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Say It Again...Say Anything.
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Re: Say It Again...Say Anything.
I thought about you last night, my Cooper got this bear (the one named Cooper) for his birthday and one of the books is called Cooper's Bedtime and is all about how he won't stay in his bed and go to sleep.
And I totally relate on the advice. My kiddo still takes a paci, yes he's two, I get it, it's frowned upon.
BUT unless you're going to come to my house and endure the screaming, I really don't want to hear your opinion on how I need to take it away from him. For the record, we are taking it away, as of yesterday it became "only for bedtime." My parents are picking him up from school today and seeing as they were SO adamant that he was too old for it, I kind of hope he puts on a good show this evening. I'm terrible, I know.
Haha - we have that also and I read it last night. I'm really at a loss and every 30 minutes I struggle with what to do - is the current route making it better or worse? Will trying something else make it better or worse? I thought it would pass and slowly get better, but I'm fairly certain this is just getting worse and he will not lay in bed without us in his room. C still sleeps with a paci at night, but I've resorted to telling him that if he gets out of bed with it I'm throwing it in the trash.
J is almost three and one of us still lays with him for a bit before he falls asleep. Avery doesn't care anymore, but J always wants extra snuggles before he goes to sleep. It is a PITA sometimes, but hopefully it will get better. Hopefully. Soon.
Yes. DH forbids me from doing now. It's not that it's hard but I'm the opposite of a perfectionist. So if paint gets on the carpet or ceiling so be it. Melrrr has all the good pointers that I have ignored.
I don't mind laying there before bed. It is the 3rd time at 3am that kills me.
Also, it is that this came out of nowhere like a freight train. I still can't figure out what spurred this.
It sounds like it is becoming a habit for him - not that he is doing it on purpose, but maybe his body is just waking up because it has done it for a certain stretch of time? Either way, I hope it passes. Mama and Daddy need sleep. Or an air mattress.
Thanks for all the pointers everyone! I'm thinking of doing our half-bath in either gray or brown. And then there's 2 bedrooms upstairs that are colors that don't mesh with my style, so I'll be looking for a good neutral color.
We close next week and the flooring contractors are first in, so I'll have to wait until they're done to get in and paint. I am a perfectionist and DH hates painting, so if I can do this by myself, it'll save us $$$!
yes! her skinny arms and her shiny face were all i could look at whenever they showed her.
Freakout Moment:
The kids went to Montana for their grandfather's memorial service this weekend, returned last night. Their mom is staying on in Montana a few more days, so we were picking them up (they were flying as unaccompanied minors-- they have flown more than most adults and are super responsible so we were cool with this).
So their flight leaving Billings was delayed a bit, but their mom was reassured that there would be no problem with their connecting flight in Denver.
Kids on plane, takes off. She gets an automated call that due to the delay, United has re-booked them for the 7 a.m. flight out of Denver.
*SCREAM* Just what you need to deal with when you're dealing with the death of your father, I'm sure.
She freaked and called us, and then the airline. They held the plane for the kids in Denver (thanks, Continental!). Evidently it's just a courtesy for them to rebook in that instance, so in the event you miss the flight, you'll have a reservation on the next available.
Those poor kids had to sprint across the airport. They finally got in at 11:00 last night.
I think I'll be running out to get donuts this morning. We told them to just sleep, we'll get them to school when they wake up.
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Oh my goodness!
I'm so glad they made the connecting flight. I cannot imagine the stress of getting an automated call like that in the midst of everything else.
I would like to whine a moment. And it could be TMI as well.
My recent yearly bloodwork for my thyroid showed that I'm severely anemic. I've always been borderline but for some reason it's now worse. I didn't realize how serious is was until my doctor insists (after retesting to confirm my numbers) that I take OTC iron twice a day, take BCP's continuously to stop AF for a few months, and do some sort of test to see if I'm losing blood in my stool. (TMI, sorry).
I'm sure it's a big deal or my doctor wouldn't be pushing everything so hard. They called yesterday to confirm that I've followed up with my gyno about the BCP. I have not becuase I DETEST being on bcp. They make me a raging biotch and I really don't want to feel like that ever again. I tried them for a few months after Tori was born and I swear it almost ended my marriage. But he says I have no choice.
And if that fixes it I need to have ablation to reduce the amount of blood I lose every month. And possible transfusions. And I thought it was no big deal at first but now I'm a little worried.
But I feel fine. You would think I would feel bad. Or maybe I'll feel extra-super-great later and I don't even know I don't feel as good as I should now.
Wow FKB, that is alarming. I can't imagine how awesome you'll feel once you're ironed up for real. That is almost second-opinion alarming (especially if you really are feeling alright, and you are uncomfortable with the BC hormones). Have you felt any different at all?
As a side note, I have considered ablation (just because of super heavy periods).
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He asked if my periods are heavy and I honestly told him I have no idea. What would I compare it to? Maybe I should do a nest poll....lol.
I will take my lab results to the Gyn and consult with him before having him prescribe BCP. At this point, for the sake of my sanity, I would choose a transfusion and ablation over BCP and may bring that up at the appointment.
How many tampons/pads do you go through during the course of your period? Tell him how long you can wear a tampon/pad without overflow & that'll indicate how heavy your period is.
Sorry to hear you're dealing with this. Hope it gets cleared up soon!
FKB - in HS, I would have episodes where I'd black out. Not often, but after running a bunch of crazy tests and seeing a few doctors, we figured out I was anemic. I would also have moments when I would get really weak and dizzy, but not pass out.
My OB put me on BCP and it fixed the issue. Thus, I was on BCP for 11 years before we had C. For a long time I took a really low dose one, and then I took the mini-pill for a few years. That kept me from having a period at all. After Cooper, things seemed to fix themselves.
Point is - hopefully you can find a BCP that will help with the bloodloss and not make you crazy. There are so many to choose from that maybe you can find the right one. Thank goodness you don't feel bad because of it!
Vent post...feel free to skip.
So far, I'm not a fan of 2012...
FIL has been fighting kidney cancer for close to 2 years now. Was in remission for a few months, but it came back in his bones (hip and spine). He had a blood clot in his leg before Thanksgiving that appears to have cleared up, but now has debilitating pain in his groin and leg which, coupled with other symptoms, leads me to believe that it has spread to his lymph nodes. My ILs have always been very secretive(maybe careful is a better word) about the amount of information that they let all their kids know about his condition, but we can tell it's worse than they let on. We saw them on Friday and he was constantly on the verge of tears and just seemed depressed. He just turned 65.
Got a call early this morning that my aunt (dad's sister) passed away. It was very sudden and unexpected and just sucks. Had a heart attack or stroke and was rushed to the hospital. They were able to revive her 3(!) times, but her heart and arteries weren't strong enough and she didn't come back after crashing the 4th time. She was 68.
DH is still looking for steady work (if any of you know of anything in the NW area, let me know), so he can continue the helicopter training. The holidays put more of a strain on our bank account than I expected, so we are struggling but we will make it like always.
If you read all this, please keep us in your thoughts and prayers
Ditto
Same here. It feels like when it rains, it pours.
What kind of work does your DH do?
Thanks, ladies. He's sort of a jack-of-all-trades. He was in land survey for a long time, has been doing contract work lately for an IT company and an environmental services company. He's ex-military and has applied to Academy and Gander Mountain in their hunting and fishing and firearms depts and a pawn shop.
We painted DS's room. If you have slightly textured walls, a good tip is to get some clear or white caulk and after you put the blue tape down, smear some over the blue tape and the wall that you are going to paint and let dry. Then paint. The caulk fills in the small spaces so it evens up the paint area, therefore, it won't bleed under the tape. I think melissa#s told me about that and it worked great!
I also agree with HP to get good paint. We have used Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore (Both can match any color that you give them, so our actual color we found in a different brand on a paint chip swatch, and just gave to them to mix the color). We started out with super light beige walls, so we didn't need a primer. We just did one good coat and went back for touch ups. If you have slightly textured walls, you might notice little white dots where the nap of the roller didn't get into the grooves. We just re-rolled those areas. We also used low/no VOC paint, but that's a personal preference.
We taped plastic drop cloths along the baseboards b/c we were being anal, but if you have a steady hand, you might not need to be that precise. Also - I would recommend decent brushes and rollers - someone in a hardware store can help you. Some of the cheapy ones shed and don't give good coverage.
Dear male coworkers that occupy the cubicles outside my office-
I am so tired of listening to you discuss the female conquests of one of you while the other ones cheer him on and hand out the attaboys. It's really disgusting. And you, mister I'm-all-that-and-a-bag-of chips, it makes me so sad that every thursday you call your 6 year old daughter to tell her you can't make it with some excuse. Then you tell the other guys which one of the three girls you are juggling you plan to see that night. Let me introduce you to some young ladies that can tell you what your daughter will think of you on 6-7 years.
I'm going to start closing my door before I go completely psycho on them.
What a jerk. Dislike.
I'm taking a great risk saying we had slight improvement last night on the sleep front. I mean slight. We sat with C for 10 min and he was out within 7. No crying and fit throwing for us to lay on the floor. BUT he was up at 12:30, 1 & 2:45. We were able to go sit with him again, and come back to bed. 12:30-3 sucked. But getting 2.5 hours of solid sleep after that...heaven.
I took him to the barn to see Peanut this morning. I finally decided that if he did better last night, I'd take him. I've said probably 15 million times that he went because he was a big boy and he can go again if he continues being a big boy. I guess this would be positive reinforcement? Hopefully it helps.
See also: I'm doomed. The look of happiness on his face riding Peanut may kill me.
Why does everything seem to collapse at the same time. I am so stressed right now i could poke my eyes out with a fork.
I'm here just to take a break. Now back to my ten jobs.
Lots and lots here too. And C better sleep all night. I'm having the same fight too Kreeper, but not quite as bad as you it seems.
Now back to work for real.
Strongly dislike this. I hope you get a break soon!