August 2012 Moms — The Bump

DH IS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Manda-Kay — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:30:35 +0000

DH returned from Afghanistan last night! I feel like I'm dreaming and that when I wake up he won't be here anymore. DS keeps looking at him and smiling and loves playing with DH. DS loves dudes so I'm hoping it won't take long for him to want DH to hold him. Whenever DS says "da da", DH says hi so hopefully he'll make the connection.

Thanks for all the support and virtual hugs these past 10 months!!!!!!!!!

Target carts, yo.

millerhomelife — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:00:20 +0000

When I am done shopping, I load DD in the car first, followed by shopping bags, then I lock the car while I run to put the cart away. It makes me wonder, is it wrong to walk away from your child to put your cart back? I always try to park close to the rack, but it isn't always possible. It makes me curious as to what you all do?

Rashes updated

Msbean22 — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 17:16:09 +0000

We have a mystery rash that showed up Saturday morning. I have no experience with hives, but that's what it looks like to me. I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out what she could have come in contact with - we haven't changed anything. I'm still nursing her at night, but she and I eat the same thing. She was home from daycare on Friday, so it wasn't something she caught there.

She's had a low grade fever lately, but I took that to be from teething. And she didn't have the fever the same time as she had the rash. I'm worried because it seems to be spreading - it was just on her upper half, but now it's creeping down her legs. She is so uncomfortable and fussy, poor girl.

The only thing I've come up with is that I might have added too much Johnson's & Johnson's to her bath Friday night. This stuff made her break out when she was itsy bitsy, but she's seemed to be tolerating scents better (I only know this because my mom completely ignored me when I asked her not to put anything in Evie's bath, and she did anyway.) I got her bath ready, and my husband bathed her. We put her in a completely soap-free bath last night, and I will again later, but it really bothers me that it's getting worse.

Thoughts, anyone?

Tuna?

stlmomma27 — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 15:33:59 +0000

Have you given LO tuna yet? If so, regular or albacore? Did you LO like it?

Pointing

twinkletoes3126 — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 19:09:15 +0000

I normally don't post a lot but since you all have children my sons age, I thought it would be a good place to ask. Is my son the only one still not pointing? The dr said he wasn't too worried until his 15 month appointment but I am worried since it's a red flag for autism. However he does say 10-15 words so that makes me feel a little better. Just curious, thanks!

@lilidragon

gollywollypog — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 23:12:43 +0000

Hey @lilidragon, you mentioned you knew and had performed with the City and Colour guy? My H LOVES him. He is obsessed. I have one question: Those glasses. Oh those glasses- did he wear them in high school?

Funny Story.

mollyxcate — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:41:44 +0000

I'd typed up half of a long post explaining the mess that all of this moving jazz has been lately, but then my browser killed it so let me just tell you the funny part.

I accidentally shipped all of my clothes (except those in the laundry hamper)to England with our household goods (/stuff). So I'll have real clothes again sometime in December. Maybe.

Silver lining: I had ordered new underwear online. It arrived yesterday so thankfully I now have more than 3 pair.

The movers showed up 4 days early.

Who's gone through molar hell?

JulieMarie21 — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 03:54:15 +0000

DD is getting 3 maybe 4 molars at the same time. I think I'm in hell. I know my poor baby is in hell. She's also been drooling like a dog for weeks, and her poor chin is now all rashy

My trip home to Nova Scotia

Msbean22 — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 19:36:59 +0000

...was about a month ago. Yeah I'm a little late

Just Evie and I went, and we flew. I didn't buy a seat for her. She was great flying from Columbus to Philly, just a little restless towards the end. The flight was pretty empty, so the attendants let us sit in the back and I even got an extra seat for her. Same deal from Philly to Halifax. The flight back, though? Just...wow. She screamed, literally screamed from Halifax to Philadelphia. It was a nightmare. She slept on the second flight home, however. 3/4 ain't too bad, I guess!

One of the best parts of the trip was that my family, with the exception of my aunts and grandparents, thought I was coming home a day later than I actually was. We devised a scheme to surprise my parents by getting them to come to my grandparents house. When Evie and I walked around the corner I literally thought I had given my mother a heart attack; she almost fell over! If we're FB buds, I have the video shared on my wall if you're interested - it's a hoot.

Evie was a complete doll for everyone she met, let everyone hold her and play with her. She would talk and sing to everyone, and was generally charming. The kid has no fear of strangers, that's for sure.

So that's the good stuff, mainly. But there was some bad.

Some of you might remember me posting back in February about my cousin's boat that went down and was lost (no survivors.) Before being home, I guess I thought I had some resolution and was okay. That changed pretty quickly. It was like everyone's home I went into had a shrine (pictures, memory trinkets, newspaper articles) set up to one of the boys. It was absolutely heartbreaking. When I saw Katlin's mother (she and my uncle had divorced a few years ago) I couldn't stop wondering how she did it...how she got up each day and lived a normal life after losing him. And Falon, Katlins sister, is pregnant. She found out about a month after everything happened. She was told she could never have children, due to medical issues when she was younger. I'm not religious, but if I were ever to believe in a miracle, this little baby of hers is surely it. And they just found out that it's going to be a boy. She and I spent a lot of time together, which was nice. She gave me the okay to post a picture of her nursery here, which will be at the bottom. So, that aspect of my time at home was pretty tough.

The other issue was my mom. I was suddenly extremely glad we do not live close by after the first few days. In retrospect now, the arguments we had were petty, but they really bothered me at the time. I'm not going to write it all out, because it's time consuming and complicated. Most of it involved food, and my mother acting extremely childish. I've never seen that side of her. One incident involved her giving Evie a spatula coated in frosting. Seriously? I let it go, but I said absolutely no more of that for her. The next day I walk into the kitchen and mom is feeding Evie frosting right off the damn cake. Come on, man. Really? By the end, I realized that my mother was upset that Evie didn't "take" to her as much as she was expecting, and to her, food=love. I guess some how she thought that if Evie would associate her with food, she would love her more? It was frustrating. There was yelling.

On the other hand, Evie absolutely ADORED my father. She was totally a Grampie's girl the whole time. That was happymaking, at least. I think my mother was jealous of this.

Overall, it was nice. I loved the ten days off of work and the time I got to spend with my little bit. I wish I could get back more often. Onto pictures!

Evie and Grampie eating cod cheeks and tongues:

Playing with my cousins youngest in the sand at the lake

My parents a few minutes after the calmed down from their surprise (they had been busy literally steam cleaning the house in preparation and therefore not dressed for pictures)

Moments away from her first taste of poutine!

Penguins!

Evie and Falon

This is a picture of Fal's crib, it has a quilt and pillow made out of one of Katlin's shirts.

I have pictures of her doing actual Nova Scotia things, like playing in the sand by the ocean, interactions with fish, but they were all taken on my parents phones and cameras and they're a little unsure on how to post them to FB, unfortunately. Anyway, that's all!

Does anyone else have a climber?

alrighthamilton — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:10:47 +0000

Kate has just figured out how to climb onto the window seat of our bay window, the couch, and now she is standing on the tail fins and handle bars of her Retro Rocket riding toy. It's added a whole new level of exhaustion and worry (for me) to her already rambunctious play. I really can't take my eyes off of her for a second. The window seat is too large to block off, and she wants to climb up there ALL DAY and wave to people and dogs she sees walking on the sidewalk out front. I can't wait to move, the new house has no window seat.

Car seat?

BluepointToasted — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:09:16 +0000

Okay, I need a new car seat recommendation. DS is finally ready to get out of his infant seat....we are a half inch away from the height limit. What should I get? I want something that is easy to take in and out, can rear face for awhile, and will last a long time height and weight wise. Do big baby car seats still have bases? I don't really want to buy 2 seats, but sometimes I drop DS off at daycare and DH picks him up, so I want something that goes in and out easy

What do you think?

stlmomma27 — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 22:53:37 +0000

I want to hear what you ladies thing about this.

LO has been tapping, touching and poking at his head/ear. Mostly tapping and touching. He is eating, drinking, playing, sleeping fine. He has been having more meltdowns lately though.

Any idea what this could be? If anything, or has/does your LO do this?

freezer stash

Toni79 — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:56:09 +0000

I've weaned from the pump and dd is now on wcm at dc. I still bf when we are together. I was diluting her wcm with bm for a while but now its all wcm. Been that way for about 2 weeks. However I've got about 15-20 oz in my freezer. Poor planning and bad math on my part that I didn't use it all up during our bm to wcm transition. I'm not sure what to do with my leftover bm. I'm reluctant to put it in her sippy or add it to her wcm. I don't want to backtrack when I've finally got her somewhat used to wcm. She's still getting 1 bottle at dc of wcm. (Other wcm at dc is in sippy) Hopefully we'll replace that with a sippy soon. Maybe I could use bm in that bottle for a few days to use up my bm. Guess I could donate. But I'm not sure if you can donate such a small amount.

Speaking of food...

BluepointToasted — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:55:11 +0000

DS had sushi the other night. This is fine, right? In my head I know it is....it was only a few bites, and not high mercury fish, I probably have eaten sushi twice a month for the past ten years and gave never gotten sick. But the lady I work with, who is usually impressed by all the stuff DS eats, told me that was "going too far" with the diverse food stuff. Like I was giving him a martini or something. What say you? Sushi is fine, right?

UO!!!

britvahok — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:48:18 +0000

Let's hear them!!!!

"Would you like..."

rp-chicago-mom — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 00:48:26 +0000

"...to touch my penis?" That's right! Can't Hardly Wait is on! What are you up to?

How do these people exist?

jillybean7582 — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 00:01:38 +0000

So I lurk on Parenting when thing are slow here and just stumbled across this gem.... https://gawker.com/racist-romeo-willing-to-pay-for-non-fat-non-slut-non-1385130657 How in the world does simeine like this survive to adulthood let alone apparently have a pretty sucessful career???? I have no words for this man... Do we have any Austin bumpies? Can someone please blast this man so he loses all his business!

Always bargain. That's my lesson for the day.

rp-chicago-mom — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:07:04 +0000

We're going to New York in a couple weeks. Yay! Seriously, I cannot wait. I LOVE LOVE LOVE New York. Anyway, I found this place to stay through airbnb --great site btw. It's especially nice with the littlies because you get a whole house or condo for less than a hotel and you can put your kid to bed with no need to tiptoe around a hotel room. Anyway, I found a great place in the Financial District, not ideal exactly but Manhattan is so easy to navigate that anywhere is good. Plus, there's an amazeballs view of the Brooklyn Bridge, which I love. I told the owner that my H really wanted me to find somewhere cheaper and he took $80 off the price! I had no idea he would do that but it never hurts to ask. Yay! Anyway, people who like to go to New York, what are your favorite things to do there?

FFFC!

rp-chicago-mom — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:32:10 +0000

Go!

@Baker_Bride

SJandVA — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 19:46:10 +0000

Here's a virtual card for you.

Gifday!

britvahok — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:24:48 +0000

Friday funny Gifs! I need this because I still have 2 hours at work and a million things to do when I get off!

No more formula!

piphigirl — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:37:38 +0000

We've been transitioning DD to milk and she had the last of her formula last night! Now her bottles are all milk. When daycare runs out of formula it will be all milk there, too.

In a few weeks we will start transitioning her evening bottle to a sippy, and then deal with the daycare bottles. Even though formula was a good choice for us, it's nice to be done!

Moms of girls

mindymaske — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 04:13:10 +0000

Do your girls keep clips, bows or head bands in their hair?

Nighttime bottle - how many oz?

abbyful — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:25 +0000

LO usually nurses before bed, I'm trying to get him completely weaned. The past couple days, I've given him a bottle instead, 4 oz. He has woken up both nights and I ended up nursing him in the middle of the night. He usually STTN, so I think perhaps 4 oz isn't enough. How big of a bottle is your LO eating before bed? Bottle is WCM.

bibs with sleeves?

Toni79 — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 16:30:02 +0000

Now that its getting cooler and dd is wearing long sleeves more often I cannot keep her sleeves clean at mealtimes. I rollthem up but they dont stay up and she still gets crud all over them. My oversized bibs just aren't cutting it! I haven't seen any in stores. Can anyone recommend one? I'm looking at some on amazon but want to make sure they'll fit.

October?

piphigirl — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:38:19 +0000

Do we have an official siggy theme?

Am I being a twat?

AmySmolos — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:23:36 +0000

My dh is in his last year of school (yay!!) he is also working about 15 to 20 hours a week at panera after I get home from work. He's in school 5 days a week with two of those being clinical days. He has a 2+ hour break on his class days to study. He also picks ds up from the sitter around 3 when he's die with school and has him until I get home around 5:30. Besides the above he does nothing. Oh he does cook dinner a couple times a week. I do everything else. I get up with ds, get him ready, pack his lunch, get me ready, drop him off, cook him dinner, feed him, bathe him, put him down, clean the kitchen, do all the house work, pay the bills...you get the point. I also work full time in a stressful job. Am I being unreasonable to want his help on the nights he's not working? Am I being a twat to want his help with chores? Please be honest with me. I know we are both very busy and I don't mind doing all I do but it really gripes me when he's around and doesn't help. Or when he never asks me what he can do or acknowledge all I do. Do I need to put my big girl panties on until he graduates in May?

@baker_bride

gollywollypog — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:14:40 +0000

@baker_bride, what is the great lakes beer you like so much again? H went to the liquor store the other night and I had told him to look for some kind of great lakes beer. He somehow got that mixed up in his head with "land-o-lakes". Butter. Yep, he didn't find that beer. He found Land Shark. It's like a game of telephone, lol.

"I'll never..." FAILS

&orchid& — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:41:59 +0000

What are some things that you said you wouldn't do when it came to your kid that you've already broken?

Mine was "I'm not going to give him kid junk food" - So far I have given him macaroni and cheese, as well as those kids cheddar crackers and baby mum mums or whatever they are called.

No more naps=my life is over

RNbock2 — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:06:10 +0000

My 3 year old (he will be three Oct 11th) has officially said "bye bye" to nap time. I want to cry and scream ugly tears. That was my time to meal plan, clean, cook, and pay bills. We tried "quiet time" in his room, but he threw huge fits and woke up his brother that WAS napping. Also, he gets wild and crazy come 3pm, b/c he is so over tired.

Anyways, no real point of this post, other than for some sympathy.

Flat feet and shoes

CoUnTryBB1 — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:14:05 +0000

I am hoping someone has some good advice. My LO has such flat feet, and I have extremely high arches. I have only been able to find one pair of shoes that are comfortable enough for her to wear that she will keep on her feet. I know I need to get her some good shoes since I hear flat feet can be uncomfortable. The only shoes she seems to like don't have any support in them at all. Anyone else have babies with flat feet or have found some shoes that work really well. She spends alot of time outside and is a runner so I need something that will stay on pretty well.

Work suuuuckkkksss!!!

BluepointToasted — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:49:18 +0000

I'm back to work after being off all last school year. It seems like everyone defaults to me and my colleague for EVERYTHING! No one just handles it themselves, and I feel like I am constantly being asked to do things that I have no reason to even be involved in. I already vented to my husband, but I still feel like running away. Then I just saw a mom post on Parenting about her productive day at home, how everything was clean, dinner was in the crockpot, etc., and I felt sad and jealous and I miss my maternity leave!!!! Then my husband starts night cycle tonight for the next 5 nights so I am on my own, and DS has his one year visit tonight so he has to get all of his shots. And one of my snarky co-workers says "Oh, you are going to have him get all of his shots? I'm surprised. Well, we didnt do that." F off and stop being so judgemental! Argh!!! vent over.

Am I overreacting??

iluvchris27 — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:30:17 +0000

H goes to daycare and I really have no complaints with them, we really lucked out and they have been so wonderful since day one. This daycare has 3 infant rooms and he was moved to the second one in June since he's more mobile now. Most of the kids that are in his room, he has been with since starting at 6 weeks old. There is this little girl in his room that is a biter, She has now bit H 3 times. The last time she did it, she also bit the teacher and another little girl in the same day. They claim she's teething but now I'm not so sure. The director moved her to the 3rd infant room the last time it happened to give everyone a break from her, she should technically be in the other room but she's so small that they are afraid she will get trampled in there.

I'm starting to get upset that this keeps happening. My DH thinks I'm overreacting and that these things just happen but I feel like this is just a little ridiculous. His poor arm looks terrible. The director was upset the last time it happened because the teacher didn't tell her about it and she was going to talk with her. The same teacher was in there yesterday, she's young and still in high school and I don't know if she's not paying attention to them or she's just overwhelmed. My DH takes him and picks him up and said he would talk to them but I highly doubt he will because he thinks I'm overreacting.

What do you guys think? Am I overreacting or do you think this is serious and I need to have a one on one with the director?

I also understand that they are little and these things happen but I just feel like they are happening too often.

Diarrhea, vomiting and fevers....o my!

MeredithML — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:18:59 +0000

Yup, DS has had all of this since his first flu shot yesterday. His fever hasn't dropped below 100 even on Motrin and he has had multiple blow out diapers this afternoon. Thankfully the vomiting seems to have stopped. I am giving him lots of water, bland food, extra cuddles and Motrin every 6 hours. Anything else I can do?? He is all around miserable.

S/O Religion...help me find one!

WhtRssnGrl — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:05:53 +0000

Ok, this totally sounds like I'm treating religion like I'm picking out a new car, but it's not like that. Here's a background.

I'm Catholic and I've really stepped away from the church. I went to Catholic school from 1st-8th grade and went to mass 1-2 times a week. I don't agree with certain things like you have to confess your sins to a priest before you get the sacrament of communion, you HAVE to go to church every Sunday or you're breaking one of the Ten Commandments, etc, etc. I love going to church for the feeling of community, worship, and the sermons, but I don't want to feel forced to go for fear of being banished to hell. I also don't like the Catholic church b/c it doesn't support gay marriage/relationships and it treats women as inferior beings.

I'm very spiritual and I believe in God more than religion b/c religion is more man made with all the rules and stuff.

I would like to find a religion that I feel comfortable in. I just actually started thinking about it this weekend.

I don't even know where to begin. Any thoughts?

It's Tuesday, right?

britvahok — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:00:17 +0000

Twats??

The biggest twat award goes to Congress!! No explanation needed, we all know why

Name my Nephew!

NeneCakies — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:42:49 +0000

I used to lurk on the names board but don't anymore because it got to be same shizz different day, so this goes to you... In need of boy names that are uncommon but legit and just plain cool to go with sister G (as in Paltrow). Prince Will and Picasso need not apply!!

Government shutdown

MoFree — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:12:34 +0000

Is anyone directly affected by the current govt shutdown as an employee, receiving direct services or other? Too bad Congress still gets paid because it is considered an 'essential service.'

Anyone else?

AmySmolos — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:58:32 +0000

Some days I'm with ds and I love him so much that I can't imagine having another child. It's for selfish reasons but I don't want to share him and I'm so excited about him getting bigger and being able to experience new things and having another baby will delay that for us as a family. Then I think that I want another one because I never thought of myself as only having one child and ds needs a sibling. Anyone else back and forth? I think we will have one more but sometimes I think ds is perfect and I don't need another LO.

Blankets in the crib

AmySmolos — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 02:11:26 +0000

What age (or are you already) planning to put a heavier blanket in the crib? I use an A&A sometimes but nothing heavier. Just curious since winter is coming.