2u3 Check-in (8/27)

[megaroo64]

SOO LATE!!  But better late than never right?!?!?!?


How old is your LO?

How are you ladies all doing this week?

What is your win of the week?

What is your struggle of the week?
QOTW - Tell us something we don't already know about you!

[megaroo64]

pkp2 - Is C’s ear infection all better? And congrats on all that dinner making!! Gold star!!
madlizmom - Any luck with the potty training? That sounds like a rough week! Hang in there!!
@coffeeismylyfe - Hope your legs are feeling better!! Injured parenting is the worst!!!
chewbaccarock - I’m jealous of your night out!! Awesome!! I’m sorry your H is being a pushover when it comes to S!!
melohdy - WELCOME!!! Sorry about the biting! But yay that nursing is getting figured out!
daffy2k - Kudos for you for getting up early and running and spending time with Stella! Great JOb!!
everydayimshuffling - Great job sticking with boot camp and the diet! Way to be a rock star!
thatblondie - How is life with two movers going? And any more news on M?? I’ve been thinking about him so much!!
summer2times - I’m so glad you were able to talk to your H! Hope things are going much better there!
vitafelix - How is back to work going??
mcbush - Lots of hugs lady!! It is hard to be really good at three different roles all the time (BAHAHA- I just realized that makes it sound like I know what it feels like to be good at 3 roles at the same time… which I obviously don’t… ever).

And we missed some friends last week - so limabeanmom, mommycoffee, violet, LaBellaVida, ringready, redcherry1109 and whomever else I missed- hope all is going well!!!

[megaroo64]

N is 10 1/2 months; B is 2

We are doing better now.

Win of the week - Made it through the procedure. I actually kinda felt a little like a rock star. We made it through the whole day, and we had logistics for B all worked out, and he was GOOD, and I felt like I just had everything handled. That is not to say that I didn't have at least one bawling meltdown in the middle of the night to this poor nurse... but rock stars do that too.. right??

Struggle of the week - Not to be all rainbows and puppies.... but honestly... as much as this week was a shit show and totally stressful and parts of it were downright awful... Our little girl is OK. They fixed her HEART and it is 48 hours later and we are home and she is acting like nothing happened. I know we struggled this week - but just her being ok is enough for me to not even think of any of it as a struggle.

QOTW - Hmm. Something you don't know.... When I was really small, I used to be on this local TV show all the time as a model for random stuff. It wasn't that I was exceptionally cute or anything though - I was just mild mannered and my Aunt was the producer.

[melohdy]

Delilah is 2 weeks tomorrow. Lilly is 2 all year.

We're doing well. Finally settling into maternity leave after the family visit craziness.

Win: Delilah gained 12oz in one week! She's now over birth weight. Lilly hasn't bitten at daycare again. Bedtime last night wasn't terrible.

Struggle: I can't keep up with Delilah's nursing today. I think we are headed into the 2 week growth spurt.

Solo parenting every night is mostly a trainwreck. I'm going to try to recreate whatever we did last night that was so successful.

GTKY: I would really like to be a probation officer with the juvenile court at some point. I actually applied for a position with the county earlier this week.

[pkp2]

Hi!
C is 5 mo on Sat.
His ear infection is better I think! He's not been complaining but we go for our recheck on Monday.

We're doing well. DH is gone until Sat then leaves Sunday and will be gone for two weeks. It's my first legit solo time with both kids. Last night bed time went really well, so I'm hoping for that to continue! That's our win. Lol we also got out to the library and play ground today. We've been meeting all the new neighbors (about half are new in our whole section) Everyone is really nice and I almost hate going to my parents when DH leaves. But it's too far from anyone to stay.
My struggle this week is dinner! Haha. I need to look at Pintrest and make plans. I've been feeding P well at least.

Um, I used to be in the police Explorer program. It's part of the Boy Scouts but girls can do it too. I won a couple of awards for shooting. :-)

[everydayimshuffling]

Hey Ladies!

O is 5.5 months, K is a twonager... that's a thing, right?

This week is going alright. Work is insane, K is starting to string more words together, O is good (minus a constipation issue) and my H is alternately great or driving me batty.

Win? Keeping up with boot camp and I absolutely love hearing K try to put more words together. Her personality is really coming out and it's hilarious. Her go to new phrase is "Uh, What are you DOING?!" Always said that hilarious exaggerated way like we are doing something really weird. Said about 400 times a day.

Struggle? I'm tired. So so tired. And my H is still struggling with the new (me) back to work routine. He says he has no time to relax because I'm too busy running around doing things. Just let that one sink if for a sec... Yep... We obviously need to sit down and have a talk and figure out something that works for both of us, it's just been hard to find the time. He ends up getting cranky at me for going to boot camp and says it's messing up our routine. He hasn't yet realized that me taking care of myself is a necessary permanent part of the routine, it's not optional. Sorry, that turned in to a rant. I obviously have all of the feels about this.

QOTW? Um... I'm really really good at finding 4 leaf clovers? My mom used to send me out in the yard to look for them (as a mom looking back on this suggestion I have to acknowledge her brilliance) but I would show up 5 minutes later with a handful of them. Like real, legit 4 leaf clovers. She used to press them in books and there were 2 books full of them at my dad's house.

[summer2times]

Late ?
J1 is J2 is 2 months 2weeks

I can say I'm feeling good, anxious but good. My car was hit not too much damage but this is like #4/5 soo this have caused us to want to look for a home sooner than expected.

My win this week was J2 sleeping like a champ 6 hour stretches and starting to blow bubbles and smile more. J1 had a two day streak of successful potty training. Hes going to my sisters for the weekend so will see how much of my work is ruined.

Struggle is staying on track with working out. I went to the gym once this week and it was heaven. Alone with my music and get this other adults. Took a spin class... Fun but a struggle.

I studied mortuary science in college but switched to SW. I love the outdoors, I've been able to skydive a couple of times with my uncle. Amazing feeling.

[megaroo64]

thatblondie - that love tit is a hug! Hope you get some answers about M soon! Thinking of you guys!

[madlizmom]

We could have skipped this week with all you had going on megaroo64! You have plenty of your own stuff to worry about

How old is your LO?
E is 9 months, M is still 2

How are you ladies all doing this week?
Still working on potty training, she's doing really good and finished her chart so she got to pick out a toy at the store today. But we have a long way to go. She still has accidents because she doesn't tell me when she has to go, so I can't put her in big girl underwear yet. Still won't poop on the potty. Still wet in the morning. We will get there, but I'm glad she's at least getting the concept.

What is your win of the week?
I got a haircut on Saturday. That's all I can think of lol

What is your struggle of the week?
E and her terrible going-to-bed-itis. She will fall asleep after eating her bottle, then wakes up when I lie her down. We've been letting her cry for intervals and then going back in to repeat the whole process. Multiple times. Last night she ended up in our bed because she flat out refused to sleep. I really dislike this stage.

QOTW - Tell us something we don't already know about you!
I'm losing my hair. I have scarring alopecia, so it won't ever grow back. Right now I have a decent sized bald spot on the back of my head right at my part. It's growing and makes me super self conscious.

[summer2times]

madlizmom I'm sorry if this is something that you've talked about before. But do you take injections? Or treatment? My cousin had a couple spots in her college days but I believe they cleared up over time after therapy injections.

[madlizmom]

Aug 28, 2015 18:54:10 GMT -5 summer2times said:

madlizmom I'm sorry if this is something that you've talked about before. But do you take injections? Or treatment? My cousin had a couple spots in her college days but I believe they cleared up over time after therapy injections.

We've tried cortisone injections and they didn't help. Right now I have an oil that I put on my scalp 2-3x a week and leave it overnight. It seems to help with the crust that my scalp forms so it's not all bumpy, but nothing is stopping the hair loss. And once it falls out, the follicle scars over so nothing can grow back. I may be shopping for wigs in the future!