Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

MamaFantastic · January 2014

kcp913 said:

@mamafantastic. Were you the one looking for the softer medela pump nipple things? (so eloquent I know) were you able to find something softer to use for your pump and if so what? I'm going to be ordering my pump soon and I'm iffy on having such hard suction cup deals and was wondering if you had found a solution. Also I realize I should learn what the hell the various parts are called for a pump

good memory! i did end up finding a new pair, but it was from a friend who had bought extras for her pump and never ended up using them. she's going to give them to me in exchange for a cape

(and they are called flanges...!)

snmetz7 · January 2014

I am riding high today! half day at work, getting to see my baby girl on a growth u/s today, tomorrow is my baby showers and there will be lots of friends and food and CAKE and then Sunday is superbowl and while I don't care for the game we are going over to the IL and will have lots of yummy super bowl type foods! woohoo

JessieAlbin · January 2014

So, pretty sure a lot of first tri ugliness is coming back to haunt me. Exhausted, feeling queasy, headaches, etc... I'm actually pretty proud of myself that I'm taking it as well as I am at this point. Where as it was RUINING MY LIFE in the first trimester and the idea of it coming back in the third just sounded like torture, I'm actually feeling a little BTDT about feeling so crappy. Maybe it's because it's familiar now and every little discomfort doesn't freak me out that something is wrong, or surprise me, etc. Maybe it's because little man is extra active today and I'm totally cool with that. Whatever, I dig this zen miserable thing I have going on if I must be miserable.

olenkapdx · January 2014

J&NL said:

All this talk about flowers is making me extremely excited to finally be able to plant my own garden this spring! I know I'll probably be huge pregnant or with a NB but I really want to try to plant some vegetables and a pretty flower bed. My mom has a beautiful garden so I'm eager to make mine look like hers.

Reading this is inspiring me! I usually do a huge garden every year but I just assumed I would skip out on doing it this year, what with the baby. But I might just do a very mini scaled back garden.

Serenla · January 2014

sarlimes34 said:
oh and the commercial for the sonic 'red velvet molten lava cake' looks so amazing i could lick my TV. i think there needs to be one in my future ..... seriously

That Willy wonka tv transporter needs to be a thing. There is only one sonic in Massachusetts, it looks like I'm driving to Peabody tonight...

Serenla · January 2014

@Medic99 (((hugs))))
@aronie82 (((hugs))) for you as well.

Bees Everywhere · January 2014

J&NL said:

All this talk about flowers is making me extremely excited to finally be able to plant my own garden this spring! I know I'll probably be huge pregnant or with a NB but I really want to try to plant some vegetables and a pretty flower bed. My mom has a beautiful garden so I'm eager to make mine look like hers.

I can't WAIT for this! We bought our house last Dec, and our house had a lot of deferred maintenance to take care of so I was really focused last year on getting our lawn looking ok, and I made a raised bed veggie garden, which I love. This fall I planted a bunch of bulbs (because we have nothing bloom early spring) so I can't wait to see if those come up and get out there and do more landscaping. I love working in the yard!!! Baby girl is going to get a lot of outside time

BiggerinRealLife · January 2014

@medic99 praying for you sweetheart!

Serenla · January 2014

olenkapdx said:

J&NL said:

All this talk about flowers is making me extremely excited to finally be able to plant my own garden this spring! I know I'll probably be huge pregnant or with a NB but I really want to try to plant some vegetables and a pretty flower bed. My mom has a beautiful garden so I'm eager to make mine look like hers.

Reading this is inspiring me! I usually do a huge garden every year but I just assumed I would skip out on doing it this year, what with the baby. But I might just do a very mini scaled back garden.

I actually wanted to have a garden this year, and I need to be thinking on planting my herb seeds. Crap where is time going?!?!

Bluebird2318 · January 2014

@medic99 Best of luck with your scan!

@snmetz7 Fun weekend! Enjoy it! Eat ALL THE THINGS for me please! Let me know how your scan goes!

Movers just brought in the last of our stuff. The unpacking begins... I need to go buy two babies' wardrobes worth of hangers because I think DH accidentally threw out the old ones (they were in a garbage bag, so I can't complain too much). I love unpacking and organizing! Not even sarcasm, I am an organization nut. :-bd

BiggerinRealLife · January 2014

I've turned into a pregnant monster overnight. Woke up feeling like I'd pulled a muscle in my crotch, pretty sure I found my first ever hemorrhoid and I'm not a fan, and worst of all, DH woke me up in the middle of the night to turn over because I WAS SNORING! Loudly enough to wake him up! Mor. Ti. Fied. He was sweet enough to do an impression for me and tell me it was nowhere near my "nice, sweet, heavy rhythmic breathing. It was crazy!" He said he was sorry about all my pregnantness and he loved me, but I think he's a tiny bit gleeful because he has always, ALWAYS sawed logs in his sleep and I give him a lot of loving crap for it. This is the first time he's been able to give a teeny bit back.

Serenla · January 2014

Vinny424 said:

Serenla said:

sarlimes34 said:
oh and the commercial for the sonic 'red velvet molten lava cake' looks so amazing i could lick my TV. i think there needs to be one in my future ..... seriously
That Willy wonka tv transporter needs to be a thing. There is only one sonic in Massachusetts, it looks like I'm driving to Peabody tonight...
Wilmington mass there is one too

I didn't know that! Apparently there is one in the back bay as well. I have choices!!

JessieAlbin · January 2014

BiggerinRealLife said:
I've turned into a pregnant monster overnight. Woke up feeling like I'd pulled a muscle in my crotch, pretty sure I found my first ever hemorrhoid and I'm not a fan, and worst of all, DH woke me up in the middle of the night to turn over because I WAS SNORING! Loudly enough to wake him up! Mor. Ti. Fied. He was sweet enough to do an impression for me and tell me it was nowhere near my "nice, sweet, heavy rhythmic breathing. It was crazy!" He said he was sorry about all my pregnantness and he loved me, but I think he's a tiny bit gleeful because he has always, ALWAYS sawed logs in his sleep and I give him a lot of loving crap for it. This is the first time he's been able to give a teeny bit back.

Welcome to my life. Thank goodness for sweet husbands who love us despite the gross preggosaurus rex monsters we have become!

chichi589 · January 2014

@ColleenSwerb nope a boy! I didn't know that. I feel like that's big part of my pregnancy but I guess it's not for them. Just completely caught me off guard!

pineconey · January 2014

I hate it when adults ask if they are "in trouble". One of my staff missed a deadline that I reminded her of and said "i know I'm probably in trouble, but..."
Um, no. You are not "in trouble" because you're not 5. You are unprofessional for missing a deadline that you were reminded of AND that you had in writing for 3 weeks, which will be documented in your file. But "in trouble"? No. Just a lazy poo face who is full of excuses.

RocksInTheWater · January 2014

Tferr02 said:

I swear my husband is the loudest nose blower in the world. He blows his nose EVERY morning 5 times. Why?!??! And it echos through the house, wakes me up every time and wakes our son up about 50% of the time. I wake up with evil thoughts towards him most mornings.

Ok, now we have the same husband. His is the loudest honk and he does it every single morning. I rarely need to blow my nose except when I have a cold so I just don't understand what causes the daily need to blow your nose. And he constantly uses toilet paper even though there are tissue boxes everywhere. I went through way less toilet paper living with my roommate than living with my husband.

RocksInTheWater · January 2014

FX for you @Medic99 ! Hoping for a great scan.

Good luck with unpacking @Bluebird2318 I like organizing too but it sounds exhausting right now.

Packed weekend ahead here but so looking forward to it. Baby class tomorrow then we are staying at a nice hotel downtown while our hardwood floors are being refinished. That means hibachi grill for dinner! Superbowl party with friends on Sunday. I don't care about the game at all but it's always fun to hang out with friends and eat good food.

JessieAlbin · January 2014

I put off opening up the sweet scrap book the ladies at my shower made for me with little pieces of advice, well wishing, and funny stories about me and DH growing up, until today. Cue the ugly cry.

eireyes · January 2014

I have a meeting at 1:00 with a project manager that I work with, and I really don't want to go. For whatever reason, I just don't like this woman, and she generally annoys me beyond belief! One more hour of work after that, that's the only thing getting me through this meeting...

mrscrcalli · January 2014

The RTT is like walking into "Cheers" it just feels right..

Happy Friday to the most gorgeous mamas of 2014 :x

Serenla · January 2014

Maybe this should be in the FFFC but after the week I've had, I'm planning on just staring at my computer screen for the next 4 hours with occasional mouse clicks to make it look like I'm working.

Serenla · January 2014

mrscrcalli said:
The RTT is like walking into "Cheers" it just feels right..

Happy Friday to the most gorgeous mamas of 2014 :x

That reminds me. Happy Chinese new year!

pineconey · January 2014

Serenla said:
Maybe this should be in the FFFC but after the week I've had, I'm planning on just staring at my computer screen for the next 4 hours with occasional mouse clicks to make it look like I'm working.

I want to do this so badly!!!

janice9821 · January 2014

Went to McDonald's and had a Big Mac, McNuggets, and fries. Happened across a Italian pastry shop not an hour later while running errands and I'm now having a latte and tiramisu. Not sure whether to be proud or embarrassed about my food consumption today.

fourthnlast · January 2014

My youngest turns 6 on Sunday- I'm in denial. He's growing much too fast!!

J&NL · January 2014

jellysparkles said:

All this talk about flowers is making me extremely excited to finally be able to plant my own garden this spring! I know I'll probably be huge pregnant or with a NB but I really want to try to plant some vegetables and a pretty flower bed. My mom has a beautiful garden so I'm eager to make mine look like hers.
Same here! (We bought our house last summer.) I think I'll end up with the PNP out in the yard with us. I'm going to have to put together a list of gardening tools and make a run to Home Depot, since all we have is a rake, haha.

Same with me! Lol! Plus, I think it will be a fun activity to do with DD outside instead of being inside all the time.

J&NL · January 2014

A friend of mine (who I just bought a moby for because she said she wanted a baby carrier) said she didn't want to carry her baby because she wanted to encourage her walking and encourage her to be more independent.

Uh.. ok. Pretty sure I know a lot of kids that were carried and they walk just fine and are plenty independent. She makes me so stabby sometimes.

olenkapdx · January 2014

Serenla said:

Maybe this should be in the FFFC but after the week I've had, I'm planning on just staring at my computer screen for the next 4 hours with occasional mouse clicks to make it look like I'm working.

This is my MO most days at work lately. I am pretty much just phoning it in at this point.

Twirple · January 2014

I may or may not have had 2 donuts and a cherry coke for breakfast. And I might make up for it by having McDonalds for lunch.

I had spaghetti sauce with chicken sausage and lots of veggies, over spaghetti squash for dinner last night, so that makes it OK, right?

hlm184 · January 2014

Playing my horn is becoming a challenge. The belly gets in the way and it makes my feet turn into balloons. Boo.

katieharpiceland · January 2014

LOL at the encouraging to walk thing. hahaha. That's going to be a rough first year for her.

J&NL · January 2014

celticlullaby said:

A friend of mine (who I just bought a moby for because she said she wanted a baby carrier) said she didn't want to carry her baby because she wanted to encourage her walking and encourage her to be more independent.

Uh.. ok. Pretty sure I know a lot of kids that were carried and they walk just fine and are plenty independent. She makes me so stabby sometimes.
Yeah, who wants a lazy dependent 2 month old who won't just walk for themselves? We need to teach these babies to shape up and take care of themselves!

Seriously! I almost got offended by it because I DO plan to wear this baby, especially since I have a three year old to chase around. I'll be glad when our kids get older and my son is walking just fine so she can eat her words.

J&NL · January 2014

Oh and she said, "plus when she gets big enough to sit up on her own I'm sure Matt (her bf) will want to carry her on his shoulders anyways".

Mkay.

katieharpiceland · January 2014

J&NL said:

Oh and she said, "plus when she gets big enough to sit up on her own I'm sure Matt (her bf) will want to carry her on his shoulders anyways".

Mkay.

Yes, because that is the most practical way to carry a child, at all times. Poor woman.

deidremaria · January 2014

Animal crackers and Nutella. Can you guys tell that I'm baby sitting today?

J&NL · January 2014

katieharpiceland said:

J&NL said:

Oh and she said, "plus when she gets big enough to sit up on her own I'm sure Matt (her bf) will want to carry her on his shoulders anyways".

Mkay.

Yes, because that is the most practical way to carry a child, at all times. Poor woman.

Yeah. It's hard for me to bite my tongue because I know she has been a mom for four whole weeks so I'm sure she knows everything already and doesn't need the advice of a mom of a three year old. I just say "oh okay!" and let her learn on her own

I'm not saying everything I do is perfect but sometimes the things she says make me laugh/cringe.

Twirple · January 2014

lia619 said:

I know this has been discussed a shit ton but I am asking again. I finally got around to calling insurance about breast pumps. They require a prescription and getting the pump after delivery. Is it dumb that it makes me nervous to wait until after?

After I had DS, I ended up using my (borrowed) pump within 5 days because he wouldn't latch. My insurance was requiring us to wait until after birth, and didn't provide the pump that I wanted and had been researching, so I ended up buying my own.

That said, if you really need to pump before you get yours, you could pick up a manual pump. I have one and I ended up using it a lot.

J&NL · January 2014

I think DD is hitting a growth spurt because all I've heard today is "I'm hungry!!"

Kid has practically emptied our fridge.

J&NL · January 2014

Oh and my dog farted. Loud.. like a real human fart. I didn't even know they could do that.

thomas930 · January 2014

J&NL said:

I think DD is hitting a growth spurt because all I've heard today is "I'm hungry!!"

Kid has practically emptied our fridge.

I hear "I'm hungry" all the time from my kids! I swear they clean the shelves like teens as soon as we get home from the store. Lately, I haven't been able to keep enough food for the 3 of us because I've been so hungry too.

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