Fantastic Friday!

[danvers]

It doesn’t really feel like Friday though with a holiday mid-week. How is everyone finishing up the week?

[cythe]

E is back to waking around 1-2 am. She doesn't eat, just needs me to hold her until she calms down and then I can put her back in her crib. We would have had a great night if not for the 1:30 wake up. Shes done it every night for thr last 5 or so days so I guess it's not going away on it's own.

Sigh.

[danvers]

The heat has finally broken here so I may take the girls to the park this morning. Otherwise no plans for the day. Maybe a nap for me as DD2 slept great but was up bright and early at 5:45. H and I have been staying up and watching a movie each night so it’s my own fault I’ve been dragging lately.

DD2 currently is wandering around in her walker eating puffs, she had no desire for her oatmeal this AM. I need to go get the 18 month clothes out of the basement. Her summer rompers and Pjs are getting tight and I don’t really want to buy more but I have no memory of what DD1 has from 18 months.

[danvers]

Jul 6, 2018 5:47:51 GMT -6 cythe said:

E is back to waking around 1-2 am. She doesn't eat, just needs me to hold her until she calms down and then I can put her back in her crib. We would have had a great night if not for the 1:30 wake up. Shes done it every night for thr last 5 or so days so I guess it's not going away on it's own.

Sigh.

As someone who’s first child did not consistently sleep through the night till 15 (16? 17?) months, I know what it’s like. We sleep trained, I nursed, H rocked, we patted, we shushed... I feel for you. It can make for long days (and nights!). Hopefully E naps great for you and you have some caffeine available.

[cythe]

Jul 6, 2018 5:52:25 GMT -6 danvers said:

Jul 6, 2018 5:47:51 GMT -6 cythe said:

E is back to waking around 1-2 am. She doesn't eat, just needs me to hold her until she calms down and then I can put her back in her crib. We would have had a great night if not for the 1:30 wake up. Shes done it every night for thr last 5 or so days so I guess it's not going away on it's own.

Sigh.

As someone who’s first child did not consistently sleep through the night till 15 (16? 17?) months, I know what it’s like. We sleep trained, I nursed, H rocked, we patted, we shushed... I feel for you. It can make for long days (and nights!). Hopefully E naps great for you and you have some caffeine available.

Thanks. Shes a pretty great napper (1.5 first and lately over 2 for the second) so it's not awful. This time. Last night was decent because after her 1 am wake up, she slept until 5 when I fed her and then slept until it was time to get up at 7:30.

Unfortunately, a lot of nights is 1 am up for no reason, 3 am to eat, 6 am to lolol eat and then up at 7:30.

It is what it is, I guess!

[Taitai]

It’s Friday night - I celebrated with a peeling mask. So I basically burned off the top layer of my skin with a nice little acid peel, and now have in a soothing/calming sheet mask. I love how nice and smooth my skin is in the morning after I do this (only once a month though).

We had BBQ ribs and coleslaw tonight as a kind of second 4th of July dinner. It was so good. H is really great at making ribs - everyone loved them, DS1 and baby included.

Haircut is planned for DS2 tomorrow - hope it goes well!

[curmudgeon]

We were supposed to have dinner with H’s cousin tonight but I’ve had a nasty cough all week so he cancelled, and they rescheduled for Sunday. Hopefully this cough is gone by then. And I promised DS we’d go to the big candy store afterwards.

It is still raining a ridiculous amount. Lots of heavy storms rolling through.

[doodlemommy]

I have been majorly cleaning and purging my house and it feels great! My MIL volunteers at a thrift store and they are coming over this weekend and taking a ton of stuff to donate. Then next weekend our community league is hosting a big bin event. Basically you can go dump a bunch of stuff too big or not accepted for regular garbage pick up. So broken bbq and tv will be gone too! DH and I need to clean our closets since they have a clothing donation drop off too! So far I have cleaned all kids toys, the pantry (nothing to donate there but it needed to be done), kids clothes and the whole basement! Only under the bathroom cupboards to go and I’m DONE!!!

[duskymonkey]

cythe if only we could swap nap and night. I cant get anything done during the day with lil fellas crap naps. 30 mins and he’s awake. Yesterday o ended up rocking him back to sleep after 30 mins and he slept for about 45 mins on my arms 😩 it would’ve been fine if I didn’t have anything to do but I gotta get the house chores done!

[duskymonkey]

doodlemommy can you teach me how you managed to do this with the baby and a tot? I can barely get the usual house chores done let alone tackle additional organization. I need to get our basement cleaned out so we can start getting quotes for finishing it. Hubs and I need to also agree on the layout. Sometimes I wish I had a magic wand.

[doodlemommy]

Jul 6, 2018 15:02:41 GMT -6 duskymonkey said:

doodlemommy can you teach me how you managed to do this with the baby and a tot? I can barely get the usual house chores done let alone tackle additional organization. I need to get our basement cleaned out so we can start getting quotes for finishing it. Hubs and I need to also agree on the layout. Sometimes I wish I had a magic wand.

Haha! I do a lot during nap times. Usually I work out during DS’s morning nap but I used that time for cleaning projects a couple days this week. I cleaned everyday during afternoon nap. And today while I did the basement DS alternated being in a carrier, playing with DD and eating lunch (I brought his high chair down to contain him). And naps of course. Our basement is also unfinished but we have an office area set up and a kids play area/work out area with foam tiles and an old sectional. But the rest is storage and the chaos was out of control. We also eventually want to finish it but we have enough space for now. As long as it’s clean and organized I don’t mind it staying unfinished for now

[curmudgeon]

My baby just pulled up on the couch and LET GO and remained standing for 10-15 seconds. What is happening? and I don’t like it. 😭

[danvers]

Jul 6, 2018 16:48:17 GMT -6 curmudgeon said:

My baby just pulled up on the couch and LET GO and remained standing for 10-15 seconds. What is happening? and I don’t like it. 😭

You tell that baby to sit back down and be a baby! Jk but seriously, O17 babies need to slow it on down and be little longer!!!!!!!

[doodlemommy]

Warning, long rant ahead....

OMG you guys, I am f-ing pissed. We had a bbq to go to tonight witb DH’s music team from church and the plan was to put DS down there since he goes to bed so early. One of the family’s there has a 7ish year old with autism. The kid came in the room when I was nursing DS before bed, no big deal, kid doesn’t know better. I sort of cover up, encourage the kid to stop touching everything in the room including the expensive Sauna thing (I was in the master of the hosts, it is not this kids house). I eventually convince the kid to leave so I can put DS down. I’m standing outside the room waiting for DS to fall asleep. He does almost right away. Kid comes back, tries to go in, I say no, you can’t, the baby is sleeping and hold the door knob. The kid physically pushed me out of the way, pushes his way into the room, goes over to the play pen (as I am trying to stop him this whole time), reaches in and SHOVES DS. This obviously wakes him up, he was frantic and so upset. I texted Dh who was downstairs with DD and told him we were leaving immediately. As we’re packing up with a screaming DS this kid is opening the front door and garage door of the house over and over again, there are tons of young kids around! Our good friend was watching Dd and their 3yo to make sure they didn’t leave and I could tell he was equally pissed off. This whole time the kids parents just kept sitting at the table eating dessert! I didn’t even go over to say goodbye I was so fuming mad. We didn’t want to straight up “tell” on the kid either and make things awkward so DH just said he got woken up. I get it, the kid is a handful and it must be nice for them to get out. But if he can’t be trusted alone in SOMEONE ELSE’S HOUSE then one of his parents needs to supervise. He shoved me AND my baby. So. Mad.
Rant over.

So now I’m drinking.

ETA - oh, and apparently they left their older son home alone instead of bringing him. The kid is like 8 or 9 😳

[Taitai]

doodlemommy Like is for agreeing you had a right to be pissed off. Those sound like horrible parents. Leaving an 8/9 year old home alone? And not supervising your kid (who you know is a handful) at someone else’s house? I’m angry for you. Not. Cool.

ETA - I think a mature 9 year old could maaaaybe be left home alone, but not at night and not for more than an hour or so. I personally would wait until 11 or 12 to leave my kids home alone - esp around dinner time.

I’m still so irked those people did nothing about their rambunctious kid. That’s one of my pet peeves - parents who don’t watch or control their kids at other people’s homes. My SIL lets her kids destroy other family members’ homes during the holidays, and it pisses me off. They never offer to pay for the damage or stuff that gets broken either. Rude.

[curmudgeon]

doodlemommy wow. I am raging for you after that story. I would be so pissed I probably couldn’t stop myself from saying something to the parents. And no way to leaving a kid alone at night!