoy breakfast out! It's my favorite meal to eat out and my H's least favorite so I rarely get to do it (it has become a vacation thing... I drag him to yummy breakfast places every day on vacation:-)
I'm currently enjoying snuggles with my sleepy little man on my day off! They are much needed by both of us!
Happy May Day!! Does anyone still do the baskets? Baby and I are going to make one up for our neighbor. We don't ring the doorbell and run away though- because if that happened to me I would kick that basket to the curb. Oh, how the world has changed
lol, happy friday! Baby is napping, and it timed well with a nice full tummy. I am PRAYING to nap Jesus that he sleeps for at least 1 hour. We are 10 minutes in.
I have to do the monthly reports. But I don't want to. We were supposed to be going to story time at the library at 9:30, but 9:30 is pretty solidly naptime. Everyday. I'll still pop into the library this afternoon, but bummed story time didn't work out.
I miss you ladies! It's been a busy busy week and I haven't had the time/energy to post much here in the last few weeks. I've been trying to read as I can.
My inlaws are coming in town. Initially they told us their flight landed at noon. Then they texted and said "Whoops, midnight. See you Saturday I guess" THEN TEXTED AGAIN THAT THEY CHANGED THEIR FLIGHT AND ARE LANDING AT 9AM. Uh, okay but you're not welcome here until noon. I am working. My H isn't home. No. NO. NOOOOOOO
I hope you all have great weekends because I'm losing mine entirely to this visit.
zengal, I can't wait until they say things to me like this: why isn't she sleeping? does she eat enough during the day? you need rest. you look tired. (they told us the tired thing before LO even existed. oh. why thank you)
yoga breathing alll day. allllll day. wine all night.
zengal Yes, we do May Day baskets! Or at least we always did when I was a kid. All the kids in my neighborhood did, and we totally did the whole ring the doorbell and run away thing. I'm not going to do anything this year, but next year I think it will be fun to have LO take baskets to a neighbor or two, I have no idea where we'll be living this time next year though!
Post by singingmama10 on May 1, 2015 9:17:25 GMT -5
npg1982, I hope you enjoyed or are enjoying your breakfast out! zengal, I wouldn't be surprised if my neighbors do a mother's day basket. It seems like they do baskets for every holiday (it gets a little expensive gotta say). My favorite is Halloween. We do a "You've been boo-zed" and fill it with little sample sized wine bottles. However, I would be ok if we just did it once or twice a year.... it get's a little much.
Hubs is home today. I love it when he's home. I do feel a little guilty asking him to do this or that when he's home on a day he usually is at work. But I gotta remind myself he's daddy too. I never get a day off! when he's home it's only fair that we share the responsibilities of little man, right?
Post by singingmama10 on May 1, 2015 9:26:22 GMT -5
pixie523, I feel your pain! My MIL is always saying those little judgmental comments EVERY DAY! she lives about 8 minutes away from us.... so I hear it all time! She loves to think she knows everything best. She does it with my husband too... a few years ago we built a house and my H and I lived with her for 10 months!!!!!! ( I am the strongest, most self-controlled person I know lol) My H and I got in a fight... it was stupid, basically I was soooo stressed out from living in that house that I just flipped out on him. So the next day I felt bad and decided I would surprise him at work with a nice lunch. As I am making the lunch she comes up to me and says "oooh well you know.... Eric doesn't like sandwiches in the summer" WHAT???!!!! that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! She makes stupid shit up because she wants to think she knows everything better than anyone else. It drives me CRAZY!!!! Yeah she's doing the same thing with LO now... Lots and Lots of yoga breathing over here .
zengal, hmm interesting! I've never heard of this. We used to have a May Faire 'round these parts. My best friend growing up, her family ran it every year. Hasn't been done in close to 20 years now, though.
pixie523, His eczema is getting better everywhere but his face. That still comes and goes. His back is not as awful as it was before and his chest, legs, and arms are all good. Ill post a pic from my phone with his face. It's only noticeable from the side. His cheeks are so chubby it hides the spot in straight on photos. And also, with the sleep, eat, whatever comments the MIL says- just know you're doing a kickass job.
singingmama10, when H is home I definitely expect help. I boss him around. He takes it. I do it lovingly, though. Just "hey, do this.... please.."
. That red spot is the best it gets. I don't have any of when he has a flare up because it's so yucky. But it takes over the whole cheek, gets incredibly red, crusty, etc.
pixie523 See how many times you can blame them. Like, oh, she normally sleeps so well- must be the change in activity with the visit. Oh, she isn't eating like she usually does- must be different with extra people here. Pass the wine?
nerdalert Cool, I'm glad someone does May baskets!
zengal, fantastic idea for pixie523 lol. Not cool husband. Does he give you the time to yourself that you deserve? Surely, I would totally let H have a "break" as long as I have the same opportunity.
BTW, kid is awake. woke up at 46 minutes exactly. yay for both an exersaucer AND a jumperoo. he's contained and content and I am able to work a bit.
As I mentioned yesterday, LO stopped STTN this week. Last night right after we put him to bed he started crying and screaming in pain. None of our normal comfort tactics worked. It was horrible!
This morning was his 6- month check-up. How's that for good timing? We told the doctor about the poor sleeping and the painful screaming. Turns out LO has an ear infection.
pixie523 I hope this weekend flies by for you. spikesmom Enjoy the snuggles. jjh1119 Naps are the best.
LO is having her 6 months pediatrician visit and vaccinations today. This is on top of the crappy sleep week. Last night was promising, but ended as the worst yet. We started out with bottle, bath, and book time. It all unraveled after midnight. She's a little congested but was in good spirits until she lost it around 2am and got to really crying. Previous nights, she was awake but not crying like that.
If it was teething discomfort, I figured a dose of Tylenol might help. Except she managed to dribble a good portion of it out of her mouth. She and I ended up sleeping on the couch for about 3-4 hours.
pixie523, I feel your pain! My MIL is always saying those little judgmental comments EVERY DAY! she lives about 8 minutes away from us.... so I hear it all time! She loves to think she knows everything best. She does it with my husband too... a few years ago we built a house and my H and I lived with her for 10 months!!!!!! ( I am the strongest, most self-controlled person I know lol) My H and I got in a fight... it was stupid, basically I was soooo stressed out from living in that house that I just flipped out on him. So the next day I felt bad and decided I would surprise him at work with a nice lunch. As I am making the lunch she comes up to me and says "oooh well you know.... Eric doesn't like sandwiches in the summer" WHAT???!!!! that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! She makes stupid shit up because she wants to think she knows everything better than anyone else. It drives me CRAZY!!!! Yeah she's doing the same thing with LO now... Lots and Lots of yoga breathing over here .
HAHAHAH. Doesn't like sandwiches in the summer. Oh man. According to my MIL my H hates lamp shopping. Uh, okay? It's weird how they remember something that they did once in their youth and have decided it to be fact. 8 minutes away. Bless your heart. We get visits three times a year, and facetime regularly (where i hide so i don't lose it, or we schedule right before nap so it's brief)
pixie523 See how many times you can blame them. Like, oh, she normally sleeps so well- must be the change in activity with the visit. Oh, she isn't eating like she usually does- must be different with extra people here. Pass the wine?
nerdalert Cool, I'm glad someone does May baskets!
singingmama10, lmao, I missed the sandwiches in the summer. That's awesome.
zengal, okay, nut punches to DH then. Seriously. yes, thank goodness for apparati (Ill go with that even with the squiggly red line telling me its wrong).
sjp03, poor thing. Hopefully he sleeps again once his ear feels better Well timed visit though!
gldnbearz, now I want waffles. I really hope your baby just sleeps after her vaccinations. You deserve to have sleep (so does she, I hope everything is okay!) If it is teething pain, we use Camilia and it works really well. I try to only use it occasionally. I've tried the mesh feeder with an apple before too, and he enjoyed that. (probably not at 2 am though)
Post by singingmama10 on May 1, 2015 10:08:01 GMT -5
sjp03, As horrible as it sounds.... at least you know that there could be a reason why LO isn't sttn anymore. Poor guy . Hopefully he'll get better quick and you guys can get back to your regular schedule! gldnbearz, I hope she feels starts to feel better! and yes hopefully she will sleep after those vaccines so that you can sleep too!
sjp03 Oh no! Sorry about the ear infection. Hope he feels better soon.
singingmama10 Wow, 8 minutes away? I could not handle that. My in laws are beyond terrible though. DH actually wants nothing to do with his parents, which is sad but totally their choice. If they decided to stop lying to us and apologize for some things in DH's past, we would be fine with seeing them. But they are so "holier than thou" and they've NEVER done ANYTHING wrong in their lives, so they'll never apologize. My family is so functional and awesome that they keep asking all the time when the next time ILs are coming to see LO, if we're planning to see them on a holiday, etc. We need to just sit down with my family and explain all the crap to them. Ugh. Not looking forward to that discussion.
pixie523 apparently my baby is colic, breastfeeding isn't going well, and I get my baby drunk while drinking and breastfeeding. My inlaws are not my fav people. Oh ya.. And when I had a bad pregnancy throwing up everyday, bleeding, heart palpations... I was told not stop complaining on my baby shower day cuz it "wasn't all about me"
jax1182014 you win! Mine are actually fine people. Just very high maintenance and don't listen at all. I'm super into boundaries and they are super into laughing at them.
Post by spiraltheory on May 1, 2015 13:17:31 GMT -5
Remember when my MIL visited for a month? No? Neither do I because I blocked that shit out. Actually, I wish I could have that month deleted from my memory. Boundaries? Is that like not washing your DIL's underwear? If so, yeah, she's fresh out of boundaries.
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