Weekly Randoms w/o 3/12

therealfrizzle

@rmg85 that is an awful dream. I absolutely hate pregnancy dreams. I hope you can shake the negative dream feelings today!

gingersnap-mama

@rmg85 thanks! I took another pregnancy test this morning, I know it doesn't mean anything but it's still dark. I'm accepting I have no control in this situation but to try an manage my anxiety! Pregnancy is a waiting game! 

pink_polkadots

@PMForbie happy 30th!

@rmg85 i had the weirdest freaking dreams when i was pregnant with DD. Some were truly terrifying. I even had one right after she was born while I was still in the hospital that we had lost her. I woke up in quite a state. Im not looking forward to the crazy dreams this time around. 

When we potty trained DD, we tried in the Summer of her second year, and she never really grasped it. We took a break from it because we were taking a trip Disney in the next couple weeks and I honestly didnt want to deal with the potty training there. After our trip, I immediately started it again and she picked it up so quickly (except for night time, that was a whole other story). It made me a firm believer of when they're ready, they're ready. 

tessiesmom26

I was gone for two days and I feel like I am so far behind! I had over 100 notifications when I logged on this morning! I am slowly trying to catch up. 

I am exhausted today. Yesterday we had to get up early for my Uncle-in-law's funeral. We lost power due to the storm so we retreated to my parents who had power so we could shower (well water = no water without power) and get ready. When we finally got power back we went back home, only to have our carbon monoxide detector go off at 9pm last night and we had to evacuate. The fire department found the source and took care of it right away, but we had to wait for them to come back later to clear the house to go to bed so we ended up going to bed at 11pm in a freezing cold house. Today is my first day of work this week due to snow and the wake/funeral so I am swamped. I have a dr appt in an hour with my surgeons office for my one year check up where I have to tell them I am pregnant and have them check my vitals from the CO. 

/rant. 

pink_polkadots

@tessiesmom26 oh my goodness. sounds like you've had quite  a stressful past few days. I bet that Carbon Monoxide alarm was a bit scary. What was the source of it? I hope everything gets back to some kind of normalcy for you. Sorry you've had to deal with all that stuff, sending some good vibes your way.

tessiesmom26

@pink_polkadots Thank you so much! When we lost power we lit our woodstove and when we left to go to my parents we closed it all up, but it must have never completely gone out. The wind got in and basically started smouldering again, and the air was blowing into the house instead of up and out. They aired out the house and cleaned out the woodstove so we are all set now, but it was so scary! 

troystory17

@tessiesmom26 That's scary thank goodness the fire department was able to take care of it.  I am so over this weather! I had to go into work on Tuesday to finish something up and luckily my husband was home to drive me, but we came upon an accident in the middle of the highway and had to stop suddenly which caused us to spin out and end up in a snow bank it was pretty scary and needless to say I'm ready for spring.

@rmg85 I'm sorry you had such a terrible dream!  These pregnancy dreams are getting to me also and making my mood swings even worse ..if that's possible. Now I'm also annoyed by stuff that didn't even happen IRL 

@PMForbie Happy Birthday!

tessiesmom26

@troystory17 Yikes, that sounds so scary! Glad you both were okay!! They are talking about another storm next week!! I second that spring can't get here fast enough!

goldfishcraker

@tessiesmom26 holy cow it sounds like you have had a rough couple days!! I'm sorry so much has been happening at once! I'm glad you guys had a functioning CO detector and found and fixed the problem!

@rmg85 I'm glad I'm not the only one with insane dreams. I wasn't sure it was actually a symptom or if I was just going crazy. Sure makes it tough to get a good night's rest though. 

vicioustrollop

My 3 y/o uses the potty at daycare no problem, but refuses at home. It's infuriating.

mockingjay1

@pink_polkadots - That's why we waited so long to try potty training with DS. I know so many people who struggle so much and their kids constantly have accidents weeks later and call them potty trained. To me that is very clear they aren't ready. I know they will have some accidents, but I feel like if a child is ready they will be few and far between and for a reason (scared to go in a new place, a stressor at home, etc). We put underwear on DS and frequently reminded him to tell us if he needed to go potty (no taking him there every x minutes or anything like that) and he's done great with peeing. He still hasn't pooped since we started potty training so we'll see how that goes. Any advice is welcome! 

@tessiesmom26 - How scary! I hope things settle down for you! 

goldfishcraker

I just found out that my friend and coworker is pregnant! Due 5 days after me! So stoked! Clearly our babies will have to grow up and be best friends hahaha. Trying to convince her to come join us here

rmg85

@PMForbie - It was horrible. Cranked the tunes on the way to work this morning to shake it off

@Gingersnap_mama - Whatever you need to feel that little win against the worry is all good!

@pink_polkadots @babybrain2018 @troystory17 - Oy! Not a fun thing our brains do to us!

@babybrain2018 - at least 3 of my close friends are preggo right now. So excited to be on mat leave together

rmg85

@tessiesmom26 - Hopefully only good juju for you and your family from here on out. Sending lots of good vibes your way

Thscary

Just coming here to say decaf coffee is the worst.

Thscary

@tessiesmom26 that sounds awful! Hoping you can get some relaxation time this weekend 

pink_polkadots

Guys I have been so nauseated since like 3am this morning I can’t even. The thought of eating or drinking anything sends me into dry heaves. Typing the words dry heave sends me into dry heaves. 

tessiesmom26

@pink_polkadots Ugh, dry heaving is the worst!! I hope you feel better soon and are able to keep something down! I'm starving right now, but nothing sounds good.. so I'll just sit and be hungry.

phoenix870509

Got confirmation today I am due Nov 4. So much for having no kids between the months of November and January. Oh well, it is what it is. @pink_polkadots I feel ya. My morning sickness has been insane today. I'm finally able to keep down water. My doctor wrote me a script for something and gave me a sample of Diglesis (sp?) for the time being. But the dry heaves suck.

pelorunningmama

@pink_polkadots I'm so sorry it has hit so hard! I hope you are able to stomach something later on. Popsicles? I survived off of popsicles with my son. I hope the mention of that doesn't make you heave.

gingersnap-mama

@phoenix870509 I've heard great things about diclegis! I hope it helps! 

offtoneverland

Oh no @pink_polkadots ! I hope you feel better soon.  
@phoenix870509 Why do you not want to have kids between November and January? 

phoenix870509

@offtoneverland my birthday is 12/8 and my husband's is 12/16. We started dating on 12/4. I'm Jewish, he's Catholic so we celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah. So when we first decided to have kids we said none between November and January. Well, DS was born 12/16 and now this one is due 11/4. Someone up there is laughing. Hysterically.

pink_polkadots

Thanks for the love ladies. It’s been really bad all day. Been sipping on lemonade but it’s not really letting up.  Thankful for my hubby who’s been dealing with all of DD’s needs today. 

@phoenix870509 I was prescribed Zofran for sickness my last pregnancy but it made me feel worse overall so I stopped after a few doses. Never heard of the Diclegis, I’ll have to look into it.

goldie987

Okay, question.  How do you do the spoilers boxes?  They weren't around when I was pregnant with DD and they seem like they could be really useful

marfi236

@goldie987 You can add them by clicking on the pilcrow symbol and then click on quote.


Then everything you type in the grey box will be under the spoiler.

goldie987

Thanks@marfi236 !   I feel like an idiot now that I actually fully read the board organization thread and saw it was in there.  I'll just back into my shame corner now....

lurvleybunchococonuts

This may be early or a waste of time but I LOVE to craft so now that the little bug is on the way I'm planning all the baby related projects. Most recent/first baby project... I embroidered a burp cloth/rag. And up next I'm googling patterns for homemade wraps/ring slings. Anyone else into crafting or have any baby related projects planned?

pelorunningmama

@lurvleybunchococonuts how awesome! I am terrible at crafting but I always appreciate seeing what others can make. On my last board, we had a crafting/nursery page where people shared stuff they made or bought for baby, baby’s room, etc. Maybe it would be fun to get one of those started here eventually? 

goldie987

I bought some yarn to start a blanket @lurvleybunchococonuts but I haven't done anything more yet.  I'll make a quilt like the one I did for DD once we know if it's a boy or girl but that's a ways down the road still.  Homemade wraps/ring slings sounds so cool!    

marfi236

@lurvleybunchococonuts That’s so adorable!  I do lots of knitting and I am looking around for all sorts of patterns I want to make!  I think I have decided on the blanket I want to make but I need to hold off starting it!  We’re trying to sell our house and crafting has been banned until it’s on the market!

ETA: I’m definitely going to make one of these for my LO!  This is the one I made for my cousin a couple years ago!

pink_polkadots

@lurvleybunchococonuts I love to sew! I want to invest in an embroidery machine but don’t have the extra $ right now. I like making my DD dresses and skirts as well as blankets. 

lurvleybunchococonuts

@pink_polkadots my stepmother has an embroidery machine and so does my boss so if I think of anything too detailed to do I can bribe one of them to do it the burp cloth I did by hand with cross stitch waste fabric  
@marfi236 I love bubble quilts! I made one in high school as a pillow for my mom and I would go bonkers with a crafting ban! Good luck!

mockingjay1

I haven't got a plan in mind yet, but I do plan to make some things for baby's room. I don't sew, but I have a silhouette cameo that I use for shirts and signs. I made these shirts and the sign for my good friend's baby shower last month. She had to go through IVF with both her kids. "Big sister" & "Little brother" are written in big sister's handwriting.