I worked out this morning! My first workout since DS was born and I felt great but kind of out of shape. rugbywife - have you been working out since your "confession" a few weeks ago?
My boss brought back Kinder Surprise eggs from her trip to Holland for C. I can't wait to give one to him!
I am eating a Lean Cuisine for lunch that I'm only like 75% sure is mine from the office freezer. It's been in there for months and there's no name on it, so I figure I'm safe even if it's not.
Attempting to get the big kids to nap so we can go swimming later tonight. Just an exercise in frustration really.
I'm peeved at our pedi office. They prescribed a nebulizer for DS2 and I tracked down a dme supplier in town that takes our insurance. The supplier needed me to have the pedi fax over a few items. I was transferred all around, hung up on and then dealt with a snotty nurse when I finally got through. I called the supplier an hour later to see if I can pick it up and they tell me they don't have all the info. I have to call back and was practically hung up on after I was told that no, in fact, all the info requested was sent in the initial fax.
Listen, I'm sorry to bother the nurse that, I guess, didn't feel it was her job to do this task, but fuck, my kid can't breathe and I need to figure this out before I end up having to take him back to children's.
So what is this new thing with touching other peoples' kids? Is this like a trend where parent think they are helping? Are people just fucking assholes?
TWICE in TWO WEEKS I have been involved in a scenario where a Mom has touched or PUSHED a kid who was not her own? I mean the fuck people?
Incident One - Beach in Maine-
DS and a little boy (J) are playing so nicely. Little girl who is younger ( maybe 18 months) is playing nearby. J is a little delayed verbally ( he's the same age as DS 3.5) but tries to engage the little girl. She doesn't get it and J ends up throwing my DS' bucket ( not at her, but it lands like 5 feet from her because wind is a thing on the beach) so anyways little girl's Mom FREAKS THE GEEK out and PUSHES ( J). J starts crying. DS starts crying. LG Mom is yelling that J is a bad boy. J's Mom is trying to stay calm but is all " Don't touch my kid." I go to get the bucket and LG Mom starts yelling at me and saying she could " KILL" J. At this point I took out my phone and told her I was about to call 911 bc she assaulted and threatened to kill a minor ( AGAIN DAFQ) and she storms off. I might have got lippy with her at this point and told her to enjoy her vacation. PS J's Mom was rocking " the suit" so if she's on here, you ROCK for staying calm and defending your kid, and we should meet at the beach another time ( Oh and I think your tattoos are cool too).
Incident 2- Zoo in RI
Water play area. There are 4-6 hoses and lots of other areas of water. DS is playing with one of the hoses. I am standing nearby in the shade. The zoo is super PACKED. So a little girl about 6 runs full force into my legs. No issue. It's crowded stuff happens. SO THEN the Mom of LG Marches her over to me and FORCES her to apologize at LENGTH. I am like " Hey no big deal it happens". Then she brings little girl over to the hoses and rips it out of DS' hand and is like " No honey this is how you play with this" Which is TRUE there is a " way " to play with the hoses, but all DS cared about is getting as wet as possible. When he starts to whine about wanting the hose back she puts her arms out like to hold him back and gives it to her daughter. At this point I just pulled DS away and told him that it was wrong of her to take it from him but let's play over here. As we are walking back I see that SAME MOM in a SCREAMING MATCH with another Mom. The other Mom is screaming " How dare you touch my child" and " You are a BULLY". So bully Mom leaves the area with her little girl and DS goes back to his hose. ALL should be well with the world except A DIFFERENT MOM comes over and puts her arms on DS ( Like lays them across him) and says " No you already had your turn it's Cadence's turn now" and give Cadence ( who is like 7 and wasn't at the hoses at all) the hose.
At this point I was like FUCK IT let's go see the elephants.
BUT REALLY WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK GUYS. How am I supposed to go out in public and like enjoy life with my kid if I am going to get into an altercation each and every time because grownups can't keep their damn hands to themselves? I mean between this and when the woman tried to assault me in the Target parking lot I am afraid to go out ( okay not really but this shit is absurd.)
We spent the 4th of July weekend with DH's relatives and his cousin lives in Australia and was in country visiting. His Australian wife was loving 4th of July and buying so much cheesy flag clothes and accessories.
It was fun to see the town, sights, parade, etc. through a "tourists" eyes. I'm checking out all the pics she posted from this weekend and I'm loving her perspective and captions.
My BFF, her FI and their DD were supposed to be driving out to visit us next week. I was sooooooooo excited. My BFF and I have always been inseparable and its been hard living away from her. She just told me that her FI has to work now, so they're not coming next week.
I'm not going to lie, I just cried. I know I'll see them at the end of the month, but I was looking forward to having them here. They're trying to come out in August now, but I'm feeling sorry for myself.
This morning DS puked on my work clothes for the first time.
I have a giant plug in my right side. It's horrible. I forgot my hands free bra because of the above so I'm going to run home and take care of it. Thankfully no meetings this afternoon and I live super clothes.
Pedi says it was a good idea to bring her in, just in case, but there's no fluid in the lungs and no fever. She's just working out this virus still, so more fluids/rest/keeping an eye on her. She'll be fine. Thank you for asking <3
DS is taking some insanely long car naps today. He's on nap #2, approaching 2 hour mark. This from the kid who naps once a day for maybe 30 minutes. He's either worn out from the weekend excitement or going through a growth spurt.
My friend is three days overdue and it takes every ounce of my self control to not ask her if she's having a baby RIGHT NOW.
I just desperately want to snuggle a newborn. She needs to get on that for me.
Note: I have actually asked her zero times. But I stalk her on FB and every time she's off for more than an hour I'm sure she's having a baby RIGHT NOW.
Post by rootbeerfloat on Jul 6, 2015 14:13:16 GMT -5
My neck is so sore from "camping" Saturday night. And I spent half the night in an actual bed because DS decided around 1:30am that he'd had enough sleeping in a tent, lol. (We were just in my parents' back yard.) Maybe he and I can stay home while H and DD go camping for real.
Ds' schedule is so screwed up. We were oot last night so he went to sleep late, then we had to be up early for an appointment. Then he slept from 8:45-10:15 in the car. I tried to get him to nap and lol. Not happening.
Maybe early bedtime?
Also I wish my husband gave even a little shit about it. He birches that Ds is cranky but doesn't take any action to get him to nap or get ready for bedtime unless I ask him. I guess we are all out of routine, sigh.
Got our jogging stroller today. Bought the Joovy Zoom from Costco to see if we like it. It's just SO BIG compared to my City Mini. We needed a bigger stroller since DD is close to outgrowing the CM height-wise but I was not prepared for it.
Still deciding if it makes sense to spend the $180 on the Joovy or just buy a used BOB. Gut says BOB but the Zoom gets really good reviews, too.
Post by waterchurch on Jul 6, 2015 14:23:10 GMT -5
I started a meetup group in hopes of having some other moms (or dads!) to sign with. I miss using ASL but I'm not exactly in a position to go out and get an interpreter job right now. People are joining! I'm stoked. Hopefully it's not all weirdos, haha.
We just spent over $3,000 on a shed. We added windows and shutters to try to make it look nicer but let's be honest, a shed can only look so nice. I don't even care though. DH has so many tools and toys that this will free up space in the 3rd stall. We looked into adding a 4th garage stall on but all the gas and electric lines are there and not only would it have been a huge headache but it would've been way more than $3,000. So really we're saving money.
Post by scribellesam on Jul 6, 2015 14:34:38 GMT -5
DS1 was bitten at gym childcare, hard enough to break the skin. Poor guy was so upset. The kid who did it looked a little old to be biting, maybe 4? Do kids still bite at that age? The poor mom looked just mortified. I can't be too mad, though - I'd lay money on DS1 trying to steal the toy that was the source of conflict in the first place.
Whatever happened, he was extremely upset about his "really bad owie" so we had to skip the grocery store and come directly home to drink juice and watch Tarzan.
Post by 5kcandlesinthewind on Jul 6, 2015 14:52:33 GMT -5
My husband decided to wake the baby up to do tummy time. I might murder him. His parents came here for a quick visit, and after they left, I thought I had another hour or so to take a nap. Instead, Ben is screaming his head off, and I am probably just going to have to feed him to get him to shut up. What the hell, H?
I worked out this morning! My first workout since DS was born and I felt great but kind of out of shape. rugbywife - have you been working out since your "confession" a few weeks ago?
Today was my first one since then. Not for any other reason than not having time/system set up. I am not going to CF for now because $$$$ but working out at home instead. I did my workout this morning at 7am, it was amazing. Then I went on a super long walk. According to my fitbit I have already burned 2500 calories and walked more than 10k steps!!
Omg @savestheday that's terrible. Were these places crowded? I find crowds bring out the worst in people.
There was like no one on the beach. In fact there were like 6 families even near us.
The zoo was packed. Honestly the water play area was too crowded to really enjoy. I think this mostly stems from people wanting to over direct their kids' play. I think the moms at the zoo were honestly in competition to see who could helicopter parent better that day.
The woman at the beach was unhinged. If that is what she does to a kid who isn't her own I fear for her little girl.
DS1 was bitten at gym childcare, hard enough to break the skin. Poor guy was so upset. The kid who did it looked a little old to be biting, maybe 4? Do kids still bite at that age? The poor mom looked just mortified. I can't be too mad, though - I'd lay money on DS1 trying to steal the toy that was the source of conflict in the first place.
Whatever happened, he was extremely upset about his "really bad owie" so we had to skip the grocery store and come directly home to drink juice and watch Tarzan.
My DS STARTED biting at 3.5. Uggh he learned the behavior from my cousin's kid who is just the spawn of satan. He bites like it's a game. Like " I'm gonna eat you up" at first he mouths you but if he doesn't get a response he will use teeth. He only does this to is though. Never to other kids.