@littlechivette, hope everything goes well today for J!
I'm going to make an attempt to be super productive at work today. I work for a small company, so my department is three people, and one has been on maternity leave since early December, so I've been having to cover a ton of extra work. Only two and half more weeks until she's back though - I can do it, I just finished my coffee!
Post by silv3rlining on Jan 13, 2016 8:29:23 GMT -5
DS has his 1st tap class today! He's going to go to the studio that I grew up dancing at and taught at for 7 years. I'm not sure who his teacher will be yet but I'm so excited for him afterwards we're going to my mom's house for some Grammie time. (The studio is near my mom's house and we live about 45 mins-1 he away so the plan has been to have a built in Grammie day/dance day)
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jan 13, 2016 8:48:41 GMT -5
I think I lost my hands free pumping bra? Which would be annoying, because now I need to buy a new one and don't have it for work today. Also, where the eff would I have lost it at?!
Our director is getting fired today at work (she is just not a good fit at all for the company and for that position). One of the admins told me this on Monday because she comes to me with all the office gossip! One of the many reasons I love my job. It also means my team will be pulled in and out of meetings all day to advise us of the news (I'm working on my shocked expression)explain next steps, etc. I know I will get nothing done today because of said meetings, so I plan to play on here and meal plan for the rest of the week and next week between meetings.
I hope everyone elses Wednesday's goes better than my Director's.
@littlechivette I hope J's appointment goes well! Today is a catch up day. Have to clean and put crap away. Maybe try and organize the B's toys. But right now I am feeding B and hanging out on here.
Having some friends over for a play date this morning, already got the dishwasher unloaded and kids laundry in so winning a bit today again after yesterday was a big fat parenting fail day. Yay!
@bubbs19 I hope everyone starts feeling better soon! budders That is the truth about poops!! DH has a hard time changing diapers now because he gags so easily! Doesn't make me happy when it's his turn to change her.
@littlechivette I forgot to wish good luck to you guys!
And seriously on the poop. It was amazing having a newborn again, it was so easy. Now yesterday I changed almost the exact same diaper on each of them in a span of 5 minutes. A couple days ago I actually told DS we needed to go change his poopy diaper and he was like 'no mom just pee!!' And sure enough, it was baby sister that my mom nose was picking up.
Post by sugarkissed on Jan 13, 2016 10:22:24 GMT -5
LO slept 10 consecutive hours last night. I'm not trying to rub this in to anyone dealing with sleep issues, I'm just stunned! This just proves that there is hope for you all too! Last week we were up every 3 hours.
10 freaking hours. I woke up soaking wet with the largest boobs I've had in my life.
My kid poops more now (daily!) and it smells worse, but it's easier to clean because it's all formed. Her breastmilk poops were just squishy and everywhere.
I never thought I would miss breastmilk spit up. But now instead of milk, my kid smells like vomit all the time.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's baby still spits up. Prune spit up just about turned me inside out.
Definitely not the only one. I don't know how LO is so fat... it seems like she pukes everything that she eats back up. It's horrible, and so many outifts stained!
Post by thecatsmeow on Jan 13, 2016 10:36:39 GMT -5
Sometimes I put Sesame Street on in the morning. LO mostly plays, but boy does he love the two "commercials" at the end! One is encouraging exercise and one is for Sesame Street itself. It has such a catchy tune and both show kids jumping around and dancing. LO gets the biggest grin and if I hold him up he bounces around. I love it!
H is sick and LO is catching it. She had a slight fever last night so we gave her some Tylenol, woke up this morning and it's slightly higher. She's in good spirits and slept well last night but her cheeks are so red and she feels so hot! I feel bad that I'm not home cuddling her.
On another note, we're almost 3 weeks into BLW and her poops haven't changed in texture yet. They might be coming out stronger though because she's had 3 blowouts in the past week and we've never had a blow out in her cloth diapers before this. All 3 times she was sitting on the area rug playing with her toys so it could also be a fit/sitting position issue. But w/e it is, poop everywhere SUCKS.
The roads are okay where I am but are bad where we were going to look at houses today, so we have to reschedule. Nooooo! They're getting another 10-20 cm tonight.
Yea looking for houses in the winter sucks. There aren't as many listing at that time either.
So my mom just texted me. She had requested a copy of her birth certificate and just got a call that she is presumed dead and needs to prove that she's alive.
I immediately figured it was a scam. But I did a reverse lookup on the number that called her and it's a government approved agency you go through to get your records when you're out of state. I had her call the state vital records department and they said she has to go through that company. So it sounds legit. I'm going to look into it more later of course, but holy crazy I have no idea why she would be presumed dead?!
Post by holliberry28 on Jan 13, 2016 11:56:15 GMT -5
@s.coffey1123, good luck today!
M is constipated again. Is it normal for it to be so solid and almost pebble like? I don't think so. I left a message for a nurse call back from my pediatrician's office, but I'm guessing we should stop with the oatmeal? He gets prunes/pears/apples at least once a day. I wish I knew what I was doing wrong.
Post by carolyngrace on Jan 13, 2016 12:01:49 GMT -5
Drive by bitching post. I am overwhelmed and on the verge of a panic attack today. People keep telling me to say no to things, but I feel like I am and I am still overwhelmed! Working part time is so nice in some ways, but I never feel like my house or work are completely in order. Plus DH is sick and I told him he can't be a baby because I already have one to take care of. But he's definitely salty that I'm not taking care of him more. I called off work, which means I won't get paid this week because I went home early yesterday too. I just feel like I need an entire, kid free, day to recharge.
carolyngrace that is exactly how I felt on Sunday. I was on the verge of a complete meltdown for the same reasons. Sometimes it just feels like there is always something that needs to be done and I have no time to relax, guilt free. The guilt is the worst part for me. We've started discussing putting N in DC an extra day just so I can have some time to get things done and have time to myself. But again, the guilt.
Tl;dr I feel you. I hope you get some you time soon.
Yes! That's another thing, I'm thinking about getting more childcare, or quitting breast-feeding (Mostly because I want my hormones to go back to normal, but also because of the freedom it would give me and less stress.) but it's hard not to feel guilty about both of those things.
Post by carolyngrace on Jan 13, 2016 12:14:31 GMT -5
I gave DB beans last night for the first time and he love them! It was a mixture of kinds. And he had the best poop ever this morning. Just a suggestion for those dealing with constipation!
@s.coffey1123, hope it all goes well today. ETA: I see that all is well with your little boy. Hurrah!
@bubbs119, sorry that you're all ill. Hope that everyone feels better soon.
We've had a pretty good day. We went to a music group at my church this morning. LO is young for it but she loves it. She does this crazy dancing thing where she stands up holding my thumbs and hurls herself from one foot to the other. She did that for almost the entire hour, whilst yelling at the top of her voice. It's just as well it's always noisy there... Then we met a friend for lunch and went for a walk, and then Granny called in for half an hour.
This evening there is a get together for the musicians and singers from church. There will be some formal discussion, but it's mainly a party. With a buffet. There will even be wine. H gets to do dinner, bath and bed on his own. I am unreasonably excited about this.
In other news, L is growing out of her clothes. She's in 6-9 month size and she'll be seven months on Friday.
Post by musicfrk2002 on Jan 13, 2016 12:37:54 GMT -5
Our day started at 3 am. J rolled over in his sleep so he was on his back (he was this way at 2 when I finally made it to bed), so he woke up thinking it was time to giggle and play. Wrong. Thankfully he ate a bottle and zonked out again until 7, and he just went down for a nap. I have so much crap to do today, but a nap might happen instead.
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