@skruhmin I really feel terrible because the stupid monitor died and I know he was up and crying for a long time most likely. His bedroom is far away from ours.
On a happier note, I get my hair done on Wednesday (it's bad...) so hopefully it'll help. I usually flip my head over to dry my hair, and with the growing tummy, it's getting more interesting.
Kind of irritated at my doctors office....I show up for my glucos test and my doctor is telling me how we are only doing it now since I'm a little higher risk....I was like well at the high risk appointment they told me that everything was fine. So my doctor is like oh awesome we never heard back from them! Soooo you didn't think to give them a call and check on that or what?
@skruhmin LOVE your new sign and live Hobby Lobby too! And Kirklands! The whole hair issue, I just cut mine from the middle of my back to right above my shoulders lol. I was so tired of the headaches from piling it up on top of my head.
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@skruhmin I really feel terrible because the stupid monitor died and I know he was up and crying for a long time most likely. His bedroom is far away from ours.
On a happier note, I get my hair done on Wednesday (it's bad...) so hopefully it'll help. I usually flip my head over to dry my hair, and with the growing tummy, it's getting more interesting.
I hope it makes you feel a little better - we were trying to do cry it out with DS2 and he just would not stop crying - it was more fussing than anything (one of his grumpier phases and he HAD been sleeping through the night for a month). I finally went back there and he had majorly peed out of his diaper and through the sheets. DS2 is our major pee-er. I felt like a horrible mommy because he was just trying to communicate!!
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
On another note, I think we figured out how to keep our Highlander and NOT get a mini van!!! All it's going to cost is the price of a narrower car seat for DS1, which we can do the big Babies R Us trade in event in January!!
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
@skruhmin I really feel terrible because the stupid monitor died and I know he was up and crying for a long time most likely. His bedroom is far away from ours.
On a happier note, I get my hair done on Wednesday (it's bad...) so hopefully it'll help. I usually flip my head over to dry my hair, and with the growing tummy, it's getting more interesting.
I hope it makes you feel a little better - we were trying to do cry it out with DS2 and he just would not stop crying - it was more fussing than anything (one of his grumpier phases and he HAD been sleeping through the night for a month). I finally went back there and he had majorly peed out of his diaper and through the sheets. DS2 is our major pee-er. I felt like a horrible mommy because he was just trying to communicate!!
My guiltiest mommy moment was when DS was about a year old. We were trying to eliminate night time bottles and wake ups and I let him cry for 5 mins in the middle of the night and then he went back to sleep. When he woke up a few hours later I discovered he had a really bad diarrhea diaper and it irritated his penis and it was all red. It was so red and I felt so bad we went to the pedi for it. I felt horrible!
Morning sickness at 21 weeks? Really baby? Not cool at all..
@skruhmin I really feel terrible because the stupid monitor died and I know he was up and crying for a long time most likely. His bedroom is far away from ours.
On a happier note, I get my hair done on Wednesday (it's bad...) so hopefully it'll help. I usually flip my head over to dry my hair, and with the growing tummy, it's getting more interesting.
I hope it makes you feel a little better - we were trying to do cry it out with DS2 and he just would not stop crying - it was more fussing than anything (one of his grumpier phases and he HAD been sleeping through the night for a month). I finally went back there and he had majorly peed out of his diaper and through the sheets. DS2 is our major pee-er. I felt like a horrible mommy because he was just trying to communicate!!
My guiltiest mommy moment was when DS was about a year old. We were trying to eliminate night time bottles and wake ups and I let him cry for 5 mins in the middle of the night and then he went back to sleep. When he woke up a few hours later I discovered he had a really bad diarrhea diaper and it irritated his penis and it was all red. It was so red and I felt so bad we went to the pedi for it. I felt horrible!
Morning sickness at 21 weeks? Really baby? Not cool at all..
This is why we've (despite DH's grumpiness about it) never done crying it out with DS, and if I hear him, I go up and get him, because he's always been such an honest crier (not just an I miss you cry but if he cries it's a distress cry - he sleeps so well that if he cries I know something is wrong, be it a diaper blowout, or teething/leap week/ear infection). I'm a little worried that this new LO will become the great manipulator thanks to DS's training me...
ETA having a video monitor also has made a huge difference in deciding if it's a legitimate cry and the bed is wet, a midnight fuss and back to sleep, or standing at the end of the crib losing his mind lol
ETAA yuck to morning sickness... Hope it vanishes quickly.
And a glaring 'you need to watch your language' moment, DS has spent the morning saying "Fuh! Fuh!" I keep telling myself he's just practicing a new sound, when in reality, I may have been dropping the eff bomb a little too often lately in front of him. I have gotten really good at using "Cheese and crackers!" instead of exclaiming "Jesus Christ!" My students think I'm so weird. Now I just need to get back to using my letters "EFG!" instead of eff bombs...
LOVE video monitors!!!! Now if we can only get our webcam working :-/
I dropped the monitor for ours when we were still using it for DS and the screen broke. Luckily he was already sleeping in a twin bed and was old enough we could stop using it because he would just come into our room if he woke up. I will be investing in another good one this time. No idea how people live without them!
DS has been potty trained since he was 2 1/2 but still sleeps in pullups at night. I haven't been pushing night time training but the last few days he has been asking to sleep in underwear. I told him that he could if he went all week without peeing in the bed (through his pullup) or in his pullup. This morning I was proud when he told me he didn't pee in the bed or his pullup. I really hope this is it because it would be sooo nice to be done with pullups by four (in a few weeks)!
LOVE video monitors!!!! Now if we can only get our webcam working :-/
I dropped the monitor for ours when we were still using it for DS and the screen broke. Luckily he was already sleeping in a twin bed and was old enough we could stop using it because he would just come into our room if he woke up. I will be investing in another good one this time. No idea how people live without them!
DS has been potty trained since he was 2 1/2 but still sleeps in pullups at night. I haven't been pushing night time training but the last few days he has been asking to sleep in underwear. I told him that he could if he went all week without peeing in the bed (through his pullup) or in his pullup. This morning I was proud when he told me he didn't pee in the bed or his pullup. I really hope this is it because it would be sooo nice to be done with pullups by four (in a few weeks)!
Wahoooooo that would be amazing!!! Pullups are so flippin' expensive!!!
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
I am going to be a horrible mom because I don't see the point in a monitor... maybe it's the small houses in the UK... you can't be that far away if you try
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I am going to be a horrible mom because I don't see the point in a monitor... maybe it's the small houses in the UK... you can't be that far away if you try
Not a horrible mom at all. If you're anything like me, you will wake up at the first sound of baby. Like I can't help myself.
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
I am going to be a horrible mom because I don't see the point in a monitor... maybe it's the small houses in the UK... you can't be that far away if you try
Not a horrible mom at all. If you're anything like me, you will wake up at the first sound of baby. Like I can't help myself.
I can hear kids that aren't even my own roll over from 4 rooms away. If you don't need it don't get one!
Hey ladies! Just checking in to say hi and make sure I don't get too behind on all theses posts! My Dad is in town for a week, so I've been super busy. I took him to a fly tying class (for fly fishing) and then I'm going to go home and hook up the heated waterer for my chickens, cause their water froze solid last night. Poor ladies. Anyway, I hope you are all doing well! I have an appointment Wednesday, and I'll check in then.
Last night commenced the late night horrible heartburn. I slept sitting up (which I was surprised to find I could do comfortably) and with my eye mask on. Apparently DH walked in a thought I was just sitting up, awake with my eye mask on and apparently carried on a one-sided convo with me for like 3 minutes before he realized I was asleep. He said I looked like Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's lol.
I'm sooo excited to be lazy today before the family starts getting here!! I wish I had something more entertaining than that @flowerpower5838 but my funny/creative bone is on vacation too.
my random slight bleeding stopped, so yay! i definitely have a cold though, so i have felt whiney about that. and my my oldest seemed better on Saturday, but even worse on Sunday and started to get this weird rash, so we spent FOUR HOURS sitting at urgent care y'day afternoon - turns out he has strep poor guy. they gave us a note for no school today and tomorrow though, so i get to keep him snuggled in with us the rest of the week (and sleep in - yay!)
we had to get out in the freezing cold this morn to drive out and feed those dogs (that was an hour round trip) but she found someone to watch them from this a'noon until thanksgiving, so that rocks. their water was frozen! while we were out, we picked up my li'l guy's medicine and since he was so brave for the *giant* painful penicillin shot last night, we stopped at Dunkin Donuts too. i pulled over to let a truck go before us in the drive thru bc the kids were singing (loudly) a song they like on the radio, and the man paid for our half dozen!!!! that has never happened to me before, and it made me feel so grateful and relieved somehow that i totally started crying to the clerk who gave them to us. i really hope that he has as awesome a day as he made me feel right then!
i forgot to take my 20lb turkey out of the freezer yesterday, so i took it out just now - i really hope it is thawed out by thursday - google has me concerned! it is suggesting 5 days. i just completely forgot with all the illness and running about.
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
AP, BF, BW, CD, CLW, CS, ERF, Catholic mama
to Evan (7/'10), Clare (8/'11), Dean (3/'14), ^F(12/'15)^, Rose (3/'16)
*no longer a Timelord ~ WibblyWobbly BabyWaby is here!*
but i still feel bigger on the inside Autism mama!
@oceanchild I think I saw someone suggest setting the bird in cold water to help thaw if it is necessary?? Glad your LO is on the mend and hope your cold clears up quickly!
I think I had a few Braxton hicks yesterday. I was very active this weekend doing yard work, cleaning house and serving a thanksgiving meal for church plus I think I got dehydrated (which I read can bring in Braxton hicks). Since I am a ftm I'm not sure if I'm just making it up. I really don't know. I hate feeling so clueless.
My cat is back! I'm not really a cat person at all, I find them all to be kinda bitchy, but since we live on a farm we have a handful of farm cats to keep the rodent population under control. My favorite cat, our tomcat, had been gone for like two months. I was convinced he was gone forever, either eaten by coyotes, or decided to move on with his little cat life and find a new home. It's not unusual for our cats to take an occasional short hiatus from the farm, but generally they're back in a week, if they're coming back. I'm just glad to see him alive, he's fatter than ever and still thinks people are a little shady (which is why I like him, our other cats are attention whores). I could've cried when I saw him on the front steps cuddled up with our dog, his BFF. Ugh, these pregnancy hormones are giving me too many feels, dumb cat... I'll probably even have to name him after this.
March 2016 Moms: January Siggy Challenge "Pregnancy Problems"
I think I had a few Braxton hicks yesterday. I was very active this weekend doing yard work, cleaning house and serving a thanksgiving meal for church plus I think I got dehydrated (which I read can bring in Braxton hicks). Since I am a ftm I'm not sure if I'm just making it up. I really don't know. I hate feeling so clueless.
What did it feel like? Sounds like it. If they come on again and are bothersome, definitely water water water, sit down, put your feet up. Or lay down on left side. Mine usually feel like my uterus is being squeezed with the Jaws of Life.
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
My cat is back! I'm not really a cat person at all, I find them all to be kinda bitchy, but since we live on a farm we have a handful of farm cats to keep the rodent population under control. My favorite cat, our tomcat, had been gone for like two months. I was convinced he was gone forever, either eaten by coyotes, or decided to move on with his little cat life and find a new home. It's not unusual for our cats to take an occasional short hiatus from the farm, but generally they're back in a week, if they're coming back. I'm just glad to see him alive, he's fatter than ever and still thinks people are a little shady (which is why I like him, our other cats are attention whores). I could've cried when I saw him on the front steps cuddled up with our dog, his BFF. Ugh, these pregnancy hormones are giving me too many feels, dumb cat... I'll probably even have to name him after this.
I so understand this. I'm not a cat person at all but I also had a a favorite barn cat. My nephew named one of the kittens Luke Sky Walker and then the kitten turned out to be a girl and we just kept that name. I don't know if I just liked it for the name or what but she ended up sticking around much longer than many of the other cats.
I think I had a few Braxton hicks yesterday. I was very active this weekend doing yard work, cleaning house and serving a thanksgiving meal for church plus I think I got dehydrated (which I read can bring in Braxton hicks). Since I am a ftm I'm not sure if I'm just making it up. I really don't know. I hate feeling so clueless.
What did it feel like? Sounds like it. If they come on again and are bothersome, definitely water water water, sit down, put your feet up. Or lay down on left side. Mine usually feel like my uterus is being squeezed with the Jaws of Life.
It felt like mild menstral cramping that only lasted about 2-3 min and my belly got very hard. I have also been having irregular bowels so maybe it was that too... Either way I was not a fan and told DH I'm going to take it easy today before all the holiday madness begins.
thanks guys! good vid, @skruhmin! maybe i will take it wednesday and keep it in a bucket of cold water all day and then back in the fridge on wednesday night
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
AP, BF, BW, CD, CLW, CS, ERF, Catholic mama
to Evan (7/'10), Clare (8/'11), Dean (3/'14), ^F(12/'15)^, Rose (3/'16)
*no longer a Timelord ~ WibblyWobbly BabyWaby is here!*
but i still feel bigger on the inside Autism mama!
Aaaaaaaaand now that made me freak out that we didn't buy enough turkey. We have 27 lbs of turkey (2 smaller turkeys) and 21 people coming. Ruh roh!
My mother in law insisted that we buy 20 lbs for only 11 people and I think she is crazy. The sides are everyone's favorite anyways. If you are really stressed about it you could just get a small ham or something but I'm sure you are fine... 1 lb of turkey per person is ALOT of turkey to eat.
My mom always gets a 22-lb turkey for 15-18 people and we always have a TON left over. I know I only eat 2 slices of turkey - a pound of turkey per person seems like way too much (and I know that's including the bones too).
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
Aaaaaaaaand now that made me freak out that we didn't buy enough turkey. We have 27 lbs of turkey (2 smaller turkeys) and 21 people coming. Ruh roh!
My mother in law insisted that we buy 20 lbs for only 11 people and I think she is crazy. The sides are everyone's favorite anyways. If you are really stressed about it you could just get a small ham or something but I'm sure you are fine... 1 lb of turkey per person is ALOT of turkey to eat.
and here i am feeling kind of ridiculous for our GIANT turkey for just the 5 of us (three of whom are 5 and under) LMAO
but i fully plan on eating turkey sandwich leftovers for every meal the following week, and trying my hand at making some sort of turkey stew/soup (i saw one on Tasty that didn't look like it was too difficult for me, so maybe i will not screw up)
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
AP, BF, BW, CD, CLW, CS, ERF, Catholic mama
to Evan (7/'10), Clare (8/'11), Dean (3/'14), ^F(12/'15)^, Rose (3/'16)
*no longer a Timelord ~ WibblyWobbly BabyWaby is here!*
but i still feel bigger on the inside Autism mama!
My mom always gets a 22-lb turkey for 15-18 people and we always have a TON left over. I know I only eat 2 slices of turkey - a pound of turkey per person seems like way too much (and I know that's including the bones too).
I think you are fine! I think 2-3 slices is the average serving and that's not even close to being a pound. Even with bones included in the weight you should have plenty of turkey unless you were planning on feeding people turkey sandwiches the day after.
I wonder if Butterball is just in love with their turkeys
This is a very valid point. Looking to a turkey vendor for advise on how much turkey to buy is kind of like asking a used car salesman to pick out the car you should buy!
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@CecilB93 I'm due the 3rd.
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I can hear kids that aren't even my own roll over from 4 rooms away. If you don't need it don't get one!
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
Last night commenced the late night horrible heartburn. I slept sitting up (which I was surprised to find I could do comfortably) and with my eye mask on. Apparently DH walked in a thought I was just sitting up, awake with my eye mask on and apparently carried on a one-sided convo with me for like 3 minutes before he realized I was asleep. He said I looked like Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's lol.
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
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I do not plan to do much work this week but with how slow the board is today I am being forced to be productive!
Entertain me please.
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
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March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
Autism mama!
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Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
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It felt like mild menstral cramping that only lasted about 2-3 min and my belly got very hard. I have also been having irregular bowels so maybe it was that too... Either way I was not a fan and told DH I'm going to take it easy today before all the holiday madness begins.
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
Autism mama!
My mother in law insisted that we buy 20 lbs for only 11 people and I think she is crazy. The sides are everyone's favorite anyways. If you are really stressed about it you could just get a small ham or something but I'm sure you are fine... 1 lb of turkey per person is ALOT of turkey to eat.
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
Autism mama!
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!