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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: confession session and good thoughts tuesday
Good thoughts to all that may need them, pregnant, ttc, sick, or may just need some good thought this week!
Confession- we bought landen a big boy bed and set it up last night. When i woke up this morning laying with him because he would not go back to sleep in the middle of the night, I realized it is not really what I wanted at all and way more then we needed. O and it has already 2 broken party. ugg
Confession- we are doing the 3 day potty training he did so good all day until nick came home then he didn't go on the potty at all.
confession: being back to work sucks!
confession: i may flip.out. at my parents if they don't get DS to nap more than 2 and a half hours soon. the kid comes home from their house freaking exhausted every time. when he is home, he gets sleepy after 2 hours of wakefulness and will nap 2 - 3 hours both in the morning and afternoon. suddenly, he never shows sleepy signs when at their house?? please. i think my Dad is just too quick to pick him up if he starts to fuss and my Mom overstimulates him and is constantly in his face.I'm going to see how the rest of the week goes, and if it doesn't get better I have to have a talk with them. bleh.
good thoughts: to everyone that needs them! and to me that I hear about the job I interviewed for soon.
confession: although i love birthdays today i was a little sad when I woke up. im 35 now and they consider that AMA (advanced maternal age) ugh! Now im offically an "older" women to have a baby.
Good thoughts to all who needs them!!
Many good thoughts to you, Kelly. I was 34 when I had DS, and 36 when I had DD2. My friend is having a baby any day now, and she is 36... and my SIL had her third after 3 years of TTC when she was 40. So, just wanted to give you some positive stories. I hope and pray that you finally get the miracle that you've been trying for!
Good thoughts: to all that need them - you know I'm always pulling for all of you ladies!
Good thoughts: for us this time, for taxes. Should be done tonight/tomorrow morning and a refund would mean being able to pay back some family and maybe buy us another month before things are at their end. So I could buy Christmas presents and bday presents for the kids now and hide it. Get my phone upgraded for probably the last time in 5 years, etc.
Confession: we've finally hit the wall financially. And it sucks. And we make "too much" for a clean slate so the next 5 years could really, really suck. Like being required to move, etc. And I feel like it's all my fault for not being able to get a good, real job for the past 5 years. I'm finding it so hard to concentrate on work or even parenting when I just want to hide and cry for a few weeks.
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
good thoughts to everyone who needs them
extra good thoughts to kelly & michele
confession: i am officially over feeling optimistic about the job search. my eyes hurt from looking at job listings for hours each day, i'm sick of applying for jobs, the job market fuckingsucks, and i'm starting to think that DC kinda sucks on this front.
Good thoughts: To all!
Confession: I too am getting fed up on the job search front. I've sent my resume out to countless places and not one bite. It's depressing to apply for jobs that are beneath my qualification level even and STILL not get a bite. This is tiring.
Confession: Is it wrong that I enjoyed my kid free weekend a LOT! Ever since we've been back I've been stressed out. It finally occurred to me that's where my stress and anxiety comes from. I love them more than anything but damn, they're gonna be the death of me!
re the job search: tiring is the understatement of the year. it's draining and defeating on a daily basis here. i've applied for jobs that essentially ARE my resume and still nothing! *sigh*
re your kid-free weekend: you totally deserved to enjoy your weekend sans kids! and hopefully you can fit them in more once in awhile, it's good for you, dan, and the kids!
Cheeky & Pam - right there with ya on the job search front. Almost 85 jobs applied to and NOTHING. Not even a single interview. Are you kidding me?????? Yet all my lawyer friends say "but you have such an amazing background" yadda yadda yadda. That background needs to get working for me and NOW.
Don't feel guilty about enjoying the kid-free weekend so much. I am in desperate need of one and nothing on the horizon for a long time. Kids are stressful!!!!
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." - Alex & Ani bracelet
My blog: Dodging Acorns
I posted on FB but I may as well post it here too:
confession: I'm sick of tantrums
There's a tantrum for everything: diaper changing, clothes changing, eating/wanting more, getting in the car seat...you get the picture. JJ's been so attached to me the last week it's crazy. At first I was very sympathetic b/c he had an ear infection. All he wanted to do was cuddle on the couch. I was all for it. Now it's ridiculous. He flips out if I go to the bathroom, get water, whatever. I know I have a long way to go still, but I'm done with the tantrums.
Good thoughts: to those on the job hunt and other mommies going through what I'm going through
I just want to send good thoughts to Joanna, Michele and Pam for there job searches....I know it is really tough out there and I hope that something gives soon. Good thoughts to all that need them.
Confession: I am sick to my stomach over money as well
taxes are in a couple weeks...we pay, we always do 
and work has been pretty slow for Dave. I am praying and hoping that with taxes due in a few weeks that we are still going to be able to go on vacation. I probably have no business going and spending the money, but damn it we deserve it and need it. We might have to reethink cheaper options if any (again) 
Confession: I still need to finish my tax info so that I can find out the damage and then cry again
UHG life is never easy !
Good Thoughts: to all who need them.
Confession: Apparently, I suck at real-life communication. While I am pretty well-spoken in a textual setting, I'm too quick to negate or dismiss an idea when it's thrown at me in face-to-face conversation, and my personal communicative failures have been cause for more arguments than just about anything else. I have tried working on this, but my efforts never get recognized. The only thing I have to show for my attempts is a decrease in full-blown screaming fights and tears on my part. And, if I happen to slip back into my old habits, I get reamed. It's NEVER the other person's fault. I could blame it on having very little adult interaction during the week, and even on weekends, but that's not fair to my kids. I could blame it on the differing communication styles of me and my closest friends and family, but where I've learned to ignore their idiosyncrasies and flaws, they just continue to point out mine. I guess I should just suck it up and change myself. Nobody else seems to give a damn about helping me or encouraging me to improve this. Thanks for letting me vent. Now, I'm going to enter a vow of quasi-silence. Not worth me trying to express myself to these people (whom I truly love) when all I ever get is flack for being so gosh darned awful.