Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[Jaymes]

Congrats Dazed!

Congrats Amber!

Sorry about Tim's shoulder issues, I have a similar dilemma, but my DH needs his knee fixed. I keep begging him to do it, and now I don't think it'll get done. H should've done it months ago...

Happy Birthday Allie & Alistair! (I think Momma's should get a gift too...)

 

[LucyJ]

Vicky I wish Benjamin would let me spoon feed him hes started getting really independent at meal times wanting to hold the spoon and do it himself hes getting quite good.

Hope everyone has got lovely weekends ahead of them.

 

[msarkozi]

Congratulations Dazed!!!

And Congratulations to you too hoping, that is so exciting and very selfless of you to do that for someone

Allie - when I weaned Kash from formula to homo milk, I did it a third at a time....do it over a period of 2 weeks so you don't mess with the stomach too much, and just go a third at a time until it's all milk. If he is having problems with it, then take longer to get to the full milk.

I just got home last night from being away for about 10 days. Got most of my Christmas shopping done now, except for a few people. Man is it ever getting expensive for Christmas!!! Not really sure what happened to the true meaning of Christmas......seems to be all about expensive lavish gifts now......not from this person it sure isn't, but there is just way too many people to buy for!

Hearty - I am sorry about your frustration. Men really don't get it at all.

I am feeling good though. I am going to be booking my first prenatal appointment for next week I think. I have a 24 hour heart test scheduled for tomorrow, so I am thinking I will have the results for that by next week too and kill two birds in one stone. The heart test is just because I was getting dizzy all the time (low blood pressure), so they just want to check my heart out as well....nothing serious or with the baby.

 

[Allie84]

Is it a 24 hour Holter Monitor Mel? I had one of those about 4 years ago because I always get heart palpitations. It was strange wearing it for a whole day!

 

[msarkozi]

yes it is. The crappy thing is, I have to go to the Hospital in High Level to get it done....so I have to be there for 9:00 am (earlier to check in and what not), and then drive back home and go to work. Then drive back again on Wednesday to get it removed for the same time, and then again back to work. It's 138 km each way!!! And she said it would only take about 10 minutes......seems like such a waste of my time to drive all that way for about half an hour total!

 

[hoping:)]

Mel- I'm loving your ticker!!! I hope the heart test goes well. It sucks you have to do so much driving for it.

Thought I would share Penny's 1st pet store experience:

Friday, while we were at the mall I decided to pop into the pet store as a little treat for Penny. Little did I know how terrified she would be! Every time I brought her near the puppy pens or the birds she would hold onto me for dear life and make a shuttering/ disgusted noise and her little body would tremble for a minute. I thought she was just overwhelmed by the amount of animals at one time so we choose a small, cute English bulldog to take to a room and play with. She hid behind me the entire time but would stick out her hand wanting to pet him. As soon as he came near her she would snatch her hand away and hide. A puppy will not be anywhere in our near future that’s for sure! Plus after him being in the room for only one minute he peed all over the floor and proceeded to slip and slide in it through out our visit as well as poo every where. We learned a valuable lesson that day, neither one of us is puppy ready. Tim was happy to hear there would be no begging for a puppy from either of us for a very long time!

 

[msarkozi]

That sucks that she was terrified of them though. Hopefully in time she will come around and enjoy them.

I like taking Kash into pet stores as well when I am out of Town. He loves them. We have a cat at home though. It was funny last night, as I think the two of them missed each other, as Milo kept hanging out around the tub while Kash was having his bath. Kash would reach out his hand and Milo would swat it, and they kept doing it, all the while Kash laughing!

Oh man, welcome back to hell at work today! My supervisor is such a witch! She didn't even get into the office until after lunch and then was being so rude to everyone. She freaked out on me because I knew about this surprise that is happening and it's supposed to be confidential. She was like I am the supervisor and I am the one that is supposed to be approached about it and then I delegate it out. You shouldn't know anything confidential over me and blah blah blah. So I told her that even her boss doesn't know about it, and that I am the only person in this district that knows about it, as corporate has one contact person per district to help them out with this surprise taking place. So she asked me for the name of the lady and was phoning her to give her shit about it! WOW! What a way to ruin a nice thing that is happening, and now I don't even want to be this contact person anymore to hand out the surprise.........

 

[hoping:)]

Mel- We have a cat named Niko and Penny adores her. They do the swatting thing as well and Penny is always following her around... not sure Niko adores Penny as much though She even tries to say "kitty cat."

Sounds like your boss is on a power trip

 

[yogi77]

Congrats Dazed!!!!!

 

[msarkozi]

omg, what a drive this morning! I left about 7:25 am, and pulled into the hospital a couple minutes after 9:00. Then it was like the lady even forgot I was coming, so I was a little annoyed about that. It was snowing last night and so the roads were horrible...I almost hit the ditch 3 times, but thankfully I was able to keep it on the road. There was so much traffic that there was major whiteouts happening. The plows haven't finished clearing the roads yet either (and they do a crappy job anyway). I was so happy to get to work at 11:00!!! Needless to say, I refused to go back in tomorrow morning again and said since the doctor is here tomorrow, he can take off the monitor instead and bring it back with him!!

 

[Allie84]

OMG Mel, good thinking! There's not point risking your health for a health test...a little bit ironic! You are making a good decision!

Yeah, your boss's reaction was so strange! I can't believe she was going to call someone just to tell them off. Ridiculous.

Amber, awwww, what a trip to the pet store! Alistair just stares when we take him in. I can't tell if he likes it or hates it. Puppies are so much work and so messy, I don't miss the puppy stage at all! It's funny what babies are afraid of....Alistair is terrified of people wearing hats!

 

[msarkozi]

yeah I thought it was quite childish of her to act like that, over something that is supposed to be a surprise to all employees.

lol, that is cute that he is afraid of people wearing hats.

I ordered Kash a big boy bed today. Since we got home, he doesn't want to sleep in his crib and screams! last night was horrible. Finally around 1:00 am, I got up with him and went to the couch. But then I was uncomfortable there, so I made an area on the floor of his room and we slept there for the rest of the night. The fact that he slept in his room out of the crib, makes me believe he doesn't want to be in the crib anymore. So tonight I am going to take the mattress out and put it on the floor and see if he will sleep on that. Unfortunately I have to curl at 7:00 and won't be there for his bedtime, so I am not sure how it is going to work out

 

[hoping:)]

Mel- I'm glad you survived the trip and have put your foot down and will not be driving there again. Let us know how Kash does on the mattress and his big boy bed I've been thinking about when we will convert Penny's crib to a toddler bed. Tim wants to wait until she is two. He thinks we will have to be tracking her down in the middle of the night if she is not confined to her crib

Allie- Penny is afraid of bearded men the most. She completely flips out. My soon to be BIL has a beard and after spending a week with them Penny still wouldn't look at him but if his head was turned we would catch her studying his face

I was reading a thread the other day about parent's asking their toddlers what the wanted for Christmas. One responded with a sandwich and crisps. The other said a baby guraffalo (I'm assuming buffalo) I'm curious to hear what Penny will want for Christmas next year!

I'm seriously loving the toddler stage even with the sassy attitude that has come along with it!

AFM: I got the go ahead to get my IUD removed and to start on BCP. The surrogacy agency doesnt think it will be long before I am matched so they want me to be prepared. I'm excited and nervous! The IUD is coming out tomorrow!

 

[LucyJ]

Mel that drive sounds scary so glad you dont have to do it again . Cant believe that women at work what a strange thing to do sounds like shes threatened. Hope all goes well with Kashs big boy bed and the mattress on the floor untill then. I cant imagine Benjamin being in a big bed I think he needs to be contained hee hee he'd be into every otherwise.

Allie I love the pictures of Alistair on fb looks like you had a wonderful time, can you believe your baby is 1 now.

Wow Amber that is so exicting what a new amazing journey you are on. Benjamin is very suspisous of men with beards which is a step forward as he used to just cry when he saw them even when his grandad would come round. All my brothers have some kind of facial hair and he takes a while to warm up to them. He loves seeing dogs and is ok with my sil cats as long as they are still but if they move he gets really upset.

Yogi how are you feeling?

 

[heart tree]

Hi girls. I'm reading while nursing but don't have time for much else. Super exhausted doing all the work here. Will update when I can. Not sure when that will be. But I'm reading everything. xo

 

[LucyJ]

Amanda and delilah hope you are both doing well

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Hey,

I am reading just don't have much time to post anymore, 2 kids, house buying, gym obsession is taking over my life!

Hoping - you truly are amazing! Wow just wow! I would love to be a surragote but assumed my health problems would cause concern!

Good luck with the big boy bed Mel, pops will be going into hers before Xmas!

 

[vickyd]

Mel and Sass you guys are making me feel bad!!! I hadnt even considered a toddler bed for at least another year lol!!! My potty training is also failing miserably! She sits on it and pretends to push out but wont go until shes safely in her diapers.

Hero is terrified of bearded men too. Her godfather has one and she screams bloody murder when he comes over. He's promised to shave it off this week thank god.

Today i didnt go into work...I am feeling very close to a burn out, I mean i drag my feet all day and even taking a shower takes it out of me. Thankfully my new assistant is working out a treat, hes very hard working and im sure once hes settled in properly ill have some breathing space. Also hes quite fit so a bit of eye candy for moi at work
https://www.facebook.com/tassos.floros?ref=ts&fref=ts heres the link to his face book page hahahaha!!!! Feel like Racheal off friends when she hired Tag hahaha!!!

 

[Allie84]

Haha, yes, he's very good looking Vicky. I'm glad you took the day off. I've been feeling very close to burn out as well but luckily it's Thanksgiving here tomorrow so we have a four day weekend looming.

Oh wow, toddler beds! I don't know how I'll ever sleep if Alistair is free to wander the house lol. Confinement is the way to go for the next year, I think, but I guess we'll see. It sounds like Kash has plans of his own so what can you do?

Oh, Alistair is afraid of beards as well. He gets over it after a few minutes, but not hats.

Alistair has a horrible cough. It's his first real cough and it's disrupting his sleep. I don't know what you can do for a cough with a baby?

 

[hoping:)]

Lucy- I'm glad to hear the hatred of beards had died down for Ben. I'm hoping it does for Penny as well because her god father refuses to go beardless!

Amanda- I hope you are doing ok with all of the added responsibilities. Tim seriously owes you after this... maybe a relaxing vacation/spa day is in order once he recovers!

Sassy- those alls sound like good things taking over your life

Vicky- you crack me up! I will have to go take a look at this new assistant!

Allie- poor Alistair. He has had something one after the other. I hope you all can relax for Thanksgiving and start feeling better.