One of my bmb friends had her 2nd baby and I’m totally claiming that energy for this baby’s labor- 6 hours from contractions to delivery, and only 3 pushes. Sounds a lot better than the 24 hours of contractions and who knows how many pushes for DD 😆 also such a great start to the day to see that! It makes me excited for our babies even though we’re 4ish months away! Edited bc it’s Monday and I can’t type
@b_1029 oooh send some of that energy my way. I can't even count the number of pushes with DD, only the number of hours 😂😖
So DD is home with me today since work gave us today off, therefore her daycare closed as well. I'm trying to think of things we could do during the day, and thought maybe it would be fun(?) to go shopping for baby brother (clothes, maybe a gift for him from her) Is it too early? Is she going to meltdown because it's not for her? Am I crazy?
@pajamstagrams agreed, I have no idea how many pushes I did with DD. I know it was like 1.5 hours worth. I think it would be fun for YD to pick out something for the baby because she’d feel more involved, but I could also see her wanting whatever it is 😆 knowing my kid at least.
@jackdetroit oh man I’m jealous! My water started leaking at like 5 am one day along with intense contractions and I didn’t have DD till 24 hours later!
@b_1029 yeah I do want her to pick something out, but it's probably too soon. Maybe in early April is a better time. The nesting kicked in hard this weekend so I'm like "BUY ALL THE THINGS" and have to tell myself to chill, wait for the registry discount 😂
@pajamstagrams I’m with you there! I hung up a bunch of NB/3m clothes over the weekend even though we have zero furniture yet…I was going to buy the dresser because I want to start putting stuff away, but was worried it would get delivered while we were out of town so I haven’t yet. 4 months before the due date seems a little early to get started but hey gotta take the bursts of motivation when they come right?
okay, so the thought of a quick labor both scares and excites me. We have our family OOT and it would take a couple hours for then to get here to either take over care for DD or get her from school. We need to really come up with a local plan. But the though of only 5 minutes of pushing vs 2 hours is amazing.
I have a few Jon Jons and rompers hanging in the closet but I have folded and put away the sleepers, onesies and pants into the dresser. I'll have to wash everything but I won't do that until April.
I made a pot roast/stew overnight and have been drinking all the broth all day bc I was so freaked out about my throat feeling weird yesterday. Then this morning my brother texted me a pic of nephews positive Rona test. Today is nephews 6th birthday and SIL is also pregnant - she’s about 10 weeks ahead of me. So he took nephew at the first sign of fever before the test, and went to stay at their family cabin to isolate. I feel bad the little guy can’t see his mama on his birthday. Then to top it off our realtor texted to say she thinks she may be coming down with something. I kindof want to go hide in a hole myself so I don’t get sick with everything going around!!
I made a list of things I wanted to do around the house before I fly to Colorado tomorrow morning and meet everyone else. Mainly because it would be really nice to come home to a clean house for once. I accomplished 2 and it’s already 9 pm. Why did I sit down to eat dinner 😩 I pretty much haven’t gotten up since other than to switch laundry. So the good news is we have clean sheets, but the bad news is you have to put them on to use them lol
@b_1029 it's literally the worst feeling, walking in at 9 pm and seeing the empty mattress lol. This is why we always try to time our sheet swap when our cleaners come 🙈
@karisahamdi aaaannnd that's why we only use quilts 😂 I had a duvet once. Never again.
Duvets are the worrrrrst. Luckily we washed that before DH left so we put it back together 😆 I didn’t end up putting the sheets on till like midnight and then woke up at 4:30 thanks to travel anxiety. I am thriving today.
Checked my app today since I switch weeks on Thursdays. I haven’t really looked at the baby graphic before so I’m not sure if this is normal, but why does it look stitched together like Frankenstein or something 😆
@And846 totally agree, I could never do it. Every time daycare is closed it just proves that’s further to me (I mean I’m also usually trying to work at the same time so a little different than if I were a SAHM but I am not good at thinking of activities or anything like that)
I’m in Breckinridge right now and quite honestly struggling. I’ve been chugging water and not really doing much activity but I feel like my heart is racing / pounding constantly because of the altitude. Hopefully baby is ok. I walked for 10 min today to go get a prenatal massage and had to rest on the way back 😵💫
@b_1029 i bet it’s beautiful there! Totally normal with the altitude, keep taking it easy!
I’m out of activities and it’s only Friday night. Hoping this last minute partial week out spared her and us Covid that’s running wild at her school.
If i see another flyby “should i name my kid this” I’m going to chick my phone. I like our structure and organization…and common 3rd trimester and we can move over to a private group!
I don’t see our “confession” thread this week so I’ll post it here—
these Bump articles are SO STUPID. Tbh I probably read all of them in my first pregnancy, I wanted every single tip I could get. But now I look at them an think… these aren’t helping moms, these are creating anxiety!!! Some of them are helpful, but the ones that say stuff like “How to buy a diaper bag” make you think there’s some “secret way” that all good moms have figured out. There is no “way”. You just do it. Go to the store, find a bag, buy it. If you don’t like it, return and buy another. No article needed.
Dear The Bump- please stop complicating pregnancy and parenting!! It’s hard enough already!
Holy crap I’m back! My bump app has been wonky for like 3 days! I could see all of y’all’s lovely posts but couldn’t like or comment anything since like Wednesday! So weird. It did this to me once before - I still can’t figure out why. I tried logging in/out a few times to no avail. Anywho, it made me realize I miss having you all to commiserate with!! 💜
If i see another flyby “should i name my kid this” I’m going to chick my phone. I like our structure and organization…and common 3rd trimester and we can move over to a private group!
this!! 😂😂😂😂 I noticed one of the other BMBs had a “dirty lurker” thread bc they were getting ready to switch over and it made me laugh.
Y’all I’ve been feeling so good the last few days. COVID was horrible but now I’ve got a new energy. Picked up a rug for the nursery! I also finished organizing art supplies to get them moved out of the nursery closet (not sure where they’ll go yet…) and the dogs have been moved to the living room in their new crates. It’s officially a nursery now! I do miss having a “dog room” to exile them to during meal times but we will get a new dynamic figured out soon.
I just met the most amazing woman on Nextdoor who is giving me sooo much baby stuff! She had initially posted a little bouncer “free for anyone who needs it” and after talking to her she’s giving me a Boba wrap and a brand new breast pump (she was given two by family and one through insurance!). Let me just say how grateful I am for the generosity of others. 🥰
@and846@pajamstagrams lol totally. I also noticed in the private groups there's a new one called "August mom's: individual threads welcome" and I chuckl every time I see it on my way into my private BMB
@jandawg did you happen to catch the thread in the Aug BMB that started that group? It was wild lol. Since deleted, unfortunately. But sooo much drama.
Re: Weekly randoms- 1/17
So DD is home with me today since work gave us today off, therefore her daycare closed as well. I'm trying to think of things we could do during the day, and thought maybe it would be fun(?) to go shopping for baby brother (clothes, maybe a gift for him from her) Is it too early? Is she going to meltdown because it's not for her? Am I crazy?
JB 08.02.13
EC 12.11.15
GE 04.04.19
#4 & #5 due 05.05.22
I have a few Jon Jons and rompers hanging in the closet but I have folded and put away the sleepers, onesies and pants into the dresser. I'll have to wash everything but I won't do that until April.
@karisahamdi aaaannnd that's why we only use quilts 😂 I had a duvet once. Never again.
I didn’t end up putting the sheets on till like midnight and then woke up at 4:30 thanks to travel anxiety. I am thriving today.
Another Frankenbaby over here...anyone not 23 wks have this too???
JB 08.02.13
EC 12.11.15
GE 04.04.19
#4 & #5 due 05.05.22
I’m in Breckinridge right now and quite honestly struggling. I’ve been chugging water and not really doing much activity but I feel like my heart is racing / pounding constantly because of the altitude. Hopefully baby is ok. I walked for 10 min today to go get a prenatal massage and had to rest on the way back 😵💫
these Bump articles are SO STUPID. Tbh I probably read all of them in my first pregnancy, I wanted every single tip I could get. But now I look at them an think… these aren’t helping moms, these are creating anxiety!!! Some of them are helpful, but the ones that say stuff like “How to buy a diaper bag” make you think there’s some “secret way” that all good moms have figured out. There is no “way”. You just do it. Go to the store, find a bag, buy it. If you don’t like it, return and buy another. No article needed.