May 2016 Moms

Mom Confessions

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Re: Mom Confessions

  • tgortney said:
    Guys! Please help me feel better :(

    I just dropped my phone on LO's head while he was sleeping. He woke up and started to cry so I stuck a paci in and cuddled with him. He's asleep again but I feel sooo bad. Can I damage his skull at this age?! (Irrational question)
    I've dropped my phone on my LOs head and torso a few times. I'm sure your little guy is just fine, don't worry!!! 
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  • BellodomaniBellodomani member
    edited June 2016
    tgortney said:
    Guys! Please help me feel better :(

    I just dropped my phone on LO's head while he was sleeping. He woke up and started to cry so I stuck a paci in and cuddled with him. He's asleep again but I feel sooo bad. Can I damage his skull at this age?! (Irrational question)
    Well my husband straight up dropped the whole baby last night, does that make you feel better?   :tired_face:  He was trying to put her back in the rock and play and just misjudged where it was and down she went. She screamed for like 5 seconds but then was fine and went back to sleep. 
  • @LadySamLady thanks! that makes me feel better. It dropped right on the top of his head so I panicked.

    @bellodomani aww poor thing!! That is another fear of mine lol glad she's ok!
  • I e definitely dropped my phone on Ezra. DH dropped his phone right on Ezra's face! He still likes us :)
  • When LO was maybe 1 or 2 weeks old, I was sleepily pulling a dirty onesie over her head. I stupidly wasn't thinking and used both hands, causing her to fall back onto the changing pad once the onesie came off. She bonked her head, and I freaked out. She didn't cry, but my tears were flowing. I felt guilty about that for a week. 
  • I reuse my Windis. I rinse them out after use, put them in the dishwasher, and sanitize them in a microwave bag. I'd be spending $15 a week otherwise. 
    Married: May 2012
    DS1: May 2016
    DS2: Jan 2019
    Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24


  • thismakes4thismakes4 member
    edited June 2016
    wsgjmw1 said:
    Am I the only mom who takes videos and pics of my DS crying and pissed off ? I realized my whole
    phone was only sweet happy pics and that is just not realistic . 
    Haha I posted pictures of my kid pissed and crying a couple days ago on the #whymykidiscrying thread.

    Eta: the hashtag 
    DS #1 2010
    DS #2 2011
    DS #3 2014
    DS #4 2016
  • @wsgjmw1 I'm partial to pooping videos. My baby cycles through the most hilarious facial expressions when she's pooping so those are the best. 
  • arj14 said:
    @wsgjmw1 I feel like every video I've taken of S has involved crying in some way.  But what I really find adorable is when all of a sudden her face crumples and she lets out the world's most pathetic little "wah" sound... it's so cute, but at the same time I feel bad that I find it cute!
    The wah is so heartwrenching but adorable. It doesn't last, so video it if you can...and then obviously soothe.
  • sjlwsjlw member
    I'm so tired these days that his wails haven't been waking me up in the middle of the night to feed him, even though he's sleeping 5 feet from me in the same room.
    Fortunately my husband has been getting up instead, changing him, then bringing him to me to feed. 
  • Sometimes when I've recently fed LO and she starts screaming at me and acting like she's hungry I feel super guilty like I'm being forced into doing something I don't want to do as I unsnap my nursing bra. Makes me feel like a total emotional weirdo 
  • edited June 2016
    I have discovered a few obstacles to baby's eternal daily happiness. 
    The triggers seem to be:  

    My having to eat/ fix food while not nursing, or eating while not walking constantly around the house with baby in arms. 

    Me taking a nice warm shower, brushing teeth, or anything to do with the bathroom actually - alone without an audience or holding/rocking baby.

    My expectation to drink a beverage at anything other than room temperature.

    And the biggest offender I saved for last:
    Any of my attempts to sleep.
     
    Baby has a built in sensor for any type of sleeping day or night, even if baby appears to be sleeping soundly if I actually attempt to transfer out of arms or baby backpack carrier (so I can get some sleep at night) then that isn't acceptable and baby will make that loudly known. 

    If I could only figure out how to eliminate those obviously annoying behaviors on my part then I think life would be easier for all of us in this household. 
  • I have discovered the only obstacles to my toddler and baby's eternal daily happiness. 
    These triggers for them are: 

    My having to eat/ fix food while not nursing, walking constantly around the house with baby in arms, or letting toddler eat all my snack/food. 

    Me taking a nice warm shower, brushing teeth, or anything to do with the bathroom actually - alone without an audience or holding a baby.

    My expectation to drink a beverage at anything other than room temperature.

    And the biggest offender I saved for last:
    Any of my attempts to sleep.

    My wanting to nap during the day with baby on chest, while acceptable and preferred to baby is completely unacceptable to toddler as toddler rarely ever naps.
    And baby has a built in sensor for any type of sleeping day or night, even if baby appears to be sleeping soundly if I actually attempt to transfer out of arms or baby backpack carrier (so I can get some sleep at night) then that isn't acceptable and baby will make that loudly known. 

    If I could only figure out how to eliminate all of those obviously annoying behaviors on my part then I think life would be easier for all of us in this household. 
    Haha isn't that the truth. The only thing I would add to that list is adult conversation... It just can't happen. Unless I want all my children to have a meltdown. At the same time. 
    DS #1 2010
    DS #2 2011
    DS #3 2014
    DS #4 2016
  • yogahhyogahh member
    Sometimes (ok most of the time) I don't wet wipe after LO pees, I just put on a fresh diaper... Please tell me I'm not alone?!?!
    I do this about every other change. Sometimes I need to be quick before she freaks...


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  • Sometimes (ok most of the time) I don't wet wipe after LO pees, I just put on a fresh diaper... Please tell me I'm not alone?!?!
    DH does this lol I wipe after most of the time.
  • Also. DH just went to the grocery with LO feeling all Billy Bad Ass. He wants to make an omelette so he's going to the store and offered to take LO because he doesn't think running errands with her could be too hard. They weren't gone 5 min before he called me asking if I could bring out her diaper bag. He packed it before leaving but forgot it on the couch and remembered when he heard LO pooping from the backseat. He doesn't want to come in and get it himself because he'd have to turn off the car and bring her in too. Guess what buddy... That's part of the job. Who's such a bad ass now??
    They definitely don't understand the struggle. My DH hasn't taken Adeline anywhere on his own yet. I can't wait! 
  • I allow LO to sleep/hang out on his change pad on the floor. I watch him the whole time but he much prefers it to his crib. 
  • I allow LO to sleep/hang out on his change pad on the floor. I watch him the whole time but he much prefers it to his crib. 
    I did this when LO was a couple of weeks old because we didn't have a crib mattress yet! She was very comfy!
  • Ladies help me if I'm super off base with this....

    I confess I don't totally get why some people expect moms to stay inside with LO for the first 2 months (my grandmother is one of them). I know the idea is to wait for vaccinations but I also know a couple anti vaccinators and their kids are 8+, they don't limit where they go, and they haven't become sick. This isn't to say I don't believe in vaccinations. I recognize they work because the majority of the heard is vaccinated. I just use anti vaccinators as evidence that the likely hood of your child contracting hepititis from Target is extremely low. 
    Me: 31 | DH: 33
    DD: 05/14/16
    Baby #2 EDD: 12/23/19
  • @Charla1224 I don't get it either. I always go right out with my kids, I would go insane if I couldn't 
  • babywearing for the win! (Eating spaghetti)
    Hahaha I do this too! Napkin hat is essential 

  • I confess I don't totally get why some people expect moms to stay inside with LO for the first 2 months (my grandmother is one of them). 
    This totally reminded me of my built in excuse. I still go places that I want to go. But having a baby is totally my excuse for not doing anything I don't want to do. 

    I mean might as well use the baby card since I worked 9+ months to get it and still work - even overnight. So I never feel bad about using it as baby is so young all baby really wants is milk & mom anyway.  

    So big family gathering of baby snatchers that is draining even in normal conditions? Nah. "Oh sorry, I can't make it because: baby." 
    I used this as an excuse today to not bring baby to a baby shower. Truth is: I just wanted DH to spend 2.5 hours with baby and me be babyless for a few hours lol

    Also, there were small children and elderly people there. Aka germ sacks.
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