Tuesday or something?

[wildflower810]

I don't even know what day it is for normal people. It's Friday here and that's what matters.

H's knee problems have become back, hip, and foot problems. He can barely walk. I'm calling all over the city today to try and get him an appointment. 

We won't mention the months that this went without him addressing it, or the weeks since his original appointment that he hasn't gone to PT like he's supposed to. We also won't mention that *my* knee is flaring up after a work out last night. 

I need chocolate. Or something.

[kfaye]

wildflower810 sucks about your H, they always wait too long to address stuff like that!

Sorry I've been MIA lately, things have been rough here. Lo has been super fussy since Saturday. She cried (well screamed) for 3 hours sat and again Sunday. Yesterday was a bit better but she still woke up every hour and a half last night, crying every time.
The only thing that helped was driving her around in the car. I did take her to the pediatrician yesterday just to make sure she didn't have something wrong and she doesn't have an ear infection.. they said maybe gas:confused:
Idk about that, i feel like she is fighting sleep and just gets so worked up there is no chance of her sleeping.
my H and I fought all weekend, it's just so stressful.

[jjh1119]

wildflower810 men always wait too long. Hope he feels better soon. Hope your knee is okay too!

kfaye hugs! I hope she sleeps better soon! Hope you and H stop fighting too. So stressful .

So looks like Liam is like momma and likes to sleep in. This time I woke up an hour before him but he was sleeping in my bed so I was stuck until he woke up. Going to try to see if I put him in his crib after his early morning feed if he will stay asleep. This also means though that there are no naps till the afternoon.

Happy 6 months 11/19ers. zengal and pixie523. We are having a party haha! It was a joke initially, but now we are having pork carne alentejana (it's a delicious Portuguese dish with pork, potatoes, and little necks). And I'm going to the bakery for cake. Yes, cake. Because ANY excuse for cake is a good excuse.

I'm going to post a pic later again of him because I made his haircut even better and he looks pretty badass.

[songbirdsinging55]

kfaye- hugs! That is rough, if it is gas, I tried the baby yoga and it works wonders. Is she maybe teething?
wildflower810- so frustrating when they don't address health issues. Hope he feels better soon.

[songbirdsinging55]

It's my 6 year anniversary and DH is so upset that his work screwed up his schedule. He requested the entire day off (surprise for me) and was going to surprise me at work with brunch! I would have loved this btw. I am a sucker for surprises. He has some other plans now. I have no clue but we do have my mom watching Isaac for a little while tonight so we can finally see a movie. Everytime we try to we end up not going. I am also going to cook a awesome filet minon dinner.

[songbirdsinging55]

@jjh119- I so wanted to do a celebration for Cinco De Mayo on Isaac's 6 month but I was sick. I agree any excuse for cake!

[pixie523]

jjh1119, H is traveling but I might just get some cake anyway. (Note I've been trying to eliminate sugar for all of one day, but. uh. you said cake so now I need it.)

songbirdsinging55, happy anniversary! sorry it's not going as anticipated.

kfaye, girl you've got a lot going on. i hope you're taking care of yourself.


Today is my running day and I could NOT motivate myself to do it. I took an extra long stroll home from the nanny share house, but I am VERY far from my 3 mile goal. Using the fact that I had to couch sleep (renovations in our bedrooms) as an excuse, plus the fact I couldn't stop for coffee.

[pixie523]

jjh1119, another hair question for you! In addition to joining the postpartum baby hair loss club, I've also got HORRIBLE dry scalp lately. Any tips? I know it's natural for your scalp to peel, but this is just... beyond normal. I wash my hair about every other day, sometimes less, but depending on running and sweat levels sometimes more. help. i'm disgusting.

[jjh1119]

songbirdsinging55 happy anniversary. I'm sorry it's not going the way your H planned, but I hope you guys have fun tonight! You guys can have cake tonight ;-)

pixie523 running day and cake day are both okay on the same day. Even if running didn't happen :-). Coffee and coffee cake for you.


*piif*
Going to try again later for good pics, but these show off his cut haha. I wish I could blend the line a bit better but he's 6 months old soooo yeah. Not gonna happen

[pixie523]

jjh1119, SO CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE. Let me at those cheeks.

[jjh1119]

pixie523 ugh I feel ya on the gross scalp. A shampoo with tea tree oil is helpful but tends to dry out the hair so if you have dryish hair I wouldn't go that route. Moroccanoil brand has drops specific to dry shedding scalp. Bumble and bumble has a shampoo called surf that is ultra cleansing and works really well with sloughing off the yuck stuff.


Or you can go the cheap route and get head and shoulders and use it once or twice a week.


I may have gone the cheap route myself.

And thank you, his cheeks may get squeezed, kissed, eaten, multiple times a day.

[kfaye]

I love the idea to celebrate lo's 6 month bday with cake!
songbirdsinging55 I forgot about the baby yoga! Doc said she didn't see any teeth breaking thru but it could be pain from that. I tried some Tylenol sat and it helped a little bit. They suggested motrin may be better. Happy anniversary!
Hope you guys have a good one!
Thanks pixie523 I'm trying to but it's hard when I get no sleep. Just need to get thru this week and hopefully things will chill out. Just the fact that u run at all always allows you cake, no excuses needed!
jjh1119 your lo is so cute! Pretty sure with all my pp hair loss that he has more hair than I do!

[songbirdsinging55]

@jjh119- OMG! Baby supermodel!

[jjh1119]

kfaye he has more hair the my H and the next time I wash my hair I think he will surpass me too. Lol


I promise no more liam pics for a bit haha. Thank you for letting me AW. Umm two days in a row haa

[gldnbearz]

jjh1119 what were you saying about not cutting for koddos? That's one cute result right there.

[jjh1119]

Lol gldnbearz he is an exception ;-). I do have three clients under 5 that I do love though. But that's it. The trick (for boys) is to start early.

When it comes time for our littles to start getting haircuts I'll give you guys some tips to make it super smooth for you, baby, and hair stylist

[gldnbearz]

wildflower810 Why do men have to wait so late?
kfaye Sorry about rough times.
Happy anniversary songbirdsinging55! Grrr that your H's work screwed ip the schedule. Sounded like an awesome plan.
Cake? Did someone say cake?

[zengal]

kfaye I'm so sorry things are stressful right now. Crying babies and health scares are tough on relationships.
wildflower810 all the chocolate for you!
songbirdsinging55 Happy anniversary! Even without surprise brunch, I hope it's a wonderful day for you both.
jjh1119 Yes, your son is a total badass!
Babies of pixie523 jjh1119 happy half-birthdays!! And did I understand that spikesmom said six months today too? Cake all around!!! Sugar bans be damned!

[pixie523]

I hope spikesmom pops up today. Thinking about her and her LO!

Now I've got to go do some work.

[jjh1119]

Haha he is totally cooler than me and H combined zengal.

I thought max was 11/20, but if he is also an 11/19er happy 6 months spikesmom!

[zengal]

Random: I'm pumping in my office and somebody keeps knocking on the door. I'm not responding; go away! What would I even say?! Occupado? I have things hanging off my boobies and I'll talk to you in a minute? Just...stop!

[nerdalert]

There is already too much going on for me to tag! Haha, but I love the idea of cake for the 6 month birthdays! I may do brownies because I have a mix for that in the pantry. Yum! We're getting LO's 6 month pics done tomorrow morning. Hope she does well and doesn't poop all over her outfit during the session. Ha!

Speaking of hair, I never had a haircut until after I started kindergarten. In my school picture, my hair is in an awesome 90's side ponytail, and you can't even see the end of it in the picture because it's so long. I don't plan on waiting that long to cut DD's hair...

Last night, one of our neighbors passive-aggressively mentioned that they can hear our baby crying sometimes. Like, idk what they want me to do about it. Also, I'm pretty sure it's not even my baby they're hearing anyway. There is a baby in the apartment right above them, too. We are two levels above them. WHATEVER. Babies cry, yo.

[wildflower810]

jjh1119, OMG, so cute!

nerdalert, they can suck it! Babies cry and what are you going to do, move? When I was in labor I was worried that I would keep the neighbors up because I was LOUD but no one said anything. But since then I've been all "meh, they can deal" about baby noises.

I got H another appointment at a different on Thursday. Halleluiah. But, then the original place called back and said he really needs to go to PT and that it's kinda pointless for them to see him again because they're just going to tell him to go to PT.

How do you make a guy to to physical therapy?!?

[sadie74]

pixie523 I have the same thing going on with a dry scalp. Like what the heck?! I've tried lots of different things so I'm interest to hear what jjh1119 says too.

wildflower810 I hope all the knees in the wildflower household start feeling better asap.

kfaye I hope LO starts feeling better soon! Hugs to you and DH too this whole raising a baby thing can be so stressful.

jjh1119 Liam is so adorable!!

songbirdsinging55 I hope your day picks up, and happy anniversary!!

[kfaye]

OMG, just found a huge wasp (inside my house mind you), on the baby's car seat. I went full on mama bear and killed the shit out of it. Wtf!

[jjh1119]

zengal hahaha! "Occupado!! Boobies at work!"
nerdalert I had super long hair, too. I think I was roughly the same age getting my haircut and I had shoulder length hair by the time I was 12-18 months old or so.
Umm also, babies cry. Neighbor can shut it.

wildflower810 I hope he goes to PT! Damn men.

sadie74 I answered above about the dry scalp but I want to explain more.
(And pixie523 or anyone else)

If you've been trying to deal with dry scalp and it's not going away it actually could be the opposite and be oil build up that won't slough off (think cradle cap).

If that's the case, moroccanoil brand actually has oil drops for oily scalp to help slough it off too.

[jjh1119]

kfaye I would kill that wasp 100 times over. Burn down the car seat if needed lol. Effing things scare the bejesus out of me. Stay outside all things that fly!

[sadie74]

jjh1119 thanks on the advice! By the time I posted there were so many more replies haha.

[gldnbearz]

kfaye jjh1119 I'm with you about flying things. Also add crawling things. Except babies. Worse when it's a spider in the tub. Argh!!!!

[kfaye]

jjh1119 they scare the shit out of me too, something took over inside me and I had to protect my baby:) Can't deal with them being in the house, if I wouldn't have killed it I would spend the rest of the day at mom's until my H got home!
gldnbearz spider in the tub is awful too, I always try to flush them down the drain....sometimes they crawl back up!!!