FRIDAY!!

mrsconn23 · February 2015

I wonder when I'm going to be able to go more than one night without someone interrupting my sleep? DefConn showed up in our bed and proceeded to take up as much space as his little body would let him in our king size bed. Also, he wanted to be the 'little spoon' and his hair was all up in my nose. I felt for that Prudie guy a bit. I almost went and slept in DefConn's bed by myself.

AND THEN, DH woke his ass up an hour early at 5:30am. So cue the whining for breakfast every 5 min until I woke the kiddo up and made him fix DefConn breakfast. They fought loudly through breakfast. And DH threw away DefConn's valentines (they wer ein the box they came in...I suck and don't send candy or other prizes/treats with valentines), so I had to fish them out of the trash. Luckily they weren't ruined.

Coffee is my everything.

What's up for the weekend?

Tonight, no idea. I'm thinking I should go out shopping for groceries.

Saturday, funeral for our friend's dad and then my IL's might be coming over so DH and FIL can fix our ceiling. There's a part of me hoping they end up not coming over. But they will because I don't want them to.

Sunday, working a little OT in the morning and then my friend, her man, and their kids are coming over.

6fsn · February 2015

Max has congestion so at 4:30 he was coughing in his crib saying "all done." At least DH was already in the shower so we had extra room. After the addition we're going to need to get Max a new bed and get us a king. I need this addition to start. We've completely shifted gears and its' dragging on far too long.

We don't have much this weekend. It's effing cold so it's going to be a stay home and watch a movie day. DH is getting steaks for Saturday and we're going for donuts sometime. I sent him a text "FYI- I love you, but I'm not buying you a valentine."

On Valentine's- I was excited that the kinder Valentines were pretty much the same- a store bought card and maybe a sucker or tattoo on it. Preschool ones were definitely bigger- entire bags filled with shit. We had a store bought card with a dum-dum shoved through it.

mrsconn23 · February 2015

LOL at 'all done'...Like, "Yep, I'm over this!" DefConn has been coughing for a week. Only at night though. During the day, he barely coughs at all. I'm over this winter between the coughs/runny noses, dry skin, the electric bills, and being cooped up in the house. I cannot wait until the kids can play outside all evening and we can grill regularly.

Heffalump · February 2015

mrs.conn23 said:

I wonder when I'm going to be able to go more than one night without someone interrupting my sleep?

I suck and don't send candy or other prizes/treats with valentines)

Coffee is my everything.

What's up for the weekend?

SITB, but all of this. Especially the coffee part.

I have questions, y'all:

1. What do I do with a kid who keeps waking up in the middle of the night and doesn't seem tired, but screams if I leave him in his crib? DD never did this: we had a hard time getting her to STTN, but once she finally did, that was (pretty much) that.

DS woke up at 12:20 yesterday. I was so exhausted (because he's been doing this all week) that I just brought him in bed with us. And all he wanted to do was screw around--he actually started climbing on DH, and then decided it was funny to stand up on the bed, collapse, lather-rinse-repeat. I put him back in his crib, and he screamed.

I did Ferber: checked on him after 10 min. then 20 min., etc. (DH, meanwhile, was not only asleep, but snoring. Loudly.) After an hour, I got him a sippy of water, rocked him while he drank it, and put him back to bed. More screaming. I nodded off at one point, and when I woke up, it was 4:17 (!) and he was still crying. I went in and he was sort of slouched against the crib rail, crying. Loudly. We were both so exhausted that I brought him back in bed with us, and we conked out pretty much immediately. He looked more tired than I did this morning, and I felt really badly for him. But dude, WTF?

No change in his nap--same time/length as always. Same bedtime, no changes to bedtime routine. Do you think it's separation anxiety, since he's fine with us (even though he'd rather play in our bed than actually sleep) and borderline frantic in his crib? Do you think it's one of those developmental leap sleep regressions? He just hit the point where he's really into words: wants to know what everything is called, and is picking up new words all the time. He goes to bed without any problem, and he's falling asleep on his own (I put him down drowsy but awake, at the getting heavy/head nodding stage), but then midnight rolls around and he wants to hang out with everyone. WDWWT?

tawillers · February 2015

Today is our engage-aversary/V-Day. I got flowers yesterday (DH was annoyed because they were supposed to be delivered today). I haven't gotten him anything. I have an idea, at least.

DD1 is way too excited about her school party today. I have to keep reminding her to be good at school all day until it's time for the party.

Tomorrow my parents are coming to DD1's basketball game and then we'll all go out for a late lunch.

6fsn · February 2015

@Heffa I can't remember age. Are there teeth? I probably overdose, but Tylenol is my friend if I think they are in any sort of discomfort and I suspect teeth. Maybe it's time to revisit and reduce naps?

ET: I'm terrible at tagging because I use the symbol but then use the nickname in my head. @heffalump.

Heffalump · February 2015

Question 2: Given the insanity above, do you think it's extra insanity to make my own king cake this year? Wooz and I made ours from a mix last year, but this year the calendar got away from me. By the time I got over to World Market, they were sold out. (Amazon still has the mix, but it's like $15 with shipping, so suck it.) I have a recipe, and it doesn't look that hard: I just have to prep the dough tonight, refrigerate overnight, and then form it, let it rise, and bake it tomorrow.

My mom and grandma are coming for lunch tomorrow, and I decided to do a Mardi Gras theme. I'm making jambalaya in the crock pot, and I was originally just going to pick up dessert at Trader Joe's. But I hate to miss out on king cake, and it would work really well with our lunch. But I have a habit of thinking my little projects are "no problem, totally doable!" in the planning stages, and then cursing myself halfway through.

6fsn · February 2015

I've never had king cake. If the recipe has yeast I'd skip it, but that's my own yeast hang up.

Heffalump · February 2015

6fsn said:

@Heffa I can't remember age. Are there teeth? I probably overdose, but Tylenol is my friend if I think they are in any sort of discomfort and I suspect teeth. Maybe it's time to revisit and reduce naps?
ET: I'm terrible at tagging because I use the symbol but then use the nickname in my head. @heffalump.

There are teeth, for sure. Could definitely be those. The only thing is, he doesn't seem uncomfortable: when he's in our bed, he's happy as a little clam, banging on the headboard and talking to the cat and generally loving life. I've tried drugging and not drugging at bedtime, and I can't tell a difference, but I'm probably not thinking entirely clearly either.

ETA: oh, and nap: he's on one nap a day at daycare.

Heffalump · February 2015

As for the candy valentines, yeah, I didn't do those either. I already sent in two bags of M&M's. I don't think I'm super crunchy but with those and everything the other kids brought (cookies, cupcakes, juice, etc.), I didn't feel like they all needed an extra pack of Skittles or conversation hearts or whatever.

Heffalump · February 2015

6fsn said:

After the addition we're going to need to get Max a new bed and get us a king.
I sent him a text "FYI- I love you, but I'm not buying you a valentine."

We say all the time that the king bed is the best thing we ever bought. Weekends especially, when it's us, DS, DD, and the cat.

Valentine: I ordered DH some Fannie Mays (his favorites), and LSS, they somehow went out of stock after my order was placed and no one ever contacted me. So when our delivery date came and went, I realized I had never gotten tracking info, so I called them. They apologized profusely, yada yada, but I won't get his chocolates until Monday. So, dork that I am, I took a screenshot of my order confirmation, emailed it to DH, and basically said "I swear I am not b.s.ing you, I really did order something and they screwed it up, not me." I have something else for him, fortunately.

ETA: I should say weekend mornings, when we're all piled in bed. It's not like we do some big family bed thing, or no one would ever get any sleep.

Heffalump · February 2015

tawillers said:

Today is our engage-aversary/V-Day.

Happy engage-aversary, taw!

Heffalump · February 2015

Weekend: it's a busy one in the Heffa household, and not ideal for being sleep deprived.

DD is on a field trip to see Lily's Purple Plastic Purse on stage, and she's super psyched. (Her class v-day party was yesterday.)
Both kids have "friendship parties" this afternoon at DC. I didn't send DD with enough valentines, but at this point, oh-fucking-well. I sent enough cupcakes, and that's what matters. :P
My Question #3 was going to be whether I should leave work early to go to DS's class party. I feel crappy because I go to Wooz's kinder parties (when parents are invited--we weren't yesterday and that was fine by me), because they're at noon. Very easy for me to zip out and back on my lunch hour. DS's, OTOH, are always at 3:30, which feels a little too early for me to leave for the day (I'd have to leave a little after 3:00), but too late for me to go back to work afterward. When he was little, I didn't care because he didn't care. But now he gets antsy at pickup when the other parents start rolling in, because he knows I'll be there shortly. I don't want him getting all excited and then I don't show up. I'm also not sure at what point he's notices/cares that other parents are there, and I'm not. Anyway, he's tired, I'm tired, and I'm strongly leaning toward going, just to get all of us home early.
DD has a parent-child school dance tonight, and we got tickets before DH's work schedule blew up this week. He's trying really hard to make it anyway, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed. If he couldn't make it, I was flirting with the idea of going in his place and bringing DS along, but now that I expect DS to be tired and cranky tonight, that doesn't seem like a good idea. Plus, I was looking forward to a little one-on-one time with DS, which is hard to come by.
My mom and grandma are coming for lunch tomorrow, and I am really looking forward to it. DH is going to take Wooz to art class tomorrow so I can prep.
Sunday is Wooz's V-day party. We are making Valentines magnets and decorating (and eating) cupcakes and playing a game, and then I'm herding them into the playroom for free play until their parents show up. I wish I could send them all out to play, but it's supposed to be frigid here. If it were as nice as last Sunday, though, that's exactly what I would do.

6fsn · February 2015

See I don't know that I want everyone in my bed. Right now 6let will go downstairs without us and M2 is starting to get there too. He can turn on the tv and get his own milk and everything.

PMeg819 · February 2015

Guysssss....I need the isolation ward. Call Hazmat, have them bring and ambulance because this is horrrrrrible.

Okay, it sucks but I'm living. Coughing up all manner of crud, my nose is a war zone and I sound horrible. So I've got 3 days before I have to get on a plane to get myself better.

Nothing new here for us. Housekeeper is coming today and I give it until 6:30 pm tonight until the house is trashed.

pegasuskat · February 2015

My aunt and uncle are coming through TN on their way to FL and are dropping off my mom to spend the week. I am excited to spend the week with her, but our weather is going to change most plans. They are escaping MI and all the snow and apparently are bringing it with them. In southern TN we have very little snow, none in the past 2 years! Now we are supposed to get some, lol. It looks like aunt and uncle aren't going to do much better on the panhandle. It was 67 here last Saturday and now winter. When there is a dusting in TN the world stops, people panic and our 1 snow plow for the whole county can't do much.

Probably not much for V-day for me and H - they are arriving sometime in the evening so we can't really go anywhere tomorrow. Maybe a early dinner tonight, but he has to work early in the morning.

tawillers · February 2015

Sorry for the bedtime stuff, heffa. How old is he again?

I know you've probably tried everything, but I'll still ask: Have you tried putting things in his crib for him to occupy himself when he wakes up? Books, a toy that would be safe enough?

DD2 went through something similar around age 2, but not quite as sucky as what you are describing. I would hear her cry, give her a while to calm herself down (every once in a while she would and go back to sleep but the majority of the time she wouldn't) and go into her room with a book or two. I'd talk to her and let her know that when she wakes up, she should start reading a book until she fell back to sleep because Mommy was not going to keep coming into her room (and both girls know that our bed is only for us - personal preference).

In the beginning, she'd want nothing to do with the books and she'd cry but I stayed persistent and she did eventually calm herself down and look at the books. I made fewer trips in at night every couple of days, sort of weaning her from seeing me come in. Now she keeps books under her bed, because even at 3.5, she still wakes up in the middle of the night. I can hear her sometimes, reading aloud.

Now, your DS might be too young still for this - like I said, I can't remember exactly how old he is. And I don't know if what I did was the right thing, but it worked for us and I'm ok with her doing it.

VarunaTT · February 2015

I finally got to sleep through the night with no timers going off for medicine for DH! Woohoo! Also, he seems to be doing a lot better. I'm sure he doesn't think so and I don't care.

There's a cool thing here in my little city: a musical book club. Each month they pick a book and local musicians are supposed to read it and write a song inspired by it. Last month was A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. Oh man, were there some beautiful songs. I wish I could post them for you guys. This month it's 50 Shades of Grey. Judging from the running commentaries on the FB event page, it should be hilarious tonight. Best part? The show is from 6:30-9. Yay at home before 10 on a Friday night. I embrace my old curmudgeon. I was supposed to go with DH, but don't think he can go, but some other friends are going, so I'll join them.

I think that's it for the weekend. I intend to be very still and very quiet this weekend.

Heffalump · February 2015

PMeg819 said:

Guysssss....I need the isolation ward. Call Hazmat, have them bring and ambulance because this is horrrrrrible.

Okay, it sucks but I'm living. Coughing up all manner of crud, my nose is a war zone and I sound horrible. So I've got 3 days before I have to get on a plane to get myself better.

Nothing new here for us. Housekeeper is coming today and I give it until 6:30 pm tonight until the house is trashed.

Get well soon, PMeg. I'm sorry you're dealing with hazmat-worthy crud.

i2i: yesterday was cleaning day, and I watched DD get pink toothpaste all over her vanity already this a.m. She got it on the cap somehow, and of course tried to close the cap by pushing the tube against the vanity instead of just using her fingers. I told her to wipe it up, and when I came back, she had a) used a hand towel, b) hadn't used any water, so c) the pink glob was now a big swirly pink smear. ::facepalm::

tawillers said:

Sorry for the bedtime stuff, heffa. How old is he again?

I know you've probably tried everything, but I'll still ask: Have you tried putting things in his crib for him to occupy himself when he wakes up? Books, a toy that would be safe enough?

DD2 went through something similar around age 2, but not quite as sucky as what you are describing. I would hear her cry, give her a while to calm herself down (every once in a while she would and go back to sleep but the majority of the time she wouldn't) and go into her room with a book or two. I'd talk to her and let her know that when she wakes up, she should start reading a book until she fell back to sleep because Mommy was not going to keep coming into her room (and both girls know that our bed is only for us - personal preference).

In the beginning, she'd want nothing to do with the books and she'd cry but I stayed persistent and she did eventually calm herself down and look at the books. I made fewer trips in at night every couple of days, sort of weaning her from seeing me come in. Now she keeps books under her bed, because even at 3.5, she still wakes up in the middle of the night. I can hear her sometimes, reading aloud.

Now, your DS might be too young still for this - like I said, I can't remember exactly how old he is. And I don't know if what I did was the right thing, but it worked for us and I'm ok with her doing it.

I like this, a lot. He's actually really getting interested in books now (I was starting to worry). I've been giving him his teddy and sometimes a couple other plushies, on the theory that a) he could use a transitional object, and b) if he rolls over on them or whatever, NBD. But books could definitely work.

He just turned 16 months, and used to be such a great sleeper. STTN @ 8 weeks--I thought I'd died and gone to heaven, after our slog with DD. Two nights ago, he did settle himself twice, so I was really hopeful. But last night was a circus when he was with us, and all rage-y when he wasn't. I was trying to avoid straight CIO, but I was out of ideas. (And when I dozed off, it sort of turned into CIO anyway.) I can't believe that little booger kept it up until quarter after four. I'm really hoping he conked out at some point in there, but I don't know.

Anyway, now that it's the weekend, it's a good time to try this--if he stays up crying in his crib and ignoring his books, at least he can sleep in the next morning, and take an extra nap if needed.

6fsn · February 2015

Books or a little toy might be a really good idea. 6let has always been an easy sleeper, but up early. M2 liked to get up in the middle of the night for no reason. Max just never wanted to sleep.Thelast few years SUCKED. Yesterday I actually had to set my alarm to be sure I'd be up before 7. It does get better.

tawillers · February 2015

I still had to go into her room and explain the book thing several times before she picked one up, but when she did it was like the best win ever.

0Face · February 2015

I see this whole huge thread and all the goings-on and then scroll to the bottom and think "Yeah, I'm at work, but we're just not giving a fluck today". And that is that.

thejucheidea · February 2015

Massage and our baby shower tomorrow, wooooo!

Absolutely nothing Sunday, but I'll probably be doing classwork.

FRIDAY!!

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