You did the right thing. We do the same "how can you fix it" thing for inappropriate behavior. The other mom was in the wrong, I don't get what she was even trying to accomplish with her glare?
Ditto Redfin though I use the desktop site, not the app. I sometimes see a few on Zillow and not Redfin but more often see things first on Redfin and later Zillow.
How far along are you now? 13+2, at the cusp of second tri!
What would you like to bitch about today? Lol. Sleepless nights plus pregnancy exhaustion royally suck! I feel so bad for sick Xander but I seriously want to sleep for 3 days straight. And night weaning which was such a pain to accomplish was instantly out the window, waaaahh! But...my nausea seems to be mostly gone!!! I can eat many things without my stomach turning, though still have a number of aversions.
Done any baby preparations? Nope. We plan to move the kids in together over the summer, which means moving Xander out of our bed into his own. Then baby will be in our room. We don't really "need" anything baby but I'll probably buy some matchies bc...matchies.
How are the big siblings? Excited? Jealous? G is excited, X is oblivious I think. She keeps hugging and kissing my belly then telling me the kisses are traveling into my belly to the baby. She seemed really happy about a little sister.
Anything else you want to share? I'm actually considering a birth photographer this time around. Or maybe I'll just get professional newborn photos and sibling photos? For Genevieve we bought the pictures a photographer who goes room to room took. For Xander the photographer kinda sucked but we meant to buy them anyway, except I forgot. So we have sibling meeting photos but not really newborn pics of him besides my phone pics.
browneyedhunni85, your poor C! I hope once he's done with medicine he stays healthy for a long while.
We have a follow up appointment tomorrow afternoon if he's not back to normal. Looking like we'll be attending it at this point. The prednisolone does seem to be helping, but steroid rage plus toddler rage isn't my favorite. 3 more days of it, plus 4 more days of antibiotics if all goes well.
He actually slept decently, all things considered. We made it until 5am before he started tossing and turning, then got himself and me up for more medicine. After nebulizer at 8pm, humidifier plus Vicks seemed to help somewhat overnight. But night weaning is out the window, which is a royal bummer.
We did the nebulizer again this morning which seems to leave him wired. Or the ability to breath better left him more wired? I was hoping to go back to bed, so that's too bad so far.
Hugs, S! You are doing a wonderful job advocating for her to get all the help she needs. I agree that this extra support will give her so many advantages over grandpa.
Yay!!!!!! I am so excited for you! How are you going to tell the kids?
We had my ILs on Skype and had them put in guesses, then asked G and X their guesses. I don't know if X understood but he said brother. Everyone else (FIL, MIL, Genevieve, plus earlier Rich and me) guessed girl.
MIL guesses based on if the previous youngest child's hair is a point or flat across in back. Flat across=girl, which is what X's hair does. FIL guesses based on the mom's face. Pretty as usual/prettier=girl, uglier than usual=boy.
I find it so interesting different cultures' ways of guessing the sex
This is my brainstorming list. I haven't finished adding nor started narrowing yet.
DH wants baby girl to be named Sophia after his mom. It's not the right name for us. Which probably means she won't be Margaret after my mom either (one of my top choices).
Both kids have 9 letter names, though that's bc we prefer longer names, not intentional. I think if it works out this time, great, but I'm not tied to the concept. I added a bunch of 9-letter girl names to consider.
Louisa Sabrina Emily Seraphina Margaret Marielle/a Charlotte Josephine Elizabeth Stephanie Zara Jacqueline Eleanor Catherine Alice Vivian Evangeline Beatrice Madeleine Valentina Linnea
I think it's going around. Charlie was in children's last week from a cold that got her wheezy. She's still using her inhaler (albuterol). I wish they would just tell our insurance to pay for a nebulizer already.
I hope he feels better soon!
Poor C! I'm sorry she had this crud too!
Genevieve was wheezy Saturday but not so much that she needed anything but rest, extra liquids, etc. so I'm pretty sure she gave it to Xander.
It almost got overshadowed by Xander being much sicker than I thought, but...the midwife's office called me this afternoon and we're having a...
. . . . . . GIRL!!!
DH and I were both right with our intuition and Genevieve will be THRILLED! I have a feeling there will be a lot more matchies in my future. Everything looked great with the genetic testing. I'm really excited
I step in for being too rough around my kids and when they're not allowing my kids to go down the slide/take turns on whatever. If there's no one else at the playground, I let mine go up the slide (well, try to) but not if they're getting in other kids' way.
I ask kids to take turns, but I tend to block older kids with my body when they're being rough. Not touch them, just block the way if they're running and continue moving in areas that cut them off/slow them way down.
Your plan sounds good to me. We originally had G in the middle next to X but at 2.5 she couldn't help but mess with him. I hope at 4 she has more restraint bc I plan on her sitting in the middle between X and baby in Nov.
I can't decide. I really appreciate living in a less congested community with good schools. Though we couldn't find better schools without one of us having a hellish (2+ hours) commute, and it isn't inexpensive here anyway.
Where you're at seems like a really nice place and I'm not sure the relative difference in school ranking is worth moving for.
How stressful is your commute? Would the shorter commute be less stressful or about the same? 10 minutes of clear highway driving is a world away from 10 minutes in a traffic jam.
Are the community amenities comparable? Parks, schools, sports, classes, libraries? What about the level of competition for summer camps, rec classes, etc.?
I took Xander to the pedi this morning and he got 2 rounds of nebulizer, but is still retracting and breathing rapidly. He's now on prednisolone, has a mild ear infection, and they think he might be developing pneumonia. He got x-rays and neither the doctor nor the radiologist were sure about the pneumonia. So we're heading back to the pharmacy this afternoon to pick up antibiotics. Apparently my sicko was sicker than I thought, even though he was still rambunctious this morning. Hopefully I can go back to work tomorrow?
Another question: we now have a nebulizer. When do we use it? They said up to every 4-6 hours, but how do you tell?
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Xander clearly has a wheeze this morning and gets easily out of breath but it doesn't appear to be slowing him down. He's running around getting into everything, demanding out of reach toys, basically acting like his usual self. He doesn't have a fever. Do I send him to daycare today after the doctor? Do I keep him home for the wheeze? He's not resting/sleeping in spite of being up most of the night coughing and moaning and grinding his teeth. I'm pretty sure his molars are bugging him and he's getting over a cold.
I also feel like people who try this get found out eventually. You wouldn't want an unexpected mid-year transfer to whatever school has an available spot. Then you'd have zero say in where he goes and he'd be the new kid.
I don't think I slept last night. Xander screamed/moaned ALL night long. He would quiet for a minute, then cough and start all over again. I finally got up and went downstairs a few minutes ago since I might as well start my work day if I can't sleep. I'm going to crash of exhaustion around mid-afternoon and be non-functional.
IL issues can be such sticky things to talk about thedahliharpa. Here DH often makes comments about his parents' excessive spending and lack of retirement plan even though MIL plans to retire in Dec. But I can't say the same things without him getting defensive. They're not crazy and we generally have a good relationship, but it's still touchy.
I wish once FIL retires they would move to FL like normal annoying old people. But they will never leave. Mil is probably an alien who will outlive me.
Things are going to be sticky at D's dance recital next month. Both my sets of parents will be there and they can't stand her. She tries to talk to them like they are friends and they try to avoid her as much as possible.
Lol at her being an alien.
Is there assigned seating? Tell MIL the wrong time so there are no nearby seats available when she shows up?
IL issues can be such sticky things to talk about thedahliharpa. Here DH often makes comments about his parents' excessive spending and lack of retirement plan even though MIL plans to retire in Dec. But I can't say the same things without him getting defensive. They're not crazy and we generally have a good relationship, but it's still touchy.
@lindy we have a 3 bedroom house and it's hopefully our forever home. And our cats live in one bedroom, lol. G and X will share when he moves out of our bedroom.