FFFC

jlp0528

I didn't see one started, let's hear 'em ladies!

jlp0528

I let LO nap on me for a solid 2 hours in the morning in bed so I can watch tv and be lazy.

noelani42

I give unsolicited advice to pregnant coworker way too much :-@

eyris

I put a new hat on E this morning when I took him to my dad's without washing it first.

JLMcWeeney

I'm feeling trapped by breastfeeding lately. I would like to he able to have a day that I can go to a movie or dinner without LO, but I know I have to pump. I can't hardly get anything when I do pump, and DS has been comfort nursing from teething so I get even less.
I love nursing, but it's making my anxiety go through the roof with never getting a break.

jlp0528

JLMcWeeney said:

I'm feeling trapped by breastfeeding lately. I would like to he able to have a day that I can go to a movie or dinner without LO, but I know I have to pump. I can't hardly get anything when I do pump, and DS has been comfort nursing from teething so I get even less.
I love nursing, but it's making my anxiety go through the roof with never getting a break.

@JLMcWeeney I feel this way exactly and am going through this, too. At times I feel like I'm going to go insane.

katdesear

@jojo1112, I know what you mean! DH got DS down for a nap the other day by bouncing him in his lap and playing music videos on YouTube. LO loves music!

mrssamarataylor

I purposely didn't get up to get DS when he woke up again screaming in the middle of the night and had DH go get him and rock him back to sleep for an hour. (this being just 10 mins after I already fed him). I wanted DH to get a taste of what I do night after night. You know when he just wants to sleep in because he 'didn't sleep well"...

amelbug

eyris said:

I put a new hat on E this morning when I took him to my dad's without washing it first.

I am also guilty of this... I was so good in the beginning.

sapphire0228

I let MIL keep LO longer than usual so I could 'get house work done' while DH was on shift. I laid in bed and bumped and stared at the fan. It felt awesome! But then I felt guilty so I did clean the house and now I feel even more awesome!!!

Also, I totally get how someone could spell the 'only' wrong. There's a floating fail picture on the interwebz of the street writing spelt 'olny'. If you pronounce either one it sounds the same. If it were done by someone with English as their second language I could totes see how this could be confusing.

foxyroxy

I don't find being a SAHM fulfilling. I think it is important, hard, etc and I am so glad I am the one who gets to see her little milestones and to bond with her.... but I don't feel fulfilled. I don't feel like my best self. I am not as happy as I was when I was working. I wish I was. 

jlp0528

foxyroxy said:

I don't find being a SAHM fulfilling. I think it is important, hard, etc and I am so glad I am the one who gets to see her little milestones and to bond with her.... but I don't feel fulfilled. I don't feel like my best self. I am not as happy as I was when I was working. I wish I was. 

Another one I can relate to @foxyroxy ... I miss teaching.

amelbug

foxyroxy said:

I don't find being a SAHM fulfilling. I think it is important, hard, etc and I am so glad I am the one who gets to see her little milestones and to bond with her.... but I don't feel fulfilled. I don't feel like my best self. I am not as happy as I was when I was working. I wish I was. 

I feel like I am failing at both. I am not as focused at work and can't work the hours I need for my experiments and then when I get home A is so sleepy that I don't get quality time with her. I think it will take time for us all (working and SAHM) to adjust but the interim sucks!

Salemkitty13

DS loves what I'd refer to as bad 80s/90s rap. I'm talking 'humpty with an umpty'. And I'm eating my Taco 7 layer burrito as I read these. If only I had some cake...

sapphire0228

allisonnn5 said:

I got a cookie cake for my birthday on Wednesday. DH had 3 pieces, and I ate the rest...yes I ate almost a whole cookie cake by myself. I don't regret it.

My birthday was two weeks after LO was born and my girlfriends brought me a cookie cake too! I ate all but 4 pieces. One for each of them and ALL for me! I don't regret it either!

mmdd20

I have already picked a date for DD's first birthday.

*And I have no idea why I am stuck in a quote box.

bermybabe68

I JUST sorted a daycare for DD today ... and I go back to work on Feb 3rd. She starts 1/2 days this coming Monday. Way to leave it to the 11th hour., sigh. Oh, and I just paid for the first month before if asked DH if he was happy with the place. Oops!

Kellseibellsey

I make it a goal to get only ONE thing done a day. The rest of my time is dedicated to play with LO. Monday is cleaning, etc... I use to do all of the things I do in a week in one day. 

Sometimes... getting dressed (makeup, hair, ...real pants) is my goal for the day. 

janelleashu

This is what I bring to daycare everyday.

janelleashu

jesnic89 said:

I already ordered DD's birthday cakes...
I haven't done laundry all week
I have not done anything productive today...I watched the Wendy Williams show and have been eating and playing with my baby..I will probably tell DH I did some other things though...He'll never know otherwise

I hate how much I love Wendy Williams.

michelle7482

foxyroxy said:

I don't find being a SAHM fulfilling. I think it is important, hard, etc and I am so glad I am the one who gets to see her little milestones and to bond with her.... but I don't feel fulfilled. I don't feel like my best self. I am not as happy as I was when I was working. I wish I was. 

I felt this way until my daughter became a toddler. Once she became a toddler I thought it was much more fulfilling.

janelleashu

jojo1112 said:

janelleashu said:

This is what I bring to daycare everyday.

This is genius! I'm always juggling the 4 bottles or piling them on top or DS' car seat.

It works really well! I ended up losing many oz of milk because of the bottles being tipped over while in a bag. This way is idiot proof.

happybride 276

amelbug said:

foxyroxy said:

I don't find being a SAHM fulfilling. I think it is important, hard, etc and I am so glad I am the one who gets to see her little milestones and to bond with her.... but I don't feel fulfilled. I don't feel like my best self. I am not as happy as I was when I was working. I wish I was. 

I feel like I am failing at both. I am not as focused at work and can't work the hours I need for my experiments and then when I get home A is so sleepy that I don't get quality time with her. I think it will take time for us all (working and SAHM) to adjust but the interim sucks!

I relate to this. I feel like I am failing at my job and failing my son. I don't feel satisfied with work at all then I come home and deal with a cranky son. My only real enjoyable time with my son is on my days off.

RoosterWrangler

I played hooky and stayed home from work today so I could sit around in my sweatpants and organize all of DS's photos.

ocnfish4

My brother's baby was born today. 5 weeks early, but so far, everyone seems to be ok. I have stated before that I'm not excited about this baby because they're a couple of idiots.

But I confess that there's another reason I'm not excited. I'm jealous that my DS is no longer my parents only grandchild. He got to be the special center of attention for only a few months and that just doesn't seem fair. That's a selfish thing to say, but oh well. It's how I feel.

amandalt823

mdesmet20 said:

I have already picked a date for DD's first birthday.

*And I have no idea why I am stuck in a quote box.

I already have trips planned for DS's first and second birthdays. In my defense, we own a timeshare so it's only because of that. 

MegStark

I loved being with LO, but I also really like that I'm back at work.

I miss watching Ellen and Wendy. And sometimes Bethenny. I often go to Ellen's website in the afternoon to watch random clips of her show that I missed that day.

HBirdie

1. I'm the one organizing the fitness/running check in, yet somehow I haven't managed to go on a run in over a week. And the weather has been cold-ish but sunny. No excuse there.

2. Sometimes I wish I had finished my degree before having Caleb, even though I insisted that it was more important to me to start a family.

3. I'm ignoring my MIL's calls/texts asking to hang out today for no good reason. I'm not even making up an excuse not to hang out with her, I'm just pretending I don't see it. I don't want to go anywhere.

PumpkinMommaaa

1. I was super sick when I got to work this morning so I told my boss I was taking a half day. By the time it was time to go I felt good enough to finish the day but I went home anyway. DD stayed at daycare while DH wa running around.

2. I find it so annoying when DD stiffens up and starts to squirm when I trying to rock/cuddle her to sleep. I'd rather her scream in my ear.

HBirdie

Oh yeah, also... I've put whole outfits on Caleb without washing then first. Gasp! The horror!

I figure he's going to spit up in tem twenty minutes later anyway. Whatever.

kailet

I kind of like being able to use LO as an excuse to not clean my house. Now I can just apologize for things being messy and people will just say "it's ok, you have a baby."

llybeck

I've said before that my job is now taking half of our pay away and the job itself has become a nightmare. Well I haven't even been trying to censor myself in the slightest with my emails to upper management. I have been questioning everything and throwing their "great new processes" back at them when they fail horribly. I'm just fed up and I'm sick of being polite about completely being screwed over, I'm being downright rude and giving them the attitude they give us.

The bad part is that I'm doing this in the hopes of being let go, I just can't take it here. I've applied to about 3 dozen jobs so far and have had one promising interview (fingers crossed) but even with my experience and degree it's tough out there right now. At least if I got fired I could focus solely on finding a better job. And spending more time with DD. I don't know what we'd do about money but we'd have to just make it work.

redfallon

I haven't had a shower in two days.

ravenclaw1

I'm inexplicably irritated that my MIL now has a car seat base in her car. She always means well, but she's effing obsessed with asking us if she can take her on the weekends and let us do stuff on our own to give us a break. I want to say that I'm already away from her all day when I'm working and that I want to spend my weekend time hanging out with her, but I have no balls.

She's also offered to pick her up at DC sometimes mid afternoon & be at our house when I get home. I don't like that idea either bc I like to relax when I get home, not entertain.

Again, I know she means well, but I think she wants to be buddies with me, but I'm just not into that with her.

mmdd20

I talked DH into asking him mom to watch the kids for us last minute tonight by making it sound like we were doing HER a favor, since she always wants to spend time with them. She is an awesome MIL and she goes out of her way to make time for her grandbabies (and drop everything to watch them last minute on a Friday night).

But in reality, I could care less about her spending time with the kids tonight. I just want to get dressed up and go to a nice, fancy, kid-free dinner.

ajbook

@jpryber0528 and @jlmcweeney I went through the same thing! I was able to find a healthy balance of BF and FF that makes our home a much happier place. The first time I fed her formula I cried the entire time because I felt terrible and relieved at the same time. Now she is about 1/2 BF and 1/2 FF.

sunshine2929

jpryber0528 said:

JLMcWeeney said:

I'm feeling trapped by breastfeeding lately. I would like to he able to have a day that I can go to a movie or dinner without LO, but I know I have to pump. I can't hardly get anything when I do pump, and DS has been comfort nursing from teething so I get even less.
I love nursing, but it's making my anxiety go through the roof with never getting a break.

@JLMcWeeney I feel this way exactly and am going through this, too. At times I feel like I'm going to go insane.

Im totally with you ladies on this. I am weaning LO at 6 months and feel terrible that im looking forward to it.

sunshine2929

I left DH sleeping on the couch twice this week so I could have the bed to myself.


I have another....
I still have not sent out all of my thank you cards for my shower. I know im awful.

ajbook

I still need to go for a run tonight but I can't stop thinking about drinking a beer.  Or a glass of wine.  Or hot chocolate & rumchata.  I just really want to sit down, by myself, and have a drink.

HBirdie

sunshine2929 said:

I left DH sleeping on the couch twice this week so I could have the bed to myself. I have another.... I still have not sent out all of my thank you cards for my shower. I know im awful.

Me neither...  X_X

ravenclaw1 said:

I'm inexplicably irritated that my MIL now has a car seat base in her car. She always means well, but she's effing obsessed with asking us if she can take her on the weekends and let us do stuff on our own to give us a break. I want to say that I'm already away from her all day when I'm working and that I want to spend my weekend time hanging out with her, but I have no balls. She's also offered to pick her up at DC sometimes mid afternoon & be at our house when I get home. I don't like that idea either bc I like to relax when I get home, not entertain. Again, I know she means well, but I think she wants to be buddies with me, but I'm just not into that with her.

I can totally relate. My MIL is always asking me if she can come over on her days off to "give me a break." She got tired of me saying no or ignoring her, so she called DH to ask him. She was like, "That way she can do some work in peace, or clean the house, or shower or nap, whatever she wants!" What she really doesn't understand is that I'm NOT going to be able to relax if she's there! I'm going to feel obligated to be in the same room entertaining her. I'd feel totally weird taking a nap or showering with just my MIL there, I'd rather just wait until the baby's asleep. I don't know why. I don't know how much longer I can put her off.

MegStark

HBirdie said:

sunshine2929 said:

I left DH sleeping on the couch twice this week so I could have the bed to myself. I have another.... I still have not sent out all of my thank you cards for my shower. I know im awful.

Me neither...  X_X

ravenclaw1 said:

I'm inexplicably irritated that my MIL now has a car seat base in her car. She always means well, but she's effing obsessed with asking us if she can take her on the weekends and let us do stuff on our own to give us a break. I want to say that I'm already away from her all day when I'm working and that I want to spend my weekend time hanging out with her, but I have no balls. She's also offered to pick her up at DC sometimes mid afternoon & be at our house when I get home. I don't like that idea either bc I like to relax when I get home, not entertain. Again, I know she means well, but I think she wants to be buddies with me, but I'm just not into that with her.

I can totally relate. My MIL is always asking me if she can come over on her days off to "give me a break." She got tired of me saying no or ignoring her, so she called DH to ask him. She was like, "That way she can do some work in peace, or clean the house, or shower or nap, whatever she wants!" What she really doesn't understand is that I'm NOT going to be able to relax if she's there! I'm going to feel obligated to be in the same room entertaining her. I'd feel totally weird taking a nap or showering with just my MIL there, I'd rather just wait until the baby's asleep. I don't know why. I don't know how much longer I can put her off.

I just found out my MIL is coming tomorrow and staying the night. WHY? They live an hour away. Day trips are fine. Ugh. I wanted to clean out my dresser and closet while DH golfs, and now I have to entertain her. And she's the same way - "oh just clean and I'll watch her." Nope. Not gonna happen.