- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
May 2016 Moms
LadySamLady
member
FFFC 12/18
LadySamLady
member
Let's hear those confessions ladies!
Re: FFFC 12/18
I couldn't help it! I love Christmas.
So last night, I had choir rehearsal for our big Christmas concert this Sunday. I will definitely admit that I dragged my feet and *maybe* went out with some of the girls afterwards and didn't get home until 11pm. However, I had asked MH if he wanted us to get a sitter so he could go see Star Wars, but he did that macho martyr thing and insisted that he wanted to put our son to bed and would see the new Star Wars "some other time...maybe when it comes out on video". Well, come to find out, last night he and our 2 year old son had a movie night of their own...and watched A New Hope! Yup, my toddler stayed up until almost 10:00pm watching the first of the original Star Wars trilogy! When I went to wake him up this morning, he was dead to the world and it took me 45 min to get him going. When he was finally up, he insisted on wearing his R2D2 sweatshirt and refused to wear a jacket because he didn't want to cover it up (of course it is drizzly and raw out there). So I am the "bad" parent who sent my kid to daycare without a jacket. It just wasn't happening. The whole ride to daycare he kept jabbering about how "R2D2 fell down, but he got back up, so he is ok". The Force has definitely Awoken in our little New Hope!
DS1: May 2016
DS2: Jan 2019
Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
----QBF----
Well, about a year ago, I really really wanted to get a dog, and he kept dragging his feet about it, so I kind of got over it. Now that I'm pregnant, getting a puppy wasn't even on my radar.. But I'm warming up to the idea and getting excited (again, I'm glad I figured it out ahead of time). It will mostly be an outside dog anyway (it's a lab), so not as much work trying to potty train it or anything like that.
DS1: May 2016
DS2: Jan 2019
Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
I'll try not to be overly annoying here but I don't get the idea of having an outside dog or pet of any kind. It used to be common for dogs to live outside during all seasons but it's really not as common now and is not safe for a dog to be outside in extreme temps. Plus, how often can you really interact with an outside only pet?
Just my thoughts. I know you said mostly outdoors so you might have better plans than I'm giving you credit for. Good luck with the new puppy! They are the sweetest.
However, I have a bad cold and runny nose. I have no tissues and I'm only wearing a cami... so I keep wiping my nose in his blanket.
Married: 1/2008 ~ DD#1: 3/2012
TTC #2: Started 4/2014 BFP 7/30/15 MC 8/3/15 BFP 9/4/2015 EDD 5/16/2016
I laughed so hard at my daughter's Christmas performance I cried and peed a little. There were bodily fluids everywhere. I feel ya.
Did that help?
I've been so sleepy and exhausted and just freaking lazy these past few months that I've let a lot slide, and I had a book manuscript due yesterday and a final exam to write for my students and so I just stayed up all night (til 4.30am, about when I usually wake up) to get it all done. Managed to squeeze in a nap before driving to work, but this past week I've been such a horrible wife and mother--baby needs me to sleep, I know, and DH needs me to not be working all the time.
Hopefully this is the kick in the pants I need to finally stop letting my pregnancy exhaustion get the best of me.If I have the stamina stay up all night and get this shit done, maybe I can convince myself not to take quite so many naps during the day...
Yes!! I bought some from the gap and some from old navy. The old navy ones aren't soft and feel like they're paper thin. Go with the gap (wearing a pair now) but I find they run long.
Here is a recent picture that we used on our Christmas cards. I got so many comments relating to how she looks nothing like me and maybe the next one will blah, blah, blah. I couldn't care less who the new baby looks like as long as he's healthy.
My new confession is that I've been pretending to know what QBF means, so I just now decided to finally visit the acronym page to look it up and it's not there...so I'm still in the dark.
"Well, about a year ago, I really really wanted to get a dog, and he kept dragging his feet about it, so I kind of got over it. Now that I'm pregnant, getting a puppy wasn't even on my radar.. But I'm warming up to the idea and getting excited (again, I'm glad I figured it out ahead of time). It will mostly be an outside dog anyway (it's a lab), so not as much work trying to potty train it or anything like that."
I realize you didn't ask for opinions on this, but as somebody who has spent a lot of time working in rescue and dog training: this sets off all kinds of alarm bells in my head.
Puppies are time- and energy-intensive to raise, socialize, and train properly. A Christmas puppy is going to be hitting jumpy, mouthy, boisterous adolescence right arond the time a May baby comes due. A Lab is going to be a fairly large and energetic and (probably) body-slamming breed (they are not known for being delicate or supremely body-aware; they tend to be happy enthusiastic clumsy dogs), and is likely to want to be a working dog, who will need some kind of a job and structured outlet for its energy and will also probably want to spend a lot of time in the company of its people. This is a sociable breed; we're not talking about an independent livestock guardian dog or husky.
It's certainly doable to raise a puppy and have a baby at the same time. It is also a lot of work and not at all something I'd recommend for the average first-time pet owner. IME, this situation very often results in a neglected dog who ends up at a shelter or in rescue within 6 to 18 months. Not saying you'll do that, but I am saying that it's a common pitfall that you should be aware of and prepared for if you're going into this.
Colleen Pelar's book Living With Kids and Dogs is a good and concise resource on managing and integrating a household with dogs and children, and I strongly recommend it as a good idea to read before you bring a new dog home.
Good luck!