Four year old jumped on me today to get over me to cuddle when he woke up. "Sorry, Will!". Six year old, getting out of the car at school today, "Bye Will! Love you!"
@AdorkablePixie congrats on promotion! I’ve been thinking of a gift - possibly a new baby doll since there will be a lot of care she can’t help with, but she doesn’t really need one. @katy0990 I really like camera idea. I got her one last winter that you insert an iPhone into, and I never remember to keep the spare iPhone charged and inside of it so the vtech one is a good idea. I also want her to get the baby something because I think it will make her feel good to be kind to her sister, but I’m going to let my parents or inlaws (whoever’s watching her while I’m in the hospital) handle that.
@ScootsMcG I feel you ok needing naps. I’ve been falling asleep all the time - at work, dinner . . .
@katy0990 sorry to hear about your family drama. I’m in it with my sister and have to navigate between my husband’s divorced parents - it just sucks.
@temmetime that’s awesome. Lately I’ve noticed that the more tired my 3 year old is the more likely she is to announce and loudly protest, “I’m not tired!” I think she needs to nap to avoid getting so overtired at bedtime, but she usually isn’t tired enough by midday to settle for a nap.
@krob - (pseuo) single parent solidarity. Husband is traveling and working nights pretty often this summer through October. It’s getting harder and harder for me to chase our daughter around by myself.
Nails - my first (and last for a long time) kid free vacation was an incredible success!
fails - daughter gave me her cold, which is now a sinus infection. Trying to let it go away before rushing to get on antibiotics, but the pressure in my face and head is driving me crazy. So hard to concentrate at work.
@nawmin single parenting is sooooooooo rough. and honestly unless somethjng goes terribly wrong in my marriage, I will be doing what I said I would never do, staying married for the kids. Which really means staying married for my personal health and sanity.
im mostly joking, as there is nothing going on in my marriage. But the last few days has made me sooooooo appreciative of my active and supportive H. Single mom’s are effing Superhero’s. I am not cut out for it. And sense I know my strengths and weaknesses I am going to be making sure to do all in my power to not be single mom.
Me: 36, H: 37 FTM, 2 Furbabies married 03/17/07 lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC due: 2/15/17
Nails: not to be a literalist or anything, but... I actually got nailed last night, so that's a win.
Oh, you mean like parenting nails? We've had two consecutive daycare drop-offs where my daughter didn't cry, which hasn't happened in months.
Fails: my child keeps climbing up on her changing table by herself in the dark after bedtime because she wants fresh pants. She hasn't hurt herself yet, but I worry. In any case, we're definitely starting potty training this week, so hopefully that will be a thing of the past.
Related: please send us all the good potty juju! I think she's more than ready, but it's intimidating nonetheless
@krob I've randomly found myself thinking that I'd rather stay in a roommate type situation with my husband than parent alone. No reason behind it because DH and I are fine, like yours, but yes. It's freaking hard and every single parent out there deserves a gold freaking medal.
@krob I would totally suck as a single parent. I've often told DH he's not allowed to die anytime soon for that reason!! I will say, my parents divorced when I was in 6th grade and have always been civil at the very least, but luckily they do still get along well enough to chat during birthday parties and stuff. IF (huge if) DH and I were to ever divorce, I hope we'd at least be civil like my parents have been.
@CecilB93 I’ve told H he also isn’t allowed to die. But i have a friend on backup already. I told him he’s have to be step-dad. He can even date other women, but nope, not doing this on my own. LOL
Me: 36, H: 37 FTM, 2 Furbabies married 03/17/07 lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC due: 2/15/17
I'm pretty sure if H ever died or we got divorced my in-laws would let me and the kids move in with them and support us financially. MIL has said that she'll disown my husband if we split She's cray but at least she likes me.
Anyway, you guys are all making me very nervous for when he leaves on Monday. I know we'll get through it one day at a time though.
Me: 31 | DH: 31
Together since 2003 | Married 2010 TTC #1 January 2016 BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016 Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018 BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
@nawmin Thank you. A vacation without children?!?! Sounds amazing.
@AGK2015 I need to get nailed. DH's work schedule is ruining my life. lol My son climbs on top of his changing table too. I can't wait until baby girl's room is cleaned out so I can move it. Good luck with potty training!!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
I have a question. My son is potty trained during the day, but still wears a diaper at naptime and bedtime. In the morning, he wakes up soaked and pees through his sheets probably 3 to 4 times a week. Is there a brand of diaper that anyone can recommend for overnight? I have been looking at some of the nighttime diapers, but some of them don’t seem to be that much thicker and they cost twice as much, so I’m just curious if anyone has a favorite brand.
@katy0990 I think it partly depends on the shape of your kid and what brands fit well - or if you need to size up. Pampers or up & up (target brand) fit my kid well.
The other things is potentially limiting fluids more from dinnertime on, so the volume of pee isn’t so high.
@katzalia We have tried Up & Up, Luvs, and Pampers. They all work fine at naptime. He just pees so much overnight! I sized up in each of them and it didn’t seem to help. We use Huggies once when he was a newborn, and they just didn’t seem to fit right, so I have not bought them cents. It has been two years though, so maybe his body shape has changed?
@katzalia@texas_t When you limit fluids, do you tell them no if they ask? We do not offer him anything to drink after dinner, but he typically asks for some water before bed and to be honest, it has been so hot lately and he is so active, that I think I would feel bad telling him no.
Re: limiting fluids. We push fluids earlier in the day, but not in the evenings. We got a smaller cup for her at dinner time, and if she is thirsty at bedtime, I give her a cup with a sip or two of water in it.
Before we started night training (I know that’s not what you’re asking about, but similar issue), we would have one of her straw waterbottles in her bedroom at night to prevent the million reasons to get up. But it hasn’t been a big deal to limit, and you can talk about why (“so there’s no pee-pee leaks”) in a way he can understand.
We also have DD pee before bath and then pee again right before bed, which helped a lot. The second pee made such a difference for us.
@katy0990 we hated Huggies when DS2 was a newborn, and have used solely Pampers his whole life. But then someone gifted us a box of Huggies overnights, and I feel like somehow they’re different? We haven’t had any leakage problems. So now we do Pampers during the day & Huggies overnight.
@mrsm224 Thanks! Target has 2 coupons for those, so I’m going to give them a shot!
@Katzalia Thanks! I feel like at 2.5 (just yesterday) he isn’t quite ready for overnight training. How old was your DD when you tackled that? I’ll put less water in his water bottle, if he asks for it. We do have him go potty literally minutes before putting him in bed, which is part of why I’m shocked by how much he pees overnight!
@katy0990 I’ve been having this problem and just recently got the diaper pads @texas_t mentioned above. They seem to work really well and we haven’t had a leak since. She was peeing all over herself several times a week before that. I think @maureenmce was the one who mentioned them a while ago. So I use pamper overnights and one of those pads and we’re leak free!
@katy0990 yeah, I wouldn’t do the overnight training yet. We did it at 4. I just meant that we’ve been thinking about some of the same issues about trying to get less volume of pee over night. We did some of the same things with nightime pullups when we were having pee leaks at night.
@rosebud332 Oh, I'm so glad those pads have worked out for you! I love them!
@AGK2015 Good luck with potty training! I was SO not looking forward to it, and the first weekend/month were challenging, but now that we're over the hump of that it's been great! DD is all potty trained except nap and nighttime and it's really cool that she initiates going on her own. We also have a travel potty now in the car and she tells us when we need to stop so she can use it.
@AdorkablePixie We are still deciding about the gift thing. My DD is going through a huge stuffed animal phase, so I may do a build a bear thing? I've never been to build a bear, so I have no idea, but I feel like she'd enjoy making one for the baby and maybe there can be one for her "from" the baby once we come home from the hospital. Still not sure though!
I'm always so late with reading/replying to this check in! Nails this week: Well, we are still dealing with literal nail fallout from HFM! Her fingernails are growing back well, but her toenails are still falling off! Bleh. I cannot believe how long this has taken! In actual successful nails, DD's sleep regression seems to be improving, but only if I put her to bed, so...I don't know if it's a win exactly? But I am enjoying the increased sleep. Also, DD started toddler soccer at daycare, so that's fun and I got some cute pics of her in her little uniform, which is precious.
Fails this week: Just that poor DD got the stomach flu and I couldn't be there for her as much as I wanted. She was heartbroken when I had to leave to go to work today and confused because my husband was staying home (I think she thought it was the weekend already) but luckily, I'll be home with her all weekend and she's on the mend, so nothing is too terrible.
@katy0990 I've found that my son (usually) doesn't leak through the pampers over night or the huggies overnight diapers. They have to be the overnight ones though, that claim to have 12 hour protection. I don't usually limit what he drinks before bed. I should, and probably will once he starts sleeping without a diaper, but not right now. He actually sleeps with his water bottle in bed with him, I get thirsty in the middle of the night, so I know sometimes he might too. lol OR you could try doubling up diapers, but that might not be comfortable for him.
@maureenmce Aww. I hope your DD is feeling better!!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Re: STM Check In 9/12
Six year old, getting out of the car at school today, "Bye Will! Love you!"
I'm officially chopped liver.
@ScootsMcG I feel you ok needing naps. I’ve been falling asleep all the time - at work, dinner . . .
@katy0990 sorry to hear about your family drama. I’m in it with my sister and have to navigate between my husband’s divorced parents - it just sucks.
@temmetime that’s awesome. Lately I’ve noticed that the more tired my 3 year old is the more likely she is to announce and loudly protest, “I’m not tired!” I think she needs to nap to avoid getting so overtired at bedtime, but she usually isn’t tired enough by midday to settle for a nap.
@krob - (pseuo) single parent solidarity. Husband is traveling and working nights pretty often this summer through October. It’s getting harder and harder for me to chase our daughter around by myself.
Nails - my first (and last for a long time) kid free vacation was an incredible success!
fails - daughter gave me her cold, which is now a sinus infection. Trying to let it go away before rushing to get on antibiotics, but the pressure in my face and head is driving me crazy. So hard to concentrate at work.
somethjng goes terribly wrong in my marriage, I will be doing what I said I would never do, staying married for the kids. Which really means staying married for my personal health and sanity.
im mostly joking, as there is nothing going on in my marriage. But the last few days has made me sooooooo appreciative of my active and supportive H. Single mom’s are effing Superhero’s. I am not cut out for it. And sense I know my strengths and weaknesses I am going to be making sure to do all in my power to not be single mom.
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
Oh, you mean like parenting nails? We've had two consecutive daycare drop-offs where my daughter didn't cry, which hasn't happened in months.
Fails: my child keeps climbing up on her changing table by herself in the dark after bedtime because she wants fresh pants. She hasn't hurt herself yet, but I worry. In any case, we're definitely starting potty training this week, so hopefully that will be a thing of the past.
Related: please send us all the good potty juju! I think she's more than ready, but it's intimidating nonetheless
*Rainbow 8/2015*
*Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
*Loss of Twin 5/2018*
DS2 due 12/12/18
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
Anyway, you guys are all making me very nervous for when he leaves on Monday. I know we'll get through it one day at a time though.
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
@nawmin Thank you. A vacation without children?!?! Sounds amazing.
@AGK2015
I need to get nailed. DH's work schedule is ruining my life. lol My son climbs on top of his changing table too. I can't wait until baby girl's room is cleaned out so I can move it. Good luck with potty training!!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!*Rainbow 8/2015*
*Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
*Loss of Twin 5/2018*
The other things is potentially limiting fluids more from dinnertime on, so the volume of pee isn’t so high.
*Rainbow 8/2015*
*Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
*Loss of Twin 5/2018*
@katzalia @texas_t When you limit fluids, do you tell them no if they ask? We do not offer him anything to drink after dinner, but he typically asks for some water before bed and to be honest, it has been so hot lately and he is so active, that I think I would feel bad telling him no.
Before we started night training (I know that’s not what you’re asking about, but similar issue), we would have one of her straw waterbottles in her bedroom at night to prevent the million reasons to get up. But it hasn’t been a big deal to limit, and you can talk about why (“so there’s no pee-pee leaks”) in a way he can understand.
We also have DD pee before bath and then pee again right before bed, which helped a lot. The second pee made such a difference for us.
@Katzalia Thanks! I feel like at 2.5 (just yesterday) he isn’t quite ready for overnight training. How old was your DD when you tackled that? I’ll put less water in his water bottle, if he asks for it. We do have him go potty literally minutes before putting him in bed, which is part of why I’m shocked by how much he pees overnight!
@AGK2015 Good luck with potty training! I was SO not looking forward to it, and the first weekend/month were challenging, but now that we're over the hump of that it's been great! DD is all potty trained except nap and nighttime and it's really cool that she initiates going on her own. We also have a travel potty now in the car and she tells us when we need to stop so she can use it.
@AdorkablePixie We are still deciding about the gift thing. My DD is going through a huge stuffed animal phase, so I may do a build a bear thing? I've never been to build a bear, so I have no idea, but I feel like she'd enjoy making one for the baby and maybe there can be one for her "from" the baby once we come home from the hospital. Still not sure though!
I'm always so late with reading/replying to this check in!
Nails this week: Well, we are still dealing with literal nail fallout from HFM! Her fingernails are growing back well, but her toenails are still falling off! Bleh. I cannot believe how long this has taken! In actual successful nails, DD's sleep regression seems to be improving, but only if I put her to bed, so...I don't know if it's a win exactly? But I am enjoying the increased sleep. Also, DD started toddler soccer at daycare, so that's fun and I got some cute pics of her in her little uniform, which is precious.
Fails this week: Just that poor DD got the stomach flu and I couldn't be there for her as much as I wanted. She was heartbroken when I had to leave to go to work today and confused because my husband was staying home (I think she thought it was the weekend already) but luckily, I'll be home with her all weekend and she's on the mend, so nothing is too terrible.
@katy0990 I've found that my son (usually) doesn't leak through the pampers over night or the huggies overnight diapers. They have to be the overnight ones though, that claim to have 12 hour protection. I don't usually limit what he drinks before bed. I should, and probably will once he starts sleeping without a diaper, but not right now. He actually sleeps with his water bottle in bed with him, I get thirsty in the middle of the night, so I know sometimes he might too. lol OR you could try doubling up diapers, but that might not be comfortable for him.
@maureenmce Aww. I hope your DD is feeling better!!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!