Finally Friday Spam

[modernfairytale8709]

Oct 16, 2015 8:37:34 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Oct 16, 2015 5:50:17 GMT -5 modernfairytale8709 said:

Can I use Friday spam to dip my toes back in to the bmb life? It's been a long 7 months without you ladies. I took a break from all things tech to try to reign in the chaos that my life was 7 months ago.

DD and I are doing well. DH still has his bad days, but they are getting better. Anxiety is a bitch to be reckoned with.

I just wanted to say "Hi!" While I lurk around and great re-aquainted with the board format.

I'm so glad to see so many familiar faces still here.

Omg you just made my day. I have been thinking about you a ton and hoping things were going well.

I am glad the anxiety is more manageable. How is the house? the job? You? And of course the baby?

Awe! Thanks for the thoughts

Baby is fabulous, still wakes up at least three times a night. This week Dh helped for a night for the first time, so I took a Unisom and slept through the night(only woke up once) for the first time in almost a year. I have an appointment with her dermatologist next week, and I'm hoping we can start giving her just one larger dose of her medication in the morning, because the second evening dose definitely affects her sleep.

The house is still a work in progress, but it's coming along well. We moved in in Father's Day, and I lived without a kitchen for a month, but we're nearly finished now. The living room still needs paint, and I'm working on a reclaimed barn wood island top to finish out the kitchen. Then we're taking a reno break until DH is off next summer. We did new paint/carpet/trim on the entire second floor, remodeled the kitchen, and replaced all the windows.

My job is awful. A week after I got back from leave, one of my fellow accountants quit, and they're not replacing her until next April. We've opened an additional office on the west coast, so we're in full-on expansion mode, and they decided it was OK for my department to work at 75% capacity through it all. I'm actively looking for another job.

I'm pretty much just hanging in there. Life has thrown some pretty wacky curves at me this year.

[hollydfromtn]

Ended up having to take S to the doc yesterday to have his rash on the back of his knee checked out. We had been using hydrocortisone twice a day for a week with no improvement. Doc prescribed some nystatin and told us to come back in a week if there's still no improvement. While we were there they weighed S and he's gained less than a pound since his 6 month appointment, he'll be 9 months on the 29th. So that has me a little concerned, especially since he had dropped percentiles at the 6 month appointment. Doc suggested upping solids to 3-4 times a day and said we'd reevaluate at his 9 month visit. He also told me that we should be expecting 4 teeth to pop through any day now.

[mishka29]

LO whined her way through grocery shopping then screamed the whole way home. Not gonna lie, I wanted to punch something, not LO but something.

[danitaec]

hollydfromtn, did the doc say what the rash might be?

[hollydfromtn]

Oct 16, 2015 11:31:48 GMT -5 danitaec said:

hollydfromtn, did the doc say what the rash might be?

Not really. He said it looked like eczema but could also be fungal. That's why he wanted me to switch to the nystatin cream.

[RedGiant]

aggiebug and lilyelayne thanks for asking. DS is much better, still has a cough but is not a miserable, whining, mess that he was two days ago. DD is getting more snotty, sneezy, warm, and clingy. I'm more tired but just have a head cold (no chest congestion/cough yet). Trying to keep up with an energetic toddler and fussy baby is tiring, but at least the weather is nice and we can get outside. That always helps.

DD is now pulling to standing, and falling over and bonking her face on things. Sigh, life was easier when she couldn't get into trouble the minute I turned around. Time to lower the crib mattress once DH gets home.

[RedGiant]

So I removed the mobile after taking the pic, and she just started chewing on the crib rail instead.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Oct 16, 2015 13:25:19 GMT -5 RedGiant said:

So I removed the mobile after taking the pic, and she just started chewing on the crib rail instead.

we put the crib edge cover (not sure what it's called) on to prevent this.... and he chews the sides where it's not covered. 

[kaydee0402]

Oct 16, 2015 13:25:19 GMT -5 RedGiant said:

So I removed the mobile after taking the pic, and she just started chewing on the crib rail instead.

Babies are relentless!

[kaydee0402]

Oct 16, 2015 11:29:37 GMT -5 mishka29 said:

LO whined her way through grocery shopping then screamed the whole way home. Not gonna lie, I wanted to punch something, not LO but something.

I know the feeling.  I've been known to get attitude with DH when Little Man does that.  It's so wrong, but it's such a good outlet.  And he's pretty good at ignoring me when I'm like that. 

[duckker]

Did I mention on here that last week when Babygirl had a sobbing hysterical meltdown on the way home from daycare (for the fourth day in a row) that I very calmly (and seriously) told her to "stop acting like such a baby". I was so proud of myself for not losing my mind. And then cracked up because--man. They can really scramble your brains, hey?

Gotta go grocery shopping on the way home tonight. I might blow out of work early to get it done before I pick her up. So much faster. And kind of relaxing.

[danitaec]

You guys, my mom sent me this ad today:


You're welcome, F15.

[cloe111479]

Oct 16, 2015 15:51:25 GMT -5 danitaec said:

You guys, my mom sent me this ad today:


You're welcome, F15.

Umm.... Wow. That's all I can say

[missys]

danitaec what the.. wtf?
hollydfromtn 4 teeth at once?!
modernfairytale8709 I literally was thinking about you (in a non stalker way) 2 days ago and wondering how you were. Welcome back!

Teeth 7 and 8 are coming in and making my lovely boy a grumpy, sad mess.

[greenpony33]

Today was uneventful. DS still has diarrhea and had to use his extra outfit from daycare again. I called the dr and they said no worries since he's acting normal and eating/peeing well. They'd aid diarrhea isn't a worry until it's been going on for 2 weeks! That seems like a long time.

I got my stiches out of my eye today and it feels much better. Oh and I chopped my hair, it feels REALLY good and I like it a lot!

danitaec that's kinda creepy lol

hollydfromtn the wt loss probably isn't anything serious (fx) and hopefully the rash clears!

modernfairytale8709 Soooo good to hear from you! Welcome back!

[lilyelayne]

Y'all. My kid took only one 2-hour nap midday and wasn't a total asshole and made it to normal bedtime. I think I'm in the twilight zone.

[PikoPiko]

lilyelayne, ta for the tag. LO hasn't improved much with his breathing. We went back to the pedi today. Was told to increase his meds. He's still a cranky one today, inconsolable crying and the whole meal deal. I'm sick but it was better for us to be out than at home, being in a stroller kept him from getting overexcited and being too active. Wih luck he would be on the mend this weekend. DH just came in from work, I'm going to do a take out run and he has DS for the weekend so I can rest up. Looking forward to some down time.

[PikoPiko]

Oct 16, 2015 20:10:42 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Y'all. My kid took only one 2-hour nap midday and wasn't a total asshole and made it to normal bedtime. I think I'm in the twilight zone.

Wait, there exists kids that take naps more than 30-40mins at a time? How does one get on that train?!

[lilyelayne]

Oct 17, 2015 0:25:08 GMT -5 PikoPiko said:

Oct 16, 2015 20:10:42 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Y'all. My kid took only one 2-hour nap midday and wasn't a total asshole and made it to normal bedtime. I think I'm in the twilight zone.

Wait, there exists kids that take naps more than 30-40mins at a time? How does one get on that train?!

No idea. It comes and goes. I just enjoy the brief interludes when long naps are his thing.