FFFC 12/2

nda_roxybabe

No guarantee on the flame free-ness
 

Jkp7749

My daughters schedule is the only thing that keeps me sane. My in laws think that she needs to be "flexible" (She's one) so they keep insisting that if we just keep her up she will sleep in late (tried it many times before, not true, she wakes at 7 on the dot every. single. day.). Anyway, while we were with them on thanksgiving and this past week, I spent two hours each night to get her to sleep, since they RUINED her schedule... but part of me enjoyed laying there with my little sleepy head so I did stay a little longer to soak it up. when they asked what took so long, I still said it was because they messed up her schedule. 

oh. and I had a cupcake for breakfast yesterday, and am considering having two for lunch today...

Jens_Hoes

@Jkp7749  I had taco bell nachos for dinner last night, and reese's puffs cereal for breakfast.  AND I'm still in my pjs on the couch. 

Jkp7749

nachos sound soooo good.

hp_momma

@Jkp7749 I live by my kids schedules! They make all the difference! Of course there are going to be times that you *have* to be flexible, but 95% of the time there's no reason why you can't stick to it. My SIL is anti schedule and can't understand why her twins don't nap together, her 2 year old is up until 11:30 every night and naps at 5pm... get your kids on a schedule! 
My MIL is anti schedule as well. She's been know to plan family birthdays at 830 to include dinner, umm no that doesn't even work for adults?! 

mia1116

I hate how busy the holiday season is. I totally plan on using pregnancy as an excuse to bail on things I don't want to do.

mcvgal

I work from home on Fridays. I have been working in my pjs all morning long and plan to take my shower during lunch.

nda_roxybabe

My SIL always had (Im assuming still has) her 2 kids on a strict schedule and while I get it, it can be annoying. They come to visit and we can't do anything because its like Breakfast, nap time for #1, lunch, nap time for #2, not enough time to go anywhere, nap time for #1 again, dinner, bed.
Like I said, I get it but, I wish they could nap in the car somewhere or that they both napped at the same time.

Now, all that being said, I totally plan on having baby on a schedule. I'm just really hoping that napping on the go will be an option and also that I can have some flexibility for things like vacation.

MrsFox2008

Still lounging in my pjs at 1:30 in the afternoon and I indulged on a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting after eating a salad for lunch! 

nda_roxybabe

Oh and other SIL has NO schedule and that drives me nuts. She complains that the toddler is cranky, well that's possibly because you skipped nap or you had lunch 2 hours late. Or the toddler wont go to bed till late. Well, when you let her goof off for hours at "bed time" and don't do any sort of routine, I'm not really surprised. 

Jkp7749

@h&pmomma they are driving me crazy about it. We had so many issues - colic, crazy allergies, hospital stays, etc. and we finally have everything straight and she does SO good on her schedule, but the second it's off there are tears all day, she doesn't eat well, and then she wants to stay up all night and screams and screams if I don't hold her. They never have to deal with the aftermath so they push and push and push and make us feel bad for trying to do what is best for her. Some children can deal and some can't and ours is not one who can. With twins coming I will do whatever I have to to keep her schedule and get them on one earlier hopefully if they don't have her same issues. 

@nda_roxybabe  hopefully your child will be able to handle that but if not I promise you will be so thankful or a schedule. Otherwise you won't have time to yourself because it will all be spent rocking a screaming baby, so annoying or not we will keep our schedule. I hope I didn't come across rude, I just hate how they are never understanding about it. She scheduled family pictures on the beach after bedtime and then wondered why my DD screamed for the whole two hours. 

nda_roxybabe

@Jkp7749 Not rude at all. I do understand, I really do. I am just saying it sucks sometimes when you want to hang out with out of town family and that gets in the way. The biggest issue with it too is that everyone gets such a late start or is late wherever we're going so that time is cut even shorter as a result.

hp_momma

@nda_roxybabe Vacations are definitely a time when schedules have to become a little flexible, and it's really not that difficult to get your kids on the same schedule so I don't quite understand why your SIL has so many nap times! When they are little, napping in the car or at the store is easy, but I say after about 15 months it's really difficult to get them to just fall asleep anywhere but a bed! 

Jkp7749

Thankfully, we only have one nap a day! but yes, anywhere else is way too stimulating! haha

nda_roxybabe

Jkp7749 said:

Thankfully, we only have one nap a day! but yes, anywhere else is way too stimulating! haha

Hey, with twins coming you might have lots of naps in one day! I always figure there's a twin exception to any possible annoyance. Twin parents get passes on pretty much everything as that's got to be a whole new world .

chickyclg

@Jkp7749 I 100% live by our schedule, and my family knows how strict I am too.  One of my SILs makes jokes about it by she can eff off  . 

PS, if your twins have any NICU time stick to their strict schedule.  That is how I survived the first 6 months - a year for sure!

MoshiMoshi7

@Jkp7749 I am really convinced that the people who say the baby will sleep later if you put them to bed later either don't have kids or don't remember having kids, because it's complete bullshit.

emilyalso

@nda_roxybabe - I say go have fun without them! And I don't mean it as ugly as it sounds... Honestly, if you make plans and her schedule would prevent her from going - it's HER choice not to participate. (And I say this as a person with a baby who has a moderately strict schedule.)

My FFFC is that I've never seen Frozen. I don't have anything against it, per se, but I don't believe that it can be as good as the CLASSICS (Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin...) 

chickyclg

MoshiMoshi7 said:

@Jkp7749 I am really convinced that the people who say the baby will sleep later if you put them to bed later either don't have kids or don't remember having kids, because it's complete bullshit.

Yes!!! In reality they wake up at the same time or earlier in a pissy mood from not getting enough sleep.

Jkp7749

hahaha I know, it's horrible!!! They insist on that EVERY SINGLE TIME we are doing something with them at night. and they say "we kept ours up super late so they'd sleep in in the morning and we could too." That would literally never happen!

mrsrep123

emilyalso said:

@nda_roxybabe -
My FFFC is that I've never seen Frozen. I don't have anything against it, per se, but I don't believe that it can be as good as the CLASSICS (Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin...) 

@emilyalso Same here, lol! I thought I was the only one. 

chickyclg

mrsrep123 said:

emilyalso said:

@nda_roxybabe -
My FFFC is that I've never seen Frozen. I don't have anything against it, per se, but I don't believe that it can be as good as the CLASSICS (Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin...) 

@emilyalso Same here, lol! I thought I was the only one. 

Man, that movie has saved my sanity on more than one occasion,  "Gooooo" was one of DD's first words lol.

nda_roxybabe

@emilyalso Unfortunately can't when the plan is typically going to the park or something child related, haha. Her kids are older now and I think the strict routine's are done so now we can be the one throwing a wrench in plans

hp_momma

I've seen Frozen way too many times to count! BUT we did just see Moana this weekend and I thought it was awesome, better than Frozen! Even DH said "wow that was better than I thought it was going to be!" 

And now im having to plan a Moana birthday party for DD1 in the middle of December. Nothing like a Hawaiian party in the winter! 

starphish18

mrsrep123 said:

emilyalso said:

@nda_roxybabe -
My FFFC is that I've never seen Frozen. I don't have anything against it, per se, but I don't believe that it can be as good as the CLASSICS (Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin...) 

@emilyalso Same here, lol! I thought I was the only one. 

Same! 

starphish18

My FFFC - I left work 4 hours early today. This morning was a mess. I had two dogs throwing up, one with blood in its stool, and a new dog who was supposed to have a play assessment, but we had to send him home because he had tapeworms. Everything seemed stable by lunch time, so I GTFO of there.

nda_roxybabe

My FFFC- I find pregnancy dating really confusing. Weeks I get, I can count Friday to Friday. Its the month and trimesters. My calendars say that now, at 18 weeks I'm in my 5th month and that's so weird to me.

nda_roxybabe

I even made myself this to help, but I still think it's weird. 

achays11

@h&pmomma Moana was so good! I liked the music a lot more than Frozen. 

pshaortao

I thrive so much more with DD's schedule. I was one of the not so flexible people before, until we finally got to 6 months and I was like okay put on your big girl pants, worse case she doesn't do well and we'll just come home. I never looked back since but still make sure to do things around naptime. DD doesn't nap on the go, even on a long drive. We'd be lucky to get even a half hour out of her. I'm crossing all my fingers that this one will be more easygoing and be that kid who can fall asleep anywhere.

OmegaRose3

FFC We're on a weird late sleep schedule simply because I want DD to see DH for more than the 20 minutes before work each day and we also stayed up super late wrapping presents for Christmas last night.

Second confession, I said I'd go small with Christmas, but seeing how few gifts we got for DD (1.5) I want to go shop for more...

achays11

I am probably going to have two pieces of cake at our birthday celebration this afternoon at work. And I'm not even going to feel bad. 

megchelle

My daughter was home sick today so I used it as an excuse to do basically nothing all day. Took a nap and spent pretty much the whole day laying around while she did. Dinner sucks too...velveeta shells and fish sticks. 

Squirtgun

We are totally schedule people!  And my in laws are always super confused by our schedule. Which has been the same for two years. (When younger daughter was an infant, yes, she napped more than that, but I didn't let that affect our "going out" schedule, or we never would have gone anywhere. I just let her nap in the moby!)  
Every time I see my in laws (at least weekly!) FIL asks when the girls sleep. And then seems shocked by my answer. When they're over at our house and I put them to bed, he's like "you're putting them down already?! Will they sleep? Won't they get up really early?"  (They go down between 630 and 7 and sleep 12 hours! They're sleeping really well!!) Ugh. I think it's because SIL is a total non-schedule person. I feel like whatever works with your family, you run with it and keep doing it as long as the kids are happy!!!  

My FFFC- husband brought home a dozen hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts last night, and I only ate one. And he brought the rest to work with him today. So I'm totally thinking of asking him to go get some more this evening. I feel like I had a huge missed opportunity!! 

chickyclg

FFFC, I think Krispy Kreme doughnuts are terrible.

ETA: this is probably more of a UO.

nda_roxybabe

@Squirtgun Totally missed opportunity! I'm already looking forward to my Dr. appt in 2 weeks because afterwards, I get to go to the nearby Krispy Kreme. Okay, actually looking forward to it bc its the anatomy scan, but dont get me wrong, I've thought of the added doughnut bonus.

KMD1106

I wore my cardigan inside out today until I noticed it during my prep hour. This was after I had taught 4 classes. 

vrj0522

You people are wrong! Frozen is such a great movie!

emilyalso

@vrj0522 - It very well could be. I'm just a skeptic at this point (not an outright hater ). 

vrj0522

DH watches the kids every Wednesday evening for 1.5 hrs while I work with the youth from our church. The only other break I usually get from him is once a month to go to book club. This Wednesday I didn't need to go to our youth group but I still left and went to the library instead. Good thing he didn't ask anything about it. I felt bad for not disclosing but I knew he would give me attitude about it otherwise . 

MrsFreeman2010

We are schedule people with LO but we are flexible with it. DD has always gone to bed at the same time, naps around the same time, gets up at the same time. We got lots of side eyes when she was little but she slept through the night by 6 weeks whichever I really attributed to the same bedtime routine every day.  We have no plans to change the next one. If we have plans in the evening we are a little flexible with when she goes down but we do know that by doing so we risk her being extra grumpy and that's our fault. 

My FFFC -  I haven't taken a prenatal in like 11 weeks. Maybe I'll take one today; probably not.