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wearallthebabies · July 2014

@bsouls I am sorry to hear they suck all around, but hopefully the Mirena helps you. I am hoping they will let me get the same after AF returns- you will have to let me know how it goes.

Also, I literally LOL'd at your post and spit my cracker that was in my mouth all over my computer screen . ) That really sucks that happened, but hilarious story!

Sanibel21 · July 2014

My period wasn't awful prepregnancy but I did get cramps. I just got my first postpartum period (even though EBF), and had no cramps. Hoping that wasn't a fluke!

SurpriseAt39 · July 2014

I just found out I'm not invited to my friend's annual BBQ that I've been going to for the past 5 years. I'm not sure what has changed since last year. (Except obviously now I have 2u2 instead of just 1)

Kinda hurts.

babylimas · July 2014

We do meal trains for all my friends that have babies. We use the online sign up. They did it for me while I was in the NICU and it was awesome. Except everyone brings chicken casserole!

Moedowell · August 2014

i had a crappy day today! i feel like i'm having a lot of them lately!! sounds like a bunch of other people are too...thoughts to you guys that your babies rest for you and you can get some relief from stress soon.../ :

ntdane · August 2014

babycaps said:
@meowmix12, About 3-4 days each week, i go to pick up LO in daycare and he's HAPPILY playing in his "sleep and play' from the previous night! MH just doesn't see the need to change him out of it if it's clean, dry and LO is happy. I've nicknamed LO "PJman" .

My DH was the same way during the winter. Now it's too hot for their jammies and I think he secretly has fun picking out outfits for them

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SomersIsles · August 2014

Just looked at our spending for the month of July... about $1200 spent on eating out... Whoa. We seriously need to reign it in once we start paying for daycare : \

kaking78 · August 2014

@younglove316 I think the most stressful days of my life were the three days before closing when the mortgage officer started asking for a thousand different pieces of documentation. It was easily more stressful than the 52 hours of failed induction. We did manage to close on time but it was close.

Missfunball · August 2014

@babycaps oh no about throwing out 10 oz : I HATE that I've had to even throw out 3. Maybe next time try feeding LO the 10 and pump? IDK. My supply is also down this week so I feel your pain.

@younglove316‌ crossing my fingers you make it by close. Maybe talk to the other realtor directly. Any chance for an extension? We did one on ours.

tsmith312 · August 2014

NewMomma8 said:

I apologize, I am at work, don't have time to catch up so I'm jumping right in this morning.
Since having baby girl, my period has been like clock work. 6 weeks after delivery, I received it and the hell of it has been coming on time every month. As of today, I'm 3 days late. I have been on the mini pill since my BP has been slightly elevated since I had gestational hypertension. So I do understand we are adults and we know how this thing (pregnancy) happens, but I figured if I took it consistently, we might stand a good chance of not having any "accidents".
On the other hand, I've been really stressed at work the last two weeks, so I'm hoping I'll start this weekend. I don't feel like we are ready for baby #2 just yet. I really want baby girl to get all the "baby" time she deserves and not have to compete in any way with a new baby taking up so much time. Our plan (I know, doesn't always work that way but,...) was to wait until baby girl was turning 2 yr old to have a baby that year. So now I'm just sitting back, hoping I start over the weekend!!!
Sorry for the long post!!!

Mine are always like clock work, and even having DD they started back that way. But last month I was 4 days late. So you may be in the clear.

babylimas · August 2014

Re: the pajamas - Will doesn't wear anything different at night. Usually I change him into clean clothes right before bed and he wears those same clothes the whole next day. He really just wears onesies or rompers so no matching necessary. We did the same with my daughter.

Completely different topic - one of my favorite things about Will is how excited he is to see me. When he's crying and I go to pick him up, he smiles so big. He has tears in his eyes and is bright red from crying, but he ALWAYS smiles huge as soon as he sees my face. It's like he is thrilled I'm there to rescue him. I will be so frustrated b/c he won't let me put him down and he just melts my heart. Crazy kid. Already manipulating me.

eta - unless he's hungry. Then there is no smile until the bottle is in his mouth and empty.

rockopera · August 2014

203 new plural!!!

SurpriseAt39 · August 2014

DisneyAddict1 said:

How did you find that out? That sucks! I'd be hurt too!

Facebook post that she put up listing all the food and drink she was serving. She tagged a few people and also mentioned that she needed people to respond to the invite so she knew how many to expect.

meowmix12 said:
Sorry, I would be hurt also

Ya. I'm a little surprised she didn't explain why.

Oh well. Her loss. I'll just have my own BBQ.

babylimas · August 2014

benniea said:

babylimas said:

Re: the pajamas - Will doesn't wear anything different at night. Usually I change him into clean clothes right before bed and he wears those same clothes the whole next day. He really just wears onesies or rompers so no matching necessary. We did the same with my daughter.

Completely different topic - one of my favorite things about Will is how excited he is to see me. When he's crying and I go to pick him up, he smiles so big. He has tears in his eyes and is bright red from crying, but he ALWAYS smiles huge as soon as he sees my face. It's like he is thrilled I'm there to rescue him. I will be so frustrated b/c he won't let me put him down and he just melts my heart. Crazy kid. Already manipulating me.

eta - unless he's hungry. Then there is no smile until the bottle is in his mouth and empty.

This makes me melt! So sweet. Tyler doesn't do that yet, he'll calm down for mama but I'm always disappointed when I pick him up at daycare & he doesn't smile huge...it's like I'm ruining his fun with friends & flirting with the teacher by being there! Breaks my heart a little. But by the time we get home he's all smiles & all about hanging out with mama. I just can't wait until the day where he's super excited to see me at pick up!

Oh, I'm sorry, I just mean when I lift him up. He hasn't started daycare yet so we haven't dealt with that.

We put it off until 6 months for him to get strong. My daughter used to cry when I picked her up from daycare. I always figured that meant I had her in the right place! I would rather her cry at pick up than at drop off.

tsmith312 · August 2014

I'm sorry @FarmBoysWife don't be hard on yourself, I hope things gets better!

tsmith312 · August 2014

WOW @CHphotoMama your 59 weeks prego !!! :-O

cdnmomma · August 2014

Sorry @FarmBoysWife‌ that sucks.

tsmith312 · August 2014

UGH I'm counting down the days until I'm out of this office !!!!

that is all !

SurpriseAt39 · August 2014

CHPhotoMama said:

tsmith312 said:
WOW @CHphotoMama your 59 weeks prego !!! :-O
Mobile and keep forgetting. Maybe someday I'll replace that with a photo of my kid. ;-)

I didn't want to be the one to bring it up...

SurpriseAt39 · August 2014

LO has pooped every other day, only once a day, for the past almost 2 months.
It's always just before his 7/7:30am wake up. He squirms and it's very audible.

He has pooped THREE times this morning. Lol.
I never heard a thing any of those times today.

Oh, and he only slept 5-15 minutes at a time yesterday, while I was feeding him, but slept 8+ hours straight last night. Wow! I needed that.
(I know it won't happen again tonight, but glad I got kinda caught up last night ... Lol)

SomersIsles · August 2014

CHPhotoMama said:

tsmith312 said:
WOW @CHphotoMama your 59 weeks prego !!! :-O
Mobile and keep forgetting. Maybe someday I'll replace that with a photo of my kid. ;-)

One more week and you'd be halfway to bring pregnant twice! lol

Missfunball · August 2014

@farmboyswife hope that day and DH improve. Hugs*

tsmith312 · August 2014

@addisonsmom22 maybe you can bring up the fact that daycare is so expensive and theres no point in you working. That's what I told DH.

SurpriseAt39 · August 2014

jtizzay said:
@SurpriseAt39‌ grass is always greener. Mine never poops!!! Were at 6 days after 11 day stint!

I'd be okay if he only pooped once a week.

(save money on diapers. Lol)
I got really tired of his 6-10 times a day poops.

DS1 used to poop at least 10-12 (or more) times a day until he started solids, then things slowed down for him.

SurpriseAt39 · August 2014

Since we are on the topic of work/childcare/SAH/cost...

I'm still on mat leave until Spring and am trying to figure out what I'm going to do.
***For anyone whose income and cost-to-work pretty much ended up even... How did you decide whether to SAH or return to work?*** (assuming you like your job, which I do)

My cost vs income would end up pretty even if I have to be at the office 5 days a week. Previously I had been WFH 3 days and in office 2. If I can do that again it would be worth it financially to return, but I wouldn't see LO at all the 2 days I work because the drive is so long. (2-3 hour drive home)

What were deciding factors??

tsmith312 · August 2014

SurpriseAt39 said:

Since we are on the topic of work/childcare/SAH/cost... I'm still on mat leave until Spring and am trying to figure out what I'm going to do. ***For anyone whose income and cost-to-work pretty much ended up even... How did you decide whether to SAH or return to work?*** (assuming you like your job, which I do) My cost vs income would end up pretty even if I have to be at the office 5 days a week. Previously I had been WFH 3 days and in office 2. If I can do that again it would be worth it financially to return, but I wouldn't see LO at all the 2 days I work because the drive is so long. (2-3 hour drive home) What were deciding factors??

FOLLOWING....

I'm so on the fence about my decision. I think im going to talk to DH tonight and really weigh out the pros and cons. I want so bad to stay home with LO because I know these times are going to fly by and I feel like I've missed so much the almost 3 months I've been back to work. And I know these moments are priceless. BUT I think about my income at my job, its good but I stay poor due to trying to catch up on bills. But my new job is less money. Granted I wont use as much gas or need to buy as many clothes since I'll be working from home so I'll save some there. Its just the whole financial thing that scares me, I know DHs salary is good and we will be fine. I will just miss" my money".

Sorry that was a little long , I'm just trying to make sure my decision is right and I've been playing this over and over in my head all day. I would say if you have to pay for daycare and you will just break even it wont be worth it. That would be my deciding factor. My mom watches LO so I have free daycare but only until January that was her cut off. So I know I would of had to quit come January .

But I would like to see what everone else posts about it.

Missfunball · August 2014

SurpriseAt39 said:

Since we are on the topic of work/childcare/SAH/cost... I'm still on mat leave until Spring and am trying to figure out what I'm going to do. ***For anyone whose income and cost-to-work pretty much ended up even...

So we come out a little ahead. Not much but a little.

How did you decide whether to SAH or return to work? What were deciding factors?

1. Great bosses/flexibility. I only had (from when LO was born) another year in the area and they have been great with working with me on time off and schedule adjustments. My hours vary by season and right now I'm working 2.5 days from the office and 2 half days from home. It makes it bearable and its nice because I have a assistant to pick up some of the slack.

2. DH is currently deployed, I NEED the additional distraction and some time out of the house. 3. I love that my LO gets to socialize. He's a mommas boy and I think the additional faces have been really great for him. He loves everyone he meets since most new faces are caretakers (or atleast thats what I think)

4. I've always loved working and my DH said that he's happy to support me, but I like that I bring home some money and don't feel as guilty as when I was unemployed about treating myself every now and then.

I would definitely push from the work partially from home. That helps me a lot because picking up LO from daycare on full days usually makes me end up ordering something for dinner because I'm exhausted and definitely no gym. Give it some thought and maybe if your bosses knew that WFH would make you stay on they may be more flexible (I defined work goals when WFH so my bosses were assured that I wouldn't just be distracted by LO)

theluckiest9 · August 2014

@FarmBoysWife‌ want me to come throat punch your H?

SurpriseAt39 · August 2014

@tsmith312‌ and @Missfunball‌
Thanks for your replies.
1) unfortunately, when I return to work I will not be working with the same team I was with before so the new team may require 5 days in office, but may not...I won't know til I return.
2) based on what I was responsible for before mat leave, I would still need someone to watch the kids while I work from home...but I may be able to get the ILs to do that a day or two each week since they will both be retired this Christmas. (It was different with only 1 kid, but now there's 2)
3) my previous duties allowed for my hours to be somewhat flexible, but often started at 5am. I could take a 3 hour 'lunch' break when needed to play with DS1 and get him settled for naps, but sometimes worked until 7pm those days.
4) we have no debt other than mortgage and my car payment, but DH's salary would cover all our living expenses as well as my car so I'm not worried about money in THAT way.
I don't even mind too much that if I have to go to the office 5 days a week and pay for childcare 5 days a week that would leave me with 'maybe' $100 from my income.
5) not returning to work would put a definite damper on my skills and growth In my current job
6) if I were to look for alternate employment near home, it would be in retail most likely (that's about all there is near me) and would be a huge paycut, but may have very flexible hours where I could work around DH's schedule and it would definitely cost less for gas/maintenance and childcare.

I also like the idea of the kids going to a daycare/babysitter at least a couple days a week. They get interaction with other adults and kids.
And I know my ILs are scared of taking both boys at the same time. DH is an only child so they've never dealt with 2 in the house. Lol.

kimberpoo · August 2014

random:

graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh why is DH always late to EVERYTHINGGGGG???this man seriously is never on time to an.y.thing. so damn frustrating. now instead of leisurely looking at cars I've got to run to his grandma's house to get lo (he was supposed to get lo) and drive all the way back past work to the dealership to see just a couple before they close. grrrrrr. also, I hate going to movies with him because we always miss the previews and usually a few minutes of the film. so darn irritating.

Missfunball · August 2014

PSA - K'tan carriers 20% off at Diapers.com (free shipping on orders above $49)

SomersIsles · August 2014

kimberpoo said:

random:
graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh why is DH always late to EVERYTHINGGGGG???this man seriously is never on time to an.y.thing. so damn frustrating. now instead of leisurely looking at cars I've got to run to his grandma's house to get lo (he was supposed to get lo) and drive all the way back past work to the dealership to see just a couple before they close. grrrrrr. also, I hate going to movies with him because we always miss the previews and usually a few minutes of the film. so darn irritating.

Start telling him a time that is 30 minutes sooner than the actual time you need to do something

SomersIsles · August 2014

benniea said:

Someone posted that Sophie was on sale at target. I went so excited & mine doesn't have any

Same here

Oh well

Sanibel21 · August 2014

LO is blowing raspberries into my nipple. Hilarious!

CruiseGirl28 · August 2014

@NorthernLghts‌ I saw your post about the job you applied for, and I'm curious what industry. I think I work kind of near where you live, and we're hiring. And the job is similar to what you posted (client daily contact).

babylimas · August 2014

@kimberpoo‌ - my H is always late too. He has no sense of time and doesn't think being on time is important. I always tell him if I leave him it's going to be over his lack of timeliness.

SmittyPants · August 2014

Can I play here too? I've never posted in the randomest thread before and would like to join the convo, but I don't want to step on toes since it's been going on forever.

Missfunball · August 2014

SmittyPants said:
Can I play here too? I've never posted in the randomest thread before and would like to join the convo, but I don't want to step on toes since it's been going on forever.

this is meant for regs like you!

SmittyPants · August 2014

Missfunball said:

Can I play here too? I've never posted in the randomest thread before and would like to join the convo, but I don't want to step on toes since it's been going on forever.
this is meant for regs like you!

Hurray!

Kewii · August 2014

My DH isn't usually late, but he's always claiming he's ready to go when we're going out. So I get up, get my shoes on, and start to leave...when he decides he has to do one more thing. Usually it's peeing. Drives me crazy.

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