Who What Wednesday Spam

[hollydfromtn]

Also FlutterOfYoshis happy birthday.

[hollydfromtn]

Also FlutterOfYoshis happy birthday.

[mishka29]

boxerrrmama85, I hope everything is okay with LO!

FlutterOfYoshis, I'm so sorry, hugs! And Happy Birthday too!

[mishka29]

Jul 29, 2015 8:43:01 GMT -5 babycfeb2015 said:

So teething is the reason my child was up 4x last night and hes not developing even worse sleep habits right? His bottom two teeth are almost poking through you can feel them.

We need to sleep train but I cant if hes in teething pain. I have a serious aversion to hearing this kid scream.

Send all of the coffee

I hope they break through soon and you can get more sleep!

[emilyz320]

Jul 29, 2015 6:39:56 GMT -5 boxerrrmama85 said:

Please send good vibes today-- I know it is standard procedures-- but because LO has had 2 UTIs very close together, she is having an ultrasound and urine flow test to make sure that structurally there isn't an issue. She has to be fasting which makes me sad-- she just boobed it and hopefully that will keep her going until her appointment!
I just hope all is fine and that the tests come back normal.

Good luck!

[mrsclark731]

FlutterOfYoshis, happy birthday!

boxerrrmama85, I hope everything goes smoothly and she (and you) is ok!

[mrsclark731]

AppropriateChocolate, I am so impressed with your Wednesday and it's only 10 am. #momgoals

[AppropriateChocolate]

Jul 29, 2015 9:09:49 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

AppropriateChocolate, I am so impressed with your Wednesday and it's only 10 am. #momgoals

Why thank you. I'm done at toysrus and headed grocery shopping now. An infant and a 5 month old isn't too bad together but this momma will be taking nap today lol

[lilyelayne]

@nolagal, hopefully whatever virus y'all have passes through the house quickly. Hard when the littles are sick, and hard when you're sick too!

duckker how's your LO feeling today? Are you back at work?

[GeekBeagle]

FlutterOfYoshis So sorry for that poor family! DS's Snuza keeps falling off now that he's moving around so much. However, if it falls off but is still touching him, it doesn't go off. It makes me feel so much better with him having it on, but I don't know how much longer it will actually be practical with all the moving.

And…happy birthday! Hope you can enjoy your day!

boxerrrmama85 Thinking good thoughts for your DD!

[GeekBeagle]

I do taste tests for money from time to time. I just did one that was simply titled "orange drink" and specifically said that you can't be pregnant or have diabetes to do it. Based on the taste and some of the questions asking about gestational diabetes and pregnancy, I'm pretty sure it was the drink from the GTT. There were only women doing the test (whether that was a coincidence or not). I'm kind of on a sugar high right now, but at least I got paid $20.

[mommadozer]

boxerrrmama85 good luck today.

FlutterOfYoshis happy birthday. Oh my, very heartbreaking for that family.

My spam: I have zero motivation to work right now. My coworker and I would like to present the idea of working from home one day a week to our boss. We have been researching articles about the pros and cons about working remotely. Have any you ladies approached your boss about this? If so, how did it go and were you able to start working remotely?

[dreemkin]

Post now, reading throughout the day.

DH has an interview today. It's potentially gonna be a small pay cut if he gets it/accepts. But he is so bored at work and he needs to be constantly doing something. I told him he's living the american dream: getting paid pretty well to do nothing lol. But he's unhappy. He's a network engineer btw and this is for a senior position so a title step-up would be good too.

[duckker]

Jul 29, 2015 10:00:05 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

@nolagal, hopefully whatever virus y'all have passes through the house quickly. Hard when the littles are sick, and hard when you're sick too!

duckker how's your LO feeling today? Are you back at work?

Back at work. Babygirl started screaming and crying hysterically when I left. First time she's done that. Absolutely heartwrenching. DH is with her at the ped right now--just making sure we are only dealing w a cold and that there isn't anything else we need to be doing for her. Nursed tons throughout the day and night and that generally seemed to help her. It's amazing how much snot can fit in a tiny little head!

[mishka29]

I've started watching Call the Midwife on Netflicks. Only a few episodes in but I'm enjoying it.

[dreemkin]

Oh and DD1 made my day this morning. I told her I was proud that she pulled down her pants and undies to go peepee on the potty (bc she's been having some issues with this lately) and she said in her broken toddler speech, "I'm proud too momma!" and gave me a hug.

[dreemkin]

How is potty training going for those couple girls who started recently? misshart00 and mishka29 I think. And anyone else on this journey with us?

[babycfeb2015]

@nolagal yes i gave him tylonel last night after 2 hours of trying to put him to bed and he slept for 3.5 before starting the nonstop waking so maybe ill try two doses tonight. Hes only 5 months

[babycfeb2015]

@missystephans samesies. I have no solution just empathy. We will probably wait to sleep train until the teeth are through then figure it out. We leave for vacation in a week so Im just going to try to deal until we get home

[misshart00]

dreemkin It's... Going. H went back to work today so it's been an interesting day. One big potty accident on the carpet this morning but it came up super easy with resolve. TMI: Then she pooped in her panties but it was mostly solid so it didn't make a big mess.

She gets it but she doesn't say uh oh until after she's started peeing. I'm trying to get her to tell me before.

[mishka29]

Jul 29, 2015 11:19:34 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

How is potty training going for those couple girls who started recently? misshart00 and mishka29 I think. And anyone else on this journey with us?

Lol that's sweet. The things they say sometimes!

It's been going really well. Haven't had an accident in a while which has been nice. She fights me a bit if I ask her to sit on the potty before heading out somewhere. Now that we have our travel potty seat which folds up it's much easier. 

[lilyelayne]

duckker poor you & poor baby. Hope her congestion clears soon!

[taberbtb]

I'm back! Working and travelling has been crazy for the last two weeks but hopefully things are settling down now. B will be 6m on Saturday and she has two teeth now! Both bottom ones came in over the last 3 days, and she's been a champ about it. She back to sleeping and napping great which is a nice change. Hang in there mamas of teething babies! Once they are through it makes a world of difference.

FlutterOfYoshis happy birthday! How devastating for that family. T&P's to them.

boxerrrmama85 I hope everything is ok with LO!

[dmorgendorffer]

Jul 29, 2015 10:53:57 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

boxerrrmama85 good luck today.

FlutterOfYoshis happy birthday. Oh my, very heartbreaking for that family.

My spam: I have zero motivation to work right now. My coworker and I would like to present the idea of working from home one day a week to our boss. We have been researching articles about the pros and cons about working remotely. Have any you ladies approached your boss about this? If so, how did it go and were you able to start working remotely?

I wfh 2 days a week since coming back to work, but I had a pretty flexible arrangement with this job before I had DD. There has been so much turn over at my company recently, that I pretty much just told my manager that I was going to do it and if it becomes a problem we can revisit it.  We do check in to make sure it is still working and hasn't become an issue during our 1:1s from time to time.  While you might not be able to be quite as direct about it maybe if your boss isn't supportive initially you can suggesting a trial period where your boss can give you feedback about what is working or not working about the arrangement and get started that way.

The benefits for my company are that since I have such a long commute I actually put in longer hours on my wfh days since I am not rushing out the door to try to catch a train and make it home to see DD.  Its also a nice break from being in the office where I can have some quiet time to focus on work I have to get done, this really depends on the nature of your job.  Since my company is pretty geographically distributed it isn't a big deal to be dialing into meetings, I do make sure people are aware that I am remote but I am still available and try to maintain a presence with the people in the office even when I am not physically there.  Good Luck!  I think at this point the flexibility I have is one of the biggest reason I haven't left this job and I do think I am more productive because of it.  

[GeekBeagle]

Jul 29, 2015 10:53:57 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

boxerrrmama85 good luck today.

FlutterOfYoshis happy birthday. Oh my, very heartbreaking for that family.

My spam: I have zero motivation to work right now. My coworker and I would like to present the idea of working from home one day a week to our boss. We have been researching articles about the pros and cons about working remotely. Have any you ladies approached your boss about this? If so, how did it go and were you able to start working remotely?

I WFH two half days a week. I knew it wouldn't be a big deal when I brought it up because others were already doing it. My boss works from home every Friday and others in my department do once a week (usually whatever day works best for their schedule that week). In fact, my director lives in another state, so she always works remotely. I'm lucky because my department is very flexible with WFH. I know other departments in my organization don't have the luxury of doing it because of the nature of their jobs.

I think you really just need to figure out the best solution for you and present it to your boss. Pick a day that you usually have less meetings or in-person obligations and suggest that as your WFH day. Or, if you would have flexibility with someone watching LO, say you'll choose whatever day works best week to week. 

ETA: I WFH the same days every week. It's easier for daycare to always know when DS is coming and for co-workers to know when I will be in the office.

[aggiebug]

Jul 29, 2015 8:30:49 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

aggiebug think today is the day you get to go see your parents - if so, safe travels!

It is!

[toadandbuggie]

Lurking other boards while DS naps and I'm shocked at how tame our board seems in comparison! (That's a good thing). I mainly stick to F15 and a few other boards so when I lurk and see crazy shit happening it makes me happy to be a F15'er!

[dmorgendorffer]

Jul 29, 2015 12:15:11 GMT -5 GeekBeagle said:

Jul 29, 2015 10:53:57 GMT -5 mommadozer said:

boxerrrmama85 good luck today.

FlutterOfYoshis happy birthday. Oh my, very heartbreaking for that family.

My spam: I have zero motivation to work right now. My coworker and I would like to present the idea of working from home one day a week to our boss. We have been researching articles about the pros and cons about working remotely. Have any you ladies approached your boss about this? If so, how did it go and were you able to start working remotely?

I WFH two half days a week. I knew it wouldn't be a big deal when I brought it up because others were already doing it. My boss works from home every Friday and others in my department do once a week (usually whatever day works best for their schedule that week). In fact, my director lives in another state, so she always works remotely. I'm lucky because my department is very flexible with WFH. I know other departments in my organization don't have the luxury of doing it because of the nature of their jobs.

I think you really just need to figure out the best solution for you and present it to your boss. Pick a day that you usually have less meetings or in-person obligations and suggest that as your WFH day. Or, if you would have flexibility with someone watching LO, say you'll choose whatever day works best week to week. 

ETA: I WFH the same days every week. It's easier for daycare to always know when DS is coming and for co-workers to know when I will be in the office.

My DD still goes to daycare the days I work from home and I change up the days to try to be in the office on days I have important meetings.  If you are planning to keep your LO home with you when you are wfh I would make sure that is clear to your boss, and on the flip side if you aren't it might help him/her feel more comfortable with the arrangement.  It really depends on your relationship with your boss and your company culture.  I have kept DD home with me once or twice and I make sure my manager is aware when I do.  

[cginge]

Went to the gym, went to the pharmacy to pick up LO's refill, and swung by the grocery store for salmon. I need to go to the bank but I hate that errand...also thinking of going to Trader Joe's--does anyone have any products that they love from Tj's? I haven't been since I lived in NoVA years ago.

[dmorgendorffer]

Jul 29, 2015 12:59:40 GMT -5 cginge said:

Went to the gym, went to the pharmacy to pick up LO's refill, and swung by the grocery store for salmon. I need to go to the bank but I hate that errand...also thinking of going to Trader Joe's--does anyone have any products that they love from Tj's? I haven't been since I lived in NoVA years ago.

the Strawberry Licorice
their Ultimate Vanilla Wafers
theTJ handmade tortillas
Their prepackaged salads are also so great to easily put together a salad on a week night.