thursday randoms 7/23

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last night i put Ali to sleep at 7pm and she woke up at 1:30am and instead of being lengthwise in the crib she was laying crossways and more towards the middle of the crib.  tripping out when that happened. i guess my little inch worm is getting pretty mobile in there!

[mcp6286]

Ok first of all @poppyc8, I'm insanely jealous of a 7-1:30 stretch of sleep. I can't wait till Hayley gets there!

I am SO excited right now. The past 3 days, we've put H down awake for naps and bedtime. She's put herself to sleep all but one time! She doesn't nap as long when she puts herself down, but I much prefer short frequent naps in the RnP than long naps on me because it gives me time to get stuff done. I've been letting her have one snuggly nap on me in the late afternoon, mostly because I love it and she'll be too big soon. I'm prob jinxing myself by writing this but I'm really hoping that the long rocking/patting/bouncing sessions to get her to sleep are a thing of the past!

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mcp6286, before you get too jealous i regretted to mention after the 1am wake up she wakes up every 45 minutes to 1 hour until 5am and then she is up at 5am. so the night is not entirely perfect

[billyhorrible]

Jul 23, 2015 12:21:20 GMT -5 mcp6286 said:

I am SO excited right now. The past 3 days, we've put H down awake for naps and bedtime. She's put herself to sleep all but one time! She doesn't nap as long when she puts herself down, but I much prefer short frequent naps in the RnP than long naps on me because it gives me time to get stuff done. I've been letting her have one snuggly nap on me in the late afternoon, mostly because I love it and she'll be too big soon. I'm prob jinxing myself by writing this but I'm really hoping that the long rocking/patting/bouncing sessions to get her to sleep are a thing of the past!

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I agree! BH did his first two naps in the crib yesterday, and even though they were 45 minutes instead of 2 hours I loved being able to get a workout in.

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Jul 23, 2015 14:59:30 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

So this little boy has been eating like crazy and when he doesn't eat he wants to be chewing something and is drooling like crazy. Guess who has two little white spots on his lower gums?? Poor baby. Only eight weeks old.

Wow that's early!

[erbear]

I had a job interview today that is full time and it's a legit teacher contract, but it's pretty crappy pay for a contract (but more than what I make as a sub). I was excited by it but I don't know if I'd take it if offered. :/

[mcp6286]

erbear my interview was today too! Was wondering when yours was. I hate when the pay is the downfall...I had to turn down a full time offer last year for the same reason.

[erbear]

Yeah, I know what I'm worth with a master's degree and four years of experience and this is actually about $20k less than what I should earn. I would get paid sick days and paid vacation (ie, over Christmas) and I'd get individual health benefits (which I don't need). They hire regular teachers from this position which is my hang up!

[baileybaileybne]

Today is DH's last official day of paternity leave before he goes back to work on Monday. I'm really sad that he won't be sharing our days together anymore and scared of coping alone. But it's been so great: 6 weeks of family time.
We decided to do it this way instead of spending money on a babymoon and I'm so glad: I had no energy towards the end of my pregnancy and couldn't drink or eat good stuff so a holiday wasn't that appealing.
Trying to plan something great today to make the most of it, but it's raining!

[tjanca22]

I got cleared to resume all normal activity this week so I just dropped E off at the gym's daycare to work out. I text DH that I'm a little sad to leave him with a stranger for the first time. DH replies, one day he will have sex, you gotta let go. Oh, DH... you sure have a way with words!

[thecatsmeow]

We went to Well Baby clinic and a street fair today. The exciting part was feeling like I dressed normal for the first time in sooo long! Between hips and boobs almost no pre-pg clothes fit at all, I've been doing nursing tanks and maternity jeans in public and gym shorts or pj pants at home. Found some jean shorts and a loose shirt that fit, add in a real (nursing) bra and it was AMAZING!

[carolyngrace]

thecatsmeow - dressing like a real person feels so good! I Agree!

@poppyc8 - my DB fought his evening nap (usually like 4-5pm) and just went to sleep at 7pm. Since he went down last night at 8pm I'm assuming this is probably for the night... Do you go to sleep when you put DB down at 7? I'm worried it will be like you said, and he'll sleep really crappy after the first stretch. So I feel like I should probably sleep now. But it's SUPER light out!

[gigi3126]

I successfully breastfed in public (and not in the backseat of the car) today!! I have family in from out of town and we took them to the natural science museum. Aside from a random old creeper that came down the empty, unused hallway where I was feeding DB (I was like "um, hello...this is not part of the exhibit!"), it was fairly stress free and not completely awkward.

[erbear]

I tried my pre-pregnancy jeans on today. I don't feel great about myself!

[musicfrk2002]

J fell asleep around 3 and is still asleep 4.5 hours later. Hasn't eaten since 1 pm. I am tempted to wake him up to feed him...I don't want him awake all night

[musicfrk2002]

Stopped at my work today. The place is completely falling apart without me. Hate to say "I told you so" to my manager, but...yeah. We are about to lose our biggest customer account because no one can handle my job, because no one ever got the training they needed. Sigh.

[ladysif]

Looking forward to the day my oversupply evens out so I can stop wrestling a baby the whole time and I can be on my phone during a feeding more than 10 seconds at a time.

I am so, SO relieved I did not go to BIL's wedding this weekend on so many levels. It was 100% the right decision. Everything takes place so late at night due to the time change that both DS1 and I would have lost it. And now with this umbilical granuloma, we need another treatment for it on Saturday and I couldn't get it if we were gone. I shamelessly made a big deal of it to MIL in hopes it clicks with her that go figure, exactly as I said could happen - we have a medical issue with the newborn around the time of the wedding. It isn't a big deal kind of medical issue but it still would have pissed me off and stressed me out to not be able to treat it right away. So glad I put my family's needs first and didn't buckle. No regrets.

[mcp6286]

Jul 23, 2015 16:43:12 GMT -5 erbear said:

Yeah, I know what I'm worth with a master's degree and four years of experience and this is actually about $20k less than what I should earn. I would get paid sick days and paid vacation (ie, over Christmas) and I'd get individual health benefits (which I don't need). They hire regular teachers from this position which is my hang up!

I'm having the same problem. I keep getting these offers from schools who want to pay me like $35k and I'm like, umm I have two master's degrees and 6 years of experience...can I please get a serious offer? Who can live off of that? But it does almost seem like you have to do it to get a good position. Ugh this is an infuriating profession in which to be job hunting!

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Jul 23, 2015 18:08:42 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

thecatsmeow - dressing like a real person feels so good! I Agree!

@poppyc8 - my DB fought his evening nap (usually like 4-5pm) and just went to sleep at 7pm. Since he went down last night at 8pm I'm assuming this is probably for the night... Do you go to sleep when you put DB down at 7? I'm worried it will be like you said, and he'll sleep really crappy after the first stretch. So I feel like I should probably sleep now. But it's SUPER light out!

I should go to sleep at 7 but I can't so I end up hanging out w DH and having a 2nd small dinner or snack and wine. Then I go to sleep at 9 or 10. So by the time Ali wakes up I have slept 2-3 hours. Then she is up every 1-2 hours after that until 5 when she is again wide awake and doesn't go down for a nap until 7 or 8.

I need to figure out a way to go to sleep at 7 so I can be a sane person during the day!

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Ugh just watched the new AT&T commercial about warning parents not to look at their phones while driving and it is heartbreakingly realistic. I just cried watching it.

I won't post it here but if anyone is interested check it out and please don't be distracted with your phone while driving.

DH works for a car manufacture and they have all the statistics on accidents. distracted driving ( just looking down at your phone while driving and reading a text or looking at an image on your phone) is just as bad as drunk driving.

[Flick]

@poppyc8 I never understood how anyone can get that distracted while driving until a few weeks ago when there was a fly in the car. I couldn't tell if it was a fly or a bee and by the time I figured it out and looked up I was in the left lane headed right for another car. I pulled into some random persons driveway and started bawling immediately. That was the only time I've ever been terrified behind the wheel. I won't be making that mistake again.

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Jul 24, 2015 11:42:09 GMT -5 Flick said:

@poppyc8 I never understood how anyone can get that distracted while driving until a few weeks ago when there was a fly in the car. I couldn't tell if it was a fly or a bee and by the time I figured it out and looked up I was in the left lane headed right for another car. I pulled into some random persons driveway and started bawling immediately. That was the only time I've ever been terrified behind the wheel. I won't be making that mistake again.

That is so scary. yesterday I looked down at my phone for a split second and looked up and I was already partially in the other lane w a car coming at me. Then I got home and saw that commercial and it made me think I should put my phone in the trunk when driving next time so I'm not tempted to look at it again