I hate taking my kids places by myself. My son’s school is doing a cool event tonight and I had planned on taking the kids but I have to go by myself and I’d rather poke my eyeballs out.
Also it will end after bedtime bedtime is my favorite time of day.
@hillbillywife I hate going places by myself in general, and it’s so much more work with kids. Totally feel you.
My ffc is that I’m sitting on my couch eating Gushers while my son is screaming his head off in his bedroom because he doesn’t want to take a nap. I might have another pack just because.
Why the the heck do they make these wrappers so crinkly now????
My FFC confession, I think I may have mentioned this before but I REALLY don't want to breastfeed or pump. I thought as I got further along in pregnancy it would change but it hasn't. I will do it but only because I feel obligated to. My goal to is BF this baby for like 3 months. Yup, aiming kind of low. I made it 2-3 months with DD but never exclusively, we did 50/50 BM/formula.
There is so much I dislike about it; the pain, leaky boobs, having to whip my boob out, the breastfeeding nazi culture, the overstated claims, the nursing bras, feeling like a cow getting milked. Ugh. I mean I'll do it and it will be fine lol.
@runsomewhere no shame! The mom also has the right of doing what she thinks is best for her too. Baby will be fed either way! I stopped at 5 months because it made my anxiety worse to pump all the time. I hope it will be easier this time and he actually latches better than his brother but I’ll be proud to do it as far as i can make it even if it’s just a few months. As moms we forget about ourselves because we have to dedicate our lives to our children but no need in beating yourself up or feeling forced. Happy mommy, happy baby.
@runsomewhere I'm more scared of breastfeeding than of birth, I know, I'm crazy! I don't plan on doing it for more than 5-6 months honestly. Maybe it will be the most amazing feeling but I share some of your sentiments. So, no shame!
Here's mine. Someone on my IG account is also pregnant and literally EVERY DAY in her stories she talks about how tired she is, how sick she is, she puts up polls EVERY DAY asking "are you sick too" or "just chilling, pregnancy is fun", dumb stuff like that. She says she takes 4-5 hours naps (!) 3 times a week. While I feel blessed that this pregnancy has been easy so far for me and I feel bad she is having such a tough time, I can't help but thinking she is taking it a bit too far sometimes.
@runsomewhere my biggest reason for wanting to breastfeed/pump is to not have to buy formula bc that crap is expensive. The most important part is the colostrum and that’s like the first week lol. You do you! Besides then you can share feeding duties with your DH
@moguippy I am with you on formula being expensive as hell. I dreaded both times my milk supply dried up and I spent $25-30 about every week on formula, even after they turned 1 because I didn't think they could survive on the solids they were eating plus cow's milk. But the extended formula feeding was just my own paranoia about growth.
@runsomewhere if it's not something u want to do then don't force yourself to do it! Baby will be fine! Happy mama = happy everyone right?
Earlier this week I noticed that we had an entire, unopened box of microwave popcorn in the pantry which expires in April. My first thought was “Challenge Accepted!”
My confession? By this time on my first pregnancy, I had everything planned out, was getting the nursery painted, etc. For this baby, I have half way cleaned out a closet? I still don't even know if she will get her own room... she isn't even here yet and is already suffering from 2nd child syndrome
@cseley321 Right. There. With. You. Not that I’m not as excited, but I definitely have more on my plate than I did before which makes finding time harder. Also, I’m not on DH as much as I was the first time around. He’s a snail and we’re going at his pace.
@runsomewhere I had the worst experience nursing my daughters and it is the one thing I truly dread. The first two months, both times, were awful. I saw SO many lactation specialists and only one was able to eventually help. It was extremely painful and my nipples had constant scabs and were always bleeding. I tried everything. For my first daughter, after trying to nurse for months I eventually started exclusively pumping and continued EPing for over a year. It was exhausting and I hated it. For my second, I was eventually able to nurse after months of pain and getting her tongue tie corrected (although I’m not sure that did enough). Then at 8 months she got hand foot and mouth and stopped nursing all together and would freak out if I even put her close to nursing position. It was traumatic and caused a lot of depression for me. I feel like I didn’t enjoy th newborn stage as much because of it. I’m praying this time will be different but if it isn’t, I’m going to split 50/50 with formula and just be ok with it. And if that doesn’t work I’ll just go to formula. I won’t have the ability to EP with two kids running everywhere and things will be challenging enough. Happy mom, happy baby is so true. I’m so jealous of the moms who are able to nurse with no issues.
@ladyj2949 totally would understand if you chose to do formula instead, but if you want to try to making breastfeeding work and tongue tie is an issue again (it's genetic so might be), have you looked into body work along with correcting the tie? That's what we had to do with my son, lots and lots of chiropractor adjustments and cranial sacral therapy was what he needed once the tie was fixed. It was a long hard road that's for sure. There's a great Facebook group with so much info, I think it's called tongue tie baby support group.
@LadyJ2949 that sounds awful! So sorry you went through all of that for so long. I would not have blamed you or anyone for weaning earlier at all--sometimes it just doesn't work out and that's still okay. There is too much pressure on women to BF and it's wrong to do that to ppl. I was one of the lucky ladies with my first and we both took to BF very naturally and without issue until I randomly dried up at 9 months. Before she was born I had doubts that I would enjoy it at all. It was that good experience which helped me know something was wrong with DS's latch when was born and I saw he had a tongue-tie, which we got corrected at 5 days old. Our pediatrician was surprised the hospital didn't catch it and fix it while we were still there. It still took him a couple of days to re-learn how to latch properly and then we were good. I finally dried up at about 10.5 months with him, but I was also more successful with supply and pumping overall. I hope that this time I can make it a full year so I don't have to spend $$ on formula...which is my main reason for BFing lol
@runsomewhere You do you! One of the best things I was told at the beginning last time was there are TWO people in the breastfeeding relationship. Once it isn't good for one of you, it isn't good for both of you. If it makes you unhappy/uncomfortable/whatever, you have every right to stop. My pediatrician friend told me to set a goal and see how I felt when I got there. I started with 3 or 4 days because I knew I wanted DS to get the colostrum. Since that was ok, I decided on 6 weeks. The hell started then but I pushed and at 6 weeks on the dot, it all started working for me and I loved it. Then my goal was 6 months and when we got there, I was done. It so helped that I made my own decisions (and DS was ready to stop, too. If he was too attached, I would have reconsidered) and I think it helped the weaning process physically and emotionally. Now I look back on this awesome thing I was able to do and look forward with excitement and the thought that it's only for 6 months. Regardless, don't push yourself too hard to do something that you hate. FED is best, doesn't matter if it's breast or bottle.
Re: FFC Friday 3/2
Also it will end after bedtime bedtime is my favorite time of day.
My ffc is that I’m sitting on my couch eating Gushers while my son is screaming his head off in his bedroom because he doesn’t want to take a nap. I might have another pack just because.
Why the the heck do they make these wrappers so crinkly now????
There is so much I dislike about it; the pain, leaky boobs, having to whip my boob out, the breastfeeding nazi culture, the overstated claims, the nursing bras, feeling like a cow getting milked. Ugh. I mean I'll do it and it will be fine lol.
@runsomewhere if it's not something u want to do then don't force yourself to do it! Baby will be fine! Happy mama = happy everyone right?
I was one of the lucky ladies with my first and we both took to BF very naturally and without issue until I randomly dried up at 9 months. Before she was born I had doubts that I would enjoy it at all. It was that good experience which helped me know something was wrong with DS's latch when was born and I saw he had a tongue-tie, which we got corrected at 5 days old. Our pediatrician was surprised the hospital didn't catch it and fix it while we were still there. It still took him a couple of days to re-learn how to latch properly and then we were good. I finally dried up at about 10.5 months with him, but I was also more successful with supply and pumping overall. I hope that this time I can make it a full year so I don't have to spend $$ on formula...which is my main reason for BFing lol