WWW (Whine and Wine Wednesday)

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What've you got today?

[rikkiandjulie]

Wine: I went bowling with friends from work last night. It was a great way to say goodbye.

Whine: I pick up the moving truck tomorrow, and I still have packing to do. I'm dreading this. I also don't know if my manager is putting my transfer through or not.


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[mel]

Wine: We are visiting Jenn's mom and having a great time. C is on a food strike and has not been sttn for a few weeks now. Today, however, he seems to be eating well and he sttn last night!

Whine: I still have this annoying cough after a month of being sick.

[2brides]

Wine: I got to leave at 2:45 yesterday, pick up the kids before they went to aftercare, was home by 4, and the kids had had a snack, played, and done all of their homework by 5:30. It was awesome since we typically aren't even home before 6. Our new blinds are up and they look good. The kids have been super lovey lately and I love it.

Whine: I have no motivation at work. Didn't have any yesterday. And have a lot to do. Humph.

[twotrue]

Wine: I've actually cleared a decent portion of my desk this morning.

Whine: The portion I haven't cleared is going to take me forever to do.

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Wine: J surprised us by taking us to get a Christmas tree last night, my house smells wonderful now.

Whine: The whole foster care thing. I am happy to have been a FP for the last 2 years but I.am.done, I cannot do it anymore after the adoption. No more fostering, no more adoptions period.

[eratmama]

Whine: we had a big court date (we expected tpr) yesterday. That got postponed because their moms guardian at listen had a family emergency. So, we try again, in February

Wine: we hope the extra time before tpr will give zucchini more processing/less denial and make Christmas and Christmas break easier

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Dec 5, 2012 11:59:06 GMT -5 eratmama said:

Whine: we had a big court date (we expected tpr) yesterday. That got postponed because their moms guardian at listen had a family emergency. So, we try again, in February

Ugh, I am so sorry.

[joyseattle]

Whine: I'm tried and we'll be up a late tonight!
Wine: I'm pregnant and the reason we'll be up late is that we'll be getting our marriage license! (In line at 10pm, licenses at 12:01. I hope we're home by 1am-ish!)

[seattlekari]

Whine: I have a ton things to do at home tonight but I really just want to go home and sit on the couch and chill.

Wine: A might be getting the weekend off. If she does, she'll get to go to the Christmas tree farm with us. Yay!

[mk]

Whine: I'm sick, Katie just got over being REALLY sick, and the baby is on his 3rd antibiotic. I just want to sleep for 12 hours straight.

Wine: We have court tomorrow and its our first placement review. My understanding is that, unlike all the previous pre- trial hearings, we might actually make some progress. I'm not sure what to expect, but I'm hoping for TPR, obv! Doubtful, but it can't hurt to hope? Then Friday is my birthday

[quinny]

Whine: N's sleep study did no good. The advice was awful and he's sleeping worse than ever. Up every 45 min last night, sometimes for over an hour out of bed by 615 and 2 naps = 20 min and 10 min. I'm so tired. He's so crabby. I want run away and join the circus.

Wine: as crabby as he's been he's become really lovey and his sense of humor is out of this world. Thank god. I'm so tired I could sob for days but he makes me belly laugh so often it's easy to forget.

Double wine: things with K are excellent. She was off in her own head for most of november, it's a really hard month for her and its really hard for me not micromanage her and "fix" everything. I hate seeing her sad, I can't help myself. It's so nice to be back in sync. I don't like November.

[bluedaisyus]

Wine: my old boss retired at the end of March. My new boss FINALLY started this week!

Whine: my new boss started this week. It's making things crazy during my busy week just getting her acclimated, and I hate having to figure out when and how to come out to new bosses.

[2brides]

Dec 5, 2012 22:33:08 GMT -5 quinny said:

Whine: N's sleep study did no good. The advice was awful and he's sleeping worse than ever. Up every 45 min last night, sometimes for over an hour out of bed by 615 and 2 naps = 20 min and 10 min. I'm so tired. He's so crabby. I want run away and join the circus.

Oh, no. I am so sorry. what are the next steps?

[quinny]

Dec 6, 2012 8:52:42 GMT -5 2brides said:

Dec 5, 2012 22:33:08 GMT -5 quinny said:

Whine: N's sleep study did no good. The advice was awful and he's sleeping worse than ever. Up every 45 min last night, sometimes for over an hour out of bed by 615 and 2 naps = 20 min and 10 min. I'm so tired. He's so crabby. I want run away and join the circus.

Oh, no. I am so sorry. what are the next steps?

Thank you. We are going to meet with a doctor on the 20th and see what he says. It is our original meeting but I got to get in early through a cancellation, to see a nurse practitioner. The whole meeting sucked. 2+ hours just me, the nurse and N in a hospital exam room. He was exhausted, having been woken up, and hungry and I couldn't put him down. It was all I could do to stop him from licking the floor. Gah. She didn't listen to me and kept rattling off the mechanics of sleep, even though I told her I had read ferber's book twice.

In the end she basically said it was our fault and told me to reset him by keeping him awake. He's been like this since birth. Birth. It would take hours and hours to get him to sleep at 2 weeks old. It's not my fault. And her solution - don't let him sleep, has him all messed up. But I'm worried if I don't fill out the chart and show the next doctor we listened and tried it, he will send us home with the same advice.

She told us to wake him at 6:30 and put him to nap at 9:30 only let him sleep 1 hour (wake him!) and then put him to nap again at 2:30 again for an hour (wake him! I'm more against this than I can say. to wake a child who can't sleep, is horrible. For both of us!) and then keep him up until 10pm! He's covered in scrapes and bruises from being so tired, he can't stand. Sure, it solved the problem of taking 8 hours a day to get him to sleep but now he can't stay asleep. At least before we were sometimes getting 3 hours from him.

Hopefully the dr has better advice.

[seattlekari]

Ugh. Sorry to hear things aren't any better yet. I hope the doctor has better ideas.

[2brides]

has any mentioned melatonin? I know a few moms who have used it for their kids - and L just started using it - with good results.

I hope you can get some answers soon.

[quinny]

Not yet. I read up on it and the unknown side effects for kids are pretty scary, early onset puberty, among other things. I'd rather be sleep deprived, for now I am going to ask them about calms forte. I take it when I can't sleep and it works really well. I've always had trouble with insomnia and it works for me and its all natural and homeopathic, chamomile and lavender, etc. so I would be less worried about the long term effects. The website says 2 and over but I'm going to bring it on the 20th and see if it'll be ok.

[rikkiandjulie]

I took melatonin as a small child, and still do. They have very small doses that works well. I wasn't aware of all the side effects although I'm pretty sure that the Internet is made to scare us. I'll have to ask my Dr. again though...


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