Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

michaelad3

My dog stays in a 6x6x4 chain link cage in the garage while we are gone. He had a crate when we lived in an apt, but he is a Houdini dog and frequently escaped from it until he finally destroyed it beyond repair. After having to replace countless items due to unsupervised doggy destruction, and our house having a very open floor plan making it difficult to coral him to one area, the cage was our best option. He does great in there and goes in very eagerly and willingly. I just feel bad when there are extreme temperature issues.

pineconey

Skipping ahead a few pages after a long day!
Worked more hours than usual lately, got a bitchy comment from a coworker about being in before noon (um I work half days now, why the fuck do you care when I come in?!), went to a babywearing class tonight while DH worked on the moving process a bit with a friend, hit up target for some needs and wants, and moving tomorrowwwwwwww! This is the last night in our first apartment- bittersweet until I think about how it means we are getting an extra bedroom, walk in closet, and a quieter location for $75 less per month. Then it's all just sweet.
Cannot freaking WAIT to start organizing in the new place!!!!

PSA for target- 20% Carter's "just one you" plus printable 20% off baby item = $5.35 for an adorable set of 3 onesies (or a plethora of other options!)

chichi589

Up all night throwing up, either I have a bug or this baby does not appreciate my mcflurry last night

rockstarlaw

Holy cow! Woke poor SO up with my screaming when I got what I believe to be my first-ever Charlie horse in my calf! Lightening pain! How am I going to handle birthing a child when I cause such a commotion over a leg cramp?!?!

snmetz7

Day 2 of spring break and I'm up at 6... Great

Tferr02

dani+california said:

DH is on midnights this week, awwww yeah. King-size bed to myself, I love it...I wish it was the olden days when married couples slept in seperate beds. Bwahaha so much more comfortable!

It has been the olden days here since November! And it's been amazing. Sadly it's ending now because my sister comes to today to visit for a few and then my friend is staying with us for like 3 weeks so my DH has to give up his guest room.

Xxlilies

My two are crate trained but my girl has free reign because she just sleeps in the window while we re gone
My boy would eat the walls

rockstarlaw

Oh! The edit button is back on my mobile!

Tferr02

So my sister is driving here right now...it's a 6 hour drive and I have no motivation to clean.

hlm184

Not only do we have parenting on that blood sugar post, we have Amy too.  Hah.

Mamamonzo

Called DH to come home, contractions 3 to 4 minutes apart. We have a scheduled appt in 45 minutes wondering if this could be it! If I'm not progressing she said they would just send me home. At 35wks 6 days I could be happy with making it this far!

nikki912

Mamamonzo said:

Called DH to come home, contractions 3 to 4 minutes apart. We have a scheduled appt in 45 minutes wondering if this could be it! If I'm not progressing she said they would just send me home. At 35wks 6 days I could be happy with making it this far!

Wow! Good luck at your appointment!

eireyes

Good luck @Mamamonzo! Keep us posted!

rockstarlaw

Good luck @Mamamonzo‌!!!

JessieAlbin

Thinkin about you @Mamamonzo‌ !!

Lindsay808

Good luck mama!!! @Mamamonzo‌

Emily041285

Eek! Good luck @Mamamonzo‌!!

chichi589

Good luck @Mamamonzo!!!

Bluebird2318

Oh snap, @mamamonzo! Good luck!

sking72

LoriMc12 said:

Our dog can be such a shithead.  I made sure the door to the garbage can was closed tight before we left the house and that the bedroom doors were closed (so he couldn't get into bathroom garbage).  The dog instead found my lunch bag on the bench in the mud room at proceeded to unzip the bag, chew the lid off a pyrex container to lick the remnants of my lunch.  He also tore apart the baggies and left everything all over the living room floor.  I just don't have the patience for that bs. Who le's their dogs have basically free reign over the house when you are gone?  If it were up to me, he would be gated in the mudroom where his kennel and dog dish are.  I told DH that the dog is this close to that reality.  Especially when the baby is here, I do not have the desire to dog proof the house every time I leave.  Ugh, just frustrated right now.

Delayed response. My pit bull has free reign of most of the house. He's the guard dog, so locking him up doesn't make sense. But we have to keep the counters relatively clear of everything and bathroom doors closed so he doesn't eat tissues out of the garbage. Our Pug/beagle/shar pei gets crated. I tried letting him have free reign, but he ALWAYS finds something to destroy, even if he has his toys to play with. Plus, crating him surprisingly keeps him calmer and more obedient when we are around and he's not in the crate. It's like a meditation spot for him or something.

kseccomb17

Good luck @mamamonzo!

Tferr02

Good luck @Mamamonzo‌

Bluebird2318

Our corgi gets crated when we leave the house and he doesn't seem to mind it much. He's still young, just over a year old. When I'm home he has more or less free reign, but I often shut the doors to the kids' rooms because I've lost many a baby toy to his destructive madness. He knows he's not supposed to chew them, but he's devious. 

This is the face of evil...

RocksInTheWater

Good luck @mamamonzo!

Stace0616

Good luck @Mamamonzo‌!!

katieharpiceland

Good luck, best wishes @mamamonzo!!

mrscrcalli

Good luck @Mamamonzo‌!!!!!

When do the Charlie Horses stop?!? (

deidremaria

Good luck @Mamamonzo‌!!! We'll be waiting in that update. Is it bad that I'm excited?

AmyV416

Charlie horses suck ass.....especially the ones that I get in the crease of my thigh/ vag. "Eat bananas, you need more potassium," they say. I say I need the next 3 weeks to fly by and everyone can keep their fucking
bananas.

baileymama3

Wow!! good luck @mamamonzo!!!!

Bluebird2318 ....that is a darn cute little corgi!!!

 

After a 4 days weekend coming in to a 3 day work week.. I feel awesome!!! (minus sleeping like crap!) Hope everyone is doing well

tamaraaaa

Flying back home from visiting California.... Waaaahhhhh, I don't want to go back to real world.

snmetz7

@mamamonzo good luck!! LO did good staying this long. Keep us updated.

rockstarlaw

I think it was @ColleenSwerb‌ who made the first mention of water giving her heartburn. At the time I read that I remember thinking that was so odd. @ColleenSwerb‌, I owe you an apology for doubting your water comments. Here I thought Nature's refreshment in it's unaltered state couldn't possibly be harmful. This morning, I feel like this damn H2O is killing me from the inside. Ugh!!

irisheyez7

@Mamamonzo‌ is HAVING HER BABY! I will update when I hear from Mama or Papa!

So Exciting!!!

tamaraaaa

I'm sitting on a plane crying because people I don't know are having babies on the internetz.... Calm down hormones, calm down...

rockstarlaw

@mamrotu73‌ this one's for you: https://youtu.be/ISW1IDroVyY

Ashleypixie

I'm starting to stalk these mama's posts to see if there were any signs of labor or what they may have done to trigger it. Mamamonzo said that LO was pretty quiet all day and wondered if it may have been Benadryl, and she shampooed her carpets. I'll put those on my list of things to do as I get closer to my due date! How exciting, all these babies!!

kseccomb17

kcp913 said:

I asked DH if he would like to cut the cord when LO gets here. His response was a very enthusiastic "F no!"

He may change his mind in the moment. My dh wasn't so sure he wanted to, but he ended up cutting it and he still brags about it to this day!

eireyes

kcp913 said:

I asked DH if he would like to cut the cord when LO gets here. His response was a very enthusiastic "F no!"

That was my DH as well! We had our class, and they talked about dads being able to catch the baby and/or cut the cord, and you'd have thought they asked him to lick the toilet bowl. The look on his face was priceless - no guts or gore IRL for my DH, he just wants his Peanut to pop out nice and squeaky clean and cute  )

sking72

ahhh how exciting for mamamonzo!!!

SO and I took the dogs for a walk around the farm because it is GORGEOUS out! Instead of staying on the tractor road we were like "hey let's cut across the fields and walk along the thruway fence." welllll not only was it extremely muddy, we had to cross a stream, bend under trees, and it made the walk probably twice as long. Wooo exercise. Maybe it will help my weigh in stay consistent since I normally have morning appointments!