UO

RedSaffron

Since Olympics starts today..
I don't get Curling. I'm sure there is some interesting history, but at first glance.. I wonder how it made it to the Olympics.

Hmvbaby14

I post pics on fb of my LO, but I think it's completely obnoxious to post daily/ hourly status updates like " I wish I could set LO down without crying" or "look what she's wearing today" with 17 pictures of the same outfit. It annoys the crap outta me.

Hmvbaby14

RedSaffron said:

Since Olympics starts today..
I don't get Curling. I'm sure there is some interesting history, but at first glance.. I wonder how it made it to the Olympics.

A couple of weeks ago the Curling trials were on at 3 am and I watched for 30 minutes trying to figure out what the hell was going on. I finally just googled it. Weird.

Hmvbaby14

@jwp325 @xanadu94 I'm also a teacher, but the only part I miss is my colleagues! I've been burnt out for a while and although it will be a huge change for me, I'm looking forward to being a SAHM. Also, I visited my class a couple of weeks ago and it felt great to just not give a crap. Before DS came I was very concerned about my sub, now I don't care at all!

mommygrams0730

xanadu94 said:

I really miss my job and I am going through withdrawal.  Of course I love being home with my daughter but I just felt so self-fulfilled working and I am looking forward to seeing all my other "kids" again (I am a teacher).  It also doesn't help that I feel like my substitute isn't doing as good of a job as she should be doing.  I will also freely admit I have control issues when it comes to how I like things done in my classroom.

This! I took my kids to visit my classroom yesterday and I miss teaching so much! I keep saying I should have only taken 6 weeks instead of 8, but at that time we didn't quite know what our daycare lambs would be with 3. Now that we have our nanny lined up I'm so excited to go back. My sub is doing an awesome job, she will actually be moving to another long term position as soon as I get back, but I really miss my kindergarten students.

Of course I say this now, but I'm sure it will change once I go back, lol.

MindyBadger1

peanutmuse said:

I think it is super rude to post a question here and not thank everyone for their input. I don't mean you have to acknowledge every person individually. Just a general thank you message is fine. I just can't stand when I see a whole bunch of people take the time to respond to a question and then the OP responds to only one or two people directly and only thanks them personally. Even if you decided the help or advice of others didn't work for you, at least fucking acknowledge that people took the time and effort to try to help. For crissakes.

Mehh, I disagree. Guess I'm a douche. Thanks for listening.

ETA--- probably because I'm not too frequent of a bumper, especially when I'm working. I might read the thread several hours to days later. Then the whole deal is kind of over with and I doubt anyone would even read my thank you. For future reference, my thank you's are floating in my mind/implied even if not directly typed out.

Hmvbaby14

I have another one:
People that tell me that their baby slept through the night from day 1 are either liars or bad parents. Your newborn should not be going 10-12 hours without eating. (This is directed toward the crappy waitress we had at lunch today that claimed ALL her children slept 12 hours at night from the day they were born.)

I realize that as they get a little older, longer sleep increments are expected but I don't care what your now 12 year old did at 4 days of age.

teacher0708

I really don't miss work. I got a call from my admin assistant and while I miss the people I work with, the students we deal with most of the time do not have parents that care a lot. I also do not miss all the hats I was wearing. I am sure it will change but being home with my children rocks. We can have pj days whenever we want

peanutmuse

@MindyBadger1 -- I would rather see no thank you instead of one to a specific person and not everyone else. That's what irritates me.

MissMeegs

Is this a UO or just normal? I feel (hope!) it's just normal, but here we go: as a FTM, I really do not love being a mom yet. It's not like I'm not in love with my baby, of course I am. He kind of maybe socially smiled at me for the first time earlier today and I almost peed my pants with happiness.

But sh*t like that happens in like 20 second fragments of the day. The rest of the day? I'm covered with spit up, I never have enough time/energy to get any work done (I am still working part time, I am self employed and had no choice), obviously the sleep deprivation, I'm constantly resentful of and bitching at DH (then feeling guilty about that too). I am completely neglecting my poor dog.

I am a mess and I hate it. AND it took us 15 months to conceive and I always swore I'd never complain about being a mom since I know what it's like to want it so desperately. But holy hell.

CeeJC121013

sugarland726 said:

RedSaffron said:

I think celebrating a monthsary for your relationship is weird. I have a fb friend who announces his monthsary with his fiancee every month, this month is their 31st month being together.

Pampers still sends me monthly emails for DD. I got "Your Preschooler  - Month 43" this month. Are you fucking kidding me??

I am not sure if this has been said before, but it irks me when people refer to their kids ages in months if they are over 2 (24 months) and even that is a bit far. Don't tell me your son is 31 months!! That makes me do math! Just tell me he is 2.5 or, heck, even round up to 3.

goldenB

My UO is that some professional baby photo shoots just look really creepy.

I think it's worth paying more than getting a complete hack job

monkeybutt61612

MissMeegs said:

Is this a UO or just normal? I feel (hope!) it's just normal, but here we go: as a FTM, I really do not love being a mom yet. It's not like I'm not in love with my baby, of course I am. He kind of maybe socially smiled at me for the first time earlier today and I almost peed my pants with happiness.

But sh*t like that happens in like 20 second fragments of the day. The rest of the day? I'm covered with spit up, I never have enough time/energy to get any work done (I am still working part time, I am self employed and had no choice), obviously the sleep deprivation, I'm constantly resentful of and bitching at DH (then feeling guilty about that too). I am completely neglecting my poor dog.

I am a mess and I hate it. AND it took us 15 months to conceive and I always swore I'd never complain about being a mom since I know what it's like to want it so desperately. But holy hell.

I'm a stm sahm and I don't love it either. Going from not being a mom to being a mom is one of the most challenging things ever. It definitely gets better though.

jwp325

@Hmvbaby14 I get what you're saying and I honestly don't miss the bureaucracy, politics, red tape, mandates, paperwork, and grading. I miss the day to day interaction though. I had some awesome students this year and I work with some great people.

I love snuggling with DD and this newborn smushy phase will be gone all too fast but I'm looking forward to when she's a little more interactive. She's smiling and cooing now which is fun.

ETA: I'm also exhausting my sick bank so I'm not going back til August. That seems really far away on my current level of sleep deprivation. I know I'll have a hard time going back after being home for so long.

Hmvbaby14

@jwp325
I didn't have a great class this year and being pregnant didn't help. I also had a lot put on my plate in the last year on top of the common core and ALL of the other things we have to do besides actually teach our kiddos. I got my last paycheck on Friday, so give me another month and I might miss it more! Also, I have not officially resigned. I'm on parental leave for a year, so I'm keeping my options open incase my view changes and I decide to go back.

Jenten810

Hmvbaby14 said:

I post pics on fb of my LO, but I think it's completely obnoxious to post daily/ hourly status updates like " I wish I could set LO down without crying" or "look what she's wearing today" with 17 pictures of the same outfit. It annoys the crap outta me.

To piggyback this - I think it's ridiculous when people turn their FB or IG into their LO's personal account so everytime they post pics of LO they'll caption it "I'm 3 months old today!" as if the baby posted. Although that would be impressive if a 3 mo could take a selfie.

jwp325

@Hmvbaby14 totally understand. If I'd had the class I had three years ago, I wouldn't feel the same way. Teaching has changed so much since I started in 2000 and the break from all the paperwork and testing is really nice. If I could just teach, that'd be great.