Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

JessieAlbin · August 2014

It's bedtime for Sullivan, and my favorite part of the whole day. This little boy is perfect and I am so lucky to be his mama. Life might be real hard right now but dang. I get bedtime snuggles with this sweet little dude. And then I get to snuggle with his daddy. I love them so.

rtv3 · August 2014

I love bedtime snuggles

We do bathtime before bed so she's all clean and soft and snuggly. Best. Feeling. Ever.

kseccomb17 · August 2014

Hi guys :-h

I finally settled on the couch after a weekendof gardening, antiquing, re-upholstering, crafting, and coffee drinking with my bff. I'm watching Naked and Afraid and eating a turtle cheesecake blizzard. Hope you're all well!

janellemj928 · August 2014

Watching Naked and Afraid in our house, too! Although we don't have ice cream, boooooo.

baileymama3 · August 2014

For Halloween: Calvin! My DH made the connection like a week ago!!! And our golden retriever will be Hobbes

RedDawnsRevenge · August 2014

I looked up the diaper. It's kinda ugly. "Don't let the muggles get you down"? What?

Emily041285 · August 2014

Baby asleep by 8 two nights in a row with minimal meltdowns! And in her crib! At least something is going right! <:-P

rtv3 · August 2014

Right there with you @Emily041285‌. It's 9:45, baby's asleep in her crib, and I'm in the bathtub with a strawberry daquiri wine cooler. Life is good :-)

ETA: @Vinny424‌ are you trying to tell us something?

RocksInTheWater · August 2014

Is my baby the only one who doesn't like to snuggle? Makes me sad.

Emily041285 · August 2014

@rtv3‌ a bath would've been smart! I'm watching the end of Pitch Perfect!

RedDawnsRevenge · August 2014

Mine hates snuggling.

DH will be starting in NC on the 9th. So possibly 2 months or so if all is going well we will start wrapping things up to join him in Creedmoor. Very nervous and excited.

PoppySeedWindsor · August 2014

Emily041285 said:
@rtv3‌ a bath would've been smart! I'm watching the end of Pitch Perfect!

Me too!!! When I was in the throes of pregnancy, I cried at the end. They just FINALLY get together and make it all work. :-) Fucking hormones making me soft.

Teresa1896 · August 2014

Lo's been going to sleep around 6 for the last few nights. One of those nights, he slept all night. I wish he would tell me ahead of time before he decided to sleep all night, so I can pump before bed. 12 hrs is a long time to go with full boobs!

Bluebird2318 · August 2014

Oh hey, you guys! Wanna know what doesn't mix? A toddler, a painted wall, and some nail polish. Good grief. #-o

Tferr02 · August 2014

40 days or less until DH comes down here to spend sometime reconnecting and then we move to our next place!
I just talked to his brother about spending 10 days in AL with them during DH time off. I have such mixed feelings. DH brother is awesome, however the rest of DH family is crazy. Unfortunately the whole family lives with 40 mins of each other. The plus side is if we go to DH sisters house I can take some pics of what I call the hall of shame to share with you guys. The family pictures are so bad and she has them all hanging on one hallway. I wanted to cry when they wanted to take cousin pics in black jeans, blue shirts for boys and pink for girl pics. I didn't want my son added to the hall of shame.

mrscrcalli · August 2014

Hola!

I've been lurking during feedings, but haven't had much time to bump it up!

Hope everyone is well.. Miss you guys.

Oh and... ITS SHARK WEEK!! \:D/

janellemj928 · August 2014

Was just cleaning my pump parts and glanced up at the kitchen window. A frog was crawling around on it! Scared the crap out of me! Thank goodness it was outside...

RedDawnsRevenge · August 2014

@Vinny424‌ you going to be our #2?

I should have got my own otoscope years ago. Well here's to waiting for amazon prime. Think I might but a few drops of BM in her ears, just in case.

sprightlysparrow7 · August 2014

Made it through church this morning WITHOUT a random woman kissing my baby on. the. face!! (Unlike last week...) \:D/

mrscrcalli · August 2014

honeyzoo said:
Was getting ready for bed and totally forgot I had to pump (DH gives bottle on Sat&Sun and does bedtime). Looked over at it, and said "you bitch". My H died laughing and keeps doing it over again (I didn't know he could see:hear me). I guess I didn't think it was that funny going into the work week where I'm attached to it so much.

My pump is a bitch.. A clingy, overly aggressive, loud bitch.

rtv3 · August 2014

Hugs @AprilMay9‌ and prayers as you go through that first day tomorrow!

I told my OB we use condoms but really we just do pull and pray almost all the time. It worked the 1st three years of our marriage, hopefully it works again till next July [-O<

RocksInTheWater · August 2014

(((hugs))) @AprilMay9. I totally agree that it feels wrong and unnatural to be away from your LO so often during the week. Hopefully the day will go quickly enough and you will settle into a routine soon. I will be in your shoes in a few weeks and I'm totally dreading it. I've already warned some of my friends from work not to ask me how I'm feeling those first few days back.

mrscrcalli · August 2014

Hugs @AprilMay9‌ I'm on my 3rd week back and all I can say is it gets easier.. Coming home from work is like the excitement of the last day of work before vacation, every day!
Also before LO I would always be in work mode, checking my blackberry and emails all night. Now I come home and it's so easy to shut down and just be 100% in family mode, it's a feeling I never knew could exist. It's hard and the first week is so hard, I cried a lot. But cherish your mornings get in all the play time to get you through your day. after work and weekends are about to become like mini vacations they are wonderful.
I'll be thinking of you tomorrow :x

michaelad3 · August 2014

@Vinny424‌ so did mine. I told him if I get pregnant I'm going to kill him! I want more kids, but not that soon!

@AprilMay9‌ good luck tomorrow! I've been back 2 weeks, and it was better than I thought it would be. The first few mornings were tough, but considering that just the thought of returning to work or talking about my baby made me burst into tears beforehand, I think it went better than anticipated. I'm still struggling with trying to get everything done in the evenings and still have time to decompress. I hear it gets better

baileymama3 · August 2014

Good luck today @AprilMay9‌

My LO went to sleep at 10 and it's 6am and he is still sleeping. I had to get up to pump, have checked on him a few times and am laying in bed awake....so much for our first STTN. He has never slept more than 5 hrs straight and we are at 8.

hlm184 · August 2014

If I strangle my husband it's justified, right?

M didn't go down for bed until 2.5 hours late last night. He was up every 30-60 minutes all night long, no matter what I did, then decided he was up for the day at 5 and has refused to nap since (it's now seven). I tried putting him down for a nap, got him quiet in his crib (though not asleep) and DH's alarm starts going off. So he's screaming again. DH gets up, says "I'm not going into work until 9," resets his alarm, and goes back to bed.

So here I am.

speechie517 · August 2014

@aprilmay9 Good luck. B is going to daycare for the first time today and I'm dreading the drop off. I'm postponing it as long as possible :-(

hlm184 · August 2014

mamrotu73 said:

If I strangle my husband it's justified, right?

M didn't go down for bed until 2.5 hours late last night. He was up every 30-60 minutes all night long, no matter what I did, then decided he was up for the day at 5 and has refused to nap since (it's now seven). I tried putting him down for a nap, got him quiet in his crib (though not asleep) and DH's alarm starts going off. So he's screaming again. DH gets up, says "I'm not going into work until 9," resets his alarm, and goes back to bed.

So here I am.
If he isn't going in til 9, he has time to put his son down for a nap.

If only he would nap...

I put my pride away and told him to watch DS while I took a shower and went out to get coffee and breakfast. It's surprisingly tough transitioning between DH being gone and being back.

ambarnett1 · August 2014

Good luck to the ladies going back to work today!

Bailey'sbride · August 2014

Thinking of all you ladies going back to work today! Hoping your day goes by fast and you're back with your LO before you know it. :-)

irisheyez7 · August 2014

I am in my own personal hell right now. The itching from these burns is UNBEARABLE! I can't put anything on it and I can't scratch it!!!! I want to scream! I will take the severe pain back over this! I cannot sleep because it's all I can think about! It's consuming my MIND! I'm sitting here with ice packs on it hoping to numb it enough to try and get some zzzzz's before Dh leaves for work and baby gets up for the day. Ugh. Help me jeebus! I'm losing it!

thomas930 · August 2014

Thinking of all the ladies going back to work this morning.

@irisheyez7 I hope the itching stops soon. I can't even imagine.

eireyes · August 2014

((Hugs)) to all the mom's going back to work today. It's not easy, but you can do it!

Hope everyone had a good weekend, we were busy at my house. Aiden was baptized yesterday, so we had all sorts of people at our place. Our 3yo niece (and goddaughter actually) was 'helping' open some of the gifts family brought Aiden while he was taking a nap. She opened one, a St. Aidan medal from my parents, and was carrying it around the house. Heard a door slam, then a little bit later heard Aiden fussing. I went upstairs and DH was rocking Aiden, and he said he'd heard the door slam, and went to check what was going on. He'd run into our niece and asked if she knew what door slammed, and she said "Yes! it was Aiden's door!" DH asked why it was open, and she said "I was giving baby Aiden his necklace!" At that point DH stuck his head into the room and found Aiden awake in the crib with the necklace box about two inches from his face.

My sister, mom and I were dying laughing from the cute. :x

mamahann · August 2014

Good thoughts to you ladies going back to work today! As everyone else said it's so hard but it does get easier. I was totally honest with my coworkers the first week back. Every time someone asked me how it felt to be back I just said it was awful because it was. I didn't feel like sugarcoating it because duh I'd rather be at home with my kid than be at work.

@vinny424 I don't know the percentage but I'm EBF and on the mini pill. No pulling out over here. I was on it for 3 years before DD and didn't get pregnant so I figure I'm safe. And if not DH gets his wish of 2 kids super close in age.

Tferr02 · August 2014

@irisheyez7‌ I'm sorry you are so miserable right now!! I hope it gets better for you very quickly.

I just went to an aerobic dance class at my gym. There was nothing aerobic about it! Even the teacher seemed bored out of her mind. The closest person to my age was probably around 65.

Xxlilies · August 2014

@dani+california‌ where did you need to go ? Lots is open even lcbo

Xxlilies · August 2014

dani+california said:

Xxlilies said:
@dani+california‌ where did you need to go ? Lots is open even lcbo

Oh yeah? I wanted to go to Sheridan Nurseries and Target, maybe I'll call!

Targets open
Not sure about the nursery
Target had loads on clearance and I don't know what kind of formula you use but similac is almost ten bucks off

Emily041285 · August 2014

@Vinny424‌ I think it's supposed to be an oz for every hr you are gone. And I always leave an extra bottle just in case. (My mom has spilled a few times)

speechie517 · August 2014

@dani+california

janellemj928 · August 2014

@Vinny424‌ I send four bottles with 4 ounces each to my moms for a 9 hour day. Most of the time I bring one back home with me or she is having it as soon as I get there.

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