MBF 6/16

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AMcLaws · June 2014

I can't decide which one to start off with!! My family has officially lost their effing minds.

1. A couple weeks ago, by BF was about my parents being over in Hawaii and giving me a guilt trip because they want to move there, but I'M holding them here. So they're back, and the guilt trips have been stronger than ever. I've been doing my best to ignore them. Yesterday, I tried calling my dad to see if it was a good time to come by. Disconnected number. Same with my moms. Weird. So I messaged him on FB. A few hours later, he messages back. "Oh yeah...we changed our numbers. TO HAWAII NUMBERS." What the actual fuck?? They're so obsessed, they changed their phone numbers. Just so they can say they have a Hawaiian area code. I'm considering calling a therapist....

2. So, my idiot SIL posts a picture of their "new pet" on FB yesterday. His name is Harry. Any guesses as to WHAT Harry might be??

A scorpion. A WILD mother-effing scorpion.

They found it in the parking lot. And decided "hey, why not?" Oh, it's only the most aggressive type of scorpion native to AZ. NBD. *facepalm* they have a 2 year old and a 3 month old. And they're housing scorpions.

My family is freaking weird.

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Skeemer · June 2014

It's 7:30 CST & I just got here. I swear I cannot wait for this week to end at work. Sorry guys, you knew a supervisor rant was coming right?

BACKSTORY: Anyway, Thursday night (Friday morning?) around 3 am DH & I took DS to the ER. DS was having problems breathing & was waking up in fits of screaming. He had eaten some pineapple for the first time that night so we actually thought it was a possible food allergy which can be super serious. I have a food allergy so I am very cautious about things like that. The ER was a whole ordeal that I won't type here but thank God DS's breathing was at 100%.

We decided to bring him back home & not see a doctor (After deciding this the nurse told us it was probably the right call bc we wouldn't see a doctor for about 8 hrs). We got home at 5 am. DH & I both had to miss work which we had days for so it wasn't a huge thing. We called his pedi the next morning for an appt & DS was diagnosed with the viral croup. Paired with exhaustion, prednisone, the viral croup, DS not sleeping through the night, we kept him in all weekend & etc....we're pretty rung out this morning.

ACTUAL BFEST: I get to work & my supervisor asks what happened. I give him the brief but exhausting story actually believing he FREAKIN' CARED for 5 minutes. As soon as I wrapped up the story he looks at me, hands me paperwork & says, "I need for you to do ABC, XYZ & 123 today. Blah blah blah." What the crap man?! You can't even say, "Hey I'm sorry he felt bad & I hope he's better." or "Y'all must have been scared. So glad he's okay." I mean REALLY?! I've been here 30 minutes & I'm about to snap. ETA: Supervisor acts like he's crazy about my son whenever he comes to my work to visit. Like the kid can't do any wrong. Then when something is potentially really wrong with him, he just wants me to get moving with this paperwork.

On top of all that...he's going to training today about 2 hrs away & has no idea what time it starts. I swear this guy is just....UGH. He "Thinks it's at 10." I am so ticked that I honestly hope he misses the entire freakin' thing.

Salsera29 · June 2014

Pumping every 3 hours around the clock sucks. And if I turn the machine up high enough to get the max amount of milk I can (which is still only about 1.5oz total) then it hurts like a bitch.

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AMcLaws · June 2014

@Skeemer‌ I hope your little man is feeling better!!!

Skeemer · June 2014

@AMcLaws - thank you. He is feeling much better & he slept through the night last night. Today is his last dose of medication. I'm sorry your family is just ridiculous. PM me their special phone numbers so I can prank call them all day & take out my frustration on them instead of my supervisor. Lol

@Shanicenicolle - Thank you & he is doing better. I should be used to the fact my supervisor is a real tool by now. He always surprises me though. It never fails.

ETA: @MSUducks - Thanks so much. We still can't figure out why he would wake up screaming periodically unless it just hurt him to breathe. My poor baby.

TurtleMonsters · June 2014

@Skeemer : I'm so sorry you went through that, how scary. I've had to stab booth my DH and DS with Epis- ER trips for breathing stuff is a huge deal, what a F$%K your supervisor is!

@Salsera29: I hope all the pain calms. I'm dreading that part- it really hurt for a while until I got used to it. Hang in there. At some point, the pump was more comfortable then baby, then everything was OK, then teeth came....

jnnfrrose6 · June 2014

@Salsera29 1.5oz at this point is a great amount! Sorry it hurts. Hopefully you can find the right trick to help ease it.

Emilyfae · June 2014

Cat woke me up every two hours. Baby woke me up every two hours (alternating with cat), dog woke me up three times. They're all going to pay for their behavior because I'm cranky as hell right now.

Skeemer · June 2014

@turtlemonsters - Thank you. It was very scary. My little guy took it like a champ but he didn't feel good at all. I really had to refrain myself today with the supervisor. I don't know why in the world I thought he cared for one second about DS. He's just ticked I called in on Friday so I could take him to the pediatrician. Sorry dude, my child wins over you. Every. Single. Time.

runrinserepeat · June 2014

My husband has been out of town for work since Thursday, so my mom has been watching DD. My mom, who was so feverish she fell asleep on the couch at 7:30 on Saturday night. My daughter is now really warm and coughed through the night.

I've apparently lost my damn mind and couldn't sleep in my bedroom because 73 degrees felt like a fiery inferno, so I got very little sleep last night, after spending the weekend trying to help my dad with a kitchen reno and taking care of the sickies.

Now I have 9 hours of work ahead of me, followed by about 3 more before DD goes to bed for the night. I'm so freaking tired. I don't know how I'm going to make it.

abunai523 · June 2014

After 3 other places fell through and our search started getting desperate, DH and I finally found a daycare that we were excited about. It was close-by, affordable, great policies, and we loved them all on our tour and they had excellent references. We put down a deposit last month... and on Friday got a letter that they are closing due to funding problems. I am PISSED. I don't know why they didn't tell us they were having issues originally, and we will be demanding our deposit back. And to add insult to injury my mom has been a bitch about the whole thing.

Also I'm upset because we spent tons of money this weekend that we really shouldn't have so I'm mad at myself and feeling stressed about finances.

Oh, and I still have no floor in my dining room because we have had no time to finish the project.

mrscurlygurl · June 2014

Sorry your weekend was rough @Skeemer‌. How badly do you need this job? I couldn't handle working for that douchecanoe.

Glad DS is on the mend though!

Myanswer true · June 2014

For the past two days, I have been uncertain as to whether I'm having really unpleasant BH contractions, or some sort of GI distress. I'm sore, tired from lack of sleep, and ready to just birth this baby already so both of us can get on with our lives.

Soon2BMrsN · June 2014

Baby isn't even here yet and my mom is already driving me crazy. She and I had a great relationship before I had any kids and now I can hardly stand to be around her. After analyzing it for about five years, I've determined that she's "emotionally greedy" -- she wants everything to be about her, she's weirdly competitive with my unassuming (and awesome) ILs, her feelings are hurt so easily, etc. DH and I have already decided, for a variety of reasons, that my SIL/BIL and ILs will be the ones to switch off watching our boys while we're at the hospital having this baby. (I just can't stand the way my kids act around my mom, how she acts around them, how my house looks like a sty after they've been here, etc.) I told her gently about this yesterday and instead told her we'd love to have her and my dad at the hospital with us the day of the birth -- which I would have thought would be preferable; a new baby! -- but she got all weird that she wasn't asked to watch the boys. I am so annoyed and over trying to deal with her but I also know that even if we survive the initial hospital stay logistics, she will be spending a lot of July with us anyway because I'll need the help. Having to be so dependent on others is the worst part of having these RCSs. Gah. Sorry for the novel!

Kohler2009 · June 2014

Skeemer said:
It's 7:30 CST & I just got here. I swear I cannot wait for this week to end at work. Sorry guys, you knew a supervisor rant was coming right?
BACKSTORY: Anyway, Thursday night (Friday morning?) around 3 am DH & I took DS to the ER. DS was having problems breathing & was waking up in fits of screaming. He had eaten some pineapple for the first time that night so we actually thought it was a possible food allergy which can be super serious. I have a food allergy so I am very cautious about things like that. The ER was a whole ordeal that I won't type here but thank God DS's breathing was at 100%.
We decided to bring him back home & not see a doctor (After deciding this the nurse told us it was probably the right call bc we wouldn't see a doctor for about 8 hrs). We got home at 5 am. DH & I both had to miss work which we had days for so it wasn't a huge thing. We called his pedi the next morning for an appt & DS was diagnosed with the viral croup. Paired with exhaustion, prednisone, the viral croup, DS not sleeping through the night, we kept him in all weekend & etc....we're pretty rung out this morning.

@Skeemer‌ I hope your little guy is feeling better. My son had it 2 weeks ago and it was awful. He hated the prednisone, even flavored. The dr warned me that it has a nasty taste. Hopefully your son is back to normal soon!

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jensavicci · June 2014

@Skeemer‌

Hoping for all the best with your little guy! Glad to read he's doing better as well

My Bitch: my hair is friggin greenish brown! I went to get it done this morning because I'm going back to brown and it's at that in between dyed point where it's greenish

( I am so embarrassed it's ridiculous.

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JLHV1909 · June 2014

It is only Monday morning and my feet are already swelling at work. :-( They will be huge by the end of the week and for my doctor's appt. I'm trying to elevate them, but it is hard to do all the time. If I can make it working these next three weeks, I will be putting myself on bedrest or poolrest for the rest of the time before LO is due (July 24th)...

My wrist hurts so bad that I could hardly brush my hair this morning. I'm going to be purchasing a wrist brace after work.

I think my right ear tube has fallen out and whatever is blooming pollen wise is draining into my ear making hearing very hard. So after LO arrives I might have the pleasure of having another set of tubes placed. At least this time, they lasted for over 2 years!

It is EOG testing week here at work, and I'm stuck in 2nd grade testing prison. We must be quiet because the other classes are testing. 2 weeks of school left (I'm a year-round teacher) and I'm over it. Some of their voices I can't stand anymore, and I spend a lot of my time begging LO to not be like so-and-so.

BP607 · June 2014

Matthew930 said:

My schedule today:
1. wake up at 6:30 and realize that so many people emailed me huge files this weekend that my email is full, and i can't respond to a few REALLY important things that need to go out ASAP...so get up, get computer out and clear out emails...
2. get DS up and dressed, drive 30 minutes to my mom's b/c his swim lessons are up there.
3. work until 9:40, then take DS to lessons...mom has to come too b/c i have to take THREE BACK-TO-BACK calls just as his lesson is ending
4. right after his lesson, hop back in the car where i take the calls, and drive back down to my house b/c DH decided this would be a really awesome day for the A/C maintenance guy to come...his window is 12-4
5. figure out how to pick up DHs drycleaning in between working and the A/C guy coming b/c he leaves for a trip tomorrow and NEEDS it...but can't be bothered to go GET it
6. work until 6pm
7. somehow pick up DS and get dinner on the table. clean up dinner...blah, blah, blah - every mom here knows the night drill...
8. get back on my computer after DS goes to bed b/c there is NO WAY that i'll get 8 hours of work in during that day.
DH's Schedule today:
1. go to work
2. come home
3.go for a run

Wow, what a crazy day! You should totally order pizza or something instead of making dinner if that would make your life easier for the day!

BP607 · June 2014

I was planning on ordering a sub from my favorite pizza place for lunch and was just planning on what time I was going to order it until I remembered they are CLOSED ON MONDAY!! WHY??

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marsalisails · June 2014

BP607 said:

Matthew930 said:

My schedule today:
1. wake up at 6:30 and realize that so many people emailed me huge files this weekend that my email is full, and i can't respond to a few REALLY important things that need to go out ASAP...so get up, get computer out and clear out emails...
2. get DS up and dressed, drive 30 minutes to my mom's b/c his swim lessons are up there.
3. work until 9:40, then take DS to lessons...mom has to come too b/c i have to take THREE BACK-TO-BACK calls just as his lesson is ending
4. right after his lesson, hop back in the car where i take the calls, and drive back down to my house b/c DH decided this would be a really awesome day for the A/C maintenance guy to come...his window is 12-4
5. figure out how to pick up DHs drycleaning in between working and the A/C guy coming b/c he leaves for a trip tomorrow and NEEDS it...but can't be bothered to go GET it
6. work until 6pm
7. somehow pick up DS and get dinner on the table. clean up dinner...blah, blah, blah - every mom here knows the night drill...
8. get back on my computer after DS goes to bed b/c there is NO WAY that i'll get 8 hours of work in during that day.
DH's Schedule today:
1. go to work
2. come home
3.go for a run

Wow, what a crazy day! You should totally order pizza or something instead of making dinner if that would make your life easier for the day!

My mom is going to help out and bring my son down to my house this afternoon so I don't have to do pick up now. She's also going to Pick up the dry cleaning...that woman is a saint.

walterjenne · June 2014

I have just over 4 weeks to go. Why do random strangers think its OK to tell me I'm about to pop or ask if I am sure there is just one baby. I had a cashie proceed to tell me that her babies were just over 5 pounds and people ccouldn't tell she was pregnant. Thanks lady...that doesn't help.

Also, why does my father feel it necessary to tell me at dinner in front of the rest of the family that my face is rounder than it was at my wedding a year and a half ago? So is yours dude. I know I've gained a little more than I should have and its more than just my belly but unless you are my dr and have a medical reason to be concerned keep your mouth shut.

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Csltdk · June 2014

My dog steals my spot in the bed every time I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and he gives me this look when I come back that I find myself conforming around him and being uncomfortable, so that he is. This ends tonight. I will be strong and make him move.....

emineminem · June 2014

Csltdk said:
My dog steals my spot in the bed every time I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and he gives me this look when I come back that I find myself conforming around him and being uncomfortable, so that he is. This ends tonight. I will be strong and make him move.....

THIS exactly! Little brat was actually using my pillow last night when I got back!

My MBF: ...well, I'm just excited that this is my last Monday for a while. My work is about to be seriously understaffed because we have another girl on maternity leave, this is my last week, my boss just got transferred and my employee just got promoted and is going to training...so three of us are leaving Friday! I have very little sympathy because instead of making it a smooth transition, they have been trying to give me MORE work and responsibility, and are going to be lost once we're all gone. I'm too pregnant to be working these 10 hour days!! Only four more...

Mrs.DeRuysscher · June 2014

Mbf: back story this is my first baby, friday I had been having a lot of contractions more than I should have went to the hospital for an assessment and was there for 4 hours being monitored and tests. To find that I'm in premature labor but these contractions weren't causing labor at thaf point in time. So I was sent home and now only getting them every so often. But we are now at risk for premature labor and I'm not aloud to work my last two weeks before I was going on maternity leave.

My bf is I'm scared enough as it is about giving birth, the pain amount of time everything. My mom keeps bringing up about "how I will know its labor because it will hurt more then something" she keeps comparing pain and freaking me out then she keeps saying oh don't worry when you go into labor you will have 12 hours at least before baby comes and changes the length of time over and over again. I know its not much of a thing I'm just annoyed and scared enough as it is now with the possibility of baby coming early on top of everything else I'm freaked out.

INmommy871278 · June 2014

I've had a headache that will not go away for almost a week now, then to add to the misery my body decided to start having contractions yesterday morning that aren't close enough together or timbale to warrant a run to L&D, but I will let OB know tomorrow. DH knows this, yet he expects me to chase after DS while at FIL's house last night and has already told me I should take DS outside today....ummm I think not sir.

[Deleted User] · June 2014

My MBF is mild- I hope everyone's LOs who are sick feel better, crazy bosses disappear off the face of the planet, and strangers gain some common sense and courtesy.

B: my mother. She's hellbent on the fact that my grandmother (her mother) is coming down in 3 weeks in August and will get to see Maddie before her. And I'm pretty sure at one point she was trying to convince her to wait until Sept after she comes. Sorry Mom.

MIL is starting to make the list too. Apparently she wants to come the first weekend in August but is unwilling to "share her baby time" so I need to make sure my grandmother books her flight after that, even though I've been telling her to book anytime she wants in the beginning of August. The terrible part of me wants LO to wait until after she's gone to show up- solely out of spite.

middleschoolmommy · June 2014

The past 2 nights I have been unable to sleep. I keep waking up and around 3-4am I just can't go back to sleep anymore. Alexander is coming home tomorrow and I KNOW I won't be sleeping through the night again anytime soon.

mamaloaf · June 2014

I'm convinced that I've got an ingrown hair on my upper inner thigh, but I am of course too big to see it well. I've tried propping a mirror up all kinds of angles but just can't get a good look at the thing. I already know my ladybits are going to be a hot mess when it's "show time" and I shouldn't care, but I don't want a red inflamed bump down there too. Of course, I can't leave the thing alone.

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knitsandgiggles · June 2014

@Salsera29‌ - try working your up to the high/strong setting on the pump and then alternative switching between the fast pace and the slow pace for a minute to minute and a half each.

littlemissmarla · June 2014

I was just organizing stuff that I purchased at Buy Buy Baby from over the weekend, and I'm missing a tray to the bumbo seat.. I go to check my receipt and they charged me 2x for the tray and 2x for a toy.. and never gave me the tray. Now, I have to go back out there and it's like a 45min drive, not happy - it's mainly my fault as I should have checked the receipt before I left the store.

eta: spelling

kwh33ls · June 2014

eadams08 said:

The past 2 nights I have been unable to sleep. I keep waking up and around 3-4am I just can't go back to sleep anymore. Alexander is coming home tomorrow and I KNOW I won't be sleeping through the night again anytime soon.

I've had this problem for quite a while, and can't get back to sleep (I wake up at 5:30 anyway). I've found that if I take a benadryl at my 1-2 am pee wake up, I can usually make it through till my alarm goes off, at least. I hope you can catch up a little bit before the wee one comes home!!

strmbreez · June 2014

What a weekend. Been waking up feeling sick every morning for the last week, and can't help but be super sad that the sickness is back. So over throwing up every day. Not to mention that food just seems to go right through me this past week. Just keep telling myself there's a light at the end of the tunnel, and that finish line means that I get to hold this precious boy in my arms when it's all over.

helloblueeyes · June 2014

My MBF:

I absolutely HATE my mom's ExH. He is a terrible father and creep to boot. My mom lets him walk all over her. He will just randomly show up at the house to see his kids. Which i get wanting to see them but seriously if you wanted to spend time with them why the fuck couldn't you take them for your court appointed time frame? It's absolutely ridiculous, he drops them off and picks them up and stops by with no care for anybody else's schedule. He wants to have Fathers Day breakfast with them, why the fuck did you bring them back Saturday night then? He was supposed to have them all weekend. And why can't you meet somewhere fucking neutral? It's not that damn difficult.

No one can stand him, not even his own family. I pay rent, my mom doesn't and I shouldn't not have to deal with this fucking creep showing up whenever he fucking feels like it. His 2 older kids want nothing to do with him. He didn't even want anything to do with my brother in the beginning. He's seriously an absolute waste of space.

He also has no idea how to handle children or be a father. My siblings are the biggest brats you could ever imagine because of him. He doesn't understand the need for structure or discipline at all. No time outs, no taking things away, just lets them run wild. My brother is turning into a mini psychopath, and everyone sees it but him and my mom.

I cannot wait to move away from all this shit. It's driving me and DH fucking nuts.