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[lilyelayne]

How's it going, ladies?
GTKY: if you could guarantee your kid(s) would travel perfectly & it were in your budget, where would you go for a family weekend trip?

[lilyelayne]

Yesterday and today DS has not wanted to go back to sleep after his 5am feeding. He's currently happily kicking his swaddle in the pnp and yawning away.

GTKY: New Orleans of course. I miss it so. I'd love a boudin biscuit from Surrey's for weekend brunch.

[miniwheat]

DD and I have colds. Ugh.
GTKY: Disney World. The 3 year old would go nuts for that.

[lotsofdotts]

I am currently trying to get the two older kids out the door. My DD is trying to stay home by saying her throat hurts. She is heading out the door loaded up with allergy medicine.

GTKY: I want to go to England to explore sites of my favorite British authors and share that with them.

[mishka29]

Omg. I am feeding LO and I look over and there is a spider on the side of her crib! Wtf!?!

Gtky: the thought of traveling with 2 kids is a nightmare lol

[Deleted]

Last night DD took a bottle from DH but wasn't satisfied so I put her to the breast to nurse some more. After 30 sec she threw up A LOT. It was all over her, me, the couch, the throw pillows... Everywhere. Ah, the joys of being a parent.
Today we have gotten pictures taken for her passport and a friend of mine is coming to visit this afternoon. Yay!

GTKY: A ski trip! DD wouldn't really be able to properly enjoy any place we go, but I know that DH wants to go skiing and I wouldn't mind descending a few slopes myself.

miniwheat I hope your cold passes quickly!

[aggiebug]

Morning. Tough night here. I am not terribly surprised since DD wasn't swaddled and we changes bed time I am still quite sleepy this morning. my cousin and his wife had a baby a few weeks ago. They live a few hrs from us and my aunt and uncle are in town so I am taking a day trip to see them today. I may need a double shot of caffeine on the way home



GTKY. Ha! I hope LO is a good traveler, because she will be doing it a lot. We are driving to Atlanta over Memorial day (10hr), Detroit in June (10 hr), flying to Texas in July and driving all over the state, and hopefully Boston in September.


Somewhere else we are looking to drive to is Toronto and Niagara Falls.

[izzy0927]

It's my last day of maternity leave and it is jam packed with stuff! We're going to a babywearing international meeting this morning to return the last carrier we borrowed, and to get a new one for this month. I'm torn between trying the ergo 360, a Tula, a Lenny lamb, or going totally all out and doing a woven or a ring sling. Decisions, decisions. Then we are meeting my husband for lunch, then going on a hike with some mom/baby friends and then hanging out at the juice bar.

The kid's christening outfit came yesterday and I am dying. It's a sweet little white romper and I just kept laughing while I tried it on him because he looks like a fat little angel baby.

GTKY: I would love to go to Nashville (for somewhere I've never been) or Charleston (for a return trip.)

[lotsofdotts]

I have to tell what happened yesterday. Tl; DR- Freak out over paternity leave.

DH and I work together at the same school. I had to adjust my leave so HR sent me a new leave calendar. On the bottom, it stated that DH would use my final 4 FMLA days. I emailed HR asking about it and they sent back an email explaining that we share FMLA unless Brady has a medical reason why we need more than 12 weeks. The email continued on to quote the employee handbook about non-paid leave. I didn't read carefully and thought it said that DH will be placed on unpaid leave starting today. Obviously, I freaked the hell out and emailed back in a panic. Once I calmed down and got back home, I read the actual parental leave policy and got out my DH's leave calendar to clearly see that he is using his accrued leave and will be paid. I knew deep-down that was the case but the HR email was not clear and sent me into a full anxiety attack. Damn HR!

[dacora]

DD is going through the twelve week growth spurt/leap and I can't wait for it to be over. Thank goodness it hasn't affected her sleep at night, but it makes her a little terror during the day.

GTKY: I'd love to take a trip back home to California to visit my childhood best friend. She had her son in November. I wish we lived closer to each other because she's the only other SAHM I know and she's across the freaking country.

[misshart00]

I'm so exhausted. I didn't sleep at all last night. Thank you everyone for checking up on me yesterday.

The storms today and tomorrow are supposed to be worse. And H works a lot. Ugh.

GTKY: always disney world. But really anywhere. I would love to just go somewhere.

[hollydfromtn]

Good morning all. DS and I are working on Morher's Day gifts for my mom, stepmom, and MIL today. We're making salt dough hand and foot print hearts. Dh asked me this morning if I was going to make one for myself too and when I said yes he said "good, then I don't have to get you anything." I am not going to be a very happy wife if that's the case. He doesn't even have to get me anything but some effort needs to be made to make my very first Mother's Day special. He made the excuse that he has too much going on and feels like he never gets anything done. I told him he needs to start prioritizing and make sure his wife doesn't always end up at the bottom of the list. He's really dropped the ball with holidays lately. I asked for months leading up to DS' arrival for DH to give me a baby charm for my pandora bracelet at the hospital. I thought it would be special to be able to say that his daddy gave me that one the day he was born. Not only did I not get it then, but I still haven't gotten one. I mentioned it again this morning and he said that was too easy of a gift to get. Also I got nada for Valentine's Day and my birthday last week. I feel like such a brat being upset by this but it's really starting to bother me that he's decided that just getting me a card for things and nothing else is sufficient.

Sorry I started typing and all that just kind of spilled out. Donuts to anyone that actually read my little rant. I feel better just getting it out there.

[hollydfromtn]

Totally forgot about the GTKY in the midst of my rant. I would like to go to Charleston. I went back when I was in 7th grade but would love to go back now that I'm older and can really appreciate the beauty.

[izzy0927]

I'm sorry hollydfromtn, that would really piss me off too. I know my DH doesn't care as much about milestone gifts as I do, but he knows just to suck it up and go along with it. Have you read that love languages book/taken the quizzes? DH (begrudgingly) and I took the quiz online and we realized we have vastly different ways of showing our love as well as different expectations of how we want to receive love. If nothing else, it's helped me realize that sometimes when he's doing something that's driving me crazy (like insisting on taking my car to the gas station to fill it up instead of actually helping me with something I need that minute), he's showing me how much he loves me and it helps me bite my tongue.

[missys]

Hi ladies! I proctored my last end of course test yesterday for my students and am glad that is over. Ollie slept from 7 until 5 with only one wake up at 1! It was AMAZING. I hope you all are having a great week. I'm counting down the days until summer break and it will be like a second maternity leave!

[lotsofdotts]

hollydfromtn, I'm sorry about that. I don't really care what my husband gets for me as long as he acknowledges the holiday. I hope he does get you something to make MD special. Hugs to you.

[anchovies]

misshart00 I hope you and your family stays safe. We will be thinking of you guys

miniwheat hope you and DD feel better asap!

hollydfromtn if it's important to you then your DH needs to make it important to him. I have to be very clear with DH on things that matter most to me.

[osumegs]

hollydfromtn that stinks! I'm sorry maybe he will really step it up this weekend. Hopefully at least.

Gtky: Savannah. My hands down favorite place in the us to travel. DH and I did a road trip there in fall of 13 and I loved it. My only complaint was that they were filming the spongebob movie so I didn't get to try to recommended ice cream store. (I like food A LOT so that's always a big part of my trips)

[junebugjam]

I am for real transitioning LO out of the RNP this weekend. He'll be 12 weeks on Monday, so I guess it's time. Tried for a nap yesterday, lasted 19 minutes. Then tried again when I first laid him down for bed, got 21 minutes. He slept in the RNP rest of the night but slept terribly.

Now he's in the cradle for the first nap of the day and so far he's been sleeping for 25 minutes, so at least I feel like we're making some progress. Slow and steady, right?

GTKY: since it just says a weekend trip, I'll go with DC. My H has never been and I haven't gone since I was a kid. I feel like I'd appreciate it more now, and H really wants to visit the air and space museum.

[jensoprano82]

hollydfromtn - don't feel selfish for wanting to feel important in the mans life, for goodness sake!!! I would ask him of perhaps there is a financial issue he's not telling you about (because you would feel lousy if that were the case.... But cheap and homemade gifts are good too...) lame. I'm sorry...

Umm.... I was told there would be donuts....?

Gtky: Paris, because LO is too young to care where we go and I want I want I want.

[mands1125]

Good morning! Crazy busy weekend ahead!

GTKY: probably a ski trip too (when Abby is older of course)

[cougarette]

My mom and I are going to SIL's so she can meet the new baby.

While I'm ready to go back to work I'm also sad that I only have one more full week of mat leave left.

I am glad that I was able to extend my leave from 5/1 since he's been so smiley this week. I would have been upset to miss it.

[cougarette]

Oh, I forgot the gtky.

I'd say a short cruise. We haven't been since 2013 and I want to go so bad.

And yes, yall need to come to Charleston!

[miniwheat]

Stay safe today misshart00

[lotsofdotts]

Haha! Apparently I can't read! I totally didn't see the short weekend trip in the GTKY question! I better get It together since I teach English!

For a short weekend trip, I would like to go to Savannah. I have always wanted to go but never have even though I live in NC.

[lotsofdotts]

May 8, 2015 8:10:01 GMT -5 junebugjam said:

I am for real transitioning LO out of the RNP this weekend. He'll be 12 weeks on Monday, so I guess it's time. Tried for a nap yesterday, lasted 19 minutes. Then tried again when I first laid him down for bed, got 21 minutes. He slept in the RNP rest of the night but slept terribly.

Now he's in the cradle for the first nap of the day and so far he's been sleeping for 25 minutes, so at least I feel like we're making some progress. Slow and steady, right?

GTKY: since it just says a weekend trip, I'll go with DC. My H has never been and I haven't gone since I was a kid. I feel like I'd appreciate it more now, and H really wants to visit the air and space museum.

Hopefully he will get accustomed to it quickly. Fingers crossed!

[jensoprano82]

Oh I didn't realize it was a short weekend trip either. Hmm. I've never been to Boston or DC so that would be fun

[anchovies]

Spam: AW moment- it's my bday and I turn 30 today! I feel really happy. I so badly wanted to have a baby by the time I was 30. It took us 2.5 years and a lot of help from modern medicine, but DS came along!

To celebrate, the in laws are babysitting & DH are going out for the first time alone. Trying out a place I've been wanting to go for over a year.

GTKY: Vermont in the fall or early winter. I love the NE states and have never been there.

[jensoprano82]

Happy birthday anchovies... Welcome to the 30 club, where really nothing changes!

[lilyelayne]

miniwheat feel better!
aggiebug hope you & LO have a good trip!
izzy0927 I have an ergo 360 and a woven. I like them for different things. I would probably be more willing to wear a SSC for errands if it were softer/prettier, the way the Lenny Lambs or Tulas look, but I'm glad I'm learning to wrap. It's fun and gets me to learn & accomplish new things. I feel like a boss when I wrap in public, especially if it's a parking lot and I don't get my tails all gross. I never put the SSC on around the house; the big waist belt would drive me crazy.
lotsofdotts glad the paternity leave situation wasn't actually messed up
misshart00 keeping you & yours in my prayers
hollydfromtn too easy of a gift to get so instead he gets you nothing? Is it a money issue he doesn't want to admit to you? I hope Mother's Day doesn't cause trouble
junebugjam GL with the crib transition