Monday evening

[chickens987]

DD had an accident at daycare. But she also finally pooped on the potty, so, yay?

Also I got a call today to set up a phone interview. This is the first place that's called me based solely on my resume, no personal connection. I feel really good about that!

[spk926]

Got back from vacation this afternoon. It was so much fun and DD did so well. Even though it was a great time nothing beats being home. I'm excited to sleep in my bed tonight.

[ssmjlm]

Meeting with the builder went well. I loved the first plan he showed us. DH likes another plan.

We are meeting him when we get back from vacation to walk through houses he has already built. I just hope the numbers work out.

[water*drop]

We're having plumbing issues. A few months ago, we had a clog in our main line out of our house, and the plumber said it was a function of our actual plumbing. Last night, we had the same issue, and this plumber said it was roots. Tonight, we're having the same issue again. Somehow, we had no plumbing issues the first 6 years we lived here, so I don't really get why it's all happening now, but I'm very over it. Also, having no working plumbing with a 3-year-old who very strongly prefers real toilets to her little potty is kind of awful.

The plumbing issues plus a bunch of pool filter issues in the past week are not helping DH's "let's just sell the house and build" fever...

[karinothing]

We had a poo accident at the pool today. luckily not in the pool, but basically he thought it was a fart, it was not. Sorry TMI.

Anyway i told DS we had to leave because we had no extra shorts. This was extra sad because his friend just got there so he was basically sobbing on the toilet so upset with himself.

Then the pool staff told me to look in lost n found and we found shorts that sort of fit. So we got to go back in. I just thank God that it was not in the pool.

[arch01]

DS is apparently learning something besides sass at daycare. He counted to 30 unprompted this evening without missing a number. Huh. Didn't know he knew that. This is one part of parenting where I don't know what's appropriate for him to know.

He's also finally playing on his own for a bit as long as a) there's no other conversation going on and b) he's within eyesight of us. We're getting there.

[sh10]

DS and DH are in Car and Driver!!

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[greycat]

DS's teacher (with a degree in early childhood education in case you were wondering) told me that he is growling and it is scaring some of the other kids. We talked about it on the way home but I have no idea how anyone could stop a 2 year old from growling / roaring. He makes the same noise for dinosaurs, lions, monsters, tigers, etc.

6fsn - the bars are delicious - MH & I both enjoyed them!

ETA- to fix my typos

[tulips]

We're watching TV and relaxing for a bit.

I was in the living room earlier tonight and H was back in our room with X. He opened the door and said, "Honey! Come here so you can disapprove of this." I go back there and every pillow we own is piled on the bed and H was tossing X on the bed and then X would stand up and throw himself back at the pile. They did that for a good 30 minutes. I went back there one more time and X said, "No, Mommy!" when I opened the door.

He's learned early that I am the fun sucker of the family. LOL

[bowies]

A former colleague called my H today out of the blue and asked if he'd be interested in a job. They're meeting on Thursday for lunch. We both have the day off from work so looks like I'll be taking a midday nap!

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Jun 29, 2015 19:31:37 GMT -5 karinothing said:

We had a poo accident at the pool today. luckily not in the pool, but basically he thought it was a fart, it was not. Sorry TMI. 

This is called gambling and losing.

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I feel so awful that Piper is sick, I highly doubt I will sleep at all tonight.

[karinothing]

Jun 29, 2015 19:42:51 GMT -5 page said:

Jun 29, 2015 19:31:37 GMT -5 karinothing said:

We had a poo accident at the pool today. luckily not in the pool, but basically he thought it was a fart, it was not. Sorry TMI. 

This is called gambling and losing.

Ha yes. We discussed not making that gamble anymore LOL

[anna7602]

DS downed a 7 oz. bottle today while I was having my IUD inserted. When the sitter told me, the first thing I thought was whether MMM would be yelling "paced bottle feeding!" 

Meanwhile, I was totally stressed about the fact that my appointment ran an hour & a half longer than it was supposed to and I hadn't left any additional bottles in the fridge for him. 

[Brie]

Best problem to have: I bought a ton of snap up clothes for post-surgery so I wouldn't have to pull onesies over his swollen head. I hate snaps. And now I don't need them!

We just celebrated with a steak dinner.

[anna7602]

Jun 29, 2015 19:46:25 GMT -5 Brie said:

Best problem to have: I bought a ton of snap up clothes for post-surgery so I wouldn't have to pull onesies over his swollen head. I hate snaps. And now I don't need them!

We just celebrated with a steak dinner.

So happy for you!

But you do know that you can pull up certain onesies over their hips and torso, right? I forget what the top of them is called here. In France, they call them "American-style." Almost all of Carter's are like this. 

[anna7602]

Jun 29, 2015 19:47:23 GMT -5 @starry said:

I think paced bottle feeding is a great idea but potentially really difficult with a DCP with multiple children. To be honest I have ZERO CLUE how you could care for more than two babies at once but this is likely due to the mess of a newborn I birthed.

Dude no, you're not supporting me here. I had zero experience with a DCP with multiple children with DD. She had a nanny and DH watch her and downed huge bottles with both of them. DS had FOUR different sitters between months 1 and 9 of his life, as well as DH, and then a DCP staring in month 9 and he consistently drinks 6 oz. bottles for all of them, occasionally only drinking 5 and occasionally wanting another ounce when the 6 oz. bottle is done. All of these sitters/nannies were experienced with BF babies and more than one of them has made the comment that my kids drink more EBM than other kids they've cared for. 

This is not about "pacing." You could "pace" a 3.5 ounce bottle all you want with DS, but he will make you well aware that he wants more when he gets done with it. 

[cricketwife]

Jun 29, 2015 19:38:52 GMT -5 greycat said:

DS's teacher (with a degree in early childhood education in case you a so dering) told me that he is growling and it is scaring some of the other kids. We talked about it on the way home but I have no idea how anyone could stop a 2 year old from growling / roaring. He makes the same noise for dinosaurs, lions, monsters, tigers, etc.

6fsn - the bars are delicious - MH & I both enjoyed them!

I'm LOLing so hard here. DS does this too!  He started a couple (?) months ago after DH taught him to roar like a lion. (Thanks, DH!). He is now 17 mos and his room is 12-18. A little 12 month old girl started a few weeks ago and he kept roaring at her. what to do?  I do admit sometimes I find it really funny, though not with a 12 mo old little girl.  Oh, DS also has a VERY LOUD quack that sounds ferocious. For some reason, he will not quack quietly, lol. 

[glinda]

My kid was a total nightmare today until dinnertime. I made chicken fried rice and he ate the equivalent of an entire chicken breast plus some veggies and rice and then he was pleasant again. But man, it was rough.

Hoping he sleeps just as well in his bed tonight as he did last night!

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I am adding to my Pinterest board for our next home, the ideas are very mixed because we have had multiple contenders lol! I am also planning on putting my new couch cushion inserts in the covers and doing dishes. The kids are jumping on the foam and watching cartoons, I'd hate to ruin their fun but we have OOT guests coming this week.

[glinda]

Jun 29, 2015 19:56:26 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Bas got a police car for his birthday and it is awesome - the doors open and shut which he loves. BUT, it's one of those "pull back and it goes on its own" cars and it scares him SO much. I accidentally set it off tonight and he sobbed "all done all done" in my arms for 15 minutes.

For Christmas mil got DS this really cool dump truck that dumps its bed and drives forward when you press a button, etc. the first time he pressed a button and it did something he freaked the fuck out. He'd scream if it was even in the room for a little while. He got over it eventually though and now he loves it.

[yellowbrkrd]

Today was "mud day" at daycare and M was not a fan. He hates getting dirty. He is so much like his father.

[antoniamarchette]

I think Ds is over the stomach bug! Only the 1 puke this morning and some solid poop this afternoon. He's excited to go back to daycare tomorrow.

Also big thanks to whoever suggested the toothbrushing idea of mentioning the different foods coming off as we brush. Tonight was the first night without a fight in a long time!

[glitzy07]

My son has no fear. He entertained himself while I made dinner by climbing up on his step stool and jumping off of it. One time he landed right on his head, laughed it off and then went right on jumping. Crazy baby.

We just had a nice rainfall that cooled the air by about 10 degrees. I hope more rain comes later because I love sleeping when it rains.

[babyrn]

Day one of potty training done and I need a drink. We only had 3 small dribbles in the potty and probably around 13 pee accidents. She would sit on the potty and do nothing and then stand up and walk away and pee immediately. She didn't poop all day. She usually goes twice a day so I assume she's holding it.

Why did I want to do this again? What a discouraging day. DH and I are both cranky now. Tomorrow HAS to be better, right?

[anna7602]

Jun 29, 2015 19:54:52 GMT -5 @starry said:

Ok sorry for talking. Different experiences and all.

Well, I certainly don't mean to censor you. But I do feel like supporting the "some babies drink larger bottles" thing is no longer support if you qualify it with "sometimes it's not possible to even attempt a paced feeding." So, I have to update my spreadsheet to reflect your heresy. 

[hermione]

C is laying in her crib singing a mix of the Hot Dog song and Bawitdaba...Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggy diggy diggy said the boogy...over and over, lol.

[mcfelix]

I had a long day at work and am exhausted. DH is sick and I am just generally annoyed with his lack of care of taking care of himself. He needs to lose a lot of weight and he doesn't take good care of himself (ex regular dr appts etc). So he is sick right now and he just went to get some pasta salad out of the fridge. He brings the entire bowl out to eat out of it, so I was like uhh how about you not eat directly out of the bowl since you are sick!

[spk926]

Got an email from GMIL tonight about a family reunion. This reunion is for her (91 year old) and her siblings and their kids, grand kids and great grand kids. I changed the name and details.

"The food committee would like an approximate count for our picnic. So would you please respond to me if you can make it or not then I will pass it on to the food committee. I hope you all got a notice from [name] a couple months ago. I know your mom will be on a special vacation so will miss it but we would like to see you guys too. Would be so fun to see [DD] in person. There will be several little girls (second cousins) to play with for [DD]. If you don't have the particulars for the day we can get them to you. It is at XYZ park on Saturday the XX of XX. The [Smiths] are my siblings and their offspring. Love from your Grandma, [name]"

So now I have to break her heart and let her know that no, we didn't get any information about this. This is the first I'm hearing of it and we can't attend. Maybe I should just make DH do it since it's his family and all.

[namasteak]

Just ran the numbers and we will be able to afford to go see my grandparents (and some other family) in England Fall 2016!!!!