Today is my birthday; we have minimal plans today as it is our first night without my niece and nephew in a week--and H has a broken leg. So I made a mini cake last night with the kids and tonight I will relax and watch Bill Paxton movies and eat asian noodles. Basically trying to distract myself until our ultrasound on Thursday as I am so anxious.
DS started daycare today and I'm a WRECK. I'm sitting here crying at my desk wondering why in the world I left my tiny baby with strangers. I just want to run back there and snuggle my boy I definitely will not be making it a full day at work!
spearmintleaf , DH will normally be doing drop off, thank god. I just went today because it was his first day. It will definitely be easier to say goodbye at home rather than at daycare I think!
oh, scm1011, I am so sorry! Things will get better, you know it is totally normal to have these feelings and they will eventually feel better. But for now I imagine it is heartbreaking!
Hang in there scm1011, I hope it gets better soon! I'm sure those first few weeks are rough!
Not much going on here...tomorrow is 25 weeks! We leave in less than 3 weeks to go visit EM, and I'm currently looking up things to do in NOLA for our "vacation." Work is a bit wretched at the moment, but I've applied to two separate positions in the company, so hoping one comes through for me. Ran my quarter marathon yesterday (with, again, zero training) and was only 2 minutes off a PR. Considering it was 18 degrees with 20+mph winds, I don't think that's too bad!
I hope you both get feeling better soon spearmintleaf.
Happy birthday shauni27! I hope your day is as wonderful as you are.
oneslybookworm, send me a PM if you want some good NOLA recs. I've been plenty of times and can recommend some amazing food and fun things to do. So exciting!
We had a good weekend, nothing fancy. Just plugging along. I am trying to get a hold of the embryo storage place since we need to pay our yearly fee. Call me back so I can give you money! Why is that so hard?
oneslybookworm , so proud of you on your race!! Also, I love NOLA, will you be staying in town or just visiting for a day?
We fly in the 19th, fly out the 23rd. One day will be spent with EM, the rest of the time we'll be on our own (at least, that's the tentative plan). Any recommendations???
oneslybookworm , so proud of you on your race!! Also, I love NOLA, will you be staying in town or just visiting for a day?
We fly in the 19th, fly out the 23rd. One day will be spent with EM, the rest of the time we'll be on our own (at least, that's the tentative plan). Any recommendations???
I hate having structured vacations--wake up and see what you feel like doing, etc. But I suggest touring a cemetery (no need for a group tour unless you want one, we went on our own), doing a walk through the garden district.
My favorite restaurant in all of NOLA is not actually a typical new orleans restaurant, but it is one of my favorite restaurants ever. I go multiple times on each trip. Dominica Italian, in the Roosevelt Hotel downtown.
Other great restaurants are Mothers for Poboys, Deanies for BBQ shrimp, ACME for any kind of oysters. People also like Drago's for oysters but I prefer ACME.
Hang in there scm1011 , I hope it gets better soon! I'm sure those first few weeks are rough!
Not much going on here...tomorrow is 25 weeks! We leave in less than 3 weeks to go visit EM, and I'm currently looking up things to do in NOLA for our "vacation." Work is a bit wretched at the moment, but I've applied to two separate positions in the company, so hoping one comes through for me. Ran my quarter marathon yesterday (with, again, zero training) and was only 2 minutes off a PR. Considering it was 18 degrees with 20+mph winds, I don't think that's too bad!
Congrats on your race! How are things going with EM? Has she been more in contact? I recall her being sporadic with contact (which I'm sure is normal; hell I'm currently avoiding my dentist).
Hell, I'd avoid them too, I hate the dentist! We're been in contact a few times a week...I spoke with her last (text) on Thursday, will probably text again tomorrow. I try hard not to overwhelm her with my incessant crazy, so that's hard for me.
I had the most relaxing weekend. DH took DS out Saturday morning. Sat afternoon I went to the Melting Pot with girlfriends. Sunday my parents watched DS all day. I laid around, read a book, took it easy. And I am STILL exhausted today. lol. Hello third trimester.
feel better spearmintleaf ! that's one thing I miss about having a nanny--when I was sick, she was just there to take care of my kid, and I could rest in bed. now I have to drag my butt out of bed, drive him to daycare, drive home, and then I can rest.
like today. have been dizzy all morning. I finally started feeling better about an hour ago.
huge hugs scm1011, the first day without your baby is the worst!!! I cried all day the first day, and much of the second.
A and I made it to Texas. I'm still recovering and would counsel all of you to never ever take your toddler on 3 flights in 1 day by yourself. She's a pretty physically chill kid and I can't even imagine what further hell it would have been if she were more active.
At least it's warm here. And it's snowing back home. Hahahahaha!
Question: where can I order a good full body swimsuit/rashguard? I checked Target and Khols and neither seem to carry full length ones in stock. A is pretty fair and I'd rather she just be completely covered. Please tell me I'm not going to have to buy it from some bizarro fundie clothing store...
ETA: Never mind, I see there's a couple of companies who make them.
I told people at work today. Since I'm a baker and always bring in tr4eats on Mondays I brought in a cake and a dip and put a sign next to it saying, "Eat up! My mommy doesn't want to be the only one around here with a Big Belly! Love Baby K" I could hear people screaming in the faculty lounge as they read it. It was really cool and everyone was really excited. My favorite question was, "Was this a surprise?" I wanted to say Yes, we were surprised it finally worked! LOL.
Today is viability day! Feeling pretty good except some wicked leg cramps.
We spent a good portion of yesterday trying to decide on a car seat. I think we have it narrowed down to a Graco - none have all the convenience features we want, so we just need to decide what is most important.
Post by oneslybookworm on Feb 27, 2017 19:03:25 GMT -5
For those of you who have had nannies, what was the hourly rate you ended up paying (if you don't mind answering)?? Also, was that 40 hours a week, or something less?
I've been away for almost a year but I want to jump back in now that I finally am not completely overwhelmed. I loved every minute of the first year BUT I found I couldn't balance 'me' time well...i.e. Every minute of 'me' time was spent sleeping. My 1-Yr old still doesn't sleep through the night despite being able to put herself to sleep at night with no tears (aside from my own) . oneslybookworm I've loved following your story. I come from a large adoption family (9 adoptions) and we are also considering adopting our second so thank you for opening up about your experience. Otherwise- hi everyone
shoeless, DD still gets up for a bottle MOTN 50% of the time. I feel your pain. She used to STTN back when that meant going to bed at 10pm and getting up at 5am, but now that she sleeps 12 hours it's hard for her to make it all the way through.
Post by Chrysanthemum on Feb 28, 2017 0:13:37 GMT -5
What a cute announcement King26! So happy for you and I LOL'ed at your "reply" to the surprise question. thoseareradishes Love that name! It was on our finalist list if we'd had a girl. Hi shoeless! Hi konapoppy, Congratulations!!
C survived his 8 week shots surprisingly well. It was almost a non-thing. All my worry for nothing. Has anyone had a LO try Zantac for GERD? We're considering it.... Four more weeks of ML for me. We tried to go to the mall today, but he got sick twice in the car and was screaming, so we just came home and napped. I almost think he gets car sick because it happens so frequently. We're going to try to go to a few mommy/baby classes this week-story time, yoga, etc. I just love being his mom, it's incredible!
I love reading here about everyone's success but today I am so happy for King26 and oneslybookworm especially. (heart)
DS is going to be 9 months on Saturday (!) and is on the verge of crawling. I have to swap out his infant car seat as he has reached the limits. A friend gave me her bucket with a larger weight and height limit but I think I'll just install DD's old Britax convertible and be done with it. He's heavy enough at 21ish lbs that I'm not wanting to carry the bucket too far with him in it anyway. But I'll miss the convenience for sure!
H took DD to an event on the weekend and there was a newborn there. He came back all starry eyed and I was like nope. I am now feeling 99% done. If I didn't have to carry the child...or pay for it... yeah, still no.
What a cute announcement King26 ! So happy for you and I LOL'ed at your "reply" to the surprise question. thoseareradishes Love that name! It was on our finalist list if we'd had a girl. Hi shoeless ! Hi konapoppy , Congratulations!!
C survived his 8 week shots surprisingly well. It was almost a non-thing. All my worry for nothing. Has anyone had a LO try Zantac for GERD? We're considering it.... Four more weeks of ML for me. We tried to go to the mall today, but he got sick twice in the car and was screaming, so we just came home and napped. I almost think he gets car sick because it happens so frequently. We're going to try to go to a few mommy/baby classes this week-story time, yoga, etc. I just love being his mom, it's incredible!
DD was on Zantac till about 7 months for GERD. We did that plus a elevated mattress (after moving her from the Rock n' play at 4 months). Both helped her sleep better but it takes ~2 weeks to get the full benefit grom Zantac. She still gets sick at least 2-3x week but it doesn't seem to cause her any pain these days.