I thought I was being so clever. Buy a second car seat base for husband's car, and that way, he can take her to daycare if the timing is right for when he goes into work. Then I can pick her up when I get off work. Only one problem - he would then have the car seat, not me. Ugh. Why did it take 4am insomnia for me to realize this? Are we going to have to buy a whole 'nother seat?!
I thought I was being so clever. Buy a second car seat base for husband's car, and that way, he can take her to daycare if the timing is right for when he goes into work. Then I can pick her up when I get off work. Only one problem - he would then have the car seat, not me. Ugh. Why did it take 4am insomnia for me to realize this? Are we going to have to buy a whole 'nother seat?!
Cant you leave the car seat at daycare? If it is part of the travel system, maybe you can just attach it to the stroller?
@yogahh Great idea! I can call both that I'm wait listed on and ask. We don't need a stroller to get her to daycare, so they'd just have to hang on to the car seat for us.
@yogahh Great idea! I can call both that I'm wait listed on and ask. We don't need a stroller to get her to daycare, so they'd just have to hang on to the car seat for us.
I actually have the same question for our daycare. I am going to drop her off in the morning by walking her to the center. So at the beginning she will still be in the care seat until she can sit up alone in the stroller. Then DH will pick her up (he has a car). So I also need to be sure they will store the car seat. It would only be for a month or so. Hope it works out for you!
A dating ultrasound does give you the best EDD if done that early. It could be the tech making the measurements was off by a fraction of an inch which could change the date by a few days. Also sperm can survive for days after DTD. Between both, that could account for the week difference. Did they confirm the due date with your anatomy scan or have been measuring ahead?
I would make sure your doc knows about this concern just incase you need an induction for going too far past your due date. They may decide to not let you go a full two weeks. That's really the only concern I would have right now. An EDD is really just and estimate which is why so few people actually have babies on their EDD.
@slfezz - That was a post that I typed up yesterday and decided not to post because I'm really not that concerned, but I guess my phone wanted me to go ahead and post it. Whoops!
I thought I was being so clever. Buy a second car seat base for husband's car, and that way, he can take her to daycare if the timing is right for when he goes into work. Then I can pick her up when I get off work. Only one problem - he would then have the car seat, not me. Ugh. Why did it take 4am insomnia for me to realize this? Are we going to have to buy a whole 'nother seat?!
Cant get out of this box... Is it a carrier?? We just took the carrier into daycare and then took DD out of it so the carrier was there when DH went to pick her up.
Been married since 2009. Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter) Several MCs DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
@missnc77 we bought two bases with just one car seat for the infant car seat and that worked well. For the car seat the next size up we did end up buying two and the price of two was worth the hassle otherwise.
I thought I was being so clever. Buy a second car seat base for husband's car, and that way, he can take her to daycare if the timing is right for when he goes into work. Then I can pick her up when I get off work. Only one problem - he would then have the car seat, not me. Ugh. Why did it take 4am insomnia for me to realize this? Are we going to have to buy a whole 'nother seat?!
@missnc77 We have the same situation, but we also have my parents who are going to help with care taking a lot, who each want their own base in their cars (I tried to tell them to just get one and designate a baby car, but they don't want to share apparently). My plan is to just have the car seat go wherever the baby goes, daycare included. Hoping this isn't an issue, we'll find out soon!
Our good friends that have been 7 weeks ahead of is in their pregnancy had their baby last week, and we had heard almost nothing about the delivery/baby and it has been driving me crazy!!! I think the only thing keeping me from texting/calling every five minutes has been this board that reminds me that nobody wants to be bugged while you're giving birth or just recovering. Plus I hope people are respectful of me after I give birth, but it's so hard! Anyway, after a whole week of being super curious, my husband goes to a soccer game with our friend, the new dad, and comes home and is able to give me ZERO information on the baby except that it is making them tired a lot and they are worried it might be a red head (what??). I wanted to punch him in the face. Apparently our friend referred to the baby as "Baby" anytime he mentioned him, so I didn't even get a name.
I finally texted my friend and asked a million questions since she's had a week now and our husbands are useless, and got the name and a bunch of adorable pictures. But what is wrong with these dads/dads-to-be? Don't come home from a soccer game with our new-dad friend and only tell me about how the beer cost $9.50!!
I thought I was being so clever. Buy a second car seat base for husband's car, and that way, he can take her to daycare if the timing is right for when he goes into work. Then I can pick her up when I get off work. Only one problem - he would then have the car seat, not me. Ugh. Why did it take 4am insomnia for me to realize this? Are we going to have to buy a whole 'nother seat?!
@missnc77 We have the same situation, but we also have my parents who are going to help with care taking a lot, who each want their own base in their cars (I tried to tell them to just get one and designate a baby car, but they don't want to share apparently). My plan is to just have the car seat go wherever the baby goes, daycare included. Hoping this isn't an issue, we'll find out soon!
We had the same situation- I go to work early and come home early, DH goes to work late and comes home late. We ended up buying a second car seat (the Costco one for $99). My MIL has one too and she says it's great, just not perfect for brand news. I didn't even think about leaving the seat at daycare!
Question: When the baby drops does it happen kinda over night? Like you just wake and realize he's dropped or will I see it happen little by little. I'm still super high and 36 weeks and I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever!
Question: When the baby drops does it happen kinda over night? Like you just wake and realize he's dropped or will I see it happen little by little. I'm still super high and 36 weeks and I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever!
I noticed a difference over a few days' time... but it did sort of happen where all of a sudden I looked in the mirror and was like - okay, he definitely is hanging lower than he was on Monday. And then at my OB appt on Friday she said his head was engaged and low, because I don't think it's necessarily that the look of the belly means the baby is engaged vs not engaged.
Question: When the baby drops does it happen kinda over night? Like you just wake and realize he's dropped or will I see it happen little by little. I'm still super high and 36 weeks and I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever!
My LO dropped some time between my 36 and 37 week appointments. My H noticed that my bump looked lower and I noticed that I had less pain in my rib cage but I wasn't sure until my OB confirmed that she was engaged. And even though she has dropped I'm in my 38th week and I still feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever....
Question: When the baby drops does it happen kinda over night? Like you just wake and realize he's dropped or will I see it happen little by little. I'm still super high and 36 weeks and I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever!
Kinda does happen overnight ! I think mine dropped over a weekend time span . That Monday DH noticed out of no where I dropped and was carrying much lower than I was that Friday . He cracks me up because he said " babe your bump isn't one with your boobs anymore ".
So MIL is super amazing today. She came over and helped put together the bouncer and pack n play. But then she also apparently went on a mini shopping spree before she came over and bought some new (and not pink) clothes for the baby. So we don't really have to do much there now. Then there are a few things she got that she's going to exchange for us and help me pack up the rest of the stuff to get it put away.
And she actually bought us the dresser for the nursery too. DH finished painting yesterday and is refinishing the baseboards today and putting the floor in throughout the week. But yay, things are getting done. Still a lot to do but we've definitely made progress today.
Most of my friends don't have children yet and this is my fourth. I texted a friend saying how I really wanted to make it to our other friends wedding next month but it's just not in the cards. It's either an 11 hour drive one way or a 2-3 hr drive plus 2-3 hour flight and then having to be picked up. But obviously airlines won't let you fly when you're 38-39 weeks pregnant and she seriously thought it was ridiculous like "how likely are you to give birth on a 2-3 hour flight?" haha, yeah. I probably wouldn't go into labor honestly but why risk it especially when my body does go into real labor it's only 3.5 hrs until the baby is born. Every. Single. Time. I know she really doesn't understand the normal aches and pains and discomforts of being pregnant because she's never been pregnant but man I wish there was an empathy class for this.
Side note: also, I would likely have all of my children with me on top of being majorly pregnant IF I were to make that wedding/trip... which I'm not.
Getting "cleaned up" for my dr appt/ gbs test tomorrow reminds me of getting ready for a first date. With more huffing and puffing since shaving is now an Olympic sport.
@yogahh I am pretty sure I will not have motivation for that prep work. With my first I always did, but now I'm just not ready or willing to tackle that mountain. Lol!!!
The more swollen and in pain I get the less patience I have with anyone . Today some d-bag dude told me to "learn how to park" because my car was on the white lines . I started at him waiting for him to notice my giant tummy and give me a break for a minute but nope he continued to curse at me while he got in his car without a struggle ... First time in my life I told someone to F#%^ off (sober) and it felt really good .
We had our birthing class yesterday and it wasn't bad, but I felt like some of the ladies hadn't done any research and we were all FTM's. SO pampered me all day and said it was my day, so we got to eat at my favorite place and do a little shopping! He got some plants for our landscaping and my hanging plants for the deck and porch! Plus new bird feeders! He is rocking it this weekend even though I've been super grumpy because all of the discomfort hit me like a freight train Thursday. Up until now no real discomfort except for occasional hard breathing but now I'm wayyyyy uncomfortable. Today I did manage to do some yard work (which I want to get done before the new addition ) and got the refrigerator cleaned out! So I'm thinking this is my nesting phase!! Yay for cleaning
We had a bday dinner to go to tonight and I ugly cried because I couldn't find anything to wear. DH was so sweet and let me cry and picked out an outfit for me.
Guys, today was supposed to be an event for DH & his friends as one last time to hang out and enjoy a beer before the baby & responsibility comes and all that jazz. NOBODY SHOWED UP. After about an hour and a half the staff at the bar said that if nobody was coming, then they needed the table back, so we just paid and left.
I'm really disappointed in his friends. This is why you freaking RSVP, people. If you're not going to show up to something, let the hosts know. DH is so upset and humiliated right now.
Guys, today was supposed to be an event for DH & his friends as one last time to hang out and enjoy a beer before the baby & responsibility comes and all that jazz. NOBODY SHOWED UP. After about an hour and a half the staff at the bar said that if nobody was coming, then they needed the table back, so we just paid and left.
I'm really disappointed in his friends. This is why you freaking RSVP, people. If you're not going to show up to something, let the hosts know. DH is so upset and humiliated right now.
That's horrible!! Was it all guys coming? If so they don't think that way. I was trying too plan a surprise 40th for dh a while ago and texted all of his friends to see if they would be interested. Not one person replied. Again, because guys are stupid. Sorry for your dh
Guys, today was supposed to be an event for DH & his friends as one last time to hang out and enjoy a beer before the baby & responsibility comes and all that jazz. NOBODY SHOWED UP. After about an hour and a half the staff at the bar said that if nobody was coming, then they needed the table back, so we just paid and left.
I'm really disappointed in his friends. This is why you freaking RSVP, people. If you're not going to show up to something, let the hosts know. DH is so upset and humiliated right now.
That's horrible!! Was it all guys coming? If so they don't think that way. I was trying too plan a surprise 40th for dh a while ago and texted all of his friends to see if they would be interested. Not one person replied. Again, because guys are stupid. Sorry for your dh
Actually, it was mostly women. DH is a trauma care nurse, and the vast majority of the people he is friends with are within his work community. (Nursing is still pretty heavily skewed towards women, though there are more and more male nurses joining the field every day.) There were a couple of guys invited - one of whom we got a last minute text from just a few minutes ago - but that's it.
Guys, today was supposed to be an event for DH & his friends as one last time to hang out and enjoy a beer before the baby & responsibility comes and all that jazz. NOBODY SHOWED UP. After about an hour and a half the staff at the bar said that if nobody was coming, then they needed the table back, so we just paid and left.
I'm really disappointed in his friends. This is why you freaking RSVP, people. If you're not going to show up to something, let the hosts know. DH is so upset and humiliated right now.
What a holes!!! Have you talked to any of them?! Who does that?
Been married since 2009. Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter) Several MCs DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
@doozer1345 I've heard from three people, all of whom texted to let us know they were running late for whatever reason (two hours after the event was supposed to start), none of whom actually RSVP'd. I just said that we'd sat there for an hour and a half and the bar needed their tables back if no one was gonna show so we took off. One of them apologized, one of them was annoyed that we didn't wait longer, and the third has yet to reply. I'm just like, whatever. They all had some sort of thing - work, church, and a family event - that they knew about ahead of time. It wouldn't have been that hard to let us know that they would be late if they came.
Gah, I'm just so furious. DH had so been looking forward to this.
Getting "cleaned up" for my dr appt/ gbs test tomorrow reminds me of getting ready for a first date. With more huffing and puffing since shaving is now an Olympic sport.
I don't even know how you're able to see down there. I can't
DH volunteered and did it for me. It was very sweet and awkward.
@amberraysofdawn I seriously feel awful for your DH. What jerks!
Re: **The Everything Random Thread for May 2016**
Cant you leave the car seat at daycare? If it is part of the travel system, maybe you can just attach it to the stroller?
I actually have the same question for our daycare. I am going to drop her off in the morning by walking her to the center. So at the beginning she will still be in the care seat until she can sit up alone in the stroller. Then DH will pick her up (he has a car). So I also need to be sure they will store the car seat. It would only be for a month or so. Hope it works out for you!
A dating ultrasound does give you the best EDD if done that early. It could be the tech making the measurements was off by a fraction of an inch which could change the date by a few days. Also sperm can survive for days after DTD. Between both, that could account for the week difference. Did they confirm the due date with your anatomy scan or have been measuring ahead?
I would make sure your doc knows about this concern just incase you need an induction for going too far past your due date. They may decide to not let you go a full two weeks. That's really the only concern I would have right now. An EDD is really just and estimate which is why so few people actually have babies on their EDD.
Is this a recurring problem there? It was a college campus so maybe.
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
I did mine the other night and kept thinking I was going to end up with something like this ^
I finally texted my friend and asked a million questions since she's had a week now and our husbands are useless, and got the name and a bunch of adorable pictures. But what is wrong with these dads/dads-to-be? Don't come home from a soccer game with our new-dad friend and only tell me about how the beer cost $9.50!!
And she actually bought us the dresser for the nursery too. DH finished painting yesterday and is refinishing the baseboards today and putting the floor in throughout the week. But yay, things are getting done. Still a lot to do but we've definitely made progress today.
Side note: also, I would likely have all of my children with me on top of being majorly pregnant IF I were to make that wedding/trip... which I'm not.
I'm really disappointed in his friends. This is why you freaking RSVP, people. If you're not going to show up to something, let the hosts know. DH is so upset and humiliated right now.
Actually, it was mostly women. DH is a trauma care nurse, and the vast majority of the people he is friends with are within his work community. (Nursing is still pretty heavily skewed towards women, though there are more and more male nurses joining the field every day.) There were a couple of guys invited - one of whom we got a last minute text from just a few minutes ago - but that's it.
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Gah, I'm just so furious. DH had so been looking forward to this.
DH volunteered and did it for me. It was very sweet and awkward.
@amberraysofdawn I seriously feel awful for your DH. What jerks!