Gimme Thursday

[ampaints]

[motownthrowdown]

Woke up to an email from the lady who runs the NICU parent group. She wants to talk to me about starting a nicu grad parent group. I'm so excited. The hospital will have much better resources than I could get on my own.

[ampaints]

Not the best start to the day to see I forgot to put up the milk I pumped after M fell asleep last night. I cried. But the day can only get better, right?

Today M will wear his first Halloween onesie to daycare, so that will be adorable!

[ampaints]

motownthrowdown that's awesome! I bet a ton of parents could benefit from a group!

[smore]

motownthrowdown, that's awesome about the group.

ampaints, stinks about the milk.

Tonight is trick or treat and school parties tomorrow. Please get me through the madness.

[skinandbones]

I hear DH trying to give Little Bones his antibiotic. Any tips on giving a toddler medicine? I'm not above bribery.

[runningmommy519]

Oct 29, 2015 6:43:10 GMT -5 skinandbones said:

I hear DH trying to give Little Bones his antibiotic. Any tips on giving a toddler medicine? I'm not above bribery.

A cookie. Seriously. I'm guessing that it tastes funny. A cookie will help take the taste away.

[runningmommy519]

motownthrowdown how awesome!! Thinking about you today!

[runningmommy519]

Today we close on our old house. It's a bittersweet day. I mean ds1 spent the first few years of his life there. We have memories in that home. So I feel happy and sad about this.

[nimfalen]

Teagan had a rough night. Every time I tried to put her down in her crib, she screamed. Finally got her to sleep on me around 1 and was able to get her in the crib. She woke up 30 minutes later and was awake every hour all night. Just fed her and she seems to be sleeping ok right now. I'm still not feeling so great from this stomach bug. I hope she's not getting sick. Poor thing.

On a happier note, I'm finally getting my IUD tomorrow.

[kaeguri]

motownthrowdown that's so cool! So many other parents would appreciate that too.

runningmommy519 it's always so sad and exciting when you move.

Today is the fair! And one of H's coworker's has a bunch of stuff he wants to give us for E. I love free stuff. The past few days I've been acutely aware of how fleeting this time is and how E is never going to be this small again. It probably has something to do with her outgrowing her 6 months clothes altogether now and having to adjust the rise on all her cloth diapers. I'm having trouble putting her down to sleep in her own crib. I want to snuggle her all day and night and never put her down. I randomly start crying too. Stupid brain.

[layloo08]

N went from 8:45-3! This hasn't happened in two weeks.
I needed that long stretch and really hope he keeps it up but I'm not too optimistic, ha.

[cupcakecutiern]

Oct 29, 2015 6:43:10 GMT -5 skinandbones said:

I hear DH trying to give Little Bones his antibiotic. Any tips on giving a toddler medicine? I'm not above bribery.

One syringe of med and one of chocolate syrup. Give one give the other bit by bit. It has to stay down for 30 mins to be considered absorbed.

[tmclawchick]

Soooo tired this morning. DH's flight was massively delayed and he didn't land til almost 2am... Then he realized he couldn't find his car keys and likely left them at his hotel in Chicago. So, at 2:30 I loaded the kids in the car and drove 45 min to run the spare set to him. Got home a little after 4 and of course Nora was wide awake.

COFFEE. RIGHT MEOW.

[cupcakecutiern]

@motowntgrowdown that's great!
ampaints how long was the milk out? If it was fresh and it doesn't smell sour I would prob use it.

[layloo08]

kaeguri it is so sad! Obviously, I love sleep but I even enjoy our MOTN feedings. Well, as long as it's not every hour and a half haha.

ETA: yay free stuff and the fair!! Since we moved to Charlotte, my H refuses to go to the state fair since it is 3 hours away

[kaeguri]

Oct 29, 2015 7:14:10 GMT -5 layloo08 said:

kaeguri it is so sad! Obviously, I love sleep but I even enjoy our MOTN feedings. Well, as long as it's not every hour and a half haha.

ETA: yay free stuff and the fair!! Since we moved to Charlotte, my H refuses to go to the state fair since it is 3 hours away

i love sleep too. And so does this child. I miss our MOTN feedings a bit. They're always so quiet and peaceful (usually ha), in a dark room, like no one else in the world exists. And you should've gone to the SC state fair! It's only a little over an hour from Charlotte! We used to make that drive every weekend.

[skinandbones]

Oct 29, 2015 6:57:44 GMT -5 runningmommy519 said:

Oct 29, 2015 6:43:10 GMT -5 skinandbones said:

I hear DH trying to give Little Bones his antibiotic. Any tips on giving a toddler medicine? I'm not above bribery.

A cookie. Seriously. I'm guessing that it tastes funny. A cookie will help take the taste away.

I had that thought...DS loves sweets.

[mommabakes]

Finally got some decent sleep last night! Little mister slept from 10-3:30 and for once didn't take two hours to let me put him back in his crib. Then he slept for another 3 hours. I took a shower this morning and feel like a new person!

I have so many house projects I want to do, but I'm running out of money... Guess it's time to tighten the budget :/ We pulled a piece of wood paneling from the wall yesterday to discover unfinished drywall underneath, so now we have to figure out how much it will cost to finish and whether we can afford it now or if we should just paint the paneling until we can. Ugh. I need to be a millionaire, house stuff is so expensive!!!

DD asked to watch Duck Tales this morning... #momwin

[lawndog1216]

Great googily moogily two nights in a row I've had a four hour block of sleep followed by a three hour block of sleep followed by an hour or two of side nursing in bed. I feel so rested, I don't even know what to do.

But I've been really engorged the last few days, and so this a.m. I'm pumping while catching up here, and Lordy does it feel weird.

If you guys could, I have a friend named Debbie who could use some prayers and positive thoughts. She's got little ones at home, she's 41, and was diagnosed with Stage 1 ductal breast cancer yesterday. She and her husband are doing well, but still - it's a shock.

I'm desperate for a shower. That MUST be the next thing I do today.

[laurasuzanne2006]

Ican meeting was last night. The focus was vbacs turned vbacs So many emotions. I think I've decided although I don't consider myself having ppd at this point seeing someone to help process the birth may be beneficial. Follow up regarding the openings in my incision today. Annoyed I haven't gotten a call yet regarding approval for mirena....

[sweetsyrup]

motownthrowdown - that's awesome! What a great opportunity for you and great service to those grads!

ampaints - how long did you leave it out? Check on Kellymom. I have kept milk that's been left out 6+ hrs and had no issues.

noname - my toddler loves medicine too! We give him syringes with water when he asks for it when he isn't on any.

I can't remember who was having issues giving meds, but we used to put it in jello water for my brother and he'd take it. Or applesauce or pudding.

I bought a rnp yesterday. I haven't gotten more than an hour sleep at a time in weeks and he slept in it for 4 hrs last night and then did another 3 hr stretch. I fell asleep feeding him after that so he was in bed with me, but I'll take progress. He also drank 12 oz at daycare yesterday. He's only been doing 6-8 before. Guess I should actually start to take my fenugreek again.

[arimaythea]

Oct 29, 2015 7:44:28 GMT -5 mommabakes said:

Finally got some decent sleep last night! Little mister slept from 10-3:30 and for once didn't take two hours to let me put him back in his crib. Then he slept for another 3 hours. I took a shower this morning and feel like a new person!

I have so many house projects I want to do, but I'm running out of money... Guess it's time to tighten the budget :/ We pulled a piece of wood paneling from the wall yesterday to discover unfinished drywall underneath, so now we have to figure out how much it will cost to finish and whether we can afford it now or if we should just paint the paneling until we can. Ugh. I need to be a millionaire, house stuff is so expensive!!!

DD asked to watch Duck Tales this morning... #momwin

This is obviously just an anecdote and may not happen to you, but I wanted to share anyway just in case.  When we bought our house, one of the rooms had painted-over wood paneling.  Over this past summer, we wanted to change up the color so we decided to paint over that.  It caused us so much trouble because the paint that was originally on the paneling would chip and pull off really easily.  Our painters tape would pull it up, even if the tape was the less-sticky type and it was on our fresh paint.  We had to do so much touch-up of chipped spots because the paint just did not want to stick well to the paneling.  This could have just been because the paint on the paneling was old, but it was a pain in the butt for us.  Good luck with your room!

[cbnola71]

Its Thursday already? Man these last few weeks of Maternity leave are flying by.
I decided last night that LO needs to make the transition to his room so I moved the rock n play next to his crib. I put him down at 10 and he was up at 11 but DH did his "daddy magic" and put him back down and DS didn't wake up untill 5:45!!! I fed him and put him back down and he is still sleeping at 8:30! I am in utter disbelief that he did so well. I don't know if it was being alone, the sound machine, or whatever but ill take it and do it again tonight! Pleeeease don't be a fluke.

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Can I complain for a hot second? Our 1 year anniversary was last Saturday and sucked due to cranky baby and misbehaving toddler. We came out to an expensive hotel to celebrate yesterday, dinner and all. We had to bring baby because my family won't watch him over night. Well he refused to nap all day and was a fuss pot. I finally get him asleep on me from wearing him around 8:30pm. Only to him wake up 45 mins later from pooping. This kid then refused to sleep. I think I finally fell asleep at 4 am only for him to wake up at 5. At midnight we talked about packing up and going home.

Now the lil shit is asleep and I feel like shit.

Long story short my very first anniversary sucks and I'm sad about it.

[ady45]

@janetheconquerer I'm sorry yo use anniversary sucked.

I was hoping I could get the baby back to sleep and nap. Sure as the baby falls asleep, DD wakes up.

[gingerygirl]

It's 10:15 and baby is still asleep. I'll take it.

[motownthrowdown]

@janetheconquerer that sucks. You'll have a story at least. Maybe a make up date will be in your future.

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Oct 29, 2015 9:17:11 GMT -5 motownthrowdown said:

@janetheconquerer that sucks. You'll have a story at least. Maybe a make up date will be in your future.

I hope so.

I also hope A is doing good!!

[motownthrowdown]

Oct 29, 2015 9:19:12 GMT -5 @JanetheConquerer said:

Oct 29, 2015 9:17:11 GMT -5 motownthrowdown said:

@janetheconquerer that sucks. You'll have a story at least. Maybe a make up date will be in your future.

I hope so.

I also hope A is doing good!!

They finished surgery about 5 minutes ago. She's still getting bandaged up, but it went well. Formal update later.