FRIDAY!!! Randoms

[jessila]

Because we're randoms whores.

[jessila]

As my alarm went off at 6:24 and I basked in the fact that I got to sleep in a little because it's Friday I then remembered DST is this weekend.
Next week is going to suck soooo much.

[clbehenna]

jessila I can't even think about DST right now. We are already getting no sleep over here thanks to another never-ending ear infection!

Excited for the work day to be over! One of my oldest friends has been in the hospital for the past two weeks due to premature rupture of membranes. She's 32 weeks along, and they plan on inducing her at 34 weeks if the baby doesn't come on his/her own before then. I finally get to go see her and bring her cute, teeny baby things tonight and try to lift her spirits a bit!

[stinybean]

jessila bleh to DST! & lol to us being randoms whores. We really are.

clbehenna best wishes for your friend.

AFM, I'm having a very heavy period & I'm not enjoying the backache that is coming with it. I really have to pick up some tampons because I haven't used them since who knows when. Too bad I gave up 7-11 for Lent or I'd go there to get some. So I'm stuck with just pads until I get home later or someone at work lets me steal one.

Please let this be a 8 out of 10 happy face day (behavior plan for one of my students)!

[erbear]

Morning! I'm teaching Spanish this afternoon. Should be fun!

My h is watching our two nieces who are 5 and 7 today along with being home with LO. I do not envy him!

[billyhorrible]

I schedule BH's appointments months in advance. The plan is always for me to take the day off, since his doctor is near my office and it's silly to drive back and forth to drive him back to daycare.

Inevitably this plan always fails because I have a major deadline or things I must do on appointment days. So today BH gets to come to work with me.

[mrsmonogrammed]

DD is still sleeping! Normally she's awake at 6ish (when we leave for DC during the week) but she partied for an hour last night from 11:45-12:45. I'm thinking maybe she was cold? We turned off the heat since its been nice during the day. Normally we'd just tough it out but I totally turned on the heat again at midnight!

[sugarkissed]

B has a cold so it was a rough night here. Poor girl is so stuffed up. It's 5:30 am and I just nursed her and came back to bed but DH had flicked on all of the lights looking for his jacket so that he can go for a run. I'm grumpy because now I'm wide awake, and I'm jealous that I can't get up and go for a solo run. Haha.

[jillywilly]

Happy Friday! I was hoping I'd have a healthier, happier baby today, but instead I got the bonus of also not feeling well myself. At least it's Friday, and dh decided to work from home, so there'll be some help.

What's everyone's threshold for calling the doctor? We're on day 3 of low appetite (though the last night or two he ate more at night) and a cough and runny nose. He had a fever, but it's come down to basically nothing. He also was messing with his ears earlier this morning, but he does that frequently when he's not sick - and he desperately needed a nap after waking at 5:30. My gut says I do t want to pay a $30 co pay to be told my son has a bad cold. But dh is very pro-doctor, and with it being Friday I'm second guessing if I should have him seem to be safe.
TL/DR - I hate colds and the endless debate of when to have a sick baby seen by the doctor.

[mbjune13]

Morning! Up way too early again and not because of B. DH is going to get punched one of these mornings! B slept in bed with me last night and didn't wake up once. I was up lots checking to make sure she was safe so I'm mainlining coffee today. I tried 23 minutes of CIO last night and I figured out that I am not the person for that. She was so inconsolable for half an hour after that it broke my heart. Once she finally fell asleep on me she sobbed in her sleep for a good hour. I give all of you who have done CIO major credit, I can just imagine how tough it was and how much it sucked sticking with it. I am doomed to have a child in my bed until she is 18.

[sugarkissed]

Oh... And I told DH that he shouldn't get up yet because he's going to be so tired today. He responded "I'm fine, I had almost 8 hours of sleep!" And now I am even more irritated. Someone send me all of the coffee.

[holliberry28]

I'm with carrots on the whole DST thing. I've been waiting for March 13 for 3 months. I'm hoping this helps switch his bedtime from 6:30-5 am to 7:30-6 am. That would be amazing. I think he's totally gonna figure it out and learn to tell time though.

I have a big scary meeting that I have to run today. Wish me luck.

[dogmama22]

I'm wearing my pajamas to work today. It's Friday. I'm gonna go ahead and call today a win.

[erbear]

Donuts in the break room!!!!

There was cake there on Wednesday. If I worked at this school every day I'd be fatter than I already am.

[erbear]

Also, @imapenguin, LO just discovered that as well. Books everywhere!

[Widget123]

Hopefully a mostly uneventful day for me. Yesterday I was talking to someone while waiting in line at the cafeteria in the building and supposedly there is another cafeteria within walking distance that has a much better variety of food, so I am going to go check it out today. This could be nearly life changing after eating the garbage in our building the last few years

Still going to ILs to do taxes tonight, but I was actually able to do most of the packing for our weekend away the last two nights and I plan to run the dishwasher at their house so hopefully it won't be so bad.

[tatersalad]

We are buckled up after having to spend the night at an airport hotel last night. Always prefer to be on a safe plane so I shouldn't bitch about the hiccups yesterday but I'm so ready to be home and have daylight savings time start.
Who do I need to ask for password to the secrecy board? Can't be missing all the good stuff any longer. I surrender!

[heartofglass]

jillywilly since it's Friday my vote would be to see the doctor. This is coming from someone whose baby has had multiple ear infections back to back that have had low to no fever and no ear pulling. He was just extra fussy and sleeping worse. I've heard not nursing/bottle feeding well is a sign too because it can hurt their ear drums. Hopefully it will end up being nothing though.

[Widget123]

Mar 11, 2016 8:26:13 GMT -5 tatersalad said:

We are buckled up after having to spend the night at an airport hotel last night. Always prefer to be on a safe plane so I shouldn't bitch about the hiccups yesterday but I'm so ready to be home and have daylight savings time start.
Who do I need to ask for password to the secrecy board? Can't be missing all the good stuff any longer. I surrender!

budders @jimbobcooter

[sugarkissed]

tatersalad, That sucks! I've been there more times than I can count and travel delays are so frustrating. Have a safe trip home!

[Bluedaisy]

Nothing really on deck here...might finally get motivated and decorate for Easter.

[musicfrk2002]

Mar 11, 2016 7:52:28 GMT -5 jillywilly said:

What's everyone's threshold for calling the doctor? We're on day 3 of low appetite (though the last night or two he ate more at night) and a cough and runny nose. He had a fever, but it's come down to basically nothing. He also was messing with his ears earlier this morning, but he does that frequently when he's not sick - and he desperately needed a nap after waking at 5:30. My gut says I do t want to pay a $30 co pay to be told my son has a bad cold. But dh is very pro-doctor, and with it being Friday I'm second guessing if I should have him seem to be safe.
TL/DR - I hate colds and the endless debate of when to have a sick baby seen by the doctor.

Personally, I would at least call the Dr and at least ask if it would be something to be concerned about. J has been the same way lately with the needing a nap right away, and if it wasn't for the fact that we had his 9 month checkup, I wouldn't have known he had 2 ear infections. I would trade anything for a $30 copay right now

[jessila]

My office mate comes back today from maternity leave. I'll be kind of glad to see her but I LOVED her substitute. I would pick her substitute every day, all day...forever.

[alayne926]

jillywilly, I would take him in since it's Friday. Just to make sure it's not an ear infection. When they've been congested for so long, it's hard to drain, so it could go into the ears.

[shahoi]

jillywilly I also agree that since it's Friday, you might just go ahead and take him in. O had been sick too, but luckily today is her 9 month well visit. I hope your LO is well soon!

There's a big children's consignment sale today at a local church, so I may go check it out before O's appointment.

Lately O wants held a lot. And if I put her down, she says "mama mama" through her tears and it breaks my heart. It's almost like she's saying "Why are you doing this to me mama?"

[shahoi]

I just tried to start the FFFC thread and it posted in the Nov16 bmb. WTF! I was in OUR bmb. See if I ever start a thread again... so embarrassing!

[carolyngrace]

Did HDBD not happen this week? Or only on the private board?

[carolyngrace]

shahoi, O has been pretty clingy too. If he's happy while I'm out of the room I try my hardest not to come into eyesight. If I'm around I have to be sitting on the floor right next to him, if not holding him. It's so sweet, yet tiring!

[carolyngrace]

Mar 11, 2016 8:28:17 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Mar 11, 2016 8:26:13 GMT -5 tatersalad said:

We are buckled up after having to spend the night at an airport hotel last night. Always prefer to be on a safe plane so I shouldn't bitch about the hiccups yesterday but I'm so ready to be home and have daylight savings time start.
Who do I need to ask for password to the secrecy board? Can't be missing all the good stuff any longer. I surrender!

budders @jimbobcooter

Me too please! 

[purple]

Mar 11, 2016 9:06:11 GMT -5 shahoi said:

Lately O wants held a lot. And if I put her down, she says "mama mama" through her tears and it breaks my heart. It's almost like she's saying "Why are you doing this to me mama?"

L does that a lot at the moment, too. She's very clingy at the moment.

jillywilly,I'd take him if I were you.

michyme123, much sympathy for so much solo parenting!

We went to baby playgroup this morning. L loves it. At the end of the session I went to help clear up, which meant letting L sit on her own for two minutes. She immediately started having a tantrum - flinging herself backwards, arching her back, screaming with fury - she turned brick red. She wasn't sad because I wasn't holding her, she was furious. Then she rolled onto her front and had a tantrum because she was on her front. I know that at the moment it's a visceral emotional reaction, but if this is a taste of what's to come, I'm not looking forward to the terrible twos!

Heading to the doctor ourselves in half an hour. Her cough's got worse and she's had it for six weeks now. I'm sure it's not helping the sleep situation!