MBF 9/22

darkangel42

We're slacking ladies. It's already 11:30 on the East Coast and no bitching? What's that about??

Trying to find a job when you live in the middle of nowhere. I hate it. It  was hard enough when I lived in major cities back home. I don't live near anything.

hgtvmom

It's my last Monday home with my little one. I'm going to miss this time with her so so much!

BPer

Today is my first day back at work.

I went to grab some coffee creamer from the fridge, and noticed that no one had bothered to throw out my strawberry granola parfait from Panera...from the day before I went on ML unexpectedly.

So strawberries and yogurt from roughly July 2nd.

I no longer have any desire to eat today.

Also, there's only 5 people in my office, so it's not like it went unnoticed.

Csltdk

I keep losing in my fantasy football league and it's making me fucking ragey inside. I've never started 0-2 and always make the playoffs and win money...

Jimmy graham- WTF .

Nichole8787

 I did all the necessary paperwork for Baylor to get health insurance while still in the hospital. Still no insurance card. I've called and e-mailed every day for almost 2 weeks. It's been 2 months! Someone give me some insurance damn it! 

Having job difficulties! I am a child care provider. I was a nanny but the dad got a job in Italy. I can't move to Italy. I lined up another family to start in home child care. The mom got diagnosed with cancer. It's tragic I feel horrible for them and will be helping them as much as possible....but now they don't know if they can afford child care. I got a position at a pre-school in the infant room so I can still be in with Baylor but I soooo don't want to do that. I am desperately looking for children to either nanny for or care for in my home. I am a loving, caring and educated professional! It shouldn't be so hard to find children to care for!

hrgwu2006

I got all the way to work today and realized I forgot my pumping supplies.  It is an hour drive back home, then another to come back to work. I just went to Target and got a new set.  Fuck Mondays...

hgtvmom

I put too much brewer's yeast in my "lactation smoothie" and it tastes icky. I would throw it out and start over, but we are out of almond milk, bananas, frozen blueberries - so, basically, everything that goes in it except the icky tasting stuff.

ETA - peanut butter! We are out of that too!

nolemomma14

Paid $300 last week for LOs cardiologist bill. It was billed under my insurance, no issue. Got another bill from DS's insurance for the same dates of service and procedures saying we only owed $100. wtf cardiologist! Why are you billing my insurance and LOs!? He's under a different plan than I am. Now I have to call them and deal with their billing department so I can get a refund. Thankful for the refund, but dreading dealing with the actual process.

cookiemomma14

My coffee took 10 minutes to brew this morning..I wanted it right now!

Had to do a walmart run this morning and every freaking person was slamming shit around, carts, ladders, pallets, etc. There were like no customers and 100 workers. I had a sleeping baby woke up and no one at a register so I could check out. Ensue screaming baby. I hate walmart. The end.

[Deleted User]

My in laws are coming on Thursday and I've got cleaning, shopping, etc to do and LO won't sleep :-(

Also DH is flying out tomorrow afternoon to Cali for work until late Wednesday night for work so he will be zero help in preparing. Ugh.

missyrissy

My house is a mess... I live with my husband and his best friend, so there, in all, are 3 adults!!!! You would think with 3 adults we could keep a house decent. But no, it's a mess, the cats peed on some clothes this weekend so one bedroom smells, the floors need to be cleaned, laundry done, etc. UGH!

Also, I own a daycare. No matter what I make, one of my kiddos refuses to eat ANYTHING except pizza. I'm not making pizza everyday!!!

LO is going through a wonder week. While I love cuddling, I can't clean the house holding her and I baby wear until she falls asleep, but then she wakes up in 5 minutes! No wonder my house is a mess...

avacek1

I hate shopping right now! I need a dress for DS2's baptism this weekend and everything either clings in all the wrong places or makes me feel huge. I've lost all the baby weight, but I still have that ugly random pooch. It's depressing.

shortstack930

@avacek1‌ I know how you feel. I haven't even scheduled DD's baptism yet because I'm dreading having to find a dress for myself.

avacek1

@shortstack930‌ I think that someone should create a line of clothes specifically for postpartum women. It's so hard to be in between maternity and normal clothes or to be back to your pre pregnancy size but still need camouflaging.

missyrissy

There's actually a store in a n. Chicago suburb who "supposidly" does that called "hot mama" but it's not meant for people who were big originally.

shortstack930

@avacek1‌ agreed!! I'm only five pounds away from prepregnancy weight but I still look super flabby. I think I'm just going to have to cave in and buy bigger shirts for now

darkangel42

I'm not sure how to feel about my weight. 

I'm back to pre-baby weight...but a completely different shape and none of my clothes fit.

Thankyou fall for allowing me to live in leggings and huge sweaters so I don't have to stress about clothes!

jensavicci

DW has been irritating me with her dieting lately. I want her to be healthy. Idc if she's curvy or not. I loved her at any shape. But she wants to be healthy and I want her to be healthy. So she buys pre cooked food that's been frozen on some diet food system and decides she's going to stick to that. She knows that I'm going to hold her to that and make sure she gets all the support from me that she needs. But she'll go at it hard for about 2 weeks and then trickle back down to fast food and junk. I've agreed to at least hide my junk from her or simply not buy it at all. But she comes home today with a bag of chips and dip and 5 donuts. Then when I give her the "you know you shouldn't be eating that" look, she waves it in front of me and says she's gonna eat it anyway. I got so fed up I just snatched the crap from her hands and threw it away. I don't regret it either. Idk how to help her if she won't stick to her plan or listen to me when I try to encourage her. And I'm trying so hard to encourage her!

:-L

darkangel42

Baby is tired but won't go to sleep. She's had a couple of 10-15 minute naps but that's it. She's currently laid on my lap, screaming with her eyes closed because she's exhausted. I love her to bits but dammit, why won't she sleep?! 

shortstack930

@darkangel42‌ I am currently experiencing the same thing! Trying so hard to get the poor girl to nap but she keeps waking up.

darkangel42

She's asleep right now and I don't dare move in case she wakes up again.

hgtvmom

darkangel42 said:

Baby is tired but won't go to sleep. She's had a couple of 10-15 minute naps but that's it. She's currently laid on my lap, screaming with her eyes closed because she's exhausted. I love her to bits but dammit, why won't she sleep?! 

Been that kind of day here too, with a healthy dose of she hasn't pooped in 3 days. I'm thrilled to be holed away in her room pumping now that DH is home. Next, I'm heading to the grocery store. Blissfully alone! (Since that didn't get done due to Ms Crankypants and her demands)

darkangel42

@Pup4gdb and @shortstack930 - those are love-its of agreement, not that I enjoy your suffering with screamy tiny humans.

Madam is still out too. I had grand plans to get stuff done but ended up watching Netflix and enjoying the peace instead!

Nichole8787

Ok scheduled a phone interview for 8 pm when I have a happy baby. Woman doesn't call me until 9 when I knew he was going to end up being a ragey baby. He was still content when I passed him to dh to take the call. As soon as I walk out of the room on the phone the screams start and don't stop. I ended up cutting the call short. When I walked into the room dh was just sitting there letting baby scream I his arms. no consoling happening.I picked the baby up and bounced him just like I showed dh how to and insta happy baby. He was even asleep literally within 2 minutes. Hubby I know you don't spend as much time with baby but for fucks sake at least try and do what I show you! It would've been particularly helpful while I was on a ducking phone interview! Trying to get a job where I could continue to care for baby all day!

Skeemer

Today is mom's bday & we took the kids shopping & to eat. My son...OMG...is driving me to an early grave. What the crap is wrong with 3 year olds?! He is insane. He argues with me about everything, whines, cries, meltdown, wash, rinse, repeat. ALL. FREAKIN. DAY.

The lady who cuts his hair beautifully is retiring so while we were at the mall I just did a walk in. The woman cutting his hair actually told him to be still "or someone's going to get hurt". Okay lady, he's 3. He has no concept of the scissors in your hand being dangerous. Also, he WAS being good. For the first danged time all day he was being an angel. She kept putting her hands on his head & kind of making him be still. I said, "I'll hold his head." She just looked at me & huffed.

Whaaaa...?! Oh no you dit'nt! Back up lady. Yes, my cub has been terrorizing me all day but you need to back your 'tude up off of him for the only five minutes he's been a decent human today. I will cut you!

Ekg688

DD usually only wakes 1-2 times a night (amazing for EBF) but I just would love to sleep through the night and sleep in late.

Also yesterday at DDs christening party, she was just over stimulated and was sick of being passed around. So I took her into a quiet room to try to get her settled. My clueless aunt follows after me and acts as if I don't know what I'm doing and says "oh let me take her for you" ... umm no, I came in here to get away from everyone. She doesn't want to be held by anyone but me. She's had enough.

INmommy871278

It's currently 11:26pm and this is the first time since 8am that one of my two have not been crying. DS cried for over an hour this a afternoon and I'm still clueless as to why, he just kept asking for daddy. He then cried for several hours this evening with noting consoling him. When he wasn't crying DD was crying. I'm hiding in the bathroom praying neither of them wakes up crying again.

On a semi related note I made DD a bottle while I was getting dinner, propped it up for her so DH just had to make sure it stayed in her mouth he then proceeds to tell me that she kept spitting it out and didn't want it. I pick her up and pop the bottle in no problem then get to have a cold dinner because DH can't pick DD up and feed her.

alyss0nl

I feel like today was the day that all my students decided they would stop listening to me. Honeymoon is over.

honeybee434

darkangel42 said:

I'm not sure how to feel about my weight. 

I'm back to pre-baby weight...but a completely different shape and none of my clothes fit.

Thankyou fall for allowing me to live in leggings and huge sweaters so I don't have to stress about clothes!

This exactly! Thank you for letting me know I'm not the only one! I'm actually a few pounds under my pre-baby weight and my pants still give me crazy muffin top/I look like a stuffed sausage. (Not eating cheese, ice cream or tomatoes apparently is the best diet ever.) I'm seriously debating getting out my bebands from 1st trimester again.

JLHV1909

Dh- if you come home from work at 6. Stay outside "working" for hours, and then finally come inside around 10:30. Do not sit down and expect that LO will happily sit with you. It certainly isn't my fault that he cries with you. And no my breast feeding and taking care of him isn't turning him into a needy baby with separation issues.

Nichole8787

JLHV1909 said:

Dh- if you come home from work at 6. Stay outside "working" for hours, and then finally come inside around 10:30. Do not sit down and expect that LO will happily sit with you. It certainly isn't my fault that he cries with you. And no my breast feeding and taking care of him isn't turning him into a needy baby with separation issues.

Why the hell do people say that? I'm sick of hearing it too

Skeemer

It's technically FFFC but I am pulling this thread out today because come Monday I'll forget what I was so mad about.

I am SICK of my dad making weird comments about me & my time management. I went to the gym this morning while my mom watched the Minions. While I was there picking them up she asked me to stay for lunch so I did. After, I gathered the kids up & said that I had to get home. My dad says, "You can't get anything done because you just want to hold her (dd) all the time." I said, "No, I can't get a lot done because I have a 3 year old & a 3 month old that I have to do a lot for." He said, "Well you just have to manage your time." I said, "I do. When she cries I give her a bottle. When DS wants to eat, I feed him. All of my time revolves around them & in between I do laundry, clean & etc." He goes, "Well this is the problem I had with Louis at the XYZ job we used to have...motivation. People have to be motivated." I said, "I'm plenty motivated. Because when they are hungry, they cry. And that's my motivation to feed them." He goes, "Well I raised three kids so I know what you're talking about." My mom spoke up & said, "No...*I* raised three kids. You came home from work every day & went fishing or hunting. On the weekends you were playing basketball with your friends. If you were left here with both kids you wouldn't have the slightest clue how to handle them AND get work done."

Thanks mom. That shut him up.    ^:)^   :-bd

I'm just tired of him blabbering on about my time management when I do not ASK for his input. He does not LIVE at my house. So...shut it! Good. Grief. *sigh*

  ETA: The words. They be hard.

ariel8200

@Skeemer‌ glad your mom stuck up for you!

Nichole8787

@skeemer

 

Your mom sounds awesome!