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Post by snoopmommymom on Mar 16, 2018 8:28:16 GMT -6
I’m sick so i took the day off. This is my first sick day at this job that I’m taking for myself rather than my kids.
In other news, O says he doesn’t like pooping and doesn’t want to poop. Saturday he pooped. Then Tuesday i had to give him a suppository because he said it was a hard one and he refused to push it out. It was traumatic but he pooped. Now he hasn’t pooped since then. He had miralax on Tuesday and Thursday. He also has some figs, but when i tell him he needs to poop he cries and says there’s nothing there. Ugh. Why is pooping so hard (no pun intended) for him?!
I really need this guy to poop without sticking something up his butt again. How long do you let your kids go between poops? Three days seems like a lot.
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Post by mwhip on Mar 16, 2018 8:31:40 GMT -6
tgrimes I feel like your sister has to have the same couple of meals in regular rotation with all those restrictions. That's hard! I emailed the carpet company over an hour ago and haven't heard anything, although it's a generic customer service email address, so it may be monitored on the west coast. I told them they had to be at our house at 4 or 4:30, no two hour window because we have people coming over at 5:30. I just checked their website, where I made my original appointment and there is nothing available until Tuesday, so my guess is no one is available during my time today. I should plan on just moving on from them I guess. Was it Empire carpet? If so, run. YES! They get good reviews online, what do I need to know?
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Post by joelies on Mar 16, 2018 8:32:51 GMT -6
Morning! We remembered to send the boys in this morning wearing their green, so no matter what else happens today, I count it as a success. Seriously though, I have a deadline for this insane document of month end but my days are mostly double and triple booked at least 4 hours out of the day. And I suspect I have another 60 pages or so left to write. Blerg.
Assuming nothing unexpected happened overnight, FIL is set to be discharged today. I have no clue what that means for our weekend though I know DH would love to sneak in one last ski lesson in for Colin. Though with our late season snow, it may not be the last one after all!
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Post by mwhip on Mar 16, 2018 8:33:21 GMT -6
Poor O snoopmommymom! E is pretty regular, she usually goes daily, she occasionally misses one day, but makes up for it the next. I'm not really sure what's the norm for this age?
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Post by snoopmommymom on Mar 16, 2018 8:37:02 GMT -6
Poor O snoopmommymom! E is pretty regular, she usually goes daily, she occasionally misses one day, but makes up for it the next. I'm not really sure what's the norm for this age? He usually goes every other day. But this week he just stopped and says nothing is there and cries. I wish this miralax would start making it impossible for him to hold it in. I guess I’ll just dose him all weekend. I didn’t give him anything this morning since he’ll be at school all day and he won’t ever poop there.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 16, 2018 8:45:35 GMT -6
I'm at work. I need to meal plan since my sister will be here tomorrow. I keep telling her to tell me what everyone can & can't eat and she's procrastinating. (Not really, she has a lot going on at the moment. Her 2nd oldest just got expelled for 10 days.) One is on a vegan diet, one is just vegetarian, one has a clean diet to follow and the other doesn't have any restrictions except she'll complain no matter what it is. lol. And the vegan diet also can't have quinoa, small seeds, beans, etc because of his chron's. I have no idea how she feeds them all every day. Can the vegan have corn and rice? I'd probably make a big pot of rice, some tempeh taco "meat" (if they can eat soy), maybe beans for everyone else, then all the fixings on the side: olives, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, guacamole, lettuce, etc. Damn Delicious has a good slow cooker corn chowder soup that you can veganize easily by subbing unsweetened soy milk for the cream.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 16, 2018 8:50:17 GMT -6
snoopmommymom do you think you could slightly bump up each dose of Miralax and see if that helps?
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 16, 2018 8:57:33 GMT -6
I’m sick so i took the day off. This is my first sick day at this job that I’m taking for myself rather than my kids. In other news, O says he doesn’t like pooping and doesn’t want to poop. Saturday he pooped. Then Tuesday i had to give him a suppository because he said it was a hard one and he refused to push it out. It was traumatic but he pooped. Now he hasn’t pooped since then. He had miralax on Tuesday and Thursday. He also has some figs, but when i tell him he needs to poop he cries and says there’s nothing there. Ugh. Why is pooping so hard (no pun intended) for him?! I really need this guy to poop without sticking something up his butt again. How long do you let your kids go between poops? Three days seems like a lot. Poor kid. The GI says they should be going every day. M is still on miralax every day.
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 16, 2018 8:59:22 GMT -6
I'm at work. I need to meal plan since my sister will be here tomorrow. I keep telling her to tell me what everyone can & can't eat and she's procrastinating. (Not really, she has a lot going on at the moment. Her 2nd oldest just got expelled for 10 days.) One is on a vegan diet, one is just vegetarian, one has a clean diet to follow and the other doesn't have any restrictions except she'll complain no matter what it is. lol. And the vegan diet also can't have quinoa, small seeds, beans, etc because of his chron's. I have no idea how she feeds them all every day. Can the vegan have corn and rice? I'd probably make a big pot of rice, some tempeh taco "meat" (if they can eat soy), maybe beans for everyone else, then all the fixings on the side: olives, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, guacamole, lettuce, etc. Damn Delicious has a good slow cooker corn chowder soup that you can veganize easily by subbing unsweetened soy milk for the cream. I'm not sure about corn, but I know they stay away from soy. That soup is really good though. What else could i use other than soy milk?
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Post by inthekitty on Mar 16, 2018 9:01:10 GMT -6
Yesterday Maddie had a "yellow" day at school which means "warning." She usually has good behavior at school and this is only the second time she got a lower mark so I asked her what happened. She was afraid to tell me at first and I assured her I wasn't mad because she's almost always good at school, that I just wanted to know. A kid who sits next to her was struggling with her math worksheet and falling behind so Maddie gave her the answers. I was secretly proud of her. And side-eying her teacher for not just explaining why not to do that and instead "punishing" her.
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Post by inthekitty on Mar 16, 2018 9:03:15 GMT -6
snoopmommymom, I'm sorry O has been having poop problems. Poor kid. I hope you get some rest today. kim22 glad your dude is starting to feel better. When does the puppy arrive? mwhip I'm taking all the notes because I hope to do carpet this summer. I'm afraid it will be a nightmare. joelies glad your FIL is coming home. I hope YH and C still get to ski.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 16, 2018 9:04:53 GMT -6
Can the vegan have corn and rice? I'd probably make a big pot of rice, some tempeh taco "meat" (if they can eat soy), maybe beans for everyone else, then all the fixings on the side: olives, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, guacamole, lettuce, etc. Damn Delicious has a good slow cooker corn chowder soup that you can veganize easily by subbing unsweetened soy milk for the cream. I'm not sure about corn, but I know they stay away from soy. That soup is really good though. What else could i use other than soy milk? Oat or pea should work well. If they can't do either of those, unsweetened almond would be okay it just wouldn't be as creamy but I suspect they're fine with that based on what they are probably eating on a regular basis.
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 16, 2018 9:07:31 GMT -6
I'm not sure about corn, but I know they stay away from soy. That soup is really good though. What else could i use other than soy milk? Oat or pea should work well. If they can't do either of those, unsweetened almond would be okay it just wouldn't be as creamy but I suspect they're fine with that based on what they are probably eating on a regular basis. Cool. Thanks!
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Post by klong11 on Mar 16, 2018 9:21:18 GMT -6
Poor O snoopmommymom ! E is pretty regular, she usually goes daily, she occasionally misses one day, but makes up for it the next. I'm not really sure what's the norm for this age? +1 Cadence goes daily and if she skips a day it throws off her whole "schedule" She is normally pretty regular. She also tries to go super fast. So we make her count to make sure she finishes. snoopmommymom my friend's daughter had miralax daily until just recently and she is about to turn 5. She still has public restroom issues where she knows her daughter needs to go, but she flat out refuses to until they get home.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 16, 2018 9:26:57 GMT -6
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 16, 2018 9:32:41 GMT -6
I'm open to any pasta recipes! I have to stay away from gas producing foods like cauliflower/broccoli/beans, etc.
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Post by klong11 on Mar 16, 2018 9:33:52 GMT -6
tgrimes, in a pinch you can also get Quorn brand chicken nuggets. Meat and soy free, but there is gluten, so whoever is gluten free can't have them.
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Post by mwhip on Mar 16, 2018 9:42:19 GMT -6
Poor O snoopmommymom ! E is pretty regular, she usually goes daily, she occasionally misses one day, but makes up for it the next. I'm not really sure what's the norm for this age? +1 Cadence goes daily and if she skips a day it throws off her whole "schedule" She is normally pretty regular. She also tries to go super fast. So we make her count to make sure she finishes. snoopmommymom my friend's daughter had miralax daily until just recently and she is about to turn 5. She still has public restroom issues where she knows her daughter needs to go, but she flat out refuses to until they get home. Evie takes her tablet and watches it while she's doing her business. She is like her father in that regard. She is in no hurry!
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 16, 2018 9:47:33 GMT -6
+1 Cadence goes daily and if she skips a day it throws off her whole "schedule" She is normally pretty regular. She also tries to go super fast. So we make her count to make sure she finishes. snoopmommymom my friend's daughter had miralax daily until just recently and she is about to turn 5. She still has public restroom issues where she knows her daughter needs to go, but she flat out refuses to until they get home. Evie takes her tablet and watches it while she's doing her business. She is like her father in that regard. She is in no hurry! LOL. M reads books in there. The GI told me not to give her any electronics. Not sure what his rationale was on that. maybe he thought she wouldn't really try to go if she was watching something. Who knows?
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Post by flamingo on Mar 16, 2018 10:00:22 GMT -6
Morning!
B is at school, although it's almost time to go pick him up, and C and I ran a couple errands this morning and are now hanging at the house. She's in Destructor-mode so I'm just letting her destroy the play room and I will clean up later.
We have an appointment at 3 to order our new end tables (woohoo!) and I think we're going to grill steaks tonight. Other than that, not much going on.
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Post by klong11 on Mar 16, 2018 10:01:00 GMT -6
Evie takes her tablet and watches it while she's doing her business. She is like her father in that regard. She is in no hurry! LOL. M reads books in there. The GI told me not to give her any electronics. Not sure what his rationale was on that. maybe he thought she wouldn't really try to go if she was watching something. Who knows? Cadence will sit in there forever if she takes the phone or tablet with her. Once we forgot she was in there, so we try to keep electronics out of the equation now.
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Post by tgrimes on Mar 16, 2018 10:04:36 GMT -6
LOL. M reads books in there. The GI told me not to give her any electronics. Not sure what his rationale was on that. maybe he thought she wouldn't really try to go if she was watching something. Who knows? Cadence will sit in there forever if she takes the phone or tablet with her. Once we forgot she was in there, so we try to keep electronics out of the equation now.
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Post by cagoldi on Mar 16, 2018 10:09:42 GMT -6
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Post by inthekitty on Mar 16, 2018 10:14:20 GMT -6
The upstairs bathroom looks right into the family room and TV. Maddie pretends she has to go to the bathroom every night after putting her to bed. She can be very stealth going in there and I haven't noticed her before when she ended up watching 2 episodes of Blackish from the toilet and some violent action movies.
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Post by wedding on Mar 16, 2018 10:16:38 GMT -6
Was it Empire carpet? If so, run. YES! They get good reviews online, what do I need to know? We used them for our basement. The guy who came with the quote was great and it was $500 cheaper than Home Depot and Lowe’s. The day we scheduled they didn’t show up until 6pm that night and I spent the whole day trying to track them down. The installer came and said the job would take 8 hours and he could stay to do it or we could reschedule. I wasn’t having people in there at 2am so we rescheduled. I got $50 off for my troubles. The next weekend when we rescheduled for the installer didn’t show to work at all so they called me fairly early and let me know. I told them I was done. Per their policy they have to try to incentivize you and they gave us another $500 off and a promise we would be first on the list the following weekend. Since we didn’t have much to lose at that point we took it. They did t show up until the afternoon the day of install- like 4pm but it only took 3 hours and turned out pretty good. So we got a great deal but given what a pain in the ass scheduling was, I would never use them again.
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Post by jewels on Mar 16, 2018 10:16:56 GMT -6
Poor O snoopmommymom! E is pretty regular, she usually goes daily, she occasionally misses one day, but makes up for it the next. I'm not really sure what's the norm for this age? Exact same. Before potty training he went 1-2 times a day.
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Post by mwhip on Mar 16, 2018 10:27:57 GMT -6
YES! They get good reviews online, what do I need to know? We used them for our basement. The guy who came with the quote was great and it was $500 cheaper than Home Depot and Lowe’s. The day we scheduled they didn’t show up until 6pm that night and I spent the whole day trying to track them down. The installer came and said the job would take 8 hours and he could stay to do it or we could reschedule. I wasn’t having people in there at 2am so we rescheduled. I got $50 off for my troubles. The next weekend when we rescheduled for the installer didn’t show to work at all so they called me fairly early and let me know. I told them I was done. Per their policy they have to try to incentivize you and they gave us another $500 off and a promise we would be first on the list the following weekend. Since we didn’t have much to lose at that point we took it. They did t show up until the afternoon the day of install- like 4pm but it only took 3 hours and turned out pretty good. So we got a great deal but given what a pain in the ass scheduling was, I would never use them again. I would be irate! I'm all for getting a good deal, but show up on time! I did read that they use independent installers, they aren't corporate, but I think Home Depot and Nebraska Furniture (our other two quotes) use independent as well. It has now been almost 4 hours since I emailed them, with no response.
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Post by tallb on Mar 16, 2018 10:49:13 GMT -6
I’m sick so i took the day off. This is my first sick day at this job that I’m taking for myself rather than my kids. In other news, O says he doesn’t like pooping and doesn’t want to poop. Saturday he pooped. Then Tuesday i had to give him a suppository because he said it was a hard one and he refused to push it out. It was traumatic but he pooped. Now he hasn’t pooped since then. He had miralax on Tuesday and Thursday. He also has some figs, but when i tell him he needs to poop he cries and says there’s nothing there. Ugh. Why is pooping so hard (no pun intended) for him?! I really need this guy to poop without sticking something up his butt again. How long do you let your kids go between poops? Three days seems like a lot. Poor kid. The GI says they should be going every day. M is still on miralax every day. +1 j as well. He goes at school though.
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Post by tallb on Mar 16, 2018 10:54:21 GMT -6
Tgif. So MH left for a bachelor party this morning and didn't tell j about it until this morning at breakfast. For future reference, this is not the way to do this - poor kid was heartbroken. He wanted to go so bad and saying he wanted to go to Florida on a boys trip and find sea shells on the beach (so random). Took a solid hour of sobbing and yelling before I carried him to the car without shoes and socks on before he finally snapped out of it. Really looking forward to leaving for that Mexico trip next month😬
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Post by flamingo on Mar 16, 2018 11:27:40 GMT -6
mwhip Oh we loved Nebraska Furniture Mart, that place was heaven for me
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