@court5608 I felt the same way with our first. We checked out so many and it took awhile before we found one that felt right. Keep looking and you will find one that feels right. You can always switch if you have a bad experience. It is such a personal choice. I can tell you we do in home and love it. Our sitter is like a member of our family.
I am buying a Pack n Play from a woman in my neighborhood who was selling it on Nextdoor. Not gonna lie, I'm kinda afraid I am going to get murdered when I go meet her (I live in Colorado where we had that horrific Craigslist case last year, where the pregnant woman was attacked by someone attempting to steal her baby). I'm totally going to text DH where I'm going, and I won't be going into the person's home.
I think of that every time I browse craigslist for baby items!! Meet her in a neutral location like a target parking lot or something.
A local Police Department has put signs up in the parking lot for people to meet to exchange internet bought items
I had my first belly touch today! It was one of DH's friends who is basically socially inept so I kind of let it slide. He's the kind of person who I don't expect to know better. But it was really odd and I will not be tolerating that crap from anyone else!
Ugh! I mostly lurk here, but I am once again up for hours and wondering why I feel so strange. I keep waking up to go pee (totally normal) but my stomach feels like I did sit ups all day. Could this be midnight Braxton Hicks? I haven't felt the baby move yet (18w2d) but I feel like one of us is doing WAY too much at night with my tummy! Once I am up for awhile the soreness fades and I eventually relax. Any experiences are appreciated!
@bunfactory it's probably muscles stretching for baby.
I FINALLY fell asleep last night then. Got a crisis call from work at 11 and couldn't fall back to sleep for hours. Finally fall asleep again and my fucking dog jumped in the bed and landed right on my stomach. (He's probably about 60 lbs), it hurt, but I'm not cramping or bleeding so I'm hoping everything is okay.
DH worked late last night and he's working late tonight. I cleaned the house, cooked dinner, recleaned the kitchen, bathed and put DD to bed all before 8:45 AND all by myself. I feel like superwoman right now, a very tired, lazy superwoman who earned herself a Reese's egg.
DH worked late last night and he's working late tonight. I cleaned the house, cooked dinner, recleaned the kitchen, bathed and put DD to bed all before 8:45 AND all by myself. I feel like superwoman right now, a very tired, lazy superwoman who earned herself a Reese's egg.
@bameier when we found out we are having a second boy this exact thing made me cry (out of anger). I felt like people weren't that excited, and started consoling me (when I wasn't showing any signs of needing consolation). I was so definitive of this LO and that people are already acting as if he's a disappointment! Also, my SIL is due with her second 2 weeks before me and she's having a girl (she has a DS who is my sons age) and everyone was so worried about my reaction when she found out, like I was going to lose it just because she's having a girl and I'm not. It was all really frustrating.
We are having a third boy, and I get these kinds of reactions all the time. It's annoying how people look at me like they are sad for me or feel bad for me, because I'm so girly and have always wanted a girl. I'm really ok with having all boys! I told DH that I thought I would be disappointed, but I felt really calm when we found out, like, "this is cool, we've done this before, we've got this!" I'm not disappointed, so where do they get a right to be?
@MSUgrad12 My cat, though only 15 lbs., loves to jump/walk across my stomach. He hurts me then so I can only imagine your how it felt with your dog! Hopefully you sleep better tonight.
This made me think of a cat my aunt and uncle had. I house sat for them several times when I was in college. I would wake up to the horror and pain of the cat chewing on my left nipple through my shirt. Always the left. Always on target. Not playful chewing, either.
@MSUgrad12 My cat, though only 15 lbs., loves to jump/walk across my stomach. He hurts me then so I can only imagine your how it felt with your dog! Hopefully you sleep better tonight.
This made me think of a cat my aunt and uncle had. I house sat for them several times when I was in college. I would wake up to the horror and pain of the cat chewing on my left nipple through my shirt. Always the left. Always on target. Not playful chewing, either.
I just died laughing reading this! I'm sorry!!!! It's really NOT funny!
I don't get why people are so nosy about other people's families. What's it to them if our kids are all boys or all girls? Just mind your own damn business and focus on your own family. As a FTM, I sensed all these unwelcomed advice and opinions from people when they learned I was expecting my first. For that very reason, I didn't feel inclined to put up an announcement on Facebook. For that very reason, only DH and I know the gender of our child. My friend is expecting her third and is a boy (she has two girls). Some of the comments about her having a boy are:
"FINALLY A BOY!" "It's about time!!"
Such backhanded compliments that make me wonder, what if she had her third girl?
We spent Thursday, Saturday, and Monday in the ER due to DH breaking out in terrible hives. We had no idea what was causing it. We haven't switched anything or eaten anything unusual. Both the ER doctor and the allergist we saw think it is from the flu he had (he got sick, got better, got sick, got better, then got a sore throat, then broke out in hives, it was crazy).
I now can't stand going into his work because everyone keeps telling him the flu isn't what made him breakout. Apparently, it was "stress" and a spiritual healer can fix him and he should stop taking his strong allergy medicine (which is keeping the hives under control at the moment), because it's making him so tired. Or the other one is that our house has fleas and he's allergic to them! The nerve of some people. By the way he works in retail. These people all have maybe high school science under their belts.
Also, his medicine is making him really cranky and everything I say is taken as an insult or opening to an argument and he's been home sick all week. I just want everything to go back to normal.
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Also, unrelated, I came across this video, "guys try the pregnancy diet." https://www.buzzfeed.com/safiyanygaard/these-dudes-tried-the-pregnancy-diet-and-failed-hard#.kcLZPrgGED Thought you all might find it funny! They gave them like the "first week of pregnancy, haven't done the research yet" version of the rules, though. Way harder than it needs to be.
Ugh! I mostly lurk here, but I am once again up for hours and wondering why I feel so strange. I keep waking up to go pee (totally normal) but my stomach feels like I did sit ups all day. Could this be midnight Braxton Hicks? I haven't felt the baby move yet (18w2d) but I feel like one of us is doing WAY too much at night with my tummy! Once I am up for awhile the soreness fades and I eventually relax. Any experiences are appreciated!
I FINALLY fell asleep last night then. Got a crisis call from work at 11 and couldn't fall back to sleep for hours. Finally fall asleep again and my fucking dog jumped in the bed and landed right on my stomach. (He's probably about 60 lbs), it hurt, but I'm not cramping or bleeding so I'm hoping everything is okay.
We are having a third boy, and I get these kinds of reactions all the time. It's annoying how people look at me like they are sad for me or feel bad for me, because I'm so girly and have always wanted a girl. I'm really ok with having all boys! I told DH that I thought I would be disappointed, but I felt really calm when we found out, like, "this is cool, we've done this before, we've got this!" I'm not disappointed, so where do they get a right to be?
"FINALLY A BOY!"
"It's about time!!"
Such backhanded compliments that make me wonder, what if she had her third girl?
I now can't stand going into his work because everyone keeps telling him the flu isn't what made him breakout. Apparently, it was "stress" and a spiritual healer can fix him and he should stop taking his strong allergy medicine (which is keeping the hives under control at the moment), because it's making him so tired. Or the other one is that our house has fleas and he's allergic to them! The nerve of some people. By the way he works in retail. These people all have maybe high school science under their belts.
Also, his medicine is making him really cranky and everything I say is taken as an insult or opening to an argument and he's been home sick all week. I just want everything to go back to normal.