Post by sugarkissed on Jun 26, 2015 11:49:16 GMT -5
Sending labour vibes to all of you ladies still waiting to meet your babies!!!
DH really wants to drive to our home town this weekend because his family has a big reunion/campout every June. I'm much less enthusiastic, just because it will end up being 4 hours of driving if we go for the day, way too many people, and it's going to be super hot with minimal shade. Not my idea of a good time. I'd rather just hide in my air conditioned home and watch movies. Haha.
ETA: I don't really have a summer recipe! I'm using this thread as inspiration. I do love a good sangria though. Mmmm, one day....
pghtruelove, What is this jello pretzel salad you speak of??
kemdupuis, seriously!? Girl, you need to pull your husband aside and let him know what's up. Or just refuse to cook and clean....take out, anyone? They should be the ones cooking and cleaning....you are only 5 days PP! You need to take it easy and rest mama.
laurenlou83, enjoy every minute of "you" time at that shower!
dogmama22, pancakes and pool floating sounds like a good way to wait on this baby
tatersalad I've been wearing my non- maternity clothes and I feel like my old self...well kind of. Don't think I'll be fitting in my cut off denims any time soon hahaha. Your summer favs, mojito included, are making my mouth water. Sounds like you have a fun weekend planned!
Kemdupuis, I agree. Wtf big time! You need to slow down or you're going to feel even more like shit very soon. Stop all that and insist on help! If they don't, get yourself some food on a paper plate and retreat to your room. That's just crazy.
Tonight my grandma is taking us all out to dinner at Maggianos - I'm pretty excited, plus you get to take some home which is great for lunch. Tomorrow my dad and other grandma are supposed to come visit. He's not dependable in the least though, so we'll see if they show up. If not, I'll be very unhappy because I've been cleaning my house all day. Sunday, DH wants to sail again and the weather is supposed to be nice, so LO and I will probably go to the lake with him and hang out in the shade. Favorite summer food would be a concoction that the local amusement park makes - a funnel cake topped with ice cream, chocolate syrup, whip cream, and nuts. My favorite drink is a nice red blend any time of year - not very summery, but always delicious!
Nothing exciting on the books here. DS1 is with his dad this weekend which makes things easier for us at home. My dad is coming next week so we'll be catching up on cleaning up the basement and making sure the guest room is completely ready for him. Also catching up on yard work. It's odd how happy I am about doing it, just because it means I feel well enough to get up and accomplish something.
I'm probably going to go see my mom tonight while DH is at work. Or maybe tomorrow.
kemdupuis so sorry. Get DH to step up. I've been in your shoes, it sucks.
Along those lines, I am reevaluating letting ILs come for a max of two nights. DH really wants them to, so I am considering it for the 4th of July weekend. It is different this time in that I am going to be quite blunt that I expect them to wrangle DS1 and cook. No eating my freezer meals this time. We'll see, I haven't committed yet.
Goal for the weekend - type out birth story, sleep, eat ALL THE CARBS!
Favorite recipes: jicama salad, corn chowder.
Fave drink: Right now a beer margarita sounds heavenly. Or a margarita, blended.
No plans this weekend besides maybe some visitors coming around. I can't believe so many of you are out and about. Physically I feel fine but I have such anxiety about him having a melt down in public. If nursing was easier it would be fine but I still need lots of supportive pillows and patience. I need to bust out the ring sling and get to practicing. The vision of his beet red face screaming in a restaurant makes my stomach tie in knots. We have had 2 successful (sleeping) Target trips and 2 walks around the neighborhood.
Post by sugarkissed on Jun 26, 2015 15:03:52 GMT -5
@wormgem I felt the same with DD1. It was at least 6 weeks before I left the house with her alone, and I was terrified. This time around I have an energetic toddler so getting out of the house is necessary for all of our sanity! We went to the mall yesterday, both kids were having a meltdown at the same time, it was chaos.... but that's just what kids do. You'll get the hang of it!
Post by wifedeangel on Jun 26, 2015 15:27:21 GMT -5
After 4 weeks, my ILs are finally leaving this weekend! So Saturday will be spent by them and H frantically trying to figure out the insane luggage situation. Seriously, they bought so much stuff this trip. (Not that I blame them. There are so many things they can buy very cheaply here that they can't get at home). Then they fly out very early Sunday morning, then I'm freeeeeeeeeee!
H will probably spend most of Sunday afternoon sleeping "because he's so tired", but I don't even care. It's a price I'm happy to pay, and I'm good with both kids (mostly) now.
Edited to add GTKY
Like many, I love the summer grilling foods and aides. And the fair food. I could eat some elephant ears with honey butter right now, and fresh watermelon and grilled corn, and deep fried everything else, lol! My favorite summer drink is diet coke or a good gas station slushie. Or A Sonic one. Yeah.
No plans this weekend besides maybe some visitors coming around. I can't believe so many of you are out and about. Physically I feel fine but I have such anxiety about him having a melt down in public. If nursing was easier it would be fine but I still need lots of supportive pillows and patience. I need to bust out the ring sling and get to practicing. The vision of his beet red face screaming in a restaurant makes my stomach tie in knots. We have had 2 successful (sleeping) Target trips and 2 walks around the neighborhood.
I totally feel you here! Baby girl has had 3 meltdowns on me already. One at the ENT Dr's office waiting room, while we were waiting to get her tongue clipped. It was horrifying. I couldn't even finish filling out the papers, and some nice lady offered to write for me. Talk about embarrassing. Meltdown #2 was at the hospital waiting to see the lactation consultant, and meltdown #3 was at the vets office.
We are doing little to nothing this weekend and I'm excited - my milk has come in and baby is sleeping like a ... Baby little worried it means baby will be up all night. But the weekend is all about sleep and doing nada!
I don't think I have a favorite 4th of July food, it's all good BBQ, right? Drink wise, it's all about a cold beer or Arnold Palmers!
SIL has a serious competition problem and any time something is going on she has to try to draw the attention towards her. So makes perfect sense she'd had her reveal party the day before my due date. She took upon herself to announce her second pregnancy and a secret marriage at my baby shower, while I was opening gifts. As an example of her attention whoreness.
I'm sorry, what now? At first I was thinking that's not so bad, but an announcement at your shower too, and 2 gender reveal parties, and a secret marriage: girlfriend has some serious addiction to drama! How frustrating. You've just got to laugh huh? One of my sisters always manages to convince herself she's dying of cancer (at least 3 times a year for various reasons) so that's how she overshadows anyone's good mood or fun occasion. Less exciting than a secret wedding but I get where you're coming from.
@wormgem I felt the same with DD1. It was at least 6 weeks before I left the house with her alone, and I was terrified. This time around I have an energetic toddler so getting out of the house is necessary for all of our sanity! We went to the mall yesterday, both kids were having a meltdown at the same time, it was chaos.... but that's just what kids do. You'll get the hang of it!
Yep this! (Except I somehow pulled off being a bridesmaid and doing the toast to the bride for my best friend 3 weeks post partum last time..I hardly remember it it was all such a blur haha!) I find it much easier this time to be out and about or having people over because it keeps DS busy and that makes me happy! you'll get comfortable soon enough, although it will likely feel like forever at the time.
We are hanging around waiting for baby and trying not to melt. It's supposed to be 104 degrees today (currently 100). I'm 40+3 with an induction scheduled for Tuesday. Our hospital won't induce before 41w. Rage.
Post by musicfrk2002 on Jun 26, 2015 19:21:02 GMT -5
Our plans pretty much involve avoiding the hospital since I am finally out again as of this morning...16 days spent there this month. Possibly running some errands, we will see.
Don't really have a favorite summer recipe, just enjoy meals off the grill
ILs have only been here since yesterday afternoon and thankfully they are leaving tomorrow morning because it's too much. I just want to nurse in the living room and walk around My house with no bra. I'm sick of my MIL trying to play with my NEWBORN right after I get her settled. You can hold her and look at her, stop stimulating the sleeping baby please.
Anyways.. No other big plans here besides trying to squeeze in naps and let H take over. Working on trying to not hover and micromanage how he cares for LO.
No favorite recipe. I'm down with all things BBQ. Strawberry shortcake sounds particularly amazing at the moment. Fav summer drink would be Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc. Had a Sam cherry wheat at lunch today and that also hit the spot.
This is exactly what my ILs are doing. LO was screaming today because he was hungry, and FIL kept insisting he could settle him. I kept saying that I knew he was hungry- he was rooting and it was time for him to eat based on my tracker. I practically had to wrestle LO out of his arms. MIL has been "amazed" and how long LO stays awake during the day- it's because she won't leave him alone and let him sleep! I am right there with you- the ILs need to go!
Ugh kemdupuis. My biggest pet peeve with having visitors is when they try to help me by soothing the baby. He's days old and we're breast feeding on demand. He just woke up and is hungry, not cranky. Give me my son and let me feed him. No, you can't calm him down first. That makes him hungrier and then he violently attacks my nipples in desperation. Also, back off with the blankets and shit. He falls asleep if he's too cozy. Boy has to be awake to eat. We will bundle him back up when he's done.
Ugh kemdupuis. My biggest pet peeve with having visitors is when they try to help me by soothing the baby. He's days old and we're breast feeding on demand. He just woke up and is hungry, not cranky. Give me my son and let me feed him. No, you can't calm him down first. That makes him hungrier and then he violently attacks my nipples in desperation. Also, back off with the blankets and shit. He falls asleep if he's too cozy. Boy has to be awake to eat. We will bundle him back up when he's done.
+1 on this! Little man never cries unless he's hungry so it's really frustrating when people think talking to him or rocking will calm him down. Do you not see him violently shaking his head trying to find a boob? At the same time, his crying is signaling my milk to let down and I'm never sure that the breast pads can handle all that. Yesterday someone was saying "you can't really be hungry, you just ate." Yes, he did just eat. He likes to eat small amounts frequently during the day. Please give him back so I can feed him some more. As you can see, he's getting more upset by the second and obviously showing hunger cues. Grr! (Sorry - end rant)
kemdupuis oh hell no...your DH needs to shut that shit down. You do not mess with someone's sleeping baby! Now I can see why you wanted them to be gone before you gave birth so badly. I can't believe they're making you cook and clean for them too...that is such bad etiquette! Everyone knows that when someone has a baby, you bring food and don't allow them to do anything special for you. Props to you if you can tolerate that in your PP sleep-deprived state...you're a better person than I am! MIL's head would already be rolling if it was me.
Today we're headed to NJ to see DH's grandma. She's the sweetest little old lady and she told us that she's "very excited to have lived long enough to see the baby" (when we told her I was pregnant, she said that she would prob be dead in the next 6 months, but that she's try to hold on long enough to meet her great-grandchild lol). DH's jackass brother #3 and his wife are also coming to meet baby. Guess it had to happen eventually...
Tomorrow our best couple friends are having their gender reveal for baby #2! It's turning into quite the (hilarious) drama because the husband is the one who wanted to do the party and the wife told him it was really speshul snowflakey to have a gender reveal for your second baby. But he insisted so she gave in. Now he's telling everyone it was her idea and making her do all the planning...my poor girlfriend is so embarrassed. If we make it through the reveal without her throat-punching him, it will be a miracle! But there will be booze so woot woot!
Fave summer foods/drinks: cold pasta salad, corn on the cob, and all the berries! Plus a sweet white sangria or moscato.
Thought you ladies would enjoy knowing that SILs gender reveal is today (Sunday). My water broke yesterday at 120am. After 26hours and 21 minutes of labor little dude made appearance.. On party day!!!! He gets extra brownie points for doing this.
@pcrunk, as soon as I saw your birth announcement, I thought, "Holla! Way to go baby pcrunk on making it your special day." Congrats mama!! He is absolutely precious.
Thought you ladies would enjoy knowing that SILs gender reveal is today (Sunday). My water broke yesterday at 120am. After 26hours and 21 minutes of labor little dude made appearance.. On party day!!!! He gets extra brownie points for doing this.
I wish I could like this post more than once! WAY TO GO BABY @pcrunk!! congrats!!
Just got back from OB triage for my NST and blood pressure monitoring. They also ran blood and urine. Everything looked great except some proteins. They said it wasn't a big deal and I'm good to wait for further instructions until my apt. with my OB Tuesday unless my little man decides to arrive before then or I get a headache or blurred vision.
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