So DH and I went on a walk yesterday w our family in the neighborhood. I was baby wearing DD in the ergo and DH was pushing DS in the bob stroller and walking our terrier mutt and cockapoo. 10 min into the walk there is this huge beautiful stray dog. It looked like a Pyrenees/ wolf. It had a collar w an address listed which was an extra 20 min walk down a bumpy dirt road and we had no phones on us so we leashed the big dog and put our little 10 pound cockapoo in the stroller on DS lap.
So picture DH leading the way walking a little terrier and a 100 pound Pyrenees down this dirt road and me behind him pushing the stroller and w a baby in the ergo. I was sweating buckets and we were both laughing so hard from the randomness of this adventure. DS was loving it and kept saying ' look at that big dog mommy!'
We finally get to this house and the guy answers the door on his cell phone and does not get off the phone or acknowledge that we found his lost dog. What an idiot. At least we did our good deed for the day.
@poppyc8, I would have been choked, I hate when unleashed dogs run up to us. On our walk last night a cat hopped off his porch and followed our dog along the fence, it was hilarious, especially since they both had tuxedo markings.
@poppyc8, I would have been choked, I hate when unleashed dogs run up to us. On our walk last night a cat hopped off his porch and followed our dog along the fence, it was hilarious, especially since they both had tuxedo markings.
I normally don't go up to unleashed dogs but this one had the personality of Winnie the Pooh it was so docile and dopey looking.
That sounds like one brave cat looking for some entertainment!
@poppyc8, I would have been choked, I hate when unleashed dogs run up to us. On our walk last night a cat hopped off his porch and followed our dog along the fence, it was hilarious, especially since they both had tuxedo markings.
I normally don't go up to unleashed dogs but this one had the personality of Winnie the Pooh it was so docile and dopey looking.
That sounds like one brave cat looking for some entertainment!
I love great pyrs...my dog is about 75% lab with the rest being great pyr it's a very nice combo. Yeah I couldn't figure out if the cat wanted to make friends or torture the dog!
So DH and I hung out and played video games most of today. We're sitting in the office (at the front of the house) and he says "Dude, there's a bear in our yard." We live within city limits in the suburbs on 1/3 of an acre of land. Our houses are all super close together. So, for obvious reasons I don't believe him. He runs to the back door and opens it. THERE WAS A BABY BLACK BEAR IN OUR YARD!!!!!!!!! The dog sees it and DH grabs him just in time before he goes to check it out. I walk out onto our deck as my neighbor yells "That's a black bear!" And I yell "Who are we supposed to call to get it?" DH runs to get his phone to take a picture. I watch the baby bear meander through our unfenced yard into our neighbor's unfenced yard then it climbed right over a fence into another yard. Our other neighbors are outside watching and a few kids come into our yard and my inner teacher immediately said "You shouldn't be chasing the bear. It isn't safe." The kids tell me that they already called animal control who said they're closed and won't do anything about it. I thank them while rolling my eyes and again say not to chase the bear. Come inside and look up animal control. It is closed but I call anyhow. I explain the baby black bear and the girl on the line says "Yeah, we've been getting a lot of calls about those this week." I don't think she understands where I live. There aren't any woods near us. They refer me to non-emergency police who I call. I tell them what I saw (again, a bear in my yard in the middle of suburbia!!) and he takes my information. Then he tells me that wildlife control won't come unless the bear causes problems like getting into someone's trash or messing with chicken coops. I said "Oh, we don't have chicken coops here." I told him about my worry for the kids chasing the bear especially if mama bear gets involved and he told me to tell the kids to leave the bear alone. Which I had already done. Then DH starts yelling "What about the pizza guy!? I need my pizza." The officer heard and laughed. Officer tells me that he'll make a report about it and that's all he can do. DH and I are still trying to figure out where the bear came from. We do live kind of near the mountains but it's a few miles away.
So TL;DR-Baby black bear (larger than any dog I've ever met) in my super suburban yard and animal control wouldn't come to take care of it. Happy Friday.
@poppyc8 ugh I've rescued my neighbor's beagle from the road a million times and they rarely ever say "thank you" or anything for that matter. Not to mention the fact that they NEVER know when the dog is loose. Drives me crazy.
jessila, in the town near me a baby black bear actually walked through the automatic doors at a grocery store and raided the bakery until a fish and wildlife officer came and got him.
jessila, in the town near me a baby black bear actually walked through the automatic doors at a grocery store and raided the bakery until a fish and wildlife officer came and got him.
My neighbor claims she saw a black bear going through her trash can one morning. We live in a super urban area so it's hard to believe. She also has locked herself out of her house naked while taking out the trash so who knows what pills she is on.
I'm nomming so much food lately. So much more than when I was pregnant. I feel like a crazy hungry teenager. Always hungryyyyy
This is my favorite part of pregnancy/infancy. Breastfeeding is the only time in my life, even compared with when I was a child, that I can eat whatever I want and not worry about gaining weight.
Post by baileybaileybne on Jun 23, 2015 2:01:29 GMT -5
My sister just put me in a hard position. I've asked family members to get the whooping cough vaccination booster since I was 3 months pregnant. My sister just tells me today (a week after LO was born) that she never got it and now she's 7 weeks pregnant so she can't. I'm so upset. She had so many months to get it together and didn't. Now I have to decide whether to exclude her from seeing my daughter for 6 weeks or have her wear a mask like I'm a crazy person to protect her and still feel sick at the risk I'm putting her at. Not sure what to do/think. I'm trying to be sensitive to her because she had a loss last year and is so excited to be pregnant but damn it this sucks.
Post by baileybaileybne on Jun 23, 2015 3:22:54 GMT -5
She had the vaccine as a child but there has been a high rate of incidents here in the past year so everyone around babies is told to get a booster every 5 years. She's never had it. I'm just going to have to be a crazy lady and make her wear a mask. I didn't know you could get your blood checked for immunity. Maybe I should ask her to look into it, it would be peace of mind.
Post by carolyngrace on Jun 23, 2015 5:31:22 GMT -5
I feel like I should be way more concerned about vaccines than I am. We've had a ton of visitors the last month and it never crossed my mind to ask about vaccines...
Also my beck hurts so damn much from nursing propped up in bed just so I could get a crappy two more hours of sleep this morning. Ugh.
carolyngrace I never ask about vaccines either and we have had so many visitors. I have had a rule though that if any children come to the house they are not allowed to touch the baby until her 2 month vaccines. ( my doctors office said to follow that rule)
Post by carolyngrace on Jun 23, 2015 10:07:10 GMT -5
FML... I just "wasted" the last two hours because I kept thinking there is no way DB is taking a "real" nap right now. He'll wake up any minute! Sigh... could have been napping, or cleaning the kitchen. Instead I've just been bumming around doing nothing, waiting for him to wake up.
I don't ask about vaccines either. We did ask both sets of grandparents to get the tDap, since they'll likely spend the most time with her, and my sister needs to get it yet (she'll likely be babysitting), but as for visitors? Nah. I do make them wash their hands - H chases people around with sanitizer bottles lol.
FML... I just "wasted" the last two hours because I kept thinking there is no way DB is taking a "real" nap right now. He'll wake up any minute! Sigh... could have been napping, or cleaning the kitchen. Instead I've just been bumming around doing nothing, waiting for him to wake up.
Sometimes a little down time is good for you
True! Well DB ended up taking an almost 4 hour nap and I got some things done after all
My sister just put me in a hard position. I've asked family members to get the whooping cough vaccination booster since I was 3 months pregnant. My sister just tells me today (a week after LO was born) that she never got it and now she's 7 weeks pregnant so she can't. I'm so upset. She had so many months to get it together and didn't. Now I have to decide whether to exclude her from seeing my daughter for 6 weeks or have her wear a mask like I'm a crazy person to protect her and still feel sick at the risk I'm putting her at. Not sure what to do/think. I'm trying to be sensitive to her because she had a loss last year and is so excited to be pregnant but damn it this sucks.
I totally feel for you. Be the crazy person! The only thing that matters is baby's safety. If family members are going to willfully compromise that, they're bringing the consequences on themselves. I'm in a similar situation : My crazy BIL/SIL (the ones we called CPS on in the spring) are trying to start a huge family drama right now because we told them that their children can't see the baby until they get them vaccinated. The kids are 13, 11, 5 and 4 months - none of them have had shots because my BIL believes, in his words, "The government shouldn't be able to force me to give my children medical treatments." They have done all home births and they took a religious exemption when the older 3 started school, even though their reasons aren't religious. Well, now they're all up in arms and offended because the kids can't see the baby. Trust me, my heart is breaking. Those kids mean the world the me and I want them to meet the baby, especially my 5 year old niece with whom I am so close. But our pediatrician said that the minimum they need to do to be safe is get the Tdap, MMR and chicken pox vaccines since those are in outbreak right now and are life-threatening to babies. DH told BIL/SIL that if they want to get the kids those 3 shots, they're welcome to see the baby after her 2 month vaccines when she'll be receiving the vaccines the older kids don't have. But do you think they'll compromise? Of course not! Then my BIL had the nerve to tell us that "breastfeeding babies get all the immunities they need from their mother" and I wanted so badly to say, "You uneducated moron, immunities are different than vaccinations to prevent infectious diseases!" Not to mention his kids are ALWAYS sick and he doesn't believe in doctors (then the gov't can find you) so he just lets his kids walk around sick all the freaking time. I told DH that the next time they feel they have the right to judge my parenting decisions, all my feelings about their parenting are prob going to be vocalized. He's so pissed that they'd put our baby (and their own!) at risk that he doesn't even care if I yell at them anymore. Ugh why do families always have to complicate happy times???
My sister just put me in a hard position. I've asked family members to get the whooping cough vaccination booster since I was 3 months pregnant. My sister just tells me today (a week after LO was born) that she never got it and now she's 7 weeks pregnant so she can't. I'm so upset. She had so many months to get it together and didn't. Now I have to decide whether to exclude her from seeing my daughter for 6 weeks or have her wear a mask like I'm a crazy person to protect her and still feel sick at the risk I'm putting her at. Not sure what to do/think. I'm trying to be sensitive to her because she had a loss last year and is so excited to be pregnant but damn it this sucks.
I totally feel for you. Be the crazy person! The only thing that matters is baby's safety. If family members are going to willfully compromise that, they're bringing the consequences on themselves. I'm in a similar situation : My crazy BIL/SIL (the ones we called CPS on in the spring) are trying to start a huge family drama right now because we told them that their children can't see the baby until they get them vaccinated. The kids are 13, 11, 5 and 4 months - none of them have had shots because my BIL believes, in his words, "The government shouldn't be able to force me to give my children medical treatments." They have done all home births and they took a religious exemption when the older 3 started school, even though their reasons aren't religious. Well, now they're all up in arms and offended because the kids can't see the baby. Trust me, my heart is breaking. Those kids mean the world the me and I want them to meet the baby, especially my 5 year old niece with whom I am so close. But our pediatrician said that the minimum they need to do to be safe is get the Tdap, MMR and chicken pox vaccines since those are in outbreak right now and are life-threatening to babies. DH told BIL/SIL that if they want to get the kids those 3 shots, they're welcome to see the baby after her 2 month vaccines when she'll be receiving the vaccines the older kids don't have. But do you think they'll compromise? Of course not! Then my BIL had the nerve to tell us that "breastfeeding babies get all the immunities they need from their mother" and I wanted so badly to say, "You uneducated moron, immunities are different than vaccinations to prevent infectious diseases!" Not to mention his kids are ALWAYS sick and he doesn't believe in doctors (then the gov't can find you) so he just lets his kids walk around sick all the freaking time. I told DH that the next time they feel they have the right to judge my parenting decisions, all my feelings about their parenting are prob going to be vocalized. He's so pissed that they'd put our baby (and their own!) at risk that he doesn't even care if I yell at them anymore. Ugh why do families always have to complicate happy times???
Ugh! What craziness, I'm so sorry you're dealing with this.
I am going to have to tell my cousin that either we will not be at family functions or they can't come (if it's at my house) if she and her bf are still going to elect not to vaccinate their daughter.
You guys....I had to fire my maternity leave replacement today....my RCS is Monday....MONDAY....
It'll be fine, I talked to our owner this afternoon, and it's really for the best because it was just not working out...
OMG. That's so stressful! I hope you find someone great in the next few days!!!
I guess our owner had a plan B in place when he got wind of things not working out. Oddly enough, I feel calmer about this than with him being here while I'm gone....
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