I put Finn in bed for his nap and I dozed off for a bit. I woke up with a start thinking it was the morning and we overslept! Ha! Hate when that happens!! I only slept for 12 min. WTF body??? I def need to catch up on more than 12 min of sleep!!!
I left all the kids home with Ryan, though, so it went fast.
Ava isn't sleeping well again. Maybe it's the age? She's on the verge of really trying to talk. She's working hard at imitating what we say. Oh and her tummy is so messed up from teething right now so she's pooping at like 6 AM, waking herself up and then can't go back to sleep. Ugh. And this afternoon, just as she was going down for her nap, she pooped so that woke her up and we had to start all over again.
The new babysitter is NOT working out. Which is a total bummer because it was so easy to just walk her next door. But when I took her over this afternoon, she started crying right away and was almost to the point of panic attack. The babysitter said she cried the whole 2 hrs on Monday. 
So I had to take her to work with me and DH came and picked her up from there. Luckily, I had meetings and projects for the first couple of hours and wasn't on the phones. No clue what we're going to do for the rest of the time until her other babysitter is ready to start taking her again.
Poor Ava! I wonder if you can have someone come to your house?
MW: that is interesting - Gabe's started detaching around age 2 - he doesn't try to retract, he pulls it out longer. I only tried to see if it would back when he was having smegma pearls and I was concerned about it being swollen and him able to pee. (he was fine) I hope his rash clears up soon!
Carrie - 12 minutes? is it better than nothing? IDK . . .it'd make me cranky.
AFU: nothing planned to day - tons for the weekend, corn maze, state fair, anniversary date night . . . and seeing MIL. That last has me worried. ugh.
What about one of your older kids? Could one of them take care of her at your house for those 2 hours? It may not really matter much who she's with if it's not someone she already knows and loves. Some babies do not like being left with someone else or not being at home. It could be a stages/phases things, too. I think there's an stage when toddlers have separation anxiety even if they were fine with it before.
Whew! MDC is back up! I was going through withdrawals!
It would be so great if DSD 14 could watch her because her high school is within walking distance of our house. But HS doesn't get out until 4 PM and I need to leave my house at 3:15 PM at the latest. You're probably right, I don't think it has anything to do with the specific babysitter, she's just not used to staying with someone that she hasn't known her whole life. I think she views her regular babysitter's house as one of her houses. She just goes in and starts playing with stuff. Sometimes, she may whine or fuss when it's time for me to leave but the babysitter can calm her down no problem. We're going over on Sat morning to see her and meet the new baby.
Had Ava's WBV this morning. She's 18 lbs and 28 inches. So she's fallen off the growth chart for height now. Her pedi asked me about shots and I said I didn't want to do any right now, partly because she's been sick and I don't want to stress her immune system. I guess I'll need to flat out ask him at her 18 month WBV if he will need to "fire" us if I delay the rest of her shots indefinitely. He was a little concerned about her lack of walking but he said her tone was good and she's not technically delayed until she hits 16 months and she's not walking. He asked me where things stood with the testing for Noonan's and I told him that insurance was still denying the claim. So I asked him if at some point, since she's now fallen off the growth chart and she has other physical traits associated w/Noonan's, do we just label her as having Noonan's? He said he wasn't sure. He asked me if she followed simple instructions and I said yes and told him what she did this morning. She was naked and she sat down and started looking at her vagina like she needed to pee. I told her that if she needed to do peeps, she should sit on the potty. So she stood up, cruised over to her IKEA potty seat, sat down and peed. So she can follow instructions!
Annie, haha me too! MDC withdrawl!
I'd keep fighting insurance, bc what if Noonan's is NOT it?
Oh, and re: MIL she's acting as if she didn't say or do anything out of the ordinary, which is really how I thought she'd play it. I still think we need to talk, but it will wait until Sunday when we pick Gabe up.
Need to work! Ack!
Hi guys!! Oooh mdc looks different. This will take getting used to!
Lauri - boo to the dropoff in weight. :-( I'm sorry. I'm not sure what I'd do. I think I'd pay out of pocket for the testing if I couldn't get insurance to cover it. Is it very expensive?
MW - do you have any sposies left? Maybe try triple paste and sposies for a few days to clear up that rash. It's the only thing that works for Finnley when he has a bad teething rash (like right now). He gets red, bumpy, and shiny rash all over his bum and around his scrotum, and when I wipe it sometimes he bleeds a little. Oh it's so awful. None of the natrual stuff even remotely helps. I just slather his bum with triple paste and keep him comfy that way.
Kat - ugh good luck with the MIL. Is Gabe spending the whole weekend? Maybe just let it all go. Who really needs to drag anything out longer than necessary. She ought to apologize, but is it going to happen? Is it worth it if it isn't genuine? Ugh. It's too bad. What a piece of work she is.
Have fun at the corn maze!
I'm busy busy! Party is tmw. Weather looks good! It's POURING today tho, so all the yard work (raking up and setting up the bounce house) will have to wait till tomorrow am. Nora is going to flip! Hopefully DH doens't have any trouble picking it up. It should fit in the car, the guy said.
Taking a break from cleaning to eat lunch (big huge spinach salad) and watch some Dr Who. Finn just went down for a nap. Hopefully he gives me another good one so I can get some laundry done and maybe start baking!!
I decided I'd wait the week out and then try again if needed. His rash is clearing up now, though. It looks so much better than just 2 days ago. I think this might be more teething rash. When he was screaming yesterday I noticed the white spots of his lower cuspids just under his gums, gave him some Hyland's teething tablets and he was immediately as happy as could be (if only for a few minutes).
Norah's rash is present regardless of sposies or cloth, it does fade a bit with a thick slather of diaper cream (again, doesn't matter if CD safe or not . . .) Maybe it's just teething? but it seems pee related as opposed to poop.
I, unfortunately, didn't hear the comments. She did leave shortly after making them - also a good thing. I wouldn't force her to apologize. We'll see how her attitude continues, I mean, the pregancy isn't going anywhere, and the baby will be here before we know it, so it's not like a topic that can be swept under the rug indefinitely. But I do think her comments have done serious damage to her and DH's relationship. no helping that.
I can't wait to see pics of Nora's party!
It works! I think FF was down earlier. I couldn't get to mine to update it.
Glad his rash seems to be going away! That's good news. If it's teething then I feel you - like I said Finn's bum is in rough shape right now from those molars!
I know with photos you can exclude certain people from seeing them. I bet you could somehow do it with posts. I think you make it "custom" instead of "friends" and you can click that person to exclude from the post. Let me try it.
Yes! You can. When you update your status, where it says Friends, click it and highlight Custom. You'll be able to hide it from a specific person!
Aha! GTK! I suppose if it's just a thing or two it's ok to do it custom. Your way sounds way better. Like blocking yourself from their feed!
I should just unfriend her but I think that would be too obvious right after we got into an argument on FB. Maybe I should so she knows exactly why. I've only met her once personally so it's not like we are friends or I need to keep her as a contact for anything.
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