I've definitely reached the "laughter is the best medicine" stage when it comes to mom's shopping.The trampoline that she bought is warped and unusable, even if we did want to use it. This weekend she bought a ceiling fan for her future apartment. At least it was only $5?
The fact that we're finally getting the kitchen in order -- and therefore the rest of the house -- makes it a lot easier to take this stuff in stride.
Four weeks tomorrow and yes I had third degree tears.
Those must have been some strong margaritas. It took some serious willpower for me to have sex with DH 10 weeks postpartum after DD and I only had a second degree (that healed well!). But the idea of sex in general was not appealing particularly combined with the fear of pain.
@notquiteblushing OUCH! Do other stuff girl but give your body time to heal for heavens sake! This coming from someone who had a 4th degree tear and waited as long as possible and it still was very painful for awhile. Heck 2.5 years later I'll still occasionally have pain where my scar is.
PP sex at 4 weeks? I am feeling light headed over here. Do peoples OBs not tell them to not stick anything in their vagina until they are cleared at the 6 week check up???
Post by timorousbeastie on Jul 27, 2015 11:48:15 GMT -5
To add a little levity to the situation - the friends whose house we're at have a cat. (I have never had any pet, just so you know how completely naive I am about pets.) I thought one of the cat's cookies was on the floor, so I picked it up so DD wouldn't try to eat it. It was not a cookie. I picked MF'ing cat poop up with my bare hands. FML. I guess if the worst thing that happens to me today is that I picked up cat poop, it's a good thing, right?
DS and I are going out to eat with other daycare parents/kids and the teachers from his class tonight. Lord help me, I don't know any of the parents.
Somehow, my introverted self (and extroverted child) got placed in the most social toddler class at daycare (there are 3 toddler classes). In just the past week, there have been 4 out of daycare events where everyone coordinated FB events and hung out - dinners, birthday parties, a cook out, etc.
I've avoided all of them because, seriously? I barely see my husband 4 nights a week, I don't want to hang out with daycare people 4 nights/days a week outside of daycare. But I'm officially going to be the rude one if I decline again. Plus, then I'll feel all butt hurt when I'm not invited in the future because I'm crazy like that.
So it's his teacher's last week and then she's moving out of state. I'm sucking it up and going. But that is not my idea of an enjoyable Monday night.
The FB event has been updated to say that the reservation was made for 45 people.
@marshmallows when do you need the swim suit by? Athleta has some really cute one's on sale and I just one for really cheap.
We met one of our dogs half brothers this week by a total fluke. We were at breakfast and kept commenting how much this dog looked like L. We went to go pet him as we were leaving and started talking to the owner and realized they were from the same breeder, who is no where near where we live, and have the same father. The funny thing is the reason they had gotten their dog from this particular breeder is that 7 years ago his wife (who wasn't there) ran into H with our dog E and fell in love with him and my H told her all about the breeder we got him from.
Our nanny's best friend might get a job being a nanny for a little boy M's age. I am so excited for M to have potential play dates.
Sometimes I'm jealous of my H. He has a job that he loves and a kid who's interest in him wavers. He gets to do just the fun side of parenting while I'm stuck in the drudgery as the default parent pretty much 100% of the time. After my failed sleep in this morning, he went back to sleep and had a 3 hour nap. I just woke him up and kicked him and L out of the house for a bit so I am getting a little break.
Disclaimer- this is just how I feel at this particular moment after a particularly rough night. H does contribute in a lot of ways and I know L's strong mama preference is difficult on him too. I'd probably be really sad if the roles were reversed.
If your kid had a really strong mommy preference, when did s/he outgrow if?
Ds is almost three and he still prefers me. He wants me when he is sad or hurt and he chooses me for bedtime stories most of the time. It is exhausting but I try not to focus on it too much. It is easier now to kind of force him to go to daddy though which is nice, easier for me to Get a break.
Oh, leonard131, I was just complaining. I got these. At least the printed one was on sale? I have not worn a one piece since grade school, but this one was just so cute. It's not matronly, right?
Those are super cute. The one I got looks a lot like the pink one but in grey. You will be rocking the one piece!
Whatever is wrong with my husband's throat (he's in with the doc now) I hope he gets meds for it because he is testing my patience. I think this may be worse than the man cold.
DH came down with strep right after he had met with an ear, nose, and throat doctor about a painful and not always successful surgery option to help his sleep apnea. He was such a pitiful ass while he had strep, I flat out told him that surgery, he's just not cut out for optional surgery. I'll surely kill him during recovery.
Post by chickens987 on Jul 27, 2015 14:01:58 GMT -5
DD was screwing around in her crib, so I told her if she laid down and napped, we'd watch a movie when she woke up. She said "oooookaaaay", laid down, and fell asleep. Woot!
Post by turtlegirl on Jul 27, 2015 15:40:42 GMT -5
I have a meeting tomorrow with my boss and co-worker to go over how my duties will be split up for Maternity Leave. I'm trying to draft up a plan right now and get everything written down and I just feel so blah about it! One the one hand I feel like I have a decent amount of stuff I personally need to finish up before I go out and on the other hand I'm just totally over it and want to be done already!
I'm going to be 35 weeks on Wednesday and had both my previous kids during my 37 week. So I likely don't have that much time left and want to be able to relax a little bit before DD comes.