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Ohfour · Hooker

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Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Ohfour wrote:
So DD, (who I am convinced is actually crazy) is throwing a birthday party for Sweetness next weekend. Let's examine all the reasons this is wrong:

It's a pool party. DD cannot get in the water.
DGS will be 12 days old. Really?
She's invited 50 people.
Sweetness is TWO. She won't remember.
The party is about 45 minutes from her house, 5 minutes form mine.
Guess who get to take the afternoon off work today to go shopping for all the party supplies?
Guess who gets to pick up the food on party day?

She needs to cancel or at least reschedule this party. This is ridiculous...

WHAAAAAT??

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Tignanello wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
So DD, (who I am convinced is actually crazy) is throwing a birthday party for Sweetness next weekend. Let's examine all the reasons this is wrong:

It's a pool party. DD cannot get in the water.
DGS will be 12 days old. Really?
She's invited 50 people.
Sweetness is TWO. She won't remember.
The party is about 45 minutes from her house, 5 minutes form mine.
Guess who get to take the afternoon off work today to go shopping for all the party supplies?
Guess who gets to pick up the food on party day?

She needs to cancel or at least reschedule this party. This is ridiculous...
WHAAAAAT??

Oh my! That is rather ambitious.

I'm with you. Wait a couple of weeks. Sweetness won't know the difference.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Guess who get to take the afternoon off work today to go shopping for all the party supplies?
Guess who gets to pick up the food on party day?
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Her Husband!!

Why is she having a pool party for a 2 yo? Even without all the rest of it that sounds dangerous. Even if Sweetness knows how to swim. So many people & a new baby & maybe not paying full attention. Bad idea IMHO.

TrudyML · Guru

Ugh. Groaned for you!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Ohfour wrote:
So DD, (who I am convinced is actually crazy) is throwing a birthday party for Sweetness next weekend. Let's examine all the reasons this is wrong:

It's a pool party. DD cannot get in the water.
DGS will be 12 days old. Really?
She's invited 50 people.
Sweetness is TWO. She won't remember.
The party is about 45 minutes from her house, 5 minutes form mine.
Guess who get to take the afternoon off work today to go shopping for all the party supplies?
Guess who gets to pick up the food on party day?

She needs to cancel or at least reschedule this party. This is ridiculous...

OK - you KNOW I'm not that crazy about that child of yours (because of how she treats you). HOWEVER, I assume she is doing this because she wants to make sure Sweetness knows that the new baby does not mean she is being replaced and that she is still special and to fight off sibling jealousy.

Just a thought.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

The thought of 50 people around a 12 day old baby makes me cringe. And then there is all the work she is pawing off on you. You poor thing.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Wow ohfour, a pool party sounds like something you'd throw for a five year old. Not a two year old. I wish you luck. 50 people is a big undertaking right after having a baby.

FNW · Guru

OH heck, I told the boys that they are too young for a pool party, because not everyone knows how to swim. At age 7. They can have one friend over to swim at a time. That means 3 kids in the pool with two adults. I have life vests, JIC the friend can't swim. And I'm not confident in the buoyancy of my boys still. I couldn't fathom having 50 people at a pool.

I didn't throw a party for the boys when they were two. The in-laws came down and I had my hands full enough without bringing additional children into the mix.

What would happen if you didn't take the afternoon off to buy supplies? What would happen if you didn't pick up the food? Personally, I would offer to take the children for the evening so she can do the party planning herself.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

I agree with FNW, make her do her own planning!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Too bad she is expecting you to do all that. That's the day you scheduled your new bi-yearly trip to __________.

Blankie · Guru

I just found another Blankie, though spelled a little different. A real person with first name Blanki.

That was fun.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

There is a cashier at our Wal-Mart and her name is Unique. Yep. Unique. She is the nicest person.

Blankie · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
There is a cashier at our Wal-Mart and her name is Unique. Yep. Unique. She is the nicest person.

Now that is a unique name.

Tinydancer · Guru

Blankie wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
There is a cashier at our Wal-Mart and her name is Unique. Yep. Unique. She is the nicest person.
Now that is a unique name.

It's very unique...lol

chef · Guru

I'm such a horrible mother. I pissed off my toddler by stopping his playing to change his poopy diaper. Excuse me for wanting him to have a fresh diaper. Oh the tantrum he threw!

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Wayne made it to JFK okay. His flight to Milan is in about an hour and a half.

He was going to find something to eat, before they board.

I hope the next flight goes smoothly. smile

I actually took a nap this afternoon. That almost never happens. It was nice! smile

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

chef wrote:
I'm such a horrible mother. I pissed off my toddler by stopping his playing to change his poopy diaper. Excuse me for wanting him to have a fresh diaper. Oh the tantrum he threw!

DS1 could sit happily with a poopy diaper; DS2 wanted it changed.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Wayne made it to JFK okay. His flight to Milan is in about an hour and a half.
He was going to find something to eat, before they board.
I hope the next flight goes smoothly.
I actually took a nap this afternoon. That almost never happens. It was nice!

Preachin' to the choir!

flan

chef · Guru

flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
I'm such a horrible mother. I pissed off my toddler by stopping his playing to change his poopy diaper. Excuse me for wanting him to have a fresh diaper. Oh the tantrum he threw!
DS1 could sit happily with a poopy diaper; DS2 wanted it changed.
flan

DS is weird. Sometimes, he'll come to me for a diaper change right away whether he's playing or not. Days like today, he will get madder than a wet hen no matter how full his diaper is and fights diaper changes tooth and nail. He's showing a lot of interest in the toilet so we're taking baby steps towards potty training.

He's currently pissed off again. He was doing his tired-but-going-to-fight-sleep whiny rubbing his eyes routine so I put him in his crib. He's starting to quiet down. He's quite the turd when he gets overtired so we don't let him stay up once he begins his fighting sleep routine.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nothing worse than a tired kiddo.

flan

FNW · Guru

I don't remember diaper struggles. I do remember getting them to keep them on was challenging during a particular phase. We had to have pre-cut strips of duct tape handy.

jlbear71 · Guru

I started to have lunch with my mom and ended up here at the ER with MIL who probably has another intestine blockage. Waiting for DH to get here and take over so I can get something to eat

FNW · Guru

Oh wow. I hope she's ok.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

jlbear71 wrote:
I started to have lunch with my mom and ended up here at the ER with MIL who probably has another intestine blockage. Waiting for DH to get here and take over so I can get something to eat

I hope it's not serious.

At least you got out of the house smile

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

DH and I met with his surgeon this afternoon. He had a surgery 5 or 6 years ago to fuse 3 discs in his lower back. The disc above that has deteriorated, so we will need another surgery...late June or early July.

I can't wait! He's in too much pain & his legs go numb if he stands for longer than 15 or 20 minutes.

flan

jlbear71 · Guru

It is quieter here in the ER than it was at home. And this is a busy ER. We had to wait for a bed.

chef · Guru

FNW wrote:
I don't remember diaper struggles. I do remember getting them to keep them on was challenging during a particular phase. We had to have pre-cut strips of duct tape handy.

DS is on and off in the must-take-diaper-off phase. He streaked at our Super Bowl party this year. That was ... special.

He went through a horrible phase of having to flip over, scoot off the bed, and run once you got the dirty diaper off. I'm so, so glad that phase is over.

chef · Guru

jlbear71 wrote:
I started to have lunch with my mom and ended up here at the ER with MIL who probably has another intestine blockage. Waiting for DH to get here and take over so I can get something to eat

I hope she's ok.

Ohfour · Hooker

So here are the party favor bags...lei, bubbles, bubble guppies tattoos, bubble guppies kazoo, rock candy, pinwheel, bubbles, and flower hair clip.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

You're a good mom, ohfour. I hope she appreciates your hard work!

flan

NAOW · Vette's SS

Mellow Momma wrote:
The thought of 50 people around a 12 day old baby makes me cringe. And then there is all the work she is pawing off on you. You poor thing.

Same here. At 12 days old that baby still needs to be snuggled full time, not sharing attention with 50 guests, or worse being passed around all those people.

That's a lot of work she wants you to do too.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

That's so cute O4.

I didn't do diapers any longer than I had to. Hated changing diapers.

If I saw they were pooping or about to poop, I stopped everything and took them to the bathroom.

Caitlyn had a real problem with constipation at around 6 months old. She had an easier time if I held her on the toilet.

She was really easy to train because of it.

It worked with Jesse and Aaron too.

chef · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
That's so cute O4.

I didn't do diapers any longer than I had to. Hated changing diapers.

If I saw they were pooping or about to poop, I stopped everything and took them to the bathroom.

Caitlyn had a real problem with constipation at around 6 months old. She had an easier time if I held her on the toilet.

She was really easy to train because of it.

It worked with Jesse and Aaron too.

I don't mind diapers as much as I mind paying $42 for a box of 180 future stinky bundles for the landfill.

We're going to try potty training later this summer. DS is very interested in the toilet and likes sitting on his potty so maybe we'll at least be able to get him daytime trained. I hope to have him fully potty trained by next summer.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

When you think he is ready, don't do the back and forth thing. Take him out of the diapers and don't go back. Pull ups too.

Get linen savers. The washable ones.

I really think it confuses and prolongs the process to go back and forth.

It usually don't take long to train them, a week at most. Of course there will be accidents longer, but they learn really fast.

Unsolicited advice. Completely free.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

DH has surprised me with a grown up night away! He and I are heading up to the city for a romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant, then going to a nice hotel for a night away. We have to be back the next night by 7pm for a senior recital by one of his players. But for 24 hours we will be away and he has promised we will turn all of our electronics off for that 24 hours!

Woo hoo!!

I had better shave my legs.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Mellow Momma wrote:
DH has surprised me with a grown up night away! He and I are heading up to the city for a romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant, then going to a nice hotel for a night away. We have to be back the next night by 7pm for a senior recital by one of his players. But for 24 hours we will be away and he has promised we will turn all of our electronics off for that 24 hours!

Woo hoo!!

I had better shave my legs.

HECK YES!!!

flan

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Mellow Momma wrote:
DH has surprised me with a grown up night away! He and I are heading up to the city for a romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant, then going to a nice hotel for a night away. We have to be back the next night by 7pm for a senior recital by one of his players. But for 24 hours we will be away and he has promised we will turn all of our electronics off for that 24 hours!

Woo hoo!!

I had better shave my legs.

Have a great time, MM!

You guys have been running hard!

Time for a fun break! smile

Enjoy! smile

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Thanks. I think we are going to brunch at my favorite place too !

Packing the sexy undies too. Lol

NAOW · Vette's SS

lilyofcourse wrote:
When you think he is ready, don't do the back and forth thing. Take him out of the diapers and don't go back. Pull ups too.

Get linen savers. The washable ones.

I really think it confuses and prolongs the process to go back and forth.

It usually don't take long to train them, a week at most. Of course there will be accidents longer, but they learn really fast.

Unsolicited advice. Completely free.

THIS. DD did very well very quickly until I put her in Pull-Ups 'just to be safe'. Pull ups are pretty much diapers that go on like underwear, and she figured that out very quickly, and afterwards we couldn't even go back to square one and start over, because the hype of being a 'big girl' had worn off. It took a long time to undo that mistake.

NAOW · Vette's SS

Have fun MM!!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Mellow Momma wrote:
Thanks. I think we are going to brunch at my favorite place too !

Packing the sexy undies too. Lol

I vote for no undies...

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Sounds like a great time MM.

This time, we don't need pictures. wink

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

😯

I agree.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Sounds like a great time MM.

This time, we don't need pictures.

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

NAOW · Vette's SS

LOL

FNW · Guru

chef wrote:
FNW wrote:
I don't remember diaper struggles. I do remember getting them to keep them on was challenging during a particular phase. We had to have pre-cut strips of duct tape handy.
DS is on and off in the must-take-diaper-off phase. He streaked at our Super Bowl party this year. That was ... special.
He went through a horrible phase of having to flip over, scoot off the bed, and run once you got the dirty diaper off. I'm so, so glad that phase is over.

I do remember using my knee to hold them down while I changed. The problem with them taking the diaper off, is inevitably they proceeded to pee all over the carpet. We have hardwoods now.

Up until a year or so ago #2 sleep peed. That was always fun.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Thirty more minutes!

flan

jlbear71 · Guru

I am home. Exhausted. DH finally relieved me after he got himself dinner. I stopped on my way home. We were supposed to go out together but MIL got worse and asked for one of us to stay.

My mother is all butthurt because I asked her, yet again, to not answer our phone especially now since recruiters are calling for DH. Well, she can kiss my azz this time. I just spent all afternoon in the ER and she does not get to be the one who is hurt this time. This is NOT her house. I am tired of her acting like it when it suits her. Plus, they turned off the TV and lights in the parakeets room. He was in the dark when I got home and loose in the room. That is a sure fire way to really piss of DH. The parakeet lives here and is used to his routine. They are visitors.

Ugh, enough venting. I'm doing it here so I don't yell at her again. Vodka is already poured and partially consumed. I may have a second one.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

jlbear71 wrote:
I am home. Exhausted. DH finally relieved me after he got himself dinner. I stopped on my way home. We were supposed to go out together but MIL got worse and asked for one of us to stay.

My mother is all butthurt because I asked her, yet again, to not answer our phone especially now since recruiters are calling for DH. Well, she can kiss my azz this time. I just spent all afternoon in the ER and she does not get to be the one who is hurt this time. This is NOT her house. I am tired of her acting like it when it suits her. Plus, they turned off the TV and lights in the parakeets room. He was in the dark when I got home and loose in the room. That is a sure fire way to really piss of DH. The parakeet lives here and is used to his routine. They are visitors.

Ugh, enough venting. I'm doing it here so I don't yell at her again. Vodka is already poured and partially consumed. I may have a second one.

She needs to respect that you are an adult and it is YOUR house.

Pour that second drink.

{hugs}

flan