Dear G, If you're going to insist on being held while you fall back asleep & then for at least 30 more minutes in the MOTN, please have mercy and join me in bed. You would get snuggles, an all night milk buffet, and I would actually get more sleep. With love, Your mother.
I was going to have a fun afternoon but now I'm stuck home bc of some facia (sp?) work we're having done on the house. I have a crazy dog and a DD2 that woke up on the wrong side of the bed, er crib. Hold me!
I'm at work and no one else is in my department. Apparently my boss is on vacation for the next two weeks, my coworker is maybe out sick again and I'm guessing my one coworker got laid off at the end of the season? But hey, I'm just going to put a audio book on and enjoy the day.
Post by lilyelayne on Apr 22, 2016 10:56:40 GMT -5
In my quest to make new friends who are home during the day & have children, I went to a welcome for a bible study starting in the fall. One other person showed up. Peeked at the established group who I assume will continue on when the new study starts. No one even remotely close to my age. Oh well. At least the bible study sounds good!
In my quest to make new friends who are home during the day & have children, I went to a welcome for a bible study starting in the fall. One other person showed up. Peeked at the established group who I assume will continue on when the new study starts. No one even remotely close to my age. Oh well. At least the bible study sounds good!
I know what you mean. Most the time I end up hanging out with my mom and dad. This is nice for the girls but puts me over the edge at times. None of my friends or family (that live near me) have kids
In my quest to make new friends who are home during the day & have children, I went to a welcome for a bible study starting in the fall. One other person showed up. Peeked at the established group who I assume will continue on when the new study starts. No one even remotely close to my age. Oh well. At least the bible study sounds good!
. Hopefully your presence will make it easier for other women nearer your age to join too. I have found that to be some of the most difficult aspects of small groups. They get very narrow in the demographic of their attendees and it's incredibly difficult to break that mold. Our small group is getting that way and we truly don't know how to fix it- for us it's mid 30s couples with young kids or in the near future and we would love to have a diverse group including new college grads and singles in the mix.
I'm sure this has been asked but I don't think recently. What is your kids nap schedule? My DD2 used to nap around 12 for 2-3 hours. Lately, I'm lucky if it's a good hour. I think she's starting to get sleepy earlier. But if I do an 11am nap then should I try for a 2nd nap? And what time then? Bed time routine starts around 7:30pm. And don't even ask me about lunch times then bc pshh, I have no idea
Post by lilyelayne on Apr 22, 2016 14:51:31 GMT -5
aggiebug yeah it can be difficult to find diversity in small groups. I'm also a bit anxious about discussion since although the bible study is interdenominational, and this group meets at a Presbyterian church, the majority of folk where I live are southern baptist. And my social mores don't line up with many of the teaching of that denomination. But I'm optimistic & don't mind being different and speaking up politely. And people often surprise me, in a good way. But often I am unsurprised in a bad way, too
dmorgendorffer yay! Praying for a smooth delivery for mom & baby!
dreemkin I love my local friends. And I adore my online mom friends. I'd just also like some local mom friends haha. Thankfully DS has his two toddler cousins to play with at least once a week, but as you know family sometimes has its own baggage/quirks/etc. I'm also totally the mom to go up and introduce myself and make conversation, but I struggle finding opportunities to do so. Our town has a lot of college students, and a lot of older people, and not a large amount of young single people or young families who aren't still in super well established (think from childhood) social circles and uninterested in branching out.
I'm sure this has been asked but I don't think recently. What is your kids nap schedule? My DD2 used to nap around 12 for 2-3 hours. Lately, I'm lucky if it's a good hour. I think she's starting to get sleepy earlier. But if I do an 11am nap then should I try for a 2nd nap? And what time then? Bed time routine starts around 7:30pm. And don't even ask me about lunch times then bc pshh, I have no idea
Until this week it's been (listing start times & they're rough estimations!)
730-8 wake up, nurse 830-9 breakfast A snack and a nursing session, separately, during the morning, though sometimes he refuses one or the other 11 nap 1230-1 wake up, lunch Another snack and nursing session as he wishes, but before 5pm. I won't nurse between 5 & bedtime, and I'll only give him a snack if he seems starving or dinner is delayed. 6 dinner 7-730 bedtime routine, including nursing
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Starting yesterday I flipped lunch & nap. Lunch at 1130-12, nap thereafter. He's pretty set in one 1.5h nap a day, though if his night is rough sometimes it's longer. He went from two 1.5h naps to one and nothing I did made him make up that missing hour and a half of sleep so I let it go.
We had a busy day today. Did some shopping then went to see my grandma. We went with my sister and her two girls so we left later than I wanted to and DD fell asleep in the car so of course she refused to nap when we got home. Ugh. She's actually holding up pretty well for no nap. Hopefully that'll mean an early night!
Post by dmorgendorffer on Apr 22, 2016 18:43:13 GMT -5
Still no baby, but no one has heard from them in about 3 hours so things might be happening now. Or she might be trying to break my record of 29 hours in labor.
DD doesn't have a nap schedule, at daycare they put her down whenever she seems sleepy but she's pretty much down to one solid nap a day that is 1-2 hours long and happens right around lunch time. Depending on what time she got up that day she'll either go down before lunch or after.
lilyelayne does your library offer any programs for kids? Like our library has different things during the week and Celia and I have both been able to make some friends through that.
Post by lilyelayne on Apr 22, 2016 19:32:27 GMT -5
tortor4 I am so jealous of your 3 hour nap time. And, yes, we've started going to library events; hoping to make friends there, too! I realized I was really lonely and decided to do a bunch of stuff to try to meet new people and I'm doing better reaching out to my child free friends, too.
lilyelayne C's an awesome napper, I'm so thankful! I'm sorry you're feeling lonely. It's tough when the people you're already friends with don't stay at home. I really hope you can meet some awesome new friends and you can reconnect with your old friends. Or you could just move to Pittsburgh. I'll be your SAH friend!
Post by lilyelayne on Apr 22, 2016 19:41:44 GMT -5
tortor4 it's cold there! Come to Louisiana instead. seriously, thanks. It's absolutely because of this awesome group of women that I didn't get isolated and depressed in the last 13.5 months. F15 is the best.
tortor4 it's cold there! Come to Louisiana instead. seriously, thanks. It's absolutely because of this awesome group of women that I didn't get isolated and depressed in the last 13.5 months. F15 is the best.
Fine...twist my arm! Lol! I hear ya though. Even before I started posting I looked a lot to this group to make sure I wasn't the only one on this planet dealing with something. It's been amazing.
tortor4 it's cold there! Come to Louisiana instead. seriously, thanks. It's absolutely because of this awesome group of women that I didn't get isolated and depressed in the last 13.5 months. F15 is the best.
Fine...twist my arm! Lol! I hear ya though. Even before I started posting I looked a lot to this group to make sure I wasn't the only one on this planet dealing with something. It's been amazing.
So I put Annie down early for a nap today and she got tired sooner than normal for bed. I think I'm going to try to keep the nap 12 or later for that purpose. I don't think we are 2-naps-a-day people. It helps to see most of you are at one nap per day. I just wish hers were still three hours!
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