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BbyCarter13 · April 2014

I don't have time to type mine out yet but trust me that it's a good one.

tttwalters · April 2014

heelibrarian said:

It's weak, but...DS woke me up last night (after a month of great sleep) to tell me, "I lost my other pillow. Oh, wait. Ha ha! I was just kidding. It's right here."

love your new siggy pic!

tttwalters · April 2014

BIL told us that William is not allowed at their wedding. That's fine, but why is your fiance's friends 2 yo allowed, and your other friends 3 month old? He is your only nephew/niece!!!!!

ASmallWonder · April 2014

@ttwalters um that sucks. The 3 month old I would give a pass to because of potential breastfeeding but a 2 year old and an almost 1 year old (or maybe even over 1 depending on when the wedding is)? From experience I can say the better guest would be the 1 year old lol Sorry

ilovemarfa · April 2014

@tttwalters‌ I wouldn't go. There's no excuse for that if other kids will be there.

dmlk413 · April 2014

This is a FWP but I'm so sick of my mom copying pictures of DD that I put on Instagram and posting them to her facebook. If I wanted them on facebook, I would have put them there myself. I think she and I are going to have a come to Jesus talk.

itsStackie · April 2014

I received a bill from my OB/GYN from over a year ago when I was pregnant. We had a payment plan and were done before LO was born, so I'm wondering why I have any bills at all.

tttwalters · April 2014

CL8badB said:

BIL told us that William is not allowed at their wedding. That's fine, but why is your fiance's friends 2 yo allowed, and your other friends 3 month old? He is your only nephew/niece!!!!!
Wait. What!?? I wouldnt go. How can they let other kids but not yours? If there werent any kids id understand but this is just dead wrong.

I am honestly considering not going, the wedding is the second weekend in August, so William will be almost 14 months. Yes the 3 month old will be BF so I get that, but he is your nephew!!!!! DH is really upset about it, it is his identical twin brother's wedding!

megaroo64 · April 2014

@ttwalters - yeah... that is backwards. We had no kids at our wedding except the ones we are specifically related to (nieces, nephews). Just excluding the only nephew is insane. I would stay home.

bel194 · April 2014

MIl watched LO for the day a couple weekes ago and she said that she had a blow out and had to change her clothes. I couldn't take them home when I picked her up because she said they were in the washer and she would bring them over one night. Well she never did and then on Friday night SIL posts a picture of her LO (a month younger) whereing K's clothes that we never got back! DH said I was overreacting and they probably just have the same outfit. Except yesterday he asked SIL and she said that MIL had given her the outfit a few days before... And MIL can't find K's outfit... Mhmm.

megaroo64 · April 2014

FWP but I hate that I have to work the day after Easter. We just ran around all day yesterday, and I am tired! And B is way out of whack! We could really use a recovery day.

And I have decided that I would like hanging out with my in laws SOO much more, if the two BSC ones would stay home. No such luck at Easter.

weddinginthecove · April 2014

@tttwalters our friends had the exact same thing happen a few years ago. The SIL invited her nephew and best friends LO, but my friends little boy (the husbands nephew) wasn't invited. Not to make the situation more difficult but they ended up not going, bad didn't speak for years. Needless to say it caused a major rift in the family. The grandparents were devastated and it was an all around shitty situation. Everyone truly believes the bride made the decision because she didn't want anyone stealing her spotlight. Ironically the whole situation stole the spotlight a whole lot more than the little boy would have. Good luck in whatever you choose, hopefully it solves itself before the wedding.

weddinginthecove · April 2014

@dmlk413‌ my mom does the same whenever I text her pictures it drives me crazy.

Lizzybizzy80 · April 2014

@tttwalters‌ it seems like your BIL should be falling over himself to be nice to you and your DH for taking in his mom, that just stinks.

Lizzybizzy80 · April 2014

Beckett fought naps for me all weekend but went down fine for my mom today. Same thing happens at bedtime when she babysits. She must have special powers.

itsStackie · April 2014

@tttwalters‌ If you want we can browse the knot to see if she posts about it and give her hell. I can not imagine inviting some babies and not others, did she make it known that the others are invited?

tttwalters · April 2014

stargazer763 said:

Lizzybizzy80 said:

@tttwalters‌ it seems like your BIL should be falling over himself to be nice to you and your DH for taking in his mom, that just stinks.

You read my mind, @lizzybizzy80.

You would think! They are so about their friends and really put their family last.

tttwalters · April 2014

itsStackie said:

@tttwalters‌ If you want we can browse the knot to see if she posts about it and give her hell. I can not imagine inviting some babies and not others, did she make it known that the others are invited?

So smart! I am going to ask her if she goes on the knot!

amberdt03 · April 2014

@tttwalters The only kids that were allowed at my reception, were family members(niece/nephew/cousins/2nd cousins.) That is ridiculous that they don't want their nephew there.

tttwalters · April 2014

weddinginthecove said:

@tttwalters our friends had the exact same thing happen a few years ago. The SIL invited her nephew and best friends LO, but my friends little boy (the husbands nephew) wasn't invited. Not to make the situation more difficult but they ended up not going, bad didn't speak for years. Needless to say it caused a major rift in the family. The grandparents were devastated and it was an all around shitty situation. Everyone truly believes the bride made the decision because she didn't want anyone stealing her spotlight. Ironically the whole situation stole the spotlight a whole lot more than the little boy would have. Good luck in whatever you choose, hopefully it solves itself before the wedding.

My MIL was pretty upset when she found out that William wasn't invited. I don't want to cause more family drama, but I am having a shower for her, and going to 2 other showers. Plus the jack and jill (we are helping) and we are expected to help set the tent and tables up the day of the wedding. I guess we will try talking to them, but I feel like if they don't want him there, they don't want him there. If your friend could do it over, would she just go and leave LO at home?

tttwalters · April 2014

CL8badB said:

@tttwalters‌ youre throwing her a shower?? CANCELLED! Eff that!

I have thought about it!

megaroo64 · April 2014

@ttwalters - Dang!! You guys are bending over backwards for their wedding and your kiddo can't even come?!?!!? That is ridiculous. My working theory on this is that they are afraid you won't be able to help them out as much (setting up tents/tables) if you have to keep an eye on your kid..... which is extra shady.

BbyCarter13 · April 2014

Ok so I finally have time for mine.

I came into work this morning to find out that my boss was fired on Friday. (I was off Friday through Sunday so I didn't find out until today.) she had been with the company for almost 2 years. The only reason they gave for firing her was insubordination. She is 38 weeks pregnant. WTF. Who fires a woman that is about to have a baby?!?
So anyway, I now have to take over ALL of her duties until they hire someone new in "3-4 weeks". I don't really mind doing some of the tasks but I don't think it's right that I have to do all of them for nothing (no pay reimbursement,etc) (I'm an hour desk associate, she was the assistant manager) when there are 3 others who could help split the tasks.

Cricket81 · April 2014

I know sleep issues are getting old for most people, but I cannot get LO to nap in his crib. He just screams like he's dying. I put him in drowsy, asleep, awake, it doesn't matter. It's not a quiet little fuss for a few minutes thing, either. He will scream for an hour if I let him. If I go in to try to sooth him, he just screams louder until I pick him up. But then as soon as I walk towards the crib, he starts screaming again. I can't hold him to nap any more, I know I never should have. I just don't know what to do any more. I never wanted to do it, but I always sort of figured, if nothing else worked, at least there was CIO. But now, even that doesn't work. It makes me so sad.

ilovemarfa · April 2014

Mine is long. I don't really care for my inlaws since last year when we discovered that they opened lines of credit up in my husband's name. They pretty much support dh's older brother (who is 40) and his family (1 son who is college aged from a previous relationship and 2 young kids from his wife). His wife just got her nursing degree and has a boatload of student loan debt, which apparently dh's parents are helping pay since they can't afford the payments. Dh's parents also pay for their oldest grandson's college tuition since their son is legally bound to pay half and he can't afford it. So last week my mil tells me that my sil is going back to school part time to get a bachelor's degree in nursing. She currently has a rn degree. My husband is livid that she's back at school because she is incurring more debt that they can't pay and his parents will end up paying. Not to mention she could be picking up some extra shifts at the hospital to make some more money so they don't have to live off of everybody else. Then last night at Easter dinner my FIL said that he was starting a minimum wage job today. Dh and I both assume it's because they need the money since they support their son and his family. My inlaws are older and are both retired. He shouldn't be having to take up another job because his son and daughter in law are irresponsible. I want to call and bitch my sil and bil up but I know it's not my place to. Anyways, that my bitch since I can't really express my feelings to anybody else. Sorry it's so long,

ilovemarfa · April 2014

@VASC‌ they opened a sears and macys card in his name, to "shockingly" buy appliances and house wears for my bil and sil. Dh was angry but he is a softie and just told his parents to pay it off, which they just finished doing. I think I was more upset about than he was.

itsStackie · April 2014

@BbyCarter13‌ are you friends with your old boss? And that's weird that she was that far pregnant and they didn't already have a plan for her workload while she is gone. Sorry you are taking it all on.

musicalsilver · April 2014

@Cricket81 - have you considered a floor bed? We'd always intended to transition to one, but we made the switch sooner than I anticipated due to LO's terrible protestations about being put down in the PnP.

With a floor bed, I can snuggle/nurse LO to sleep, and then attempt to ninja my way off the mattress to leave LO to sleep on his own. We're still quite a ways off from LO sleeping all by himself, and I wind up spending some naps/part of/all of the night with him sometimes, but I feel like it's a lower stress way to deal with it. Much more comfy than some alternatives anyway!

In case it matters, we have a foam twin mattress I got from IKEA - it is nice and firm so that when I shift away from LO it doesn't disturb the mattress at all. I imagine that helps quite a bit.

Monkeybutt80 · April 2014

My in laws were visiting the weekend before last and my MIL got sick right after they got here, and ended up being quarantined in the guest bedroom and unable to hang out with Colton (which was the entire point of the visit). We were hoping it was food poisoning or something, but no....

Wed morning, I found Colton sleeping with dried up vomit all over the bed (it freaked me out). I hoped it was a one time thing, so I cleaned him up, and got ready for work while he played. 2 minutes before I leave, he threw up again. I knew then that it was the same thing my MIL had. He vomited and had explosive diarrhea for 3 days. It was horrible and difficult to keep him hydrated (ended up making gatorade ice cubes and gave them to him via silicone feeder). Then my husband got sick on Friday night and threw up 4 times over the night. Then I was terrified that I was next. Luckily I never got sick. However, I just spent the last 5 days taking care of sick ones and I am now back at work, but absolutely exhausted.

ColieAnn31 · April 2014

@musicalsilver‌ is your lo's floor bed in the same room you sleep in or in a different room? My LO refused sleeping in his crib so we finally just took it down and are co sleeping in the queen size bed that is on the floor in his room (it's pushed into the corner of the room)

musicalsilver · April 2014

@ColleAnn31 It's in his room. We've totally baby proofed in there, so I don't mind if he wakes up and gets into things if he's in there by himself (this does not happen very often, as he usually just cries for one of us to come keep him company).

We have two big dogs who sleep in our room, which is why we don't have LO on a floor bed in our room. They're not allowed in LO's room, so it works out for all our critters this way - even if I spend considerably less time in my own bed at the moment ;-)

ColieAnn31 · April 2014

musicalsilver said:
@ColleAnn31 It's in his room. We've totally baby proofed in there, so I don't mind if he wakes up and gets into things if he's in there by himself (this does not happen very often, as he usually just cries for one of us to come keep him company).

We have two big dogs who sleep in our room, which is why we don't have LO on a floor bed in our room. They're not allowed in LO's room, so it works out for all our critters this way - even if I spend considerably less time in my own bed at the moment ;-)

Ok, cool! I've been sleeping in there with him because I was afraid to leave him in there by himself! Lol my sister has been staying with us so she's been sleeping with him. It's nice to be back in my own bed!! I'll have to try a nap in there by himself and see how that goes. It's all baby proofed.

Cricket81 · April 2014

I swear every light bulb in my house has decided to burn out in the last week. Now that bulbs are so much more expensive this is pissong me off. Yeah, I know they use less energy and last longer, but we aren't going to be in this apartment that much longer and do I really want to be the crazy lady who takes the light bulbs when she moves out?

[Deleted User] · April 2014

Tomorrow I'm training my staff at our new hospital that is opening in a month. I was there today setting up and getting acquainted. No toilet paper, hand soap, paper towels, hand sanitizer, refrigerators, microwaves, drinking water, etc. Seriously?!?! How do they expect 500 +/- people to survive a week with those conditions? It's like we're camping. I surely hope they stock up overnight.

weddinginthecove · April 2014

@tttwalters she's never really came out and said it but I think she stands by her decision regardless of the fallout. She's a really stubborn person and I think she was royally pissed that her child was treated that way. I don't think their relationship will ever be the same again and I'm not sure it would have been much different had they attended the wedding. I think they would have been angry the entire time and in their situation words may have been exchanged making a bad situation worse. Do you think this is something that will eat away at you as you attend all of the different events?

tttwalters · April 2014

weddinginthecove said:

@tttwalters she's never really came out and said it but I think she stands by her decision regardless of the fallout. She's a really stubborn person and I think she was royally pissed that her child was treated that way. I don't think their relationship will ever be the same again and I'm not sure it would have been much different had they attended the wedding. I think they would have been angry the entire time and in their situation words may have been exchanged making a bad situation worse. Do you think this is something that will eat away at you as you attend all of the different events?

we decided no other events, and DH is going to talk to his brother to figure out their reasoning. We will also see what MIL says about us not attending the wedding before we decide on that.

BbyCarter13 · April 2014

itsStackie said:
@BbyCarter13‌ are you friends with your old boss? And that's weird that she was that far pregnant and they didn't already have a plan for her workload while she is gone. Sorry you are taking it all on.

We were good work friends. I got word this afternoon that she's had the baby. They had planned for an (paid) intern to take her place but now the intern has had to find a new person to shadow. The way they had it worked out, the intern was going to do all of my bosses work and then send all the reports to her to be double checked while she was on maternity leave. It's all screwed up now.

itsStackie · April 2014

So to add another, my daycare's husband called and said she will be out sick for a while. Of course the week where I have out of town meetings.
So far MIL and my dad are going to help out. May need to call my back up from care.com. @ChicagoChic82‌ make sure you get a back up!

weddinginthecove · April 2014

@tttwalters I think talking to them to figure out their reasoning before making any rash decisions is a good idea. If no children were invited it would be totally understandable, I think the crappy part is they do not have a problem inviting another child. I'm all for a child free night, but when you are looking at a nephew you have to know feelings will be majorly hurt.

Maelara · April 2014

weddinginthecove said:

@tttwalters I think talking to them to figure out their reasoning before making any rash decisions is a good idea. If no children were invited it would be totally understandable, I think the crappy part is they do not have a problem inviting another child. I'm all for a child free night, but when you are looking at a nephew you have to know feelings will be majorly hurt.

This happened to us last year, our (attempting) bf 3 month old wasnt allowed because the bride didnt want my DD to 'ruin' her day with crying. Everyone else's children were allowed though. However, the bride didnt tell the groom that she had uninvited our child and his family is very close to mine. We all grew up together and consider each other family. It didnt go well between them and they called the wedding off and broke up. Just a note, I didn't tell him. I was just going to go to the ceremony while DH watched DD. The grooms mom (my second mom) some how found out (I didn't tell her either, I didn't want to create drama) and she FREAKED. It was a huge mess. I hope all ends well with your family and your DS gets to go

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