She sounds like I'm trying to kill her when I use the nose Frieda. Am I doing it wrong? She's having such a hard time breastfeeding because she can barely breathe out of her nose. All her poops are straight green too so I know she's got something cookin in that little body. Poor girl. Wish I could take something but it'll dry up all my milk. Ahhhh the irony!
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
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@dancegurl1118 my LO HATES it when she's sick and miserable. Yet she loves it when she's calm and cooing. She smiles a giggles after I suck. Who knows? :-??
Where is my kid's damn cat?! He has already cried five billion times today and now he's lost his cat in the house somewhere and it's been 30 solid minutes of meltdown. And also? I still have a baby and she's fussy and she might want a nap but who knows because her schedule is all messed up because I'm being insane/responsible and trying to get her to sleep on her crib at night. Also my husband is out of town.
Update: found the cat, wrapped up in a shirt in the dress up trunk. Turned on the TV even though it's not a TV day (so sue me). Got baby to sleep even though it will probably ruin her afternoon nap, which is my only chance to sleep. Remembered I was supposed to put tomatoes in the crockpot this morning for sauce. Resolved to have a better afternoon and probably pizza for dinner.
Yeah me and LO also have colds too! So I feel like crap and she, who NEVER fights sleep, took us almost an hour to get her to sleep last night. I'm hoping tonight isn't a repeat. She also is hating the nose Frida and DH doesn't think saline drops are safe despite me calling the doc precisely because he said this. He still doesn't want to use them, and I'm soooo frustrated.
@hoodoll82 this cold is kicking our asses. It took her 10 minutes to stop crying after I suctioned her nose tonight. She wouldn't latch or anything. But she has so much snot right at the back of her nose I just wish she'd swallow it. Not to mention her copious neon green poops, and sounding like she's drowning while she eats. Don't get me started on how I'm feeling... (
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
Hope everyone gets well soon! DH just came down with a nasty bug. I've quarantined myself and LO to the guest bedroom and nursery until DH is feeling better. Really praying we don't catch what DH brought home. I really do not want a sick LO on a 30 hour drive to move home.
LO caught DS's cold. [-( Right now it's just a nasty cough so I set up a humidifier by her crib and slathered her feet in baby Vicks. This could be a long night.
@dancegurl1118 when LO was sick last time with boogers and that god awful snot rattle, I used the saline spray to loosen everything up then immediately used the nose fredia to suck out what was stuck before. You have to use enough spray to make it dribble back out the other nostril (per bottle instructions). Hope you and LO feel better soon. Looks like a lot of us are in this together. :-??
I don't know if it's a cold or allergies but it's been going on for a week and all I have to say is sneezing while lo is breastfeeding sucks, lo got scared and bit and pulled. ..ouch, then I had to try to not drop snot on her. I hope she doesn't get it!
I don't know if it's a cold or allergies but it's been going on for a week and all I have to say is sneezing while lo is breastfeeding sucks, lo got scared and bit and pulled. ..ouch, then I had to try to not drop snot on her. I hope she doesn't get it!
Eta feel better all you out there!
I've so done this. More than once. Oh yeah, many more than once. At least I know its allergies, tho
Add in some green eye goop and we've now got a party. It's not conjunctivitis so..guess just a weird symptom. She also just gagged on her snot and puked up all the milk she just ate. Today keeps getting better and better. HOWEVER I will be grateful that she unclogged my duct and that I took a shower for the first time in 2 days.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
Who do these celebrity spokespeople think they are fooling? Like I really believe Jennifer Lopez uses Loreal shampoo, or Selena Gomez uses Pantene, or Jennifer Aniston uses Aveeno. I'm just a regular Mel and I use shampoo that costs $25 for 8oz, and the same for 8oz of conditioner. I'm pretty sure JLo with her millions isn't buying drugstore shampoo. #justsayin'
(Nothing wrong with drugstore shampoo, but we all have the one thing we spend more on, for me its hair care. But if I had millions, I'd spend more on all my beauty products, ya know?)
@mellymar agreed, me and my coworker were just discussing how loreal is in trouble for those hair color commercials with the chick from mad men who went red to blond. Pretty sure she gets her hair done professionally. I don't get my hair done often, but I'm willing to spend the money to do it right. I bought some drug store crap when I was trying to convince DH I could afford to quit working, but I hate it.
So, some of you may remember way back over the winter I posted a thread about a friend of mine who wanted a child, but only if it was a boy. Well, he ended up having a girl over the winter. The baby was born sometime before February, but I don't know when because he didn't share any information about his daughters birth... Even the fact that she was born. So while I was searching for juicy threads I found a gender disappointment thread and it reminded me of this guy. Out of curiosity, I just went and stalked his fb feed, to see if he has maybe come around a little bit and posted something like "Kaylee started to crawl today!" Or "Fun day at the zoo with my gf and daughter".
But there is nothing. There is nothing to even give the impression that this guy is a father, at all. He says that his lady doesn't want his to share pictures of the kid on social media, so I asked for one sent privately, so I could tell him what a great kid he had, and he has never bothered to send one. I know if I ask him why he doesn't mention his kid at all on fb he will say its because his lady doesn't want it. But, I'm pretty sure even those of us who are really crazy about internet safety, or very private people, would at least share a couple of moments here and there in print (without pictures), you know? Like maybe a birth announcement?
I honestly believe he doesn't post about his daughter, because he STILL is butthurt about having a girl. This just pisses me off. I get gender disappointment, but to not even acknowledge publicly you have a child because of it... [-(
@mellymar I watched the documentary "it's a girl" on netflix when I was pregnant, and it made me so thankful that I was having a little girl in a country that values little girls (just to clarify, I wasn't thankful that I wasn't having a boy, I was thankful I was having a girl, if that differentiation makes sense).
Annoyed that our voyeuristic thread was shut down. Not saying nothin' 'bout nothin', but November has a topic currently on the front page that always gets heated
I told my DH about the teddy bear shower. He was just like, "Wow. Hormones man."
That sweet thread we had reminded me of when I was first starting to read the June 2015 community at the end of last year. I had zero online comment/community experience and when I'd tell DH about the craziness he found it funny since none of it fazed him. West Wing fans will appreciate this especially, but the little clip below is how I felt as I was discovering how seriously some people take online forums and how brutal (or sometimes aka honest) it can get:
Hey now, in my defense, what I was referring to was not a closed thread. And, the topic itself remained fairly civil. When I left it there was one white knight who had ridden in with the 'stop telling people to search, just ignore the thread' banner. So, I was reporting on a developing story, not kicking over dead news. And like any good reporter, I did not get involved with the news, I just watched
Hooray, I get to use my knight gif (and I'm not directing it at anyone in a mean or bullying manner, I just miss my Monty Python gif, is all. Maybe in the morning I'll go play in gif party)
I think @virginiaunicorn11 was right. You're not allowed to start a new thread about closed threads, that was totally my fault. I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out interesting threads within a random thread. That's a lot of threads. I'll just keep my lurking to myself to be safe.
It's our anniversary tomorrow. I asked my DH to stay up with me after LO goes to bed to hangout and he told me he was too tired... He said this to the lady thats been staying up with his son every night by herself to take care of LO. Major grrrrr
LO rolled over for the first time from back to belly last night....I missed it because I was in the kitchen. Noooooo!
Saaaad! My LO did this today, She was lying on the kitchen table and I was standing beside her talking to DH - when I looked back down she was on her belly. She did it without making a sound!
Now I'm going to gripe about my bad day. Other than my extra hour of sleep (which I think was a curse wrapped in sparkles), today has been for sh!t. LO has had two 10 min naps, wants to be held or interacted with (mostly held) all the time, and I've got a rager headache - probably from that extra hour of sleep, I probably had my head crooked on the pillow and started myself with a tension headache. I'm trying to not be annoyed with having to snuggle him most of the time today, but its hard when my head hurts and he keeps arching, squirming, or crunching around. At this point I'd settle for him to nap while being held, because then maybe I could try to relax and close my eyes and try to make my headache go away. Also, the Saints lost, and Brees threw at least one interception that I saw, so DH is going to be all pissy about the game tomorrow because of his fantasy teams. Good grief. :-<
Who do these celebrity spokespeople think they are fooling? Like I really believe Jennifer Lopez uses Loreal shampoo, or Selena Gomez uses Pantene, or Jennifer Aniston uses Aveeno. I'm just a regular Mel and I use shampoo that costs $25 for 8oz, and the same for 8oz of conditioner. I'm pretty sure JLo with her millions isn't buying drugstore shampoo. #justsayin'
(Nothing wrong with drugstore shampoo, but we all have the one thing we spend more on, for me its hair care. But if I had millions, I'd spend more on all my beauty products, ya know?)
I always roll my eyes at those commercials... The best are the hair color ones... I'm sure they buy boxed color and do their hair themselves at home...
I know there's a thread on the 4 month sleep regression but this feels more like a gripe. I don't know if I can do it anymore! SO TIRED. I look like a zombie and my eyes are killing me. Not only does she not sleep at night anymore longer than an hour or so (occasionally get a 2-3 hour stretch when she first goes down) but she won't even nap during the day - AT ALL. She slept for about 10 minutes today in the carrier while we Apple picked.. I just dread going to bed.. She was such a good sleeper I got spoiled, I think this is even worse than the newborn phase. I can't do CIO, don't have it in me, and she will not be soothed any way other than being held soo not sure if we even have a shot at sleep training. Rant over. I know we're all going through this lovely time together but I just had to get it out!
I feel this weird defensiveness every time I read about CIO (which I'm not doing). I'm SO not judging - or actually even caring - what other moms do. The "I can do anything" part of me just really resents the implication I'm not strong enough for CIO or something stupid like that.
Statements like "it's not for everyone, you have to have thick skin" really bother me. It makes me feel like the author is saying I can't hack it.
I let my kid cry in the car for over an hour. I can hack it. I just don't want to.
(I know you could substitute CIO with "formula" or "breastfeeding" or whatever here. I just really dislike the tone of "mommy" articles that put the topic at hand on a pedestal and act like other choices are lesser.)
I feel this weird defensiveness every time I read about CIO (which I'm not doing). I'm SO not judging - or actually even caring - what other moms do. The "I can do anything" part of me just really resents the implication I'm not strong enough for CIO or something stupid like that.
Statements like "it's not for everyone, you have to have thick skin" really bother me. It makes me feel like the author is saying I can't hack it.
I let my kid cry in the car for over an hour. I can hack it. I just don't want to.
(I know you could substitute CIO with "formula" or "breastfeeding" or whatever here. I just really dislike the tone of "mommy" articles that put the topic at hand on a pedestal and act like other choices are lesser.)
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Hope you both get some relieve soon. Colds are the worst!
Update: found the cat, wrapped up in a shirt in the dress up trunk. Turned on the TV even though it's not a TV day (so sue me). Got baby to sleep even though it will probably ruin her afternoon nap, which is my only chance to sleep. Remembered I was supposed to put tomatoes in the crockpot this morning for sauce. Resolved to have a better afternoon and probably pizza for dinner.
@dancegurl1118 when LO was sick last time with boogers and that god awful snot rattle, I used the saline spray to loosen everything up then immediately used the nose fredia to suck out what was stuck before. You have to use enough spray to make it dribble back out the other nostril (per bottle instructions). Hope you and LO feel better soon. Looks like a lot of us are in this together. :-??
And FEEL BETTER, all you mama loves and babes who are fighting off colds and such :-(
Eta feel better all you out there!
Hope everyone feels better soon!
(Nothing wrong with drugstore shampoo, but we all have the one thing we spend more on, for me its hair care. But if I had millions, I'd spend more on all my beauty products, ya know?)
But there is nothing. There is nothing to even give the impression that this guy is a father, at all. He says that his lady doesn't want his to share pictures of the kid on social media, so I asked for one sent privately, so I could tell him what a great kid he had, and he has never bothered to send one. I know if I ask him why he doesn't mention his kid at all on fb he will say its because his lady doesn't want it. But, I'm pretty sure even those of us who are really crazy about internet safety, or very private people, would at least share a couple of moments here and there in print (without pictures), you know? Like maybe a birth announcement?
I honestly believe he doesn't post about his daughter, because he STILL is butthurt about having a girl. This just pisses me off. I get gender disappointment, but to not even acknowledge publicly you have a child because of it... [-(
Hooray, I get to use my knight gif
Statements like "it's not for everyone, you have to have thick skin" really bother me. It makes me feel like the author is saying I can't hack it.
I let my kid cry in the car for over an hour. I can hack it. I just don't want to.
(I know you could substitute CIO with "formula" or "breastfeeding" or whatever here. I just really dislike the tone of "mommy" articles that put the topic at hand on a pedestal and act like other choices are lesser.)