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November 2014 Moms
hidingangel82
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Stabby Sunday
hidingangel82
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Between what I've seen on the randoms board, plus the time change, I figure we could all use some stabby goodness today.
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Re: Stabby Sunday
Every month I call when I get the statement, give them my payment dates and fax over the receipts and they say, Oh yep, you did pay, terribly sorry, well get this straightend up on our end, just disregard the statement. 1st of the next month rolls around and guess what came in the mail yesterday.
So i get to discuss this with them before my appointment monday again, but now I'm gonna do it *in person* since I'm off work.
I was responsible and paid off one week early, and they are causing so much extra work I should have just slipped a check to make this worth it!
Then she starts telling me days she can't come up, so I "can't have the baby on these days". Yeah, it's not like I have control over when the baby comes.
And she's like "I'll just wait until you're out of the hospital settled in at home". I get that for visitors that are neighbors/friends, but I'm not concerned about getting" settled", this is baby #2, I know the drill. I'm concerned with having enough people to pass around DS to while I'm *in* the hospital!
Mo 11/4/14
Wait, What?!? - EDD 11/1/19
I told her today I've got laundry and such todo so I won't be there to help.
@MissN06, I would have lost my shit with my mom. I'm glad your dad and DH defended you.
I'm just ready for this baby to drop so that I can take a full breath and sit in a different position. All my baby books say that it should have happened by now. I know that baby can drop just before labor starts (even for FTMs), but I'm still super-tired of all the action going on in my ribcage.
H really wants to go to church this morning, and I really want to sit on the couch eating sausage and eggs. I slept like crap last night and just don't have the energy to put on uncomfortable clothes, stand up/sit down 1000 times, try and fail to kneel on the kneelers, and answer a million questions about how much longer until baby gets here. The fact that I feel so stabby about this may be a sign that I need Jesus and should go to church, but really, I'm not feeling it. I told him to go without me, and he won't do that. I need to start getting ready if I plan on going.
everything is annoying me. Blehhhh.
I'm trying not to get stabby over the fact that of all our friends and family, we've only gotten gifts from both sets or parents, two of our couple friends, and one of my aunts. I was completely okay with not having a shower, but I figured at least our local friends would get a little something. Maybe after baby arrives people will get gifts??? But I'd much rather get them now so I don't have to deal with thank you cards while I have a newborn.
Took DS to his first pediatrician appointment 24 hours after getting discharged. I expressed concern over lack of dirty diapers and that he pooped 7 times in his first 24 hours of life so all the meconuum was gone out of his system pretty quick, then he had one normal diaper 7pm Wednesday night (so 24 hours after birth) and hadn't pooped since.. (So it had been just over 48 hours by the time we were at the appointment. What does the pedi end up doing as the solution? Had me give him formula on the spot... I was so upset & wanted to break down. He said it helps with the poop altho he explained the reason he wasn't pooping or peeing is cuz he had nothing left to poop or pee out cuz my milk wasn't yet in. Makes sense right? He's was only down to 7lbs 5oz from 7lbs 13oz, so still could have "safely" lost 5 more oz and therefor weight loss wasn't even a concern. What I'm most upset about is that he initially said he wasn't worried at all and said it's normal for some babies to have that break in poops but that if he doesn't go by the following day then we will need to consider supplementation till my milk came in. So I said ok... Then I asked if there was anything I can do/take to make my milk come in faster (thinkng he'd say fenugreek or extra water or whatever) then he said.. Tell you what.. Let's just try to supplement now ... Runs out comes back with the SNS tubing and a pre made Enfamill bottle and put me on the spot. Of course DH jumps in with the "we gotta do what's best for the baby, not what you want/don't want" guilt trip too and that was that. (I'm still stabby with DH and his lack of support on that one) DS took in 1oz of formula in 10 min & pedi said to supplement with each feeding till my milk came. Of course he pooped within hours of leaving the appointment and went on his own yesterday again.. So he may just be a once a day kinda baby even tho my milk is fully in now.
Guess I'm also stabby with myself cuz I didn't stand up for him and stick to my guns. And to be clear .. I would have NO issues with supplementing if it was needed.. But I didn't feel we were at the point where it was needed and neither did the doctor at first. Ugh.
/rant.
Eta-spelling
On another note related to gifts, some people opened the items they bought me (none of these being registry items) so I couldn't even return them anywhere because they had no tags on them. To make matters even worse, one person gave me two cloth bibs that have sayings embroidered into them and one of the bibs is missing a letter because it seems to have unraveled. I hate to be ungrateful but why even bother giving such an item as a gift? Another person bought me what I know was a 3 pack of bibs but took off any tags and only gave me two of them! So confused...
@Econosaurus Get oral thrush like I have! Or at least fake it. That would solve your last problem quite quickly
The building manager is TERRIBLE - she emailed us a few weeks ago letting us know that certain people in the building have been renting our rooms on airbnb and that it's against the policies of our contracts. Fine, but this makes me super uncomfortable, so I emailed back and asked what precautions were being done to ensure the building is safe and asking if we can add another lock to our apartment door. She has completely ignored my email for TEN DAYS.
Now, she just emails us tonight and said that on Tuesday they will begin a project to have a new fire alarm system installed and it will take 8 weeks to complete. "In order to meet the current code decibel levels new sounding devices will be installed in each bedroom of each unit. To do this, new wiring will have to be run to the new devices which will be recessed in the most effective location of each bedroom. During this process, the company will repair any holes created and return them to a paintable finish. Prior to your unit being accessed by the company, we will also provide a list of instructions on how to prepare your home for the contractors."
We have a one bedroom apartment. I refuse to have construction done in here with a newborn!!
ETA: Our lease is up at the end of May at which point, we are getting out.
All my family is 3 hours away, so I had a family shower here and a family shower there. I had a friend's shower there too, which was the most fun and least shower like. I had a work shower, which was a bit painful. And the ladies a play bunco with threw me a surprise shower here.
And now I'm in thank you note purgatory. Dh's family was the worst about not buying of the registry and that was by far the biggest shower. Oh well!