Why Monday!

[bighair12]

Good morning and happy Monday ladies.  

What is on everybody's docket today?

We had big girl bed success last night.  The crib is in the baby room.  Laundry to be done today.

[nitecheese]

Hooray for big girl bed, bighair12! That's awesome.

Today can fuck off. I am in no mood to do anything except sleep. DS has a cold and is getting his last 2 year molar. I hate being at work when I know he's uncomfortable.

On the upside, baby girl has been wiggling non-stop all morning, which makes me smile.

[txmommy14]

We are also working on 2 year molars, I really hope they come in and that we are officially done with teething before DD gets here.

It's rainy today. I love the rain (and so do my flowers that are already dying), but I also hate being stuck indoors with a toddler who loves to be outdoors. I am going to lunch with one of my old students and his Mom (he is very low-functioning and has Autism). I am really excited to see them! His younger sister babysits for us sometimes, but I haven't seen him and his Mom in a while. Hoping my DS behaves so we an actually have a conversation.

Last night I started googling and looking up lists of stuff to do before baby arrives and it made me panic a bit. I wish I knew whether I really was going to be induced a month early or not like my OB mentioned, but I guess I'll find out in the next week or two. That would help me relax if I knew I actually had more than 4 weeks left!

[nymama917]

bighair12 - yay for big girl bed success!!

nitecheese - I hope the little guy feels better soon. Poor thing!

Today was a Starbucks latte kind of morning. I spent a long weekend with my inlaws and even brought MIL back to our apt so that we could go to a work function last night. Then I woke up in the middle of the night for 45 minutes breathing fire from the wicked heartburn I had. If I could have booze I would!

[txmommy14]

Also, my husband is freezing at night. Usually I am the one that is freezing, but I am a FURNACE. I've been keeping the A/C and the fan on. I feel bad, but not really, because he can just bundle up and I can't have yet another reason to not sleep.

[bighair12]

Pregnancy insomnia reared its ugly head last night. I was up from 2-5 and then was up for the day at 620 to get DD for school and help MH get her ready. Between the stuffy nose from terrible allergies and my shoulders being sore from the crappy sleep position I don't know what to complain about!

[cattuccino]

I am so over snow.

I need spring.

Not a whole lot planned -Chiropractor appointment today. And someone was supposed to come and assess our roof to see if we need to redo the whole thing or if we can patch the shingles and maybe get a few more years - but with the snow and ice I don't know if they can now....though they weren't coming until 4 so maybe it will melt off? It is supposed to warm up some.

Also, DD is super cranky this morning. She slept decently so I don't know why, other than being 2 is hard.

[Flair Underwood]

I'm excited for this week. I have SO MUCH to do at work, but we're taking DD to Philly on Thursday, so I'm looking forward to that.

DH did a A LOT to get the baby's room ready, so I feel really more at ease about that process.. there's still lots to be done, but I can see the light now!

DD has been HORRENDOUS this weekend. SO MUCH ATTITUDE and so much back talk and it's ridiculous. When DH was telling her last night to stop doing something, she made the little "Blah blah blah" motion with her hand to him. This morning, this was our conversation:

Me: "I don't like when I have to yell at you to get you to listen."
DD: "I don't like having to yell at you either."
Me: "That's the thing, you're not allowed to yell at me."
DD: " No, no, no, no, no, no, no" - Sung to Darth Vader's theme.

[broadwaymama]

Sitting at my new midwife for my first real appointment with them. My high school show opens this week and my other opened last week, then we go into full moving mode! Crazy!!!!!!! So many big things happening at once!

[sandandsea]

I have an appointment with my endocrinologist this morning then a busy day at work. I just want to stay in bed and relax. I'm hoping I find some motivation because I have a lot to get done!

[graciest719]

DD is sick so I'm home. I have no idea what is wrong with her. I'm hoping it's just teething because she has no symptoms except a fever. I busted my ass to get stuff done yesterday so I'm just being lazy while she sleeps.

[titania]

cattuccino, I'm totally over the weather as well... it needs to start warming up cause I cannot stand wearing sweaters anymore!

Today is such a gray day, but we have our hospital tour tonight!

[pbandj714]

It's a rainy day here. But the temperatures are supposed to steadily rise all week, so that makes me happy.

DH and I got the first coat of paint done in the nursery yesterday! We'll do coat 2 tonight, and then we can get the cribs set up and glider moved upstairs! Getting paint on the walls has really thrown me into nesting mode. I just want all the things to be done! I found a dresser on craigslist that I inquired about. DH was originally going to build the dresser, but I'm super stressed about having enough time to get everything done, and it will be easier and cheaper to just refinish this one I found. Luckily he still has a toy bin and shelf to build for the nursery. Gotta keep him busy!

[vivela]

Heading to opening day in Boston! It has been a long time since I've been to a baseball game, I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully it stays fairly warm and the rain showers pass us by.
I hope the day improves for those struggling with insomnia or sick/unhappy little ones.

[soultrane]

Flair Underwood, sorry for your rough weekend with DD, but I can't stop laughing at that conversation because I can picture the same thing happening here. Hang in there!!

[manybellsdown]

I had a semi-productive weekend marked by spurts of teariness when I think about the work trip this week. I'm spending the morning packing, and then I'm off for four nights, definitely the longest I've been away from the little one. I'm blaming pregnancy hormones for how much this makes me tear up on the reg.

Today's the designated "travel day," though, and with a flight of only an hour, it basically means I have the day off!

[Andrea]

Hi friends! Hope everyone that is sick or has sick LOs start to feel better soon. MH felt crappy all weekend, but I think his stuff was allergy related. He is gone for a business trip until Friday. He has two more trips lined up before baby gets here, hoping that LO stays put until our c-section date.

[GOmamab15]

My feet were killing me last night after helping supervise moving all weekend. Standing on a concrete garage floor for hours & hours doesn't agree with 3rd trimester! This morning it feels better but I still would rather not go to work.

[carolinaheart]

We officially have all of baby girl's furniture set up so this weekend we bought some floating shelves to hang. Usually, I'm a DIY-er but I'm very intimidated by the drywall anchors so I'll wait for DH to eventually get around to them. Sigh.

We're also trying order a wooden cutout of her name for above the crib today. DH rarely has an opinion on anything so when he does I'm usually on board. But he somehow managed to pick the only font in the world I really don't care for. (And as a southern woman, of course my opinions on monograming are very strong) So this may take longer than I thought. Haha

[GOmamab15]

Tapatalk ads are annoying. Regretting doing this latest update...

[carolinaheart]

Just a PSA: if anyone else is doing any monograming or anything, this is the site H found.

www.craftcuts.com

It's super reasonably priced (as is shipping), a million fonts to pick from, and the turn around time is much faster than anything I found on etsy.

[broadwaymama]

I love my new midwives!!! Like wish we had moved 7 years ago love them!! I'm so excited to be a part of their practice. They have moms groups for anyone due around the same time, massage, lactation groups, chiropractic care, and an assistant for my husband and I during my birth and birth photography is included!!!! I'm so excited!!!

[2dogs2kids]

bighair12 yay!
nitecheese hope DS feels better soon!
nymama917 ugh the heartburn hell.
@broadwaymana great news! Glad you like them so much! Sounds like a good fit!

[mladerri]

Just had my ultra sound. Good news baby boy isn't breach, bad news placenta is still low. I was having a contraction during the ultrasound so they didn't want to give a definite answer on if the placenta was too low or not. They want me to come in for a follow up in two weeks for another ultra sound and perhaps a transvaginal to get precise measurements. Crossing my fingers the contraction was making it look worse than it is, but I'm also mentally preparing myself for them to tell me a csection is required. Although not exactly what I wanted to hear, it was so nice to see my healthy baby and he is growing wonderfully. Here's his first selfie with perfect duck lips.

[carolinaheart]

Apr 11, 2016 12:23:44 GMT -5 mladerri said:

Just had my ultra sound. Good news baby boy isn't breach, bad news placenta is still low. I was having a contraction during the ultrasound so they didn't want to give a definite answer on if the placenta was too low or not. They want me to come in for a follow up in two weeks for another ultra sound and perhaps a transvaginal to get precise measurements. Crossing my fingers the contraction was making it look worse than it is, but I'm also mentally preparing myself for them to tell me a csection is required. Although not exactly what I wanted to hear, it was so nice to see my healthy baby and he is growing wonderfully. Here's his first selfie with perfect duck lips.

*SNIP*

Oh my god, those lips!

[mladerri]

carolinaheart I know, I can't wait to kiss them!!

[nymama917]

Apr 11, 2016 10:10:47 GMT -5 manybellsdown said:

I had a semi-productive weekend marked by spurts of teariness when I think about the work trip this week. I'm spending the morning packing, and then I'm off for four nights, definitely the longest I've been away from the little one. I'm blaming pregnancy hormones for how much this makes me tear up on the reg.

Today's the designated "travel day," though, and with a flight of only an hour, it basically means I have the day off!

Try not to stress and just enjoy it.  I had a work trip in February and it was GLORIOUS!!  I slept so well all alone in a king sized bed and was sleeping before 11 each night.  Obviously I missed DD like crazy but it was so nice to have some quiet to myself at night

[nymama917]

mladerri - I can't handle those lips!! What a sweetie

[babyzebra]

I've decided to get professional newborn pictures for DD. A friend and I took them of DS and they turned out well, but DIY newborn photos are hard work! I don't think I have it in me to do that again. Anyway, I've selected the photographer and now I just have to sign the paperwork and put down a deposit. This is getting crazy!

[babyzebra]

mladerri those are some smoochable lips!