July 30 Randoms

[muscari]

Hah it has been forever that I started the randoms thread.
Can you believe it is almost August again??? I was browsing the randoms of last year this time the other day - what a lot of changes for us all since!
Have a good week you all!

[bsouls]

I’m only working Monday through Wednesday. I took Thursday and Friday off. The 2nd is my birthday. I took 6 days off in August, so we can hopefully do some stuff.

I accumulate like 3 days PTO a month. I used to save it for maternity leave and sell three weeks back, but I think I’m going to use it instead of getting the money. H and I both have the last week in October off. I think I might take the week before Christmas off.

[king26]

Yesterday was my birthday. We had a pretty low key day but 2 major milestones here. J used his push Walker on his own. It's hilarious because he will go 7 or 8 steps, stop, wave at anyone around, then go another 6 or 7 steps, wave,etc. He also learned how to get down from cruising without falling straight backwards. He did that for a month but now he slides down to his knees to get down. Only took a month and So much safer and I don't have to be behind him every single second.

We are doing a weekend getaway this coming weekend. It's at a resort, 2 nights, and it's only an hour drive so it'll be easy on J.

[yoshijo]

Happy birthday king26!

We're off today. Mike's aunt passed away so today is the service.

Alexa STTN for 3 nights in a row so last night when she woke up to eat I let her CIO. She fell asleep within 5 minutes but was up an hour later. Same deal, CIO for 5 mins. Then she got up her usual 5:30.

We upped her reflux meds and I'm trying to be diligent about giving them to her on an empty stomach. She's used to nursing as soon as she wakes up so this is an adjustment for her.

[jt2378]

Happy birthday! king26 Hope you had a great day!

I’m sorry about YH’s aunt yoshijo I’m glad A is STTN! Hope it continues.

[jt2378]

We are away for 2 kid free nights!! It’s amazing to relax. We had a casual wedding reception for MH’s friend yesterday and today some beach time and uninterrupted dinner! THE BEST

[pennylane]

king26 Happy Birthday!

yoshijo I’m so sorry for your family’s loss.

[king26]

yoshijo I'm sorry for your loss. But yay for A STTN!

[addymac]

yoshijo sorry for your family’s loss.

jt2378 yay for kid free nights!!

king26 happy belated!

Oh so tired. I need coffee. I should go grab some from the doctors lounge.

Question: for naps, do you guys wake your LO up after a certain amount of time (like 2h) or do you let them sleep until they wake up

[king26]

addymac I wake J up at the 2 hour mark or at 5pm. I rarely have to wake him up at the 2 hour mark but it does happen. About once a week I wake him up at 5pm. I do that because bedtime is 8 and if he gets up later than 5 he doesn't want to go down at 8.

[yoshijo]

I've never had to wake Alexa from a nap. Lol she does not nap very long

[jt2378]

Jul 30, 2018 12:43:30 GMT -6 yoshijo said:

I've never had to wake Alexa from a nap. Lol she does not nap very long

I’m laughing because same. I mean sometimes a long nap in the morning but never afternoon!

[jt2378]

Of course wouldn’t you know it M STTN for my mom last night lol. I’m relieved of course but little stinker has been averaging 2 wakeups a night with me 😝

[addymac]

Jul 30, 2018 13:10:54 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

Jul 30, 2018 12:43:30 GMT -6 yoshijo said:

I've never had to wake Alexa from a nap. Lol she does not nap very long

I’m laughing because same. I mean sometimes a long nap in the morning but never afternoon!

I have never had to but yesterday it was 2h and dh and I fell asleep and we were like oh wow bc it was 2.5hr ... so we woke him up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[bsouls]

We’ve mostly let our kids nap for as long as they need to. If we need to go somewhere then we might wake, otherwise we will deal with one day of a weird schedule. R has had 2.5 hour naps. We always assume if they take a long nap then they need it.

[kristyw]

Jul 30, 2018 15:07:44 GMT -6 bsouls said:

We’ve mostly let our kids nap for as long as they need to. If we need to go somewhere then we might wake, otherwise we will deal with one day of a weird schedule. R has had 2.5 hour naps. We always assume if they take a long nap then they need it.

All of this. I assume if they are sleeping, they need it. At least at this age still. The 3 year old I wake from naps after 1.5 hours if he even naps at all.

[yoshijo]

I've decided to night wean. A STTN on her own for 3 nights in a row. So when she woke up the last 2 nights I didn't go in. Last night she CIO for less than 5 minutes but woke up about 3 times. I hate it but had to take advantage of the previous 3 nights. I just hate thinking she's hungry. If we were to go in to comfort I know it would make it worse

[addymac]

yoshijo, you're doing awesome! I'm such a chickenshit, I can't handle the crying (yet).

OMG I am going crazy. I cannot for the life of me find a fucking outfit for N's photoshoot - for the nice pics, not the smash cake. I want a goddamn outfit that has a bowtie and/or suspenders, shorts, and a nice shirtsleeve collared shirt. I can only find long sleeve collared shirts and jeans. It's the middle of summer, FFS! I remember in the beginning of summer I was seeing so many and thought how I wish we had a wedding to go to to be able to dress him up so cute and now i can't find ANY ANYWHERE. carters nope. target nope. kohls. macys. janie and jack. baby gap. Am i not thinking of an obvious place to go to??? WHY IS THIS SO HARD??

also, we woke up this morning and water was spilling in our kitchen from the ceiling. through one of the brand new recess lights we just had installed. F me. upstairs neighbors don't have a leak. electrician came back out, the water is just leaking through there but he couldn't find the original location (so it wasn't like he cut through a water pipe or something) and our property management comp. is taking for fucking ever to get a plumber out here, I had to take vacation time from work to stay home to wait for him and I'm so fucking annoyed.

I'm mainly annoyed because I wanted to go out and find myself a nice top or dress for N's first birthday photo shoot bc I look awful in everything I own because nothing fits me correctly and so now I can't and now i'm depressed. >.<

and this stupid computer's battery lasts like 2 hours and then it dies. WTF MAC.

I'm cranky today, sorry guys!!

[addymac]

oh, i thought you guys would appreciate this story:

Our good friend M moved to DC like 2ish? years ago... he's from Chi so whenever he comes back to town we always get together. He messaged DH to say he was coming back for this weekend and would we be free? I told DH to tell him we would not be free Sunday morning / early afternoon b/c of N's photoshoot but otherwise yes. He just responded with yes. so M sent out an invite for brunch... on Sunday... I was like DH I TOLD YOU TO BE SPECIFIC! but then it doesn't even matter b/c he picked a super bough-y restaurant that is $$$$$ and just not appropriate to take N to, anyway. So DH sends him a message saying we can't make brunch so is he free another time... Dude writes back "My brother is having a game night on Saturday, so you guys could probably join that if you’d like. Will probably be free for drinks most nights as well. What works for you guys?"
....................
like what!? LOL. this guy has no clue how having a baby around works.. game night doesn't work.. free for drinks most nights.. does not work with a baby!! Like, we wanted him to meet N because he was one of our closest friends when he lived here... it made me laugh (and roll my eyes) ... I told DH that he should just go out with him one night or to the game night or whatever but he's all "He's your friend too!!" but at this point I'm like .... and he clearly has no concept of how N has affected our lives so.........

[jt2378]

GDI addymac, sorry everything is going to shit for you at the moment. And major eye roll about DH’s friend. People that don’t have kids really have absolutely no clue about that stuff. It’s kind of comical sometimes lol.

[king26]

addymac that blows about the leak and the outfit. Hugs. Also, I crack up at people without kids. I told u guys my bff said j could just sleep at lunch in his carseat...last week. Then the dental hygienist tells my dh it's ok to get his teeth cleaned while I'm at work, just bring j with him. Dh told her he would but j would break everything in the room or pull it on the ground lol

[pennylane]

addymac Yes it so annoying that stores switch the clothing for different seasons so early! I hope you come up with something you like for the photos.

Sorry about the water leak too!

[addymac]

I got a couple outfits on amazon! Prime so I can return whatever doesn’t fit. 🤞🏼 One of them works!!

Poor N stuck his finger in the vacuum cleaner brusher roller underthing when it tipped over as I was using the wand part and really hurt his finger i feel awful bc I didn’t realize it had tipped over and he had been following me around as I vacuumed bc I found a spider near his bookshelf where we keep his toys so I freaked out and went on a cleaning /vacuuming spree. So he woke up all happy and how is all whiny and crying on and off. I feel like a toad

[kristyw]

addymac I'm glad you found some things for the photo shoot. I hope you love one of them!

E got 2 fingers rolled over with a cozy coupe yesterday. It bled a little, but she's moving them fine. I feel for you and your little guy.

[muscari]

So I didnt get the position I interviewed for last week. Am more bummed and sad about it then I had thought I d be. Guess it really was too good to be true. Meh. Ohwell.

[king26]

addymac kristyw I hope both your babies fingers feel better!

muscari I'm sorry you didn't get the position.

I feel awful today. J had a horrible night. Woke up twice screaming. The first time he ate and went back to sleep the second time he was up for an hour. I think he's not feeling great. I have a headache, am stuffy, and just feel bad. Dh took j to run errands earlier so I could just rest but j is up and ready to go now.

[yoshijo]

addymac if those don't work out try etsy!

[jt2378]

muscari , Im sorry about the position, how disappointing. BUT at least you got yourself out there! You will find something great when you least expect it!

 Hope you feel better! king26

[jt2378]

Back to work today, blah... Having sometime to ourselves was really amazing!

M slept from 9:00 till 8:00 this morning! Holy shit that felt great. I probably should night wean like you too yoshijo since its been the last 3 nights but who knows if I will. I guess it depends how long she cries.

[pennylane]

Um- I am in so much trouble tonight. BOTH kids are in bed and it’s not even 6pm. DD only took a morning nap, and fell asleep eating dinner. DS fell asleep in the living room after an epic tantrum over his LEGOs. (He was insisting on putting pieces together backwards and it just wasn’t working. 3 year old problems!)