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[wendow]

But in writing? I thought that was a denial. ???

No, definitely not a denial. It always says 'in writing'. That is just the general time frame it takes to approve the card and mail it out. Fingers crossed for you!

 

[Mopedmom1]

No, definitely not a denial. It always says 'in writing'. That is just the general time frame it takes to approve the card and mail it out. Fingers crossed for you!

Thanks! I just wonder about my credit being closed off. I do have a few cards already from Chase but I don't think they are like AMEX, who may not pull if you have a relationship with them. UGH I NEED a new MSR! and I wanted it to be approved today. LOL!

 

[palhockeymomof2]

Hi there, I’m just jumping in to ask...... should we wait at least 1 year to cancel Chase biz card as well? Or Chase doesn’t care?

I always wait a year to cancel any card

 

[calypso726]

Holy cow, the end is almost here. Once this month is over, I will be under 5/24 for the first time since 2012! Next on the list, a CIP and a Hyatt card. I can also start to hope for an upgrade offer on the no fee Hilton card I picked up last year and cross my fingers that a second Aspire card will be in the cards so to speak. I was able to PC my Chase BonBlah to a Ritz card. The plan is to get another Chase BonBlah card once I'm back under 5/24 to replace the Amex BonBlah biz card and open up a slot with Amex and follow the maze of what card to have or not have when sending the app, eventually PC the Brilliant to a personal BonBlah since I have the Ritz card now and then wait for an upgrade. I need to draw myself a diagram LOL

 

[disfanforlife]

Holy cow, then end is almost here. Once this month is over, I will be under 5/24 for the first time since 2012! Next on the list, a CIP and a Hyatt card. I can also start to hope for an upgrade offer on the no fee Hilton card I picked up last year and cross my fingers that a second Aspire card will be in the cards so to speak. I was able to PC my Chase BonBlah to a Ritz card. The plan is to get another Chase BonBlah card once I'm back under 5/24 to replace the Amex BonBlah biz card and open up a slot with Amex and follow the maze of what card to have or not have when sending the app, eventually PC the Brilliant to a personal BonBlah since I have the Ritz card now and then wait for an upgrade. I need to draw myself a diagram LOL

Exciting! That does sound like a maze. Even though I have been her for awhile now, I still haven’t researched a lot of these cards. I think that’s because we usually only go to Disney. Once I start making plans to travel more to other places, I will be more likely to get a hotel card.

 

[hlhlaw07]

So if we wanted to go out somewhere for an extended period of time and he was in his stroller what would we do to get him in a more reclined position? I'm not sure what options are out there besides buying a bassinet stroller. We plan to carry him in a carrier on our body some, too, but I'm sure that will get old after awhile especially if we're trying to eat somewhere.

Being in the carrier for an extended period time is not the problem, per se. when they are in there and in a car or in a moving stroller there is movement that likely causes them to adjust their position every so often, so the risk of cutting off the airway for an extended period of time is lessened.

When I had my first child I would fall down rabbit holes in the Google machine with every little thing and on top of the little sleep I was getting from round the clock nursing, I was a mess. The pediatrician recommended the website healthychildren.org for the only source to look up concerns. It is the American Academy of Pediatrics website. Probably the best piece of advice I received as a new parent. Really helps weed out the fear and hysteria that you can find elsewhere on the internet and just give you good information that you can use to decide whether you are going to follow a recommendation.

 

[happ]

Thank you both for your responses! I read articles recently saying it’s bad for the baby to be at an angle for too long in a car seat or rocker but I know people have always done it. There are so many things they say “are bad” that it’s hard to tell what really is lol

One of my boys had reflux as a baby and needed to sleep at an angle or he didn't sleep at all. I remember feeling like I wanted to do everything "right" when my first son was born. Looking back, I worried way too much. Trust your judgement and you'll be fine.

 

[Herding_Cats]

The issue with inclined sleeping surfaces is mainly positional asphyxiation, which someone mentioned earlier. This is one of the reasons why all of the fisher price rock and plays got recalled. Recommendations have changed over time to keep more babies safe. We used to not use car seats. Cars didn't have airbags. But recommendations ARE recommendations. The AAP website is a good place to look.


We have officially begun the churn in our house. DH was approved for his CIP this morning (applied on Saturday, got the 30 day message, still 30 days yesterday, approved this morning.) I need to go update my spreadsheet "plan."

 

[needsomesun]

Got DH's SW CP while we were away last week. Woo-hoo! So was able to cancel my return home flight, get my RR points back, and fly as DH's companion. Also, our house has a couple offers on it, which we are sorting out. But one of them wants to close at the end of the month. Which means we're off to NC a few times this month to look at houses. Happy to have my (DH's) 150K SW points and the CP pass to help. The extra 35000 points for the personal card did post, after spending 5K.

 

[first*toright]

Does anybody have Qdoba near them? I bought an online GC from Staples a couple of weeks ago, then found out that the only Qdoba within 100 miles of me closed. Churning fail. Anyway, I'd be happy to gift it to someone who could use it. I think all I'd need is an email address and I can forward the link to where you can print the GC. Its only $25, but I hate to have it go to waste if someone could use it.

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

Thank you both for your responses! I read articles recently saying it’s bad for the baby to be at an angle for too long in a car seat or rocker but I know people have always done it. There are so many things they say “are bad” that it’s hard to tell what really is lol

One of my boys had reflux as a baby and needed to sleep at an angle or he didn't sleep at all. I remember feeling like I wanted to do everything "right" when my first son was born. Looking back, I worried way too much. Trust your judgement and you'll be fine.

Both my lovelies were reflux babies. With my DD it was 3 long mos of me suspecting she had it. When the ped said it was "colic" I about lost it on him. I switched peds, she confirmed reflux, started meds and I had a new baby! With my son after his first bottle I knew he had reflux but his ped made me wait until 6 weeks before she'd allow me to give him meds.

I was also the terrible mom who let her babies tummy sleep! With reflux it was a necessity! It was actually a nurse in the hospital who told me to do it on the DL. Most of us tummy slept as that was the rule back when we were babies. Both my kids could hold their heads up almost as soon as they came out of me (My DD honestly did hold her own head up at birth, LOL). I wasn't worried they would smoother themselves. They obv both made it. Not sure if they would if they slept on their backs, LOL. I tried it. They screamed in pain all night long. Oh and my kids HATED the swaddle. They both busted out of the ones the nurse did immediately. Makes sense, they were BIG TIME movers inside of me (and huge babies, 9lb8oz and 9lbs4oz). My babies wanted to be free.

For me the godsend though was "Happiest Baby on the Block". It became my sleep bible. Yes, you are sleep training. Yes, they cry. But my kids were not sleeping past 1 REM cycle. Once I "trained" them, they went from 30 min naps to 3 hour naps, and they both napped til they were 4! My sister finally gave in and had me do it w/ my nephew when he was 7/8 mos old. She couldn't take the short naps and overtired baby. The first 2 days she wanted to break down (when he cried) but then he started the 3 hour naps and she was a believer, LOL. She however took it to the absolute extreme when it came to no longer missing naps or moving them.

It's funny, when I had kids (and she didn't) it was always about how I wasn't flexible. I was forced to have my kids skip naps, etc. She didn't understand why babies weren't happy having dinner at a restaurant at 9pm. Then when it came to hers, well our world had to revolve around their schedules. Atl least my BIL did apologize to me once. He's like, dang I didn't realize how much you accommodated us when the kids were younger. Yes, Mike....now you know that an overtired baby who didn't nap isn't going to want to sit through a 2 hour dinner at 9pm, LOL.

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

Does anybody have Qdoba near them? I bought an online GC from Staples a couple of weeks ago, then found out that the only Qdoba within 100 miles of me closed. Churning fail. Anyway, I'd be happy to gift it to someone who could use it. I think all I'd need is an email address and I can forward the link to where you can print the GC. Its only $25, but I hate to have it go to waste if someone could use it.

I have one and my kids love it. What would you like for it?

 

[alryan]

Don't know if others have the ATT offer on a Chase card, here's a good DP. I purchased two accessories last week on the same day, split into two separate transactions of >$15 and my offer says it has now been redeemed. The offer was spend >$15 two times at ATT and get $75 credit. From comments on DoC it says you needed to purchase from a corporate owned ATT store. So I was able to get 2 charging cords that I needed for free and made $35.

 

[first*toright]

I have one and my kids love it. What would you like for it?

Good karma . PM me your email address and I will email it to you later today.

 

[Haley R]

Both my lovelies were reflux babies. With my DD it was 3 long mos of me suspecting she had it. When the ped said it was "colic" I about lost it on him. I switched peds, she confirmed reflux, started meds and I had a new baby! With my son after his first bottle I knew he had reflux but his ped made me wait until 6 weeks before she'd allow me to give him meds.

I was also the terrible mom who let her babies tummy sleep! With reflux it was a necessity! It was actually a nurse in the hospital who told me to do it on the DL. Most of us tummy slept as that was the rule back when we were babies. Both my kids could hold their heads up almost as soon as they came out of me (My DD honestly did hold her own head up at birth, LOL). I wasn't worried they would smoother themselves. They obv both made it. Not sure if they would if they slept on their backs, LOL. I tried it. They screamed in pain all night long. Oh and my kids HATED the swaddle. They both busted out of the ones the nurse did immediately. Makes sense, they were BIG TIME movers inside of me (and huge babies, 9lb8oz and 9lbs4oz). My babies wanted to be free.

For me the godsend though was "Happiest Baby on the Block". It became my sleep bible. Yes, you are sleep training. Yes, they cry. But my kids were not sleeping past 1 REM cycle. Once I "trained" them, they went from 30 min naps to 3 hour naps, and they both napped til they were 4! My sister finally gave in and had me do it w/ my nephew when he was 7/8 mos old. She couldn't take the short naps and overtired baby. The first 2 days she wanted to break down (when he cried) but then he started the 3 hour naps and she was a believer, LOL. She however took it to the absolute extreme when it came to no longer missing naps or moving them.

It's funny, when I had kids (and she didn't) it was always about how I wasn't flexible. I was forced to have my kids skip naps, etc. She didn't understand why babies weren't happy having dinner at a restaurant at 9pm. Then when it came to hers, well our world had to revolve around their schedules. Atl least my BIL did apologize to me once. He's like, dang I didn't realize how much you accommodated us when the kids were younger. Yes, Mike....now you know that an overtired baby who didn't nap isn't going to want to sit through a 2 hour dinner at 9pm, LOL.

Thanks for the book recommendation. I put it on hold at my library

 

[Lain]

Didn't see these Amex Offers mentioned:

Save on your Insurance Payment (Seems targeted to Business Cards)
Get 10% back as a statement credit by using your Card, up to $60
Expires 06/03/2020
Get 10% back as a statement credit by using your enrolled Business Card to make a payment on your insurance bill by 6/3/2020. Limit of $60 in total statement credits.

Petco
Spend $60 or more, get $12 back
Expires 05/03/2020
Get a one-time $12 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a minimum of $60+ in one or more transactions in-store at Petco or online at petco.com by 5/3/2020.

Seems highly targeted. These were on DW's cards, but not mine.

 

[afan]

Thanks! I just wonder about my credit being closed off. I do have a few cards already from Chase but I don't think they are like AMEX, who may not pull if you have a relationship with them. UGH I NEED a new MSR! and I wanted it to be approved today. LOL!

If it changes to 7 to 10 days unfreeze whichever they pull from then call and say I forgot to unfreeze my credit and they'll rerun it. The first time I applied after I froze my credit I unfroze the wrong one because I thought they didn't use the one they did for my state. It was an easy call with no questions about my biz though that doesn't mean it wouldn't have them but since it's a freeze issue I think that's all that got looked at.

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

Thanks for the book recommendation. I put it on hold at my library

It goes behind the science of sleep and explains why early bedtimes work, etc. Even if you don't believe in making your child cry, the science is good. It breaks down each age bracket too and the recommended sleep time.

 

[becauseimnew]

Get +5 Membership Rewards® points per dollar spent, up to 1,500 points
Amazon.com


On DH's Green Card

I also had a QuikTrip Offer, spend $10 get $5 3xs on my Biz Green.

 

[smallsy]

Thank you both for your responses! I read articles recently saying it’s bad for the baby to be at an angle for too long in a car seat or rocker but I know people have always done it. There are so many things they say “are bad” that it’s hard to tell what really is lol

I have seen some reports of babies being kept or even allowed to sleep all night in their car seat carriers at home being a problem. Something about the angle of the car seat on a hard surface not having the correct angle of recline. But bringing it in to a restaurant is different and more brief. I did that with mine and it was very convenient.

One of mine had reflux and had to sleep at an angle, so I used a rocknplay and later a wedge.