@NicholeL16 I'm going directly through the Medela website which is what my insurance company said to do. Just have to put in my info and the prescription # I think.
@CopperBoom86 omg I'm so sorry for all this drama!! I would be SO mad! I'm sure your guests realize that the craziness is not your doing!
@bnsmith85 I'm so glad to hear it went well and you have a supportive trainer and a solid plan in place! I know it may feel like the structure/discipline can be mean to the pup but in actuality it is what they need and makes them feel more secure and he'll be happier in the long run!
@bnsmith85 I'm so glad to hear it went well and you have a supportive trainer and a solid plan in place! I know it may feel like the structure/discipline can be mean to the pup but in actuality it is what they need and makes them feel more secure and he'll be happier in the long run!
you're so right... he's just such a snuggle bug typically and his little face looks so sad right now (he has to either be in his kennel or actively engaged in training OR put in his place command, which basically just means we tell him to go to his dog bed and he isn't allowed to leave the bed). But, again, this is the lesser of two evils right now and he'll be happy with it eventually. Also, I wonder if his face always looks like this when I'm not paying attention and really it's just me having issues over here lol.
@bnsmith85 I'm soooo glad it went so well and that you're feeling so good about it all! And things may be a little different from Blaze, but at the end of the day he's still in his home with his family. This has to be a huge weight off your shoulders - wishing you continued good luck with the training!!
@CopperBoom86 your shower saga stresses me out! I wish I could have jumped in and taken over! I was stressing when my invites hadn't gone out a month before the shower... I mean, has your SIL ever planned a party before?? On the plus side, my experience has shown so many shower attendees wait til the week of to buy gifts, so hopefully that's the case here. And I know it's been crazy, but try to just step back and enjoy it as much as you can! There's not much you can do now but let Jesus take the wheel!!
I'm so glad it went well and you have a plan in place, @bnsmith85!
@nicholel16 I have to go through Edgepark, but I can't do mine until a week before my due date or he's born, whichever is first. So I haven't really been on there yet.
@bnsmith85 as someone who treats her pups as her children, you have no idea how happy I am that you guys get to keep yours with you! It is heart wrenching to lose a pup for any reason, so keep up the good work!!
AW post warning: So, I was just saying how bad I felt for Blaze because he couldn't snuggle with the new way of doing things and his face just looked sad. Then I remembered that he likes to snuggle with anything, even pillows. So... This is definitely not snuggling with the pillow but he looks so much more relaxed now (ignore my bag o' baby blanket that I'm making to the side there lol)
@bnsmith85 Aw, what a sweet face. I'm sorry you're all going through this. And it's hard to not try and read into your pet's emotions when they're going through changes. You'll all get through this tho. *Hugs*
Well it is 5 am and I've been up since 3:45, so work is going to be awesome today but at least I get to catch up here... @CopperBoom86 let's just say I am anxiously awaiting your report after this weekend... Hang in there! @bnsmith85 that picture breaks my heart but yayyyy that you guys have a tangible and workable plan - such a relief! @annabenanna I once read a study done in Philly where they estimate that more than one third of the homeless population would qualify for a schizophrenia diagnosis (meaning could have a normal life with access to health care). So now I try to always be kind to people on the street who seem confused. Although your particular new friend just sounds a little weird
ALSO. So in Tanzania people talk about weight like its no big deal. Like its very common to tell someone "oh I see you're getting fat! Congrats!" Because fat = money = good life (third world country). It is not meant to be offensive or anything like that.
I am 31 weeks pregnant, I THOUGHT everyone I work with knew this as its openly talked about. One of my coworkers (granted, a male) said yesterday "Kelly you keep getting more and more fat" and I was like like "um.... I'm having a baby in a couple months" and he was like "oh??? really? I thought you were just getting extra fat!"
@Kaessi - I think it depends on how much you plan to wear this baby. If the answer is infrequently, I would. If you think you'll use it often, I wouldn't because that particular brand isn't ergonomic and can cause hip problems for the LO.
Also @CopperBoom86 I am so happy you said something to her! I felt so embarrassed for you, I talked to my sister about it (who agreed that was too much too late).
I have to remember not to miss any new threads. It just took me an hour to catch up. LOL. I had a busy Monday and Tuesday and now with FB group, I really need to prioritize!
Married 11-11-11 TTC only since Dec 2015. I had some weight to get off. Been working hard in the gym for over a year. BFP 02-15-16 with our first IT'S A BOY!!!
@krzyriver... check out the baby wearing thread if you're wondering about good brands. I really like Tula and Kindercarry. But there's also Ergobaby and tons of other options for carriers similar to the Bjorn but ergonomic so it's better for baby in the long run
@Kaessi We had that Bjorn and my husband liked it, but I found it a little cumbersome. I preferred the Ergo. The material of the Bjorn seems a little thicker.
My random for the day - I lifted some very light (2.5 lbs each arm) weights after my run yesterday and my left arm was feeling sore yesterday afternoon. I thought "Great! I'm going to get some tone!" Then I remembered that I had gotten my Tdap shot earlier that morning. Boo. Who'd a thunk you can't get Dwayne Johnson arms from 10 minutes of lifting five pound weights?
@NicholeL16 - I did use Edgepark. I did it all online last week and got the pump about 3 days later. They went to my doctor for the prescription and then through insurance so I didn't owe anything. After lots of research I went with the Spectra Hospital Grade pump (assuming it's standard across insurances). It has lots of good reviews, I guess it's newer to the US but has been the top pump in Europe for a few years.
Me: 31
DH: 32
Married: Sep 2012
TTC #1: Jan 2015 Baby A (via IUI due to MFI): Sep 2016 born at 35+6
Surprise but very welcome + on 5/16/2019, EDD 1/25/2020
@ignoscemihi Haha, I wish I could get nice arms that way!
Y'all I'm getting some major anxiety at night. It's mostly about sending my daughter off to kinder in less than 2 weeks. It doesn't help that the crazy preggo dreams keep including her getting picked up from school by a stranger and not being able to find her. Ugh, I'm stressed out.
@bnsmith85 That's what I get for skipping over that thread. Lol. I just have such a hard time keeping up on mobile, so I limit the number of threads I follow.
(Aside from: I don't personally like the books-instead-of-a-card trend....I'm more of a just-write-your-name-on-a-tag-so-I-know-who-this-is-from person, so no book or card required!..... but everyone should have the shower they want, so if the book thing is what people want, that's great!)
My other awkward issue is writing inside the book to the baby.
Like... I don't know you yet, Baby! What am I supposed to write inside the cover? "Hi Baby Sue! I hope you like this book and that you even know who I am when you're old enough to read it, because this is a shower for a friend, not a family member and who knows what could happen in the next few years- your parents might move across the country and we might never see each other again and then you'll open this book and be like 'Who is bamacoop, Mom?' and she'll say 'A woman I used to be friends with before you were born' and you'll be like 'oh. whatever' because that means nothing to you so..... happy baby shower to your mom! Love, bamacoop."
@bamacoop well that seriously made me lol. And I don't disagree. I've never been to a shower personally where the books have been requested. I did buy my SIL an elephant book (her theme for everything) called 'you're here' because it seemed really cute, and they had the space to write a message to the parents/baby but I didn't. Yes she's my SIL but the book was a little too mushy to be specified as coming from an aunt.
As as for what people wrote in the books they gave me, family members did write personal 'we can't wait to meet you' type messages but my coworkers more wrote 'I hope you enjoy reading this together' messages or just doing what cards do and signing their names.
@bamacoop Lmao! No, it's not just you. The one shower that I bought a book for, I just wrote "For Baby Girl Smith" on the inside. But I'm with you, I prefer to just write To and From on a tag. I love cards, but not when a gift is already involved and I find them annoying at showers. Because the bride/mom is either going to read it out loud, which is weird. She'll read it to herself, which creates this strange, quiet pause. Or she just reads who it's from and puts the card away.... and you know she's never going to go back and read them all, so that was a waste of money right there.
OMG @krzyriver I HATE when people read cards out loud- so awkward! There's this woman I know and we go to her kids' birthday parties. She reads every single word on every single card out loud. The kids don't care! They're already ripping into the gift. Hence my 47 cent Walmart cards I should just start attaching tags for them.
You know those eye-soothing masks filled with gel that you keep in the refrigerator? Can somebody please invent the exact same thing for my hot, swollen, water-retaining feet? Gel shoes?
@ashleyp625 Wow, that's so obnoxious at a kid's party! Opening presents is already so painful in those situations because all the other kids are bored or trying to play with the gifts. And she stretches it out even longer to read the cards? I would just drop my kid off and go home. Call me when the party's over. Lol
I'm 50/50 on cards. Sometimes I get bored walking around Target and look through the cards and see some I like, so I don't mind getting them for whatever occasion.
But when I have a party or shower to go to - or if I'm just giving money and need a card to put it in - and I have to get a card? Well, of course that's the exact time that every store that sells cards sucks monkey balls and has absolutely nothing worth buying, and I'm just standing there forever. And then I narrow it down to three or four cards that all suck, but suck less than the other five hundred bazillion on the shelf, so I'm standing there agonizing over which stupid card to get. And then I pick my favorite and of course that one is the "special, unique, hand-drawn manuscripted with ink made from endangered Moroccan beetles" card that's like $6, and hell no, I ain't paying six bucks for a card, so I just buy whichever is cheapest.
Oh, and then of course you gotta wrap the freaking gift, and is it paper and a bow or a bag and tissue paper?
Bag. It's always a bag.
Ugh. You know what. Next time I'm just gonna leave the gift in the Target bag with the receipt inside (that has the gift and the 98 other things I bought on it) and hand it over and be like "Let's be honest here. You're not gonna keep a card or the wrapping paper or bag, and you'll probably return this and get something you really want, so, you know what, scratch that. Give me this turtle-covered onesie back and instead, my gift to you is a night at a bar after Baby is born, alright? Whew. Great shower, man!"
Ahem. Um. I...should not be let out in public today guys.
I always struggle what to write in a kid's book when I haven't met the kid yet. But I do love the book instead of a card idea....if it's appropriately mentioned in an invite at an appropriate time before the shower.
I NEVER read cards aloud unless I'm told I need to. I feel like that's just awkward so I scan the card quickly and just say who it's from.
Me:33 DH: 34 Married: May 2011 TTC #1: May 2015 DS: 10/20/2016 TTC #2: June 2019 #2 EDD: 2/20/2020
@bamacoop I think you just perfectly summed up one of the many reasons why I am as antisocial as I am. It's a lot of hoopla because.... because why? Why do I have to do all this? If I want to buy you something, I will. And I'll hand it to you and you'll love it (or pretend to love it) and we can avoid all this nonsense. But no. Being social means being invited to events that involve everything you just described. No thank you. Lol
Re: Weekly Randoms 08.08.2016
@CopperBoom86 omg I'm so sorry for all this drama!! I would be SO mad!
@CopperBoom86 That last minute book request would have upset me too. Good call on texting her and having her add the disclaimer.
What a weird encounter @annabenanna People say the strangest things to pregnant women.
Also, I wonder if his face always looks like this when I'm not paying attention and really it's just me having issues over here lol.
@CopperBoom86 your shower saga stresses me out! I wish I could have jumped in and taken over! I was stressing when my invites hadn't gone out a month before the shower... I mean, has your SIL ever planned a party before?? On the plus side, my experience has shown so many shower attendees wait til the week of to buy gifts, so hopefully that's the case here. And I know it's been crazy, but try to just step back and enjoy it as much as you can! There's not much you can do now but let Jesus take the wheel!!
@nicholel16 I have to go through Edgepark, but I can't do mine until a week before my due date or he's born, whichever is first. So I haven't really been on there yet.
So, I was just saying how bad I felt for Blaze because he couldn't snuggle with the new way of doing things and his face just looked sad. Then I remembered that he likes to snuggle with anything, even pillows. So... This is definitely not snuggling with the pillow but he looks so much more relaxed now
(ignore my bag o' baby blanket that I'm making to the side there lol)
This is $25 on a swap & shop site. Should I get?
@CopperBoom86 let's just say I am anxiously awaiting your report after this weekend... Hang in there!
@bnsmith85 that picture breaks my heart but yayyyy that you guys have a tangible and workable plan - such a relief!
@annabenanna I once read a study done in Philly where they estimate that more than one third of the homeless population would qualify for a schizophrenia diagnosis (meaning could have a normal life with access to health care). So now I try to always be kind to people on the street who seem confused. Although your particular new friend just sounds a little weird
DS#2 due 25 April 2019
@Kaessi I have that baby bjorn but I got it free. I've used it with a few babies at work and thought it worked well (esp for littles).
I am 31 weeks pregnant, I THOUGHT everyone I work with knew this as its openly talked about. One of my coworkers (granted, a male) said yesterday "Kelly you keep getting more and more fat" and I was like like "um.... I'm having a baby in a couple months" and he was like "oh??? really? I thought you were just getting extra fat!"
Yeah. Thanks.....
DS#2 due 25 April 2019
@annabenanna That homeless man, by the small bit of dialogue you posted, sounds like a couple of my stoner friends haha
@kmolleltz So men are clueless all over the globe?
TTC only since Dec 2015. I had some weight to get off. Been working hard in the gym for over a year.
BFP 02-15-16 with our first
IT'S A BOY!!!
@bnsmith85 I never thought about possible hip pain when choosing a carrier. Maybe I should do more research....
My random for the day - I lifted some very light (2.5 lbs each arm) weights after my run yesterday and my left arm was feeling sore yesterday afternoon. I thought "Great! I'm going to get some tone!" Then I remembered that I had gotten my Tdap shot earlier that morning. Boo. Who'd a thunk you can't get Dwayne Johnson arms from 10 minutes of lifting five pound weights?
Baby A (via IUI due to MFI): Sep 2016 born at 35+6
Y'all I'm getting some major anxiety at night. It's mostly about sending my daughter off to kinder in less than 2 weeks. It doesn't help that the crazy preggo dreams keep including her getting picked up from school by a stranger and not being able to find her. Ugh, I'm stressed out.
to make sure that Edgepark was a real thing before I entered my information.
RE: books at showers
(Aside from: I don't personally like the books-instead-of-a-card trend....I'm more of a just-write-your-name-on-a-tag-so-I-know-who-this-is-from person, so no book or card required!..... but everyone should have the shower they want, so if the book thing is what people want, that's great!)
My other awkward issue is writing inside the book to the baby.
Like... I don't know you yet, Baby! What am I supposed to write inside the cover? "Hi Baby Sue! I hope you like this book and that you even know who I am when you're old enough to read it, because this is a shower for a friend, not a family member and who knows what could happen in the next few years- your parents might move across the country and we might never see each other again and then you'll open this book and be like 'Who is bamacoop, Mom?' and she'll say 'A woman I used to be friends with before you were born' and you'll be like 'oh. whatever' because that means nothing to you so..... happy baby shower to your mom! Love, bamacoop."
What? Is that just me?
As as for what people wrote in the books they gave me, family members did write personal 'we can't wait to meet you' type messages but my coworkers more wrote 'I hope you enjoy reading this together' messages or just doing what cards do and signing their names.
Y'all! Just do a tag!
I'm 50/50 on cards. Sometimes I get bored walking around Target and look through the cards and see some I like, so I don't mind getting them for whatever occasion.
But when I have a party or shower to go to - or if I'm just giving money and need a card to put it in - and I have to get a card? Well, of course that's the exact time that every store that sells cards sucks monkey balls and has absolutely nothing worth buying, and I'm just standing there forever. And then I narrow it down to three or four cards that all suck, but suck less than the other five hundred bazillion on the shelf, so I'm standing there agonizing over which stupid card to get. And then I pick my favorite and of course that one is the "special, unique, hand-drawn manuscripted with ink made from endangered Moroccan beetles" card that's like $6, and hell no, I ain't paying six bucks for a card, so I just buy whichever is cheapest.
Oh, and then of course you gotta wrap the freaking gift, and is it paper and a bow or a bag and tissue paper?
Bag. It's always a bag.
Ugh. You know what. Next time I'm just gonna leave the gift in the Target bag with the receipt inside (that has the gift and the 98 other things I bought on it) and hand it over and be like "Let's be honest here. You're not gonna keep a card or the wrapping paper or bag, and you'll probably return this and get something you really want, so, you know what, scratch that. Give me this turtle-covered onesie back and instead, my gift to you is a night at a bar after Baby is born, alright? Whew. Great shower, man!"
Ahem. Um. I...should not be let out in public today guys.
I NEVER read cards aloud unless I'm told I need to. I feel like that's just awkward so I scan the card quickly and just say who it's from.
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020