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Post by ajetter on Feb 17, 2018 6:17:17 GMT -6
What thrilling adventures does your family have planned for the weekend? Lol.
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Post by ajetter on Feb 17, 2018 6:20:12 GMT -6
Couldn’t fall back asleep so I’m on the treadmill. However my lower back is incredibly sore just from holding baby so much I guess. She prefers to be held up on my shoulder so I’m always leaning back just a bit to control her newborn antics.
We have friends coming for dinner this evening. I think we’re just going to order pizza. I’m also hoping to finally get my new computer up and running (a Christmas gift) and write some thank yous that are overdue.
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Post by benandjerrys on Feb 17, 2018 6:40:26 GMT -6
I have to do thank you notes too ajetter. And do a grocery list. MH goes back to work next week so I have to decide how I will manage life with two kids.
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Post by marygracerich on Feb 17, 2018 6:48:49 GMT -6
Good morning ladies! We are up. G didn’t want much for breakfast so she had an orange and a graham cracker. I’m not pushing it because she still doesn’t feel well. My throat is sore now and it’s annoying. We have no plans for today. It’s supposed to be cold and is going to snow tonight. It also MHs D&D night so he won’t be much help after 7:30. He will probably do the big kids bath and bedtime though which will be good.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 7:51:27 GMT -6
I think I may need to go to the grocery store solo with all three kids. I have spent an embarrassing amount of time thinking about the logistics of this 😂
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Post by sunfrogger on Feb 17, 2018 8:11:03 GMT -6
Hi all,
No big plans here other than hoping baby girl arrives soon!
It's a long weekend so MH and I are going to tackle big cleaning projects. Today my big goal which I'm working on now is vacuuming and mopping my main level (which is my dining & kitchen). He's going to scrub the oven clean for me. I also still have work to do on the laundry room organization project -y thing. And we need to bathe/groom the dog.
Getting a weird snow storm tonight. Any guesses if it'll send me into labor?
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Post by helloerrbody on Feb 17, 2018 8:26:58 GMT -6
Is anyone else having night sweats? They are so gross. I have to change pajamas in the MOTN.
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Post by rebeccabunch on Feb 17, 2018 8:50:43 GMT -6
Why isnt my baby comprised of the best parts of DS1 and the best parts of DS2 just like I assumed?
You know, great napper and efficient eater like DS2 and champion STTN-er like DS1. I thought this was how 3rd babies worked.
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Post by rebeccabunch on Feb 17, 2018 8:53:43 GMT -6
I think I may need to go to the grocery store solo with all three kids. I have spent an embarrassing amount of time thinking about the logistics of this 😂 Haven’t done this yet. I’ll probably use all of my logistical planning to plan on avoiding the situation for a while. I feel like you won’t be able to get a lot of stuff for a number reasons. Any places by you have where you can order online and then you just drive up and pick it up? I’ve never done this because I actually like grocery shopping and want to pick out my own things but thinking of all three kids I would totally do it . Good luck!
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Post by rebeccabunch on Feb 17, 2018 8:54:32 GMT -6
pinkcat yay! Congratulations! Can’t wait to hear more. Hope you are doing well. 💙🍾
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Post by rebeccabunch on Feb 17, 2018 9:04:04 GMT -6
As for plans, I thought we’d go out to dinner for the first time w our new family of 5 but last nights sleep was bad and I’ve lost steam on that idea.
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Post by tiffrobot on Feb 17, 2018 9:26:20 GMT -6
Is anyone else having night sweats? They are so gross. I have to change pajamas in the MOTN. I’m a little over 5 weeks PP and still occasionally waking up like this 😫
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Post by tiffrobot on Feb 17, 2018 9:32:41 GMT -6
DS’s hockey game last night was aDORable. On the way home he said “I didn’t make any scores. BUT! A couple of my friends did!!” And was so happy for them! It was set up to play 2 minute shifts at a time, then a buzzer would go so they could switch off. When the coach asked who wanted to be goalie first apparently DS shot his hand up. I am sure I’ll have a goalie on my hands because that’s what my brother is and uncle is pretty much his hero haha.
H is officially on winter break! So not much planned for today, but will be nice to just get organized around the house a little. I’ve been doing ok keeping up around the house surprisingly haha, but since I’ve been wearing N around most of the last few days some jobs got pushed to the side.
Hope everyone has a good Saturday!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 9:50:10 GMT -6
I think I may need to go to the grocery store solo with all three kids. I have spent an embarrassing amount of time thinking about the logistics of this 😂 Haven’t done this yet. I’ll probably use all of my logistical planning to plan on avoiding the situation for a while. I feel like you won’t be able to get a lot of stuff for a number reasons. Any places by you have where you can order online and then you just drive up and pick it up? I’ve never done this because I actually like grocery shopping and want to pick out my own things but thinking of all three kids I would totally do it . Good luck! I have tried this a number of times but I always get through adding things to my online cart and then something goes wrong like I need an item that isn't listed online, or I haven't hit the dollar threshold for cheap delivery, or the only time slots for pickup are like 2 days away. I also am anal and just like picking out things myself 😂 DD1 can walk alongside the cart no problem but I would have to wear one of the other girls and put one in the cart and I can't decide which option is easier 🤔 DD2 is almost 2 and I can easily throw her on my back which leaves my hands free and is nice but she is heavy haha. I can throw DD3 in a ring sling but then it is harder to sling around heavy groceries and the other children. Don't worry, I will probably overthink it all day until my husband comes home from work and then will chicken out and leave some or all of the children home with him 😂
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Post by tiffrobot on Feb 17, 2018 10:05:10 GMT -6
peachesncream overthinking logistics and waiting for H to come home is pretty much my answer for things these days 😂 good luck if you do decide to go!!
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Post by tiffrobot on Feb 17, 2018 10:07:07 GMT -6
Speaking of, H told me he wants to go to the city to run a couple errands and grab some groceries and take the big kids with him. So I guess I have a rare afternoon alone with N coming up!!
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Post by helloerrbody on Feb 17, 2018 10:09:54 GMT -6
Haven’t done this yet. I’ll probably use all of my logistical planning to plan on avoiding the situation for a while. I feel like you won’t be able to get a lot of stuff for a number reasons. Any places by you have where you can order online and then you just drive up and pick it up? I’ve never done this because I actually like grocery shopping and want to pick out my own things but thinking of all three kids I would totally do it . Good luck! I have tried this a number of times but I always get through adding things to my online cart and then something goes wrong like I need an item that isn't listed online, or I haven't hit the dollar threshold for cheap delivery, or the only time slots for pickup are like 2 days away. I also am anal and just like picking out things myself 😂 DD1 can walk alongside the cart no problem but I would have to wear one of the other girls and put one in the cart and I can't decide which option is easier 🤔 DD2 is almost 2 and I can easily throw her on my back which leaves my hands free and is nice but she is heavy haha. I can throw DD3 in a ring sling but then it is harder to sling around heavy groceries and the other children. Don't worry, I will probably overthink it all day until my husband comes home from work and then will chicken out and leave some or all of the children home with him 😂 I haven’t used it yet because DS2 is still too young to go out but I bought a cart hammock thingy for baby so DS1 can sit in the cart but I don’t have to baby wear. It’s called Binxy Baby.
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Post by yellow711 on Feb 17, 2018 10:35:22 GMT -6
My 4 year old is spending the weekend at my mom’s house. It will be good for her since she will get a lot of 1 on 1 attention.
I miss her and our house is so quiet without her here
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Post by easternshoregirl on Feb 17, 2018 10:44:43 GMT -6
Having a good day so far. V had a good night again, down by 9 with wake ups just at 1 and 5. Then DS woke me up at 7. We have just been hanging around the house and went outside for a bit all together so DS could ride his balance bike. I wore V in the Ktan she really likes that so far and it is so easy! I didn't use it with DS but a friend loaned it to me. Our friends and family have been great about bringing us food! A couple of neighbors have brought us dinner and my mom and MIL have cooked a lot for us too. My sister plans to bring us pizza tomorrow also! It's nice to have that taken care of. Our Italian friend is making us some tiramisu today too....yum!
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Post by snowyowl on Feb 17, 2018 10:52:38 GMT -6
I’m hanging out waiting for DH to get to fully awake and functional, then I’m going out to get my nails done. DH and DS don’t know it yet, but they are both going to spend some time in the nursery today learning the skill of putting toys back instead of just taking them out. This is something they both need to practice.
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Post by amesie on Feb 17, 2018 10:55:17 GMT -6
Having a good day so far. V had a good night again, down by 9 with wake ups just at 1 and 5. Then DS woke me up at 7. We have just been hanging around the house and went outside for a bit all together so DS could ride his balance bike. I wore V in the Ktan she really likes that so far and it is so easy! I didn't use it with DS but a friend loaned it to me. Our friends and family have been great about bringing us food! A couple of neighbors have brought us dinner and my mom and MIL have cooked a lot for us too. My sister plans to bring us pizza tomorrow also! It's nice to have that taken care of. Our Italian friend is making us some tiramisu today too....yum! we have had so much help with meals too. My mom has cooked a ton of meals for us. LO is 3.5weeks old and with all the meals we’ve had cooked for us and all the leftovers we’ve had from them, we’ve only used 1 of my freezer meals so far! It’s so nice.
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Post by benandjerrys on Feb 17, 2018 11:18:06 GMT -6
I think I may need to go to the grocery store solo with all three kids. I have spent an embarrassing amount of time thinking about the logistics of this 😂 Let us know how it goes!
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Post by benandjerrys on Feb 17, 2018 11:19:56 GMT -6
Is anyone else having night sweats? They are so gross. I have to change pajamas in the MOTN. Ugh. I had this for like 3-4 days a while back. It was rough. And gross. I hope it ends soon for you!
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Post by easternshoregirl on Feb 17, 2018 11:37:18 GMT -6
amesie, same here, we haven't touched the freezer meals yet so I feel good we'll be OK for a few weeks. Then I'll try to stock up the freezer with a new batch of meals before I go back to work too! I'm also getting some night sweats, but not major ones. Normally it is also linked to sugar consumption in the evening for me too so I just need to limit my sweets after dinner. That could be something to try for those of you getting them really badly. I get them as part of my normal cycle too (not just pregnancy related) so I feel like I have a decent handle on managing it (unfortunately?).
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Post by tiffbabey on Feb 17, 2018 11:38:47 GMT -6
We took DS to a free magic show at a theatre down the street this morning. It had been a long time since we have brought him to do something fun on weekends, I haven’t wanted to expose him to anymore germs than necessary, and we’ve just been really lazy. It was good to get out, and this should be our last weekend as a family of three. We will go out to eat after nap, and then we are supposed to get snow tonight, so I’m not sure about tomorrow. I am getting restless and don’t really want to stay in the house all day. We have a couple of baby things left that I want to do, but none of them will take very long.
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Post by yellow711 on Feb 17, 2018 12:19:06 GMT -6
How long is your LO normally awake between feedings during the day?
J fights sleep so much and gets so overtired.
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Post by bassa on Feb 17, 2018 12:58:47 GMT -6
Question: my bff just sent out an invite email for her boyfriend’s 40th birthday. It’s in 2 weeks, at a bar downtown (30 min away) starting at 8:30pm. Baby E is ebf and will be 7 weeks old then. We have not yet attempted pumping and bottles. 8:30 is peak witching hour for us - she only wants the boob, amidst much crying.
Would you: a) decline; b) go and bring the baby; c) go and leave the baby with grandparents.
Just curious what others would do. 🙂
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Post by marygracerich on Feb 17, 2018 13:09:42 GMT -6
Question: my bff just sent out an invite email for her boyfriend’s 40th birthday. It’s in 2 weeks, at a bar downtown (30 min away) starting at 8:30pm. Baby E is ebf and will be 7 weeks old then. We have not yet attempted pumping and bottles. 8:30 is peak witching hour for us - she only wants the boob, amidst much crying. Would you: a) decline; b) go and bring the baby; c) go and leave the baby with grandparents. Just curious what others would do. 🙂 Option D) leave YH Home with the baby and go alone 😜
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Post by marygracerich on Feb 17, 2018 13:12:33 GMT -6
How long is your LO normally awake between feedings during the day? J fights sleep so much and gets so overtired. My little dude is one of the older babies on the board so it will be different than your kiddo. He is usually awake for an hour or so after a feeding during the day. However sometimes he doesn’t fall asleep at all and sometimes he falls right to sleep after he eats. When that happens, he only sleeps about 20 minutes.
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Post by helloerrbody on Feb 17, 2018 13:14:17 GMT -6
How long is your LO normally awake between feedings during the day? J fights sleep so much and gets so overtired. He’s 16 days old and sometimes he sleeps between feedings and sometimes he’s up for 30mins-an hour.
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