First week of Sept.

[pennylane]

It’s finally L’s 2nd Birthday today! We celebrated on Monday, but have some cupcakes to have today too.

It was a busy weekend and beginning of the week! How are you all?

[jt2378]

Happy Birthday to L! pennylane. She is a cutie, I saw her pic in the other thread.

I'm prepping for both girls party that is this Saturday. The big wanted DC superhero theme so thats what we are doing. So much to do and not enough time, aaahhhh

[jt2378]

Sept 4, 2019 8:00:29 GMT -6 @dolly said:

jt2378 , it always seems like more work than time, but you’ll get it done!

Yeah I know. It feels overwhelming but fine once it gets going I guess. 

[jt2378]

Sept 4, 2019 8:37:25 GMT -6 @dolly said:

We finally cut As hair last week and now he looks so grown up. I miss his long hair, but this cut is super cute on him.

Awwww, I'm sure he looks so adorable and like a little man now..

[jt2378]

Sept 4, 2019 17:13:07 GMT -6 @starzia said:

Happy birthday L pennylane
My kids started a new daycare today. First time I sent a baby to daycare. M started when she was one. So she’s had a 4 month break from daycare. She did pretty well, she cried the second time I left. And daycare told me she cried every time C cried. But I got a lot of picture updates of her having a good time. I brought them to daycare to find out I left all C’s bottles and milk on the counter. Thank goodness it’s so close to my house. Had to call and move my doc appointment because of it. Then I was late to a client appointment later in the day just for losing track of time. It was an off day. Go back to work/daycare Friday. It will probably be better.

Oof, the first day is always tough. Friday will be better ❤️

[yellowcat]

Sept 4, 2019 8:37:25 GMT -6 @dolly said:

We finally cut As hair last week and now he looks so grown up. I miss his long hair, but this cut is super cute on him.

Its weird right? The first time we had Js done he went from toddler to kid instantly.

[yellowcat]

Sept 4, 2019 17:13:07 GMT -6 @starzia said:

Happy birthday L pennylane
My kids started a new daycare today. First time I sent a baby to daycare. M started when she was one. So she’s had a 4 month break from daycare. She did pretty well, she cried the second time I left. And daycare told me she cried every time C cried. But I got a lot of picture updates of her having a good time. I brought them to daycare to find out I left all C’s bottles and milk on the counter. Thank goodness it’s so close to my house. Had to call and move my doc appointment because of it. Then I was late to a client appointment later in the day just for losing track of time. It was an off day. Go back to work/daycare Friday. It will probably be better.

This was out littlest first week at daycare too! She was a hotmess the first day but then adjusted. But yeah we forgot half the stuff. Luckily it's an in home and the woman has a collection of bottles, bibs and clothes.

It was nice though to be alone for a day...

[addymac]

yellowcat how old is the baby?!

[yellowcat]

Sept 7, 2019 15:41:28 GMT -6 addymac said:

yellowcat how old is the baby?!

Almost 8 months. She only eats table food and already has 6 teeth. Kid is on the fast track!

[yellowcat]

I lied 7 teeth I just found another one.

J was evaluated for language and passed. MH took him to an ENT and everything checked out but they think he might have sleep apnea. MH is going to take him for a sleep study in the next 2 months.

He is adding words everyday now which is crazy after so long of nothing. And he actually slept all night yesterday. I doubt we will get a repeat but we shall see. He is on a nasal spray for congestion which is super fun to give him every night.

Sorry I have been mia I am finally back to fulltime work and it is killing me... but it seems quiet all around where is everyone?

[king26]

Sept 4, 2019 17:13:07 GMT -6 @starzia said:

Happy birthday L pennylane
My kids started a new daycare today. First time I sent a baby to daycare. M started when she was one. So she’s had a 4 month break from daycare. She did pretty well, she cried the second time I left. And daycare told me she cried every time C cried. But I got a lot of picture updates of her having a good time. I brought them to daycare to find out I left all C’s bottles and milk on the counter. Thank goodness it’s so close to my house. Had to call and move my doc appointment because of it. Then I was late to a client appointment later in the day just for losing track of time. It was an off day. Go back to work/daycare Friday. It will probably be better.

It sounds like it went ok and it will just keep getting better!

[king26]

Sept 7, 2019 18:52:20 GMT -6 yellowcat said:

I lied 7 teeth I just found another one.

J was evaluated for language and passed. MH took him to an ENT and everything checked out but they think he might have sleep apnea. MH is going to take him for a sleep study in the next 2 months.

He is adding words everyday now which is crazy after so long of nothing. And he actually slept all night yesterday. I doubt we will get a repeat but we shall see. He is on a nasal spray for congestion which is super fun to give him every night.

Sorry I have been mia I am finally back to fulltime work and it is killing me... but it seems quiet all around where is everyone?

Im glad he passed and that he is gaining words daily. Thats great!

[king26]

Sorry ive been mia. Work is killing me. The new paperwork is like 250 pages due by sept. 30 plus i have to teach and service my students and my stress level is a 15 out of 10 right now.

To add to that J did awesome at daycare last week which was his first week and on wednesday. Thursday he was a mess and it sucked. I heard him crying for 45 minutes and couldnt take it anymore so I went in. I just couldnt handle it. That part of having him across the hall sucks. He sat in my lap hugging me and it was so sad. I had to leave and he started again. We then had a fire drill where he sobbed but once he came back inside he was fine the rest of the day.

He had his speech eval friday but the lady called me at 10 and said he wouldnt do anythinf and they want to come back tuesday with me there do i guess they are coming back tuesday. Ugh. I know he will qualify. He says so little. It worries me.

[pennylane]

yellowcat It’s great he’s picking up words I hope the sleep study goes well. I am forever in awe of busy working moms! I SAH and don’t get everything done so I know it’s got to be stressful.

king26 Sorry work is already super stressful. Hopefully J just needs some time to adjust to the daycare thing. My DS basically refused to do anything for his first EI eval, they mostly went on what I reported. But maybe he’ll be more responsive on Tuesday.

[pennylane]

DS finally starts PreK tomorrow. I have to figure out a new routine for L though bc I don’t want her to end up falling asleep everyday when we go pick him up around 12. It’s going to suck if she ends up only taking a short car nap.

I’m also coaching a couch to 5K group starting tomorrow, so that should be interesting. I totally slacked off on running all summer. There’s 25 other women signed up, so this group might meet my quota for socializing every week- I’m pushing my mostly introverted self out of my comfort zone.

[king26]

Sept 8, 2019 4:49:40 GMT -6 pennylane said:

DS finally starts PreK tomorrow. I have to figure out a new routine for L though bc I don’t want her to end up falling asleep everyday when we go pick him up around 12. It’s going to suck if she ends up only taking a short car nap.

I’m also coaching a couch to 5K group starting tomorrow, so that should be interesting. I totally slacked off on running all summer. There’s 25 other women signed up, so this group might meet my quota for socializing every week- I’m pushing my mostly introverted self out of my comfort zone.

When all else fails and we have to be out around noon i buy french fries and feed them to j one at a time while driving to keep him awake. If he falls asleep at all in the car he wont nap! I hope you can figure something out.

[jt2378]

Sorry for all the work stress king26 and that you have to go back for a second evaluation for J. I hope Tuesday goes better. ❤️

[jt2378]

Well of course this kid picks yesterday the day of the birthday party to climb out of her crib at naptime so no nap. Last night was fine but then today the same shit. We tried turning the crib to the high back in the front but nope. We moved the crib mattress basically to the ground and against the wall on one side but I do not have high hopes. I think we are headed to a bed :sobs:

Pat my head and tell me it’s not the end of the world and to suck it up. This is unchartered territory as D1 was a crib angel till 3.5 :more sobbing:

I know this should not be a shock given this kid’s usual shenanigans but damn this suuucckkks

[addymac]

Sept 8, 2019 19:23:41 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

Well of course this kid picks yesterday the day of the birthday party to climb out of her crib at naptime so no nap. Last night was fine but then today the same shit. We tried turning the crib to the high back in the front but nope. We moved the crib mattress basically to the ground and against the wall on one side but I do not have high hopes. I think we are headed to a bed :sobs:

Pat my head and tell me it’s not the end of the world and to suck it up. This is unchartered territory as D1 was a crib angel till 3.5 :more sobbing:

I know this should not be a shock given this kid’s usual shenanigans but damn this suuucckkks

🙋🏻‍♀️ Ns been in a bed for several months and aside from bolting the furniture to the wall (which he’s never tried to climb 🤞🏼) it hasn’t been as bad as we thought. He sometimes moves to the futon in his room to sleep but as long as he’s sleeping idgaf.

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 For you

[jt2378]

Sept 8, 2019 20:10:41 GMT -6 addymac said:

Sept 8, 2019 19:23:41 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

Well of course this kid picks yesterday the day of the birthday party to climb out of her crib at naptime so no nap. Last night was fine but then today the same shit. We tried turning the crib to the high back in the front but nope. We moved the crib mattress basically to the ground and against the wall on one side but I do not have high hopes. I think we are headed to a bed :sobs:

Pat my head and tell me it’s not the end of the world and to suck it up. This is unchartered territory as D1 was a crib angel till 3.5 :more sobbing:

I know this should not be a shock given this kid’s usual shenanigans but damn this suuucckkks

🙋🏻‍♀️ Ns been in a bed for several months and aside from bolting the furniture to the wall (which he’s never tried to climb 🤞🏼) it hasn’t been as bad as we thought. He sometimes moves to the futon in his room to sleep but as long as he’s sleeping idgaf.

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 For you

Thanks, I knew N was out of the crib and I have been meaning to ask you if his sleep had gotten better. I know it’s just another transition like all things with kids but I’m just not ready lol. Waaaahhh

[addymac]

Sept 8, 2019 21:03:06 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

Sept 8, 2019 20:10:41 GMT -6 addymac said:

🙋🏻‍♀️ Ns been in a bed for several months and aside from bolting the furniture to the wall (which he’s never tried to climb 🤞🏼) it hasn’t been as bad as we thought. He sometimes moves to the futon in his room to sleep but as long as he’s sleeping idgaf.

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 For you

Thanks, I knew N was out of the crib and I have been meaning to ask you if his sleep had gotten better. I know it’s just another transition like all things with kids but I’m just not ready lol. Waaaahhh

Weeeeeell he did amazing for while and now he’s back to his old habits but letting him pick bed or futon or floor has actually made him happier when he gets up MOTN so no crib hasn’t affected it except possibly better lol. Which is sad to say.

Pretty sure his terrible sleep and my sleep deprivation has made me be oad

Eeeeks I know it’s just a tough transition bc it really highlights the not baby part and you never know how she’s going to react.

Turn her doorknob inside out or get doorknob covers! We didn’t and he locked himself in the room once and we have a key but I was freaking out so I couldn’t get the key to work properly 🤦🏻‍♀️

[pennylane]

Sept 8, 2019 19:23:41 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

Well of course this kid picks yesterday the day of the birthday party to climb out of her crib at naptime so no nap. Last night was fine but then today the same shit. We tried turning the crib to the high back in the front but nope. We moved the crib mattress basically to the ground and against the wall on one side but I do not have high hopes. I think we are headed to a bed :sobs:

Pat my head and tell me it’s not the end of the world and to suck it up. This is unchartered territory as D1 was a crib angel till 3.5 :more sobbing:

I know this should not be a shock given this kid’s usual shenanigans but damn this suuucckkks

Oh no! Sorry she’s climbing! This has been one of our hardest transitions with both kids. L has been in a bed since June bc of the escaping shenanigans. It’s been mostly fine after the first week, except for the time she silently escaped her room at 3am and was wandering around the house in the dark. Now we put a gate across her door to deter that.

[jt2378]

Sept 9, 2019 4:24:07 GMT -6 pennylane said:

Sept 8, 2019 19:23:41 GMT -6 jt2378 said:

Well of course this kid picks yesterday the day of the birthday party to climb out of her crib at naptime so no nap. Last night was fine but then today the same shit. We tried turning the crib to the high back in the front but nope. We moved the crib mattress basically to the ground and against the wall on one side but I do not have high hopes. I think we are headed to a bed :sobs:

Pat my head and tell me it’s not the end of the world and to suck it up. This is unchartered territory as D1 was a crib angel till 3.5 :more sobbing:

I know this should not be a shock given this kid’s usual shenanigans but damn this suuucckkks

Oh no! Sorry she’s climbing! This has been one of our hardest transitions with both kids. L has been in a bed since June bc of the escaping shenanigans. It’s been mostly fine after the first week, except for the time she silently escaped her room at 3am and was wandering around the house in the dark. Now we put a gate across her door to deter that.

How does she not climb over the gate?! These crazy A17 kiddos 🤣

I already know I’ll have to lock this one in too lol

[pennylane]

jt2378 Oh I’ve definitely caught her trying desperately to get over (it’s extra tall). I usually hear her messing around in her room or screaming “mommy!!” first.