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post #41 of 297
11/5/08 at 4:11pm
The wind knocked over the huge trash can in my backyard and blew the box of toys around the corner of the house!
I love the changing on the weather but I do not like the wind!

Twentyalmonds, it's great you were able to go this long without your dryer!
I got Starbucks yesterday too. It was nice to have as cup of coffee I didn't have to brew and clean my coffee pot for!

Elm, I don't blame you, I would have done the same thing! Glad he can see some positive in an Obama/Biden election.

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post #42 of 297
11/5/08 at 4:49pm
N, my kid, the daredevil. I had a big scare about an hour ago. . .he was standing in the bathroom as I was finishing getting ready to leave the house and he just fell over and smacked his forehead on our nice, hard, ceramic tile. After calming him down from his blood curdling screams, I noticed a huge 1" circle bruise in the center of his forehead (the phrase "third eye" comes to mind). I'm a bit paranoid about skull fractures (spent too much time in the Pres emergency dept volunteering) so I debated what to do, but thankfully he calmed down enough to think that running to the ER wasn't necessary at this point. So I called the nurse advice line and talked to the woman for a while and by then N was acting like his normal self. She gave me advice and thought he was OK (the front of the head is the hardest part of the skull) and told me what to look for. Whew! He nursed a ton and is now fast asleep in my lap.

It's not like he's never hit is head before. It's a daily occurance around here, it's just this time it was much more severe than the other times. He's got 6 (!!) bruises on his head right now (and only one from this morning). . I'm a bit afraid to take him into public lest someone thinks I'm beating him.

So. . .does anyone know where I can get one of those Superyard XTs used? I'll get a new one if necessary, but prefer used. The shape of my house is not really conducive to baby gates and I really really really need something to keep the kid in while I, ya know, go to the bathroom or something. He's into EVERYTHING!
post #43 of 297
11/5/08 at 5:11pm
Have you looked on craigslist for one? If you have to get one new, Babies R Us has them. And N is a lot like Little S who is always covered in bruises. He took off is pants one day when one of his therapists was here (he got rice in them) and she commented about his legs. Thankfully she has seen him in action, but for a second I had a feeling of "oh crap she's gonna call CPS!"

And as I typed this my son has been playing on the bottom shelf of our tall shelves and broke out in to the backyard, even though the pool lock os activated. Hm...
post #44 of 297
11/5/08 at 5:22pm
E's head was always one big bruise. Once people saw him in action they understood but he was small for his age, didn't talk and was walking at 8 months so they didn't believe he could have done that much damage himself.

I second Elm, check craigslist
post #45 of 297
11/5/08 at 11:39pm
L got seven stiches above his eye for spinning and falling into his train table.

Biggest adjustment- Leaving a job I loved, house I owned, family friends and moving 3 hours away from everyone I knew. It was hard (still is) to negociate chores, cleaning and money. I had not lived with a man before and you can imagine my surprise....I felt like my standard of living decreased and his increased.
post #46 of 297
11/6/08 at 12:06am
asf - It didn't seem like a huge adjustment for me either, since we lived together for several years before getting hitched. It also helped that we both had been married before, so there wasn't really a big shock for me as to what to expect. Now KIDS on the other hand.... I'm with Emans... :

We should be there tomorrow. Anything we should bring?
post #47 of 297
11/6/08 at 3:14am
Thanks elmh and emans. N is doing alright now but I swear, that kid is going to be the end of me one of these days. After seeing little S, I'm afraid of what my future holds! Just kidding! I see that Emans' E turned out alright so far, so there is hope after all LOL

I hear ya on the adjustment with kids! Actually, having E wasn't too bad. But two, wowza! I think if I had N first it would have been a whole different ball game. I can't decide if it's better to have the high needs kid first or not. I feel totally blindsided!
post #48 of 297
11/6/08 at 10:25am
It's better to have the high needs kid first! S had to be in arms or nursing all day. I cannot imagine doing that with an older child that needed me. Little S didn't really care so it made mine and S's adjustment way easier.

And yeah Little S is crazy, but then I look at the older boys and figure he'll make it. I'm just hoping on only one ER visit per 3 years (so far we have not had to go.)
post #49 of 297
11/6/08 at 10:57am
Oh having E first was the way to go, I can't imagine having him as number 3.


We made it nearly 6 years without an ER trip looking back I was really amazed.

Bring whatever or nothing I think we're good. I'll dig the diaper bag out for you and you can see what works.
post #50 of 297
11/6/08 at 11:59am
We won't be there today, too much going on today. Have fun!

As far as adjustment to marriage, I had a tough time. I guess we were both so opinionated. We fought about everything...from food to house decor. We've both mellowed a lot. Thank God!
post #51 of 297
11/6/08 at 12:51pm
We should be there today.

I think we will have to turn our swamp cooler off now. Last night we actually had to close the windows : And big C is actually wearing clothes this morning
post #52 of 297
11/6/08 at 1:29pm
Thread Starter 
We were : about the election here, but haven't been able to really celebrate it because tuesday night I got a sinus infection. Things are slowly getting better today. We won't be making it to pg though. Have fun! Dd and I will be missing you all.

Dh and I haven't done too bad in our transition into marriage. For the most part we get along really well. I think a lot of that has to do with us both coming out of nasty relationships in the past, having respect for each others differences and knowing what's really important to us and what isn't worth arguing about. The whole kid thing : I would say thats been another story! But when it comes to cleaning the house and cooking, he's fantastic.
post #53 of 297
11/6/08 at 1:35pm
oh yeah

blue - got some plain bread and tried the stamp - dd was so confused

crazy - it is soooo much better to have the "challenging" kid first. If ds had been first i would have been the most smug know it all parent. I would have been like "well if a baby cries you nurse them, change them, hold them - duh!" heh - having dd first let me know about kids who just scream and scream and scream and there is nothing you can do. And she was such a purposeful daredevil i got used to the bumps and bruises quick. Like elm - i was so glad that EI got to see her in action so they knew it wasnt me beating her. Baby C gets hurt but it is because he is just clueless

thank you all for your responses - it is interesting to see the diff between mens answers and womens.
post #54 of 297
11/6/08 at 1:53pm
Okay well I thought we were coming to PG but C came in last night covered in throw up. This was after I spent an hour in the bathroom dry heaving and praying to throw up because my stomach hurt so much I almost passed out.

So we are home today, I managed to take L to school. DH is working from home so that is going to throw me off too. I just want to go hide under the covers all day.

have fun !!
post #55 of 297
11/6/08 at 2:03pm
Hope you guys are feeling better soon Doularn!

Dh is home from work for at least the morning. Last night he felt horrible and he ended up sleeping on the couch at some point, I think because Little S decided he had to be in between us, but mostly on dh.

EI came this morning and it was the first time our SLP (the weekly therapist) had met him. She also brought our new co-ordinator who is nice. Little S of course showed off his craziness and spent the last 15 minutes of the session jumping on his elephant and then hanging off of me and pulling me backwards on to him, smashing him in to the couch. Crazy boy.
post #56 of 297
11/6/08 at 2:12pm
Wel, we won't make it after all. The kids are still snotty and C threw up last night. There hasn't been a repeat, so they are probably fine, but I don't want to risk exposing everyone else to the sniffles. Have fun and i'll see you all next time
post #57 of 297
11/6/08 at 3:58pm
Sorry I've been out a bit. Family in town and baby H is sick. He lost his voice and his cough is wet and nasty. Runny nose as well, but no fever. Were M not out of town on business I'd be doing better, but I'm up often at night with sad, sick baby and then I have to try to be nice to the rest of the kids when they get up way too early because we're not adjusted to daylight savings yet.

M gets back at midnight tonight and has his every other Friday off tomorrow. Thank goodness. Maybe I'll stay in bed all. day. long to catch up on sleep. He keeps saying he'll need a nap tomorrow because he's getting home so late but I'm having trouble being sympathetic, since he's spent three nights alone in a quiet hotel room, responsible for no one but himself. I made sure he took his CPAP with him so he has no excuse for not sleeping much better than I have while he's been gone.

Hope everyone feels better soon! I'm sure this is going to run through our family so we'll be down a couple of weeks.
post #58 of 297
11/7/08 at 3:22pm
I hope everyone who has the sickies gets better soon.
post #59 of 297
11/7/08 at 5:31pm
We are better but my DH of course thought he was "getting sick or something" last night and wimped out on me getting the kids to bed.

Trying to sort through toys today to give away. Uh very painful to do with the actual children here that suddenly decide every item is precious and special.
post #60 of 297
11/7/08 at 10:31pm
Good luck with the toy sortage, that is hard (which is why we are drowning in toys). We only have a few sniffles hope everything else stays away.

So the whole lot of us went to the dentist and optomitrist today. M was a super trooper the poor thing didn't sleep at all and was in arms most of the day but still the sweetest happiest little thing. She's already crashed out for the night.

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