Taking LO for another couple of hours at daycare. Friday went okay but we were only there about 2 hours. Thursday I will actually leave him there and MIL will pick him up. Hopefully all goes well be she will be picking up for real 1 week later on his first real day.
DS is an awful napper. He usually sleeps in the car, but yesterday he only napped 20 minutes in the car. Idk what to do. I try darkening the room, feeding, nursing, bouncing, etc. hoping his daycare helps
aggiebug I'm totally impressed and jealous of the meal planning!
I go back to work Thu and am still trying to figure out the best way to send milk to daycare, it's seems like a lot to send it in a bunch of small bottles but if I send it all in 2 bigger bottles I'm worried she won't incorporate the milk all back together before pouring a bottle (I really need to get over that, I'm leaving my baby with her, I'm sure she can manage the bottle correctly). I am also worried I don't have a supportive enough bra for work, gotta go try to find one today.
And to top it off it seems like DS has regressed on what sleep we were getting. I wanted to move in into his crib this weekend but DH kept putting it off, and then said he's worried we won't hear him and doesn't want to move home yet. I had wanted to move home before I go back to work so it's wasn't all happening at the same time- I just hope we don't wait too long and make the transition harder than it has to be, DS is 12 wks today.
aggiebug I am impressed with your meal planning abilities! I wish I was that good, it would probably save me both my sanity and a ton of money.
Ha it really isn't that hard. I honestly can't imagine not planning for a week. If I didn't do one primary grocery run a week and only emergency trips if need be we would eat out a lot and eat like crap the other nights. It is so much easier for my brain this way. I also feel that since I am looking a week at a time I can really see that we are getting enough veggies, and a variety of proteins and our diet is pretty balanced.
ace226, I'm obsessed with purple hair. My girl that does my hair is really young (22), and she rocks the purple. It's also my fav color. I have a Pinterest board full of purple hair....sadly, I'm too old (31). If you can pull it off GO FOR IT!!!
Woohoo for the support! When I was 16-17 I had blue hair and even my mom said she kinda liked it on me, even though she hated the fact I had it. Haha! I've had hair every color but I haven't done anything with it in the past year or two.
I'm debating whether to do purple all over or do a reddish-brown with purple underneath now!
I am going back to work officially June 2nd. I had a meeting with my boss and he's letting me come back 3 days a week. I asked for Tues, Wed, Thurs. After debating on whether or not I should do Mon, Wed, Thurs, or something else like that and break it up, I decided it would be better to have a 5 day stretch, especially if we decided to do something on the weekend.
I discussed prices with the daycare I chose and set a price and today I'm going to officially register LO.
BUT now, after doing the math, my take home pay is barely anything. I knew it wouldn't be much, but damn. Why am I doing this again? H was very neutral the entire time of my decision making, but I can tell even more now that he wishes I would SAH.
I keep telling myself, it's better to go back to work and then change your mind about working versus not going back to work and wishing you had given it a go. Plus, with baby #2, I will definitely stay home since day care would probably be more than what I would make.
Woohoo for the support! When I was 16-17 I had blue hair and even my mom said she kinda liked it on me, even though she hated the fact I had it. Haha! I've had hair every color but I haven't done anything with it in the past year or two.
I'm debating whether to do purple all over or do a reddish-brown with purple underneath now!
I had blue highlights when I met DH when I was 19. I loved them! They were supposed to just be temporary and wash out after 10 washes or something but they stuck around for like 4 months. (I promise I washed my hair more than 10 times in 4 months) I would love to do something like that again but I don't think I could pull it off as well now. You should totally go for it.
I am going back to work officially June 2nd. I had a meeting with my boss and he's letting me come back 3 days a week. I asked for Tues, Wed, Thurs. After debating on whether or not I should do Mon, Wed, Thurs, or something else like that and break it up, I decided it would be better to have a 5 day stretch, especially if we decided to do something on the weekend.
I discussed prices with the daycare I chose and set a price and today I'm going to officially register LO.
BUT now, after doing the math, my take home pay is barely anything. I knew it wouldn't be much, but damn. Why am I doing this again? H was very neutral the entire time of my decision making, but I can tell even more now that he wishes I would SAH.
I keep telling myself, it's better to go back to work and then change your mind about working versus not going back to work and wishing you had given it a go. Plus, with baby #2, I will definitely stay home since day care would probably be more than what I would make.
Sigh. Mom life decisions = rough.
Daycare costs are one of the main reasons I am a SAHM now. My take home pay would have barely covered the cost for DS to be in daycare. So far I have no regrets. I love the extra time I get with him during the day.
Post by toadandbuggie on May 4, 2015 8:26:38 GMT -5
hollydfromtn, I'm going to be in that boat when baby 2 comes. The only reason I decided to not SAH was because the daycare I chose is right next to my work and I can visit him 3 times a day. Also, I figured if I could stick it out and work for a little bit longer to build my 'experience' time, it will be easier in the future to get back into the field.
So I'm back at work today. I'm WFH which is nice but in a way I almost feel like it's worse. I can hear him downstairs crying and it's taking all my willpower not to run down there and figure what the babysitter is doing wrong. Ugh this sucks.
That would suck. I have a hard enough time not swooping in on DH when DS is crying, let alone a babysitter. I'm sure she'll get the swing of things and it will get easier. Until then many many creepy internet hugs.
Sitting outside of our library for work. I have to go in and get some research stuff for one of our attorneys and of course the others are emailing me looking for help this morning. Ugh... Some days I hate my job.
I'm sure she will bitch and complain about me going for him. I hate being the go between. But dude he called me yesterday and asked me to go to do it today.
I have been mia lately bc I started working part time from home so juggling that and dd has been fun to say the least. And it got nice out so lots of playing outside!!
I have to go drop off stuff for her at daycare today or tomorrow and am so scared of having a full on meltdown. I really didn't think this was going to be so hard! I don't start for real working for 2 weeks but have a conference next week I am going in for so she will be in next Monday.
I love getting emails on Monday about what my baby should be doing, etc. it's a good reminder of her age and all but it ticks me off at the same time. All of the emails do not take into effect if your employment doesn't have a wonderful maternity leave.
She's 12 weeks today so like everyone of them say since you are possibly making it back to work... Um... Asses I've been back for 6 damn weeks. Some of us don't have the luxury of being covered by FMLA or have a policy.
No big plans for the day. I'm waiting to hear back from a local MOMs group to see if they have a spot open for me. I had to fill out a questionnaire and everything so that they could see if I was a good fit. It felt like I was applying for a job lol. DS is a little young for the group, but I need to make some mom friends and have some social interaction.
Really? An application? I thought you just show up for those groups. That is weird. I feel like this is a grown-up version of Mean Girls. If they don't like your answers, you can't sit with them?
I have lots to do today because I didn't make it to the grocery store yesterday. Honestly, I didn't do much of anything yesterday, including showering. Ewwww...that is a priority today.
This weekend has been interesting because I have been trying to recalculate child support with my ex. It has been 4 years since we did it, and we are supposed to do it every 3 years. I'm a teacher and have been on a salary freeze for 7 years. We finally go a small raise of $3000 last year. I thought that was great until I saw how much of a salary increase my ex has gotten in the last 4 years...$60,000! He is an attorney, so it makes sense. This is big news for child support. I am getting a huge increase! I need it because my ex doesn't pay anything right now and refuses to help with things like school supplies and athletic equipment. I hope we can finalize it today and move on. Crossing my fingers that he will continue to cooperate.
badw0lf I can't imagine that all the time. I am sure it will get better but I'm sitting here for the daycare transition day 2 and it gives me such anxiety to hear him cry and not be able to run over and tend to him. (((Hugs)))
Post by 2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) on May 4, 2015 10:16:12 GMT -5
We tried to do handprints for Mother's Day for Gma but ds didn't cooperate and we settles on footprints. The weather was sooo nice yesterday- should be nice all week. I need to start walking!! Exercising!! Ds is not sleeping well. Actually it's the in between that sucks. Screaming.
Okay, I know this is already covered in a previous thread but I do need input please! Also, TMI warning!
DH and I attempted our first pp sex this morning. (We've done other stuff, just not the real deal because I was kind of a wuss about it.). I say "attempted" because, of course, it didn't fully work out. It did hurt, but it felt so tight (and he didn't even end up all the way in there) and I ended up actually having bleeding and I'm wearing a pantiliner now. It seriously felt like the first time all over again. I had to throw the sheets in the wash! I expected it to be uncomfortable, but not quite like this. Did anyone else experience this?!
ace226 et all re: purple hair - my sister is 32 and has had some version of purple or teal hair for a decade now. And she works in the corporate world! Do it!
@holachica I hate redoing my resume. Good luck! toadandbuggie glad your boss approved part time! badw0lf WFH would be hard. Can you try headphones? mrszee Internet hugs! You can do this! cloe111479 my work's "leave" is 6 weeks unpaid and you must use any vacation & sick time you've accrued. Sick time does not roll over year to year so you cannot bank it. So when you go back at 6 weeks you also have no PTO left for the rest of the year. It's stupid. I have very special circumstances that allowed me to negotiate something different, and I'm still mad that's their policy. lotsofdotts FX your child support gets finalized today
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