July 2009 Weddings
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B&M Monday
- Kari left 
I thoroughly enjoyed having her here!!
Other than that - Mags is pretty healthy, Matt starts his new job today and vacation is in 12 days! Life is going pretty good 
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Re: B&M Monday
I'm glad things are going good for you Krissy!
I don't have much to B about either. Just that it's Monday and the weekends go by way too fast. It was SOOOOO nice here this weekend. Especially considering it was snowing on Monday and Tuesday, it was in the 20's here (about 70 F) and it's supposed to be even nicer today!
Krissy, I'm glad things are looking up!!
My B&M is that it is not only Monday, but the first day back after vacation and I have ZERO motivation to do anything. I have a feeling the only thing I'll be getting done today will be the minimum for what I need to do for my groups tomorrow. Also, it was so rainy when I left for work this morning, it took me forever to get here, and it made me super sleepy.
Oh, and the Red Sox. Nothing else needs to be said for that...
On the plus side, there are 40 days of school left!!
Brin is refusing to nurse since last night and now I have a clogged duct. I have been bawling all morning and the stress I am sure is not helping anything.
This is a really selfish b&m, but I seriously don't know why my husband gets me the gifts he does. I got a sweatshirt and 2 movies, "The Muppets" and "Muppets in Space", I've said that I wanted to get the Muppets for KR, Muppets in Space is from left field.
He also got me a 90 minute massage, which I'm thankful for, but the only reason he got me that is because HE gets a massage every 2 weeks and I'm always complaining that I never get one-mostly because I never have the time.
I know I should be thankful that my husband gives a little thought, but it's like he's flying blind in the dark after 7 years. The things he "picks" up on are only ones that I look him straight in the face and say "I want THAT" like a little child.
He was telling me that he didn't get anything that exciting, and I stupidity thought that maybe he actually went out of his way to get me something cool. I should have believed him.
I'm sorry I sound like a selfish little brat.
Is he refusing or is he too busy to nurse? My kids had a time like that too around Brin's age. I had to nurse Addi in a dark quiet room for a while. I also had to nurse her lying down for a while so she could only look at me. I wouldn't give up and say he is done. I would keep offering it to him.
Do they have a frequent visitor discount for you?
Oh no! I'm sorry Cole.
We have movers here Wednesday at 7 am, S is out of town until 7ish tomorrow night, I am up to my eyeballs in packing and we just ran out of coffee grounds.
BACKSTORY: DH was laid off in January, so until he find's out if he's doing a summer internship or not, he's taking unemployment while attending school full time (16 credits) and teaching dance 2 days a week at the university. This is the first time since we've been together that he has not worked 2 jobs at the same time. If he doesn't get an internship, he'll apply for work for this summer. If he does intern, he'll start looking for work at the beginning of August.
ON TO MY B&M: One of my coworkers heard about me being pregnant and said to me, "That's great news! Maybe this will give your husband motivation to look for work!" Ummm excuse me?! My husband is NOT lazy, but thanks for thinking so. It really pissed me off and it took all I had in me not to snap on him...I couldn't b/c he's one of my bosses. Awesome.
Um...WTF? Cliff vibes. Cliff vibes.
My B&M is that I wish I could have stayed in Boston longer!!
I had a blast!! J and I are already talking about going back in the fall...though Matt might make him sleep outside! hahahaha
I was only gone for 2.5 days and my house was a DISASTER when I got home. I cleaned it up for the most part but I'm exhausted and totally taking a nap before I tackle the rest of it. And J is sick now so I may be sleeping sofa city tonight. Womp womp.
Work isn't going as smoothly as it usually is, but it's nothing major, so I can't complain TOO much.
I'm starting to feel old; my birthday is in a few days, and it's starting to hit me I'm nowhere close to being a teenager anymore... There are things (like having a driver's license) that friend's yonger than me have accomplished and I haven't.
Definitly refusing, he arches his back and screams.
Traveling yesterday was pretty much a nightmare. We got stuck in Atlanta for what felt like forever due to a plane delay and then got stuck sitting on the plane on the runway for a half hour after we pulled from the gate. The turbulence was nasty for most of the flight and we got home so much later than I'd planned. Today I'm exhausted and of course the kids at school were hyped to be back.
The wedding that we went to was more of a high school reunion and I felt really embarrassed for the family of the bride and groom, but especially the bride's family whose never had to deal with these friends of the groom before. They were not only trying to get completely wasted on the free drinks, but were obnoxious from the start...heckling the brothers who had to give a speech, talking through the first dances, quacking (yes, like in the Mighty Ducks) to prove that table 5 was "better" than table 7. It was terrible.
Okay, so I haven't BF'd since November, but a couple times KR absolutely REFUSED to nurse...cue the waterworks. Finally I gave up and was like, "here's a bottle of the pumped stuff...cold", which he drank down in minutes. It was hot out, and it turned out he wanted a cold glass(bottle) to cool him off, he was fine after that.
So what I'm getting at is, has there been a significant change of temp where you are at? Will he drink pumped milk?
I am going to respectfully disagree with this. IMO you are asking for failure. EP is a TON of work and I don't think you should try that route until you can figure out if he is truly done nursing or if he is just going through a phase.
Alycia- What were you doing when he started to scream and arch his back? What was going on around you? Did he only do it once? How many times is he nursing a day? Is he eating solids yet? If so how many meals a day. Sorry so many questions, I am trying to think of things to help you.
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I didn't mean that I went the EP route, I meant that I gave him a bottle, and then he went back to nursing the next day. It was too hot for skin to skin snuggling. He didn't like anything I did, so I gave him a bottle, the weather cooled down he went back to breastfeeding.
I'm not saying that's what's going on, but that's what worked for me.
Big surprise, you know, since you are such an expert at breast feeding!
We spent the weekend in VT at a conference and visiting family, but it so was not enough time. I only got in a few minutes of snuggling our almost 1 year old niece, barely got to see our friends' new baby, and so didn't feel like we got the chance to relax at all this weekend. I wish I could have convinced T to take a few extra days to just chill and visit, instead of just a day on each end of the conference to drive the 12 hrs each way, only giving us about 20 hrs at his parents' house to sleep and see everyone. I would have loved some baby shopping time with my MIL and such, especially after having to drive all the way up there I felt we should have taken more advantage of the trip.
Heartburn is killing me. I'm up to about 6-7 Tums a day (which apparently is the max dosage) and guzzling down milk by the gallons. I'm going to talk to my doctor about what my other options are because it seriously is the fire of a thousand suns burning in my chest pretty much all day and night long.
-We are supposed to find out the sex on Thursday (Yay!), but Thursday is also the start of the draft. I wanted to register this weekend and we only have Sunday available to register because of the draft and one of the places I wanted to register at is closed Sundays. On the bright side, I'll get multiple weekends to have registry fun.
-My already slow digestion is now at a snail's pace. I sure hope I am gaining the proper amount of weight even though I'm not really eating much more.
-My entire house needs to be almost totally reorganized before baby can be brought home and I still have no energy. Also every weekend seems to be super full. I'm hoping I get some free time and/or energy soon.