Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

mrscrcalli

@swerbtastic3351‌ I say you guys show up boys in pink girls in blue.

RocksInTheWater

@poru‌ totally understandable. I would get all the snuggles if I were you.

Serenla

Tasha575 said:

Tferr02 said:

Today is DS1 EEG and neurology appointment. I'm so nervous for it. It's up at a childrens hospital a hour and half away so my mom is going with me and my oldest sister is going to watch G. I really miss DH and wish he was going with me.

Good luck today! Hope everything goes well T&Ps for you and your son

((Hugs)) and good luck!

baileymama3

mamrotu73 said:

Would it be too gross to start a Turd-face Thursday thread?

That's what I was thinking about this am as Andrew was blowing up! I got farty Friday or toot time Tuesday!!!

kseccomb17

My counselour asked me to set goals; to look forward to something. I am going to stalk Channing Tatum and Travis Pastrana and gets pictures with them this weekend, and that is my goal.

Tferr02

DS1 EEG came back good! He has normal brain waves! He is just a rare case of toddler migraines. He is being put on migraine medicine. And now a cute pic of my sweetie during his test.

PoppySeedWindsor

LoriMc12 said:

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Poppy, when you said old stuff I assumed you meant the original parent trap and sang "lets get together, yeah yeah yeah!" in my head.

You just reminded me...When I was a kid I forced my younger sister to do a dance number with me to that song and had my mom tape it. Now I want to find that video! Lol

I loved having a younger sister to force her into doing things like that too. I think I pretty much directed all of our play when we were growing up.

I am the younger sister who was forced to do these things!

PoppySeedWindsor

kseccomb17 said:

My counselour asked me to set goals; to look forward to something. I am going to stalk Channing Tatum and Travis Pastrana and gets pictures with them this weekend, and that is my goal.

Are they gonna be at Evel Kneviel Days? God I miss living over there!

janellemj928

@Tferr02‌ so happy everything came back okay!

I'm also one of those younger sisters who was forced to do things.

baileymama3

@Tferr02‌ wonderful that it wasn't serious, but toddler migraines! Poor kid. Migraines are awful.

RedDawnsRevenge

DD1 wanted macaroons

Holljade

@MrsStanton87‌ (and other wahm with kids) how are you doing? I am hanging on by the thinnest of threads. Today has been especially challenging.

Emily041285

Hope you ladies are doing well today!

Taking some time this afternoon to get my hair done. I might be becoming a redhead like @thomas930‌! We'll see if I'm brave enough when I get there!

kseccomb17

PoppySeedWindsor said:

kseccomb17 said:

My counselour asked me to set goals; to look forward to something. I am going to stalk Channing Tatum and Travis Pastrana and gets pictures with them this weekend, and that is my goal.

Are they gonna be at Evel Kneviel Days? God I miss living over there!

Yes! I'm super excited!!! Come visit!

ambarnett1

DS still hasn't rolled. I'm jealous of all of you ladies who have rollers lol

PoppySeedWindsor

@Holljade‌ what's making it tough today? I totally broke down into tears last night after hubster got home. I think I needed a full breakdown. Merri is doing a lot better today and, even though I'm under a big deadline by EOD today, I'm actually doing a lot better mentally. Weird how sometimes it takes a total tabula rasa to get things going the way they need to go.

Holljade

@PoppySeedWindsor‌ it's like I can't get a second to think- DD wants breakfast by the time I make it DS is up and needs to eat and be changed, I get him settled then DD needs a drink and paints or whatever then DS is ready for a nap so I nurse and put him down all the while trying to get in work, getting frustrated, as soon as I think both kids will be quiet for a few mins someone wakes up or needs something.

I have a bunch of people to hire by the end of august. I don't know why I thought this would be doable. DD goes back to school in august but I planned to keep DS home to save on daycare.

DH keeps telling me I'm awesome but his actions aren't there- it's like his life hasn't changed and since I'm handling it he can go about his day as per usual (he handles the cooking and cleaning) He said something about me showering two nights in a row last night. SHOWERING!!!

I currently have Fridays off and I don't feel like a good mother M-Th. That part really kills me as well


Sorry this turned into a mess just like my current status.

PoppySeedWindsor

Holljade said:

@PoppySeedWindsor‌ it's like I can't get a second to think- DD wants breakfast by the time I make it DS is up and needs to eat and be changed, I get him settled then DD needs a drink and paints or whatever then DS is ready for a nap so I nurse and put him down all the while trying to get in work, getting frustrated, as soon as I think both kids will be quiet for a few mins someone wakes up or needs something. I have a bunch of people to hire by the end of august. I don't know why I thought this would be doable. DD goes back to school in august but I planned to keep DS home to save on daycare. DH keeps telling me I'm awesome but his actions aren't there- it's like his life hasn't changed and since I'm handling it he can go about his day as per usual (he handles the cooking and cleaning) He said something about me showering two nights in a row last night. SHOWERING!!! I currently have Fridays off and I don't feel like a good mother M-Th. That part really kills me as well Sorry this turned into a mess just like my current status.

Hey, I totes get the jumble. Did you read my freak out yesterday? It was all over the place. And you know what? THAT'S OKAY! It's okay to feel all over the place because you're doing SO MUCH MORE than you EVER have before. 

Hubster is the same way: "You're doing such a great job, Aim." "Thanks, could you FUCKING HELP ME OUT THEN?!?" I felt better after crying my eyes out last night but then this morning after changing a diaper (which she screamed through), washing the dishes, making HIS lunch, straightening the living room, checking our finances and sending morning emails I was FINALLY able to make myself some coffee and something to eat RIGHT when she needed to nurse. All I got was, "Are you going to eat that?" 

Anyway, not to take over your rant and feelings. But the point of all that was, when my husband tells me I'm doing a good job I say, thanks. I think I could do better with some help with my to do list. Could you do X, Y and Z? 

Usually he complies. I think that they (SOs/husbands) just don't realize HOW MUCH of a change it is for us because, you're right, they pretty much do the same thing. If they don't know, how can we expect them to help out or change? 

Does that make sense? I still feel all over the place. 

Holljade

@PoppySeedWindsor‌ yea I think they just don't get it. I tell DH I need help and it's kind of like I am speaking another language. Oh well guess I will keep trying and hope for the best. All I can really do is out one foot in front of the other and hope at some point it gets better. It just seems so far away.

I keep trying to remind myself I am lucky to be in my current situation (saving $1500 a month is huge) - but that's easier said than done.

RedDawnsRevenge

I want to open an etsy shop. Looking at the x-mas stockings mine are just as nice!

PoppySeedWindsor

Holy crap! That's a lotta dough. Congrats on that!

hlm184

mom2boxers said:

ambarnett1 said:

DS still hasn't rolled. I'm jealous of all of you ladies who have rollers lol

No rolling around here either. I want to see some action. 

If it makes you feel better, we were at zero progress on the rolling front, and then he just flipped himself over from front to back without any warning!

Tferr02

@swerbtastic3351‌ I hate pink shirts in photos! Last year, my SIL wanted all the cousins to do a group pic for DH mom. She declared all the girls were wearing pink shirts, boys blue shirts and everyone black jeans. It was awful. They range from 15 to 1 years old. We didn't listen, we put DS1 in black pants, blue bottomed down shirt, vest and bow tie. He's the cutest part of the pics.

RedDawnsRevenge

KendraColeslaw said:

RedDawnsRevenge said:

I want to open an etsy shop. Looking at the x-mas stockings mine are just as nice!

I say go for it! If you like making them and are good enough to make some dough, have at it. I'm a potential customer!

I thought they looked good (g'mas original in the middle. I copied the one she made me 30years ago)

janice9821

I made DH and I chore charts because we live in a pig sty. It is working because apparently we are 12.

snowbound

I got so excited because DS rolled from front to back twice in a two hour span. But.... Nothing since and that well over a week ago.

kseccomb17

Hi! My name is Gavin, and I roll over and over again until I get to where I wanna be! 4 months on Monday and I can't take my eyes off him for a second!

knotty-girl

RedDawnsRevenge said:

I want to open an etsy shop. Looking at the x-mas stockings mine are just as nice!

I say go for it! If you like making them and are good enough to make some dough, have at it. I'm a potential customer!

I thought they looked good (g'mas original in the middle. I copied the one she made me 30years ago)

OMG nostalgia! I totally have that stocking, my mom made it for my sister and I when we were little!

pineconey

I'm 1.2K posts behind.

I just can't....


So here's this instead.

Bailey'sbride

Sorry for all you younger sisters forced to do things! I'm the middle of three girls and was super bossy with both- I directed many dance routines, music videos, soap operas...

But I have spent the day moving my younger sister into her new house and directing the movers while she's at work. Now she likes that I'm bossy.

cnbean

I am so over today. I feel like potty training is kicking my butt...even though its actually going pretty well. I just don't feel like I have the energy for it anymore, and there's no real end in sight. Add to that a baby who isn't wanting to nap well today and I've just had it. I wanna curl up in a dark corner and not have to deal with any of this for the rest of the day!  (

Twirple

@cnbean, I feel like potty training is kicking my butt too.  We decided to potty train DS before Carlene was born.  It has been 5 months, still isn't perfect, and now he's regressing.  So effing tired of cleaning him up when he poops in his underwear three times a day...grrr.  The good news is, he got 2 in the toilet last night.   Maybe he's turning over a new leaf?  Probably not, but we'll see.

cnbean

Thanks @Twirple It's nice to know I'm not the only one. Of course I haven't been doing it that long either, so kuddos to you! We deliberately held off on starting until after the baby was born to (hopefully) avoid a regression. Seems to be a common issue when you add a new baby to the mix.

I actually feel kinda silly for complaining because DS is really doing so much better than I thought he would. We still are having accidents, but the majority of the time he is using the potty like he should. I think its just that it takes so much more energy and attention than I was truly prepped for. (just like pretty much all of motherhood so far!) 

)

And we've been stuck inside all week with the potty training so I haven't been able to really enjoy the pretty weather. 

Tferr02

Apparently black jeans are alive and well in the backwoods of AL. So are black jean shorts...

kseccomb17

One more

snowbound

I have a pair of black skinny jeans and I love them. They are probably my favorite and most flattering pair if jeans. Chances are they'll never fit again, though.

Twirple

@cnbean I'm sorry you're stuck inside.  It does get better.  We certainly haven't been stuck inside this whole time.  Actually, DS does better when we're out and about because public bathrooms are fun! (at least to him).  We were at dinner with the family for my MIL's birthday last week and he went to the restroom 6 times.

RedDawnsRevenge

knotty-girl said:

RedDawnsRevenge said:

KendraColeslaw said:

RedDawnsRevenge said:

I want to open an etsy shop. Looking at the x-mas stockings mine are just as nice!

I say go for it! If you like making them and are good enough to make some dough, have at it. I'm a potential customer!

I thought they looked good (g'mas original in the middle. I copied the one she made me 30years ago)

OMG nostalgia! I totally have that stocking, my mom made it for my sister and I when we were little!
Really? OMG how cool

knotty-girl

People wear black skinny jeans in LA, but it's not at all in the same vein as any jeans that might make an appearance in an awkward family photo.

Twirple

purespark said:

I'm sorry ladies, skipping 200+ posts. I hope I haven't missed anything major. I probably have, so I apologize. I'm super frazzled. Daycare is falling through and I need to find something else ASAP. Infant spots are super hard to find around here. Worried and stressed.

That is so stressful!  I really hope you find something perfect, and quickly.  Good luck!