Random thread- for all things random.

bullybutt

Am in the only one disappointed in Carter's selection for girls items?  Any other kids stores that I'm over looking?  I don't care for Children's Place things either and my broke ass can't afford hoity toity stuff.

cookiemomma14

bullybutt said:

Am in the only one disappointed in Carter's selection for girls items?  Any other kids stores that I'm over looking?  I don't care for Children's Place things either and my broke ass can't afford hoity toity stuff.

They didn't have crap for boys either. It was mainly pj's or onesies. I'm wanting some sweaters and warm stuff since he won't be wearinga coat in the car seat. I've even been checking TJ Maxx and Marshalls with no luck.

Soon2BMrsN

bullybutt said:

Am in the only one disappointed in Carter's selection for girls items?  Any other kids stores that I'm over looking?  I don't care for Children's Place things either and my broke ass can't afford hoity toity stuff.

Kohl's Jumping Beans brand? I also find decent deals on all sorts of brands on Amazon.

eta: H & M!

[Deleted User]

DS1 came home, took off his costume, and changed into his new Christmas jammies. Moving right along to the next fun holiday...

TexasGirl81

Celebrating the dead today. Bitter sweet....

littlemissmarla

I'm making apple pie sangria for a party tomorrow.. it's so yummy, I want to keep it all for myself!

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Anybody with pre-K age kids/relatives/students know anything about Magna-Tiles? I see them raved about constantly. I know DS1 plays with them, or maybe the Magformers,at school and I'm contemplating buying him a set for Christmas but $120ish is a lot to spend. Like most of his big toys I'd consider it an investment that hopefully DS2 and any 3rd child if we have one would get use out of, as well, but I'm still on the fence about it.

littlemissmarla

LeaLupins said:

Anybody with pre-K age kids/relatives/students know anything about Magna-Tiles? I see them raved about constantly. I know DS1 plays with them, or maybe the Magformers,at school and I'm contemplating buying him a set for Christmas but $120ish is a lot to spend. Like most of his big toys I'd consider it an investment that hopefully DS2 and any 3rd child if we have one would get use out of, as well, but I'm still on the fence about it.

My kids in my Pre-K class have these, they LOVE them. They're also really sturdy so it is a pretty good investment, the kids have thrown them, smashed them and i've even stepped on them and they survived. I even think they're really fun and great for sensory learning as well, the sound of the magnets snapping together, the feeling of the raised ridges and the bright see through colors!

We have them through discount

https://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Product=31645

This is the larger kit, they are having a sale this weekend 20$ off 100$ so it'd only be about 80ish if you wanted the big kit, but I think you could get away with the smaller version if it will be just for DS1. 

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ohdarla said:

My kids in my Pre-K class have these, they LOVE them. They're also really sturdy so it is a pretty good investment, the kids have thrown them, smashed them and i've even stepped on them and they survived. I even think they're really fun and great for sensory learning as well, the sound of the magnets snapping together, the feeling of the raised ridges and the bright see through colors!

We have them through discount

https://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Product=31645

This is the larger kit, they are having a sale this weekend 20$ off 100$ so it'd only be about 80ish if you wanted the big kit, but I think you could get away with the smaller version if it will be just for DS1. 

Awesome, thank you @ohdarla!

ghostof5letters

bullybutt said:

Am in the only one disappointed in Carter's selection for girls items?  Any other kids stores that I'm over looking?  I don't care for Children's Place things either and my broke ass can't afford hoity toity stuff.

The quality? The selection?

I'm not a fan of the colors Carters uses for girls. OshKosh (same company) typically is much more bold and more variation. If you're on their website, always toggle over to OshKosh and check out the selection. 

ghostof5letters

ohdarla said:

I'm making apple pie sangria for a party tomorrow.. it's so yummy, I want to keep it all for myself!

I'm two weeks sugar free (almost, finally at PP weight) but I would kill for a pint or two of that sangria. Ok, I want it all. 

huggabunch

@ghostof5letters and @sharmon1317, congrats on no sugar! I don't know how you do it. I am weak when it comes to sugar and all carbs. 

ghostof5letters

stellabunny said:

My kid pooped down to her socks today.

I wish my kid would poop

jessafishy

ghostof5letters said:

stellabunny said:

My kid pooped down to her socks today.

I wish my kid would poop

OMG, right? I never in a million years thought I would be begging him to poop!

[Deleted User]

My 4-year-old had a poosplosion today. He had an upset tummy and didn't make it to the toilet in time. Won't ever complain about the baby's again...

jnnfrrose6

Celebrating right along with @stellabunny.  DD's baptism was also yesterday and we also had no incidents in the heirloom christening gown (pretty sure it's pushing 100 years old).  She also was perfect during the entire ceremony.  It was lovely. 

ariel8200

Going to AW a bit here: Where I work we have a breastfeeding program which means I get to take DD to work with me and she stays in my office with me until she is six months old. 

 She rarely naps more than 45 minutes. Today I brought her Zipadee Zip so she could start taking naps in it. I put her in the bassinet I have and she slept for 45 minutes. She woke up super fussy and still tired and I couldn't get her back to sleep, so I finally grabbed the car seat and put it on my desk so I could see her while I worked, she fell asleep in it and has been asleep for over an hour.  I guess it must be because she is sitting up and maybe the reflux has been bugging her.

I don't know but it's a freakin miracle!

darkangel42

Random thread won't show me anything after early October. What?

jnnfrrose6

Just checking if it's still broken because I've somehow managed to get back to the end of the thread...

cookiemomma14

Looks to be working again. But we're missing like 400 more posts. It keeps shrinking :-?

jessafishy

cookiemomma14 said:

Looks to be working again. But we're missing like 400 more posts. It keeps shrinking :-?

My guess is people keep deleting their accounts and then their posts disappear and temporarily break the thread.

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The user and all related content has been deleted.

jnnfrrose6

litera said:

Yeah that's my thought too @jessafishy‌ I'm far too sentimental to use the new thread. As irrational as that is.

I'm going to play the field with both randoms, but mostly because the board has gotten pretty slow lately, what with all of us having infants to take care of now  ;;)

rachelchristina

My daughter has started to "sing" to us every morning when she wakes up until we wake up. She's super happy about it and it's very sweet, except 1. It's at 4-5:00am now with the time change. 2. Her singing is more of a happy scream than a song

rachelchristina

litera said:

Yeah that's my thought too @jessafishy‌

I'm far too sentimental to use the new thread. As irrational as that is.

I'll use both if need be, but out of nostalgia and helping to get our comment number back up on this thread, I'll definitely choose this one first with my random thoughts. See above. lol

cookiemomma14

rachelchristina said:

My daughter has started to "sing" to us every morning when she wakes up until we wake up. She's super happy about it and it's very sweet, except 1. It's at 4-5:00am now with the time change. 2. Her singing is more of a happy scream than a song

DS is always so happy first thing in the morning. I call him "the good morning baby" lol. He just laughs and grins and acts all bashful and giggly. It's too precious... now the evenings are another story. It's like "Sir screams a lot" shows up

jnnfrrose6

rachelchristina said:

My daughter has started to "sing" to us every morning when she wakes up until we wake up. She's super happy about it and it's very sweet, except 1. It's at 4-5:00am now with the time change. 2. Her singing is more of a happy scream than a song

DS has been like this from the beginning.  Now that he's learning songs I get woken up by his variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or the ABCs.  He never really screams, unless we leave him for awhile, but I like to think he knows in the morning if it's still dark, mommy and daddy aren't coming yet.  Some weekends we can get a full hour out of him.

rachelchristina

jnnfrrose6 said:

rachelchristina said:

My daughter has started to "sing" to us every morning when she wakes up until we wake up. She's super happy about it and it's very sweet, except 1. It's at 4-5:00am now with the time change. 2. Her singing is more of a happy scream than a song

DS has been like this from the beginning.  Now that he's learning songs I get woken up by his variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or the ABCs.  He never really screams, unless we leave him for awhile, but I like to think he knows in the morning if it's still dark, mommy and daddy aren't coming yet.  Some weekends we can get a full hour out of him.

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That's cute! It'll be cool if her "songs" now turn into actual songs one day like that.

Edit: quote fail

BadLeroyBrown

As soon as DH and I turned towards one another to have marital relations, DS started screaming. 

Our life is a sitcom. 

darkangel42

Heard a funny noise coming from the wood stove earlier, told MiL who said it was probably just damp wood crackling, sent FiL to investigate and it turned out to be a chimney fire so we had the town fire department rock up; 2 fire department SUVs first and then a full-on fire truck. DD1 was so excited about seeing the flashing lights and having a fire crew wandering around the house in all their gear! OH's working late so he has no idea.

Everyone's fine, the stove fire was only one log at the time so one of the fire fighters cleared it all out into a metal bucket and dumped water on it in the yard and there were firefighters in the basement, ground level and on the roof checking it all out. The chimney needs to be cleaned out and there's a crack somewhere at the top of the chimney that needs to be looked at but that's all. They're thankful for the steel insert in the chimney or it could have been a lot worse since it's a wooden farmhouse. I'm so glad FiL was there to notice the problem since me and MiL would have dismissed it as damp wood.

darkangel42

I think the fire truck and entire team was overdoing it a bit but better that than not enough kit and crew if it had been serious.

FiL is away with work a lot of the time too so it was lucky timing that he was there and that this happened now with enough time to get everything patched up before the cold really hits.

PSA: maintain your chimneys and wood stoves!

littlemissmarla

We got DD on video, really laughing for the first time.. and it was because my DH was pretending to vomit. I love this kid.

Soon2BMrsN

Let's say that, hypothetically, you were still dealing with rather painful hemorrhoids at 4 months postpartum. If you thought they were bad enough to merit a call/trip to the doctor, would you call your OB or general practitioner?

BadLeroyBrown

@Soon2BMrsN

I would probably call the GP at this point

cuntasaurusrex

Can't let this thread go.

I'm back at work and last week and yesterday were bearable, but today I'm having such a hard time.  He was asleep when I got home yesterday and only wanted to sleep this morning.. it almost makes me regret having a baby because I never see him.  It's killing me.

TexasGirl81

BadLeroyBrown said:

As soon as DH and I turned towards one another to have marital relations, DS started screaming. 

Our life is a sitcom. 

Story of my life! With two little ones, it never fails. Quickie is my middle name now.

TexasGirl81

aliletz said:

Can't let this thread go.

I'm back at work and last week and yesterday were bearable, but today I'm having such a hard time.  He was asleep when I got home yesterday and only wanted to sleep this morning.. it almost makes me regret having a baby because I never see him.  It's killing me.

Soon these little boogers will wake us up at the crack of dawn to play. Since there're still so little you're right, they do sleep a lot. Don't feel bad.... Working and trying to spend time with baby can be hard but I'm sure you're doing a fantastic job!

bullybutt

aliletz said:

Can't let this thread go.

I'm back at work and last week and yesterday were bearable, but today I'm having such a hard time.  He was asleep when I got home yesterday and only wanted to sleep this morning.. it almost makes me regret having a baby because I never see him.  It's killing me.

It's very hard when they are that little and innocent and precious.  Then they turn 2 and you would do anything to have them stay asleep.  It's an ongoing war where you are constantly living in a battle with a hot headed toddler and trying not to bust through the wall like the Kool-Aid man to get away from it. 

emineminem

Whyyyy is there another random thread?! I don't know where to post my random thoughts now in my drive by bumping!

jnnfrrose6

emineminem said:

Whyyyy is there another random thread?! I don't know where to post my random thoughts now in my drive by bumping!

This one froze up for a couple of days so a new one was started.