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Post by clementine on Jul 1, 2019 18:18:09 GMT -6
Any fun plans for the 4th? Canada Day?
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Jul 2, 2019 6:08:20 GMT -6
Any fun plans for the 4th? Canada Day? Just praying that the sound machine is loud enough to block out all the dumb bottle rockets that will be set off in our neighborhood 🙄 My mom guilted me for not planning on heading to the fireworks but DH is traveling for work and DNW to try and wrangle two Littles in a huge crowd 2 hours after their bed time. What part of that sounds fun?! They likely won’t enjoy the fireworks and they definitely don’t know what their missing/won’t remember it anyways.
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Post by mintyblueair on Jul 2, 2019 7:21:54 GMT -6
Yesterday was Canada Day but we didn't do anything lol. We watched the fireworks from our house but the kids were long in bed by that time.
N started walking yesterday!!! She started by taking two or three steps between us, and by lunch time she was walking from her bedroom out to the hallway. I suspected she could physically do it but was just too timid, and once she tried it out she realized it was fine.
And today is my sweet little boy's third birthday! I asked him this morning if he wanted to ride the steam train at the park or go swimming with Grandpa. He said, oh no, I just want to eat cake. I decided we'll ride the train lol.
Lastly, it's two weeks to our possession day!!! I cannot wait to get the hell out of this airbnb and into our new home.
July is off to a good start 😄
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Post by auri on Jul 2, 2019 10:37:57 GMT -6
mintyblueair Good job N! Has Happy Birthday to your 3 son. I agree with him...the best part about a birthday is the cake! 😁
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Post by auri on Jul 2, 2019 10:47:14 GMT -6
I got a job! I’m going to be teaching music K-5. This is really going to be my first full time job and the first time I’ve worked since DD was born. I’m pretty excited, but also a little nervous about having to find a new normal.
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Post by clementine on Jul 2, 2019 11:31:42 GMT -6
auri congratulations!! That’s so awesome! I’m sure it will be a bit of an adjustment, but hopefully you get to enjoy another several weeks of summer before you start. mintyblueair yay for N walking and HBD to your DS! Enjoy the train, but I’d vote for cake too. Leaf 🌱 no fireworks for us either. We’ll be at my parents’ for the weekend. They live out in the country, so fewer houses around but also a higher likelihood of people setting off their own fireworks and stuff. Hopefully our white noise machine is enough to drown out the noise.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Jul 2, 2019 11:40:30 GMT -6
I got a job! I’m going to be teaching music K-5. This is really going to be my first full time job and the first time I’ve worked since DD was born. I’m pretty excited, but also a little nervous about having to find a new normal. that sounds great!! T&ps for an easy transition for you both.
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Post by mintyblueair on Jul 2, 2019 14:43:44 GMT -6
Congratulations on the job auri!! It sounds great. I hope the transition goes smoothly for you!
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Post by whatsit on Jul 2, 2019 14:55:48 GMT -6
Hey!
We did the Canada Day parade yesterday - it rained the entire time but that also meant G got spoiled with the amount of candy they were giving out.
We braved the fireworks too. G did Awesome for staying up so late but I put A down for a nap around 7:30 so she’d last a bit. They had a blast. A was mesmerized and learnt how to say “pretty” while pointing at them.
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Post by whatsit on Jul 2, 2019 18:01:39 GMT -6
Update on the IUD situation- Just got a call from the nurse and IUD is in the correct placement! So happy I don’t have to panic as much.
... until I want to get it removed. Fuck.
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Post by alwayscheese on Jul 2, 2019 22:08:56 GMT -6
Update on the IUD situation- Just got a call from the nurse and IUD is in the correct placement! So happy I don’t have to panic as much. ... until I want to get it removed. Fuck. Yay! But also ugh about removal. I had a Nexplanon in my arm and the removal was traumatic.
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Post by alwayscheese on Jul 2, 2019 22:12:50 GMT -6
They do fireworks on the 3rd at the end of the lake here so BILs are coming out in the boat with us to watch tomorrow night. If DS is freaked out he will be DHs responsibility because he is poopooing the idea that a toddler might not be enthralled with the noise level hours after bedtime.
DS is taking about 4 steps at a time and yesterday started trying on his own without us there or begging him to come to us.
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Post by alwayscheese on Jul 2, 2019 22:13:20 GMT -6
I got a job! I’m going to be teaching music K-5. This is really going to be my first full time job and the first time I’ve worked since DD was born. I’m pretty excited, but also a little nervous about having to find a new normal. Congrats! And GL to y'all on the transition.
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Post by woodenshoes on Jul 3, 2019 12:39:52 GMT -6
The boys and I are going to my parents house for the day tomorrow. They have a cookout and if the pool is fixed we can go swimming. O. Saturday we are going up north (in Michigan) for a week with my family. We rented a cottage on a lake so it should be fun.
L is so close to walking. He is averaging about 2-3 steps at a time. He just needs some confidence.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Jul 3, 2019 19:50:43 GMT -6
Update on the IUD situation- Just got a call from the nurse and IUD is in the correct placement! So happy I don’t have to panic as much. ... until I want to get it removed. Fuck. FWIW my strings were definitely not in the right place and removal was NBD. They have to clamp the edge of your cervix for a second and it’s uncomfortable at worst.
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Post by dizzycooks on Jul 3, 2019 19:55:42 GMT -6
auri congrats on the job! It’ll take some time, but you’ll get a rhythm and it’ll be great. mintyblueair my ds just started walking too! He loves it and it’s nice to not have him crawling around the dirty driveway anymore. He is loving his cozy coop car and climbing our playset (giving me heart attacks!). We will probably do fireworks tomorrow bc my older dds love them. We did stay home from my dads tonight bc ds has t been sleeping at all and I figured we can’t subject others to our misery if we can help it. My dad took my older girls so it was a very quiet evening. I’m praying ds sttn.
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Post by mintyblueair on Jul 3, 2019 20:19:04 GMT -6
Update on the IUD situation- Just got a call from the nurse and IUD is in the correct placement! So happy I don’t have to panic as much. ... until I want to get it removed. Fuck. FWIW my strings were definitely not in the right place and removal was NBD. They have to clamp the edge of your cervix for a second and it’s uncomfortable at worst. +1, minus the clamping. whatsit, my doctor used a little hook to fish the strings out and remove it. It was done in a matter of seconds.
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Post by whatsit on Jul 3, 2019 20:47:26 GMT -6
Thank you! (And Leaf 🌱) for the reassurance. Its nice to hear others stories so I don’t drive myself crazy with anxiety ETA- damn I meant to quote mintyblueair
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Jul 9, 2019 6:20:23 GMT -6
We’ve caught the bad sleeps 😭😭😭. It could be teething, another ear infection, and/or I accidentally got in the habit of giving a MOTN bottle when she was sick 😬😬😬 We haven’t offered a bottle in a week or so and I’m hoping that she figures her shit out. I am tired.
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Post by clementine on Jul 12, 2019 4:32:59 GMT -6
We’ve caught the bad sleeps 😭😭😭. It could be teething, another ear infection, and/or I accidentally got in the habit of giving a MOTN bottle when she was sick 😬😬😬 We haven’t offered a bottle in a week or so and I’m hoping that she figures her shit out. I am tired. Arghhh I hope it’s been better the past few days. I hate not knowing what it is. I keep swearing he’s cutting his molars but nothing to see in there yet.
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Post by clementine on Jul 12, 2019 4:35:55 GMT -6
We booked a trip to Mexico! Just me and H. L will be staying with the ILs. I am beyyyoonnddd excited. Now I will spend the next 3 weeks looking for a bathing suit that fits and new sundresses and freaking out about leaving L for a week.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Jul 12, 2019 6:04:22 GMT -6
We’ve caught the bad sleeps 😭😭😭. It could be teething, another ear infection, and/or I accidentally got in the habit of giving a MOTN bottle when she was sick 😬😬😬 We haven’t offered a bottle in a week or so and I’m hoping that she figures her shit out. I am tired. Arghhh I hope it’s been better the past few days. I hate not knowing what it is. I keep swearing he’s cutting his molars but nothing to see in there yet. We stuck to our guns and she seems to have broken the MOTN bottle habit now! But we also went from four teeth to 12 (including molars 😭) so that was tough. Hopefully she gets a little break.
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Post by alwayscheese on Jul 12, 2019 6:16:19 GMT -6
Arghhh I hope it’s been better the past few days. I hate not knowing what it is. I keep swearing he’s cutting his molars but nothing to see in there yet. We stuck to our guns and she seems to have broken the MOTN bottle habit now! But we also went from four teeth to 12 (including molars 😭) so that was tough. Hopefully she gets a little break. 😬 at least you know what it was and you also have 8 teeth behind you. Yikes though
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Post by alwayscheese on Jul 12, 2019 6:17:47 GMT -6
We booked a trip to Mexico! Just me and H. L will be staying with the ILs. I am beyyyoonnddd excited. Now I will spend the next 3 weeks looking for a bathing suit that fits and new sundresses and freaking out about leaving L for a week. YAS!! We are going to Norfolk/Virginia Beach in a little over a week. DS is coming too but i am so excited for beach. And i am also swim suit shopping. Why am i so picky?
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Post by clementine on Jul 12, 2019 12:32:36 GMT -6
We booked a trip to Mexico! Just me and H. L will be staying with the ILs. I am beyyyoonnddd excited. Now I will spend the next 3 weeks looking for a bathing suit that fits and new sundresses and freaking out about leaving L for a week. YAS!! We are going to Norfolk/Virginia Beach in a little over a week. DS is coming too but i am so excited for beach. And i am also swim suit shopping. Why am i so picky? Fun!! Yeah I’m having such a hard time finding suits. My boobs are DDs and saggy and my rib cage is small so any tops that fit my boobs are too big around my rib cage. Wide hips and a flat butt don’t make it easy to find bottoms that fit well either. And I have a long torso so one pieces never fit right. Grr. I’m generally pretty content with my body but damn, swimsuit shopping sucks.
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Post by alwayscheese on Jul 12, 2019 13:58:14 GMT -6
YAS!! We are going to Norfolk/Virginia Beach in a little over a week. DS is coming too but i am so excited for beach. And i am also swim suit shopping. Why am i so picky? Fun!! Yeah I’m having such a hard time finding suits. My boobs are DDs and saggy and my rib cage is small so any tops that fit my boobs are too big around my rib cage. Wide hips and a flat butt don’t make it easy to find bottoms that fit well either. And I have a long torso so one pieces never fit right. Grr. I’m generally pretty content with my body but damn, swimsuit shopping sucks. I have the opposite problem with bottoms and it's not any easier. Not wide in the pelvis and very much not flat butt here. I would like just once to have swim bottoms that cover my cheeks. 🙄
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Post by cornpop on Jul 23, 2019 12:27:54 GMT -6
Arghhh I hope it’s been better the past few days. I hate not knowing what it is. I keep swearing he’s cutting his molars but nothing to see in there yet. We stuck to our guns and she seems to have broken the MOTN bottle habit now! But we also went from four teeth to 12 (including molars 😭) so that was tough. Hopefully she gets a little break. Tell me your secret! I told N we weren't doing the bottle one night, she said OK and went to bed with just a cup of milk. Then at 3am woke up screaming and wouldn't calm down until we gave her a bottle.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Jul 23, 2019 12:35:08 GMT -6
We stuck to our guns and she seems to have broken the MOTN bottle habit now! But we also went from four teeth to 12 (including molars 😭) so that was tough. Hopefully she gets a little break. Tell me your secret! I told N we weren't doing the bottle one night, she said OK and went to bed with just a cup of milk. Then at 3am woke up screaming and wouldn't calm down until we gave her a bottle. We made sure she was REALLY tired (thanks to an evening at the pool) and then let her CIO a bit and it was fine! I think it’s hard right now bc they’re getting teeth and stuff :/
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