@lindsayleigh1989 i was looking at those exact dresses the other week...now I think i might just have to get one after all
I had the weirdest dream last night that I delivered at like 26 weeks to freaking HUGE baby with most of it's teeth...think like a 3 month old sized kid with baby teeth...so random
I'm kind of freaking out. The baby wasn't as active yesterday and I have felt nothing today. I just had an appointment on Tuesday and she looked great but I'm still scared. I've been really sick so idk if that might have something to do with it.
@runsomewhere I had that panic in the middle of the night the other night. Baby is ALWAYS awake when I’m trying to go to sleep and he wasn’t that night. I woke in the night with my DS and started freaking out and moving my belly all over to wake him up. Luckily he did so I could go back to sleep.
Can an you eat or drink something sweet and lay down for a bit?
I have a client in San Francisco that apparently does not know what time zone Portland OR is in. For some reason she always thinks I'm on central time, zero idea why. I can't be bothered to tell her that we're in the same time zone. It helps keep her calls short because she thinks she's disturbing me, especially since she has a habit of calling me at 4:59pm.
@runsomewhere I had an appointment today and expressed how worried I get when a day goes by and I have not felt any movement. The midwife was not at all concerned and said it is common to not feel consistent movement at this time (I am 24W). She was actually moving while they were getting her heartbeat. I couldn’t feel the movement but heard a big beautiful heartbeat.
Have you noticed when baby is typically active and see if you can arrange that? Like if my LO hears the same voice for at least ten minutes, she will start moving. So if presentations drone on or I am reading to DS, she will move. I try to talk a lot to get her to move!
@hillbillywife it's so scary when we gt used to a specific pattern then it changes! This last week baby has been rolling to the point where you can clearly see it through my clothes so this was scary. I ate a giant, juicy apple and felt a few moves. I would say around 10 but not quite as strong as some prior days. I'm hoping she just moved.
@chaser61 I am trying not to stress too much because I wasn't even told to do kick counts yet. I'm trying to tell myself that she moved and I'm feeling her less in that position.
There is usually somewhat a pattern to her movement but I've been home sick the past two days so my sleeping and eating schedule has been waaaaaay off so I don't know what to expect.
@runsomewhere that can definitely be nerve wracking but I agree just make sure you feel some movement at some point during the day until it's time to really count kicks. Mine was super active last night and less this morning but I've also been working a lot and distracted so haven't kept count.
@noideawhatshesdoing I am working central time this week and it's messing up my schedule because that combined with pregnancy brain means I keep thinking I have a call when I don't or vice versa!
Damnit!!!! I had to assign a project and split it between two suppliers. I sent a translation to one suppliers that we did not need , and another one I sent to both suppliers because I'm dumb!! Ugh.... pregnancy brain is worse this week!
Ugh, got the ugly bill from my ambulance ride back in Feb. Insurance didn't pay for it, I'd be more annoyed about it, but we can pay for it with the FSA. Plus it counts toward our deductible. I keep telling myself that every little bit toward the deductible now, is that much less we'll have to pay in July.
@noideawhatshesdoing ugh i learned my less with ambulances a while back. Of course they aren’t in network. I keep telling myself the same thing about my recent bills to feel better about my delivery costs.
@noideawhatshesdoing every time I get a bill from insurance I cringe, even though the HSA picks up the extra insurance doesn't cover. It makes me so sad what insurance doesn't cover, and I hope there are people out there that don't have plans like this and pay OOP.
@MrsMiller8588 that dress is great! I will definitely look at those.
@kissableviv I know and Athleta NEVER goes on sale. We just got a brick and mortar store in Burlington a few years ago and I didn't even know they existed! Of course, VT is way behind the times on stores so they are prolly everywhere, haha!
@noideawhatshesdoing same here with the ultrasound (AS). We're almost half way, thankfully the company gave my DH some money into the HSA so we have had to pay very little so far out of pocket but I'm definitely sick of it!
@SmashJam I do have an instructor discount...umm...now you have me thinking;)
@wildtot we knew it wouldn't be even when we agreed to take it, but not knowing what was going on, we didn't want to take the risk I'd be in real trouble on the way to the hospital. Turned out to be a good call because I went into shock and vomited like it was an Olympic sport the whole way there. Glad that wasn't in my car!
@SmashJam I know! It makes me crazy! And I have really good insurance, so I usually don't complain. But seriously, ugh. I carry an epi-pen, and while my copay is small, it makes me angry to see what cost is of the portion insurance does pick up. It's a life and death thing for me, I can't imagine if I didn't have insurance or at least decent insurance.
@kissableviv I still can't believe your AS wasn't covered. I have a suspicion we'll eventually get a bill for part of ours, but again that will go toward the deductible. Just annoying.
@noideawhatshesdoing epi-pen prices are insane! My grandma's insurance doesn't cover it and if she gets stung by a bee she's got like 7 minutes before she goes into shock, and of course she loves to garden. It's so ridiculous how expensive they are!
So DH got home from working late with a headache, and he's the type that refuses to take anything for it, he just walks around angry sighing and rubbing his temples saying that the only thing that will fix it is sleep. So he's doing that whole bit while I'm folding up some curtains that I'm debating returning, and I ask him where the tape measure is, he insists on getting it himself, tracking dirt through the dining room that I just vacuumed (literally wearing his work boots caked with dirt) and then knocks over my glass of water on the rug that I just got today and all over the curtains that I might not keep. He then acted like it was my fault that he knocked it over (apparently a glass of water and some curtains on the table is a "complete mess") and was as in my way as physically possible while I was trying to clean it up and save the curtains. Then he went to bed huffing and puffing. I considered pinning him and forcing excedrin down his throat so he'd stop being such an ass lol
@carsonraynee what is with men and not doing something to find relief and just go around complaining and acting like a big baby. My husband keeps complaining about his knee but yet he won’t see a doctor. It’s like he’s expecting me to find one for him and make the appointment. I already told him his choices and I’m tired of hearing him complain without caring to do something about it.
@wildtot Seriously!! My husband fell 2.5 stories off a ladder at work a few years ago and that E.R. trip was the last time he has seen a doctor. I've been practically begging him for months to just go get a basic physical lol
@wildtot@carsonraynee my DH has gone to the doc and was referred to a GI, a sleep specialist for a sleep study, and a dermatologist. He won't make the appointments, I am gonna have to call for him. SO until then, he complains that he's tired and his heartburn keeps our lists of foods down and include no tomatoes. At least we are getting out of constant soup/stew season so that will be easier.
I just went back and looked at our old cloth diaper thread and it got me re-excited about cloth diapering...I went and started a wish list on Nicki's Diapers with all the info I found. Someone mentioned that they used "fitteds" and when I looked them up I was like, how were these NOT in my life before-might by some to try out for this LO, I have a pretty good stash of cloth diapers already.
eye infection and stupid eye ointment done!!! yay now if I can only get this stupid sinus infection to go away I hate how antibiotics upset my stomach. haha I was so used to pregnancy rhinitis I didn't even know I had one until the pain set in whoops!
we leave around lunch time to go to my inlaws a few hours away. So looking forward to having some help finally!
@carsonraynee my H is the same way! Sooo much grouchy and when I ask him if he took anything he just gets really quiet. Idc if you wanna be stupid and suffer but please don’t take it out on the rest of us. Especially the pregnant one who can’t have any of the good stuff.
@carsonraynee I can sooo commiserate with you. They'd rather be miserable and bring you down with them, stubborn bunch.
I am in a horrible mood/mental space today. I seriously feel like I haven't gotten enough sleep in weeks now. Aside from waking up randomly during the night, I also have to wake up early to test my blood sugar before it spikes (which always seems to happen if I test it after 5/5:30), so unless i somehow make it into bed and asleep by 9, I never get 8 hours of sleep - which apparently I really need to feel functional. I am struggling to stay awake during both the AM and PM commute, and just generally miserable. It doesn't help that my husband acts like a teenager in the morning, refusing to get out of bed, and when our son cries in the night, trying to wake him up to go handle it is literally like trying to wake a sleeping bear from hibernation. I can seriously feel my resentment growing and growing, can't wait until we add a newborn to the mix. I am also really fed up with work, and feel like I am at a breaking point where I can't take it anymore. I found out today that one of my coworkers came in at noon yesterday (pretty normal for her - she basically comes in between 11 and 12 everyday) and left at 5. This is a full time employee. An attorney. And this was after leaving at 6 the day before (which is early for her, considering she comes in so late), AND took off today for Passover - oh wait, and she is not Jewish. Whatever, I'm so sick of busting my ass getting here at 7 am and rarely getting to leave before 5, sitting in 1.5 hours of traffic, and barely making it home in time to see my kid, when this woman just does whatever the eff she pleases and my boss doesn't seem to bat an eye.
Today is one of the few days a year where I’m off work and daycare is OPEN! I’m not even doing anything fun, just a bunch of errands and cleaning. But I did sleep in and the rest of the day is 100% on my time schedule. I love DD to death, but this is so wonderful. #noguilt
ETA: all errands will be performed with completely child-inappropriate music blaring at unreasonable levels. Let the car dance party begin!
@zande2016 that blows. I'm sorry these past weeks have been hard, and I don't know much about your DH of course but it may be worth trying to talk to him about how you feel. You were there for him when he lost his job and now you need some support too. I don't understand people who walk in and out of work as of they are their own bosses. It's ok I think when you work very late then maybe you come in later too - especially if you're salary I think this makes sense if management allows. But it sounds like she is being plain lazy
@tarheelgirl8 yay for freedom! Enjoy errands and some fun music.
Well I asked my developer to fix something and instead of pushing ONE BUTTON he decided to tell me he tested it and if I did the same process with one modification it would work...ok so you can't push one button for me? Whatever, I'm off at noon today but wow, the laziness!
@kissableviv I honestly think he might have sleep apnea or some sort of sleep disorder. For as long as I've known him, I've noticed he holds his breath while sleeping - but do you think he would ever take my advice and see a doctor about it? NOPE. Right now he can't because his insurance is situation is not settled, but even if he could, he would not. So we go to bed at the same time and still he acts like waking up in the morning is so hard. Maybe it is because of this sleep apnea or whatever. Or maybe he's just a lazy ass lol. I don't know, I just need a break from everything.
@kissableviv I just got an email this morning about 20% off Athleta swim. I don't know if you can use that and an instructor discount at the same time but...its like fate!
Please tell me if I am overreacting. Yesterday, daycare sent my son home with his sippy cup, but with some other child's lid attached to it. My immediate thought was, oh that's nice, it's cold and flu season and they have him drinking out of another child's cup. Well I just got a call from my mom, he's got a 101.8 fever. I think I want to report this to the state. I'm so fed up.
@zande2016 I think maybe the sickness thing, while so annoying, is unavoidable to some extent at a daycare. He may have gotten it from chewing on toys other kids are chewing on. HOWEVER, you should report all the other shit and maybe something they are doing that is causing germ spreading will comme to light. I can understand that this is basically the final straw for you, but I think your best bet at getting them in trouble for something is the previous things you've mentioned. I could totally be wrong though.
ETA: I am sorry this just another thing for you to deal with right now! hugs, lady!
@smashjam I know there's no way to know if him being sick is because of this, or anything else they did, but it's still really unsanitary for him to be drinking out of another kid's cup. Not to mention it's a sippy spout, and we only use straw cups due to dental concerns. I also know it's normal for kids to get sick at daycare a lot, but he gets sick so frequently since he started there that I do question if they are being too lax on the cleaning/disinfecting. I think it's unacceptable for them to send him home with another kid's lid on his cup, and yes this is the final straw and I wouldn't be so mad if it weren't for all the other crap they've done (plus I'm just really cranky today so I should probably calm down before taking any action...though I did already send them an angry email...oops).
@zande2016 I hope I didn't sound to dismissing of your anger, that wasn't my intention! And you should absolutely be frustrated with them, cranky mood or not. If they can't keep sippy cups straight then what else can't they keep straight? Also...where is your lid? straw lids are sometimes pricier, and that's friggin' annoying too!
@zande2016 it would be weird to me too. I mean if it got dirty or something can’t they just wash it and put it back on? Unless they tired doing that and still managed to get them mixed up. I would bring it up nicely like hey i think this went to the wrong home. You can throw in a little white lie and ask to not switch them due to dental or doctor requests. It could be they really didn’t care or they tried but still screwed up. Hard to say.
I’m working out of my local branch today and on my way to fill my bottle the construction supervisor walking in with some Costco items for the crews straight up said “oh mitzi smelled the food”. I brushed it off but really I’m tired of these food jokes.
Eta and avoid another post. Just saw that there is a lady who embroiders ultrasound pics. They look so beautiful and i would totally do it but they are each $300. Such a beautiful idea and keepsake.
@wildtot I bet embroidering something like that is so difficult!
My FIL came over yesterday and was like, "You don't have to replace the tub in the bathroom, its not leaking. Just fix the pipes." So I called the plumber today to tell him our plan and discovered two things: 1) his dad built the house and the tub has been in the house since it was built...so now DH thinks we should replace it, along with the toilet and the floor (both are kind of effed, so I just hate the money spending not that I don't agree). I was kind of excited to not spend the money but this bathroom doesn't have an exhaust fan, and its the original bathroom from 1979. So all sorts of shit could be wrong under there. #2...the plumber's dad used all copper plumbing through the house. When they came to check our pipes, he discovered we have a different kind of pipe that he himself won't even install. He thinks the previous owners sold their copper piping for scrap and had it replaced with shitty pipes, or at the very least at some point re did some of the piping with these bad pipes. Who knows where else this house has horrid pipes we are just waiting to discover! I'm a little sad we have to spend all this money, but it will be nice to know that all the broke shit is taken care of.
Re: Weekday Randoms 3/26
I had the weirdest dream last night that I delivered at like 26 weeks to freaking HUGE baby with most of it's teeth...think like a 3 month old sized kid with baby teeth...so random
Can an you eat or drink something sweet and lay down for a bit?
Have you noticed when baby is typically active and see if you can arrange that? Like if my LO hears the same voice for at least ten minutes, she will start moving. So if presentations drone on or I am reading to DS, she will move. I try to talk a lot to get her to move!
@noideawhatshesdoing lol
@chaser61 I am trying not to stress too much because I wasn't even told to do kick counts yet. I'm trying to tell myself that she moved and I'm feeling her less in that position.
There is usually somewhat a pattern to her movement but I've been home sick the past two days so my sleeping and eating schedule has been waaaaaay off so I don't know what to expect.
@noideawhatshesdoing I am working central time this week and it's messing up my schedule because that combined with pregnancy brain means I keep thinking I have a call when I don't or vice versa!
@MrsMiller8588 that dress is great! I will definitely look at those.
@kissableviv I know and Athleta NEVER goes on sale. We just got a brick and mortar store in Burlington a few years ago and I didn't even know they existed! Of course, VT is way behind the times on stores so they are prolly everywhere, haha!
@SmashJam I do have an instructor discount...umm...now you have me thinking;)
@SmashJam I know! It makes me crazy! And I have really good insurance, so I usually don't complain. But seriously, ugh. I carry an epi-pen, and while my copay is small, it makes me angry to see what cost is of the portion insurance does pick up. It's a life and death thing for me, I can't imagine if I didn't have insurance or at least decent insurance.
@kissableviv I still can't believe your AS wasn't covered. I have a suspicion we'll eventually get a bill for part of ours, but again that will go toward the deductible. Just annoying.
So DH got home from working late with a headache, and he's the type that refuses to take anything for it, he just walks around angry sighing and rubbing his temples saying that the only thing that will fix it is sleep. So he's doing that whole bit while I'm folding up some curtains that I'm debating returning, and I ask him where the tape measure is, he insists on getting it himself, tracking dirt through the dining room that I just vacuumed (literally wearing his work boots caked with dirt) and then knocks over my glass of water on the rug that I just got today and all over the curtains that I might not keep. He then acted like it was my fault that he knocked it over (apparently a glass of water and some curtains on the table is a "complete mess") and was as in my way as physically possible while I was trying to clean it up and save the curtains. Then he went to bed huffing and puffing. I considered pinning him and forcing excedrin down his throat so he'd stop being such an ass lol
we leave around lunch time to go to my inlaws a few hours away. So looking forward to having some help finally!
I am in a horrible mood/mental space today. I seriously feel like I haven't gotten enough sleep in weeks now. Aside from waking up randomly during the night, I also have to wake up early to test my blood sugar before it spikes (which always seems to happen if I test it after 5/5:30), so unless i somehow make it into bed and asleep by 9, I never get 8 hours of sleep - which apparently I really need to feel functional. I am struggling to stay awake during both the AM and PM commute, and just generally miserable. It doesn't help that my husband acts like a teenager in the morning, refusing to get out of bed, and when our son cries in the night, trying to wake him up to go handle it is literally like trying to wake a sleeping bear from hibernation. I can seriously feel my resentment growing and growing, can't wait until we add a newborn to the mix. I am also really fed up with work, and feel like I am at a breaking point where I can't take it anymore. I found out today that one of my coworkers came in at noon yesterday (pretty normal for her - she basically comes in between 11 and 12 everyday) and left at 5. This is a full time employee. An attorney. And this was after leaving at 6 the day before (which is early for her, considering she comes in so late), AND took off today for Passover - oh wait, and she is not Jewish. Whatever, I'm so sick of busting my ass getting here at 7 am and rarely getting to leave before 5, sitting in 1.5 hours of traffic, and barely making it home in time to see my kid, when this woman just does whatever the eff she pleases and my boss doesn't seem to bat an eye.
Sorry for complaining. I'm just so tired
ETA: all errands will be performed with completely child-inappropriate music blaring at unreasonable levels. Let the car dance party begin!
@tarheelgirl8 yay for freedom! Enjoy errands and some fun music.
Well I asked my developer to fix something and instead of pushing ONE BUTTON he decided to tell me he tested it and if I did the same process with one modification it would work...ok so you can't push one button for me? Whatever, I'm off at noon today but wow, the laziness!
ETA: I am sorry this just another thing for you to deal with right now! hugs, lady!
Eta and avoid another post. Just saw that there is a lady who embroiders ultrasound pics. They look so beautiful and i would totally do it but they are each $300. Such a beautiful idea and keepsake.
My FIL came over yesterday and was like, "You don't have to replace the tub in the bathroom, its not leaking. Just fix the pipes." So I called the plumber today to tell him our plan and discovered two things: 1) his dad built the house and the tub has been in the house since it was built...so now DH thinks we should replace it, along with the toilet and the floor (both are kind of effed, so I just hate the money spending not that I don't agree). I was kind of excited to not spend the money but this bathroom doesn't have an exhaust fan, and its the original bathroom from 1979. So all sorts of shit could be wrong under there. #2...the plumber's dad used all copper plumbing through the house. When they came to check our pipes, he discovered we have a different kind of pipe that he himself won't even install. He thinks the previous owners sold their copper piping for scrap and had it replaced with shitty pipes, or at the very least at some point re did some of the piping with these bad pipes. Who knows where else this house has horrid pipes we are just waiting to discover! I'm a little sad we have to spend all this money, but it will be nice to know that all the broke shit is taken care of.