Thursday PM Randoms

[glitzy07]

We're having a very lazy evening over here.  C had a shot this morning and he's been complaining about his leg hurting for the last hour, refusing to run around or play anything that has him standing up.  He points to the Bandaid and tells us it's his owie.  So we're watching The Little Mermaid and eating yogurt parfaits for dinner while H goes to SS' school conferences.

I didn't get much actual work accomplished today, but I pretty much finished C's first year photo book!  This has been on my to-do list for months and I kept telling myself it had to be done before baby #2 comes.  Now I just want to wait to see what the best deal I can get from Shutterfly will be to order!  

What's everyone else up to?

[pooh8402]

Bad news (apologies to the WC posters, this is a XP)

Our dog went in this morning for teeth cleaning and hip xrays. He has congenital hip dysplasia that was diagnosed when he was about a year old. (His ancestors had perfect hips up to 5 generations on both sides of his family, so total fluke) He's now 8, and his hips are basically gone. There's nothing to be done for them except total hip replacement, which would be $3500-5000 each side. So we're going to manage pain/symptoms instead.

Poor puppy. He is such a good dog, total people pleaser, and he so rarely showed signs that he had any issues. We've noticed that he is slower to get up and down, but sometimes, he acts like he is still a puppy and would jump on the bed no problem. Ugh. Instead, he was probably hurting and not showing us.

So I was at home, and DH walked in and just broke down. I was like, omg, is Murphy okay? Where is he? DH pointed at the dog, who was drinking water. Whew, ok. He scared me.

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DS is cranky today. Hopefully tonight is not a disaster.

He looks like he's going to crawl at any second. He just got the hang of army crawling in the last week or so now he's rocking on all 4s.

[water*drop]

We're still on a grandfathered Verizon unlimited plan, so now we're researching provider options to decide if we want to switch or drop to a limited data plan when process go up next month. *sigh*

[rugbywife]

Sorry about the hip dysplasia, it sucks.

24 hours into reflux meds for DS and I would say that things are immeasurably better. My only concern is that I don't think his dose is lasting 24h. But still. So much better.

Thursday night tv is so good. I am excited!!

[namasteak]

I hope DH comes home soon so we can go out to eat.

The LC I saw has some good tips & I hope they help make Bf'ing a little easier.

[starburst]

I'm sorry, pooh8402. It's so hard when your pets are sick.

Today was the first time I wore actual pants (not stretchy, no elastic waist) since DS was born! Gotta work on that muffin top!

[Deleted]

DD asked to go to bed at 530. Fine by me. We're finishing eating and off she goes. She has some allergy issues I think and just seems to wiped lately. I need to call the dr. next week for her.

I love DS. He's so sweet and happy and fun. He's just into EVERYTHING in a way DD never was. This place is a sticky disaster as a result.

We have no plans this weekend. I'm looking forward to it.

[rugbywife]

DH brought a bowl of skinny pop to the table and the. DD started crying so he went to read her a book. The bowl is now empty.

He has to leave to play volleyball at 7:30. Won't be home til 9:30. I have the whole night to myself. I have loads of shit to do but have pretty much already convinced myself to do NONE of it.

What are 18 month shots like? NBD? DD gets her tomorrow. I wish they would make her sleep for 3 hours.

[darnkatz]

I just brought out my scary mom voice and both of my kids laughed. I want to send them both away right now.

[preppy]

I left the house alone today and left DD with my husband for 45 mins and went to Starbucks. I felt guilty the whole time and texted him twice. But I needed it.

I'm seeing a LC in the morning tomorrow and I'm hoping I can get some tips for my overactive letdown as well as how to save my nipples.

[ladygrey]

I have to AW here because I can't share IRL yet: DH accepted a new job today. It comes with a huge pay increase (nearly double his current salary), better benefits, and tons of opportunity for growth. We are celebrating with Mexican food and margaritas tonight. Yay!

[zeewifeandmama]

I'm sitting in the parking lot waiting for barre to start. Wish it was already over- I'm so tired.

[holly116]

DS2 has pneumonia and a double ear infection. And maybe a touch of croup. He sounds terrible and I'm on constant edge that he's going to cough till he throws up. Fx the antibiotics kick in soon, I have a feeling tonight is going to suck.

[yellowbrkrd]

I fear I am growing a giant. Apparently this boy is already 14 oz...I looked it up and he should only be about 10.5 oz at this point. Oy.

[Willis Jackson]

Oct 8, 2015 18:12:52 GMT -5 holly116 said:

DS2 has pneumonia and a double ear infection. And maybe a touch of croup. He sounds terrible and I'm on constant edge that he's going to cough till he throws up. Fx the antibiotics kick in soon, I have a feeling tonight is going to suck.

((Hugs))
That sucks.

[zeewifeandmama]

Oh no holly116 fx for a peaceful night!

[turtlegirl]

I went on DS1's class field trip this morning and it was so much fun. It felt great to get out of the house for 5 hours without a newborn. And DS kept holding my hand and really seemed to appreciate the fact that all my attention got to be on him.

It seems like DD did pretty well with my mom. She took 2 bottles just fine, pooped a lot, but didn't nap much. So I got her down for a nap right after my mom left and she slept for almost 3 hours!

[namasteak]

Oct 8, 2015 18:09:59 GMT -5 preppy said:

I left the house alone today and left DD with my husband for 45 mins and went to Starbucks. I felt guilty the whole time and texted him twice. But I needed it.

I'm seeing a LC in the morning tomorrow and I'm hoping I can get some tips for my overactive letdown as well as how to save my nipples.

I just saw one today for over active let down. Let's chat tomorrow and exchange tips?

Eta - and good for you for going to Starbucks. It's really hard to leave baby for th first time!

[niq]

Oct 8, 2015 18:11:24 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Omg we tried to get Bas to point one finger tonight and it was hilarious. Like he kind of needed to really concentrate and open and close his hand multiple times before just one finger was pointing.

Oh yeah. We did a dinner time session on the sign for "juice" and V spent a ton of effort just trying to get any finger to point, which ended up being his pointer.

Also "2" is holding two pointer fingers close together because that's easier than holding up two fingers on the same hands?

[niq]

Msniq is doing daycare pickup to prepare for my work trip (pickup means biking uphill with V in the trailer). I'm at HH with coworkers at a hipster bar/pinball/vintage arcade place.

Msniq's November is going to consist of a weekly spa day and telling me what chores to do every night at this rate.

[rugbywife]

Dishes are done and kitchen is clean. Upstairs play area is clean. I am trying to talk myself out of cleaning the family room play area but I can't do it!!! Why do I suddenly feel motivated?? Carpe diem and crap, I guess.

[yellowbrkrd]

So apparently the kids at daycare call M "Morgy." He has been referring to himself as this the past few days and I HATE IT.

[tulips]

K's nose is dripping like a faucet. She's trying to nurse and making that obnoxious snot sucking noise at the same time.

We had her one-year appointment and shots yesterday. She is 16lbs and 29.75 inches.

[Brie]

Hypothetically speaking, how bad is it to put a baby in a costume made for dogs for Halloween? I cannot find what I need in a human costume.

[humpforfree]

My stitches are crazy itchy tonight
I'm going to have some chocolate cake and rum and Coke tonight.

[antoniamarchette]

H and I went out for Italian for our 5 year anniversary tonight. It was delicious! We haven't been out alone in a long time and need to do it more often. His sisters live so close and are usually up for watching ds. Now for more wine!

[thebreakfastclub]

The Hanna Andersson store opens at 10am tomorrow, so I guess I will try to get free pjs.

[cobber06]

I ordered Christmas cards today- there were good promo codes floating around, so I just went for it. In my defense, I won't send them out until after Thanksgiving.

[anna7602]

I bought a bag of mini Snickers' bars today and have inhaled maybe half of it already. As I was nursing DS before bed tonight, I thought of the Brazilian BFing shame campaign and how many little Snickers bars were going into DS's mouth as he drank breast milk...