Are you wanting to actually interview the pediatrician? If so, call back and try to schedule that.
Otherwise, yeah, basically what they told you is what I was told- put the pedi’s name on the hospital paperwork and call back when the baby is born.
(Think of it this way- they can’t establish a new patient relationship yet because the patient hasn’t been born yet. I also imagine that they get a lot of calls from prospective parents who never actually end up using their office.)
super random but today I made two sandwiches (one for breakfast and one for lunch) on wheat bread. When I went to eat the one for breakfast I started gagging and the bread smelled sour. I usually eat wheat bread and even had it yesterday at lunch. I swore the bread had gone bad overnight but my hubs checked it and says its just me super weird but I kept smelling it and the bread just smells sour. Ive had some food aversions (chicken) before but not something that pops up in the middle of pregnancy. Needless to say I am hungry and ready to go buy lunch
@knottieamusements yeah I asked if I needed to talk to a pediatrician first or do something like that, they just said nope, call after baby is born with the dr you want. Agree with your points though...I just wanted to make sure they weren't totally off base with what I want. It's all in the same system as one of the major hospitals here (that I'm not delivering at, incidentally lol), so I'm sure they are fine. And if people on nextdoor rave about them, then they are probably good.
@jemmerjams - I pretty much took the same approach to selecting my pedi. I know some parents are really particular, but it feels like something that I could stress a lot over for very little marginal benefit.
Everything went smoothly and he’s out now! They took some biopsies to rule out some stuff but they said he looks good. Might just be time to change his diet. FX
So i just spent almost 10 min on hold with a potential pediatrician's office, just for them to tell me to call back when the baby is born. Um, ok....that was helpful. But it's a highly recommended office so I guess I'll deal...
The past 24 hours have broken me guys. Work yesterday was slammed- everything was trying to die on me. So finally, I get home after a long day, and not 3 minutes after I sit down on the couch, but our ADT alarm goes off. So I go and look and it says flood warning. I go into the basement- well our basement is flooded due to the stupid torrential rain the northeast got yesterday; and normally our basement is so lovely and dry! So I spend 2 hours vacuuming it up with a shop vac, and then go to this cooking class with my mom. When we get home I start vacuuming up more that has seeped out from the walls and my H finally gets home, and my mom knocks on my door (at 10:30 at night mind you) to say she was trying to leave and now she has a flat tire. Go out to look...she has a SUPER flat tire. My H and I spend 30 minutes switching the tire as the lugnuts were rusted on and we took forever and a mallet to get the flat off. Go back inside, vacuum up more water and go to bed. Wake up this AM, come to work....MORE THINGS KEEP TRYING TO DIE ON ME. I just sat down to shove food in my mouth and take 10 minutes to myself before I start calling owners with bad news.
How would you guys word this (and also feel about this) -
We asked on our work board if anyone's kid home from college or anything would want some bucks to house sit/watch the dogs when we're away for a week. A few came back, and we found a girl we like who is 17. My only concern is that...does a 17 year old really know how to run a house? Heck I'm paranoid about leaving the burners on, can I trust her to remember to shut everything off?
I was going to email her mom (a coworker) to say that we'd love to have her (she got along well with the pups at a meet and greet), but does she feel comfortable... <and this is where I need help on wording - trying to say something along the lines of 'running a household' but really talking about just the day to day responsibilities of kind of being a homeowner. I don't think I'm making sense but hopefully someone gets what I'm getting at...>
@kiwi2628 ugh sorry for your crappy day! Hope things get better for you and you can relax this weekend!
@chopchop25 not sure the best way to word that, but to be honest, if it were me I probably wouldn’t feel super comfortable with a 17 year old house sitting for me. I know there are plenty of responsible 17 year olds out there, but at 17 they’ve probably never actually lived on their own, so there’s a lot that they probably just wouldn’t know/think about in terms of keeping the house.
@chopchop25 - I think you would have a really hard time wording that question. If the Mom already offered her daughter’s services, then she is already comfortable that her daughter is responsible. I’d be more inclined to ask specific questions like “has she house sat for other people before” and “have her parents left her home alone for the weekend”.
Also, the people who house sit for me have an extensive questionnaire that they had me complete before their first assignment. It gave all of us a lot of comfort that they knew how to take care of things while I was gone (even down to watering the plants).
I think I still have the blank questionnaire; send me a PM if you want a copy of it.
@chopchop25 Hey "blahblahblah", "I'm so glad your daughter has offered to house/dog sit for us. I just want to make sure she feels comfortable with the upkeep of the house for the week. *List of responsibilities you'd like done while your gone, vacuuming, feed times, if the dogs are leashed or not when let out, take dogs for walk, wash dishes she uses, if you recycle, etc.* If she feels comfortable with these tasks we'd love to have her over for dinner one night before we leave to go over everything in depth. If she doesn't no worries! Thanks again"
@pumpkinpancake@knottieamusements@mamabearcj thanks! It is a tough one to ask - I like your wording @mamabearcj + combining it with some of @knottieamusements questions on if she has house sat before. I should have asked her that when she came over. I don't want to simply decline without following up because she did seem super responsible and I'd love to have a local kid to help out when we need it + would rather give her the bucks because I know I appreciated those kind of gigs when I was in HS.
I’m also going to throw this out there - what are your expectations for them in “maintaining a household”? I expect my sitters to take care of my cat and dog, clean up the kitchen if they use it, strip their bed, get the mail and keep the house locked.
Mostly, I want pet care and someone physically in the house so it doesn’t appear empty. I don’t expect them to do any cleaning or maintenance. None of this would be outside of what I think a typical 17 yo can handle.
@knottieamusements yup that's about it + take out the trash/recycling and you know...not throw a rager or leave the house a mess? Our bar is low after some bad last sitters we had.
@knottieamusements yup that's about it + take out the trash/recycling and you know...not throw a rager or leave the house a mess? Our bar is low after some bad last sitters we had.
Had to read this a couple times - I thought you meant you were running out of alcohol because the last sitters drank it all and couldn’t figure out why that mattered because she’s 17 and you don’t want her throwing parties... I may need a nap.
hahaha @purplegoldfish2 H would have been livid if all of the booze was gone! We had a college kid here who clearly just never owned a place in the sense that she clearly didn't realize the mess she left behind her. I feel like sometimes you don't notice those things until you're in a place of your own. She also opened up a bunch of food (which is against Rover's rules) and stuff without letting us know. Listen, if you need some food, grab something, but the org through which we got that girl doesn't permit it and then she refused to acknowledge it. The lying is what gets me, not the food. Our sitter before that got kicked off of Rover because she lied about when she was here. Poor Carlos was in his tiny crate for like 15 hours and they never got breakfast one morning bc she lied about being here before we got home. Sadly for her, our alarm system door sensors don't lie.
So, after all that, I went this route because I figure the kid or family member of a coworker is less likely to pull crap bc they have a family member with a stake in the game. We shall see..
@chopchop25 all reasonable to ask of a house/pet sitter. The couple DH and I just sat for were super easy going and said we could help ourselves to whatever (we brought our own food though I wasn't comfortable eating theirs) they left instructions for recycling and trash, to keep the dogs food and water bowls always full they eat when they want, let them out whenever they come back when they're done, and to clean out the dust trap to the roomba daily. Showed us how to work the TV, shower, and washer to start our sheets for when we left and that was pretty much it. We washed what we used for dishes and I wiped down the house this morning when we left. I think that since she's your coworkers kid itll be better, if she has any questions or concerns she can always call you guys or her mom. I will suggest to leave a number of a friend or family member who is closish bu in case something comes up and she cant get ahold of you.
I would lean toward having your coworkers daughter do it over a stranger. When I was in high school my neighbor would pay me to house and cat sit. Since my mom knew them she would come and make sure I was doing a gold job so she didn’t look bad. Your coworker may be impressing on her daughter she has to do a good job, or Check on her a bit to make sure.
Are bumper pads really that bad? I had them for my older kids but was adviced not to use them for this baby. My kids are 13 & 6. Anyone using them anyway or using something else instead?
The general consensus from the medical community is that they're not safe because they're a suffocation risk. I've seen people using breathable bumpers instead for babies that have a problem with getting limbs wedged in crib slats. The regular bumpers are just for decoration though so I've never found them necessary.
Ladybug - April 2013 Dandelion - October 2018 Angel "Aurora" - July 2020 Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021 Angel "Maxine" - January 2022 Angel "Violet" - March 2022 Baby Dove due March 2023
@knottieamusements Late to the topic of your amazing bathroom reno! Looks like a more functional space now and will make bath times with Blast more enjoyable!
Me 33 DH 41 TTC since 2016 Due: October 12, 2018 Location: Ontario, Canada
@mamabearcjthe app is being a PITA for me as well. Doesn't want to open threads, when it finally does it won't just go back to the board it sends me to the menu. So I'm also on mobile web.
We are on the road so my service will be spotty anyway.
Exciting news though. My mom called today to tell me she ordered us a new crib (which DH had told me someone was but not who) and it'll be here next week! Apparently she felt bad that the one she tried to give us was bad and that her grandson deserved a nice crib.
Re: Randoms 6/22
Are you wanting to actually interview the pediatrician? If so, call back and try to schedule that.
Otherwise, yeah, basically what they told you is what I was told- put the pedi’s name on the hospital paperwork and call back when the baby is born.
(Think of it this way- they can’t establish a new patient relationship yet because the patient hasn’t been born yet. I also imagine that they get a lot of calls from prospective parents who never actually end up using their office.)
@krzyriver fingers crossed the procedure is quick and smooth!
@knottieamusements loooove the update! looks so good
super random but today I made two sandwiches (one for breakfast and one for lunch) on wheat bread. When I went to eat the one for breakfast I started gagging and the bread smelled sour. I usually eat wheat bread and even had it yesterday at lunch. I swore the bread had gone bad overnight but my hubs checked it and says its just me
super weird but I kept smelling it and the bread just smells sour. Ive had some food aversions (chicken) before but not something that pops up in the middle of pregnancy. Needless to say I am hungry and ready to go buy lunch 
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Plz- send help. And tequila.
@kiwi2628
We asked on our work board if anyone's kid home from college or anything would want some bucks to house sit/watch the dogs when we're away for a week. A few came back, and we found a girl we like who is 17. My only concern is that...does a 17 year old really know how to run a house? Heck I'm paranoid about leaving the burners on, can I trust her to remember to shut everything off?
I was going to email her mom (a coworker) to say that we'd love to have her (she got along well with the pups at a meet and greet), but does she feel comfortable...
<and this is where I need help on wording - trying to say something along the lines of 'running a household' but really talking about just the day to day responsibilities of kind of being a homeowner. I don't think I'm making sense but hopefully someone gets what I'm getting at...>
@chopchop25 not sure the best way to word that, but to be honest, if it were me I probably wouldn’t feel super comfortable with a 17 year old house sitting for me. I know there are plenty of responsible 17 year olds out there, but at 17 they’ve probably never actually lived on their own, so there’s a lot that they probably just wouldn’t know/think about in terms of keeping the house.
Also, the people who house sit for me have an extensive questionnaire that they had me complete before their first assignment. It gave all of us a lot of comfort that they knew how to take care of things while I was gone (even down to watering the plants).
I think I still have the blank questionnaire; send me a PM if you want a copy of it.
Hey "blahblahblah",
"I'm so glad your daughter has offered to house/dog sit for us. I just want to make sure she feels comfortable with the upkeep of the house for the week.
*List of responsibilities you'd like done while your gone, vacuuming, feed times, if the dogs are leashed or not when let out, take dogs for walk, wash dishes she uses, if you recycle, etc.*
If she feels comfortable with these tasks we'd love to have her over for dinner one night before we leave to go over everything in depth.
If she doesn't no worries!
Thanks again"
I don't want to simply decline without following up because she did seem super responsible and I'd love to have a local kid to help out when we need it + would rather give her the bucks because I know I appreciated those kind of gigs when I was in HS.
Mostly, I want pet care and someone physically in the house so it doesn’t appear empty. I don’t expect them to do any cleaning or maintenance. None of this would be outside of what I think a typical 17 yo can handle.
We had a college kid here who clearly just never owned a place in the sense that she clearly didn't realize the mess she left behind her. I feel like sometimes you don't notice those things until you're in a place of your own. She also opened up a bunch of food (which is against Rover's rules) and stuff without letting us know. Listen, if you need some food, grab something, but the org through which we got that girl doesn't permit it and then she refused to acknowledge it. The lying is what gets me, not the food.
Our sitter before that got kicked off of Rover because she lied about when she was here. Poor Carlos was in his tiny crate for like 15 hours and they never got breakfast one morning bc she lied about being here before we got home. Sadly for her, our alarm system door sensors don't lie.
So, after all that, I went this route because I figure the kid or family member of a coworker is less likely to pull crap bc they have a family member with a stake in the game. We shall see..
I think that since she's your coworkers kid itll be better, if she has any questions or concerns she can always call you guys or her mom. I will suggest to leave a number of a friend or family member who is closish bu in case something comes up and she cant get ahold of you.
Edit to add disclaimer: we tried these ones last year and do not like them at all.
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023
TTC since 2016
Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
@sliztee such a BLAST!
TTC since 2016
Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
We are on the road so my service will be spotty anyway.
Exciting news though. My mom called today to tell me she ordered us a new crib (which DH had told me someone was but not who) and it'll be here next week! Apparently she felt bad that the one she tried to give us was bad and that her grandson deserved a nice crib.
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#4 Due 10/26/18!