@lfrank12 i usually wake to pee around 2 or 3 & then its an hour or 2 wide awake which is rubbish. I should probably be thankful that it was much later this morning!
Man all you people want a butt. I have always had a huge butt, it was what people made fun of me for when I was a kid. It is the last place I lose weight and the first place I gain weight. So of course it has gotten bigger.
@lfrank12 i usually wake to pee around 2 or 3 & then its an hour or 2 wide awake which is rubbish. I should probably be thankful that it was much later this morning!
DD has been sleeping in (wakeup at 6:30-7ish instead of 5:30-6ish) this week. But my body is still firmly in the 5:30 rut. Not enough time to go back to sleep. At all. Grumble.
@lfrank12 i usually wake to pee around 2 or 3 & then its an hour or 2 wide awake which is rubbish. I should probably be thankful that it was much later this morning!
DD has been sleeping in (wakeup at 6:30-7ish instead of 5:30-6ish) this week. But my body is still firmly in the 5:30 rut. Not enough time to go back to sleep. At all. Grumble.
We're the opposite here. DS used to wake up between 6-7 and lately it's been 5-6.
************* First BFP: 12/16/13 EDD: 08/23/14 Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
Preach @skiingstark! My ass is maxed out. I was voted "biggest cow" in fourth grade based on its size and it still haunts me. According to H, however, it hasn't grown this pregnancy. If it did, it wouldn't really be a good thing. I'll take the boobs though! Just wish they weren't so damn painful.
Last pregnancy, I didn't know my butt had grown until some time after DS was born and H was like "hey, your butt is back to normal!" Lol. I asked him this morning if it's grown and he said no
Lol @homemake are you supposed to be having a boy? I find it interesting when random moments like that happen. My mom said when one of my brothers was a newborn, some old couple stopped my mom in the parking lot and the man put his hand on my brothers head and blessed him. It's weird what happens at random times.
Every year, my department does a Christmas movie themed whiteboard... As of today, nothing had been started. So, I spent some of this afternoon drawing the first part of our The Year Without a Santa Claus. (My arm got tired and I gave up before completing Santa's face or coloring anything in). Hoping everyone else starts chipping in tomorrow
Some rando in TJ Maxx walked up to me and asked if I was due soon. I said in February and she was like "wow you dropped!" And I was like "dropped what?" She meant my belly guys. I didn't realize and I looked like an idiot. As though she knew what I looked like before this alleged uterine "drop."
Then later today my grandma told me I should be weary of all those expensive genetic tests I had done and the anatomy scan because I was carrying much too low for it to be a girl and I should mentally prepare myself in the event I give birth to a child with a penis.
I gave up coffee/tea/soda when i go ku and now I have gd and don't know what I can have. But you all are making me want a caramel macchiato with soy...
@Gretchypoo i had a small sugar free vanilla latte at the weekend & was still ok number wise. Im not a coffee, tea or fizzy drinks person usually but do like a flavoured latte at the weekends & whilst it wasnt quite the same, it was still close enough
The day before yesterday DD was in a sad mood at DC pickup. Started crying when I told her she had to wear a jacket on the way home and would.not.stop. Just walked next to me, crying inconsolably, refusing to get in the stroller. I finally picked her up and asked her why she was so sad and she said nobody at school wanted to play with her. She was sad the rest of the evening, too.
Cue gut-punch feeling. I mean, she understands German because SO speaks German to her but because all the teachers understand English she hasn't really switched over to speaking German at school and maybe the other kids don't like that? I felt so helpless because it seemed such a specific complaint and not something a toddler is usually sad about (peanut butter from a jar that has been opened before, etc).
So yesterday at pick up I talked to her favorite teacher about it and he was so nice, I started to cry. I mean, thankfully there were only like 3 kids left, but still. Huge pregnant lady with tears streaming down her face in the middle of DC?
Not humiliating at all.
Ugh ugh ugh.
Anyway, the teacher said he absolutely did not get that impression and yes, she is usually playing (contentedly) by herself when I go pick her up in the afternoon, but that is only because the older kids dominate the block corner during the day, so when they're gone the first thing she does is go in that corner and claim it. But that she has a lot of friends she likes to sit and play with, too, and he will gladly make a "friend log" for me today so I can see for myself that she has plenty of interactions. Annnnd then I started tearing up again.
Sigh.
He thinks her statement might have been due to her going in the "quiet room" where only 5 kids max are allowed so they can have a bit of a break from the usual DC screaming and yelling and not finding any kids in there to play with right at that moment.
Parenthood. You want the best for your kid and sometimes that makes you the teary-eyed paranoid person.
Yeah @Partyof6? kids are jerks. I'm kind of glad I'm having a boy because if I had a girl she'd probably get my early developing genes (I got my period when I was 9 and was probably already 5' 6" at the time of the cow incident) and it totally sucked. I know boys can face social crap too but "tallness" isn't a negative at least.
@grapeskittles4lyfe that must have been so hard! It sounds like her daycare has awesome teachers who are all on top of things, and that it's not quite as bad as it seems, but that still is rough. Big internet hugs!
@grapeskittles4lyfe - ugh, I so feel for your DD. Having friends is something I worry about for my DS too. Hopefully the friend log puts your mind at ease!
@grapeskittles4lyfe hopefully its just as her daycare leader says & its a one off! It must be so heartbreaking to hear your child say that so all of the tears would be justified even without all the pregnancy hormones! with my nephew its a little different as he speaks mostly german to his daycare leaders with a bit of colloquial english thrown in and then they have no idea what hes saying!
@grapeskittles4lyfe I teared up reading your story, so I can't fault you for being upset in the moment! It sounds like your DD has a great teacher and hopefully today your mind will be put at ease. Hugs!
@grapeskittles4lyfe your story made me so emotional this morning. Her teacher sounds fantastic though! Poor girl, I hope she gets some good playtime next time!
It's not the same @Gretchypoo but when I gave up soda last year to deal with some cravings I got the cans of la croix or the dadani(?) I think fizzy waters. It was a nice change from water. Gave me some fizzy, gave me the soda can feel, etc. but I've always like fizzy water so that is part of it. But that might be something to try!
@grapeskittles4lyfe it's so hard when we want to always protect our children from being sad or having their feelings hurt. I'm glad her teacher was able to explain why she may have felt that way and that she is usually a social, happy girl at DC.
I remember the first time I tried to belly sleep I woke up with hard boobs and giant leaks all over my sheet. I had to put a towel down and go back to sleep on my back. Haha. But once nursing was regulated I could lay on my stomach again at least for a little while. But that wasn't for a few months.
Last night, I went to the grocery store on the way home. We have been skating by on whatever I could find in the pantry, but we were almost out of TP so I had to go. Then today, I remembered that we're having a holiday potluck at work tomorrow and I want to make cookies. Did I get stuff for cookies last night? Of course not. So, on the way to the grocery store over lunch, I decided to stop at the wine store because we're also doing a white elephant and alcohol is the favored gift here. I get to the grocery and remember that they sell wine there now (it's still pretty new in PA). So, three stops at stores that could have been accomplished with one. I can't get anything done quickly these days and feel like I'm going crazy.
@grapeskittles4lyfe I am totally with you. I would've cried like a baby, too. My heart hurts a little whenever a kid my son is trying to play with reacts with anything but excited enthusiasm-- even if he's totally unfazed. If he came home crying and saying that? I'd be wrecked. Everything is so big and immediate to toddlers that I bet her teacher was right-- it was probably just one afternoon of feeling lonely that made her all upset.
Re: Weekly Randoms (12/12)
Married to my Soul Mate since 09/06/09
First BFP: 12/16/13
EDD: 08/23/14
Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
Last pregnancy, I didn't know my butt had grown until some time after DS was born and H was like "hey, your butt is back to normal!" Lol. I asked him this morning if it's grown and he said no
Also, on the topic of sleeping like crap...I'm kind of over it!
Thanks mister!
She meant my belly guys. I didn't realize and I looked like an idiot.
As though she knew what I looked like before this alleged uterine "drop."
Then later today my grandma told me I should be weary of all those expensive genetic tests I had done and the anatomy scan because I was carrying much too low for it to be a girl and I should mentally prepare myself in the event I give birth to a child with a penis.
Ben and Maggie - 4/10/09
Mia - 6/16/11
Surprise! due 2/23/17
The day before yesterday DD was in a sad mood at DC pickup. Started crying when I told her she had to wear a jacket on the way home and would.not.stop. Just walked next to me, crying inconsolably, refusing to get in the stroller.
I finally picked her up and asked her why she was so sad and she said nobody at school wanted to play with her. She was sad the rest of the evening, too.
Cue gut-punch feeling. I mean, she understands German because SO speaks German to her but because all the teachers understand English she hasn't really switched over to speaking German at school and maybe the other kids don't like that? I felt so helpless because it seemed such a specific complaint and not something a toddler is usually sad about (peanut butter from a jar that has been opened before, etc).
So yesterday at pick up I talked to her favorite teacher about it and he was so nice, I started to cry. I mean, thankfully there were only like 3 kids left, but still. Huge pregnant lady with tears streaming down her face in the middle of DC?
Not humiliating at all.
Ugh ugh ugh.
Anyway, the teacher said he absolutely did not get that impression and yes, she is usually playing (contentedly) by herself when I go pick her up in the afternoon, but that is only because the older kids dominate the block corner during the day, so when they're gone the first thing she does is go in that corner and claim it. But that she has a lot of friends she likes to sit and play with, too, and he will gladly make a "friend log" for me today so I can see for myself that she has plenty of interactions. Annnnd then I started tearing up again.
Sigh.
He thinks her statement might have been due to her going in the "quiet room" where only 5 kids max are allowed so they can have a bit of a break from the usual DC screaming and yelling and not finding any kids in there to play with right at that moment.
Parenthood. You want the best for your kid and sometimes that makes you the teary-eyed paranoid person.
@grapeskittles4lyfe that must have been so hard! It sounds like her daycare has awesome teachers who are all on top of things, and that it's not quite as bad as it seems, but that still is rough. Big internet hugs!
with my nephew its a little different as he speaks mostly german to his daycare leaders with a bit of colloquial english thrown in and then they have no idea what hes saying!
On another note, HI GUYS- or rather gals, can I still sit with you???
lol I saw and felt so damn special!!!
Probably should have gotten glamorous to interrupt my bedrest to come get my second butt shot of steroids.
#helpmeimpoor
First BFP: 12/16/13
EDD: 08/23/14
Baby BOY born: 08/29/14