@SmashJam DD been extra tired lately - we've had to wake her up for school lately - maybe it's the crazy weather? @runsomewhere glad it was nothing - I think the better safe than sorry is the theme of the week :-) a bunch of us have had checks this week. I also don't do kick counts or always feel them...even today i put my cell on my belly on speaker and it was moving all around but couldn't really feel it. DD never really kicked per se....she did baby yoga were she just pushed really hard on one spot for a while...
Okay I’m sorry but until the bump fixes this ad thing, I think I’m going to have to step away. Literally every time I click on the text box to type something, an ad pops up and takes over my entire screen. I’m already so frustrated - toddler is cranky AF and threw a huge tantrum until I gave him a yogurt AND a yogurt drink to have with it. Now for the second night in a row he refuses to eat anything but yogurt, and my pants, shirt, couch, and child are covered in dried yogurt as the aftermath. The dog is barking and whining to go out and driving me nuts too. My H is stuck in a meeting that’s running late and I’m on my own for bedtime with the world’s crankiest toddler, heartburn, and baby hiccuping directly into my cervix. My H is making me feel guilty for not wanting to keep our son up to see him, but his bed time is in an hour and I just want to be alone, in my bed, eating cheeseburgers. But I have heartburn so don’t know if the cheeseburger is happening tonight.
Rolling my eyes at someone in my fitness group questioning the Tdap shot for all the wrong reasons. I'm all for making your own informed decisions, I actually researched it too once I read it was coming up for me but to me this one is a no brainer. Whatever floats your boat...
@zande2016 What type of law do you practice? I think you're co worker should give you a break you're working full time and about to have a child. The person at your firm should be bending over to accommodate you IMO.
@julybabybear I live in CT too and I'm honestly just ready for summer to get here for real. I was shocked when we had the hail and freezing rain on Monday.
@gingerbride26 We're going to tour a KinderCare this week actually, along with a couple others. I used to work at a KinderCare-like daycare (one of the chain business ones). We had a lot of turnover with staff. Did you find the same thing at yours? I'm sure it varies branch to branch anyways, but I was curious! That's the stuff they probably won't share on the tours.
@11dematosk It's been so crazy! I'm over it! My school is actually going to the last weekday in June from the excess of these CT snow days. I'm not too excited about recess duty in late June, 9 months pregnant. But who knows, we'll probably get more snow
@gingerbride26 there’s been a lot of negative feelings towards our local kinder care. I’m glad they’re not all kinda shady.
@zande2016 don’t blame you a bit. These adds are ridiculously frustrating. I also don’t fault you for putting your son to bed without seeing dad. I’m on my own basically every night for bedtime. I used to let my son stay up until dad got home but I just couldn’t. I wasn’t getting any breaks from him and his sleep was all out of wack from being up late. And then when dd was born I def couldn’t manage two kids late at night. There were many weeks up until school started this year that my H didn’t see the kids at all all week. He hated it but we just had to do it.
@julybabybear it's really been the front office turnover we've seen - we're on our 3rd or 4th director and 2nd or assistant director in 20 months. Some of them were understandable/reasonable reasons but the transitions were less than smooth, IMO. We've only had 2 teacher changes in our actual classroom - one in infants and one in toddlers. We like a lot about it - but our level of satisfaction seems to be dependent upon the teacher/director and they are def on the higher side tuition wise. PM me if you want to know which branches we have the skinny on. We also have a Kidde Academy and Stork Club by us - we didn't personally tour either but I can share what coworkers told me when we were looking.
@11dematosk DITTO - wtf winter was late and now it's taking over all of spring with just enough random hot days to kill my sinuses and make me sick i hate CT
Edited to reduce second post - @hillbillywife kindercare is the best choice in our area... it's the other chains in our area that have shadier reputations - just goes to prove it's totally local branch dependent!!
@11dematosk I practice special education law...about 90% of what I do is representing kids/their parents in suing school districts for private school tuition. The district we sue the most happens to be the largest school district in the entire country and extremely beaurocratic so yeah their decisions on whether/when to settle case is totally random and out of our control for the most part. I just find that my coworker/friend is generally miserable right now and feeling sorry for himself but doesn’t seem to realize how much I’m struggling myself.
@hillbillywife I felt bad because the times I haven’t made it home in time to see my son have been really difficult for me, but my son is actually not feeling well (seriously, sick again??!!) and there was no way I was keeping him up. That must be tough for you having your H work late so much. I’m kind of proud of myself because I used to nag and complain when my H would work late, and since he started his new job I vowed to keep my mouth shut because he’s doing what he needs to do to support his family and I want to support that. I didn’t complain once tonight or give him a hard time about getting home at 8. I also didn’t help with the dishes though...baby steps!
Seems like we have a lot of CT people in here. I’m not technically CT but close enough and this weather is killing me.
@gingerbride26 definitely! That’s kind of the point I was trying to make lol. If only my brain worked better than it does right now.
@zande2016 ugh! Can the weather seriously make up its mind so flu season can get kicked to the curb. I hope he feels better soon! It would be really hard for me to not see my kids before bed too. Good for you for trying to give you’re H some slack! It’s definitelt hard a lot of days. More so when he has other things he needs to do too (like for a while he was helping a friend after work while they were remodeling their bathroom). I’m just hoping that it’s just a season for us and someday he’ll want to do something different or find a way to make this work fit into normal business hours. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see!
My meeting went well yay! I was so scared that I would be in trouble. I am definitely going to reach out to my OB about starting on anxiety meds I need something to help me even out.
DS went through the night with no pull up and didn't wet! Maybe the start of no pull ups? I was throwing them away every morning dry so figured, why not try?
This time tomorrow i'll be on a flight to FL...haven't packed a single thing...nothing buttoned up at work...i'm just rolling with it... DD has finally gotten over her recent moodiness - just in time to travel and screw the schedule to hell again... Don't even care - 3 days of sun and palm trees is just what the dr ordered - even if there's 60% chance of t-storms during the actual wedding.
I can't with this week. I'm just physically and emotionally spent! I'm on day 3 of feeling like a total mess.
I didn't want to come in to work today because I'm tired and frustrated with something happening here that really isn't even my problem. The only reason I didn't call in was because I have the HVAC guys working on my house today so that wouldn't have been that relaxing anyways. So i'm driving to work and start crying while listening to the news about the woman who passed away on the Southwest flight yesterday. They were talking about how she was a mom of 2 and it hit me so hard that these ones forever lost their mom. I just need to sleep this funk off.
@lindsayleigh1989 I think it's crazy and kind of sad how quickly BMBs are becoming total ghost towns. Buuuuut I'm on here using my work desktop 90% of the time and when I actually used the app the other day i was like hell no. So, i totally get the desire to move and will join if we move to FB. i just don't want our little group to fall apart either way.
Helllllllllllllo ladies! I am making my return Sorry i've missed out on a lot, i'm basically a stranger at this point. DH got an internship (i mentioned this briefly in another thread) so he works 70 hours a week and goes to school full time, so basically I go to work, cook dinner take a shower then we get to bed before the sun goes down. Lol Last week my dad told me he has cancer but luckily the prognosis is very good. It's been a whirlwind these last two months!
@smashjam yay to a dry morning! You could always keep trying the underwear but keep a few pullups as backup. Just a few won't take up too much space and you'll have some if you need them. @gingerbride26 Is a mini vacation even a vacation if you don't wait until the last minute to pack. lol. Enjoy the Florida rays, just bring sunscreen in case you need it! @runsomewhere i'm sorry you're having a funky week Pick up some ice cream (or any other deliciousness) and just take a small break tonight if you can. @lindsayleigh1989 I don't have any complaints about the ads because the app is completely useless to me. The only time I can chime in with you ladies is at work on the desktop and it's been very busy lately at work. The app has never worked for me. It's always logging me out then when I log back in it tells me i'm a new member and can't contribute for a few days. I have an iphone, IOS is typically pretty good so I don't know why the app has never cooperated for me. So, it's not the ad reason, but I HATE the app and it typically is the reason i'm not more involved.
@runsomewhere I have days like those too. It's annoying! I hope you can get out of it with a yummy lunch or some self care later tonight! @gspmom21 welcome back! Sorry to hear about your dad but glad the prognosis is good.
I have not been on mobile much and am not affected but agree with @runsomewhere that I a)dislike the early ghost town-ness but b) would join a fb group if we went that way.
ETA: how do Facebook groups work? I haven't joined with either of my last two bump boards but I'm guessing there is no check ins? Like, nothing to stalk through because people will just post random things coming to their minds? So Facebook would really be one big question and answer/randoms board?
@lindsayleigh1989 I don’t see adds anymore either. Maybe they got the drift finally! I’d rather not disappear to fb yet but I will if that’s where everyone is going.
@runsomewhere I’m sorry it’s been such a stressful week. I hope that you’re able to get some r&r here soon!
@gspmom21 yay! Welcome back! I’m glad you didn’t disappear forever. I’m sorry about your dad, but glad that the prognosis is good!
Welcome back, @gspmom21! I hear you about not checking in with the board for a while. Glad your father's prognosis is good and that you're back here, too.
@lindsayleigh1989 it sounds like the ad thing is calming down, though I haven't been on my app today. I'm not opposed to a facebook group, but can also see how it would be less organized.
@lindsayleigh1989 I would be willing to move to fb, but also don't have that many issues with the app. Also second to @smashjam on how Facebook groups work? Is there still some semblance of organization? Or does it become a free for all? Because that could also affect my opinion lol
Me: 31 DH: 34 Married: April 2016 TTC December 2016 BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17 MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017 BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18 TTC January 2019 BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
I'm in a Facebook BMB from 2016. It's not super active (our board split into 2 Facebook groups and I'm in the smaller one), but it's mostly weekly posts like "Toddler Tuesday" or "Mommy & Me Monday" where people share pictures in the comments and then people asking questions. I would say it's much less organized, but I like it better in some ways (less public, easier to regulate).
Even on desktop the ads drive me nuts....if I accidentally scroll my mouse over the pop up ad in the bottom right corner of the screen, it starts playing the sound of the ad. I haven't checked the app yet today to see if that's still an issue. I think I prefer waiting until late June/July for FB, but would go along now if that's what everyone wants to do. OR, if the ad situation gets worse, I'd be down to bounce right now.
@runsomewhere sorry you're having a tough week. I'm right there with you, I was in such a horrible mood this morning and blew up at my husband, which made my toddler start crying uncontrollably, and then I felt like the world's worst mother because I scared my kid and never want him to see me get like that again. I hope you start feeling better soon. I heard that story about Southwest this morning too, and I kept thinking about how it happened on a flight that took off from the airport I JUST flew out of a month ago, and that totally could have been me, or my sister who flies out of that airport monthly. Cue waterworks.
@gspmom21 I'm sorry about your dad, but glad the prognosis is good.
I feel like there was something else I was going to say. Mind blank. Thanks preg brain.
Can someone start a HDBD thread? I can't figure out how to gif from my phone and I'm embarrassed but I actually took a work bathroom selfie so want to finally participate and AW hahaha
Me: 31 DH: 34 Married: April 2016 TTC December 2016 BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17 MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017 BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18 TTC January 2019 BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
Gif isn't working for me. Ugh, there's always something with the app!
OMG I'm being so lazy at work. I just can't today all I want is adding things to my registry and lay in bed! Good thing I went for a long walk this morning
@gspmom21 welcome back! Congrats to you and your hubby although that sounds like a rough schedule! I'm sorry to hear about your dad, good to hear that the prognosis is very good though.
So, I'll out myself as a weirdo but I hate ice cream lol, I do feel like I need a fun treat to cheer myself up though
@kissableviv thank you, I keep reminding myself that everything is fine and that I have a fun 3 day weekend coming up, it's been a pep talk in my head all morning lol.
@hillbillywife thank you, I'm counting down the hours till the weekend, definitely craving some r&r!
@zande2016 sorry to hear that you're having a rough morning too. i think that being pregnant makes it even harder to not internalize tragedy or not feel vulnerable because of it.
Welcome back @gspmom21 ! Well early this morning i was trying to create the HDBD thread but during all that the stupid pop up ads froze my phone twice! The second time there was no remedy but to let it die and wait. Glad to see the ads are gone because that was the most frustrating thing. I dont mind FB but might still be early. I still participate in my 2016 FB group but it’s not very active.
@ashbub714 also usually the group is set to secret so people cant see you are in it or even be aware of it from outside of it. In my last bmb I don't think any of us were friends for awhile once we first joined.
Glad the ads are gone, I stopped using the app because of them. They were super irritating! I still miss the July 2018 at the bottom though, scrolling back up in a little annoying. I'm rarely on FB, like maybe once a month, but if this group migrates over there, I guess I'll be back on FB more often!
Re: Weekday Randoms 4/16
@runsomewhere glad it was nothing - I think the better safe than sorry is the theme of the week :-) a bunch of us have had checks this week. I also don't do kick counts or always feel them...even today i put my cell on my belly on speaker and it was moving all around but couldn't really feel it. DD never really kicked per se....she did baby yoga were she just pushed really hard on one spot for a while...
@julybabybear I live in CT too and I'm honestly just ready for summer to get here for real. I was shocked when we had the hail and freezing rain on Monday.
@11dematosk It's been so crazy! I'm over it! My school is actually going to the last weekday in June from the excess of these CT snow days. I'm not too excited about recess duty in late June, 9 months pregnant. But who knows, we'll probably get more snow
@zande2016 don’t blame you a bit. These adds are ridiculously frustrating. I also don’t fault you for putting your son to bed without seeing dad. I’m on my own basically every night for bedtime. I used to let my son stay up until dad got home but I just couldn’t. I wasn’t getting any breaks from him and his sleep was all out of wack from being up late. And then when dd was born I def couldn’t manage two kids late at night. There were many weeks up until school started this year that my H didn’t see the kids at all all week. He hated it but we just had to do it.
@11dematosk DITTO - wtf winter was late and now it's taking over all of spring with just enough random hot days to kill my sinuses and make me sick
Edited to reduce second post - @hillbillywife kindercare is the best choice in our area... it's the other chains in our area that have shadier reputations - just goes to prove it's totally local branch dependent!!
@11dematosk I practice special education law...about 90% of what I do is representing kids/their parents in suing school districts for private school tuition. The district we sue the most happens to be the largest school district
in the entire country and extremely beaurocratic so yeah their decisions on whether/when to settle case is totally random and out of our control for the most part. I just find that my coworker/friend is generally miserable right now and feeling sorry for himself but doesn’t seem to realize how much I’m struggling myself.
@hillbillywife I felt bad because the times I haven’t made it home in time to see my son have been really difficult for me, but my son is actually not feeling well (seriously, sick again??!!) and there was no way I was keeping him up. That must be tough for you having your H work late so much. I’m kind of proud of myself because I used to nag and complain when my H would work late, and since he started his new job I vowed to keep my mouth shut because he’s doing what he needs to do to support his family and I want to support that. I didn’t complain once tonight or give him a hard time about getting home at 8. I also didn’t help with the dishes though...baby steps!
Seems like we have a lot of CT people in here. I’m not technically CT but close enough and this weather is killing me.
@zande2016 ugh! Can the weather seriously make up its mind so flu season can get kicked to the curb. I hope he feels better soon! It would be really hard for me to not see my kids before bed too. Good for you for trying to give you’re H some slack! It’s definitelt hard a lot of days. More so when he has other things he needs to do too (like for a while he was helping a friend after work while they were remodeling their bathroom). I’m just hoping that it’s just a season for us and someday he’ll want to do something different or find a way to make this work fit into normal business hours. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see!
@kissableviv I read the most eye roll producing frustrating thread on WTE on the same topic ugh.
I didn't want to come in to work today because I'm tired and frustrated with something happening here that really isn't even my problem. The only reason I didn't call in was because I have the HVAC guys working on my house today so that wouldn't have been that relaxing anyways. So i'm driving to work and start crying while listening to the news about the woman who passed away on the Southwest flight yesterday. They were talking about how she was a mom of 2 and it hit me so hard that these ones forever lost their mom. I just need to sleep this funk off.
Please don't leave me ladies! I love our group!
@gingerbride26 Is a mini vacation even a vacation if you don't wait until the last minute to pack. lol.
@runsomewhere i'm sorry you're having a funky week
@lindsayleigh1989 I don't have any complaints about the ads because the app is completely useless to me. The only time I can chime in with you ladies is at work on the desktop and it's been very busy lately at work. The app has never worked for me. It's always logging me out then when I log back in it tells me i'm a new member and can't contribute for a few days. I have an iphone, IOS is typically pretty good so I don't know why the app has never cooperated for me. So, it's not the ad reason, but I HATE the app and it typically is the reason i'm not more involved.
@gspmom21 welcome back! Sorry to hear about your dad but glad the prognosis is good.
ETA: how do Facebook groups work? I haven't joined with either of my last two bump boards but I'm guessing there is no check ins? Like, nothing to stalk through because people will just post random things coming to their minds? So Facebook would really be one big question and answer/randoms board?
@runsomewhere I’m sorry it’s been such a stressful week. I hope that you’re able to get some r&r here soon!
@gspmom21 yay! Welcome back! I’m glad you didn’t disappear forever. I’m sorry about your dad, but glad that the prognosis is good!
@lindsayleigh1989 it sounds like the ad thing is calming down, though I haven't been on my app today. I'm not opposed to a facebook group, but can also see how it would be less organized.
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@runsomewhere sorry you're having a tough week. I'm right there with you, I was in such a horrible mood this morning and blew up at my husband, which made my toddler start crying uncontrollably, and then I felt like the world's worst mother because I scared my kid and never want him to see me get like that again. I hope you start feeling better soon. I heard that story about Southwest this morning too, and I kept thinking about how it happened on a flight that took off from the airport I JUST flew out of a month ago, and that totally could have been me, or my sister who flies out of that airport monthly. Cue waterworks.
@gspmom21 I'm sorry about your dad, but glad the prognosis is good.
I feel like there was something else I was going to say. Mind blank. Thanks preg brain.
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
OMG I'm being so lazy at work. I just can't today all I want is adding things to my registry and lay in bed! Good thing I went for a long walk this morning
So, I'll out myself as a weirdo but I hate ice cream lol, I do feel like I need a fun treat to cheer myself up though
@kissableviv thank you, I keep reminding myself that everything is fine and that I have a fun 3 day weekend coming up, it's been a pep talk in my head all morning lol.
@hillbillywife thank you, I'm counting down the hours till the weekend, definitely craving some r&r!
@zande2016 sorry to hear that you're having a rough morning too. i think that being pregnant makes it even harder to not internalize tragedy or not feel vulnerable because of it.
@lindsayleigh1989 I am good with whatever you guys decide!
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
Welcome back @gspmom21!
I also don’t know how FB groups work. Do you have to be friends on fb first?
Well early this morning i was trying to create the HDBD thread but during all that the stupid pop up ads froze my phone twice! The second time there was no remedy but to let it die and wait. Glad to see the ads are gone because that was the most frustrating thing.
I dont mind FB but might still be early. I still participate in my 2016 FB group but it’s not very active.