Well our epic day date went south when I got food poisoning. I basically camped out in a winery's bathroom until I felt positive I could make it home. I'm attempting to eat some soup now, but may just take tomorrow off and sleep.
We got home from the wedding last night. My weekend was insane - comedy of errors. I may detail in its own post later.
Today DS's school was closed, so he, DD, and I met a friend and her son at the zoo. They left before we did but we ended up spending 5 hours at the zoo! DS did not want to leave. He had a few little tantrums (no surprise since he was skipping nap) but overall was really great and we had a lot of fun. DD was perfect and slept most of the time. I nursed her and had a bottle for when nursing was inconvenient. The weather was perfect and we had a wonderful day!
Post by SallySparrow on Oct 12, 2015 19:33:36 GMT -5
I just had a breakdown because A had a breakdown at bedtime. First she was screaming that she was hungry, and she only ate two bites of dinner, so I gave her a banana. Mistake? I didn't want to be like, "tough crap, go to bed hungry". I'm going to have to feed her a banana every night before bed, aren't I?
Then she was just crying to cry. I don't like it. H is all "she's fine, toughen up" and I'm all, "but what if she's scared" and then I cried.
Why am I having another baby? I clearly have no clue what I'm doing.
I had some required Girl Scout troop leader training tonight. Of course, my world is small and another woman there was an old co-worker so it was nice to catch up. I left right after dinner and got home to a house full of sleeping children. DH is about to go to bed and I need to do a weeks worth of bible study before tomorrow.
I'm not feeling 100% and hope to get a good nights sleep and wake up normal. We have so much going on this week, there's no time for a cold.
Confession-I told DH to go ahead and work Sunday so that we can probably avoid a MIL drop in. And we'll be OOT the weekend following, so we won't see her then. I'm at the point that every 6w is about all I can take of the woman.
We had DS's first PT appointment for torticolis. It's not severe and she's impressed by how much he moves (scoots, turns, etc.), so that made me feel better.
I went from worrying that he wasn't sitting much to being floored by how well he sits in 48 hours. It is incredible to me how much they can develop in just a day or two! He went from sitting for five seconds before toppling over to several minutes.
And he reaches for me now whenever he's upset. I am so excited. I worried that he wouldn't be as attached to me since we didn't nurse and H makes him laugh so much, but he loves his mama. Yay!
Post by antoniamarchette on Oct 12, 2015 19:41:29 GMT -5
Ds spent the day with my sil's and mil. He came home exhausted and was asleep by 7:30. He's been staying up until 8 lately and I realized I really miss that extra half hour! Now I have wine and about 5 carts full on various websites. I cannot buy anything.
Post by cherry1111 on Oct 12, 2015 19:51:20 GMT -5
I have 2 paint samples on my wall and I like one and DH likes the other. I wish he had no opinion. I'm the one who has spent hours looking at colors online, buying samples, putting them up, looking at them in different lights, etc. The one he likes is a gray that looks perfect at night but leans blue during the day. He can't see the blue. This is the man who thought my dark gray car was green. Ugh.
Ds2 needs to take a Paci & DH needs to figure out how to soothe him or I might lose my mind. The damn witching hour gets to us all!
This is happening here too. I went upstairs, if she comes up I will just be patting her back for 45 mins and she will all asleep. Which he can do. And it's my shift for sleep! He always automatically thinks she needs a boob in her mouth.
Post by water*drop on Oct 12, 2015 19:57:54 GMT -5
If DS does not sleep well tonight, I will lose my mind. Seriously. I'm defining "well" here as anything that allows me to have 3 consecutive and uninterrupted hours of sleep at least once during the night. I AM NOT SETTING THE BAR HIGH, KID. YOU CAN DO IT.
Getting on wait lists at 10 weeks wasn't enough and we only got into one and only 2x a week. Wtf. Also I have a clogged duct I am trying hard to work out but it's a little painful. And I thought we were over the painful part of nursing, ha!
Post by jeaniebueller on Oct 12, 2015 19:59:54 GMT -5
I finally got on antibiotics for a sinus infection so am somewhat optimistic that I'll start feeling better. I took DS for a hair cut at a cheap walkin place while I was waiting for my prescription and it is not good. So much for me being too lazy to get him an appointment with our usual hair stylist. I have always regretted it every time we use a cheap place.
Post by zeewifeandmama on Oct 12, 2015 20:00:07 GMT -5
As soon as I walked out of the house to go to barre I started sneezing. I continued sneezing all through barre. WTF?! This is not allergy season where I'm from ( CA) but it apparently is where I live ( MA)
Just got home from conferences. 12 hour days are long. I actually don't mind conferences because I find talking and visiting with the parents fun for the most part but they're just long days. Another 12 hour day tomorrow. Then 8-12 on Wednesday and then I'm done for the week!
I had 8 conferences tonight and 5 asked about my maternity leave. Things like "Will the curriculum stay the same with the sub?" Ummmm yeah "My daughter doesn't understand why you can't just bring the baby to school with you. She doesn't want you to be gone." Lots of, "We'll miss you and understand but so wish you could stay the whole school year." Makes me feel good but guilty at the same time!
Post by waterchurch on Oct 12, 2015 20:01:39 GMT -5
My airbrush tattoo is making me think of getting a real one. It wouldn't be soon. But it sounds fun. DH really doesn't like tattoos though. I don't know how that conversation would go at all.
Ds2 needs to take a Paci & DH needs to figure out how to soothe him or I might lose my mind. The damn witching hour gets to us all!
This is happening here too. I went upstairs, if she comes up I will just be patting her back for 45 mins and she will all asleep. Which he can do. And it's my shift for sleep! He always automatically thinks she needs a boob in her mouth.
I think DH is convinced he can't soothe a newborn because Ds1 was so high needs & never took a paci/bottle. And then when the baby reaches that frantic crying stage he gets upset and doesn't think through the list of what it could be & what could fix it.
One of our chickens has taken to sneaking on the (gated) porch and laying her egg in a wagon by the door. I think she's giving us a present. Or begging for scraps. Super weird.
Getting on wait lists at 10 weeks wasn't enough and we only got into one and only 2x a week. Wtf. Also I have a clogged duct I am trying hard to work out but it's a little painful. And I thought we were over the painful part of nursing, ha!
Get the lansinoh gel beads. It's like an ice pack but you can use them hot (great for getting clogs out) or cold (good for sore nipples).
Post by jeaniebueller on Oct 12, 2015 20:17:25 GMT -5
Also, there is currently a debate going on my hoa FB page about whether a wolf or coyote was spotted nearby. Goodbye to running after dark I guess. Waaaah.
Post by longtimenopost on Oct 12, 2015 20:25:06 GMT -5
DH had to make an airport run tonight so I had both girls during DD's bedtime routine for the first time. Baby did some screaming, but we all survived!
I am going to miss SIL and BIL, especially for babysitting, but it will be nice to get back to normal routine.
Unfortunately, DD woke up a snotty mess today so it is looking to be a rough week if she can't go to preschool. Fingers crossed she's dried up a little bit by tomorrow.
Got my sister to agree to babysit J tomorrow night so we can go to the Mets game tomorrow!
H is insane and wanted to bring him. 1. He's two. 2. The game starts at 8! 3. I want to drink my beer in peace and not be on kid duty. And you know I'd end up wrangling the kid, since H is a diehard mets fan and wants to watch the game.
My sister sort of sucks with kids, but I'll feed J dinner before we go, and get him in his pjs, so she won't have to do much.
And we sold our tickets to today's game and made $$$$ which is awesome for our budget!