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Post by happyfeet9 on Nov 26, 2017 14:17:12 GMT -6
We're in the process of putting up our real tree in the living room. DS1 also has a smaller fake tree in his room that I need to put up. So I'm currently cleaning and organizing while DH looks for all our ornaments and lights. I make family ornaments each year so I need to see what Michaels has in stock to make new ones this year.
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Post by king26 on Nov 26, 2017 14:26:44 GMT -6
We were just talking about this. How do you know when to move the straps? We are still on the smallest ones. Also, I bought j an ornament on etsy too H said the straps have to be above the shoulder. Like, where they come out of the seat, shouldnβt start behind the shoulder then come over. Heβs pretty much in charge of the car seats. Oh crap. We need to move ours up one then.
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Post by muscari on Nov 26, 2017 14:32:36 GMT -6
Ugh pennylane that roundtrip to your mums doesn't sound great with the delays.. hopefully the baby slept well in the car! Sorry you're stuck with another cold, feel better soon! jexxa D. refused to nap pretty much all day yesterday .. she was soooo tired and cranky. Not sure whether it was just her being a baby or the start of leap 4.. she's had days like this before but I can't remember whether it coincided with perhaps a previous leap. Sorry to hear you too are stuck with another cold. Here's lots of coffee and wine incoming for you:) (and perhaps some sudafed or whatever that cold&sinus stuff is called? We don't have it here heh). Also, por babe that the ABX tastes nasty. They should make it taste better! Not the same, but when we had to give one of the cats painmeds&abx for an extended period of time, I was given a liquid med that apperently tasted really good cause he'd lap it up from a plate! If they can do so for cats they should be able to do something like that for babies too? LOL @easilyunamused, I haven't really thought about it yet tbh.. but I think that once she gets too heavy to be carried inside the carseat by me, I'll just put the seat in the car then put her in it after and vice versa? I don't really want to get a bigger car seat yet until she's really big enough for the next model up. Though we may have a different selection of car seats over here then you have. king26, whenever I get a good night of sleep I always feel much more tired then I did before! Tis likemy body realizes tis been cheated out of proper rest for so long and then wants moremoremore?!
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Post by muscari on Nov 26, 2017 14:35:13 GMT -6
J is usually fairly noise sensitive when he naps but he just took an hour and 45 minute nap and I got so much done. I paid bills, loaded dishwasher, made fudge, took photos for my blog, put away laundry, and made some bottles. He didnt move a muscle. He must have been exhausted and i feel so accomplished! Plus dh isnt here si it was like a bonus break. That is awesome! I bet that being able to get so much done felt great, and I hope you will get more of those breaks once J. starts getting the hang of this nap thing better. You linked it once before but would you give me the link to your blog once more?? Did you post your fudge recipe too? I love fudge.. found a real simple recipe for chocolate fudge 2 years ago that I've made several times since, but would love to try my hand on another recipe some time!
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Post by muscari on Nov 26, 2017 14:37:11 GMT -6
I slept in today and then we went grocery shopping. Both girls napped and we fit sex in. And, now Iβm watching football. Iβm thinking we will put the Christmas tree up next week. I got Rβs Christmas ornament from Etsy. Iβm not looking forward to more clutter in the living room, but T will be excited to have the house decorated. That sounds like a lovely Sunday! MH mentioned yesterday that now that we are a family of 3, we should start thinking of making new family traditions. Maybe getting D. an ornament for the tree would be a nice start. Do you just get one for her first xmas or do the kids get to pick a new one every year?
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Post by muscari on Nov 26, 2017 14:38:39 GMT -6
We were just talking about this. How do you know when to move the straps? We are still on the smallest ones. Also, I bought j an ornament on etsy too H said the straps have to be above the shoulder. Like, where they come out of the seat, shouldnβt start behind the shoulder then come over. Heβs pretty much in charge of the car seats. Uhm.. guess I should check ours to make sure! Thanks for that info, I totally hadn't thought of that and while I did read the manual when we got the carseat my non-working memory already long forgotten what it read..
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Post by muscari on Nov 26, 2017 14:44:05 GMT -6
We're in the process of putting up our real tree in the living room. DS1 also has a smaller fake tree in his room that I need to put up. So I'm currently cleaning and organizing while DH looks for all our ornaments and lights. I make family ornaments each year so I need to see what Michaels has in stock to make new ones this year. I'm so surprised so many of you are already putting up christmas decorations and trees etc. Here people usually wait till like the 2nd week of December. Guess though that is due the fact we have another holiday to celebrate early in December - Sinterklaas. I always wait till after to get out the christmas decorations. Till when do you keep your tree up? I usually take ours down on January 6th, though have had to take it down earlier cause the kitties wouldn't leave it alone LOL and I got tired of chasing them off the tree How neat that you make family ornaments every year! I so miss being able to shop at Michaels and Hobby Lobby... used to stock up and take a lot of craft supplies home back when I travelled back'n'forth regularly still. There are no similar stores around here, and ordering things online is so expensive. I had a blast shopping at Michaels during our US trip last year!
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Post by bsouls on Nov 26, 2017 14:44:29 GMT -6
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Post by muscari on Nov 26, 2017 14:44:58 GMT -6
Man I have missed being able to browse the board on the pc - tis so much easier responding with a proper keyboard! I love tapa for being able to keep up when I don't have access to my pc but ahh there's no better keyboard then a real one.
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Post by muscari on Nov 26, 2017 14:51:16 GMT -6
I agree with YH, not all ornaments need to be hanged on your tree. You could always find a seperate place somewhere around the house to put all the photo ornaments, perhaps? I'm rather picky when it comes to what kind of ornaments I like in our tree, so ornaments that don't quite fit I'll find another nice place for. We did a christmas ornament swap on CAL last year (no wait, that was 2 years ago, as last Christmas I was pregnant! Just barely, but pregnant none the less hah), that ornament will always have special meaning to me *memories*
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Post by happyfeet9 on Nov 26, 2017 14:53:40 GMT -6
We're in the process of putting up our real tree in the living room. DS1 also has a smaller fake tree in his room that I need to put up. So I'm currently cleaning and organizing while DH looks for all our ornaments and lights. I make family ornaments each year so I need to see what Michaels has in stock to make new ones this year. I'm so surprised so many of you are already putting up christmas decorations and trees etc. Here people usually wait till like the 2nd week of December. Guess though that is due the fact we have another holiday to celebrate early in December - Sinterklaas. I always wait till after to get out the christmas decorations. Till when do you keep your tree up? I usually take ours down on January 6th, though have had to take it down earlier cause the kitties wouldn't leave it alone LOL and I got tired of chasing them off the tree How neat that you make family ornaments every year! I so miss being able to shop at Michaels and Hobby Lobby... used to stock up and take a lot of craft supplies home back when I travelled back'n'forth regularly still. There are no similar stores around here, and ordering things online is so expensive. I had a blast shopping at Michaels during our US trip last year! This is unusually early for us this year. We usually wait until the first weekend in December, but DH will be working the next 2 weekends and the following weekend is DS1's birthday. We usually keep it up until after the Epiphany. I really enjoy making the ornaments. DS1 last year had a lot of fun helping to make them and I anticipate that this year he'll want to be more involved. Adding the twins this year, I definitely want to keep the tradition going. I love craft stores!!! I don't have as much time to craft as I'd like (and I don't consider myself to be very talented, but it really brings me a lot of joy.
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Post by muscari on Nov 26, 2017 15:12:45 GMT -6
This is unusually early for us this year. We usually wait until the first weekend in December, but DH will be working the next 2 weekends and the following weekend is DS1's birthday. We usually keep it up until after the Epiphany. I really enjoy making the ornaments. DS1 last year had a lot of fun helping to make them and I anticipate that this year he'll want to be more involved. Adding the twins this year, I definitely want to keep the tradition going. I love craft stores!!! I don't have as much time to craft as I'd like (and I don't consider myself to be very talented, but it really brings me a lot of joy. The bolded is IMHO the most important, to have fun and enjoy yourself while making things. I haven't had much time to craft these past years either, but hope to find the time for it again some time. I'm mostly into paper crafting, though I like making all kinds of things. I'm likely getting a sewing machine for my birthday in January and really look forward to trying my hand at sewing simple things, too. That sounds like a wonderful family tradition to have, making ornaments together! you'll have to post some pics when you do
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Post by king26 on Nov 26, 2017 16:20:03 GMT -6
I love craft stores too. So f7n to look around.
Our tradition is new pajamas on Christmas eve currently and I will be doing that with j. He will get wrapped new pajamas to wear every Christmas eve. I love wearing new jammies on Christmas eve.
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Post by jexxa on Nov 26, 2017 17:10:17 GMT -6
bsouls Iβm glad things seem to be better between you and your H. That sounds like an awesome day π
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Post by jexxa on Nov 26, 2017 17:20:15 GMT -6
Weβre doing our tree next weekend. We usually aim for the first weekend in December. And then it usually stays up until the second weekend in January.
Iβm really excited for Christmas this year since itβll be the first year that DS understands the concept of Santa. When my brother and I were little, my parents always put out a plate of cookies and a glass of milk for Santa with some carrots for the reindeer, and I canβt wait to do the same with DS.
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Nov 26, 2017 18:25:13 GMT -6
I love craft stores too. So f7n to look around. Our tradition is new pajamas on Christmas eve currently and I will be doing that with j. He will get wrapped new pajamas to wear every Christmas eve. I love wearing new jammies on Christmas eve. We do this too!! And we do matching family pajamas. Last year with DS1, I bought these ridiculous elf PJ's. Dh is a Grinch who never gets into the holiday decorating spirit so it cracks me up to see him wearing the pajamas.
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Post by king26 on Nov 26, 2017 18:52:19 GMT -6
I'm in the process of putting j down for the night but I'm worried because he only took 4 naps today and he normally takes 5 but because of his long early afternoon nap it's too late to get in another nap. Fingers crossed he sleeps! I'm ok if he goes down to 4 naps if one is as long as itvwas tofay.
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Post by bsouls on Nov 26, 2017 20:26:23 GMT -6
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Post by nutmeg on Nov 26, 2017 20:47:52 GMT -6
I'm glad someone beat me to saying this. Rear-facing the straps need to be at or below the shoulders. Forward facing is at or above the shoulders. Car seat safety is no joke. With cold weather remember that you should never be putting a coat on a kid in a car seat.
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Post by addymac on Nov 26, 2017 21:27:38 GMT -6
I'm glad someone beat me to saying this. Rear-facingΒ the straps need to be at or below the shoulders. Forward facing is at or above the shoulders. Car seat safety is no joke. With cold weather remember that you should never be putting a coat on a kid in a car seat.Β +1 I just looked up the manual and was coming to say at it or below the shoulders! But this reminded me that I do need to look and see if I need to adjust them bc N is huge. π
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Post by muscari on Nov 27, 2017 2:45:43 GMT -6
Thank you everyone who gave good advice on the car seat stuff! We don't use it often yet soI totally didn't have this on my thoughts list but it is definitely something I need to pay attention to cause she's grown like weed esp lenght wise.
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Post by muscari on Nov 27, 2017 2:50:59 GMT -6
Just finished Ds first morning nursing session and laid her back down for another hr of sleep. She usually fusses and babbles a bit before falling asleep again tho lately had stayed awake more often as well. The bassinet had gone quiet again so I think I am lucky today amd am getting a bit more snooze too.
What time do your babies wake up usually and how long are they up for before taking their first nap?
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Post by muscari on Nov 27, 2017 5:45:43 GMT -6
I started a new randoms thread btw π
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Post by king26 on Nov 27, 2017 7:32:34 GMT -6
Just finished Ds first morning nursing session and laid her back down for another hr of sleep. She usually fusses and babbles a bit before falling asleep again tho lately had stayed awake more often as well. The bassinet had gone quiet again so I think I am lucky today amd am getting a bit more snooze too. What time do your babies wake up usually and how long are they up for before taking their first nap? J gets up around 7 give or take an hour. He is usually up for an hour and a half to 2 hours before his first nap. He can't go longer then 2 hours of being up or he's a bear. As soon as he yawns or rubs his eyes we start to put him down.
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