So my first morning alone with all three girls goes like this
7am awake with all three 730-845 D singing aka screaming the national anthem 9am cam eats breakfast from the floor while D locks herself in the bathroom 10am in Ava's room to change her with the whole gang. Cam shuts the door (reminder: My mom took the handle off the door after the Aquafor incident and I didn't get a chance to put it back on yet) 10:05am I realize that apparently the door locks even when there isn't a handle on it 10:06 oh shit 10:15 after trying to get us out of the room I just decided to climb out the window 10:17 I climb out the window. Oh hi person walking your dog- no I'm not a burglar my kids are just a'holes 10:20am. My front door is locked. Luckily my garage door isn't locked 10:21am I get inside, put the doorknob back on and release the tiny tyrants 11am collapse in exhaustion.
Yikes @seitzy3 I tried really hard not to laugh, but how could you not!? Wow. What a morning you had! Glad to hear you got it all sorted out, but I'm thinking I would have panicked if it were me. Eek!
@seitzy3 we had turned the door knob around on my 3 yr olds room when we were teaching him to stay in bed. He would get up 20-30 times a night. So we started locking the door for 5 mins until he would fall asleep then we would unlock it. Ps only took like 3 days of that for him to realize he needs to stay in bed. Well we never turned it back around. About a month ago he and I were in his room putting laundry away and he pushed in the lock on the outside then came in and closed the door behind him. We were completely locked in. My husband was at work and my phone was in the kitchen charging. His bedroom window is like 10 feet off the ground or I would have climbed out. I stood staring out the window for an hour until my neighbor finally came outside. Thank god our front door has a code lock on it. The neighbor had to come in and let us out. We would have been stuck there for 6+ more hours if I had to wait for my husband. I was about 10 mins away from having a panic attack. Note to self make sure the key to unlock the door is on the side to unlock it from. Glad you were able to get out!
Hahaha! @seitzy3 that's too good! Today is The day Simon was born as far as gestational age goes. It's got me all nastalgic and also like... Soooo when am I going to meet this baby?!? Let's be real I'm always asking myself that.
Married 6-1-13 Sebastian 3-11-14 Simon 5-2-15 Baby #3 Due 9-29-16
@RedMar they got here last night! I will be napping today. Both Cameron and Ava were up from 2-6am. Currently in the Starbucks line! Give me all the coffee
Our 5th anniversary is tomorrow and we have no plans! The kids want to spend the night tonight with MIL, so we may just have a day date tomorrow after we work on installing the new kitchen backsplash. Ha, I had higher hopes, but I feel so limited being 37+ weeks and 90 degrees outside!
@berh2001 so we have the lock on the outside of our bathroom toilet area. It's just a little room with our toilet inside our bathroom. We got a lock on the outside because cam was getting into the toilet and trash. So one day I was peeing and Deklyn locked the door and shut us in there. h was at work and I literally had nothing in the room to pick the lock. I was stuck inside a 4 foot space with my toddler until H came home 1.5 hours later.
Edit to add: I now have a pick to unlock the door on the top shelf. I won't be stuck in that small space again!
I feel like even though I'm still technically 2 weeks from my due date I don't really feel like he should coming this soon. I feel like my stomach isn't big enough, not really getting that end of pregnancy miserable feeling, and I guess I was just expecting that. I know exactly when I conceived and all the ultrasound measurements and my fundal height are literally spot on. Is there something wrong with me here?? Am I overthinking things?? Does anybody else feel like this? It's just a really weird feeling.
@seitzy3 I feel for you because that sounds awful, but I also hope it's one of those things you can all laugh about in the future.
@TNgoldengirl You're back! I've wondered how you've been! I hope you have a good anniversary! Our 5th is next month, and DD2 will be exactly 6 weeks that day. I think we are planning on going out to dinner. Would have liked to do something bigger for our 5th, but it's not in the cards this year.
@jennlynn777 I think you're just overthinking! I'm also not feeling too bad, although at 39+4 I am definitely impatient about meeting LO. My final height was spot on until this week, and now it's a bit small because baby has dipped into my pelvis. Everyone will experience pregnancy differently, and not everyone will feel huge, uncomfortable, or mistake at the end. Two weeks is a long time, so you might feel more "ready" as you approach your ED. If you don't, though, don't worry! Your body knows what it's doing, even if it hasn't filled your brain in yet.
Bah I just got a call from L&D that everyone and their mother is having a baby today and they are completely full! They are trying to get someone sent home early to give me a room for my induction tonight but I may not go in until tomorrow or Sunday. Boo! I'm the only one scheduled for today so we thought I wouldn't have this issue, guess not!
@camichael84 Hiiiiiii!! Yes, I hate that I was MIA so trying to just jump back in. We ended up finding a (fixer upper) house we like, listed ours within 2 days, sold within a week, and then vacations, moving, and now renovating...it's been a whirlwind! Hope you have been well, esp with the precious new squish! ❤️ I feel ya..not how I planned our big 5th, but there's always next year!
I'm sorry, @Megan324! That's got to be so disappointing. I am so ready to be done, that if I had an exact date and it got moved later, I'd be pretty bummed. I hope they end up getting you in.
@Megan324 I was supposed to go in at 8:30am for my induction today. The hospital called at 6am to tell me they had to put me on standby because they are full. I just called to check status and they said hopefully only a couple more hours. Such a mind game. Definitely frustrating when you gear yourself up for it to happen at a certain time. Obviously I know that if I were to go naturally it would be total random date and time.
Had an appointment with my OB today (well her back up in case she's not available when I go to deliver). Got my flu shot at the office today and was told that I don't have any more progress. Which is fine since my Edd is 9/24. Everything else seemed to be good so I go back again next week. Next week is my last week of work as I booked the following week off before my due date. I can't believe I'm down to 5 days and a few hours of work remaining. So crazy!
@Megan324 ugh!!! I'm calling in about an hour to see if that can start me tonight, but with no medical reasoning OB did say "everyone and their dog" will bump me off today... we made no backup plan, so I think I'd just schedule a 41 week appointment if not today. Yikes. I'm totally ok with still being pregnant but the hopeful moments of being close to meeting our little boy makes the disappointments feel so low. Hope they get you in Asap!!!
They are going to call me at 7pm tonight to give me my time but the nurse said it will probably be super late tonight or early tomorrow morning! I don't care if it's next week I just want to know a for sure haha
Argh they called me to come in and while we were on the phone 2 emergency labors came through the door and took the last rooms. My brother works at the hospital and said that they are moving Csect mommas up to the surgery floor just to open rooms in L &D.
Argh they called me to come in and while we were on the phone 2 emergency labors came through the door and took the last rooms. My brother works at the hospital and said that they are moving Csect mommas up to the surgery floor just to open rooms in L &D.
crazy! must be a popular time to have a baby lol
Holy crap!! September is a busy month everywhere apparently. I called my midwife to see if I should come in and get checked out and she is sending the other midwife out to my place because they're so busy at the hospital. It's been like that all month! The nurses keep making jokes about how many people got laid at Christmas and New Years parties this year.
@pizzaandwine they want me to call in the morning to see if I can come in tomorrow. But now I'm hoping for tomorrow night bc we got invited to a couples game night and I really want to go hahaha
@frogdog06 I agree it can feel very isolating! Have you looked into mommy groups? Do you have friends/family who you can text? I know with Fin we aren't allowed to take him around people for another month so it's just me and DH walking our dog around the block most days. Not sure how I'll deal once he goes back to work. I've m a big podcast person so I just listen to things all day when alone to make me feel less lonely. Now with Fin I just treat him like my friend and talk to him about anything and everything. So far it's working LOL. But I also talk to my dog so maybe I have issues. Regardless, makes things less lonely so that's positive!
@Megan324 Couples game night would be so fun (more fun with wine, but still...)! I hope you get to go.
@frogdog06 I joined a local moms group on Facebook and met a few people through that. I met another mom at the playground and one at a baby music class (when LO was a little older). I ended up just sending out a message to this random assortment of moms (who all had babies in the same age range) asking if they wanted to come for a playdate/morning coffee. It ended up working out great and we've been doing it every week. At the beginning I mostly just sat at home and watched shows or surfed online. It's hard, but it does go by quickly. Solidarity.
@frogdog06 I am also wondering how I am going to deal with the isolation and my baby isn't even outside yet.
This may seem like a silly question (and hopefully I word it ok) but how much "free" time do you have on an average day? I guess I'm still trying to wrap my head around the "day in the life of a newborn" and still having difficulty. Have you been able to establish a bit more of a routine now?
@mom2adoodle I've read online that talking to baby about what you're doing and such is great for them. It helps build their vocabulary by the time they're able to talk etc. I plan to talk to my daughter whenever we do stuff together and especially when we are alone.
Since I don't have Facebook I am not sure how I will meet other local moms with kids the same age. I have a few friends with kids but they're all 1+ at this point. One girl I work with is due in November so she's close at least! Maybe I will just meet people out and about, but it would be nice to have other local moms to meet up with occasionally to keep myself sane!
Re: September Randoms
7am awake with all three
730-845 D singing aka screaming the national anthem
9am cam eats breakfast from the floor while D locks herself in the bathroom
10am in Ava's room to change her with the whole gang. Cam shuts the door
(reminder: My mom took the handle off the door after the Aquafor incident and I didn't get a chance to put it back on yet)
10:05am I realize that apparently the door locks even when there isn't a handle on it
10:06 oh shit
10:15 after trying to get us out of the room I just decided to climb out the window
10:17 I climb out the window. Oh hi person walking your dog- no I'm not a burglar my kids are just a'holes
10:20am. My front door is locked. Luckily my garage door isn't locked
10:21am I get inside, put the doorknob back on and release the tiny tyrants
11am collapse in exhaustion.
DD #1 3/26/13
Mo/Mo twins MMC 3/31/14
DD #2 3/31/15
DD #3 8/25/16
http://www.laviemclean.com/
DD #1 3/26/13
Mo/Mo twins MMC 3/31/14
DD #2 3/31/15
DD #3 8/25/16
Today is The day Simon was born as far as gestational age goes. It's got me all nastalgic and also like... Soooo when am I going to meet this baby?!? Let's be real I'm always asking myself that.
Sebastian 3-11-14
Simon 5-2-15
Baby #3 Due 9-29-16
DD #1 3/26/13
Mo/Mo twins MMC 3/31/14
DD #2 3/31/15
DD #3 8/25/16
Edit to add: I now have a pick to unlock the door on the top shelf. I won't be stuck in that small space again!
DD #1 3/26/13
Mo/Mo twins MMC 3/31/14
DD #2 3/31/15
DD #3 8/25/16
Sebastian 3-11-14
Simon 5-2-15
Baby #3 Due 9-29-16
@TNgoldengirl You're back! I've wondered how you've been! I hope you have a good anniversary! Our 5th is next month, and DD2 will be exactly 6 weeks that day. I think we are planning on going out to dinner. Would have liked to do something bigger for our 5th, but it's not in the cards this year.
They are trying to get someone sent home early to give me a room for my induction tonight but I may not go in until tomorrow or Sunday.
Boo! I'm the only one scheduled for today so we thought I wouldn't have this issue, guess not!
I feel ya..not how I planned our big 5th, but there's always next year!
http://www.laviemclean.com/
I'm totally ok with still being pregnant but the hopeful moments of being close to meeting our little boy makes the disappointments feel so low. Hope they get you in Asap!!!
They are going to call me at 7pm tonight to give me my time but the nurse said it will probably be super late tonight or early tomorrow morning! I don't care if it's next week I just want to know a for sure haha
My brother works at the hospital and said that they are moving Csect mommas up to the surgery floor just to open rooms in L &D.
crazy! must be a popular time to have a baby lol
http://www.laviemclean.com/
And how do ya'll deal with the isolation of being stuck at home with a newborn?
But now I'm hoping for tomorrow night bc we got invited to a couples game night and I really want to go hahaha
@frogdog06 I joined a local moms group on Facebook and met a few people through that. I met another mom at the playground and one at a baby music class (when LO was a little older). I ended up just sending out a message to this random assortment of moms (who all had babies in the same age range) asking if they wanted to come for a playdate/morning coffee. It ended up working out great and we've been doing it every week. At the beginning I mostly just sat at home and watched shows or surfed online. It's hard, but it does go by quickly. Solidarity.
http://www.laviemclean.com/
This may seem like a silly question (and hopefully I word it ok) but how much "free" time do you have on an average day? I guess I'm still trying to wrap my head around the "day in the life of a newborn" and still having difficulty. Have you been able to establish a bit more of a routine now?
Since I don't have Facebook I am not sure how I will meet other local moms with kids the same age. I have a few friends with kids but they're all 1+ at this point. One girl I work with is due in November so she's close at least! Maybe I will just meet people out and about, but it would be nice to have other local moms to meet up with occasionally to keep myself sane!