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jensavicci

litera said:

Ohhhhh. Cramps. Fuck. Didn't expect to run into you. Certainly not in the middle of the night. I was hoping BFing might keep you away.

It's been awhile. How ya been? Off radar? Wow, yeah no kidding. I almost forgot about you. Except when I'd turn my cart at the store, see the fem hygiene aisle the last 9 months and I'd maniacally laugh at how I don't have to deal with your sorry ass because I was knocked up.

What's that? We have a lot to catch up on? Yeah.

Fuck you cramps.

Just when you thought it was safe to stop giving a fuck about cramps....



They come back and bite you in the crotch!!!

darkangel42

Thought I had cramps. Turns out it's a UTI.

My insides hate me.

dobbyisfree

I thought my period was back due to a little bleeding... but it never got stronger and never had cramping. Now I think that at 8 weeks pp the 30-40 minute walks Ive been allowed to start are making me bleed again. Boo.

TexasGirl81

I'm kicking ass on my pump machine right now!! Bring on that milk!!

darkangel42

MiniMe is in her swing with her blanket even though it's hot today. She HAS to have a blanket or she whines. She's sat there rubbing her face on it like a cat :-/

Oh well, as long as she's happy.

rachelchristina

I nursed DD, changed her and set her in her swing so I could workout and watch her at the same time. Mid-way through the workout, she cries because she's wet her diaper so I pause the workout DVD and change her. Then about 5 min before the workout is over (a 30 min workout) she starts fussing again because she's hungry...so I finished the workout while listening to her cry/fuss off and on for 5 min then had to nurse her with sweaty boobs. I feel bad, but she was super happy after . Man, I just wanted a 30 min workout with no interruptions. . Should have known that wouldn't happen . Oh well . Can't imagine what it's like with more than one kid trying to exercise. Whew. How do you women do it? . Going to have to wait until DH is home from now on I guess.

marsalisails

Random factoid that I remember every now and then (like tonight): when DS was about 18 months, he figured out how to Open the refrigerator.

One day, he grabbed the ketchup bottle and walked into the other room with it. I figured I would get it after I was done cooking.

We've never found that bottle of ketchup - DS will be 5 next month.

marsalisails

MSUDucks said:

Matthew930 said:

Random factoid that I remember every now and then (like tonight): when DS was about 18 months, he figured out how to Open the refrigerator.

One day, he grabbed the ketchup bottle and walked into the other room with it. I figured I would get it after I was done cooking.

We've never found that bottle of ketchup - DS will be 5 next month.

Lol! I love this story! People never tell you that toddlers create a black hole and you will lose crap permanently somehow.


Once we were missing something (I can't remember what it was) and DH decides to look in the recycling bin for it just in case DS put it in there. He didn't find what he was after in the first place, but discovered two sippy cups, a shoe, pacifiers, a CD, and a tshirt. We moved the recycling bin out of his reach.

Hahaha! When we FINALLY save up enough money to renovate our first floor we will find it...along with dozens of other things that we've lost over the years! He probably had a favorite place to put things too, and we've just never discovered it!

bchildrn

jessafish said:

litera said:

Ohhhhh. Cramps. Fuck. Didn't expect to run into you. Certainly not in the middle of the night. I was hoping BFing might keep you away.

It's been awhile. How ya been? Off radar? Wow, yeah no kidding. I almost forgot about you. Except when I'd turn my cart at the store, see the fem hygiene aisle the last 9 months and I'd maniacally laugh at how I don't have to deal with your sorry ass because I was knocked up.

What's that? We have a lot to catch up on? Yeah.

Fuck you cramps.

I kind of feel duped by the whole "breastfeeding keeps your menstrual cycle from returning". This kid is on my boob for HOURS and I'm pretty sure I ovulated yesterday. Boooo.

Same boat here... so not fair, especially when I am visiting my work to say hi and it decides to show up while I'm standing there. Not fair. Guess we really do need to be careful now since I'm not using BC pills because they make me sick. Nuvaring is a no go until I finish BF. Which will be just in time to start trying again I think...lol

marsalisails

bchildrn said:

jessafish said:

litera said:

Ohhhhh. Cramps. Fuck. Didn't expect to run into you. Certainly not in the middle of the night. I was hoping BFing might keep you away.

It's been awhile. How ya been? Off radar? Wow, yeah no kidding. I almost forgot about you. Except when I'd turn my cart at the store, see the fem hygiene aisle the last 9 months and I'd maniacally laugh at how I don't have to deal with your sorry ass because I was knocked up.

What's that? We have a lot to catch up on? Yeah.

Fuck you cramps.

I kind of feel duped by the whole "breastfeeding keeps your menstrual cycle from returning". This kid is on my boob for HOURS and I'm pretty sure I ovulated yesterday. Boooo.

Same boat here... so not fair, especially when I am visiting my work to say hi and it decides to show up while I'm standing there. Not fair. Guess we really do need to be careful now since I'm not using BC pills because they make me sick. Nuvaring is a no go until I finish BF. Which will be just in time to start trying again I think...lol

Talk to your doctor about nuva ring - after I had DS, my doctor said that once my milk was really established that it wouldn't affect to appreciably. I'm going to ask at my 6 week appointment. I've been on the "baby blocker vagina ring" since 2003, and i LURRRRRVE IT.

kenziebug22

babybell22 said:

Rant:

DH... if I ask for your help at 12am for the first time since you have gone to work (2 weeks) it's because I really need it. LO only slept 3hrs at night and did not sleep all day. Oh and you got home at 10pm which means I spent the whole day with a screaming baby (single mothers you are amazing). Do not get uppity and tell me I can do it because I nap all day. ( Cue ugly crying from exhaustion. )

How do you think crap gets done... because I nap?!

Upside mom is coming for a visit today

Moms are the best if it wasn't for mine im not sure what id do. Being a single mom is definitely hard but so worthwhile, and the thought of not having to put up with douche bags helps (my ex not your DH lol) hope you both get some sleep and have a good day with your mom.

darkangel42

nuvaring users: how much does it affect milk supply? I've heard bad things from doctors but don't know any real people who have it to see what they think.

nolemomma14

Carter's is having a 50% off sale going on for Labor Day weekend! In case anyone needed an excuse to buy more adorable things for their LO! Sorry DH, but baby and I are going shopping!

ksspiff

We just had our first poopsplosion this morning. It required FULL wardrobe change for all parties involved (yes, I managed to transfer to my underpants), laundering of linens and a floor clean up (tile not carpet, thank Baby Jesus).
Now it's time to get in the car and get Mama some chick-fil-a breakfast! PHEW!

darkangel42

MiniMe is watching the news. Intently.

She also nods her head or makes an unimpressed sound at all the right times. 

I know it's coincidence but it's really funny watching her have an opinion on the news!

Edit: can't spell

jnnfrrose6

Hi ladies.  I'm back again.  I can't wait to get my ipad back to be able to check in more often.  I see we've made it to poopsplosion posts, so I'll add mine.  We went out for breakfast Sunday and then headed to the farmer's market.  On the way over we heard a large, wet sound coming from the back of the car.  DH looked at me with a look on his face and asked if that was DS.  Nope, it was DD.  We got to the market and I went to get her out of her carseat only to discover a very wet poo all over her and the carseat.  DH and I tag teamed to get her and the car seat cleaned up.  We had to put a blanket over the seat for the ride home and I've now completely taken apart the carseat to get it cleaned.  It's like new, so that's nice at least.

Also, DS turned 2 on Saturday.  Where did those years go?  He's turning into such a sweet little man.

littlemissmarla

Apparently, Hello Kitty is not a kitty.

Her name is Kitty White.

-She is British

-She is a perpetual 3rd grader

-She has a twin sister

This makes NO sense to me. 

jnnfrrose6

Our wedding anniversary is Saturday (6 years!) and I ordered DH a new wedding band from etsy because he lost his a few months ago (don't even get me started on his need to remove his ring to work out, cook, change a diaper, etc...).  He had a handcrafted band with a claddaugh design etched around it in white gold.  I found an artist who did basically the same thing but in titanium (no more excuses about taking it off to work out so it doesn't get scratched).  The artist was able to rush the ring so I could have it in time (ordered it Tuesday) and I added an engraving to the inside of the band.  The ring arrived today!  The band is perfect, but the engraving isn't there.  Boo! 

darkangel42

littlemissmarla said:

Apparently, Hello Kitty is not a kitty.

Her name is Kitty White.

-She is British

-She is a perpetual 3rd grader

-She has a twin sister

This makes NO sense to me. 

I saw this too. Hello Kitty is a cat, no matter what anyone says. Kids don't have whiskers and cat ears.

marsalisails

I know I'm being a total bitch about this, but I'm pissed about the fact that i was made to feel guilty about not going to my ILs this weekend. I did not want to go on a long trip so soon, and DH just told me saturday that he wanted to go up...I was going to have him go up with the dogs...

So now I have to take my not quite 6 week old 4.5 hours to BFE NY when we JUST established a good night schedule and I managed to get DD to sleep longer stretches - now that all may go to shit because she'll be in a different place with a different bed, etc.

And DH is going to be working on his brother's race car and is going to be at the track for all hours drinking and he's going to be useless to me, and snore the whole fucking night saturday and Sunday.

Crap.

cookiemomma14

@Matthew930‌ I feel ya. We are traveling 6 hours to ILs this weekend. I'm hoping they'll watch LO so we can have a date night. But it'll basically be a *toss the baby around* to all these strange family members over labor day weekend. Grr...

marsalisails

MSUDucks said:

I should say though, that my ILs are over, so I'm not feeling super generous. MIL cut garlic bread directly on my counter top and put long f'ing gouges on it. I really hate my kitchen but I can't afford to redo it now. So I'm going to have to live with those germ breeding cracks for a while.
<----cranky.</p>

Omg - i would be so angry! I spend my life in the kitchen. ..

The only reason I said yes is so that I can make them come down for Christmas. I hate going up there in the winter when it is snowy - they live north of Syracuse on Lake Ontario and it snows like 120 inches a year. DH is amazing at driving in the snow, but one year it took us 8 hours to get there.

Mamanorris81

@Matthew930‌ are you talking about good old Classic weekend?! I live in Minetto, small world!

marsalisails

Mamanorris81 said:

@Matthew930‌ are you talking about good old Classic weekend?! I live in Minetto, small world!

Haha! @ Mamanorris81 - YES! My BIL races (got third last year!). It is a fantastic weekend up there...last year was really fun b/c DS was old enough where I could go out and have some fun, and the guys let him work on the car with them so he had a BLAST. They live so close to the track that you can HEAR the race from their house!

But this year with being so tired and not sleeping for the last 6 weeks, I am just not in the spirit. I was going to let DH go by himself and have all the fun he wanted, and just stay home with the kids...and my mom was going to stay over Saturday night to help me.

But then MIL got sad and i felt guilty because we probably won't see them until the holidays now...ughhhh. so now we're all going and i'm salty about it.

All i know is that I'd better get a trip to Rudy's out of it.

Mamanorris81

Enjoy your Rudy's! A cheeseburger hot sounds so good right now!

abrazz

I told my oldest two a fairy tale about two little children who slept through the night without getting up multiple times to breathe in their mother's face after she had just fallen back to sleep after nursing their little brother who may sleep 2 solid hours if left alone.  They both laughed and told me I was silly. 

honeybee434

DD was in her bouncer and I was in the kitchen. I walked back into the living room and as I got closer saw a black dot ok her forehead. I just killed a mosquito on her forehead. I have no idea where they are coming from, I guess outside when the dogs are going in and out. She had a bite last week and got one earlier today, too. Not a happy momma! (And I feel horrible for her and like it's my fault somehow. )

darkangel42

honeybee434 said:

DD was in her bouncer and I was in the kitchen. I walked back into the living room and as I got closer saw a black dot ok her forehead. I just killed a mosquito on her forehead. I have no idea where they are coming from, I guess outside when the dogs are going in and out. She had a bite last week and got one earlier today, too. Not a happy momma! (And I feel horrible for her and like it's my fault somehow. )

lemongrass or peppermint oil - mozzies don't like them so a dot of that keeps them away. With no chemical ick since it's natural.

Artistmom30

My DH got up early this morning to change DS's diaper. He cleaned him up, put a new diaper under him and DS pooped. Cleaned him up and DS pooped again. Cleaned him up and DS pooped again. Cleaned him up and then DS peed. Insert DH cursing under his breath and me laughing.

marsalisails

Since I have to pack our whole lives up to go to my ILs tonight, my mom was nice enough to take DS for the morning. After he was picked up, I was a productivity machine! In the middle of all of this, I fed dd at 8:30, and was successful at keeping her awake for a whole hour after she ate while I was running around the house getting stuff done.

I had gotten into my workout clothes and was starting to put her down into her car seat, and she barfed up what looked like her entire meal poor kid even got a bunch in her eye because I was in the process of laying her down when it happened.

I waited about 20 minutes and i'm topping her off so that hopefully I can go on my walk.

The best laid plans

marsalisails

MSUDucks said:

@Matthew930‌ I hope you have a good trip and Avelina stays on sleeping schedule for you! And yes, infants have a way of making our time tables their own!

Thanks! I never was able to take that walk - i guess her tummy isn't feeling great because sleeping in her car seat was completely out of the question, evidently! I finally got her down in her swing

marsalisails

If my mother says the following phrases one more time, I'm hiring a nanny and she can be a weekend grandma only:

1. I'll take the baby so that you can clean the bathroom

2. Do you want to go find a bathroom (in reference to BFing in public)

3. No one wants to see that (in reference to BFing in public... even with a cover)

4. There's something to be said about being discrete (About BFing in front of my son IN MY OWN HOME)

darkangel42

Took MiniMe to the doctor. She had shots.

She behaved better than I would have done THE ENTIRE TIME. There has to be a catch so she's already in PJs and I have everything that makes her happy on standby in case she realises she's had shots and all Hell breaks loose later on. I know I should be enjoying this victory but the pessimist in me feels that someone has to suffer.

lowen83

I feel fat, that is all!! (

darkangel42

Yup @2lacyblue . DD goes in it for a minute or 2 before she gets bored and starts to grump. She holds her head up fine on her own so figure she can do a minute or so supervised.

cookiemomma14

On the 6 hour road trip to in laws. Stopped at a mcd's and a woman literally approached us and asked us to watch her food (a lunchable). Did this seriously just happen? She then approached every customer. Oy.

marsalisails

2lacyblue said:

Matthew930 said:

I know I'm being a total bitch about this, but I'm pissed about the fact that i was made to feel guilty about not going to my ILs this weekend. I did not want to go on a long trip so soon, and DH just told me saturday that he wanted to go up...I was going to have him go up with the dogs...

So now I have to take my not quite 6 week old 4.5 hours to BFE NY when we JUST established a good night schedule and I managed to get DD to sleep longer stretches - now that all may go to shit because she'll be in a different place with a different bed, etc.

And DH is going to be working on his brother's race car and is going to be at the track for all hours drinking and he's going to be useless to me, and snore the whole fucking night saturday and Sunday.

Crap.

Girl, fake sick.

I didn't even need to fake! DD Was spitting up all day and fussing. It was enough to make dh second guess us coming. I'm currently nursing comfortably in my own home

I think I may get divergent on demand

TexasGirl81

2lacyblue said:

Has anyone tried out the bumbo yet?? DS has been holding his head up so well that I pulled it out and he really liked it! It was so adorable. He got shlumpy after a while, but now I can do way more elaborate songs and puppet shows.

My child's thighs are thick, and they don't fit well in the bumbo. Lol!!

:-??

marsalisails

Omg - did anyone else see the article about Casey Anthony being pregnant with TWINS?! can that even be true?!