Weekly Randoms 9/11

Cynth0104

Been a little slow lately. Figured I would start this up for the week. 

What dies everybody have going on? 

NutellaToast

My husband's boss has decided to rent out his massive lake house, AirBnB style, and has redirected my husband two days a week to manage it. I am at the house supposed to be helping change the linens, but baby had different ideas, so I am currently sitting on the nicest, fluffiest leather couch I have ever seen while she sleeps and he works. Feeling a little guilty? Yes. Enjoying it a little? You bet!

Also, my mom lives in West Palm Beach, and my sister lives in Jacksonville, so I spend most of the weekend worrying about them. They both lost power, but they and their husbands are okay otherwise. I was more than a little anxious.

MamaRN13

@NutellaToast glad to hear your family is ok!

DH left for a week long work trip this morning so I am flying solo with the kids and am trying not to pull my hair out. Luckily both kids individually are great... but it's still hard. Night time was the worst. LO has entered the 'I want to be held all day, don't you dare put me down' phase and gets over tired by the end of day. Trying to bathe and read books/tell stories to DS is hard when you are holding a 10 week old!

lanie1000

@MamaRN13 good to hear I'm not alone. FTM here so I was surprised when my 10 week old started getting over tired. Before she would just conk out when she was sleepy. Now I actually have to take certain steps to "put her down" to nap. 

I've also noticed she's added a new cry to her repertoire. It sounds fake and doesn't come with tears. Usually happens when she's tired, bored or demanding to be held. 

Cynth0104

DH goes out of town for work tomorrow and doesn't return until Friday afternoon. 

Attempted to do do laundry today and realized we are out of laundry detergent. Should I take that as a sign I shouldn't do it? Ha 

jkbrownstein

My Grandmother evacuated Florida to Philly (he boyfriend has family there) which is only 2 hours from me. I decided to surprise her with a visit since she's never met my LO, I've never seen her so happy! Apparently it was also Grandparents Day so it was perfect timing. 

WeddingNotes13

I also spent a lot of time watching hurricane info and waiting for update from friends and family down there. They all came through with little damage.

@MamaRN13 @lanie1000 We are also experiencing over tired and having to figure out bedtime better. 

I am in my 4th week of grad school. My classes are two nights a week. This has been quite an adjustment for all. 

After getting the all clear to resume sex, I forgot to think birth control after so many months of not needing it (and was quite distracted/concerned with how I had healed). This caused me to freak out for a few minutes. I did some looking, decided to get plan B, and took it within 2 hrs. My milk supply took a hit for a couple days, but seems to be recovering.

NutellaToast

You guys! I have to brag! Tuesday night, the baby was extremely tired, so I put her to bed two hours early, and she slept by herself! I was able to make the lactation cookies that I had been trying to make for two weeks, spend some non baby time with my husband, and still got to bed early. Yesterday, she fell asleep during tummy time. I cleaned the bedroom, did the dishes, and started to organize the paperwork from the hospital (yes, it took this long...). Right now, she is sleeping in her swing. I am making my husband's favorite brownies, just finished the dishes again, and am now sitting on the couch Bumping. And the swing is in front of the TV, though facing away from it, and Neil DeGrass Tyson is on, so she is listening to astrophysics while she sleeps. I give myself a gold star for the week!

Cynth0104

@NutellaToast that's awesome! Those productive days are the best. I don't even know what it's like to spend non child time with my husband! 

NutellaToast

You guys! I just did a two mile stroller walk, and she slept the whole time! This is the baby that will not  fall asleep by herself, sleep by herself during the day, or lay by her self for more than 10 or 15 minutes without screaming and crying. The last two days, she has fallen asleep by herself three times and slept for more than an hour each time! Who is this child, and where did my old one go? Wherever she is she can stay there! I think I will keep this one!

jkbrownstein

@NutellaToast I love how she's smiling as she sleeps, too cute! My LO will only fall asleep in the stroller if I go "off roading", the bumpier the better. 

MamaRN13

@jkbrownstein Oh for sure... the bumpier the better! It's the best watching their cheeks jiggle up and down! 

nktrodden826

Did any STM+'s kids go through a "mama my tummy hurts" phase? DS, 2 years old, has been saying it everyday for about 2 weeks now and I'm not sure if it's a phase because we've been paying more attention to DD as she's rolling over and smiling now (started happening right when she started smiling so maybe we were overly excited and he felt left out). I'm not sure if this is a kid thing or if I need to take him to the pediatrician...anyone else's kid go through this?

alcrimmins

@nktrodden826 I believe our kids are the same age (June 15?) and dd has been complaining of that this past week. However, she has walking pneumonia as of this morning so who knows. Is he getting physically sick?

nktrodden826

@alcrimmins yep, June ‘15! Nope, he’s not actually getting sick- just complaining that it hurts. I think I’ve finally figured out that he’s starting to feel his stomach- has pains, growling from hunger, bowels moving, etc. and he doesn’t know how to express it other than saying “my tummy hurts” I pretend to listen to his tummy and say “oh it doesn’t hurt- you’re just hungry” or something like that. 

virginiaunicorn11

Yep - DS says every night and morning, “I feel yucky, Mommy.” He knows it gets him attention and extra snuggles. I’m glad to hear it’s a Thing, which hadn’t crossed my mind.