Also.. wtf. My son seems to want to eat every 2-3 hours during the day for me. He will start fussing and either grab my chest or burrow his head into my chest with his mouth open. If he is with anyone else he will go 4 hours. I had a class this morning so I nursed him at 550.. I just called my mom to check on him and he is "napping" and hasn't seemed hungry since I left. Really?? It's like he knows I'm not there so he doesn't bother wanting to eat. I know I'll miss the extra snuggles later but man would I love some 4 hour stretches.
Thanks @kristah2 he seems to be doing better this morning, despite my discovery that he didn't actually eat his metronidazole last night. He had regular poos this morning so it probably was just his glands. He gets groomed once a month and now it looks like we'll have to schedule a vet tech appointment once a month to get his anal glands drained. Joy. of course that was followed this morning by A rolling off the changing table (it was on our ottoman so about 18" off the ground.) I was devastated and after she threw up, we took her to the pediatrician. Once we got there, she was perfectly fine but I was still a mess. I'm buying a bottle of wine tonight for after she's asleep.
@ariylle At this age they have still lived longer in liquid than out of it so chances are it's a temperature thing. I used to work in aquatics and it is much easier to introduce water and submerges before the age of 2, which is when they begin to develop fear of water.
How does DH fail to understand that bedtime means quiet time?!? I don't get LO ready for bed and calm so you can take him downstairs, turn on the tv and play. Now I get to start over. Fun.
@SandNStarsNJ us.every.night. The othher evening it was 1230 and he took him in to change his diaper before I topped him up and put him in his crib.. I went in to find his bedroom light on and they were playing and reading books.
I'm back to b*tch again... my in laws are so manipulative, I can't even. There's a constant mind game going on or a round of unspoken politics. Today SIL mentioned that she took her DD to get her nails painted. I mentioned I'd like to do that for my DD birthday this year (she's never had it done) and inquired as to the name of the salon. Not only did she avoid telling me the name, she said all four of us would just have to go for her birthday. But like, here's the thing, I want to share that first experience with my DD, not you guys. Not to mention SIL gets a little weird (IMO) with our DD. She's has two kids of her own so when things like she took a picture with our DD, herself, and Santa at the mall but not one with her own kids it feels weird. She constantly subs our DD in for at least one of her crappy behaved kids all the time. And when I'm right there and someone comments on her 3 lovely children, she never even owns that the crazy ones are hers and the "lovely" one is mine. And then there's my MIL, which I think I'll save for another time.
My SIL is weird too. She like competitions between herself and I, yet I never know I'm participating. Hahaha. I get to see her next month along with my in-laws who also are manipulative. Well, really it's my MIL, @SandNStarsNJ, I'd love to hear what she did this time. i hope it's awhile before you see them next.
Try having a MIL with a 6 year old. We're going there in a couple of weeks. We had ordered a gift for M's (second) cousins (we haven't seen them in a few years yet after M was born they make a point to send a gift for his first Christmas, Valentine's Day and Easter!) it's just something small but the boys are young so we figured we would get them a little gift from M! We orders it to MIL's and she got so short, basically pissy because we didn't get anything for Jacob. (In the meantime we have a 15$ iTunes card for him which she knows about and it's something he wanted). Then H ordered a joke gift for his brother (it's some stupid apple pie candle that then turns to smell like "stinky fart".. I don't get it) again to her place. She was weird about that too! And she's asking H to give His playstsation 4 to Jacob because "he wants it as you're selling it. But he's not paying for it". Listen missus. We like him but seriously you need to realize that the world doesn't revolve around your child. We have a gift for him too get over it.
You guys are all making me grateful for my in-laws. The only kids they're messing with is their own. @SandNStarsNJ I'm trying to put this as tactfully as possible...are your SIL's kids...homely? That's the only reason I can see for subbing in your DD for her kids. @kristah2 you need to put your foot down now. It's insane that she expects your husband to give his PlayStation to his brother, especially if it's already up for sale.
B is finally rolling from back to front as of today! Yeah! But he seems to have forgotten how to go from belly to back despite doing this since January. FML
@rhodamorgenstern They aren't homely at all! Our kids look like they could all be siblings. I think it's two fold: 1.) her kids are very loud and not extremely well behaved in public, while ours (currently) are and 2.) DD is a mini Elle Woods and commands the attention of a room without trying (it has its draw backs).
SIL also seems to be embarrassed or ashamed of her DS having ADHD and performing poorly in school. She won't pursue testing or learning accommodations and constantly blames the teachers (every year) instead of considering the possibility her child needs help.
Sent M to my moms tonight for a couple hours while we went to a movie. She's taken him lots. He wasn't his usual happy self. He hasn't pooped in a few days and I think he has a cold (runny nose and his blocked tear duct is worse then usual. Plus I started getting a really sore throat and some severe aches tonight). She had SUCH a hard time emotionally.
She texted me when I was in the movie and said "are you out of the movie". Immediately panic mode set in for us (we also gave him his first decent amount of solids - sweet potato tonight). She texted back and just had a simple question all good.
H mentioned she gave us a fright. I didn't want to stay like we usually do since I'm aching everywhere and want to get in bed. She literally sat quietly then when we were getting ready to leave went in her room to cry and didn't even say goodbye.
Fml. Last time something like this happened she didn't speak to me for 2 weeks. AND we have reso for brunch tomorrow with them to celebrate H's birthday. Great.
@kvruns LO did that too over here. He stopped rolling front to back when he started rolling back to front. He just started rolling front to back on accident again.
@kvruns and @SandNStarsNJ I wish I knew. I would assume it's because she probably now feels like we don't trust her with m. Which is completely false. I also wasn't saying much because I feel so sick and just wanted to go home. She probably took it personally. In other news I am so sick. Can hardly move. M had a huge poop. H made me get up to deal with it. He falls asleep first. M wakes up at 1 am. zero help from H. Wakes at 8. I feel like my head and body are going to explode and he's next to me snoring Loudly. He said he would help.. great. Brunch is going to be so much fun (not). Let you know how it goes with mom.
@kristah2 Sounds like you might have the flu. I got it when I was four weeks pregnant and the body aches are no joke. Do you have a fever? I'd stay home if I were you.
One more from me; H's family is very, very different from me (in many ways but in this case I mean politically.) H has one aunt who married in who agrees with me but the rest of them are, to my mind, the far extreme of me politically. They often talk politics at the family gatherings but we generally only see all of them once or twice a year so I just smile politely and excuse myself. I don't think they realized just how much I disagree with them until they Facebook friended me. Since the election, I haven't necessarily been posting political articles (although I do maybe once a month) but I liked some joke pages and frequently like some memes they post. Apparently this is too much for one of H's aunts (of course, the extremely wealthy one that all the cousins love because she lets them stay in her mansion during the family reunion.) She not only defriended me but alerted my MIL that she did it because I'm such an "extremist." My response is "Whatever, what did you expect when H married a half Puerto Rican from NYC, with Jewish siblings?" She's entitled to defriend me if she wants but my MIL is devastated. Like I've committed some major sin. And now I have a silent dreading of any/all trips to H's home state. Which hopefully (and now definitely) won't be until Easter next year.
Ohhh I second that awkward division @rhodamorgenstern. Thankfully I'm not friends with any of them online so I can't be too divisions but FIL and I have butt heads on a few occasions - and not even on massive issues but just like "you can't say that in front of your grandchild. They're in public school and it's 2017."
WTH DD. Midnight is not the time to wake up and start the day. LO wouldn't go back down for another 2 hours and then only gave me a couple of 30 minute naps between midnight and 5 a.m. I am so screwed today.
@jsmai me too! DS got a stuffed up nose and was up All Night! I tried the snot sucker thing at 1 and that just fully woke him up and he didn't go back down until 3 then up again every half hour. It's my first day back at work Today too
We were also up from 1am to 3.30 am, at 3.30 she was still rolling and playing in her bassinet ( and it became way too small for her), I took her into our bed. She slept so well until 7.30. She usually have a short walk every day but last three Sundays, we are out in the parks, walking or for a picnic. and maybe being out in the outdoor too long is affecting her somehow. Her sleeps are always worse on those nights.
Why do the LO's always seem to wake around that 1am mark and not want to go back to sleep? S did this Saturday night after not wanting to go to sleep for the night in the first place. Took 20 mins to get her asleep and she just woke up 20 mins later, sitting up and crying. Then again, 20 mins later, sitting up and crying. Needless to say, it was a rough night.
@SandNStarsNJ I really don't get how people think some of the language they use is acceptable. One of the things I wrote that was so offensive to H's aunt was that any use of the word "retard" and it's stupid conjunctions ("libtard" or "Trumptard") shows more about your own ignorance than the person you're referring to. Apparently this was me telling other people what is and isn't acceptable. @ZoeFer do you think your LO might have seasonal allergies?
WTH DD. Midnight is not the time to wake up and start the day. LO wouldn't go back down for another 2 hours and then only gave me a couple of 30 minute naps between midnight and 5 a.m. I am so screwed today.
@ZoeFer do you think your LO might have seasonal allergies?
I never thought of that, i do not know. She does not show any symptom of allergy though. No runny nose, or itching. and she seems mostly happy. But she just wakes up way too more, especially in the first part of the night.
They're just so different than me. The first BBQ I went to, they offered me mayo for my burger. I thought it was a joke, I had never seen anyone put mayo on a burger before.
They're just so different than me. The first BBQ I went to, they offered me mayo for my burger. I thought it was a joke, I had never seen anyone put mayo on a burger before.
They're just so different than me. The first BBQ I went to, they offered me mayo for my burger. I thought it was a joke, I had never seen anyone put mayo on a burger before.
Re: April venting/FFC/WTF
of course that was followed this morning by A rolling off the changing table (it was on our ottoman so about 18" off the ground.) I was devastated and after she threw up, we took her to the pediatrician. Once we got there, she was perfectly fine but I was still a mess. I'm buying a bottle of wine tonight for after she's asleep.
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Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
The othher evening it was 1230 and he took him in to change his diaper before I topped him up and put him in his crib.. I went in to find his bedroom light on and they were playing and reading books.
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
We're going there in a couple of weeks. We had ordered a gift for M's (second) cousins (we haven't seen them in a few years yet after M was born they make a point to send a gift for his first Christmas, Valentine's Day and Easter!) it's just something small but the boys are young so we figured we would get them a little gift from M! We orders it to MIL's and she got so short, basically pissy because we didn't get anything for Jacob.
(In the meantime we have a 15$ iTunes card for him which she knows about and it's something he wanted). Then H ordered a joke gift for his brother (it's some stupid apple pie candle that then turns to smell like "stinky fart".. I don't get it) again to her place. She was weird about that too!
And she's asking H to give His playstsation 4 to Jacob because "he wants it as you're selling it. But he's not paying for it".
Listen missus. We like him but seriously you need to realize that the world doesn't revolve around your child. We have a gift for him too get over it.
@kristah2 you need to put your foot down now. It's insane that she expects your husband to give his PlayStation to his brother, especially if it's already up for sale.
SIL also seems to be embarrassed or ashamed of her DS having ADHD and performing poorly in school. She won't pursue testing or learning accommodations and constantly blames the teachers (every year) instead of considering the possibility her child needs help.
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He wasn't his usual happy self. He hasn't pooped in a few days and I think he has a cold (runny nose and his blocked tear duct is worse then usual. Plus I started getting a really sore throat and some severe aches tonight).
She had SUCH a hard time emotionally.
She texted me when I was in the movie and said "are you out of the movie". Immediately panic mode set in for us (we also gave him his first decent amount of solids - sweet potato tonight). She texted back and just had a simple question all good.
H mentioned she gave us a fright. I didn't want to stay like we usually do since I'm aching everywhere and want to get in bed.
She literally sat quietly then when we were getting ready to leave went in her room to cry and didn't even say goodbye.
Fml. Last time something like this happened she didn't speak to me for 2 weeks.
AND we have reso for brunch tomorrow with them to celebrate H's birthday.
Great.
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I also wasn't saying much because I feel so sick and just wanted to go home. She probably took it personally.
In other news I am so sick. Can hardly move. M had a huge poop. H made me get up to deal with it. He falls asleep first. M wakes up at 1 am. zero help from H. Wakes at 8. I feel like my head and body are going to explode and he's next to me snoring Loudly. He said he would help.. great. Brunch is going to be so much fun (not). Let you know how it goes with mom.
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@SandNStarsNJ I just lol'd
haha sorry, too easy. (Again: margaritas talking. TJs has this new [to me] margarita wine cocktail - holy!)
Since the election, I haven't necessarily been posting political articles (although I do maybe once a month) but I liked some joke pages and frequently like some memes they post. Apparently this is too much for one of H's aunts (of course, the extremely wealthy one that all the cousins love because she lets them stay in her mansion during the family reunion.) She not only defriended me but alerted my MIL that she did it because I'm such an "extremist."
My response is "Whatever, what did you expect when H married a half Puerto Rican from NYC, with Jewish siblings?" She's entitled to defriend me if she wants but my MIL is devastated. Like I've committed some major sin. And now I have a silent dreading of any/all trips to H's home state. Which hopefully (and now definitely) won't be until Easter next year.
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
Why do the LO's always seem to wake around that 1am mark and not want to go back to sleep? S did this Saturday night after not wanting to go to sleep for the night in the first place. Took 20 mins to get her asleep and she just woke up 20 mins later, sitting up and crying. Then again, 20 mins later, sitting up and crying. Needless to say, it was a rough night.
@ZoeFer do you think your LO might have seasonal allergies?
I'm hoping this is leap related and not her getting sick. (She just started #5)
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16