The Official New Mom Thread Part 2

[lissawynn]

Hi ladies. I got good news tonight. DH is coming home tomorrow and not Thursday, which was the original plan. I am really tired now and am looking forward to the help.

I'm going to order the ladybug set from Overstock. The ones I looked at at BabySuperMall were almost 2x as much and didn't have nearly the same amount of stuff. I was considering the Annabel set (how funny is that?), but the reviews weren't the best. A lot of customers complained about the softness of the fabrics, etc.

DisKim - I hope your aunt pulls through this. These kinds of things are so hard to deal with. Also, good luck with your cupcakes. Why do the PTA moms intimidate you? Maybe they're all popping Ritalin like Lynette on DH.

fabumouse - That note is priceless. That's the kind of thing a teacher saves for years to come.

justthat - My DH is awful when he's sick. Jimmy was only about 3 weeks old when DH got the flu. I got sick, too, but I had to take care of the baby and my husband. I wanted to curl up and die, but dinner still got made, the house got cleaned, and the baby was taken care of the whole time.

floridafam - I hope your headache is better. Have you been having the pain on the left side of your head?

Alice - I hope Molly took a nice, long nap. Jimmy is horrible when he is overtired. He's been in bed before 8 the last two nights.

J&D - Thanks for the links to the Overstock stuff. You saved me quite a bit of $$$.


I'm going to wash my face and most likely head to bed. I don't think I can make it through an hour of DwtS.

 

[floridafam]

lissawynn,

No, the pain has been on my left side at the top of my rib cage. It is really intense at times. I have no idea what it's from. I have test scheduled for next week.

Good news on DH coming home earlier.

 

[lissawynn]

Here's the crib set I ordered. Thanks again, J&D, for the links to the stuff at Overstock. I save a lot by ordering from them instead of the other sites I saw.

I found the chair I wanted to order Jimmy from PBK. I wish they had other color choices for the slipcovers, though. I'm not crazy about the denim and nothing else seems to work with what's going to be in our living room.

I better get to bed.

 

[Alice28]

LOL at the 'too much input' Fab. I swear, if I were a machine or a robot, my head would have blown off in that 10-20 minutes of utter chaos. It was really, really stressful. Now it's quiet. Sam went to the nice neighbor's to play, Josh is watching Star Wars and Molly is asleep. DH is bringing home something for dinner since my afternoon was just shot to heck.

lissawynn- that is wonderful that your DH gets to come home sooner than you thought. It's so hard trying to juggle work, home, kids, pregnancy... I love the set you ordered- what fun it will be to decorate her room! I love accents of red.

FF- I hope that the pain you are having is nothing serious. I wonder if it's some sort of spazzed out muscle? The top of your ribcage, as in near your clavicle? Closer to your shoulder or your sternum?

Well, I am just trying to do some deep breathing and relaxation techniques. I seriously thought I was going to lose it earlier...not a great feeling.

 

[Tasha+Scott]

P.S. Nobody get Tasha po'd--you would not BELIEVE the trouble she's getting into over on the Desperate Housewives thread! I'm kidding--there's an instigator over there that tasha put in her place--I'm afraid to post over there because I know my various typos will get picked apart. But, you go, Tasha!

You caught that, did ya? Yeah, I can rumble with the best of 'em when I have to! The funny thing is I should have been in bed or studying instead of wasting my energy on Ms. Accuracy but I just could not resist. I completely got caught up in the drama! Oh, well, I like to live on the edge, what can I say? Webmaster Kathy posted a while ago and said that particular poster won't be back on that thread for a while. I don't know exactly what that means but my temptation to engage in a grammatical/spelling showdown has been (at least temporarily) eliminated! And don't worry. I never pick apart people's posts unless someone acts like she did which just really, really irked me! I also make tons of typos myself and it really doesn't bother me in the least. I know you were referring to the other poster picking apart people's posts but I just wanted to go on record and say that I normally wouldn't do that.

Anyway, GEMS!!! I am trying to PM you about the Christmas exchange but your inbox is full! Please PM me the info. you need again. I know I sent it to you a while back but I think some things have changed and I need to redo it. Thanks!

Lissawynn~ Oh, my! I missed the news! Congrats on your little girl! They are so much fun. I bet it will be nice having one of each, and Jimmy can look out for his little sister.

DisKim~ I am still praying for your aunt.

Hillbeans~ Congrats to Liam on walking! Kylie was a few weeks past her 1st b-day when she finally did it. I loved Liam's cake too. Kylie also had an Elmo cake. And you look great as usual!

Oh, man! I don't know if it is mommy-brain or just the amount of stress I have dealt with since Saturday but I just forgot everything I wanted to respond to! I'm sorry! I will try to catch up better this weekend if I can get a free moment.

I mainly came on here to let you all know that the daycare plans have once again changed. The director at Kylie's current daycare told me that the woman that was thinking about taking over is definitely going to do so. She also said she will probably let me continue to pay for part-time daycare. While all of this was going on I also managed to talk to the other lady at the "new" daycare that I mentioned I was going to start sending Kylie to next week. This time I didn't have the greatest feeling about her or her daycare. Neither did dh. She said some things that made me feel a bit uneasy and warning bells started going off. For example, she started saying things about how Kylie will have to come stay the night with her. I don't know if I overreacted or what but I don't know this woman and that just made me uneasy. There were a few other things as well. Now I am sure this lady is perfectly fine but I can't shake this weird vibe I got from her. Kylie is too important to me to ignore it so I'm not.

Anyhoo, when I picked up Kylie from daycare today I found out a great deal more about the lady who will be taking over the current daycare starting next week. It turns out she is the lady that is the director of another daycare in town. I actually had wanted to send Kylie there to begin with but she's always full and has a waiting list a mile long. She was looking to expand her daycare and decided to take on the other building and put the kids that are 3+ years old in it and her sister will be in charge. She is a daycare director too. The younger children would be going to her daycare with her...which includes Kylie. She also said that she doesn't do part-time daycare payments normally but since there are 3 of us that are only paying for part-time hours she didn't think it was fair to us to charge us full-time since this was sprung on us so suddenly.

So, I agreed to meet with her this afternoon. She is really nice and Kylie seemed to warm up to her better than she has any of the other providers so far. I love her center! It is the nicest one I have looked at so far. She is much more organized and seems to know a little more about childcare than Kylie's previous provider. I have agreed to let Kylie stay there and when she turns 3 (granting I can't get her into Head Start for whatever reason) she will be back at her old building. The 2 buildings are really close to eachother. She already has a waiting list since the kids that are sticking with her and not leaving and the kids she already had at her center take up all of the available slots at both buildings already! She is very highly recommended and usually very hard to get a spot with. So I was so upset last week and it turns out I get to put Kylie in the center I wanted to begin with and still pay part-time until next year! Things really, really worked out ironically well!

I called the lady at the center I was going to switch her to and apologized and let her know that Kylie wouldn't be enrolling afterall. I was very nice about it and told her it was mainly a money issue and if things don't work out I will give her a call. I really don't think I will have any need to call her though and am not sure I would want to now even if I had to. I am so very happy about this! I was thinking I would have to cancel our WDW trip next year due to the extra daycare costs but now it looks like I won't have to! You see where my priorities lie, right?!

Btw, did all of that make sense? I know all of the various daycare references must get confusing to decipher! I was trying to make it easy to understand but even I was getting confused!

Anyway, Kylie had a really high fever all weekend and was super clingy (she's better now though) so I didn't get to study for my tests and quizzes until late last night. That meant that I only got a few hours of sleep. Thankfully we got out of school early today though. Unfortunately it was because one of my teachers had pneumonia...she's doing okay though. I came home, put a potroast in the oven, and set the alarm clock to take a 2 hour nap. I woke up 3 hours later and the alarm had been going off for an entire hour and I had slept right through it! I was so exhausted. I had to rush to pick up Kylie so that her teacher wouldn't think I had abandoned her!

Oh, this reminds me. I want to get Kylie's director that is leaving a present since it will be Kylie's last day with her on Thurs. What do you guys think would be good for this situation?

Well, I guess I should get some sleep now, so night! Have a great week everyone! And sorry for yet another long post!

 

[ryan840]

I'm sorry, as usual I can't seem to find to do a proper post but I wanted to say a couple things real quick-

Hillbeans- I'm glad Liams party was a success, and for walking! I love the pics, the Elmo cake is too cute!

lissawynn- The bedding you picked out is adorable, and what a great price! I got a temperpedic bed, BTW, a nice rock hard (but still soft) one. I love your new siggie pic too!

FF- Sorry about your DH's insensetive comments, and I hope you get to the bottom of your pain soon.

Robin- Hope Molly feels better soon and you recover from your hectic day!

fabumouse- That note is too funny! I hate to see Alex grow up but it's those types of things that I look forward too. Today he started a new thing- "when I'm five..." He seems to think it's happening in a few days

I know I missed a lot of things but I'm actually tired at a reasonable hour (if you can call 1:30 a reasonable hour) and I better not miss my window of opportunity! Night everyone!

ETA- Hi Tasha, you posted while I was typing. Glad the daycare situation worked out.

OK, off to bed for real!

 

[T16GEM]

Hi moms!

T16GEM clean out your pm box

All done!!

 

[DisKim]

lissawynn - I really love the set you picked out for Annabel. What great colors! PTA moms intimidate me because they all know each other, go to the gym together, etc. I don't know anyone and I just sit there like an idiot. The one time I volunteered to help at the book fair, they just treated me like an alien. If you ever watch "The New Adventures of Old Christine", that's what it's like.

Tasha - I didn't see that thread but way to go on standing up for yourself.

Robin - What a crazy night. I hope everything is better today and I hope Molly is okay.

OK, I need to finish getting ready for work. I went to bed early last night and I'm feeling so much better today. I hadn't been sleeping well and it was all catching up with me. I have Emily's back to school night tonight and Alex has soccer so it's good that I have energy.

 

[lissawynn]

Hi ladies. I was so tired this morning that I put Jimmy's sneakers on the wrong feet. It took me a minute before I figured it out.
DH's uncle, who I can barely tolerate on a good day, called last night just as I was about to go to bed. DH asked him if he could keep his 4-wheeler while our remodel was happening. Basically, he insulted the h*ll out of me and I pretty much told him he was an a**. I called DH this morning and let him know what happened. I really think the man was half in the bag when he called us.

Jimmy woke up again this morning with a crusty eye. I guess I'll be calling the ped. if it's not better this afternoon. He may have another ear infection.

Alice - Yikes! Drama on your block last night. I hope you're feeling better.

DisKim - Sorry about the PTA moms. From what I understand, our elem. PTA is the same way. One of the moms did steal over $30,000 from them and was busted last year, though. That must have made for fun cupcake sale conversation.

Tasha - Glad you worked out your daycare issues. I can't imagine that woman suggesting Kylie spend the night. That sounds rather strange.

I'm off for the day. Check back in with you all later.

 

[nucpharm29]

Morning all! I am soooo tired this morning--I guess I"ve just been trying to do too much during the day and then also stressing about my dsis's $$ situation isn't helping much. Oh well, the life of a mom!

Tasha--I had to jump over to the DH thread to see what was going on--All I have to say is "Holy Grammar Police Batman" That person was really wacko! Glad to see you put her in her place! Anyway, glad that you got Kylie in a daycare your comfortable with. That's why I'm going to start watching an infant for this couple, they had walked into the daycare that their DS had a spot and they both had a bad feeling about it

lissawyn--LOVE,LOVE the bedding! It will be perfect for Annabel! Glad to here that your DH is coming home earlier than expected--with mine it's usually the opposite (like last night when he put his next trip on the calendar--and what to my surprise but it's a night longer than I remember! ) Sorry the conversation with DH's uncle went so bad

Hillbeans--Congrats on Liam walking! I can see it in Matthew's eyes that he's ready to run, but he hasn't let go of the couch yet! It's just a matter of time, I suppose, until I'm chasing both of the kids around the house

Alice--Hope Molly's okay--and sorry to hear that yesterday afternoon was so rough for you--Hope today starts out better!

Well, I better go clean up the kitchen b/c I'm sure that Matthew will be up momentarily, and my nice peace and quiet will be no more! Have a great Wednesday all!

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

Morning!

I am exhausted today. I was up kind of late because DH was being an idiot. He always makes things into a bigger deal than they are. Ugh.

DisKim - Still praying for your aunt. I hope things go well this week.

Tasha - I'm glad Kylie gets to stay at her daycare. As for gifts, if the director is going to another center, I'd get her something like a gift card to someplace like Sam's Club or Costo so she can stock up on supplies for the new center.

Alice28 - OMG, you still have problems with those teenagers? I'd be livid.

lissawynn - I like the bedding you ordered. I love the new picture of Jimmy in your signature!

ryan - Hope you got a good night's sleep!

nucpharm - Sorry your sister is still stressing over money. I hope her DH's business takes off quickly.

floridafam - How's your headache today?

fabumouse, glt, J&D, hillbeans, tkyes, dizagain, llij, gem, justhat, ginamarie, zalansky, val, joats, and anyone I may have missed -

Today's going to be a loooooooong day. My direct supervisor had a job interview yesterday (yes, another person with one foot out the door) and she's walking around with a chip on her shoulder today. I'm guessing it didn't go well, but I'm not even about to ask! I could use a nap and it's only 8am.

 

[Ginamarie]

Tykes- Cozumel sounds great. DH and I have stopped there twice on cruise ships and really enjoyed it. They have some great beaches! DH and I had a perfect beach day with a table 3 feet from the water and some incredible Mexican food.

Fabumouse- I love the story about the note.

DisKim- I’ve been praying for your aunt and will continue. I hope the surgery works out. A good friend of ours also was found to have a cancerous tumor last year and we were terrified. Luckily, they were able to take it out along with a couple of lymph nodes they thought were in danger, and she’s doing fine now.

FloridaFam- Hope you feel better!

Gems- $15 minimum sounds fine to me.

Alice- Sorry you were having such a tough day!

Lissawynn- Glad your DH gets to come home early. I love the ladybugs set too.

Tasha- I’m glad the daycare situation seems to have worked itself out. I’d be leery of anyone saying that my child would have to stay the night with her too.

SL- I need a nap too!

Ladies, I am just delirious this morning. DH, Olivia and I didn’t get home until 11 pm from dinner at DF’s house. We were too tired to worry about putting out the recycling, so I figured we’d do it in the morning before the truck came. Well as I was reading my email, I heard the truck coming. I grabbed all the baby food jars I could find, threw them in the bin and started running out to the truck, but they were already around the corner. So I slank back in the house, looking like a big doofus. Then I went to wash my hands, and realized I was wearing my shirt inside-out! It's going to be a LONG day (I have class tonight on top of everything else).

 

[fabumouse]

Tasha - that is great news about the daycare!! And saying that Kylie would need to sleep over is just *bizarre* - my warning bells would have gone off, too.

SL - sorry about your DH - mine does that too, and he usually manages to make a fuss right before bedtime or when the kids are needy, or some other really inopportune time.

Lissa - I forgot to say, I also love that new photo!

Ryan - I love it! "when I'm 5"! Kailey discusses what life is going to be like as an adult - and it includes *never* having to go to bed.

FF - I hope you figure out what the pain is!

Time to check the baby's bedding - she had a massive poo blow out this morning while I was taking Kailey to school. Fortunately DH was here and took care of it, but that means there's a good chance that although the baby got cleaned up - the bed may have gone overlooked.

 

[justhat]

Well last night was terrible so I never got a chance to catch up so I'll do that in a little bit. Henry screamed nonstop for 2 hours last night right after I posted here. And my husband's idea of helping with that was lying in bed then coming down after about an hour to say "Maybe he's hungry." Uh, thanks, ya know, I would never have thought of that on my own. How insightful. Well that was not it, but I have no idea what the problem was. Okay, well he might have been hungry but he was too hysterical to suck on anything so eating was not an option. He finally fell asleep from the exhaustion of screaming, sorta cracked his eyes open about 15 minutes later, I latched him on without moving him for fear of activing the scream reflex again and he nursed for a bit and fell asleep again around 8:30. After all this was over my husband came downstairs like nothing had happened. After 20 minutes or so he said "I'm going to bed." I was so angry. I told him it would have been very nice if he had come downstairs and said "let me take him for a few minutes so you can get a break from the persistant screaming in your ear" and now I needed him to change his diaper and dress him for bed. He had been dressed but was so hot from all the screaming I had to strip him down to a diaper, which was now wet. He was annoyed and then acted like we did not have this conversation just minutes later and acted confused about why I was handing Henry over. I left his swaddle me blanket out on the bed, which he knows Henry gets wrapped in every night, but he took this huge Pooh blanket from Madison and wrapped him in that, which in minutes was all over his mouth and nose. I pointed this out while I was brushing my teeth but of course I still had to fix it anyway. He didn't change his diaper though and told me he was dry, so this morning when he woke up his diaper was soaked and so was his PJ and blanket. And guess what, by that point I too had a headache but could not just lie in bed like I wanted to. The good news is that I was asleep at 9:30 and Henry didn't wake up till 4:30am!! So I got a decent amount of sleep (though I did wake at 2 naturally since that's when he normally gets up). My only thought as to why he screamed like that was that his routine was broken on Monday night when I got home from the dr and dinner so late so he went to bed around 9:30 instead of 7:30 and then we went right to the zoo after getting Madison from school so he didn't take his big afternoon nap (usually 3 hours) so I think he was exhausted. He did nap in the stroller at the zoo, but he woke up a lot in between. He's been napping about 1.5 hours so far this morning too. Hopefully if I can keep his schedule normal today he'll be fine tonight. Madison never cared about a routine so I didn't realize it would be so important to him.

Oh, and Madison was crying and fighting with my husband about going to bed when I posted last night. All the fighting he did with her and she ended up sleeping in her Minnie Mouse costume, complete with gloves. I asked him why he bothered even fighting with her over the headband and shoes if he was going to leave the dress and gloves on her and he said it was too hard. So this morning I said he would be undressing her as I was not having that fight trying to get her dressed for school. She was thrilled when she woke up to him taking off the costume. But at least I didn't have to do it.

Tomorrow is my husband's day off and I really want to just leave him with both kids and go to the mall to get the last thing for my exchange package. I might do it, but we have other things to do too and I need to be with him to assure they're done correctly so I have a feeling it will not happen. I'll probably end up with all 3 of them following me around the mall.

Henry's waking up so I'm going back to read through the posts while I feed him.

 

[floridafam]

justhat,



I can't help buy ROFL at your comment about going with DH to make sure things get done correctly. He's a Dr., right.



MEN! Our DH's seem like normal, intelligent human beings. Why is it that they just seem like morons about some things? DON'T THEY GET IT?

I'm thinking our 2008 Mom's meet should be a "leave the DH's at home with the kids meet." I could never do that, though. I have some spa stuff set for Saturday and I feel guilty being gone for a few hours yet DH has no problem golfing for 6 hours at a time.

 

[Alice28]

Tasha- I saw that poster on the DH thread and your post too- that woman was just being so over-the-top rude it was unbelievable! I couldn't fathom she was having such a cow over the spelling of a FICTIONAL character's name!

Glad the daycare situation has resolved itself!

Justhat- you didn't have a fun night either. Why are DH's such dorks sometimes? I don't get it at all. I had a headache last night but I just didn't want a shot so I asked DH to get Molly to bed. Yeah, she screamed for 40 minutes while he fell asleep. I had to go get her.

Tamie- this is what one of the scrappy ladies said about online Bazzil shopping- I have ordered from happynscrappin before. They had the best prices and really fast shipping

lissawynn- yikes on the PTA mom embezzling all that money! That's insane! Sorry your DH's uncle was such a butt-wipe to you...

Fab- hope the bedding wasn't too yucky!

nucpharm- I hope you are able to relax a bit today and that your sister and BIL get some good financial news soon.

SL- just a few more days til you can get away from all the chaos of work!

Gina- sorry you missed the garbage truck. I've almost done that too!

Well, Molly doesn't have an ear infection, just a cold. I still have a headache though...I think I'm going to go chill on the couch with her.

 

[BuzznBelle'smom]

Good morning, all! Well, I think Celeste is adjusted to preschool. this morning we got there, and she said, "You can leave now." Okay, sweetheart, color me gone! So Luke and I are having a quiet day at home--poor little guy, he's congested, so some nice sleeping time will be good for him.

justthat--Sorry your DH is being such a dingbat. Don't you just love how they can ignore the baby's needs, then whine about how lousy they feel? My favorite is, "He's been up screaming for 3 mights, I'm so tired!", and I'm like, "Look Buster, I'm nursing here. I don't get naps. I don't get away form it. And I'm so far beyond exhausted, I can't even see it in my rearview mirror! But hey, tell me how tough it is for you!"

Alissa--I like the bedding you've chosen--very sweet. I think it will "age" well, too--you won't be sick of it in 2 years, and would suit a toddler as well as an infant. You are going to have so much fun with a girl!

Tasha--I'm so glad that other person got kicked off the DH thread--she just wouldn't let it go! I know I make typos sometimes--no biggie, really, but I didn't want to say anything about how obnoxious she was. Some people just have to wring every bit of fun out stuff, KWIM?

BTW--It sounds like things are working out great for Kylie--funny how that happens. I tell you, having a safe, comfortable place for your child is priceless. Nice that you'll be able to save some $$, too. I happen to think vacations are very important, even if they're not Disney ones!

Gina--don't feel too bad--I've had mornings like that. Usually it isn't until I've come back from the school that I realize I have the Hello Kitty sticker on my butt, or some such. Consider it a "mom moment"--we all have them.

Robin--I don't know if you're still thinking about vacation options, but I also wanted to point out that a lot of places are set up for families of four, and if you have more, you're hosed. We couldn't find a place in Mexico (I know, you don't want to go there anyway, but it's an example). We ended up going to Jamaica, to a resort that had suites. It was actually like a 2 BR condo. Anyway, I just wanted to mention that your vacation planning takes a whole new twist when you have more than 4 people.

Kim--I hope everything goes well for your aunt. If it makes you feel a little better, my best friend's MIL had some type of tumor that was very slow growing in her lung. She did have to go through cancer treatments, though. But it wasn't like what you think of when you hear lung cancer. Anyway, I truly hope your aunt fares well through her surgery.

 

[T16GEM]

You all have me curious now! What page are we on on the DH thread to read Tasha's and the other posters argument??

 

[Alice28]

BNB- I have noticed that it is going to be a challenge doing vacations with 5. Part of the discussion DH and I had the other night is that we need to come to face facts that we just might not be able to do the vacations were really want to do until the kids are much older. At least we are fortunate that Shades of Green sleeps 5, right?

 

[T16GEM]

oh it's ok found it!! GO Tasha Go Tasha! what a silly person the OP was!!