I attempted to make home made mac and cheese for dinner. Calling it a disaster is an understatement. It was equivalent to Mac and cheese paste, looked like paste, tasted like paste. It was awful.
Post by scribellesam on Oct 21, 2014 20:32:12 GMT -5
My friend came to drop off dinner for us. She brought her almost 2yo along and I was so excited to have DS play with another kid since he's just been with us for weeks now.
But the kid was in such a terrible mood he just alternately tantrum shrieked and asked to go home. Poor DS1 kept trying to bring him different toys to entice him to play and just got screamed at, poor kid. After about five minutes of that I wanted to ask them to leave, which of course makes me a jerk since it wasn't too long ago that my kid often acted exactly the same way.
I attempted to make home made mac and cheese for dinner. Calling it a disaster is an understatement. It was equivalent to Mac and cheese paste, looked like paste, tasted like paste. It was awful.
@starry I'd definitely complain. Frye has great customer service. I'm rocking some new shoes thanks to a failed repair that was covered under warranty.
dh went to bed at 9 because his alarm is set for 450 to go to the gym. I feel bad, but not bad enough to go to bed.
Thanks! I think I messed up the roux . I was so proud that I actually got the sauce to thicken lol. The sad thing is I'm actually a pretty good cook!
I had a hard time with rouxs (is that right? I don't speak french) roux? for a long time. Once I got it, they seemed so simple, but for a long time, my homemade mac and cheese was always slightly...grainy. LOL
I tried to watch last week's episode of How to Get Away with Murder and it was all scrambled on the DVR. So then I tried to watch on Demand and the same thing happened. WTH? I don't even know if I really like the show but the fact that it's rebelling against me is making me want to watch that much more.
I asked DD what she did in school today and she said "L__ pushed me away. Made me cry. L__ go in time out. L__ said sorry to A__. I happy again." It makes me kinda sad that this is the first string of sentences she has ever really put together that made sense. BUT twy sentwa and all that.
DH comes home today talking about adoption. Made me reconsider for about 5min but nope, not feeling it anytime soon.
Then he goes up & undermines my disciplining of the kids tonight...and knows it. I'm SO pissed right now. I need a partner not a back stabber. He never used to do this but the past few times he has & I finally called him out on it. So pissed.
@starry I'd definitely complain. Frye has great customer service. I'm rocking some new shoes thanks to a failed repair that was covered under warranty.
dh went to bed at 9 because his alarm is set for 450 to go to the gym. I feel bad, but not bad enough to go to bed.
I got them 75% off at 6pm.com. You think they will still help me?
yep, I got mine on the same site with a similar discount.
I feel so fat and gross lately but I obviously can't do anything about it for another few months. And then I know that BFing and a newborn/toddler combo will kill my energy levels. Fuck.
I love our new house. DH started a fire in the wood stove when he got home. We had a delicious dinner while the house got toasty warm, then DS happily ran around naked yelling "warm house! Nice fire!" before his bath. After he was asleep, DH and I enjoyed tea and pumpkin rolls by the fire while we watched Sons Of Anarchy. What a great night.
Uhhhh DH just told me that he wants to think about staying in our 2br/2ba apartment for as long as possible because of all the $ we could save. It is 1200sqft but IDK....
We stayed on our similar apartment for two years with DS it was fine. Could have stayed forever if not for the crazy rent increases
I'm so effing done with this solo parenting ish. I feel like I've lost part of my mind these past 7 days. H comes home tomorrow night and I have a standing girls night. I really think I may just curl up in bed though. How can being surrounded by an infant and my crazy ass pets 24/7 make a person feel so lonely yet want to be alone when reinforcements arrive?
Sorry, KC ladies--I'm rooting for the Giants. West coast, plus ine of my high school classmates is on the team. He's the one being credited for winning them the last playoffs game. So... Little bit of loyalty there.
I just broke down crying because I don't want to leave DS to go back to work. It's not that I don't want to work...I just like having him around. I didn't realize how hard this was going to be.
Hugs! It gets easier. But to be honest, some days are hard and I've been back to work since July. I miss her so much but today, when I walked into her classroom, she saw me and started kicking her legs and waving her arms and squealing. It was the best.
Sorry, KC ladies--I'm rooting for the Giants. West coast, plus ine of my high school classmates is on the team. He's the one being credited for winning them the last playoffs game. So... Little bit of loyalty there.
Travis? That's awesome!!!
Yep! And I haven't seen him since high school, but at least then he was a genuinely nice, welcoming, smart guy. He actually was all set to go to college but then the Giants offered him a pretty sweet deal (especially considering his draft rank).
As a life long Braves fan, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Go Royals.
I looked at the sheet on when to keep kids home. A single vomiting incident isn't supposed to be enough to stay home. Well, I get to start fresh in a few weeks. I'm going to read the handbook section about sick kid protocol very carefully!
Mom bought a mirror that we didn't ask for and don't know where to put :-\
Post by fortmyersbride on Oct 21, 2014 23:15:14 GMT -5
Well the outcome of the game was unfortunate, but DS had a blast. He also consumed massive quantities of junk food and stayed up way too late, but I already warned his teacher that he was staying out for the game. Hopefully he isn't a beast at school.
I am so fucking tired, and I can't sleep. Sigh. I feel really unsettled about the day's events and how we're going to manage childcare in the future.
In your shoes I would seriously look into a nanny. We've been using nanny care since DS was almost a year. Our current nanny has taken 1 sick day in 20 mos, previously we had a nanny of 2 yrs that took none.
I've never stayed home with a sick kid. DH (a surgeon) can't stay home for childcare. My partners are decent, but we're private practice and I'm the only female (and only one w/o a SAH spouse) so I know my longevity at work is dependent on not taking sick days for myself and the kids. We've had a very positive experience with nanny care over the years, and they have also helped to simplify and organize things at home.
Post by cincodemayo on Oct 22, 2014 1:14:05 GMT -5
TMI: I just changed a diaper full of whole carrots. His first actual veggies in weeks. Barf barf barf.
Now I'm listening to the poor child scream bloody murder. Hes been just a little bear overnights. Debating going to get him to cosleep but then I have trouble getting out of bed on time.
I feel so fat and gross lately but I obviously can't do anything about it for another few months. And then I know that BFing and a newborn/toddler combo will kill my energy levels. Fuck.
hugs. Being not pregnant is so awesome I don't even mind the sleep deprivation and honestly it is so much easier going from 1 to 2. With dd1 I was exhausted and napped during the day. This one I think I'm just use to it. Dd2 is difficult but pp is so much better than I remember. And c will be in DC still right? If not I have no advice, I wouldn't survive if dd wasn't in prek. She is off Friday and monday, help me.
Post by ohmygoodness on Oct 22, 2014 2:26:29 GMT -5
My 3 year old is suddenly not sleeping. He was up 3 times last night and tonight didn't go to sleep until midnight. Now he's up again. But last night he went right back to sleep when I went in. Not so much tonight. He's sobbing uncontrollably. I've been in twice. His response to, " what's wrong?" I want to go downstairs and play.
Meanwhile, I'm nursing my 2 month old again, because she's been up for an hour and a half and won't go back to sleep. I'm losing my mind and starting to feel so frustrated with my son. He knows how to sleep. And he's going to be a wreck for preschool tomorrow.
Remind me not to complain about DS backsliding in his chatter. He decided that 1 am made for a perfectly acceptable time to try out his voice again. It sounded like he was running through his scales. Shut up baby!
Post by asoctoberfalls on Oct 22, 2014 4:26:50 GMT -5
DS has been a fantastic sleeper since we did extinction CIO at around 8 months old. He STTN even when he's sick. The last few nights, he's been waking up and screaming bloody murder in the MOTN, and he won't go back to bed. Between this and his behavior issues, I am about done. I want to run off into the sunset and not come back until he is 18.