Weekly Randoms - Week of 4.9

maureenmce

What's going on this week, guys?

maureenmce

As for me, today is my husband's birthday, but we celebrated yesterday and I'm so glad because, hi the beginnings of nausea and food aversions!  In addition to our celebrations yesterday, I'm hoping to surprise him with some kind of dinner on my way home, but I am out of ideas because nothing food wise sounds good. Maybe pizza? You can't go wrong with pizza, right?

Also, quite random, I'm having lunch today with my ex husband. we've been divorced nearly ten years, we're both happily remarried, he's a nice guy, so it shouldn't be awkward, but I wonder if it might kind of be inherently awkward to have lunch with your ex husband? I don't know. We got randomly assigned to work in the same office building together for a few months (we both work freelance in the same field) and he wanted to go to lunch so... I'm going! Hope it's not super weird.

runrinserepeat

I'm still back and forth between denial that I'm pregnant, over the moon excited, and scared out of my mind about what we've done. Honestly the last one is getting me more and more. It'll all be okay, though. Lots of people that three kids. Not a big deal. We'll adjust. Breath. Breath. Breath. 

PensiveCrayon

@runrinserepeat I’m terrified to ask, but how was the transition from 1 to 2? That’s what’s getting me scared. I feel like I’m in a really good groove with my son right now. 

runrinserepeat

@PensiveCrayon I didn’t think it was too bad. Our daughter looooooved having a baby in the house, and when they’re little they sleep so much anyway, I had plenty of time to spend with her, too. 

maureenmce

@runrinserepeat How old was your daughter when your second was born? Was there any jealousy as your second got older?

@PensiveCrayon I feel like we are in an amazing place with our DD and I'm so scared of messing it up. She just turned 2 in February and is so fun and happy and silly, but she's going through a serious mama phase and I'm very worried about jealousy.

westcoastfoodie

I’m anxious about going from 1 to 2 as well. Our son is going through a really clingy stage right now which adds to the anxiety. He used to be so independent and all of a sudden he’s a barnacle. 

@maureenmce as an outsider, I don’t think that’s weird to have lunch with your ex! My parents are still great friends and I’m friends with my ex. I think as long as everyone, including SO’s are ok with it, enjoy your lunch! 

runrinserepeat

@maureenmce she was almost 2.5, and no jealousy issues until they were MUCH older. For the first year of his life (at least), she just loved having a baby around. Now (they’re 6 and almost 4), it might be a different story at times

maureenmce

@runrinserepeat Oh that's great to hear. My DD will be a couple months shy of 3 when this LO is born, so I'm hoping the jealousy doesn't come until later in our case too. 

@westcoastfoodie We are in full barnacle phase over here as well. In particular, she is attached to me and I have to do everything from help her turn on/off lights to get her milk, to prepare her food. "NO DADA DO IT" is the most common refrain in our household at the moment. Super hoping that phase passes soon!

littlewhitecottage

I'm hoping since my son will be almost 5 when this baby is born that it won't be too hard of a transition.  Maybe wishful thinking. Totally putting on my rose colored glasses and believing it for now, though. Lol

runrinserepeat

@littlewhitecottage I'm super worried about my son being jealous. He'll be 4.5 when this one comes. He loves babies in small doses, but he's also the biggest momma's boy ever. I don't think he's going to be pleased that I'll be spending so much time holding someone else

My daughter will still be fine. She still loves babies, LOL

gracie4400

I'm also nervous about having two - 2 under 2 to be exact! I also go from super excited to panic attacks on a daily basis

CecilB93

Also worried about having 2. My DS will also be a couple months shy of 3 when this one is born. He gets super jealous if I'm holding any of our other friends kids, so this will be interesting! I told him the other day that mommy was going to have a baby, and he said "no baby mommy"...great 

celette482

@maureenmce and @westcoastfoodie barnacle phase.... yeah. Mine just discovered about a week ago that you can hug Mom or dad’s legs, very very tight, and they either have to pick you up or fall on their faces.

littlewhitecottage

@runrinserepeat omg my son is such a momma's boy at the moment.  Like literally obsessed with me.  I'm hoping once we tell him (which will be much later into the summer, I think), I can start preparing him for what it will be like...talking about it and easing him into the idea.  But yeah...hoping for the best.

littlewhitecottage

Anyone else YouTubing 7-8 week ultrasounds like crazy? No? Just me?  Cool.
(Send help) 

runrinserepeat

I had such a good run tonight. It really felt fantastic, and I pushed the pace to sub-9:00 for a couple of intervals, which is speedy for me. 

maureenmce

Randomly, I decided to make a new ticker and replace my old one, but when I switched it out for some reason it won't work, it's just the link. I tried putting my old one back and it won't work either. I followed the instructions same as before - anyone else having trouble or is maybe the site just being glitchy and I should try again tomorrow?

@runrinserepeat That's awesome you had a good run!

mommythlegend

@littlewhitecottage, I haven't moved on to u/s yet, I'm still obsessively researching hcg numbers & trying to figure where mine should be if they run it again TR...

orangecrush29

I'm in a happy food coma from ramen night at a local restaurant and am trying to figure out how to enjoy a wedding we are going to on Saturday.... I was so excited to have a fun night partying with my hubby! We'll still have a great time, but no drinking and complete exhaustion is gonna put a damper on things! 

mckcak23

My son has decided that sleep is over rated. He screamed from 10 pm- 2 am this morning. I have no clue how I'll make it through today.  

runrinserepeat

It needs to warm up already. My kids are driving me nuts with their attitudes. They need to get outside and run some energy off. I keep telling DH I’m excited for the baby stage again, because no sass. 

Activebaby

runrinserepeat said:

It needs to warm up already. My kids are driving me nuts with their attitudes. They need to get outside and run some energy off. I keep telling DH I’m excited for the baby stage again, because no sass. 

No sass, exactly. And no one who mainly tells you No! Breakfast? No! Milk? No! Diaper? No! ...1 second later “MIlK!!!!”

morgantu

So i got to work today and then realized i put on NO makeup this morning. pregnancy brain can't be here already, can it? 

CecilB93

Activebaby said:

runrinserepeat said:

It needs to warm up already. My kids are driving me nuts with their attitudes. They need to get outside and run some energy off. I keep telling DH I’m excited for the baby stage again, because no sass. 

No sass, exactly. And no one who mainly tells you No! Breakfast? No! Milk? No! Diaper? No! ...1 second later “MIlK!!!!”

Yes to all of this! If we're stuck inside because of weather, DS wants to watch songs on YouTube on our phones. It's a bad thing we let him get into, and I'm trying to get him off the phone...when it's warm it's easier because those toys are "new" to him so he plays, inside is a different story, he sees those toys every day and is bored with them. He's also just super active, so we can let him run and hit stuff outside, lol. And his favorite word lately is "No!" Ugh, I'm struggling with the toddler stage lol.

mittenlove86

I just hope today goes better than yesterday. DS has been on antibiotics for an ear infection since Thursday last week. He had been getting better and then yesterday all of a sudden he got way worse. He had a low fever on and off, he wouldn’t play at all (daycare said he played maybe 5 minutes the whole day), he was very lethargic and slept way more than usual. Well of course by the time I picked him up and saw just how abnormal he was acting it was after hours at the doctor office. So I ended up calling them and had to wait for the on call nurse to call me back. Then she wants me to bring him in right then because the office is still open and they don’t have any patients there. So DH is in the middle of making dinner so he stops what he is doing and we leave as soon as we can. Doctor ends up saying his ear infection is getting worse and changes antibiotics. So now we have to wait for the pharmacy to get the rx ready so we decide to go get dinner while we are waiting (it is now 7:15). So after all is said and done we got home at like 8:45 (DS usually goes to bed by 7:30). Luckily we got him his medicine and he passed out right away. So far when I woke him up and took him to daycare this morning he was seeming much more like his normal self, so hopefully today goes well. 
  

CecilB93

@mittenlove86 I'm so sorry DS has such a bad ear infection  hopefully this new antibiotic helps him! Glad to hear he's doing better this morning at least!

mckcak23

@mittenlove86 ugh ear infections are the worst! I am so sorry. I really hope this round clears it up quickly!!

texas_t

@kadeephd I saw in your other thread y'all stayed in Akumal; that's where we stayed in Dec 2016! What resort?

mittenlove86

@CecilB93 @mckcak23
thanks ladies! Must be going okay so far...I haven’t heard anything from daycare yet

kadeephd

@texas_t We stayed at the Grand Bahia Principe Tulum.  We used credit card points to do it and that was the best deal I found near Cancun.  Where did you stay?

texas_t

@kadeephd We stayed at Sian Ka'an! The adults only portion of the same resort! It was gorgeous!! If you makes you feel the slightest bit better, like I said, I didn't see one bug! I did see a lot of those adorable little cotamundi, though, lol!

maureenmce

Oh my god you guys,I am so stupid. I had been feeling nauseous and bad most of the morning, but then magically at lunch time it all went away and I felt great (and HUNGRY) so I thought I would treat myself to an amazing salad at the fancy grocery store a mile from work. And, since I'm trying to exercise by walking 30-45 min every day, I thought I'd walk! You know, it was *well over 90 degrees out* when I decided this, but it looked so close on my map. So uh, it was a bad idea. It took forEVER because I couldn't go very fast (because I was melting) and then on the way back, after I had a very weird lunch of brussels sprouts, a salad with chicken and blueberries a bit of enchiladas and some hard boiled eggs (what? why?) the nausea came back with a vengeance and I was just trying not to puke or faint the last like, 20 minutes of the walk. Also, I'm sweaty and we have a huge work meeting in an hour. Also, my PGAL brain is like "YOU MORON, YOU JUST WALKED FOR OVER AN HOUR IN 90 DEGREE HEAT, WHAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG."

Anyway, grateful to be in the air conditioning now and not moving from my desk the rest of the day.

*Edited to add I feel SO much better and less freaked out now, lol. The air conditioning has brought peace and sanity to my brain.

mittenlove86

I have to rant for a min. So normally on Wednesday’s DH picks up the kiddo from daycare since I work late those nights. Well he failed to tell me that he has a track meet tomorrow (he coaches) and that he can’t pick DS up. I told him that since it it his night to pick him up it is his responsibility to figure it out. He says to me that it’s my responsibility because he put it on the calendar and I should’ve seen it. UGH! Luckily, my mom was over babysitting tonight and I was able to ask her to help by picking him up for me. She has done it a lot in the past so she’s been a huge help. But still, I told him it was his responsibility because it’s his night. I pick him up every other day of the week! 

am+mommy

@runrinserepeat- I feel the same as you! It’s like a cycle! 

@gracie4400 I’m also very nervous of having 2 under 2.... plus 2 more. 

I feel a little crazy about having another baby since I feeling overwhelmed sometimes as it is because I have 3 kids that have completely different needs right now. 

kadeephd

@texas_t How funny that we went to the same resort!  It was a nice trip.  We also didn't see mosquitoes, but did see lots of cute catamundi.

celette482

Shower thought: you can be down for something or you can be up for something, but they mean the same thing.

booksandhikes

Having a preteen is hard crap. The eyeballs and drama are so hardcore in this house. I'm getting a little anxious about having a newborn and a 12 (almost 13 by then) in the house (and BF's almost 7 year old).  But the gap between oldest and youngest is scaring me to craps.

AGK2015

Not to brag or anything, but while my toddler was throwing up everywhere last night, my husband is the one who took care of EVERYTHING, from the bathing to the changing multiple sets of sheets to the starting a 2am load of laundry to the curling up in her bed to cuddle her back to sleep. I got a great night's sleep, more or less. He... did not. 

I think we're gonna do okay with two kids.

CecilB93

@AGK2015 he's a keeper!! Hope your toddler is feeling better soon!

Activebaby

AGK2015 said:

Not to brag or anything, but while my toddler was throwing up everywhere last night, my husband is the one who took care of EVERYTHING, from the bathing to the changing multiple sets of sheets to the starting a 2am load of laundry to the curling up in her bed to cuddle her back to sleep. I got a great night's sleep, more or less. He... did not. 

I think we're gonna do okay with two kids.

That is awesome! My h does not do this. He does exactly what I ask (not more) while gagging himself. He’s a good h, but doesn’t do vomit well.