Post by redandblue on Apr 11, 2016 14:55:46 GMT -5
@janetheconquerer that sounds like fun! I just booked an overnight trip to a Scandinavian spa with my on June 12! I am beyond excited for this, but also haven't been away from M overnight. I hope DH can get ready putting him to bed because there have only been a handful of times he has put him down when I'm not here, and it hasn't been the greatest for poor little M.
Me: 39 DH: 39 DS1 born Sept 1999 Married Nov 2010 TTC 2010 2011 BFP ended in ectopic RE Aug 2014. Unexplained infertility Sept 2014-Dec 2014 fermera/IUI/TI BFN's
August 16, 2015 baby Boy M is born and our hearts melt!
Nothing too exciting, going grocery shopping today. My stupid knee still hurts from the ski accident I had in January. I probably need to see my doctor about a PT referral but I don't wanna. I despise the doctor. <--- such a baby.
ampaints I'm so sorry about your work situation. That blows. I've worked under people like that and it just makes everything harder. Fx you find something else.
W is taking long naps today which is weird. He's slept almost 6 hours today when he usually sleeps 3. Hopefully he's making up for last week which was crazy with non napping. He tried egg yolk today and wasn't a big fan but we'll try again at dinner. Also, I am so excited because H is going to be home in 20 ish minutes! The last 3 months I have been almost exclusively solo parenting because of remodeling and long work hours and the last 3 weeks H hasn't been home before 8 (w goes to sleep at 9) most days so I've been solo parenting. I am looking forward to a long bath and maybe dinner together.
Post by gingerygirl on Apr 11, 2016 17:50:33 GMT -5
Another crazy life update.
I potentially have a place to live! A very sweet kind old lady in my church lives in a big house by herself. She offered to let me rent space in her house. Basically I would have the whole downstairs to myself which includes a bedroom, full bathroom, living room, and kitchen. She mostly stays upstairs all day so I would really only see her when she eats or leaves the house. I'm meeting with her tonight to discuss rent and stuff.
Also, I got a message from Chris today telling me that he is moving out of the apartment. Which means I need to get out of this lease as soon as possible so I don't get hit with an abandoned apartment penalty. I talked with a legal rep and I was told that legally if I show my landlord a protective order against him then he has to take me off the lease with no penalty. So I faxed that over today and hopefully they take care of it quickly.
Tomorrow I am going to the courthouse to file for the permanent order and for custody.
Really hoping we're in growth spurt territory as well. M has napped a ton today. So if it's growth spurt he should still sleep well tonight. Otherwise little man and I will be up in the wee hours of tree morning.
gingerygirl You're taking some important steps toward protecting yourself and your son. It takes a lot of courage to make these decisions. I'm sorry you're in this situation, but so glad that you're working to make things better.
joi922 There's such a huge range of what's normal when it comes to child development. As long as you aren't seeing multiple delayed or missed milestones (and I mean several months delayed) within the same area of development, it's likely that everything will catch up over time. Given that your daughter is sitting independently, it sounds like she just isn't that motivated to move yet or hasn't figured it out. My Aug15 baby isn't crawling yet either and I'm not at all concerned. She rolls everywhere, so I suspect she may not crawl for a while since she can already get around a bit. My Feb13 baby didn't crawl till she was 11 months old and was 3 days away from meeting criteria for gross motor delay due to several other missed milestones. Then all of a sudden there was an explosion of development over the next few months and she caught right up. She was just content to sit where she was for a while and pick at carpet fibers instead of getting around.
W was up a little in the middle of the night but not bad. He kept waking up and then falling asleep this morning too so instead of getting a broken 20 minutes of sleep in brushed my teeth and took a shower. I think today's going to be a good day. Hope everyone slept well!
Post by skinandbones on Apr 12, 2016 7:24:31 GMT -5
Thanks, ladies. I'm quite convicted there is some mental health stuff with BIL. He's very much comes from the perspective of if you aren't in my corner than you are against me. And since you are against me, then you are actively acting against me and hurting me in some way. It's exhausting. He almost didn't come to our wedding because we weren't getting married in a church. At some point, BIL is going to say/do/take a stance that is going to end our relationship with him. Not that I think this is latest news is going to be it.
Last night was a shit show with the kids. I'm really hoping DH saw how much he enables DS1's bad behavior.
@janetheconquerer oh my goodness! Way too much cute!
M woke up at 2:15 and went back down at 3. When I woke up then my eyes were crusted and itchy. Didn't really think anything of it because tired. When I got up for the day it's been a guessing game of pink eye or allergies. I think it's pink eye though. So now I feel like I'm gross. This morning can suck it.
But M did give me several hugs. He looked up at my face and then hugged my arm and shoulder as hard as he could. So sweet!
Hey y'all. Been MIA because of Spring Break. Mobile doesn't work worth a crap on my cell phone and I just didn't get my laptop out over the break. But hey!
Post by th3stryck3r on Apr 12, 2016 8:44:42 GMT -5
Wake ups last night at 11:15pm, 2:15am and 5:40am which basically turned to up for morning. This is now a pretty consistent schedule. The wake up between 2 and 3:30 is what kills me. We had dropped it, but when she was sick a couple weeks ago, we regressed. I think we're going to do sleep training again this weekend.
I WFH today at least. Trying to make lots of progress on stuff. I got through some major budgeting stuff yesterday and outlined plans for other big projects. Meeting with someone this evening to discuss logistics for an art event, so my H is on his own for bedtime. Hope that goes ok for him. If it does, that would give me some more flexibility in the evenings.
It wasn't great actually. JL got an ear infection and he was a child possessed. We left the beach 3 days early because if I'm going to be screamed at for nearly 24 hours straight I would rather do it at home where we don't have neighbors. The pediatrician got him straightened out at least.
Post by gingerygirl on Apr 12, 2016 9:42:44 GMT -5
I woke up at 6:30 this morning and freaked out because jack wasn't I'm the bed with me. I freaked out! I could hear him breathing but I couldn't find him! Then I heard him grunting like he does when he crawls and you know where I found him? In the kitchen! I have no clue how he got off the bed without hurting himself or without waking me up!
Post by abominationsnowman on Apr 12, 2016 9:44:03 GMT -5
I give 3-4oz of water with any solid food. Constipation is miraculously gone! I'm hoping this is the end of baby suppositories. I don't understand why my two year old bites some days and not others. Poor big brother
gingerygirl, I am so glad you have a safe place to live! I hope the protection order goes through smoothly. Are you seeking a permanent order between you and ex? Or is it between baby J and ex? Sorry if this is too nosey.
Between my husband and my toddler, they ate all the hummus I had bought to bring to work with veggies for snacks this week. My plain celery and carrots are boring now.
Not bad ideas, except I think peanut butter is only acceptable when eaten with jelly or chocolate But I was trying to get protein in. Maybe a cheese stick on the side.
Thanks, ladies. I'm quite convicted there is some mental health stuff with BIL. He's very much comes from the perspective of if you aren't in my corner than you are against me. And since you are against me, then you are actively acting against me and hurting me in some way. It's exhausting. He almost didn't come to our wedding because we weren't getting married in a church. At some point, BIL is going to say/do/take a stance that is going to end our relationship with him. Not that I think this is latest news is going to be it.
Last night was a shit show with the kids. I'm really hoping DH saw how much he enables DS1's bad behavior.
That honestly sounds like BPD. Borderline personality disorder. I was diagnosed at one point with it. Pretty much, there is no gray area. Everything is black and white. Either you hate me or you love me, but if you do one small thing against me, then you obviously hate me. There's obviously a lot more to it. My sister has all the symptoms as well, as did my mom. It gets better in some people as they age, like me and my mom, but not others. The diagnosis is hard to come by, and a lot of psychiatrists won't even treat someone with BPD because they're so unstable and unpredictable and potentially violent.
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