@Bubbles3592 I use Rhinocort Aqua (prescription). Pre pregnancy I used nasacort but it is class c so dr recommended switching. It's expensive as fuuuuuck but none of the pills work for me at all.
As an update...we had hoped to take the weekend spoiling our doggie, but after he wouldn't eat scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast today, we knew it was time. He was able to hold out until this afternoon so the kids could say goodbye (it's mom's weekend). He was definitely ready and the vet's office was wonderful; even gave us this little paw print keepsake.
He had a good final day including playing with all his favorite toys, lots of cuddles (which normally he could do without lol), and a last meal of carne asada which he happily scarfed.
@AEG84 I'm sorry you didn't get the time you wanted but I'm glad you were able to make the end of his time happy and comfortable. And now, he's not suffering at all.
@AEG84 I hope that when it comes time for my last day I have family around who treat me with as much love, respect and spoiling as you did for Kipper. What a lucky dog.
@AEG84 my heart is broken for you. I'm so glad that you were able to have a nice day with your furry baby. That will be a memory you can keep close to your heart.
Fast forward to March, please. I need out of this place ASAP. I'm tired of being yelled at and complained to when I'm in the middle of cleaning about CLEANING. On my days off, I'm taking care of a toddler. I don't have the time to clean the house like a ninja so you'll leave me alone about the dishes needing to be done WHILE I'M TRYING TO DO THE DISHES. Don't then angrily tell me to get out of the way so you can make as much noise as possible during the night when DH is trying to get DS1 down for bed. Seriously, can my family just back off? I'm already tired, emotional, and stressed--I don't need them to contribute with pointless stuff.
Fast forward to March, please. I need out of this place ASAP. I'm tired of being yelled at and complained to when I'm in the middle of cleaning about CLEANING. On my days off, I'm taking care of a toddler. I don't have the time to clean the house like a ninja so you'll leave me alone about the dishes needing to be done WHILE I'M TRYING TO DO THE DISHES. Don't then angrily tell me to get out of the way so you can make as much noise as possible during the night when DH is trying to get DS1 down for bed. Seriously, can my family just back off? I'm already tired, emotional, and stressed--I don't need them to contribute with pointless stuff.
Sorry girl. Living with fam is really tough. I know I personally almost had a nervous breakdown living with my parents six years ago, and I wasn't even pregnant!
So over this app! For the past 3 days can't post or reply using it! I can only read threads ugh. If I want to post I need to go on Safari on my phone since I mainly bump mobile while I'm out and about. It's a hassle therefore I shall be MIA until the problem is resolved. But I'll be lurking in the shadows, reading posts (since that's all I can do) until I make my return
@kalanieileen it happened to me last week, somehow I was not logged in the community even though I was logged in the app... On the community page there was a message about having to log in again, so I clicked it, re-logged into the community, and then it worked again. Look for it!
@kalanieileen mine does it all the time - shut it off (the app), then log out and log back in. Usually fixes the issue before my phone goes through a window. Usually.
@AmadorRose We'll be out in March as long as tax returns are good and if we can find a place we can afford (housing has gone to insane highs in my area). Our savings got destroyed after we moved in with my parents. We had to get a new car, I broke one of my fingers so badly that I was out of work for three months, DH had to finish paying off a private school loan before the end of the year, DS1 needed a new car seat since he's so darn tall (mom PSA: always look at the height restrictions on a car seat ALONG with the weight restrictions. We thought DS1's car seat would work until he was 2 because of the weight restrictions, but found out that the height restrictions made it so that he needed a new car seat at 9 months), we had to buy some new furniture to appease my parents and make things less "cluttered," and DH went down in hours at his job.
I'm hoping we get a decent amount in tax returns and that DH gets the other job that he applied for. Then we could move out in March without issue. We might end up having to help out DH's parents with housing, since they're losing their house in March to an auction. DH already told them that we would rent a large house with them in order to help them save money (if need be). My MIL is our babysitter, so having a live-in babysitter would be nice... But I really need my own place for my little family. I want to be able to be naked when I want to, not worry about others being too loud when the boys are sleeping, not have to deal with extra people making messes and not cleaning them up, I don't want to deal with people constantly over at my house (my BIL and SIL practically live at my ILs place) and I really don't want to live with an extremely demanding and hormonal teenage girl...
Speaking of family issues... I'm at the brink of breakdown. So dying to move in two weeks... Living with a family obsessed with dieting... They don't even eat normal meals anymore and then dare judge me for eating like a normal person. My dad only eats breakfast and dinner and my mom barely eats anything at all. I'm dying to eat lunch right now, so I'm like a pariah to the family. And not to mention the incessant questions of "what does your doctor think of your weight?" And then not believing me when I say she doesn't mind it. I get it, I'm overweight. It is not the end of the world. I'm so sick of comments like "you should eat less" when I haven't even eaten all day. They just assume I consume everything in sight now.
Speaking of family issues... I'm at the brink of breakdown. So dying to move in two weeks... Living with a family obsessed with dieting... They don't even eat normal meals anymore and then dare judge me for eating like a normal person. My dad only eats breakfast and dinner and my mom barely eats anything at all. I'm dying to eat lunch right now, so I'm like a pariah to the family. And not to mention the incessant questions of "what does your doctor think of your weight?" And then not believing me when I say she doesn't mind it. I get it, I'm overweight. It is not the end of the world. I'm so sick of comments like "you should eat less" when I haven't even eaten all day. They just assume I consume everything in sight now.
I would just ask them if THEY'RE growing a small human... It's your body. Eat when you're hungry. You need sustenance in order to help the baby grow. I think my family is doing the same thing with me, since they've been offering me the last of whatever we're eating before realizing I don't eat a lot and packing it up.
@Bubbles3592 uh, I assume your doctor recommends NOT dieting during pregnancy, like every other Doctor I've met. Eat healthily, yes, but don't diet.
@fbanke42 would there be a way to lay down some ground rules before allowing your ILs to move in with you? I would go nuts living with mine, and my MIL is a very sweet lady.
I found out last night the DH's aunt and uncle are waiting until the last minute to plan their sons birthday party around if I have given birth yet or not. I'm really touched that they want to make sure we can be there and that we don't have to worry about being too far away from the hospital in case I do go into labor (they love far enough away for it to be a bad idea to leave the house). I feel bad that they're having to plan around my LO...
I have to vent. My cousins daughter turns one next month. This cousin and I are NOT close, never have been. I have so many issues around her and her child's father and her life choices, but basically she's just way too immature and needs to grow up.
Anyway, she Facebook invited me to her daughters first birthday party. She has absolutely zero interest in my DD or this LO. Never talks to me about anything or even communicates to me on Facebook (her sole means of communication), it is literally like I do not exist to her, and BELIEVE me that is just fine. Yet...I'm invited to the party. While I live 1,200 miles away. On an invite that basically says "she's turning one, here are the toys she likes and the size she wears". So basically thinking if she invites me I'll still send a gift. Uh, no? Did I ever even hear a congratulations on EITHER of my kids, a birthday card, present, well wish, even a mention to me through Facebook, for my DDs birthday a few weeks ago? Why on EARTH would this seem ok, given etiquette? Though I shouldn't say I'm surprised, she did throw her own baby shower where all the info she gave anyone about it was random Facebook posts (read, no official invite) and focused entirely on what people could buy her. Honestly I've never met anyone who has less of a clue, or simply doesn't care, about etiquette and social norms.
Sorry, end of rant...clearly there is a reason I have her blocked from my Facebook feed Can't block "personal" invites unfortunately...
I need some first word problem help from the oh so wise ladies if A16. The ladies I work with have asked me repeatedly to make a registry. This is my second kiddo so I'm not having a shower, but they said they all NEED to buy gifts and if I won't let them throw me a shower then at least give them a registry. The gesture is so so sweet. I told them I would put together a registry, but The thing is I've always been weird about receiving gifts. It makes me pretty uncomfortable. Because if this, I'm having a surprisingly hard time figuring out what to put in my registry. The things we need are boring essentials like milk storage bags and what not. I think it would be totally weird to registry for those things, right?!
I need some first word problem help from the oh so wise ladies if A16. The ladies I work with have asked me repeatedly to make a registry. This is my second kiddo so I'm not having a shower, but they said they all NEED to buy gifts and if I won't let them throw me a shower then at least give them a registry. The gesture is so so sweet. I told them I would put together a registry, but The thing is I've always been weird about receiving gifts. It makes me pretty uncomfortable. Because if this, I'm having a surprisingly hard time figuring out what to put in my registry. The things we need are boring essentials like milk storage bags and what not. I think it would be totally weird to registry for those things, right?!
You can always donate what you receive. That's probably what I would do.
I have to vent. My cousins daughter turns one next month. This cousin and I are NOT close, never have been. I have so many issues around her and her child's father and her life choices, but basically she's just way too immature and needs to grow up.
Anyway, she Facebook invited me to her daughters first birthday party. She has absolutely zero interest in my DD or this LO. Never talks to me about anything or even communicates to me on Facebook (her sole means of communication), it is literally like I do not exist to her, and BELIEVE me that is just fine. Yet...I'm invited to the party. While I live 1,200 miles away. On an invite that basically says "she's turning one, here are the toys she likes and the size she wears". So basically thinking if she invites me I'll still send a gift. Uh, no? Did I ever even hear a congratulations on EITHER of my kids, a birthday card, present, well wish, even a mention to me through Facebook, for my DDs birthday a few weeks ago? Why on EARTH would this seem ok, given etiquette? Though I shouldn't say I'm surprised, she did throw her own baby shower where all the info she gave anyone about it was random Facebook posts (read, no official invite) and focused entirely on what people could buy her. Honestly I've never met anyone who has less of a clue, or simply doesn't care, about etiquette and social norms.
Sorry, end of rant...clearly there is a reason I have her blocked from my Facebook feed Can't block "personal" invites unfortunately...
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I would be SO irritated by that invite. TBH I probably wouldn't even respond, and I definitely wouldn't send a gift.
I need some first word problem help from the oh so wise ladies if A16. The ladies I work with have asked me repeatedly to make a registry. This is my second kiddo so I'm not having a shower, but they said they all NEED to buy gifts and if I won't let them throw me a shower then at least give them a registry. The gesture is so so sweet. I told them I would put together a registry, but The thing is I've always been weird about receiving gifts. It makes me pretty uncomfortable. Because if this, I'm having a surprisingly hard time figuring out what to put in my registry. The things we need are boring essentials like milk storage bags and what not. I think it would be totally weird to registry for those things, right?!
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Is there anything you really, really don't need that you'd like to avoid getting? Like, are you full to the brim of baby clothes and blankets and other things people would typically gift in the absence of a registry? If so, I'd make a small one with whatever essentials you actually do need (even milk storage bags) so people don't just get you a ton of clothes and blankets.
If not, I wouldn't worry about it. If people really want to give you things, they can do so without a registry.
Register for the things you need along with some fluff items that you are on the fence about buying. People always ask about a registry and then don't use it (it seems like). People are most likely going to buy what THEY want or what they THINK you need, even if you don't like it or need it at all.
I have to vent. My cousins daughter turns one next month. This cousin and I are NOT close, never have been. I have so many issues around her and her child's father and her life choices, but basically she's just way too immature and needs to grow up.
Anyway, she Facebook invited me to her daughters first birthday party. She has absolutely zero interest in my DD or this LO. Never talks to me about anything or even communicates to me on Facebook (her sole means of communication), it is literally like I do not exist to her, and BELIEVE me that is just fine. Yet...I'm invited to the party. While I live 1,200 miles away. On an invite that basically says "she's turning one, here are the toys she likes and the size she wears". So basically thinking if she invites me I'll still send a gift. Uh, no? Did I ever even hear a congratulations on EITHER of my kids, a birthday card, present, well wish, even a mention to me through Facebook, for my DDs birthday a few weeks ago? Why on EARTH would this seem ok, given etiquette? Though I shouldn't say I'm surprised, she did throw her own baby shower where all the info she gave anyone about it was random Facebook posts (read, no official invite) and focused entirely on what people could buy her. Honestly I've never met anyone who has less of a clue, or simply doesn't care, about etiquette and social norms.
Sorry, end of rant...clearly there is a reason I have her blocked from my Facebook feed Can't block "personal" invites unfortunately...
Screw her and the horse she rode in on. Don't respond. Just ignore her. If she wants to develop a relationship with you, she should do it through being nice to you and not expecting you to give things to her.
@imrachellea I would also just ignore her. If she whines about it, she's the one who will look like an idiot.
@k&elizabeth - I'm having the same issue with my family and I'm a FTM. The shower won't be until after baby is here and I have the majority of essentials I'll need. I plan to have my mom disseminate that I'd just like diapers/boring essentials and their company, since they'll all get to meet Ellie at the shower. Anything they get that I don't need, I'll either return or donate. I think the big thing is for the people attending to have an opportunity to show their support for mom-to-be; the gifts are just a way for them to show you that they care.
@imrachellea agree with previous comments that I'd ignore invite and not send a gift.
@K&Elizabeth that's kinda sweet they care so much about getting you what you actually need for the baby. Even if it's 'boring' I'd actually be inclined to give them what they asked for! If it feels more like it's uncomfortable to have a coworker buy you storage bags, add fluff items you can return for store credit, then buy what you want with it!
@K&Elizabeth - do you have a big ticket item that you could mention them going together on? That way the next time it comes up you could say, something along the lines of "You're so sweet. We have everything we need from our first, but I have had my eye on {this beautiful baby carrier}. Otherwise we could always use more diapers." OR depending on your relationship with your co-workers you could request a meal train instead of gifts.
Also, @thaisac1 - I'm really excited for you, but I since its currently UP to 3 whole degrees outside here, I also hate you just a little Enjoy your trip!!
Also, @thaisac1 - I'm really excited for you, but I since its currently UP to 3 whole degrees outside here, I also hate you just a little Enjoy your trip!!
It's -2 in SW WI, so it could be worse! My dad has to give me weather updates every time he calls
Also, @thaisac1 - I'm really excited for you, but I since its currently UP to 3 whole degrees outside here, I also hate you just a little Enjoy your trip!!
It's -2 in SW WI, so it could be worse! My dad has to give me weather updates every time he calls
Gee girls, come on down to SW IN and warm your toes, we're sitting at a balmy 17 degrees.
Also, @thaisac1 - I'm really excited for you, but I since its currently UP to 3 whole degrees outside here, I also hate you just a little Enjoy your trip!!
It's -2 in SW WI, so it could be worse! My dad has to give me weather updates every time he calls
Gee girls, come on down to SW IN and warm your toes, we're sitting at a balmy 17 degrees.
Also, @thaisac1 - I'm really excited for you, but I since its currently UP to 3 whole degrees outside here, I also hate you just a little Enjoy your trip!!
It's -2 in SW WI, so it could be worse! My dad has to give me weather updates every time he calls
Gee girls, come on down to SW IN and warm your toes, we're sitting at a balmy 17 degrees.
haha it was -6 when we went in to church this morning - we've had a heat wave in the last 6 hours
Definitely have every intention of ignoring my cousin lol. I had thought she had just done a mass invite, but there are 80 some (seriously, what? She doesn't work so I don't know how she plans to afford ANY party...) invited and she has 300 some "friends" on Facebook...that actually annoys me more that she SPECIFICALLY invited me to be gift grabby
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He had a good final day including playing with all his favorite toys, lots of cuddles (which normally he could do without lol), and a last meal of carne asada which he happily scarfed.
Fast forward to March, please. I need out of this place ASAP. I'm tired of being yelled at and complained to when I'm in the middle of cleaning about CLEANING. On my days off, I'm taking care of a toddler. I don't have the time to clean the house like a ninja so you'll leave me alone about the dishes needing to be done WHILE I'M TRYING TO DO THE DISHES. Don't then angrily tell me to get out of the way so you can make as much noise as possible during the night when DH is trying to get DS1 down for bed. Seriously, can my family just back off? I'm already tired, emotional, and stressed--I don't need them to contribute with pointless stuff.
@fbanke42 lots of Internet hugs to you
I'm hoping we get a decent amount in tax returns and that DH gets the other job that he applied for. Then we could move out in March without issue. We might end up having to help out DH's parents with housing, since they're losing their house in March to an auction. DH already told them that we would rent a large house with them in order to help them save money (if need be). My MIL is our babysitter, so having a live-in babysitter would be nice... But I really need my own place for my little family. I want to be able to be naked when I want to, not worry about others being too loud when the boys are sleeping, not have to deal with extra people making messes and not cleaning them up, I don't want to deal with people constantly over at my house (my BIL and SIL practically live at my ILs place) and I really don't want to live with an extremely demanding and hormonal teenage girl...
@fbanke42 would there be a way to lay down some ground rules before allowing your ILs to move in with you? I would go nuts living with mine, and my MIL is a very sweet lady.
Anyway, she Facebook invited me to her daughters first birthday party. She has absolutely zero interest in my DD or this LO. Never talks to me about anything or even communicates to me on Facebook (her sole means of communication), it is literally like I do not exist to her, and BELIEVE me that is just fine. Yet...I'm invited to the party. While I live 1,200 miles away. On an invite that basically says "she's turning one, here are the toys she likes and the size she wears". So basically thinking if she invites me I'll still send a gift. Uh, no? Did I ever even hear a congratulations on EITHER of my kids, a birthday card, present, well wish, even a mention to me through Facebook, for my DDs birthday a few weeks ago? Why on EARTH would this seem ok, given etiquette? Though I shouldn't say I'm surprised, she did throw her own baby shower where all the info she gave anyone about it was random Facebook posts (read, no official invite) and focused entirely on what people could buy her. Honestly I've never met anyone who has less of a clue, or simply doesn't care, about etiquette and social norms.
Sorry, end of rant...clearly there is a reason I have her blocked from my Facebook feed
I would be SO irritated by that invite. TBH I probably wouldn't even respond, and I definitely wouldn't send a gift.
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Is there anything you really, really don't need that you'd like to avoid getting? Like, are you full to the brim of baby clothes and blankets and other things people would typically gift in the absence of a registry? If so, I'd make a small one with whatever essentials you actually do need (even milk storage bags) so people don't just get you a ton of clothes and blankets.
If not, I wouldn't worry about it. If people really want to give you things, they can do so without a registry.
Register for the things you need along with some fluff items that you are on the fence about buying. People always ask about a registry and then don't use it (it seems like). People are most likely going to buy what THEY want or what they THINK you need, even if you don't like it or need it at all.
@k&elizabeth - I'm having the same issue with my family and I'm a FTM. The shower won't be until after baby is here and I have the majority of essentials I'll need. I plan to have my mom disseminate that I'd just like diapers/boring essentials and their company, since they'll all get to meet Ellie at the shower. Anything they get that I don't need, I'll either return or donate. I think the big thing is for the people attending to have an opportunity to show their support for mom-to-be; the gifts are just a way for them to show you that they care.
@K&Elizabeth that's kinda sweet they care so much about getting you what you actually need for the baby. Even if it's 'boring' I'd actually be inclined to give them what they asked for! If it feels more like it's uncomfortable to have a coworker buy you storage bags, add fluff items you can return for store credit, then buy what you want with it!