April Randoms Thread

mom2adoodle · April 2016

Get your random on.

AnnaS930 · April 2016

Random: My husband and I both work full time. I work Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri and spend the other 3 days with our son. My husband manages in the retail world so often (almost always) works weekends, so he also often has 2 weekdays off. We pay for 4 days of daycare, and with the cost of it (and how much Emmett LOVES it) we send him even if my husband is home.

last week and this one, my husband has had Thursday/Friday off, and the kiddo at daycare 7-4. I'm feeling really jealous. 9 hours at home... alone? My "alone" time is with a 15 month old within a foot of me at all times. I don't even know if I've been at our house without anyone else since he was born.

Either way - he'll get a lot done around the house, I just want a day. Maybe we can shift schedules around when he has a Wednesday off I can work and take my day off on a daycare day instead.

AnnaS930 · April 2016

@Katie8687 - (Luring you to April from your March post)... why does she do this? Does she have children? Is she possibly jealous? I find that I can be negative in this way when I am jealous of people, and it's a trait that I work very hard to repress/change. You're probably on the right track in thinking you just shouldn't tell her about potential issues/concerns if she's going to focus on them instead of being a good support (as she should be!)

camichael84 · April 2016

So despite the talk of it being April Fool's Day, I was still surprised to see this thread. Haha.

My random is that I had a $15 credit to Best Buy, so after my appt yesterday, DH and I went and bought DD a movie. We were debating between Big Hero 6 and Inside Out. Because of you girls, we got Inside Out. We will watch it this weekend, and I'm excited but also prepared to cry.

Katie8687 · April 2016

@AnnaS930 (I finished my post then saw the April thread! Whoops!) She is in the middle of wedding planning for next April but she seems genuinely excited about the baby so I don't think it's jealousy. Honestly I think it comes from being very fresh from getting her degree and now being a know-it-all about all things nursing, esp. postpartum issues. Like we get it, you work a ton and have a vast amount of knowledge that you're dying to share but maybe let my doctors be the judge of why they haven't put me on aspirin and are trying iron first. I'll keep updates to her vague from now on.

PSUBecky23 · April 2016

@AnnaS930 my husband is in law enforcement. He works every other weekend so on the weeks that he works the weekend, he has Tuesday and Friday off. Reese is in daycare because it wasn't possible to swing different days off each week. Insanely jealous of all of his kid free time. He does get a lot of house projects done but it's so not fair.

pinkspartan15 · April 2016

We had our first Hypnobirthing class last night. I have been really excited to use this method for our birth in hope of going med-free and after the first class I am even more excited and motivated. I didn't tell DH much about Hypnobirthing prior to the class and was happy to hear he enjoyed the class too.

AnnaS930 · April 2016

@camichael84 - Aww, I hope you guys enjoy it (you're going to). My husband has watched it twice this week (keeps putting on little 20 minute spurts of it with Emmett while I cook dinner, or to have something on in the background.. and we quote it all day. It's got some great humor to it.. and yes, some sentimental/sad moments but overall it's a really feel-good movie

AnnaS930 · April 2016

@Katie8687 - Gotcha.. I think I missed that she has a medical degree (and a new one at that.. been there!) Let me tell you, being a pharmacist and feeling like I know a lot about certain topics.. then being the patient and having to make decisions is a whole different ballgame. It's easy to give advice, not as easy to listen to it all and know what is right for you and your baby.

For example - Postpartum issues, I knew every treatment, signs/symptoms, etc etc. But when I actually experienced it, I had a hard time deciding if being medicated was right for me (even after encouraging other moms to seek treatment for years).

PSUBecky23 · April 2016

@pinkspartan15 that's great! The book has been sitting on my bedside table, unopened, for weeks. I need to get on that. Please share anything worthwhile that you learn.

camichael84 · April 2016

@AnnaS930 We currently do that with "Frozen". We had never seen it until the Disney Channel aired it on Valentine's Day, and I recorded it for DD. Now all three of us are into it, and it gets watched frequently. The movie DD loved the most before that was "Shrek". I'm hoping to expand her movie collection, so I don't get burned out like I did with "Shrek". Of course, the "Shrek" days were also when she was watching more TV because I was in first tri and feeling miserable, so we watched it a LOT.

AnnaS930 · April 2016

@lovelylauren86 Did you watch Bubbleguppies?? It was soooo cute. I was way too into it.

Katie8687 · April 2016

@AnnaS930 Yes, and I totally get that! I work in a very specific field and had to learn when to not give my unsolicited opinion at first when the topic came up. So I understand and that's why I'm annoyed but not mad at her. I know that every situation is different and we'll deal with any issues as they come up taking a lot of things into consideration.

Also, @camichael84 now I'm tempted to rent Inside Out too! Haven't seen it but as an easy crier at movies I'll be prepared with tissues. (We went to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 last week, and I was silently crying by the time it started due to a preview that came on right before it started for Me Before You.)

camichael84 · April 2016

@Katie8687 I'm not typically an easy crier, but this pregnancy has turned me into a blubbering mess. I feel like it wasn't this bad when I was pregnant with DD, but I now recall having to have DH pause "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" because I couldn't contain myself during the scene where Caesar gets taken from James Franco and John Lithgow. It wasn't even the first time I'd seen it.

LeahKnits · April 2016

@AnnaS930 I also wish I had time alone at my house. I'm a stay at home mom so I'm with the kids all day, every day. Sometimes when my husband is home I'll leave for a while. But there isn't really anywhere to go and I'd much rather be at home by myself. I've tried going into the bedroom and shutting the door but if the kids know I'm there they sit at the door and wail.

VeraMali · April 2016

I'm a relatively new SAHM, I quit my job at the end of June last year. I don't miss that particular job but man do I miss the 8-10 hours a day of being just Vera & not Mommy. We've also recently moved 4 hours away from my mom so we have no babysitter for an occasional kiddy break now. I love my daughter but I would also love to get a pedicure & read a book in silence!

UnwritteN12 · April 2016

Tomorrow DS has his first football game and DD has her first basketball game. I'm so excited! I loved cheering DS on in basketball the past couple of months (would have loved to cheer DD on too, but she broke her wrist right before it started!). DH takes DS to football practice and says it hasn't been a problem so far but I'm just crossing my fingers that DS remembers that this is flag football not tackle football....

@VeraMali - That's what I missed about working full-time too. When the kids were a few months old, I went back to work part time at night (usually 4 hour shifts a few times a week) but, even though I hated that job, it let me be someone other than mommy.
I remember being so jealous of DH right after our kids were born because he had a "normal" life still. He got to get up and go to work every morning and didn't necessarily have to think about what was going on at home. I know now that PPD was a huge part of it, but I really resented him for months after our kids were born. It took me a while to really appreciate the fact that I was staying home during the day with our kids and not be angry with him for the "normalcy" that he was able to experience.

LizC216 · April 2016

When I had my first daughter, I went from working full time to working three days a week. Both my mom and my mother-in-law babysat for us. After I had my second, I became a stay at home mom. My mom didn't really want to watch 2 little ones and it didn't make financial sense for me to work and pay for a nanny or day care.

I didn't think the day would ever come when I would say that I miss work, but I do. My part time set up was ideal. If I didn't have family nearby, I don't think I could handle being a SAHM. I need breaks. I also feel that some people are just better at being SAHM's than others.

There me are definite perks to being home with them, but some days I just miss being around adults, being downtown, going out for lunch, etc. The grass is always greener, I guess.

LizC216 · April 2016

In other random news my youngest daughter always asks, "You ok, mama?" after I sneeze. It melts my heart. This is the sweet side that I love. Far different from her determined, stubborn, somewhat beastly side.

pinkspartan15 · April 2016

@PSUBecky23 Definitely will! It took me a couple weeks too to finally open the book, but it's a pretty easy read to get through once you get going.

AnnaS930 · April 2016

@LizC216 - Since having my son I have been working (for about a year now, after a 10 week maternity leave) 4 days a week (I have Wednesdays and weekends off) and we pay for daycare the other 4 days of the week. It is a really ideal setup for me, I get to be a fulltime professional and a fulltime mom, depending on the day of the week (though of course.. my little man is always on my mind, so I'm still a part-time mom while at work). I wouldn't be able to stop working as I am the major breadwinner for our family, and I'm not so sure that I'd want to anyways... when we have 2 in daycare the weekly cost will be almost even with what my husband brings home each week - that would be hard for me to do, but he is all about staying at work and eventually advancing his career even if he personally isn't bringing in a profit for a time.

hey_clever_girl · April 2016

AnnaS930 said:

Random: My husband and I both work full time. I work Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri and spend the other 3 days with our son. My husband manages in the retail world so often (almost always) works weekends, so he also often has 2 weekdays off. We pay for 4 days of daycare, and with the cost of it (and how much Emmett LOVES it) we send him even if my husband is home.

last week and this one, my husband has had Thursday/Friday off, and the kiddo at daycare 7-4. I'm feeling really jealous. 9 hours at home... alone? My "alone" time is with a 15 month old within a foot of me at all times. I don't even know if I've been at our house without anyone else since he was born.

Either way - he'll get a lot done around the house, I just want a day. Maybe we can shift schedules around when he has a Wednesday off I can work and take my day off on a daycare day instead.

I would totally be jealous too. I hope you can shift schedules and make it work in your favor for a day off!!

marajay6 · April 2016

LizC216 said:

In other random news my youngest daughter always asks, "You ok, mama?" after I sneeze. It melts my heart. This is the sweet side that I love. Far different from her determined, stubborn, somewhat beastly side.

My son yells "Choo!" and mimics me when I sneeze. It's the most adorable thing.

hey_clever_girl · April 2016

LizC216 said:

In other random news my youngest daughter always asks, "You ok, mama?" after I sneeze. It melts my heart. This is the sweet side that I love. Far different from her determined, stubborn, somewhat beastly side.

Aw, that made me smile. That's so sweet.

hey_clever_girl · April 2016

My face is in misery. I am so stuffed up, my throat is scratchy, and I feel miserable. I have seasonal allergies and a nasal spray that usually helps combat the obscene pollen levels around here, but my spray is like Class C or D for pregnancy so I am afraid to use it.

diagonalley · April 2016

Thank goodness for a new randoms. I'm totally a fan of long randoms but lost the last one around page 24 and couldn't keep up. This is an extremely busy time of year for me as the play I direct is only ONE MONTH AWAY! AHH. So hopefully I can keep up better for a bit at least

lovelylauren86 · April 2016

Before I had kids I used to seriously side Eye people who called their children assholes.
Toddlers are total assholes

VeraMali · April 2016

@lovelylauren86 toddlers can be the biggest assholes ever. Mine is 2.5 and has really hit her stride in assholiness in the past month or so. Still love her though.

VeraMali · April 2016

Another random. I just remembered a new season of house hunters & house hunters renovations came on Netflix today! We haven't had cable in years but I still miss my HGTV fix.

hey_clever_girl · April 2016

lovelylauren86 said:

Before I had kids I used to seriously side Eye people who called their children assholes.
Toddlers are total assholes

ME TOO.

LizC216 · April 2016

lovelylauren86 said:

Before I had kids I used to seriously side Eye people who called their children assholes.
Toddlers are total assholes

I just laughed out loud. OnTuesday, my youngest was the worst. I felt like such a failure, sitting in the parking lot, thinking how can this little person be so bad and push my buttons so well??

lovelylauren86 · April 2016

I love him but he has made me cry 3 times today out of sheer frustration

PSUBecky23 · April 2016

Toddlers are rough, man. I have a three year old now and she is square in the middle of threenager-hood.

But they're so freaking cute when they're not being assholes. Reese actually slept through the night last night but that meant a 5:30am wakeup. I go to her room to find her completely naked and proclaiming - "I'm done sleeping mommy. I had a good night. Let's go downstairs." So asshole combined with cute.

AnnaS930 · April 2016

@lovelylauren86 - he's awful cute but the look on his face suggests that he isn't too bothered by your tears! lol, sorry mama.. it certainly isn't easy!

hey_clever_girl · April 2016

lovelylauren86 said:

I love him but he has made me cry 3 times today out of sheer frustration

"Sorry you're sad mama!

LOL jk"

Thscary · April 2016

They played the cruelest April fools joke at work. They sent an email saying there were Krispy Kreme donuts but in the boxes were vegetables

LizC216 · April 2016

Thscary said:

They played the cruelest April fools joke at work. They sent an email saying there were Krispy Kreme donuts but in the boxes were vegetables

I think I would cry!

mom2adoodle · April 2016

@Thscary That is actually an awesome joke HAHA. Probably more awesome since I wasn't there but awesome to hear about nonetheless.

AnnaS930 · April 2016

@Thscary - I saw a picture of that prank last night on Facebook. Bummer.

Thscary · April 2016

It was pretty funny, despite being a huge disappointment. I think I'll take a picture and make it my signature challenge

lovelylauren86 · April 2016

I probably would have cried until someone got me a donut! @Thscary

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