Joats, sorry about the rash, but Happy Anniversary!! Sorry its late, I am so behind I didnt even catch that it was your anniversary till now.
DisKim, isnt that funny how moms know more than doctors sometimes?
I have told my husband countless things about our kids that he dismisses and it later turns out that Im right. We hardly ever take them to the peds so I cant blame them much, but the 1 time I did they missed an ear infection on 4 visits over 3 weeks! I hope Aidan starts feeling better soon.
And good luck to your aunt and getting discharged again.
Dizagain, today was actually the first time the nurse administering the shots asked me if I brought Tylenol. Theyve never even mentioned it before. I gave him about 0.6mL of the infant Tylenol before we left for the dr (8am) and then 0.8mL at 3pm when we got home from the zoo (yes, the zoo again). My husband said 0.8mL was fine but I was in a rush this morning and couldnt get more than 0.6mL in the dropper so thats what he got. Hes 14 pounds though so you may want to adjust accordingly for Carsons weight if he's significantly smaller. BTW, my husband is equally as unobservant.
The things he doesnt know simply amaze me.
Cabmom, that picture of Dean is adorable!
Have fun at the Great Wolf Lodge. Id love to go to one sometime when my kids are a little older.
Alice28, I was just looking at height restrictions and checking the CDC growth curves to see when Madison will be tall enough for some rides. I really just want her to be 38 inches so I have someone to ride Kali with me cause even with someone there my husband wont do it. I measured her in her Minnie shoes since they have a small heel and she was just a little over 37 inches. Sorry to hear about the moodiness though.
That Depo can do a lot of crazy things. I only had one friend who used it for awhile but she was sorta crazy to begin with so I never noticed much of a change (seriously, I mean she was always very moody, not trying to be funny). I hope all that stuff ends for you soon. And good luck for a better night with Molly too! It irks me when they do that for no reason cause I want to be able to say just go to sleep! It reminds me of when we first moved here and Madison got up during the night and played for 3 hours then said at 6am Mommy, I have to sit down. Well yeah you nut!!
Oh yeah, Madison also dumped out a bottle of baby wash in Phoenix too, but the best part about that is that my mom was bathing her and let her do it! She said I told her not to waste it.
Jill I had tendonitis in my knee twice and it is very painful. I hope your mom is feeling better soon cause that is not fun at all. And I hope they can figure out whats wrong with your sister soon. My husband did research in college with a dr studying Crohns and thats a rough illness so I hope thats not what she has. Of course getting a diagnosis is a relief even if it is something like Crohns. Wow, I just realized practically your whole family got hurt at once with your ankle too. Hopefully your ankle wont take too long to heal up since youre so busy right now. And I was relieved too about the RSV shots. His ped had mentioned it awhile back before his rapid growth began and he was having so much trouble with the jaundice, but now that his color is finally normal and hes so big she said he should be okay without them. Of course, my nephew, who was full term and 9.4 pounds at birth still got RSV when he was 5 months old and was hospitalized for 4 days so Im still a little scared of it, especially since were going away twice during RSV season. BTW, what are your WDW dates, you arrive the 19th? Are you doing a
MVMCP? Were planning on the 21st. You must be so looking forward to that trip after this tough semester and now an injury too.
ETA: I just saw your post and I would love to get together with you when things calm down. How nice would some relaxation time be!?!
BTW, I know you mentioned wanting to visit the zoo and thought Id let you know that the new Asia Trail will open on 10/17. Im sure you werent planning to run there this weekend anyway, but wanted you to be glad you didnt come already cause you would have missed it and they already have a bunch of animals in there so their old homes are empty which makes the zoo kinda boring.
, like it wasnt already!
DisneyPhD, congrats to Lily on the allergies! I hope she enjoys all her new found treats!
BnB, my husband is the same way, taking out his work frustrations on us. I hate that cause I can understand being stressed at work and all that, but you need to separate the 2 worlds and realize that we did not cause any of that aggravation. Luckily my husband has been realizing that too and really hasnt been bad about it since July. In med school though he was a nightmare. He still acts like a 3rd child though, and when he does help with chores he complains bitterly about how the house is such a mess, etc.
I love your dictator tot phrase-so appropriate!
SL, could Lucas look any cuter than that photo in your sig! I loved all your trip photos. Lucas looks like he had a blast and I think that photo with you and him is just adorable. You should post that photo of him on the plane on the family boards cause there are so many hostile debates about lap kids vs. bringing the carseat on and buying a seat. Hes so smiley and happy he could be the poster child for take the carseat!
Thanks for the tip about the First Trip pins too-Ill have to pick one up for Henry and stick it on the Bjorn.
And Henrys in the 90th percentile for height too and my husband and I are even shorter than you guys-Im 54 and hes 58. Hes dads around 62 though so maybe it comes from him. Oh, and Ive only been wrong a couple of times in my life too.
ETA: My husbands response about Lucas rash was that it is some random virus-hell be fine.
Not sure if that will put you at ease till you can call his dr or not (probably not cause I dont always trust him!) but I hope it helps a bit. We're kinda bad parents though in that we never call or go to the ped.
Gina, glad that your husband was safe. That plane crash was across the street from one of my moms friends. Hes a criminal defense attorney in the Bronx, Dont Worry Murray
if youve heard of him. Hes got a show on 1460am (
www.wvox.com) on Wednesdays at 2pm and had the sleeping defendant. He was just at the convention we were at in Phoenix and was telling me about his NYC house and how they prefer their Rockland county house cause their granddaughters can run around outside and stuff and when I heard where the crash was I was so nervous it was his building. And thanks for giving me the push on the ADRs. Today was just way too busy but I plan to do them tomorrow when Madison is in school.
Zalansky, congrats to your cousin! That must be so great to hear youre pregnant after trying for over 6 years. And maybe youll make an announcement like that again!
Hillbeans, enjoy Nick! Im so jealous! Have a good time in PA too.
Tasha, I had that same guilt when Madison was an infant and I had to finish the semester of school I was in when she was born. I had some presentations to do that semester and I felt so bad leaving this tiny newborn while I went to class. Then the written stuff I had till the end of the year to complete and it took me forever cause shed always want my attention when I was studying. But ya know, I think its great that youre getting this all out of the way now, cause I am still not finished and now I have a 2nd kid so that will only make it harder Im sure. When Kylies older she wont have any recollection of this and I think shell benefit from being in daycare since shes at that age where she can start to interact and learn from other kids. And I agree that shes a lot like Madison so I think youll appreciate having her in daycare in another year or so! And if you do go to WDW I think a leash might be useful. We have one for Madison that is a little fanny pack she can wear and then one I can wear and there is a retractable string that can connect them. We used it when she was 14 months but she was so light that everytime she got to the end of her leash (which was often) shed fall down from the force of the rope ending! It was pretty funny to see, but we had to stop using it cause it was sorta mean. At 2 she still wanted to walk a lot (shes never been a stroller baby) but agreed to hold my hand or the side of the stroller. I think it was out of fear when she saw this mob in IASW the first day. She looked at the line with huge eyes and said Mommy too many peoples!
Fabumouse, I meant to say this ages ago, but our rabbit that died this summer had what I think your guinea pig has. I dont know what it was cause we were bad pet owners and didnt take her to the vet, but if I knew how bad it would get I would have put her down. She ended up dying on her own right after I gave her a bath to clean all the fecal matter off of her. It actually stained her white fur and had eaten away some fur from her belly. Sadly I think it was probably septic and thats how she died. But I was pregnant, we moved, and I just honestly wasnt caring for her like I had been/should have so I didnt realize that it had gotten so out of hand.
I think Kailey flooding your bathroom is worse than my situation so Ill consider myself lucky. That just happened in an elementary school near my mom-this summer 3 preteen boys stopped up all the sinks and water fountains and caused millions of dollars in damage. So now you can think of yourself as lucky too!
And the reason I asked about the DOL is that my mom is a union president in NJ and I was wondering if you knew any of the DOL investigators shes familiar with. Her labor lawyers all work out of NY so maybe you know some of them too. Of course, you might not have even been in that division anyway!
Floridafam, I have 2 or 3 packs of Pampers so Ill get those codes for you. I put them on the top shelf of the kids closet so I have to get a chair in their room to get them down so Ill do it tomorrow.
Tkyes, your post made me glad that we didnt move to MN cause Im so not ready for weather that cold yet! Too bad well just miss you in WDW. Henrys christening is the 12th so we have to be back for that.
Nucpharm, your Sedona trip sounds much nicer than mine and makes me want to go back! I loved it when I went with my mom about 5 or 6 years ago but going with the annoying friends took so much out of it this time. I really want to go back as a family but well probably wait till the kids are older and can appreciate it.
GLT, I hope youre having a better day.
It always seems like everything that can possibly happen at once does. When its bad that is-good things seem to be reserved as treats. And I would never have known or even thought about flossing Madisons teeth. Gosh, shell love that!
Wow, this took forever to type. Guess that will get me to keep up with things. Its the first time I actually opened up a word doc to type it out so I could see all the pages I needed to. This thread is practically the only thing I do for myself lately so I should really make time for it. The cookies are done and I ate 3 of them and then made Bagel Bites. What a dinner.
I made Madison a decent meal of black beans, green beans, carrots, turkey, and a few types of crackers. But other than the carrots and turkey Im not a big fan of the rest of it so I only had a couple of carrot sticks and then was still hungry. I really shouldnt have eaten anything since I had a cheeseburger at the zoo. I consented to the zoo today to get some extra walking in, but Henrys Tylenol wore off in the Small Mammal House so we had to make a quick exit. He was done with the stroller so while I was strapping the Bjorn on Madison decided to stick an acorn in his mouth, which was wide open, screaming.
Im just very lucky that she didnt let go of it cause it was a very small one and would have gotten stuck in his throat Im sure. And my husband was afraid someone would report me to CPS over the stair incident-I think what Ive posted the past 2 days is far worse!!
I think Ill watch the rest of ER now and then head to bed. Abby as a mom is just cracking me up! I got comments about using a Bjorn like that too and every woman at the parks around here are nannies too.
I went to go meet the girls at the bus stop and my ankle went one way and I went the other. Of course, it is the ankle that I have badly sprained in the past so it is very weak. I just have to laugh b/c if I don't I will cry. Hauling John around while I'm 'gimping' is quite the sight to behold. Just call me gimpy!! 
BTW, Molly sounds like such a cutie!
Thanks again!
It was 32 degrees at the pumpkin farm this a.m., brrrr. luckily they also had a heated indoor spot, so that was good!
So how much did you give him? I have no idea.
) and I also don't mean to be cruel in any way, but I would rather (and do) donate money to the local animal shelter than spend a silly amount of money trying to determine what bizarre GP condition she has.
