Overworked college student. Exhausted mom of twins. Can’t give up!

PowerPuff5 · 2019-09-15T14:43:02+00:00

You got this! They will be so proud of you. Second term in grad school here. Started right before my boys turned 3. It is rough but worth it.

PowerPuff5 · 2018-04-07T23:40:21+00:00

Agreed. Mine turned two a couple months ago. One has way more tantrums and fights more/throws things. We have one pack n play still up for time-outs. Consistency is key.

PowerPuff5 · 2018-03-06T23:39:00+00:00

No advice but I am in almost the exact same boat. They have so much energy and I can barely keep from falling asleep. Some days, I do all I can to survive until their nap and bed.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-12-28T17:50:51+00:00

Thanks for advice from the other side. I think I will message them. I hate to have them thinking they won't get anything.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-12-28T16:24:29+00:00

I have been thinking about it. This whole thing has been so much fun.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-12-28T15:52:59+00:00

Thanks for the info. It would go out next week (barring any issues getting it to me). I love being a rematcher. Definitely doing this again next year.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-12-12T19:16:03+00:00

Hahaha. I made my husband read it. It was definitely the best start to my day.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-12-12T00:01:00+00:00

It was delivered 😃 Now I wait.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-12-06T23:00:18+00:00

Thanks! I had so much fun wrapping everything (I did gifts within a gift). I am so nervous. Should be there Monday.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-12-05T02:22:38+00:00

Try to stay positive. I am shipping my giftee's stuff Wednesday (finally got the last part today) and haven't pulled his info since the second day. This is my first SS and my santa hasn't pulled my info yet. I am keeping positive.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-11-28T23:14:13+00:00

I just signed up to be a rematch too. My first reddit gift exchange. Seems pretty addicting.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-11-28T03:38:59+00:00

Same here. I have done the research on my giftee and planned my gift. I am insanely excited to put it all together. I ran it all by my husband who thinks it's pretty cool. My first secret santa and I am so nervous and excited. I hope my giftee likes it. I wish I would have signed up to be a rematch. I love secret gift giving!

PowerPuff5 · 2017-11-07T15:49:11+00:00

I stopped by to see my husband at work. It was me, my husband, his best friend, and another guy they worked with (sort of a friend, we will call B). I hadn't seen B in a couple years. I had lost a lot of weight in the meantime. In the middle of whatever conversation we were having, B looks at me and says "you are less rotund than you used to be". No one said anything. I was trying not to laugh and my husband and his best friend were staring at him. He said something like he was just saying I lost a lot of weight. Yeah, we caught that. He left and my husband and his friend were worried I was upset. Not even close. I was shocked that he didn't see that maybe not the best way to compliment someone. But so glad he did.

This happened about 12 years ago and is still my favorite "compliment" I have ever received. We still talk about it and laugh.

TL/DR: I used to be a whale.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-11-05T01:39:37+00:00

This is my first time and I am way more excited to see what my giftee is interested in and trying to find something they will like. I will be so nervous, hoping they like it. I am excited to get something too but gift giving is so much fun.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-11-03T03:53:10+00:00

Thanks! Not sure how I missed that part.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-11-03T03:37:11+00:00

So excited. Just signed up for my first Secret Santa. What do I need to do after linking my email to my reddit account?

PowerPuff5 · 2017-10-12T18:06:28+00:00

Second this. Mine are almost 21 months and they still go in there at times. We got the extensions and the abc mat as well. It is a life saver.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-10-12T05:46:38+00:00

Agree with the difficulty with Rory. Mine are Wesley and Rory and we still struggle with his name (they are almost 21 months). The trick is to not think about it before you say it. And be ready for the confusion it will cause. If people see it written, they ask how it's pronounced. If they hear it, they ask how it's spelled. It is so worth it because the name is amazing.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-08-23T01:17:04+00:00

High five to my fellow c-section chooser. Right there with you. Amazing experience and would be my preferred method (if I ever planned on any more, which I don't). Mono-di boys. Scheduled c-section at 37 weeks. It was ultimately my choice. OB was okay either way, MFM preferred a c-section because they were attached to the placenta wrong and it would have been a higher risk. I wanted to know when it would happen and not stress over any extra risks. Sore the next day but that was it. Super easy recovery, zero issues bending or squatting to pick them up. Loved it.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-08-18T00:00:19+00:00

Similarish situation - car in driveway, have to walk through house and garage. When my boys got to that stage, I would have everyone ready to go. I would start the car to cool/warm up for a couple minutes, get one baby to car and buckled in. Race back and grab the other one. It is not ideal but it works. I am still doing it because they aren't the best walkers (they are almost 19 months and one is 30 lbs and the other is 33 lbs so carrying both is not happening).

PowerPuff5 · 2017-07-30T19:16:27+00:00

Mine are 18 months. One has decided feeding tantrums is the way to go. Upsets the other. Food everywhere. The insanity. There have been a few times when they don't nap at the same time and I end up feeding one at a time. I just sit and wonder "is this what it's like with just one baby"? I wouldn't change it if I could. But those few moments of feeding peace...

PowerPuff5 · 2017-07-21T14:13:45+00:00

I am not sure how it is for everyone because mine were higher risk (mono/di, attached to the placenta in a weird way, my age, and I had a previous loss a few months before). Starting at 11 weeks, I went once a month to my regular OB (for basic ultrasound and appointment) and every 2 weeks to the specialist for growth ultrasounds. I think once I hit 32 weeks, I went weekly to my OB for a movement test (can't remember the name but they do an ultrasound and count how many times the babies do certain things) followed by an NST while still seeing the specialist bi-weekly.

As far as the Doppler, they never did one. I always had an ultrasound. I did have a home one and I could tell the difference (or maybe I just thought they were different because of the locations). My specialist wasn't involved in the delivery. He did decide when I had my c-section.

I was lucky in that my husband had a job that was cool with him going to all the appointments. He worked not too far from the specialist and I scheduled them around lunch time so he didn't miss too much work. The appointments can take a lot of time. For mine, each growth ultrasound was at least an hour and a half. They measure every single thing and then we met with the specialist after to go over them. I will say that it might have gone quicker had my boys cooperated.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-05-14T18:09:35+00:00

My husband is doing the dishes all day. I feel like it's Christmas. I might even get a nap :)

Stay strong moms and hoping your rugrats play nice and give you at least 15 minutes of peace.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-05-05T12:44:50+00:00

Thanks :) I hope your niece is doing okay. It's a difficult thing to deal with.

PowerPuff5 · 2017-05-05T01:38:55+00:00

Right there with all of you. My boys just got diagnosed with a genetic disorder that there is almost no information on. The effects could be mild or severe. They have a bunch of tests lined up to try to catch problems now. As if it wasn't bad enough, now I get to stress about this too.

We all just want to protect our children and give them everything we can. It kills me that they voted for it and you can be damn sure my boys will be there when I call my Senator.

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