Monday is SPAMtastic!

[danitaec]

Are we awake yet? Spam it up!

[danitaec]

I had to try three times to create a thread. Apparently TCF is having a case of the Mondays, too.

[danitaec]

Not-so-good Things About Today: My husband, in "helping" me get out the door this morning, put the bags in the car, but didn't put any bottles in the diaper bag... Also, I'm still having the loopy feeling from what I think is discontinuation of my Lexapro. I'm gonna give it another week and then get checked out.

Good Things About Today: Second grade had to reschedule their Friday field trip because of rain, and apparently the new date is today! I always love a surprise free period.

[aggiebug]

badw0lf LOL at the tampon comment. I am sorry everyone is sick I hope its a quick thing and you are back to normal soon. Being sick with a baby or having a sick baby is a whole new level of exhaustion.

DD acts fine, but it's really just been diarrhea. H said she had some normal this morning except normally she doesn't have poop in her diaper when she wakes up so we shall see. Gotta love a morning discussion about bowel movements lol!


danitaec yay for an extra free period!


How are our hurricane battered friends? I hope everyone is safe and damage is minimal.

[aggiebug]

Also danitaec I am sorry your meds have you feeling so wonky . I hope it straightens out quickly.

[pitdigger]

We weathered the storm well. Only hiccup was a leak in G's room near the window (not him) I'll have to let the landlady know about.

Today is just a clean up day. TS winds should die down by the afternoon and I can take all of the plants back outside and deal with the floors.

G slept in today which was awesome. Getting up at 6:50 is vastly superior to 5:50.

And my period is late and bugging me. It's got until Wednesday, then I'm testing.

[Deleted]

Glad to hear your ok, pitdigger.

badw0lf Thanks! I hope you all can shake that cold soon. Tampon comment cracked me up

DD and I went to the swings this morning but now we are cooped up inside even though it's a beautiful day. What's wrong with me that I just can't motivate myself to get out twice in one day?

[dmorgendorffer]

Why is Monday back already? Going to be stuck in meetings allllllll day and just thinking about it is making me cranky.

pitdigger glad you didn't have any major issues with the storm!

[lilyelayne]

badw0lf I have no idea why the mancold is a thing. G is still dealing with diarrhea but with slow & steady improvement. He did wake up every hour last night instead of every 3, so not sure what that's about. Thanks for asking.
danitaec that loopy feeling sounds really discouraging. Hope it abates soon.
pitdigger glad y'all made it through the storm okay. Also POAS and report back
@alyllyra because getting out with an infant is a lot of work?

I've been feeling a little SAH stuck lately. I need to get out and do more, I think, but I'm so tired from these cranky nights.

[hollydfromtn]

Had a rough night last night. I let S feed himself some banana yogurt and he ended up sucking some up his nose. Yogurt up his nose + already fighting a cold = a very grumpy, sneezy baby. He seems to be breathing better this morning though. We're also on day 4 of no poo, so S had prunes for breakfast. This is his first time with prunes. I'm a little scared of what's going to happen next.

Hope all of the ladies in the coast made it through the night with minimal flood damage.

[dreemkin]

We ended up going to the pumpkin farm yesterday. Despite being grey and 50 degrees outside, it didn't feel that bad out there. We just bundled the girls up in three layers. We had a great time! Other parents/kids can be so annoying though. We purposely went way to the end of the rows to take pumpkin patch pics and some lady kept walking in the background. I mean come on, we are obviously (and quite loudly) trying to get some good pics. Which with a squirmy two year old and a curious 8 month old is not an easy task. Got some really good ones though! Also Anna loved the baby chicks but also tried to squeeze one to death. She's fast and strong that little stinker. Chick is okay bc I'm faster.

Happy Monday to you all!

[jensoprano82]

Hey I'm actually up at an hour to join the spam thread! DS slept from 1:45 to 6:50, which I will take! pitdigger so happy the worst is over.
@lilyelaine and aggiebug I hear your littles are dealing with the diarrhea bug that's going around like mine is... I hope things are getting better for you.

Happy Monday!

[pitdigger]

The wind has died down pretty well by this point, so I think everything will be fine today. It's just still a little too strong to put the plants out.

My dad is in Newfoundland with MIL's boyfriend moose hunting. He got a bull this morning on his first morning out. I guess he's drinking in camp for the rest of the week.

[johanna]

Good morning!

danitaec - I love the gif. It captured my feeling when I woke this am. And yay for a free period. Hopefully the dizziness is just tapering your med and that it resolves shortly.
badw0lf - hope your LO feels better. and yep, sick men are the worst!
aggiebug, lilyelayne - I hope the diarrhea resolves. And that while they are having it, your LOs aren't uncomfortable and no messes!
@holludfromtn - no poop x4 days is no fun! We gave Effie prunes the other day for the same issue and we got lots of poop, including all over an outfit while we were out running errands. Fingers crossed your experience goes better.
dreemkin - aw. The pumpkin patch photos is a really nice idea.
pitdigger - I'm glad you made it through relatively unscathed.

Not much going on here. I'm working this evening and tomorrow evening. I'm hoping the patients and staff keep it calm tonight. I really could use a slower night tonight. Last week I think I walked 10k steps (just at work) in one night because I had so much running around.

[pitdigger]

And no need to POAS again this month, AF just started showing.

[PikoPiko]

Good morning!

Starting at the new daycare today! My webcam access is finally active, I'm already logged in to spy before any babies are in there. I'm really hoping this place will be able to get DS to drink his milk. He did great on the weekend with us, took down 4 bottles per day, 6-7oz each and back to sleeping 12+ hrs with no night waking. I'm having first day jitters.

[danitaec]

PikoPiko, Good luck with the new daycare! I would be nervous, too, but I'm nervous about most things.

[danitaec]

Oh, and a PSA:
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[taberbtb]

pitdigger glad you guys have made it through the storm without any major issues.

I hope all the sick babies get better quickly! I don't know what's up with DD. She was up 3 times last night crying and would only settle down if I held her. Once I put her back down she would start crying again. It's especially strange since she doesn't usually like to be held. I gave her a shot of Advil twice and that seemed to help, so I am calling it teething since that seems easier than her being sick.

Either way, she only goes to daycare one day a week, and since she had no symptoms other than whiney and clingy I was glad today was the day . Is that mean?

[kartish]

I am so ready for a break from work. When I left the house this morning, my menfolk were snuggled in bed and snoring away! Not right, not right at all.

I am glad DH got to sleep in today though, since tomorrow he starts full time with super early morning shifts.

And less than two weeks till we are off to Texas to show off V to some of his great grandparents!

[cloe111479]

Morning ladies.. I fell asleep at 9:30 last night. I guess I needed it after my busy weekend.

We have had a bout of diarrhea here to. I think it has to be a teething thing, and all the drool? She has no fever, and is otherwise totally fine. She literally eats breakfast.. and poops while in the highchair. Same at dinner. It's like she has to make room. I'm going to keep an eye on it, but I still think it is teeth/drool related.

Hope all the Littles and mama's feel better soon.

[kartish]

Also, get better sick F15 babies!

PikoPiko my fingers are crossed for your LO guzzling milk down today at the new place!

pitdigger glad you weathered the storm ok!

[dreemkin]

Oct 5, 2015 9:01:21 GMT -5 @holachica said:

dreemkin, we're going to Johansen farms on Saturday. I'm so excited to take him to the petting zoo!

That's where we went! We've been going every year since DD1. I love their apple cider donuts too. It can be an expensive day but if you go early and stay a while, you will get a lot out of your money.

[duckker]

Oct 5, 2015 8:25:48 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Had a rough night last night. I let S feed himself some banana yogurt and he ended up sucking some up his nose. Yogurt up his nose + already fighting a cold = a very grumpy, sneezy baby. He seems to be breathing better this morning though. We're also on day 4 of no poo, so S had prunes for breakfast. This is his first time with prunes. I'm a little scared of what's going to happen next.

Hope all of the ladies in the coast made it through the night with minimal flood damage.

Maybe the probiotics in the yogurt helped the cold? (Kidding/not kidding).

Prunes are my Pennywise. Hope it goes okay!

Hehehhe. "Goes".

[duckker]

Oct 5, 2015 11:22:34 GMT -5 taberbtb said:

I don't know what's up with DD. She was up 3 times last night crying and would only settle down if I held her. Once I put her back down she would start crying again.

We had the same off and on for the past week or so. It was/is teething for us, plus a wonder week. (Which DH has dubbed "wonder f@cks". As in "Babygirl is acting crazy, is this one of those wonder f@ck things?") She's also learned to reach for me when she wants to be held, plus combining babbling with sobbing. Her heartbreak toolkit is getting extensive.

Good luck! We found camilia works pretty well, along with a warm bath with mommy after dinner and using the baby carrier in the evening around the house seems to help keep her calm so she sleeps better. She's still up and needy a couple times a night but not as frantic.

[taberbtb]

duckker oh yes. Reaching while sobbing is one trick I haven't been able to harden myself against yet. We are also in the middle of a wonder f@ck right now and I was thinking it hasn't been that bad yet. Wrong. I will try the camilia!

[GeekBeagle]

dreemkin We went to a farm for a fall festival yesterday as well. I was really hoping to get some cute photos…but not so much. They had a "corn box", which was like a sandbox, but filled with corn. I thought it would be a sensory activity that he would really enjoy. Instead, he started crying as soon as I sat him in it, which was so unlike him. So fail on that. Then we watched some of the activities that our friends' older kids did, the petting zoo and apple picking. I fully expected him to nap at some point during this stuff, but nope. He was so overtired and cranky by the end. All I really wanted were some cute pumpkin photos, but those did not work out well. We may try going somewhere else again to get photos.

[PikoPiko]

40 hours since the last breastbmilk extraction. Am I good to go from here on out or is the bad part is soon to come? Right now I'm feeling pretty good.

Our first drop off experience was quite positive. DS didn't even care we left. It was funny to watch the caregiver trying to rock DS to sleep - DS doesn't need/like rocking. DH emailed them to tell them to simply put DS in his crib with his lovey. Now he's napping blissfully. I'm so addicted to this webcams, I can't stop watching!

[aggiebug]

Ahh yes the reaching for you while sobbing trick. Always gets me and then H gets sad because she reaches for me. I get it but it's not my fault dude.


I am roasting pumpkins to make puree for baking. My house smells so good.

[taberbtb]

PikoPiko glad the experience at the new daycare is a positive one thus far! Yay for DS and yay for mommy instinct!