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ariel8200 · November 2014

Thanks everyone. Wilson (my dog) spent the day at the vet getting fluids. The plan is to bring him in tomorrow and Friday to get more fluids at which point they will test his blood again and see if it had any changes. I'm hoping for a miracle. Wilson is such a sweet sweet boy. Here is a pic.

PregsMcSnoozalot · November 2014

aawwwwwwwwwww, sweet puppy!!

huggabunch · November 2014

@kam3100‌ praying for your sweet little Wilson pup! Even with a human baby, my dogs are still like my kids.

SuperKim13 · November 2014

Stepping into a random thread for the first time....

@kam3100 what a sweet boy! Hoping and praying for good news!

ADC1979 · November 2014

Wilson is adorable! Cuddle him for us! I hope he's feeling better soon.

And...my LO slept through the night last night. Holy crap. My boobs didn't know what to do with themselves aside from engorge.

But I'm all like

NO ONE TELL HIM HE'S 4 MONTHS OLD SOON!

ETA: First time he's sttn in his entire little tiny life. Mommy likes.

ADC1979 · November 2014

@stellabunny

abundancenow · November 2014

When I got home from work last night, my five year old had this magazine waiting on the steps for me. He said he wanted to "order this" for snack and dessert for today and pointed to the cover. I'm not a big baker and have never made anything like this before, but I may try to make a few of the recipes for him since he was so cute in asking.

SuperTinkerham · November 2014

I FINALLY GOT MY ARTHRITIS SHOTS SCHEDULED.... I look like a 50 year old woman. My knees are so painful. I noticeably limp and it is embarrassing.

abundancenow · November 2014

SuperTinkerham said:

I FINALLY GOT MY ARTHRITIS SHOTS SCHEDULED.... I look like a 50 year old woman. My knees are so painful. I noticeably limp and it is embarrassing.

Hope it provides relief, probably not easy holding Big Baby Grr with painful knees.

Nichole8787 · November 2014

A girl I'm kind of friedly with Is in labor today. She's checked into the hospital sending me texts. She claims she is going all natural, that she's in pain and contractions are 2 min apart but ask she needs is the thoughts and excitement ofher baby girl to keep her going...blah blah blah....this irritates me for some reason she has no idea the pain she's about to feel. I secretly hope she begs for drugs

I know this makes me a bad person but she's been all sanctmommy on me for months

SuperTinkerham · November 2014

Nichole8787 said:

A girl I'm kind of friedly with Is in labor today. She's checked into the hospital sending me texts. She claims she is going all natural, that she's in pain and contractions are 2 min apart but ask she needs is the thoughts and excitement ofher baby girl to keep her going...blah blah blah....this irritates me for some reason she has no idea the pain she's about to feel. I secretly hope she begs for drugs I know this makes me a bad person but she's been all sanctmommy on me for months

LOLOLOL. My acupuncturist is due w a baby tomorrow. I am interested to hear about her labor. She's not sanctimommy though- I am just curious.

darkangel42 · November 2014

The dog just started howling so we all freaked out and ran in to check on him because he's old and has a heart condition. He was howling at my mil's phone that she'd left in the back room because he's also a doofus (and totally fine).

littlemissmarla · November 2014

Why is my new username gone and my old one is back.. the bump needs to get it's shit together.

jnnfrrose6 · November 2014

Nichole8787 said:

A girl I'm kind of friedly with Is in labor today. She's checked into the hospital sending me texts. She claims she is going all natural, that she's in pain and contractions are 2 min apart but ask she needs is the thoughts and excitement ofher baby girl to keep her going...blah blah blah....this irritates me for some reason she has no idea the pain she's about to feel. I secretly hope she begs for drugs I know this makes me a bad person but she's been all sanctmommy on me for months

My SIL did this. She wanted to do a home birth in her bathtub. Then she had to get induced. The first day she was all "oh, I'm having a contraction right now," and then she'd keep on doing whatever she was she was doing and talk about how it wasn't "that bad." By day 2 she was over her sanctimommy shit. (for the record she ended up going 3 days before they did a c-section on her).

PregsMcSnoozalot · November 2014

I just told my 9th grade homeroom class that I will be absent tomorrow and Monday, so SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY!!

No one caught it, thank goodness

:-\"

ariel8200 · November 2014

I'm very sad today. We had to put Wilson (my dog) down last night.

PregsMcSnoozalot · November 2014

oh no, @kam3100. losing a pup is the worst. doggie love is true love. wishing you peace and thoughts of happy times with wilson...

bullybutt · November 2014

I'm so sorry @kam3100! My heart hurts for you

SimpleComplexity · November 2014

I've got 3 days left in my current position and all I want to do is grab my diploma off the wall and walk out. Sadly, I have to stay to get my unused vacation pay. I will likely leave the 6 inch stack of filing behind though.

SuperKim13 · November 2014

I am so sorry @kam3100

littlemissmarla · November 2014

@kam3100 So sorry about your fur baby, lots of hugs

dobbyisfree · November 2014

@kam3100‌ sad for you. So hard to lose a love bug :-(

[Deleted User] · November 2014

Thank you FB post for changing my life... Apparently the shoulders on onesies are made to cross over each other not so you can more easier get big baby heads through them but... Wait for it...

When a poo explosion happens you can roll the onesie down their body instead of up and over their head!!!!

Ahhhh! WHY did no one tell me this sooner!!! Whhhhhhy.

SuperTinkerham · November 2014

@kam3100‌ I'm sorry for your loss.

SuperTinkerham · November 2014

His diaper was dry this morning. Wtf? He didn't pee for 10 hours? Now I'm worried.

mary1217 · November 2014

@kam3100 I am so sorry for your loss.

mary1217 · November 2014

We are flying from Jacksonville, FL to Boston, MA tomorrow. I'm a bit anxious. Not so much for the flight - its only 2 1/2 hours. More so getting unloading at the airport and getting through security, etc.

Anyone else flying for the holidays?

darkangel42 · November 2014

@mary1217 I'm taking the kids back to the UK for Christmas without DH. We have a couple hours layover in Ireland as well as the flights of about 8 hours and then 1 hour and I'm not looking forward to it.

Try to take bags you can stack or fasten together so you need less hands to deal with them and good luck.

mary1217 · November 2014

@darkangel42 you are brave!!

jnnfrrose6 · November 2014

mary1217 said:

We are flying from Jacksonville, FL to Boston, MA tomorrow. I'm a bit anxious. Not so much for the flight - its only 2 1/2 hours. More so getting unloading at the airport and getting through security, etc.

Anyone else flying for the holidays?

Take the stroller to the gate. Keep the bags easy like @darkangel said and they can ride on the stroller through the airport. At security, if you aren't alone, one of you grabs the kid while the other loads the security belt. Carry the kid through the detector and pick up everything on the other side. Pretty simple. If alone, just takes a few extra seconds, but load the belt, grab the baby, put the stroller on, and head on through. The agents usually try and help when they see you're on your own. Baby wearing is also helpful, though I usually do it once we get to the gate.

Huahine · November 2014

@mary - curbside check in is your friend.

Tomorrow's travel plans for us involve a plane, a borrowed car, 4 states, 18 hours, a toddler and a 4 month old. I'm going to need all the luck in the world.

darkangel42 · November 2014

mary1217 said:

@darkangel42 you are brave crazy!!

FTFY

jnnfrrose6 said: The agents usually try and help when they see you're on your own.

What sorcery is this?! Through several trips back and forth between the UK and US with DD1, this has NEVER happened for me. On TSA guy did hand me a tissue when I was crying though.

Actually, one security moron bitch person told me I had a bad attitude after I questioned (multiple times because she ignored the first few tries) why she was making us take off pretty much everything but our underwear and making me put each individual item in its own tray and wouldn't let me take ANYTHING off the belt until she'd scanned it all twice and then requesting I unpack my bag right there while pregnant and travelling with DD1. Her reason for doing all this? "It looked like a weapon" in my hand luggage. The "weapon" was a plastic schoolbus. Yes, I was *clearly* planning to attack a UK airport using a toy bus, a scarf and a packet of ginger candy, assisted by a 5-year-old while neither of us was wearing shoes.

My theory is she was bored since we were the only people in that part of the building.

bullybutt · November 2014

Thanksgiving Fail....whhhhuuuttt?

jnnfrrose6 · November 2014

darkangel42 said:

mary1217 said:

@darkangel42 you are brave crazy!!

FTFY

jnnfrrose6 said: The agents usually try and help when they see you're on your own.

What sorcery is this?! Through several trips back and forth between the UK and US with DD1, this has NEVER happened for me. On TSA guy did hand me a tissue when I was crying though.

Actually, one security moron bitch person told me I had a bad attitude after I questioned (multiple times because she ignored the first few tries) why she was making us take off pretty much everything but our underwear and making me put each individual item in its own tray and wouldn't let me take ANYTHING off the belt until she'd scanned it all twice and then requesting I unpack my bag right there while pregnant and travelling with DD1. Her reason for doing all this? "It looked like a weapon" in my hand luggage. The "weapon" was a plastic schoolbus. Yes, I was *clearly* planning to attack a UK airport using a toy bus, a scarf and a packet of ginger candy, assisted by a 5-year-old while neither of us was wearing shoes.
My theory is she was bored since we were the only people in that part of the building.

Most TSA agents suck, but after traveling to India a couple of years ago and dealing with their ridiculousness, it's hard for me to complain (though not impossible) with what we get here.

darkangel42 · November 2014

I'm more than happy to complain about airport staff of most kinds. Also, Philadelphia airport is evil and I now make an effort to avoid any flight which involves a connection there. I hate air travel so very much.

We (me, kids and DH this time) are going to India at some point, any specific ridiculousness to watch out for?

jnnfrrose6 · November 2014

darkangel42 said:

I'm more than happy to complain about airport staff of most kinds. Also, Philadelphia airport is evil and I now make an effort to avoid any flight which involves a connection there. I hate air travel so very much.

We (me, kids and DH this time) are going to India at some point, any specific ridiculousness to watch out for?

You can't really avoid it. The security at the airport is ridiculous. You go through security to enter the airport. Then you go through typical security, but you have to make sure you've got the right tag on your carry on. Then you go through security again at your gate. And then, one more time while you're on the gangway to the airplane. And each time they check for that tag. I'm not sure how, but some guy in line in front of us when we were boarding and had that last check, didn't have the tag on his bag and couldn't figure out what the problem was.

Otherwise, India was amazing. That trip was our "last hurrah" before kids and I actually conceived over there. The country is dirtier than I expected (I didn't expect "clean," but I've traveled some in South America and expected something more in line with that). The smoke/smog was crazy. You don't think about it quantifiably until you see it, but there are so many poor people there and they live where ever they can find some space and when it gets cold they burn whatever they can find for heat. That burning isn't clean and the air is just dirty. You'd blow your nose and it'd be black from all the stuff you're inhaling. Also, you become the tourist attraction. Of course westerners visit over there, but they generally hit the touristy stuff, which is exactly what Indians do when traveling and suddenly your picture is being taken instead of the palace you're visiting. We were staying with friends who had 3 kids under 5 at the time and each one was a towhead. People would actually try and touch them while we walked past.

New Delhi was just meh in our opinions, but the rest of the country was awesome. We also went to Nepal and that was incredible. I could (clearly) go on, but I'll leave it with this picture of us in front of the Taj Mahal.

darkangel42 · November 2014

Pay attention to the carry-on tag then, we can do that.

We'll be staying with some friends whose family still live there so should be able to avoid some of the touristy parts, no idea where we'll be (hopefully close enough to see the Taj Mahal!) but I've always wanted to go.

[Deleted User] · November 2014

My husband and I both did TSA precheck and it's awesome. You can take a kid with you up to the age of 12 I think- you don't take off your shoes, no liquids out of the bag, no full body scanner thing, no long lines- it's worth the $85 for 5 years. Do it.

[Deleted User] · November 2014

I had to sleep in the Philadelphia airport once due to weather delays causing me to miss my connection. Thank goodness there were a few other girls around my age stuck there, too, so we could hang out together.

@emilillies, who is deleted?

jcartz · November 2014

I never fly through PHL if I can help it! Every time there is a delay, missed connection, baggage or security snafu... Ugh. Hate that place.

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