MMBF

purpleXdandelion · March 2014

I didn't see one yet.

Let's hear it ladies!

purpleXdandelion · March 2014

My overly "helpful" MIL was over yesterday for DH's bday. DS needed a bath so her and I were in the bathroom with him. When we were done, I did my normal routine: push the lever down to drain the tub, rinse the shampoo from his hair, and take him out. Well as I'm carrying him out of the bathroom, I hear her go "oh gotta drain the tub..." The tub drains slower than hers so she probably didn't realize it was already going. I heard her jiggling and messing with the lever but was like "whatever, she'll figure out that it's draining." Then last night, I noticed the lever was pushed WAY down, and when I went to move it I noticed it wasn't really attached like it had been before, it was looser. So this morning I take my shower and the tub WILL NOT DRAIN. No matter how I move the "tub drain lever" the water wont drain. WTF. so I'm guessing something broke when she was jerking it around trying to get it to drain (which it was doing already). Ughh.

AutumnBonfire · March 2014

jessa8907 said:

Posted this on Randoms thread too but it fits better here.

I'm going to kill my husband.

He found out the asbestos material in the house we put an offer on MIGHT POSSIBLY BE (no 100% here, at all) in the attic insulation and now all of a sudden he wants to completely walk away. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS SHIT. We have to be out of our rental May 31st. Even at this point we can't close until the end of April. If we purchase any house that needs work before move in that means we have to do this NOW.

This happened once before. A house I really liked and was ready to put an offer in happened to have some galvanized pipes and he was done with it. WTF? At our price point we cannot afford to be picky.

So.. I might be living in a box before this is over guys.

Can't you request that the current owners fix this before you agree to buy?

bunkgirl · March 2014

jessa8907 said:

Posted this on Randoms thread too but it fits better here.

I'm going to kill my husband.

He found out the asbestos material in the house we put an offer on MIGHT POSSIBLY BE (no 100% here, at all) in the attic insulation and now all of a sudden he wants to completely walk away. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS SHIT. We have to be out of our rental May 31st. Even at this point we can't close until the end of April. If we purchase any house that needs work before move in that means we have to do this NOW.

This happened once before. A house I really liked and was ready to put an offer in happened to have some galvanized pipes and he was done with it. WTF? At our price point we cannot afford to be picky.

So.. I might be living in a box before this is over guys.

That super sucks. I hope your DH can be reasoned with? Buying a house with my husband was not a picnic. I'm pretty handy and he has no clue about ANYTHING home improvement wise...I thought I would throttle him during our home inspection. I hope you guys can work something out so you can buy the house!!

bewilderingstar · March 2014

jessa8907 said:

AutumnBonfire said:

jessa8907 said:

He found out the asbestos material in the house we put an offer on MIGHT POSSIBLY BE (no 100% here, at all) in the attic insulation and now all of a sudden he wants to completely walk away. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS SHIT.

Can't you request that the current owners fix this before you agree to buy?

At this price point I doubt they will cover the cost to have it removed so no. Asbestos removal is a big cost.

I don't think it'll pass inspection with asbestos. I'm pretty sure they would have to fix it before being able to sell. Are you doing an FHA loan?

knitsandgiggles · March 2014

jessa8907 said:
Posted this on Randoms thread too but it fits better here.

I'm going to kill my husband.

He found out the asbestos material in the house we put an offer on MIGHT POSSIBLY BE (no 100% here, at all) in the attic insulation and now all of a sudden he wants to completely walk away. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS SHIT. We have to be out of our rental May 31st. Even at this point we can't close until the end of April. If we purchase any house that needs work before move in that means we have to do this NOW.

This happened once before. A house I really liked and was ready to put an offer in happened to have some galvanized pipes and he was done with it. WTF? At our price point we cannot afford to be picky.

So.. I might be living in a box before this is over guys.

That sucks. Is the asbestos easily removeable? Maybe get a quote on removing it before walking away. I would even try pushing it back to the sellers. They may pitch in to help keep the deal in the table. No house is perfect so hopefully your husband can be reasoned with.

Sorry - just saw your earlier reply to another poster about it being cost prohibitive to remove at this point.

kwh33ls · March 2014

This is a long one.

I f***ing HATE college basketball, and here's why:

My husband works late-ish hours. Home at like 7-7:30 usually, and he typically goes to the gym 3-4 days a week for 8 pm. I am (lately) in bed by 9 or 9:30 (I am up at 5:15 for work). This means that most days we get at MOST 90 minutes or so to eat together, exchange "what happened today" stories, and make eye contact. When he goes to the gym, that's like 30 minutes. We haven't slept in the same bed for months because of his snoring and my now very light sleeping habits. Pretty sucky.

Now, all of a sudden, his alma mater's basketball team is in the bracket, and it's life-altering. He wants to go to games, watch games at the bar, talk about the games, analyze the game, and watch it at home during dinner. I'm losing my shit over this. First, I'm alone like 90% of the time because of our schedules (which is fine - that was the norm, and my sleep habits are what are doing most of it) and now he's adding in a new-found obsession with a sport he never cared about until now??? F*** that.

Thanks

Skeemer · March 2014

I think the co-worker who will be filling in for me during my maternity leave thinks my job is so easy a monkey could do it. Maybe the job is, but my supervisor isn't. Also, what she's been shown has been fairly easy I can tell she acts kind of smug about it. But I made a training manual months ago for whoever takes my place & if someone can't follow it (READ) then they seriously need to be fired. Just wait, I want to tell her, until 4 departments are breathing down your neck & you can't find the right info to give them. I've been at this job a long time & there are plenty of times I still sweat it out.

BUT - I didn't provide all of the extra little things I do on a daily basis to make my life & my supervisor's life easier. I put the basics in there for her to get the job done for 3 months while I'm snuggling my tiny tot.

beff12 · March 2014

DH is taking our dog to the vet this morning

I wrote about it in the random thread last week - he kept us up an entire night because he was having diarrhea. Then he was fine...until two nights later, he had it again. And he's been perfect since then - until last night!

So I'm super grumpy this morning. DH was in a terrible mood because he was the one getting up to let him out (love that guy!) and neither one of us slept very much. I'm obviously worried that there's something wrong with him because his symptoms are so weird. My last complaint is that we allllll know how expensive vet bills are, even if there (fingers crossed) isn't anything seriously wrong with him. Blah.

katnipeverclean · March 2014

beff12 said:

DH is taking our dog to the vet this morning I wrote about it in the random thread last week - he kept us up an entire night because he was having diarrhea. Then he was fine...until two nights later, he had it again. And he's been perfect since then - until last night!

So I'm super grumpy this morning. DH was in a terrible mood because he was the one getting up to let him out (love that guy!) and neither one of us slept very much. I'm obviously worried that there's something wrong with him because his symptoms are so weird. My last complaint is that we allllll know how expensive vet bills are, even if there (fingers crossed) isn't anything seriously wrong with him. Blah.

He might just need a little GI anti-biotic to get his gut back on track and a few days a gentle GI diet. There's a prescription food called ID that I keep on hand and to give my dogs when they have tummy troubles. I hope it's as simple as that and nothing serious!

purpleXdandelion · March 2014

BPaws said:

Also! 720 calories in a shamrock shake??? 500+ in a small? No thank you St Patricks Day!

Yikes! Glad you posted this. I was gonna get one today, but I'll save my $3 now. Holy moly!

beff12 · March 2014

SarahVol131 said:

beff12 said:

DH is taking our dog to the vet this morning I wrote about it in the random thread last week - he kept us up an entire night because he was having diarrhea. Then he was fine...until two nights later, he had it again. And he's been perfect since then - until last night!

So I'm super grumpy this morning. DH was in a terrible mood because he was the one getting up to let him out (love that guy!) and neither one of us slept very much. I'm obviously worried that there's something wrong with him because his symptoms are so weird. My last complaint is that we allllll know how expensive vet bills are, even if there (fingers crossed) isn't anything seriously wrong with him. Blah.

He might just need a little GI anti-biotic to get his gut back on track and a few days a gentle GI diet. There's a prescription food called ID that I keep on hand and to give my dogs when they have tummy troubles. I hope it's as simple as that and nothing serious!

Thanks girl! We talked about trying some probiotic food. It just concerned us that it all started up again after he had been acting fine. Poor little guy! Thanks again for your well wishes!

Skeemer · March 2014

beff12 said:

DH is taking our dog to the vet this morning I wrote about it in the random thread last week - he kept us up an entire night because he was having diarrhea. Then he was fine...until two nights later, he had it again. And he's been perfect since then - until last night!

So I'm super grumpy this morning. DH was in a terrible mood because he was the one getting up to let him out (love that guy!) and neither one of us slept very much. I'm obviously worried that there's something wrong with him because his symptoms are so weird. My last complaint is that we allllll know how expensive vet bills are, even if there (fingers crossed) isn't anything seriously wrong with him. Blah.

@beff12

This is super far fetched but in the event the vet doesn't know what's wrong with your dog have him test for Addison's Disease if the following are also symptoms -

Dehydration
Constipation
Loose stools
Weight loss
Loss of appetite
Loss of energy

Our rat terrier mix had terrible upset stomach & couldn't control himself. He got really sick before the vet finally was able to properly diagnose him. He is now on a once per month steriod shot to help him stay healthy.

As I said, it's a super far fetched idea to think your dog may have Addison's but I wish someone had known to tell me sooner so we could help our pup quicker. Just keep the thought on file for later if the vet doesn't know what's going on. I hope your doggy gets better asap!

ETA: What made me think of Addison's is that several times during the night our pooch couldn't control himself.

jnnfrrose6 · March 2014

Just got off the phone with insurance about my breast pump options and the woman I spoke to was an idiot. I'm pretty sure she's not familiar with pumps to begin with (fine), but I was essentially told they cover "standard manual and electric pumps." Now, could she clarify what that meant? No. She provided me with the codes I should use to submit a claim with the receipt of whichever pump I decide on. Now, could I get her to clarify if there were limitations to the pumps I could choose between? No. It just has to fall under the code I submit, but I have no way to know if it does. I did a quick search on google for the code and I can get the medela PISA "starter set," but I'm pretty sure that's not something you just get in the store, but actually have to order, despite her telling me to "just got to Babies R Us and pick out the pump I want and submit the receipt with the code."

Ultimately, I'll get this all figured out, but the woman I just spoke to was really not much help at all.

Jennik30 · March 2014

beff12 said:
DH is taking our dog to the vet this morning I wrote about it in the random thread last week - he kept us up an entire night because he was having diarrhea. Then he was fine...until two nights later, he had it again. And he's been perfect since then - until last night!

So I'm super grumpy this morning. DH was in a terrible mood because he was the one getting up to let him out (love that guy!) and neither one of us slept very much. I'm obviously worried that there's something wrong with him because his symptoms are so weird. My last complaint is that we allllll know how expensive vet bills are, even if there (fingers crossed) isn't anything seriously wrong with him. Blah.

I hope everything turns out to be ok with your dog. I completely understand the frustration of vet bills, I have to take my cat in because of a hematoma in his ear and have it drained.

Pooka8 · March 2014

While I'm thrilled to have my hubby home (he was deployed from October to February) I am also so relieved that he went back to work today. He's been home 3 days shy of a month. During that time he rarely made it to bed before 3am and usually slept until 11 while i had to keep to DD's 8am wakeup schedule. He also has NOT finished unpacking his bags! I just spent forever hauling duffle bags and boxes into our basement where they won't induce pregnancy rage every time I look at them.

He's probably going to be upset that I hauled the stuff down there alone, but with him it seems that it takes me almost injuring myself doing things that are his responsibility before he actually DOES IT ON HIS OWN.

I'm happy to have him home but man do I miss having complete control over my household and the mess in it.

bunkgirl · March 2014

DH is being a big baby and it is pissing me off. #1 He decided to stay up until 2am last night (God only knows why) then slept in until almost 9am. Once he finally woke up he started talking about his brother and his family not coming to our son's indoor water park birthday party until Friday instead of Thursday night like we had hoped. I started offering suggestions such as call your brother and talk to him about this and DH stomps off and says "I have a staff meeting at 10, I don't have time for this." He would have had time if his stupid ass didn't stay up so late and he was actually an adult and got up before 9am...seriously GROW UP!

lindslalala · March 2014

DH is pissing me off. I want to take DS to the zoo this week and he is whining about it. It's a 2hr drive just to get there, so a long day, but we never do ANYTHING and I hate that he complains over stuff like this. It's one day, suck it up buttercup!

katnipeverclean · March 2014

I really want to take Friday off with DH and take DD to the zoo. I don't think it is going to happen and Saturday is her birthday! We've done this the past two years on her birthday and I feel like she's getting jipped out of her last special birthday as an only child. Sigh.

marsalisails · March 2014

Does everyone want to kill their husbands right now? ! I'm no exception. My husband is amazing, but right now I fell like his priorities are completely at odds with mine. We have been on completely different pages for about a month now and I'm over it.

He wants to quit his miserable job and I'm all for it if it means he'll turn back into himself. But it's a making him freak about money. To me is no big deal - I've actually BEEN poor, on food stamps, watching my mom rotate utility bills so that something doesn't get shut off. I've actually SEEN sacrifices that my parents have had to make in order to make it through. This is NOWHERE close to that.

We are so lucky, and he doesn't even realize it, and it's really pissing me off.

jensavicci · March 2014

This is a bitch at myself.

Just do the laundry already! You've been borrowing clothes from DW and you look like a Puerto Rican reggaeton rapper! Which is not the look you are going for! Just do it I say!

Also, my son has this cow lick in the middle of his hair. He's been walking around looking like alfalfa and while it was cute at first, now it's just annoying. Just go down random piece of hair!

mrs.amma · March 2014

I've got 2 today...

#1- On Friday night I went out to Target and left DH home with the dog. I came home with dinner and he's all pissy. Apparently, he took the dog out back to pee and she went to rub in a scent in the grass (which she does a lot) and the scent was actually another animal's poop. So then he had to give her a bath (which she hates) and got all scratched up trying to keep her in the tub. But it all could have been avoided if he just kept her away from the tree where we know cats and gophers hang out all the time.

#2- The week of Thanksgiving my boss got laid off, which was really awful because it was right before the holidays, no one saw it coming, and he was a great boss. So they split my department up between 2 VPs which has been less than ideal, but we were finally finding our groove. Last week our brand new CIO announced all these new organizational changes that includes putting my department back together under an interim boss. That's 3 bosses in 3 months, with a new permanent boss on the horizon. Meantime, I have a maternity leave plan I need to tell someone and I have no idea who needs to know. Oh and 2 weeks ago they laid off the woman who was handling all of our benefits and I was going to guide me through all the maternity leave benefits stuff. I'm in work limbo and it is so frustrating!

helloblueeyes · March 2014

My MIL is driving me nuts, we don't really get along very well under normal circumstances.

She got a huge ass refund because she did the last 3 years of taxes. She lives in a rental house and has been spending money left and right to fix up things, new dishwasher, redoing the tile floor in the kitchen, new sink in her bathroom, etc...

My DH has tried to tell her time and time again that it's stupid to fix up a house she rents, especially when she's always going on and on about how she hates renting and wants to buy. She could have used the return she got to clear out her debt and have a nice chunk as a down payment. But no.

She decided she wanted to take us on a mini vacation. Cool, whatever. She is an adult and if she wants to use her money this way then fine.

The problem is that she has changed her mind a dozen times about stuff, which is especially annoying as i have to make all the reservations because she doesn't have a bank account/credit or debit card.

The latest problem is that she wants to rent a car. She has an escape but it doesn't have valid registration or insurance. She also doesn't have a valid drivers license.

So DH brings up the topic of who is going to drive, because i'm the only one with a valid license. She says she will to which both my DH and i say no. Now her driving is scary as fuck normally but add in San Fran streets and i may have a heart attack. She says everything will be fine, and maybe it will, but if not it's on my ass and i'm not going along with that.

My DH says he will get his license (he had one and it expired and he just never renewed it, i do all the driving anyway) and she seems totally fine with this. My DH hates driving in CA, he hates traffic and has a terrible sense of direction. I can feel that this is going to be a huge fucking issue. I will probably have to end up driving and she is probably going to bitch. She also wants to rent a Tahoe, which yes, it's comfy but it's also fucking huge, San Fran is not the place for big SUVs.

Not to mention i get car sick normally, and usually have to ride up front. I don't see this being any better while pregnant. I also have the best navigation skills and know San Fran better then anybody else. I get the feeling she will be pain if she has to ride in the back seat the whole time.

I'm already dreading the whole trip. One of these days i want a actual relaxing vacation.

ETA: Holy novel Batman! Sorry!

hgtvmom · March 2014

beff12 said:
DH is taking our dog to the vet this morning I wrote about it in the random thread last week - he kept us up an entire night because he was having diarrhea. Then he was fine...until two nights later, he had it again. And he's been perfect since then - until last night!

So I'm super grumpy this morning. DH was in a terrible mood because he was the one getting up to let him out (love that guy!) and neither one of us slept very much. I'm obviously worried that there's something wrong with him because his symptoms are so weird. My last complaint is that we allllll know how expensive vet bills are, even if there (fingers crossed) isn't anything seriously wrong with him. Blah.

Poor little dude! Hopefully some Flagyl and bland diet will fix him up and not be too expensive.

We had 2 of our critters at the vet Friday. The puppy had to go in for an ear recheck (raging ear infection the week before that was being made worse by an allergy to the flush we were using at home) and Thursday night, the cat puked up a worm, so he has to go in. 2 different vets, so 2 different trips. At least the puppy was relatively cheap. The cat was not.

bullybutt · March 2014

Luckynumbers81 said:

Lately, if I have to get up to pee at anytime after 2am, that's it, game over, I'm awake. I have tried not drinking after 8pm and it seems to be helping, but for goodness sakes, WHY, oh WHY, won't I fall back asleep.

I'm so tired and I know I need to cherish every second before LO gets here!

Oh man, I want that puppy in the gif!! SO CUTE!

abunai523 · March 2014

I have a whoooooole bunch of them today...

Since bringing our kitty home from getting surgery he has been a complete handful. I ended up having to go out and buy him a cone because he wouldn't stop licking his staples, and he acts like it's the end of the freaking world and can't figure out eating with it on. So I have to take it off, watch him like a hawk, hope he eats some, then chase after him and wrestle it back on as soon as he starts to lick, then I get the 'worst human in the world' face and he mopes around. At least he's been super into snuggles, that part's nice. The 2 grand that had to come out of our savings to pay for the surgery? Less nice.

Also I have so much to do, and we have a trip coming up at the end of next week that we are NOT ready for so I can't get myself excited for it which sucks, the lead-up excitement is usually huge for me. This is our last big vacation together before Finn gets here, I want to feel prepared and be pumped!

I still haven't done my taxes. I spent all the end of last week and half this weekend dealing with kitty surgery stuff so it's still hanging over my head with everything else.

And I gained a SHITLOAD of weight since my last appointment. Seriously. I feel like I'm doing a great impression of Jabba the Hutt over here. My doctor wasn't concerned (really? 8 pounds in 5 weeks and you're cool with it???) he said that a growth spurt at this time is common and since I'm still all baby and I was thin before that my body's just doing it's thing. I've only gained 20 pounds total which is on track but yeesh.

mrscurlygurl · March 2014

ZeroZeroOne said:

I despise when my coworker adds water to the tiny bit of soap at the bottom of the soap dispenser instead of just getting a new one out. I just went to wash my hands and the cold watery soap spurted out all over my shirt. I get it if there's no soap left but we have six bottles under the counter. Now I have a big wet spot on my shirt.

How is that less work than getting out a new bottle of soap??? People are weird.

zellatrix · March 2014

Luckynumbers81 said:

That is me at work today. And I have work study students sitting in my office while I have my heads in my hands, snoring.

AMcLaws · March 2014

My neighbors upstairs are pricks. Their music is BLARING so loudly that the pictures on my walls are freaking shaking. I had to turn up my tv WAY louder than I like having it just to be able to hear it (I have chores to get done, so DD is watching disney junior. I don't even feel bad). ANYWAY, neighbor actually had the nerve to come downstairs and ask me to turn down my tv because they couldn't hear their music. Are you fucking kidding me?? I actually told her to look at my damn walls. See my pictures shaking?? That's from your damn music. If I can hear it, you most certainly can hear it. Kiss my ass.

AutumnBonfire · March 2014

I guess I'll complain about my husband too.

One day last week he tells me he needs to buy back his military time so it can go into his state retirement. Ok, great. Then he proceeds to tell me that this will cost us $24,000. I think my answer was hysterical laughter. Why doesn't he just ask for a million billion dollars? We don't have that kind of extra cash right now. We're probably going to be the most pressed for money we ever will be in our lives over the next few years with multiple kids in daycare. Its like he just woke up one day last week and decided to all of a sudden care about his future. He's a lot older than me. He was in the military in the late 80's. He got his state job in the 90's. He just thought of this now?!

I feel like he had a whole adult life before me that he chose to extend his youth and now its all becoming my problem when I feel like we're just starting "our" adult lives (career, house, mortgage, kids, etc.). Then he gets pissed at me.

He's also having a major freakout over the fact that his IRA doesn't have more money in it. I met him when he was 37. He did what until that point?! We both have retirement funds through work, so its not like we'll be living on the street some day. He's just annoyed that he can't retire early. Um, no. He just started his full time job 8 years ago.

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sxymamakat · March 2014

My bitchfest is at the raging sinus infection I have had now for 3 weeks. At first it was just "try to do honey and lemon, you'll be fine", which turned into the OB insisting I go see my primary. Fine. Not like I didn't tell you the shit coming out of my face was lime green (yay for St. Patty's?). I have a severe penicillin allergy, so the only antibiotic they could offer was Clindamycin- yeah, not helping much. They also wanted steroids, but with my history of blowing up on them, they decided to do a nasal steroid spray instead. Well, my asshole insurance doesn't cover it, and it's the only one on the market that is pregnancy safe, and it's nearly 300 for a 6 day supply.

This comes 3 days after my insurance screwed up and billed me nearly 5 grand for all my ultrasounds, saying they were all out of network. Well, my own network doesn't DO ultrasounds at all since they have no OB departments- I got the necessary referrals to override and go to a different provider, but they simply ignored the paperwork. Apparently they thought I wouldn't notice a bill for nearly $5000?!?!?! I hate insurance. HATE HATE HATE.

dobbyisfree · March 2014

I have 17 hours of vacation left until it replenishes in the beginning of May. I work 13 hour days so thats really only a day, but if I attach it to my weekend off I can have 4 days and DH and I could use beach vacation to just relax... hes been super stressed at work. My mom called me today to make sure I knew not to mention to anyone that this mini vacation is a possibility because my cousins mom might get mad that Im missing my cousins bridal shower. This bridal shower is 3.5 hours from here. Id have to go and come back the same day plus use up my vaca and throw our relaxing trip out the window. I just think its so ridiculously rude that someone would be so entitled that they think its appropriate to make a rude comment to me because Im not dropping my plans to be at your annoying ass bridal shower (and they werent at mine, not that it matters) mom thinks i should go to the shower because Im 'being ridiculous' and not going to the wedding because I dont want to drive 14 hours with a 3 week old baby and no its not okay for me to just leave my newborn somewhere. Ugh. I hate everyone.

drunkenhandstand · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

Kind of pissed that New Parenting classes are going to be about $300 for my husband and I. WTF, like new parents don't have enough to pay for?

In my head, that is like... a BOB Revolution stroller, or a Arm's Reach CoSleeper, or a Breast pump. Do I really need 4 hrs on how to get the baby to latch?

IMO, NO! Save your money girl. Others may disagree but I'd rather spend my money on almost anything else in the world.

katnipeverclean · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

Kind of pissed that New Parenting classes are going to be about $300 for my husband and I. WTF, like new parents don't have enough to pay for?

In my head, that is like... a BOB Revolution stroller, or a Arm's Reach CoSleeper, or a Breast pump. Do I really need 4 hrs on how to get the baby to latch?

Honestly -- we took a one day course on parenting and it was quite possibly the most pointless thing ever. I walked away thinking:

1) As long as I don't give the baby a bottle or paci for the first two weeks breastfeeding will be a breeze.

2) Make sure you wash baby's face, then vagina, then butt. In that order.

3) Some people have PPD so bad it turns into PP psychosis and please DH watch out for that shit.

Turns out number one was BS, number two I already knew and number three actually might have saved my life. So on that score maybe not so pointless.

The real reason I wanted to go was for the hospital tour and to see the nursery!

zellatrix · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

Kind of pissed that New Parenting classes are going to be about $300 for my husband and I. WTF, like new parents don't have enough to pay for?

In my head, that is like... a BOB Revolution stroller, or a Arm's Reach CoSleeper, or a Breast pump. Do I really need 4 hrs on how to get the baby to latch?

Nope. Find a La Leche League meeting around your area and go for free. The rest, you can seriously get from the internet. They will teach you how to change a diaper, how to swaddle, etc. Things you probably already know because you have read things. Plus, most of it is intuition and trial and error. My only recommendation for you would be get infant CPR training, and you can get that a helluva lot cheaper elsewhere. I honestly can't believe they want to charge you for those classes, ours were free.

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AutumnBonfire · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

Kind of pissed that New Parenting classes are going to be about $300 for my husband and I. WTF, like new parents don't have enough to pay for?

In my head, that is like... a BOB Revolution stroller, or a Arm's Reach CoSleeper, or a Breast pump. Do I really need 4 hrs on how to get the baby to latch?

Call your hospital and see if they have you attend any type of class after you have the baby. With DS, we had to go to about an hour long crash course on how to take care of a newborn before they would discharge us. We also took an infant care class when pregnant with him and it was ok, but a lot of the stuff was repeated when we took the childbirth class. I passed up the breastfeeding class and got a lot of advice and help from the lactation consultants at the hospital and the pediatrician's office. That $300 class may not be worth it if you're getting the same info for free elsewhere.

drunkenhandstand · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

jojobean86 said:

LiteraChick said:

Kind of pissed that New Parenting classes are going to be about $300 for my husband and I. WTF, like new parents don't have enough to pay for?

In my head, that is like... a BOB Revolution stroller, or a Arm's Reach CoSleeper, or a Breast pump. Do I really need 4 hrs on how to get the baby to latch?

IMO, NO! Save your money girl. Others may disagree but I'd rather spend my money on almost anything else in the world.

I'm inclined to agree with you!!! I will have a Lactation Consultant in my birthing suite (that is just how my hospital rolls. Woot) so I think everything else .... I mean, it'd be nice to know, but we are in our 30s and have tons of nephews. I can always call up my OB RN sister in law if I have dire needs. Thanks for the reassurance @jojobean86 ♥♥♥

Just FaceTime me when you're nursing. I'll show you what to do and provide some comic relief

Was that totally creepy? Just please do not waste $300 on some freaking granola grandma who's never cut her hair in her life telling you how to nurse your baby.

ETA - Just realized how cynical I sound. It's Monday, I'm sorry. Spend your money how you please. You are a grown up.

:-*

zellatrix · March 2014

AutumnBonfire said:

I guess I'll complain about my husband too.
One day last week he tells me he needs to buy back his military time so it can go into his state retirement. Ok, great. Then he proceeds to tell me that this will cost us $24,000. I think my answer was hysterical laughter. Why doesn't he just ask for a million billion dollars? We don't have that kind of extra cash right now. We're probably going to be the most pressed for money we ever will be in our lives over the next few years with multiple kids in daycare. Its like he just woke up one day last week and decided to all of a sudden care about his future. He's a lot older than me. He was in the military in the late 80's. He got his state job in the 90's. He just thought of this now?!
I feel like he had a whole adult life before me that he chose to extend his youth and now its all becoming my problem when I feel like we're just starting "our" adult lives (career, house, mortgage, kids, etc.). Then he gets pissed at me.
He's also having a major freakout over the fact that his IRA doesn't have more money in it. I met him when he was 37. He did what until that point?! We both have retirement funds through work, so its not like we'll be living on the street some day. He's just annoyed that he can't retire early. Um, no. He just started his full time job 8 years ago.

It would be cheaper to just up the percentage you are both putting into your 401k rather than find some bulk amount of money now to do this. I have a hard time believing, also, that the military time would even pay him too much more in retirement than if you put 25k into a high interest mutual funds account and just let it earn money until you retire.

MH just now started saving for real for retirement and he is 45. He has a pension from his previous job, but that will likely only pay about $300 a month. But, he has at least 20 more years to work and if we put at least 10% into his 401k from now until he retires, we will be fine. We will likely up that amount to the max once the kids are older. I know it differs from each job (MH's does matching and a bulk 401k bonus once per year), but I don't think it's too late. But, I am with you, there is pretty much a 99.99% chance I would tell him no way in hell can we come up with that amount of money to pay for that.

BP607 · March 2014

LiteraChick said:

Kind of pissed that New Parenting classes are going to be about $300 for my husband and I. WTF, like new parents don't have enough to pay for?

In my head, that is like... a BOB Revolution stroller, or a Arm's Reach CoSleeper, or a Breast pump. Do I really need 4 hrs on how to get the baby to latch?

Are you going to this before the baby is born or after? IMO the only thing our parenting classes were good for was telling us about what was going to happen as far as registering, etc when it was time. Other than that the nurses were great as far as breathing, helping through contractions and the lactation consultant should easily be able to help you with latch and you can go after baby is born for more help. This should all be at no additional costs..just something to think about!

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