Prime day randoms ( aka July 16)

[king26]

Well if it doesn't fit in DH car and it's worth it I'll sell it to you for the $93 plus shipping. I'll let you know!

Jul 16, 2018 15:41:32 GMT -6 addymac said:

Jul 16, 2018 15:37:16 GMT -6 king26 said:

Not sure. I'll have to look but it sold out in minutes . I got it for $93! Other girls on another board I'm on tried to get it a few minutes later and they were out.

THAT'S THE ONE I WANTED! UGHHHHHHHHHH 

we picked it out on thursday night and then said, oh, we'll buy it this weekend... then with DH in the hospital we totally blanked on getting it - it was like $130ish and then amazon froze on me and i couldnt get the car seats to load before it freakin sold out.

I'm so sad.

[king26]

We don't have AC either and it's been hot. We have ceiling fans in all the bedrooms, kitchem, and dining room though

Jul 16, 2018 15:41:29 GMT -6 muscari said:

Ugh D was up till almost 11pm.. she just would not settle down. After an hour and half wrestling and trying to calm her down on the boob I gave up and took her back downstairs. She definitely is feeling better luckily now i just wish she d pick up heeft old routine lol. Though we are in the middle is a heatwave (no AC!) So that isn't really helping either.

[addymac]

Jul 16, 2018 16:00:55 GMT -6 king26 said:

Well if it doesn't fit in DH car and it's worth it I'll sell it to you for the $93 plus shipping. I'll let you know!

Jul 16, 2018 15:41:32 GMT -6 addymac said:

THAT'S THE ONE I WANTED! UGHHHHHHHHHH 

we picked it out on thursday night and then said, oh, we'll buy it this weekend... then with DH in the hospital we totally blanked on getting it - it was like $130ish and then amazon froze on me and i couldnt get the car seats to load before it freakin sold out.

I'm so sad.

Def let me know!!

[jt2378]

Omg I cannot survive without AC when it’s really hot and humid. Sleeping like that could possibly be the worst thing ever!

[king26]

J bedtime is 8. It's currently 9 and he won't go to sleep

[jt2378]

Jul 16, 2018 19:06:23 GMT -6 king26 said:

J bedtime is 8. It's currently 9 and he won't go to sleep

I hate nights like that. M actually STTN for the first time in a long time so I’m sure she will be up multiple times tonite as payback 😂

[muscari]

Jul 16, 2018 17:18:45 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

Omg I cannot survive without AC when it’s really hot and humid. Sleeping like that could possibly be the worst thing ever!

It is!! I am one sticky hot mess trying to sleep ugh!!
I told MH that I was seriously considering getting AC since or summers have increasingly gotten hotter and I just can't. He isn't a fan and thinks it a waste of money but well he will sleep with sweatpants on under a down comforter when we are in the middle of summers hottest days so he doesn't qualify to make decisions on this lol!!

[muscari]

Jul 16, 2018 19:06:23 GMT -6 king26 said:

J bedtime is 8. It's currently 9 and he won't go to sleep

Ahh J go to sleep and give your mama a break!
Hopefully he didn't stay up as late as d did last night! Only 2 wake ups so far though!

[muscari]

@starzia oh I would be so so so very mad and upset as well! Not sure how to handle that one. Maybe give her another chance since she seems to understand she was in the wrong and so apologetic? Tho wtf really and even in a 2nd person's feed??

[thinkchocolate05]

I'm so impressed with the people who are surviving without air conditioning!

@starzia I would possibly give her another chance only if you were otherwise very pleased with how she babysat. If she was so apologetic, I feel like she's probably be embarrassed enough not to do it again. However, it would really disturb me that she ignored a direct concern you mentioned to her before you left. That would make me wonder what else she might ignore. I'm still too paranoid to leave the kids with someone who isn't family but I need to figure it out soon.

addymac Sounds so stressful! I hope things get better soon. Your nanny does sound awesome, though.

I looked for the carseats on prime day but they were already gone. We have a Graco 4ever and Graco milestone for ds1, and I prefer the milestone. Walmart had it for $172 which isn't horrendous, but I think I'll wait. I've noticed Walmart prices matching or bettering Amazon prices lately.

Daycare has been closed for two days without air conditioning (it's in the 90s). Dh wanted to send them anyway in the morning on the first day, but I wasn't comfortable with it. Hopefully they fix it today

[bsouls]

@starzia Was it just Snapchat or instagram, too. I’m pretty “meh” about social media. Snapchat is really just to friends and Instagram can be limited if private or no hashtags used. As long as the picture video was respectful, I wouldn’t care. It’s how people are these days - pictures all the time, everywhere. It’s weird that she purposely went against what you said, unless she didn’t hear you or maybe she doesn’t know what “social media” is? I think your reaction makes her unusable in the future, but you could always see how she feels.

[king26]

@starzia I'd be pissed if I said no social media and then she was all over it. That's not cool. I understand she apologized. I have J on my IG account but that is my choice. I wouldn't want others to put him on theirs. That being said, if you are desperate for a babysitter I'd give her one more shot but let her know that you don't want your child on social media and that if it happens again that will be it, no more babysitting. Did you say anything to the mom in your moms group?

jt2378, We have ceiling fans so it isn't bad at night at all. I'd say maybe 5 days a summer I wish we had air but otherwise we live at a higher elevation so it doesn't get too hot plus our house is shaded by trees. When it gets too hot we go down to our finished basement and it's like 20 degrees cooler down there

So J fell asleep at 9:15 which is super late for him but he only woke up once last night. I think it's his teeth. He has a top front tooth popping through so I think it's hurting him. Poor guy. I'm glad he had a good sleep once he went down though.

I have to go in to work today and I don't want too. It's only from 9-12 but I have to go in early to go over my kids classes with the principal because we have 4 new teachers this year and she and I want to shift some of my kids. I know it's in their best interest and no one else can do it so I'll suck it up.

I need to get off Amazon Prime. I've spent too much. The carseats, the baby carrier, several presents for J's birthday, a pantry box, and a few other little things. I need to be done because I've spent like $500. I know I'm returning at least 1 of the 3 carseats, probably 2, but still.

thinkchocolate05 I'm glad to hear you like the Milestone. That's the seat we already have so we will be using at least 1 of those. I bought another one in addition to the extend2fit and another one so we will see. I hope your daycare opens back up, that stinks it's closed! What are you doing? Is one of you staying home?

[jt2378]

@starzia, I would be pretty bullshit about that. My kids aren’t on social media at all except here when I post pics. Whether or not kids are all doing it, you specifically asked her not to so I would probably be all set using her again. Maybe one more shot since she seemed so apologetic. I hear ya though, I’m desperate for a babysitter too so it would be hard to cut her loose with no backup.

[muscari]

Jul 17, 2018 6:29:38 GMT -6 @starzia said:

Also , don’t be on your phone the entire time you are babysitting your getting paid to pay attention to her.

This is a very legit concern imho... Tis like kids these days (and some adults, too tbh) are like merged with their cellphones.

[bsouls]

Jul 17, 2018 6:44:11 GMT -6 muscari said:

Jul 17, 2018 6:29:38 GMT -6 @starzia said:

Also , don’t be on your phone the entire time you are babysitting your getting paid to pay attention to her.

This is a very legit concern imho... Tis like kids these days (and some adults, too tbh) are like merged with their cellphones.

Even grandparents.. it’s like, enjoy the fucking kid and stop trying to take a picture to prove you saw your grandkids.

[bsouls]

And, in regards to social media.. I fucking hate selfies and I don’t understand the need for adults to take one every day and post it. Or, even post shit every day ... your life isn’t that exciting. I also hate when people share stupid memes on Facebook. Like, I spend so much time blocking accounts that people share.

I want to delete to Facebook so bad, but it’s really the only way I keep in touch with a lot of my extended family.

[jt2378]

Jul 17, 2018 7:47:38 GMT -6 @starzia said:

Jul 17, 2018 7:17:32 GMT -6 bsouls said:

And, in regards to social media.. I fucking hate selfies and I don’t understand the need for adults to take one every day and post it. Or, even post shit every day ... your life isn’t that exciting. I also hate when people share stupid memes on Facebook. Like, I spend so much time blocking accounts that people share.

I want to delete to Facebook so bad, but it’s really the only way I keep in touch with a lot of my extended family.

Same. I totally took my first selfie last month though for a profile picture. So guilty. I have a friend who is so desperately miserable. Her and her husband post updates of their day / kids 4 times a day. And they cross post it all on Facebook Instagram and Snapchat (both story and directly to me) . So annoying in all the ways. One of the types to post weekly growth pictures of the kids. Weekly bump pictures. Nightly alcoholic drinks. Such a fucking mess. I am on Facebook daily since my gku/TTCAL TCF group is there and I chat with them regularly. But Facebook ugh. Need it for family too

Like seriously, this is what I just can’t wrap my head around. How the F do people have time to do this?? I’m lucky if I have a minute to breath!!

[jt2378]

Jul 17, 2018 6:29:38 GMT -6 @starzia said:

thinkchocolate05 this is the first outside friends and family babysitter I’ve ever used and this is what happened

bsouls it was instagram and Snapchat story. And you are right. My reaction will probably make her uncomfortable to return.


It’s not like I never post her picture. But it’s my is my kid my decision. I felt really disrespected since it was really clear what I said. And when I addressed it it was “I know, I’m sorry I didn’t respect your family’s privacy “ which is an adult answer for an immature action. I really left because I was to irritated to focus on work and I got really worried about my DD like omg I don’t want her to post her picture because I’m just getting to know her , I don’t know who’s she’s friends with in these platforms and just started using her. And then I’m like why am I using a babysitter I don’t know well I need to go home. Because what everyone else mentioned. What else is she doing that I asked her not to or is she just doing whatever she wants? It made me not trust her and I feel like it’s a gamble to use her again. Also , don’t be on your phone the entire time you are babysitting your getting paid to pay attention to her.

These are all valid reasons and I 100% agree with your kid, your decision if and when she is posted on social media. Also such an important point about who the hell knows the people viewing her accounts and what not.

[king26]

SO I went to work from 8-11 today. J was up at 6 was to go down at 9. I got home at 11:15 and he hadn't taken a nap yet. DH said he just sstood in his crib and screamed and cried. I believe it. We've had difficulty the last 3 days with naps. It took me 25 minutes but he is finally down. i don't know what the day will look like now as he usually takes 2 naps, both around 1.5 hours. Since he went down at noon.....???? I'm not looking forward to the rest of this day.

[muscari]

Jul 17, 2018 7:51:03 GMT -6 @starzia said:

Also I’m all over here because my kid is asleep. I try not to touch my phone when she’s awake. Not perfect. But very conscience effort. Since I used to be on it all the time when she was a newborn because she was always on my boob

Ditto here! I hate it and I love it. It makes it hard to stay in touch tho sadly

[kristyw]

addymac the Extend2fit is on sale at Target today for their one day sale if you're still looking

[muscari]

Jul 17, 2018 10:24:24 GMT -6 king26 said:

SO I went to work from 8-11 today. J was up at 6 was to go down at 9. I got home at 11:15 and he hadn't taken a nap yet. DH said he just sstood in his crib and screamed and cried. I believe it. We've had difficulty the last 3 days with naps. It took me 25 minutes but he is finally down. i don't know what the day will look like now as he usually takes 2 naps, both around 1.5 hours. Since he went down at noon.....???? I'm not looking forward to the rest of this day.

Ds sleeping schedule has been all over the place and so messed up since she got ill. Trying to get it back in a more regular pace but ugh. So today she went down for her first nap fine but refused the second one so in the end we gave up and let her skip it altogether. Guess who literally fell asleep in her dinner...... now i jusr hope she will sleep thru.and not wake up halfway thinking yay playtime! She s been in bed since just before 7 .. and i think i best get my ass to bed by 9 just in case. I am so deaded still from not sleeping but 1-2h those 3 nights she had a fever..

[jt2378]

M has taken 2 epic naps today which yay but I fear bedtime. Hopefully sleep begets sleep in this case 😂

The toddler has been a legit dictator today. Bedtime cannot come soon enough!

Where has @easilyunamused been?

[thinkchocolate05]

king26 Daycare air conditioner is fixed!! Woohoo! Dh and I each had to take off a day.

muscari, so sorry D was sick. Not to freak you out, but I had chicken pox as a kid (much older, like 10) and I kept picking at a scab in the middle of my forhead. I have a scar there to this day!! I have a few others, but that's the only really noticeable one. Maybe you can put mittens on her if she starts picking at them alot.

I also try to stay off my phone when I'm with the boys. Dh will spend time with baby h by sitting in a chair with him and playing toy blast on his phone while baby h watches. It drives me mad!!!! I try to let him parent in his own style but I cannot stand the constant phone presence.
I have absolutely banned phones at the dinner table.

[thinkchocolate05]

Oh, I was also going to say, jt2378, my toddler is a dictator too. I sympathize. He literally arrested "H" last night and surrounded him with his toy emergency vehicles and told him not to move. But he also told him no phone time, so I liked that part. He's also a dictator in angry tantrummy ways. And he hates sleep.

And, I feel like baby h is resisting naps more, like he's more aware he's being put down for a nap and doesn't want to stop playing. I hope if we're consistent he'll come back around.

[muscari]

Just as i feared D did wake up angry 1.5h and decided bedtime was naptime so now it was time to plaaaaay. I sat with her in her room for a good bit but ended up taking heeft downstairs for a bit cause it was too frigging hot to sit with a sweaty baby that literally was fighting sleep on my lap. I went back upstairs to try again around 10pm but it took till 11.30 for her to finally fall asleep. Aaaargh. How do we turn this around again???

[king26]

After an awful day of little sleep and naps he slept like a champ last night. He slept 8 to 3 and then 315 to 630 so I'll take it.

I'm having friends over for a wine tasting this afternoon I'm looking forward to it. Then we are grabbing our spouses and having dinner at another friends house

[king26]

muscari I have no clue how to make it better. We were do8ng great going down for naps now it totally sucks again. I hate that it's so back and forth all the timr

[king26]

Oh my....my wine tastin is a success. No one can drive home so one if the ladies has an 18 year old daughter so she is coming to pick them up because no one can drive. Success.

[muscari]

Jul 18, 2018 14:24:44 GMT -6 king26 said:

Oh my....my wine tastin is a success. No one can drive home so one if the ladies has an 18 year old daughter so she is coming to pick them up because no one can drive. Success.

Ah that sounds like fun! Glad it was a succes!