October 2018 Moms

Randoms 6/9

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Re: Randoms 6/9

  • It's between 78 and 81 at all times in our apartment, regardless of the temp outside (this week it's been upper 60s in the daytime and 50s at night). We get similar temps to SF, but a lot more sun on the east side of the bay. I keep the windows open all day and close them at night (allergies). No AC even though the building was built last year, and due to the way that the windows open and also our lease, we can't have portable units. The heat has only been on twice, when fella's mother was visiting in January.

    The good news is that we've never paid more than $35 for gas/electric. Which is a small concession for living in the highest rent market in the country. ;) 

    Of course, people say that our summer doesn't hit until August/September. Last year just before we moved, it was over 100 for several days in the Bay Area. It was over 90 when we came out here for the fella's interview, and we struggled one day to find a restaurant with AC. I am not looking forward to weather like that...while 7/8/9 months pregnant...with no air conditioned escapes!!
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  • @kiwi2628 I JUST saw this on my news feed on FB. I wish I was a bigger Drake fan and I might be more excited. However, I loved Degrassi.

    My mom just called me from Toys R Us. She gave me the option between the Jeep Umbrella Stroller for G or a "Strolly Bike" which starts as a stroller and converts over time to a balance bike. I'm having her get the bike because SS LOVED his balance bike. https://strolly.net/products/strolly-bike
  • Bought a used balance bike as I think they are genius. But upset as I overpaid even though I looked online at pricing ugh. Still paid less than new but it is for sure used. 
  • @nasalot188 Omg, that's crazy. I can't even imagine. He must be so tiny!

    E will be 18 on July 24th
    Z was born October 16, 2016
    #3 Due October 9, 2018

    MC - November 29, 2012
    CP - November 15, 2014
    D&C for MMC - October 13, 2015




  • That's crazy. He's barely viable at that point...
  • @sammierose464 that's what i said! isn't viability at 25 weeks??
  • A quick google search says 24 weeks.
  • TTGP should get fun soon. "experience with clear blue digital."
  • @nasalot188 that’s terrifying! Glad to hear he is doing ok. 
  • @chopchop25 I love when they come back and cry about how unwelcoming the board is. :D

    E will be 18 on July 24th
    Z was born October 16, 2016
    #3 Due October 9, 2018

    MC - November 29, 2012
    CP - November 15, 2014
    D&C for MMC - October 13, 2015




  • @sliztee yeah I’m the same. Dead of winter we’re still always under $200, but our house is only 4 years old. It’s definitely about how old the house is. My dad always makes jokes about how he’s going to burn to death when he comes over in the winter bc we keep it like 68 in the house. The house I grew up in (where my parents still live) is an old haunted Victorian. Expensive as shit to heat, and wicked high ceilings so you’re heating like 130% of what a new house with the same sq ft would be. They keep it like 58 in the winter during the day. 50 at night. According to the thermostat, which I never believed. My nose would be freezing cold every morning.
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  • Jeff is an absolute furnace, so I just snuggle him if it gets too cold. It works for us :)@DunkinDecaf

  • “They” say viability is 24 weeks, but I’ve read about 23 weekers that survived.  Many hospitals won’t try to keep the baby alive if it’s born before 24 weeks, although that may be changing.  A friend of an acquaintance delivered twins at 20.5 weeks and last I heard, they were in NICU. 


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  • I think they say 24 weeks is viability because at least 50% of babies survive at that stage. I think the chances at 23 are 30-40%?
  • cjx95cjx95 member
    TTGP has another drive by called Confused. 
    Hasn't returned but it could be interesting if she does for sure. 
  • @coffee-saur Forgive me for awful memory but your ‘what we wear’ comment struck me as a bit odd (because I had to think on who the ‘we’ was and why the dress would be different) so I had to think on it for a minute - are you part of the Mormon community? I vaguely remember you mentioning it a ways back maybe? 
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  • The January UO is getting interesting... 
    DS1: 8/2012 <3 DS2  8/2017 <3 DS3 10/2018 


  • @britvahok dang that thread is getting intense and I'm only just done with page two. It's like reading a page turner - waiting to read if the flu shot convo now gets picked up intensely, too.
  • @chopchop25 things really heat up on page 4!
    DS1: 8/2012 <3 DS2  8/2017 <3 DS3 10/2018 


  • I started reading it, but just don't have the energy right now. I only ready about a page and a half into it though. So many words. Good to know it gets better though. I'll have to check back after a nap.
  • chopchop25chopchop25 member
    edited June 2018
    @SweetSweetTooth that actually sounds amazing. I should start laundry but I'm out like a pancake on the sofa next to the the pups. Something about the dog bed on the floor now sounds even more comfortable.

    @britvahok that was A LOT. It was also hard to read and keep to myself, simply bc I really enjoyed some of the participants when we overlapped on TTGP and so my armor went up quickly.
  • @britvahok holy shit, that was intense. Things escalated to name calling on multiple UOs rather quickly. I'm glad we haven't had that much drama yet. 
  • Oh man. I don’t know if I should go look

    E will be 18 on July 24th
    Z was born October 16, 2016
    #3 Due October 9, 2018

    MC - November 29, 2012
    CP - November 15, 2014
    D&C for MMC - October 13, 2015




  • @sammierose464 that makes me sad. There were a few weeks where I felt a hard time connecting in, but encouraged myself to re-engage and spend more energy on what was going on with everyone, and that helped.

    I wonder if it's harder if you're a STM+ with a previously tight BMB because the expectations for the board may be unintentionally pre-set and, of course, no BMB will be the same. Curious on that one.

    Wonder what we could do to bring people in more, but that seems hard without it being artificially manufactured (which defeats the point IMO.)
  • KFrobKFrob member
    That Jan UO thread was the biggest time suck ever!!  
  • @sammierose464 @chopchop25 I felt the same way seeing the posts earlier in the week about connecting. Even though I’m a STM, I didn’t join a BMB previously so I have nothing to compare this to, but I’ve definitely enjoyed getting to know everyone here and hope that we all stay connected in one way or another. I know I don’t post as much as some others, but I certainly feel a little invested in everything going on with everyone else, as weird as that may sound.  

    Like you guys said, I’m not sure what else could be done to try and make those connections, since you can’t really force that kind of thing.

    Now off to read that January post... 
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