Post by mrsmonogrammed on Dec 15, 2015 8:24:46 GMT -5
Charlotte is 6 months today! We'll be celebrating her 1/2 birthday with MY favorite meal tonight;) Happy 1/2 birthday, 6/15/15 babies! I know here were quite a few of them:)
on another note, she has her first cold:( her snotty nose is unreal! I ran the humidifier last night, used saline, and a battery powered snot sucker (amazeballs by the way) but I don't really know if any of it's actually helping:(
I cried on the way to work today because I felt like I was going the wrong direction...ie I should not be working. I just wanted to keep snuggling my sweet boy. But I got it together and had a Messiah sing-a-long by myself in the car which really helped.
I quite agree with your sentiments, mrsmonogrammed. Tuesdays are my hard day this school year. My afternoon classes are loud, disrespectful, and it basically turns into a shit-show in the 45 minutes I see them. Every time. DNW Tuesday.
I cried on the way to work today because I felt like I was going the wrong direction...ie I should not be working. I just wanted to keep snuggling my sweet boy. But I got it together and had a Messiah sing-a-long by myself in the car which really helped.
I quite agree with your sentiments, mrsmonogrammed. Tuesdays are my hard day this school year. My afternoon classes are loud, disrespectful, and it basically turns into a shit-show in the 45 minutes I see them. Every time. DNW Tuesday.
Sorry I'm a super Debbie Downer today.
LT to commiserate. Mondays are my hard day (I work 12 hours) so basically see DD for 20min total in the morning when I get her dressed and feed her:( FX that there is a miracle and your class is on their best behavior today! Keep up that countdown to winter break;)
Good morning ladies!! It's been a crazy 2 weeks. I've been lurking and rarely posting. We (by we, I mean me) are still trying to get moved in. We stayed in our new place for the first time Sunday night. We only have 1/3 of our belongings with us. Thankfully everything else is in the garage at my in-laws. So it's just a slowly grabbing stuff as we can type of move in.
Cole got his very 1st letter from Santa yesterday!
DD is normally asleep when I leave for work in the am, so I sneak into her room, give her a kiss and then leave. When I went to go into her room she was sitting in her crib and kicking her legs having a grand old time. I was so happy to get a few snuggles in bright and early before starting my day!
I wrapped all of our Christmas gifts last night because they had started taking over my closet. I put them under the tree and this morning I heard the paper tearing, I go downstairs to see DD1 tearing into them. Sigh. She only got to 3 of them before I found her and none were even for her. DS was just standing nearby watching because he absolutely knew better. I feel so bad because one of the gifts was his and now he has to wait to get it for another 10 days...
Post by silv3rlining on Dec 15, 2015 9:22:57 GMT -5
Since we'll be traveling for cmas this year we let the kiddos open their presents on Sunday. LO loves her activity table we got her and DS is obsessed with his Disney guitar (ukulele). We have gifts under the tree wrapped for other people. DS so far has done well with being told to either wait or that they aren't for him. He got so confused Sunday when we told him one of the presents was from daddy. He kept trying to give it to my H to open.
I wrapped all of our Christmas gifts last night because they had started taking over my closet. I put them under the tree and this morning I heard the paper tearing, I go downstairs to see DD1 tearing into them. Sigh. She only got to 3 of them before I found her and none were even for her. DS was just standing nearby watching because he absolutely knew better. I feel so bad because one of the gifts was his and now he has to wait to get it for another 10 days...
Christmas presents have completely taken over LO's room. Most of them are wrapped. I put a gate on the door to keep DD out. There is no way I am going to put them under the tree until Christmas Eve. Too much toddler temptation.
Post by carolyngrace on Dec 15, 2015 9:40:37 GMT -5
Enjoying a "bonus" day at home with DB! (not really since I'll have to make up the day of work on Friday)... Feeling much better after my stomach bug yesterday. I pretty much slept 7pm - 6am, and then I just napped with DB for his morning nap! I BETTER be feeling better!
Trying to force extra tummy time and teach Oscar to sit and roll back-to-front, per our PTs instructions. He's just so content to stand or lay on his back! My big lazy dude
Enjoying a "bonus" day at home with DB! (not really since I'll have to make up the day of work on Friday)... Feeling much better after my stomach bug yesterday. I pretty much slept 7pm - 6am, and then I just napped with DB for his morning nap! I BETTER be feeling better!
Trying to force extra tummy time and teach Oscar to sit and roll back-to-front, per our PTs instructions. He's just so content to stand or lay on his back! My big lazy dude
In the last few week T has decided tummy time can be fun. but his sit up skills are laughable.
Normally I wait until the night before, but I was in desperate need of my closet back. I thought they were both old enough this year to have a little self control. I guess not :/ We had a long talk about it so hopefully it wont happen again.
I wrapped all of our Christmas gifts last night because they had started taking over my closet. I put them under the tree and this morning I heard the paper tearing, I go downstairs to see DD1 tearing into them. Sigh. She only got to 3 of them before I found her and none were even for her. DS was just standing nearby watching because he absolutely knew better. I feel so bad because one of the gifts was his and now he has to wait to get it for another 10 days...
I did not even think about this being an issue! Now I'm sad because I love to wrap early and have the gifts out "on display" all month. Maybe a baby gate jail around the tree is in my future!
Post by mrsdee1982 on Dec 15, 2015 11:01:57 GMT -5
All Los Angeles Unified School District schools are closed today due to a credible terror threat. LAUSD is a huge school district with over 900 schools and over 700,000 students. This is so upsetting to me. The threat must have been a very real and very scary one for them to have taken this action. I hate that we live in a world now where there are no more "off limit" zones.
On the topic of Tuesdays, I feel they are always worse than Mondays because you drain yourself on Monday so Tuesday you (meaning me) drag your ass.
My prep was cancelled today, this makes me so not happy. I need a break from these kids and lunch isn't enough because I spent half my lunch pumping. Please be good children, please!
Post by hannahl201477 on Dec 15, 2015 11:21:41 GMT -5
Mal is at MDO, it's the last day before Christmas that he will be able to go. I should be cleaning preparing for company next week. Instead, I am making Oreo balls and thinking about taking a nap!
My mom just texted me to say my baby rolled over and shoved himself onto his hands and knees. Awesome? He still sleeps with his arms swaddled!! Guess we'll be starting that transition hardcore tonight.
Something is wrong with my pump. I think it's one of the valves because I've swapped things around enough to isolate that it's the issue.
Again, Debbie Downer. Sorry.
Uh, my lunch was tasty? And it's warm enough that I didn't have to wear a coat today? Stretching for those positives.
Post by holliberry28 on Dec 15, 2015 12:12:03 GMT -5
I'm on day 4 of diet/exercise program. I just ordered an omelette with one egg and one egg white with cheddar, onion, and pepper. And, I only had a few bites of the home fries. And threw out the toast. But did have a piece of chocolate caramel with a small coffee for dessert. Not too bad, right?? I'm shooting for 1400 calories a day, no bread, and gym 3 times a week, not to set the bar tooo far out of reach.
Also, the other night, M got scared of his first toy. It was too funny. I'll post the pic tomorrow on HBDB.
Enjoying a "bonus" day at home with DB! (not really since I'll have to make up the day of work on Friday)... Feeling much better after my stomach bug yesterday. I pretty much slept 7pm - 6am, and then I just napped with DB for his morning nap! I BETTER be feeling better!
Trying to force extra tummy time and teach Oscar to sit and roll back-to-front, per our PTs instructions. He's just so content to stand or lay on his back! My big lazy dude
Tummy time is the bane of my existence but it's getting better. You might want to try a rolled up towel under the armpits...that's how I got LO to roll front to back at first. But then he's stopped and now has no interest in rolling back to front (I think he mostly learned to get out of tummy time) so what do I know lol.
Snow day here today! I have four kids and the baby here with me. The kids are watching Home Alone and eating popcorn while the baby naps. We'll do lunch after and then they'll all roate to a neighboor's house for a few hours. Co-op parenting is the only way to survive snow days.
I wrapped all of our Christmas gifts last night because they had started taking over my closet. I put them under the tree and this morning I heard the paper tearing, I go downstairs to see DD1 tearing into them. Sigh. She only got to 3 of them before I found her and none were even for her. DS was just standing nearby watching because he absolutely knew better. I feel so bad because one of the gifts was his and now he has to wait to get it for another 10 days...
Ugh. I stopped putting anything out before Christmas eve for this very reason. Mine is almost nine and i still don't trust him.
I'm on day 4 of diet/exercise program. I just ordered an omelette with one egg and one egg white with cheddar, onion, and pepper. And, I only had a few bites of the home fries. And threw out the toast. But did have a piece of chocolate caramel with a small coffee for dessert. Not too bad, right?? I'm shooting for 1400 calories a day, no bread, and gym 3 times a week, not to set the bar tooo far out of reach.
Also, the other night, M got scared of his first toy. It was too funny. I'll post the pic tomorrow on HBDB.
Are you a tiny person? Because your brain needs 400 Kcal a day to function, and if you plan to work out 3x a week, you're probably going to need more fuel than that...
I'm on day 4 of diet/exercise program. I just ordered an omelette with one egg and one egg white with cheddar, onion, and pepper. And, I only had a few bites of the home fries. And threw out the toast. But did have a piece of chocolate caramel with a small coffee for dessert. Not too bad, right?? I'm shooting for 1400 calories a day, no bread, and gym 3 times a week, not to set the bar tooo far out of reach.
Also, the other night, M got scared of his first toy. It was too funny. I'll post the pic tomorrow on HBDB.
Are you a tiny person? Because your brain needs 400 Kcal a day to function, and if you plan to work out 3x a week, you're probably going to need more fuel than that...
I'm 5'9 and doing 1200-1300 (all very healthy, specific food calories, zero junk) plus 30-40 minutes of cardio daily right now and feel absolutely amazing. I can't believe the amount of energy I've had the last two weeks.
Post by beersandweirs on Dec 15, 2015 13:59:51 GMT -5
Soon after baby was born I lost my baby weight, I figured it was a mixture of breastfeeding and just not having enough time to eat. However, now I have plenty of time to eat, and I definitely take advantage too much and have put some weight back on. I know it is due to my poor eating habits and not working out, but I have a hard time caring about it right now.
I admire all of you who are dieting. I could never give up my junk foods! I just don't have the discipline for it. And my beer. Love beer too much to cut it out, although I'm sure I would drop 10 pounds instantly if I stopped drinking alcohol.
Im actually in a competition so my competitive side is all over it. ( Lifestyle points, not points for the weight loss) I'm sure I'd be eyeballs deep in cookies if not for the incentive of $100 amazon gc for the winner. But i do love that some of these new habits are sticking.
My mom just texted me to say my baby rolled over and shoved himself onto his hands and knees. Awesome? He still sleeps with his arms swaddled!! Guess we'll be starting that transition hardcore tonight.
Something is wrong with my pump. I think it's one of the valves because I've swapped things around enough to isolate that it's the issue.
Again, Debbie Downer. Sorry.
Uh, my lunch was tasty? And it's warm enough that I didn't have to wear a coat today? Stretching for those positives.
My pump is already struggling. It works, it just sounds like it's little motor is a piece of shit.
But the valves... not a lot that can go wrong there. Tear in the membrane? Not a tight seal on the flange?
I changed the membranes, swapped the valves from one side to the other, swapped tubing back and forth. So the flanges were switched, the tunes were switched, the membranes were switched and the issue still happened. I don't really have time to investigate beyond that between classes.
All I know is I will be enjoying at least one beer tonight. And I wish there were cupcakes at my house.
Are you a tiny person? Because your brain needs 400 Kcal a day to function, and if you plan to work out 3x a week, you're probably going to need more fuel than that...
I'm 5'9 and doing 1200-1300 (all very healthy, specific food calories, zero junk) plus 30-40 minutes of cardio daily right now and feel absolutely amazing. I can't believe the amount of energy I've had the last two weeks.
I'm 5'6 and close to 170 so I think I've been taking in too much fuel, haha. But seriously, limit sugar and carbs, add lots of lean protein, healthy fats, oats, and veggies. With wine and dark chocolate when I have some calories to spare of course.
Tonight is H's staff Christmas party. We're taking DD but leaving DS with my parents. I've had such little sleep lately though I don't know how long I'll make it! It will be nice to get out though.
The last gift I was waiting for online came in yesterday, so that's a relief! Christmas shopping is almost done, H just needs to get his brother something.
@jemomma DS is being all big brotherly over the Christmas tree and gifts too. DD crawled under there and he said one of the most clear sentences I've ever heard him say- "Don't open the presents LO!", in a really cute sing songy voice. I've gotten really lucky with him-he's never gotten under the tree trying to get at presents even as a baby as he wasn't crawling his first Christmas, DD may be my mischievous one.
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