Post by FlutterOfYoshis on Aug 18, 2015 10:37:10 GMT -5
mands1125 Seriously what lilyelayne said...can you ask for that? At this point they've messed up your vacation by simply not handling their guests appropriately. I'd see if it were possible to at least get some of your money back if not all of it!
Posting and running: sooooo happy to be on vacay!! LO is giving me a run for my money-- she is soooo busy and crawling and pulling herself up on everything! Luckily I have extra hands available.
So- who has some advice for me: my brother's kids are brats (80% of the time!) there is sooooo much crying and screaming and lack of parenting happening that I'm having a very hard time relaxing and not stepping in. Tantrums are usually about candy or food and my brother and SIL just sit there and DONT parent!!! I'm a behavior analyst! I can't sit back and let these kids run/ruin my vacation... I'm doing my best to ignore but when a 3 yr old dictates what time we leave the house-- I start slowly losing my shit and I may snap...
No advice, but this is what happened to us last year with my extended family vacation right before my BFP. I was already feeling like crap and having my cousin's 7 yr old daughter running the show was not working. DH and I did more parenting that trip than her own parents. In the end, we left early. Sorry you're dealing with that.
Post by FlutterOfYoshis on Aug 18, 2015 10:46:20 GMT -5
DD sucks at sleeping in her crib. I know it's only been a couple days so she hasn't figured it out yet, but I marvel at the fact that her first impulse upon waking from sleeping on her left side is to roll the other way until she gets onto her tummy and screams. She only seems to make it for 10-15 minutes at a time before this happens, so I'm just chillin in the rocker waiting to inevitably fix her situation so she can attempt to go back to sleep. Ugh.
I'll catch up soon, but right now I am sitting in the opening meetings for the new school year. These are the worst. It is the same every year.
Brady must have known that things were changing because he wasn't a good sleeper last night. He wanted to snuggle at midnight and 4:30. Even though I am exhausted, it was nice to snuggle with him. He was smiling and happy when I dropped him off at the sitter, so that made the morning easier.
Did you husband print out those meeting bingo cards?
Posting and running: sooooo happy to be on vacay!! LO is giving me a run for my money-- she is soooo busy and crawling and pulling herself up on everything! Luckily I have extra hands available.
So- who has some advice for me: my brother's kids are brats (80% of the time!) there is sooooo much crying and screaming and lack of parenting happening that I'm having a very hard time relaxing and not stepping in. Tantrums are usually about candy or food and my brother and SIL just sit there and DONT parent!!! I'm a behavior analyst! I can't sit back and let these kids run/ruin my vacation... I'm doing my best to ignore but when a 3 yr old dictates what time we leave the house-- I start slowly losing my shit and I may snap...
michelle142 that's not cool. Better your son than someone else saying that to you.
mrsclark731 good luck today! Did you even try to make any props?
babycfeb2015 you could start a side business helping mom's into organized daily schedule. lilyelayne $1200 , no way! That's just crazy. That baby wrap better have diamond accents all over it for it to be worth that much.
Diaper raffles are hit or miss with showers out here.
boxerrrmama85 that is super frustrating. I would just go make my own plans and not hang out with them during the vacation if the kids are doing that the entire time.
DS is suddenly highly amused by my reaction when he sticks his hands into his nasty diaper while I change him. This is going to make things more complicated.
Post by lilyelayne on Aug 18, 2015 11:55:42 GMT -5
WittyLittle that doc sounds terrible. Hope the next one is better! FlutterOfYoshis hope LO figures out the crib (or rolling over) (or tummy sleep) soon! boxerrrmama85 +1 for doing your own thing sometimes. Other than that, I would do my best to not enable the child & not encourage the bad behavior. Kids may end up ignoring you in favor of parents/grandparents/etc who give them the reactions they want. mommadozer the $1200 carrier was made from two limited edition wraps (so there's money) plus a highly sought after seamstress turned them into a SSC (more money) and then the original owner has broken it in some (time & effort = money). People were raving in the comments about what a great price it was for the piece. You do you, I guess. ace226 oh no! What a terrible game DS has discovered! Try toning down your reaction and maybe he'll get over it? Also maybe have a hard plastic toy (easy to clean/sanitize) on hand for him to play with instead?
Post by psychobutthead on Aug 18, 2015 12:03:07 GMT -5
mands1125 I would be so pissed off. I think you're handling that whole situation really well.
hollydfromtn I fail at being a SAHM. most days my house doesn't look like i did a damn thing to it and we eat a lot of $5 ceasar's pizzas. i don't think most people are too happy with my sahm multitasking skills.
@wittylittle that doctor sounds like a complete moron. Your hymen? Seriously wth?
Last night when I got home from class I picked Ds up and he kept shoving his hand at my mouth. So I started to act like a monster eating his hand. He laughed for the first time! It was so adorable! He thought it was the most hilarious thing ever.
Still no period I'm hoping I'm just super late and my period is being all wonky.
lilyelayne that's a good idea!! This last diaper change I just kept putting a pair of pants over his face because he hates it and naturally goes to take it off. It sort of worked.
DS slept through the night for real 3 nights in a row. No 2-4am wakeups. 12 hours by himself. No fussiness at all even when first placed into the crib. Sleep training FTW?
Now I need to get the milk girls sorted so I don't wake MOTN to pump.
LO and I were off to visit a friend this morning. Both our kids are two years apart and born within weeks of each other. The last time we met up her little guy was so tiny compared to DD. Now he's 5lbs heavier and way taller!
Post by AppropriateChocolate on Aug 18, 2015 13:55:24 GMT -5
Happy Tuesday ladies. I should be folding laundry but I rather be making headbands, but I'm in nap jail cause DD is in a mood. Lol.. maybe I should take a nap... Decisions decisions..
We visited a church on Sunday and there were two teenage girls in front of us. They talked the ENTIRE time. I was nervous about having Matthew there, but he was great; had a bottle, then I rocked/swayed with him while patting his butt. He made ONE SOUND, and they turned around and looked at him. If I wasn't in the middle of church I would have went off. Instead I gave them the "teacher look", which wasn't nearly as satisfying.
hollydfromtn +1 on tight budgets and jealousy! I said 2 months ago I wanted to get a hair cut. Guess who hasn't gotten a haircut because it wasn't in the budget. Same person who's trying her damnedest to lose the baby weight 100% so that new jeans don't need to be bought.
I had a baby shower invite in my mailbox at school. Am I wrong that I was disgusted that it included an insert about a diaper raffle saying to bring a pack of diapers to be entered into a drawing for a prize? I find that super tacky!
I consider it tacky as well, but it must be a regional thing. I've only been invited to one shower where they did this, and it was being thrown by someone from another area of the country.
I had a baby shower invite in my mailbox at school. Am I wrong that I was disgusted that it included an insert about a diaper raffle saying to bring a pack of diapers to be entered into a drawing for a prize? I find that super tacky!
I consider it tacky as well, but it must be a regional thing. I've only been invited to one shower where they did this, and it was being thrown by someone from another area of the country.
I have a question for you ladies in areas where cookie tables are done at weddings. Who usually is responsible for the cookies? It's not something that people in my hometown traditionally do, but I've seen it in northern ohio and Pitt area weddings. My cousin is doing it at hers and sent my sister and me (the only 2 cousins included out of the 33 of us, as well as my aunts, an email informing us that we "need to drop off between 6 and 10 dozen cookies each" the week of her wedding for her cookie table. The email may have been meant as a question but read more as a demand. She also asked us in the email to reach out to another aunt to let her know what was happening. My husband keeps telling me to say no. The email was sent 5 weeks before her wedding. That's weird right?
I have a question for you ladies in areas where cookie tables are done at weddings. Who usually is responsible for the cookies? It's not something that people in my hometown traditionally do, but I've seen it in northern ohio and Pitt area weddings. My cousin is doing it at hers and sent my sister and me (the only 2 cousins included out of the 33 of us, as well as my aunts, an email informing us that we "need to drop off between 6 and 10 dozen cookies each" the week of her wedding for her cookie table. The email may have been meant as a question but read more as a demand. She also asked us in the email to reach out to another aunt to let her know what was happening. My husband keeps telling me to say no. The email was sent 5 weeks before her wedding. That's weird right?
Had one at my wedding even though it wasn't in the Pitt area due to my family who IS from the Pitt area. The family typically does bring cookies for the table, yes. However, for us that was orchestrated by my mom (not me as the bride) well in advance. I don't know how many we actually had made in the end, but it didn't really matter since they were in addition to the wedding cake. So yeah, that's a bit strange that you're being asked to offer your cookie - making services so late!
lotsofdotts last year there was an email sent to the ENTIRE staff about a teacher aide's shower with registry info. My mouth dropped open when I read the amount of tackiness in that email.
I'm missing you ladies! Not only am I feeling in a funk trying to juggle mom, wife, teacher, but O is not sleeping well and it's a total nightmare at bedtime which is ironic because you need to sleep to actually have a nightmare...
FlutterOfYoshis thanks! I was wondering if I was crazy for thinking this was super late to just sorta demand it of her guests. Im doing it just because I don't want to say no, but it would've been so much easier if I had more time to bake ahead and freeze!
Post by GeekBeagle on Aug 18, 2015 17:19:17 GMT -5
osumegs At my wedding, my mom actually bought all of the cookies from a bakery, which I'm pretty sure is rare. She's not much of a baker and doesn't really like to bother people by asking them to do things, so she thought it would be easier to just buy them. I know for my brother's wedding my SIL's relatives made most of the cookies and my one grandma also made some because she was still living at the time. Most of my friends from the area have large families or close family friends who bake. I know one friend in particular had little signs next to all of the cookies saying who made them, which I thought was cute.
But, I think you being demanded is rude. Even if she was really just asking, 5 weeks out seems last minute.
Post by GeekBeagle on Aug 18, 2015 17:28:35 GMT -5
lotsofdotts My friends did a diaper raffle at the shower they threw me. I had no idea it was happening as I really don't care for them myself. I don't think I've been to another with one, but my mom said she had been to showers with diaper raffles before.
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