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[bk1]

Music class was cancelled today because the teacher is sick. My girls need to burn energy! G has been in time out twice today for taking toys out of C's hands. Thinking we might go to the library to let them play. I just turned on the TV so they would be distracted and I could eat breakfast in peace. More coffee needed.

[grover]

I just addressed birthday invitations for A. Holy cow has this year flown by!!

And we got one year/cake smash pictures done yesterday, and already got the sneak peek collage. Love this little girl so much!

[amaranth]

S turns 2 this week! My baby is not a baby anymore But it's okay, because she's an awesome little girl.

We weren't going to do a party, but yesterday my Husband said "And this week is S's birthday so all your cousins will come over to play and you'll have so much fun!" and I was like "WHAT??? I didn't invite anyone! I don't want to host!" so now I'm hoping the kids just forget...

[Blue Moon]

grover and amaranth happy birthday to your babies!

I am back from my kid free weekend. It started off a bit bumpy because we lost power right as I was getting ready to walk out the door Friday evening. I had to leave H in the dark and cold house with both kids and I felt terribly guilty. But they were fine. Saturday at the spa was amazing. We had a fun night out at the casino and it was amazing to go to bed knowing that I wasn't going to be woken MOTN! H did awesome with the kids and I even arrived home to the floors freshly vacuumed and H making brownies with DD

[amaranth]

Blue Moon sounds great! So nice when you can just leave and know your H has everything well under control.

suzv, Good luck! Hopefully it's quick We had said we'd TTC #3 starting in April (after delaying it once already). Well, I have decided I'm not ready so I need to inform my husband that I am delaying again until fall. lol. Maybe after a fun summer I'll feel more inclined to be sick and miserable and exhausted.

[luv2rn4fun]

bk1- hope you and the girls got out for a bit today!

amaranth grover- happy birthday to your precious daughters!

Blue Moon- sounds like a lovely weekend!

suzv- I hope TTC goes much more smoothly this time around!

amaranth- LOL. I hope you can muster up the energy to go for #3 if that’s what you and your DH want! The thought of pregnancy with two little ones makes me want to puke (I would totally do it but it doesn’t even compute in my mind how I would survive...I had morning sickness for 17 weeks both times and was exhausted throughout both times).

We did bagels and groceries, went for a run that finished at the park, walked home and now they are napping! It’s beautiful here today and supposed to be through Friday! I am trying to talk myself into taking them to Disneyland for a few hours on Thursday!

[christy082]

I woke up with a pounding headache at 530 but went back to sleep until C woke up at 610 (usually she's up between 7-730) and never went back to sleep. This was the longest day ever, I'm so tired. 1 don't even want to admit how much TV she watched today. I almost fell asleep playing with her today!

[amaranth]

luv2rn4fun Same, hence the delay. I had migraines for 16 weeks with S and the only way M was taken care of was because at that time my husband worked from home and could flex his hours a lot to after bedtime. Not possible now, so I am terrified. We will have to pay for a short term nanny if that happens again. Not exaggerating, I couldn't leave the couch for weeks.

So yeah, I am not going to intentionally walk into that this summer when the kids are both finally at super fun ages to do everything (beach, pools, restaurants, picnics, hikes, etc).

My H will be okay with it. We want a third, but he has always said my body, my choice on timing or to change the plan <3

[estrellita]

Mar 5, 2018 18:18:26 GMT -5 christy082 said:

I woke up with a pounding headache at 530 but went back to sleep until C woke up at 610 (usually she's up between 7-730) and never went back to sleep. This was the longest day ever, I'm so tired. 1 don't even want to admit how much TV she watched today. I almost fell asleep playing with her today!

E was only home half the day but watched like 5 episodes of Beat Bugs before I felt guilty about screen time and shut it off, lol. They're likely staying home tomorrow so I'm probably going to overdo the screen time a bit for my own sanity, lol. It's definitely not easy pumping while attempting to care for a 3 month old and 3 year old! At least H will be home and can watch A a little or take some breaks to help. I definitely couldn't be a SAHM and if I were, A would probably be FF because no way I'd be pumping!

[luv2rn4fun]

amaranth- liked for the supportive DH part. Sorry pregnancy is so rough on you 🙁. Praying your next pregnancy is so much better and easier on you!

[awick14]

bk1- I hope you were able to take the girls to get some energy out.

grover- I can’t believe she’s one already. I can’t believe I have a 14 month old either. (I’m going to be saying that until the day I die probably, lol)

amaranth- I’m glad we live a little farther away from family for that reason. I don’t mind doing a small get together for her birthday but we are not huge birthday people. At least someone else will host when we go back into our home town around her birthday. Lol

@suvz- I am glad you were able to have a good talk about a timeline, and hopefully TTC is a quick process this time. As much as dh and I both want to try for #2 in the late summer/fall I’m not sure if it will happen. It’s so hard without any family here and dh is too worried that we won’t be able to do it.

Blue Moon- I’m glad you had a good time.

christy082- I hope tomorrow is a better day for you. ((Hugs))

There is a new little boy at DDs daycare that started today. He is only 2 weeks younger then her. Today she started off sharing her coloring stuff with him but then after only 2-3 mins she pushed him and took all the stuff back. 😳 She is used to being the youngest at the daycare and normally the other kids let her do what she wants as they like to help the “baby” play. Lol this will be a learning curve for her.

[estrellita]

Well today's off to a good start. E is home since H is working from home. E wanted a banana, so I gave him part of one (he usually won't eat a whole one). Then he decided he didn't want it. I told him to eat the banana or no TV today. So he throws it on the floor. I tell him no TV, screaming fit starts. Ugh. This plus he was up like an hour earlier than usual. It's going to be a LONG day. I might need to let him "earn" some TV time back because I'm already going crazy and H hasn't even started work yet, lol.

[bk1]

Hope the day gets better estrellita.

We made it to the library yesterday which helped. G called me into her room at 4:40 yesterday asking if I would put blankets on the windows so she could nap. Sorry kid, too late! They were both tired and restless all day. DH ended up working 12 hours so he left an hour before they woke up and got home an hour after they had been asleep. Long day.


Going to my mom's this morning then taking food to my grandma's at lunch for a "picnic".


MrsMB How did the potty training go this past weekend? I really need to buckle down and do it with G.

[amaranth]

estrellita, I've only used no tv as a punishment twice ever. Usually if he is that bad, I NEED the tv to get me through, even just for a few minutes. #modelparent... lol. So in other words, you're brave and awesome.

awick14 S is somewhat like that because she is used to M giving her whatever she wants to avoid crying. Other kids don't care if she cries and she is so perplexed, like "Don't you hear me wailing? Give me what I want! What's wrong with you?" It's awful, but kind of funny too. I hope A adjusts quickly. I'm sure she will

bk1 Good luck today. I hope it's smooth and not too exhausting. Will your H's hours be consistently this long, or was that a one time thing?

[bk1]

amaranth estrellita I have only taken TV from G a couple times for the same reason! It's too much a punishment for me. After I told her she lost the TV I thought, damn, now I have to follow through. Lol.

His hours will probably be longer for the next couple months. They are following a maintenance schedule the boss made up which will put them working 60 or so hours a week, maybe 6 days a week. He knew about it but I didn't. It's kinda a we'll try this schedule and see how it goes thing so it's hard to know for sure. Today is high wind though so in theory DH is stuck in the office and will get home earlier. It's tiresome but as long as we have things scheduled to stay busy it's alright.


On that note - I wanted the TV to myself to watch some DVR so I gave G the tablet and tucked her into bed to watch her shows. Mother of the year here. She was asleep in the car on the way home so hoping she falls asleep again.

[estrellita]

amaranth lol, I regretted it as I said it. I was hoping it was a strong enough motivator! I did let him earn an episode of a show by cleaning up some toys alone and I did have music playing, so that helped some! I may let him earn another episode but we'll see!

[estrellita]

H is feeding A at his desk right now and E is in his room for "quiet time" so I'm basking in some daytime silence, lol. I'm sure soon H will bring A back up so he can work better and E will start yelling to come out of his room but for now.. It's so nice and quiet!

[MrsMB]

bk1 Sorry all...work got me all MIA. I'm debating whether or not I have the energy to post about it. That sounds bad. It's not as dramatic as I"m making it sound. We had a rough start...then made progress....but trying to decide what to do with daycare Thanks for asking When are you hoping to start with G?

[luv2rn4fun]

We went for a 5 mile run and finished at the park. A friend, her son, and another friend’s son (she wanted both of DH’s BFF’s boys 1-2x/week) met us there so that was nice! Came home and gave C a haircut before putting both of them down for a nap. C is refusing naps pretty consistently but will entertain himself for a couple hours in his crib.

We need to walk to the local hardware store to get a paint brush for DH. We might also go to Ruby’s for dinner...I have a gift card and Tuesday is kids eat free. Just depends on how naps go...i don’t want to take two tired kids to dinner if they didn’t nap well.

[krystee]

DS2 seems to be waking up and getting a personality. He was coping and smiling at me today, and it made my heart so happy! It's no fun to be talking and singing and playing with a creature that has no reaction!

I went to the library and got a bunch of books out, so I don't even care if he's up way late tonight. I'll just read with a baby on my shoulder. There is nothing like a good book in a cozy bed.

[pooh8402]

Y'all, I've regretted taking away tv time too, for punishment. I typically only do it if it's almost time to turn it off anyway.

E did not want to leave daycare today. Threw a fit because I was making him leave. I told him that he can come back tomorrow, and that I'm happy that he likes school so much.

[bk1]

Mar 6, 2018 16:56:50 GMT -5 MrsMB said:

bk1 Sorry all...work got me all MIA. I'm debating whether or not I have the energy to post about it. That sounds bad. It's not as dramatic as I"m making it sound. We had a rough start...then made progress....but trying to decide what to do with daycare Thanks for asking When are you hoping to start with G?

Hope it gets better for ya. And I really am not sure when I'm going to start. She has started talking about wanting to wear panties again so I should be pushing it more I guess. Potty training has been my least favorite parenting duty so far.

[MrsMB]

Mar 7, 2018 7:02:26 GMT -5 bk1 said:

Mar 6, 2018 16:56:50 GMT -5 MrsMB said:

bk1 Sorry all...work got me all MIA. I'm debating whether or not I have the energy to post about it. That sounds bad. It's not as dramatic as I"m making it sound. We had a rough start...then made progress....but trying to decide what to do with daycare Thanks for asking When are you hoping to start with G?

Hope it gets better for ya. And I really am not sure when I'm going to start. She has started talking about wanting to wear panties again so I should be pushing it more I guess. Potty training has been my least favorite parenting duty so far.

OH, wow! See, I think talking about panties is a good sign. A GOOD sign. If L was talking about panties, I may not have the doubt I have right now about whether or not we started too early. I imagine your attempts will also be more effective seeing as how she'll be home with you verses daycare. That's where we're getting hung up. 

She has pooped and peed for daycare...and she's peed for us at the house. She talks about potty alllll the time. But I understand why "Oh, Crap" makes the comments about how people are tempted to quit saying their kid isn't ready. It's just not clicking....and daycare is making it worse. I'm wanting to talk to one teacher in particular that I THINK will be more patient than the others on some alternatives. We're literally going to have to start over from scratch on Saturday. 

Which is embarrassing to admit, seeing how some of the WC kids trained so easily  

[luv2rn4fun]

Mar 7, 2018 7:02:26 GMT -5 bk1 said:

Mar 6, 2018 16:56:50 GMT -5 MrsMB said:

bk1 Sorry all...work got me all MIA. I'm debating whether or not I have the energy to post about it. That sounds bad. It's not as dramatic as I"m making it sound. We had a rough start...then made progress....but trying to decide what to do with daycare Thanks for asking When are you hoping to start with G?

Hope it gets better for ya. And I really am not sure when I'm going to start. She has started talking about wanting to wear panties again so I should be pushing it more I guess. Potty training has been my least favorite parenting duty so far.

bk1- that last sentence word for word. We haven’t done the crib transition yet though and I am hoping it isn’t as bad as potty training was for us. Thankfully once he trained he has been great...it only took us 4-5 months to get to this point though.

And L is definitely giving us a run for our money with sleep...so many wake ups every night for weeks now. I haven’t nursed him MOTN for 8 nights now and it’s still bad. He was up 9:30-12a last night.

[amaranth]

MrsMB, *hugs* I hope it gets better soon. We've had to start from scratch with M twice now He still struggles with frequent accidents, and he's almost 4. I'm sure it will click for L soon. I hear once a girl get it, it sticks. Finger's crossed that is the case for her! <3

[MrsMB]

Mar 7, 2018 9:16:07 GMT -5 amaranth said:

MrsMB , *hugs* I hope it gets better soon. We've had to start from scratch with M twice now He still struggles with frequent accidents, and he's almost 4. I'm sure it will click for L soon. I hear once a girl get it, it sticks. Finger's crossed that is the case for her! <3

Thanks, friend.

[luv2rn4fun]

MrsMB- sorry to hear it’s not going as smoothly as you had hoped. It’s so frustrating and I totally get it. I had C home with me and trained him myself and it still took forever. And then we had a couple poop regressions. It took us much longer than some kids. But I also have a friend IRL whose son is older than C and he had an even worse time training. I just think all kids do things at their own pace and timing and it doesn’t help if you aren’t getting the consistency with daycare. I hope they get on board soon and things start clicking more. ((Hugs))

[estrellita]

MrsMB Sorry PTing isn't going well! FWIW E did get it when we PTed BUT we also did tons of work leading up to it and there were definitely regressions. He had quite a few pee accidents for a couple weeks and tons of poop accidents for a good month or two before he started consistently pooping on the toilet (he would NOT go at DC for so long!). We also still sometimes have to fight him to go potty when it's not his idea (before bed, before we go somewhere, etc). Also I have more friends than I thought with kids just a couple months younger than E that still aren't PTed so don't feel bad if she's not ready. She'll get there, hopefully soon!

[luv2rn4fun]

Apparently I jinx myself since C peed his pants at preschool 🤣. Teachers didn’t notice and he was wet when I picked him up (I am thinking it happened shortly before pick up). I will mention it on a Friday when I drop him off so they can make sure he goes vs having an accident.

My friend came over and we ran 6 miles! Then L and I walked to preschool to pick C up...we also stopped at the hardware store and bank on the way. I have almost 18k steps already today and it’s not even 2p! And I have 16.75 miles of running in for the week!

[estrellita]

Omg. This girl screams bloody murder every time I take the bottle away to try to burp her. It's as if we don't ever feed her. She gets so upset that she won't even burp. I don't remember E ever getting THIS upset!