Everyone Thursday: Hyper Medallion Tiled Scarf

I’m hoping it’s not too late in the day to post, but having some trouble and needing perspective. My mother watches our daughter twice a week and she goes to daycare the remaining days. I HATE the days she is with my mother, which is the opposite of how I thought it would go. I don’t doubt she is well cared for, but I feel like my mother now considers herself an expert on my child. At Easter she was telling my aunts and even me and my husband about things my daughter likes, etc, like she’s the mother. When we pick my daughter up at the end of the day, she is reluctant to give her up even though we haven’t seen her all day and it’s hard to get out of there. She also demanded from the start that we bring the baby to her even though it would be easier for us and more comfortable for the baby to watch her at our house (this last point is not a huge deal, but on top of everything else . . .) It’s these examples and a million other little things, but they are getting to me. I am sure some of this is intertwined in my own relationship with my mother, but just wondering if others have had more trouble with establishing boundaries with family caregivers. My mother is also sensitive and tends to ice me out rather than constructively discuss anything so taking to her sounds great in theory but from practice doesn’t work well. I’m thinking at some point soon we need to transition to full time daycare, but that in and of itself will likely cause a family issue. On the other hand she is giving us free daycare and we should be grateful.

Uh oh… I think I have a plugged duct. I’m massaging and pumping the heck out of it now, but is there anything else I can do? I can’t go home until the normal time (3-4 hrs from now).

Where do you store an emergency fund? We have parked ours in a savings account that earns almost no interest. It needs to stay liquid, but also should be earning something.

Thanks to all last week who recommended we see the doctor for my son’s poop issues. Turns out he does have a mass in there, may have lost some feeling as a result of the stretching… and the doctor is recommending we give him an enema for three days in a row, followed by months (seriously) of daily Miralax doses (half a cap). But “if there’s every true diarrhea” for “several days in a row” we can cut it back to a quarter cap. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

Anyway… just thought I’d follow up. Off to go research pediatric enemas… (shudder)

What did you do about sports bras when you were pregnant? I’m normally a 34A or B, and I’m 11 weeks pregnant and my sports bras are starting to feel too tight. I plan to keep running as long as I can and then continue with different workouts, so I’ll need to buy some new ones, but I know from past experience my size will steadily increase throughout my pregnancy (I ended up a 38D during the first weeks of nursing last time). Last time I gave up workouts because I was sick and exhausted, but I’m hanging in pretty well so far and want to keep at it.

Should I just plan on buying a few in every size between here and there, or do they make magic adjustable sports bras for pregnant/nursing/rapidly fluctuating women?

Good morning ladies, I’m nearly 38 weeks pregnant and will be having a c section due to this little diva being in a breech position. I was just wondering if anyone had advice on preparing and recovering from a c section? Everything I’ve read so far and all the people I’ve talked to so far seem to be on the same page, but wanted to get opinions from you ladies as well. Thanks in advance!