May 2021 Moms

Weekly Randoms 9/14

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  • Working from home with 4 year old in tow. Usually we move outside for the mornings but the smoke has made that impossible. 
    She starts ballet today so looking forward to an hour break during then! 

    I spent the entire weekend in bed 🛌 because I was so forking nauseous. I'm hoping it subsided but I don't think it will since I was sick my entire first pregnancy.

    @gusgus14 I wish I could reno. We live in a tiny house (340 sq ft) and I'm not happy with some stuff but the layout is basically set in stone. 
  • @gusgus14 Love hearing about renos! What all are you doing to it? 

    We're getting our house ready for market slowly but surely. I'm doing a couple of minor updates. Had planned to do the bathroom floor but first tri symptoms declared that a no go. DS had his first day in the 2s room today. @mrosek91 I also cried a bit and he's been in school. It's just so sad how quickly they grow! 
  • Wow! You guys made me feel better. @gusgus14 I thought we were the only procrastinators. We demolished our master bath a couple of years ago and just started really working on it during Covid. So that is happening in the evenings. Luckily we already have most of the stuff, we just need to get to work! 
    @texas_t  I feel your pain, when our AC went out, it took all of our savings. And the next year, our septic field needed repair. We are still trying to catch up. 

    Usually my girls have soccer practice, but it’s a no-go with all the smoke. They both started ‘real’ school today where they actually had to log on and participate in lessons. This school year is going to be rough for everyone involved. 
    I am cleaning out camping supplies to store, because I don’t think we will be camping with a newborn next year. 
    So nothing fun, but getting stuff done ✅ 

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  • @gusgus14 I'm majorly impressed you're DIYing all of that! It's quite the project, especially while pregnant! 
  • @babyyodaonboard I feel you. I am working from home with a three year old. Though I will admit--DH takes on a LOT more during the workday then I do, so I can actually get some stuff done compared to his... basically nothing
  • @mrosek91 oh that's nice! Chinese sounds delicious right now...
  • @gusgus14 a bathroom reno is so exciting! I'm very impressed you guys are doing so much work yourselves. My DH has done some small projects with the assistance of my dad (a swing set this summer, deck banisters last summer) and he's basically sworn off any future DIY projects. It's just not his thing. We're hoping to have our basement finished over the winter so we can move his home office downstairs. The  bedroom he's using now will be turned into a nursery! 

    @mrosek91 how was your son's first day? I always get sentimental at milestones and would definitely be feeling emotional about the first day of school. That was sweet of your husband to order takeout. 
  • Our days feel a lot like Groundhog's Day. We have started a weekly playdate with one of my good friends and her daughter and we got together today which was really nice. My husband is going to take some boxes up to the attic and when he's there I think I'm going to have him bring down my maternity clothes. I don't need them yet, but they're so comfy I want to start wearing them asap lol. 
  • @caitb13 @mrosek91 Also been thinking about the maternity clothes already. Not that I don't love the hairband trick, it's just not very professional when my fly comes undone because of it. Similar to @mrosek91 though, mine is being stored at MILs house right now and we're not telling her yet. Even more frustrating is we legit just took it there a few weeks ago to declutter for listing our house. 

    @mrosek91 How nice to have such a large maternity wardrobe! Anything that better suits for 2ndt tri vs 3rd? Maybe y'all could rotate that way?
  • I ordered a knitting box a few days ago and I received it today. So, I'll be knitting a snood!
  • Lucky with the maternity clothes! My sister and friends and I had a bunch that we passed around. But I was the last to have a baby, everyone said they were done, and I thought I was done... so I literally have nothing left. I donated everything. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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  • I feel you. I gave all my maternity clothes to a friend when I moved to Texas and I know she still has them but I want to at least get the 8 week u/s.
  • Would we be interested in a maternity clothes thread yet? 
  • I cannot wait to break out my maternity clothes! I might start with the pants soon just because they're so dang comfy but I'm not telling work people until 2nd tri so I'll hold off on the tops until after Halloween. 
  • We'll probably go through the boxes together, and figure out based on size, style, and original owner.
    She's only an hour away, so it won't be hard to swap as needed. With my first I was pregnant mostly in the winter, and her first she was pregnant mostly in the summer, so the original break-down was along those lines, but over the pregnancies we've both added to it.

    @SkilledSailor I think a maternity clothes thread is a great idea. My last BMB we had a product spotlight every Monday, that went through the different things that were needed for pregnancy, and babies. The STM+ would list what worked for them, and what didn't, and STM+ and FTMs could ask questions, it was very helpful.
  • Ok great! 

    @mrosek91 I think my last BMB did the spotlights as well. I found them really helpful! Even as a STM this time around I'll probably refer to them a lot because I can't remember everything from 3 years ago. 
  • I borrowed the schedule from my last BMB, and updated the dates to match our pregnancy, here's a link to the proposed product spotlight schedule. I welcome all feedback.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tsE-2VaMJ9CwAeEd23BN1Ky7I8jjjyhhk4fDS-kKP6A/edit?usp=sharing
  • @mrosek91 Girl I’m so impressed with that organization! Looks great to me!
  • Thanks @mrosek91! I'm ok with that!
  • @SkilledSailor I can't take any credit, the woman who ran it in my last BMB was super organized, and had amazing prompts, I asked her permission to lift it wholesale, rather than recreating the wheel.
  • @mrosek91 line 26 needs to be updated. Season will be different for may babies. Otherwise I love it! It takes me forever to come up with ideas and topics and I love the organization!

    TTC #1 since August 2015
    BFP #1 January 28, 2016
    EDD October 3, 2016
    Felicity Joy, born September 2, 2016
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    TTC #2 Since August 2020
    BFP #2 September 11, 2020
    EDD May 23, 2021





  • @mkc3888 Thank you for pointing that out! fixed.

    @SkilledSailor for sure, I've heard it said often that if men were responsible for being pregnant and giving birth, humand wouldn't have survived more than a generation or two. It's amazing what we put up with. I'm sorry you're struggling. I hope it gets better soon.

    Anyone else have a word or phrase their child misues? My 2yo is convinced that the phrase "you scared me" means "you made me cry" at first he was only using it when we yelled at him for doing something he shouldn't, so we thought the yelling scared him, but he's expanded to using it every time we say something he doesn't like. This morning I told him that he had to wait for his treat, because even though he got dressed so nicely the deal was the treat was for the car ride to school, and he wasn't in the car yet, and it was too early to leave. Cue waterworks so great they left a giant wet stain on my shirt, and repeated utterance of "you scared me"
  • @skilled sailor. My morning sickness started later last time, but lasted until the day I delivered. I’m dreading it when I go back in the office. I’m not at all looking forward to telling my clients I’m pregnant. 

    TTC #1 since August 2015
    BFP #1 January 28, 2016
    EDD October 3, 2016
    Felicity Joy, born September 2, 2016
    My Chart
    TTC #2 Since August 2020
    BFP #2 September 11, 2020
    EDD May 23, 2021





  • spartan4lifespartan4life member
    edited September 2020
    TW...death/tragic accident mentioned
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    .edited to add in a spoiler comment. I thought I did this the first time!
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    My October 2018 BMB became quite close and we found out last night that one of the moms lost her husband yesterday in a horrific motorcycle accident. She has 3 young boys and I am absolutely heartbroken for her. I can't imagine what she is going through 😢 I can't stop thinking about her and my pregnancy hormones are not helping!


    Me:29 DH:30
    Married:10/2012
    TTC #1: 12/2017
  • @spartan4life Oh my goodness, a friend in my j15 bump group posted about this because his wife is in her marriage group from the knot.  So so terribly sad.
    *Loss 8/2014*
    *Rainbow 8/2015*
    *Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
    *Loss of Twin 5/2018*

  • I've eaten 100% carbs today.  Also, coffee flows through my veins, but pregnancy me can't stomach it, and I think we're there.  Finding alternative ways to caff up.  :'(
    *Loss 8/2014*
    *Rainbow 8/2015*
    *Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
    *Loss of Twin 5/2018*

  • @texas_t She was pretty active in all her bumb groups. It's so terrible!
    Me:29 DH:30
    Married:10/2012
    TTC #1: 12/2017
  • @spartan4life that’s so sad. My condolences to her. 

    March 2016 Moms: January Siggy Challenge "Pregnancy Problems"
  • @spartan4life Aw I’m so sorry for them. That is heartbreaking. 
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