@secicc12 Thats so hard. My son has always been very attached to my mom (she watched him for about 6 months before he went to daycare), and it has always been super upsetting to me too. My husband and I basically don’t exist when my parents are around. Hurts my heart.
@DuchessOfCambridge Don’t feel guilty about that. It so hard to do everything, especially when you’re not feeling well. It sounds like he was just fine! We all need a little time to rest!
@JennZed I’m not going to lie, the one off threads have been super entertaining. I love seeing a little bit of snark come out 😂
@msb615 Ugh thanks for sharing. On the one hand, I should be happy that she gets to stay with such a loving caregiver all day. But it hurts! I hope it's just a phase... but who knows. I'm already dreading picking her up today. I need to get over this!
@secicc12 DD hates leaving daycare. I actually started picking her up a little later so she could play more. Last Wednesday and both days this week she cried when DH or I picked her up out of the cozy coupe because she was having so much fun. I look at it as a good thing - less of an "I want to stay with (grandma/teacher/whomever)" and more of a "I was happy with what I was doing and don't want to stop." Plus, when we're caregivers, we're also trying to cook dinner, do laundry, be a good spouse, etc. When they're with caregivers during the day, the focus is all on them and what they want to do. I try not to compare it. Growing up in a household where my mom worked and having a much younger sister, I lived and saw it all and my mom and I are insanely close - even if I was mad when she came to pick me up from daycare because I wanted to play.
@kvh22 That's a good way to look at it! I might try and just hang out at my mom's for a bit to let her finish playing/doing whatever before immediately heading home. I just want to swoop that babe up for a hug but miss lady is too busy doing other things lol.
@secicc12 My DD is so attached to my MIL, who I already have very conflicting feelings about. She's OBSESSED. Also, we just switched her to preschool recently but at her old daycare, she cried every time I picked her up. She didn't want to leave.
It hurts but I try to keep in mind that long-term, it's a VERY good thing for your child to love and trust multiple adults, and for multiple adults to love and support your child. Hugs though, I know it's rough.
Does anyone else get really annoyed when people call us hormonal?
I'm annoyed at the connotation of it. Being hormonal, especially during pregnancy, is a real and legitimate medical thing. So yes, I am hormonal, but no I am not ridiculous which is really what you (general you, not you you) mean by hormonal. And no, I am not being hormonal every time I express a feeling other than happy. You're probably just being a jerk and I'm reacting to that like a normal human.
What @DuchessOfCambridge said. It is okay to be understanding but don't use it as an insult or to justify actions then I get livid.
In othet news, I had my first pregnancy brain experience. I brought a frozen dinner for lunch, which I never do but for some reason it sounded delicious. I had opened it up, vented it, and got so far as turning on the microwave before I realized it was not the right one and then I had to go apologize to my coworker. I ad even purposefully put it in a specific spot in the freezer so I wouldn't miss it. *face palm*
OK I have to confess. with my last two kids I never bought maternity pants.
With my daughter no stores where I use to live in my town sold them and with my son I didn't think I needed them. I thought my yoga pants kept fitting but really I stretched them out.
So I was trying to wear my cheap exercise capris from walmart today and I had pulled out an old XL maternity shirt. Damn maternity shirt was too small! SO I hit up target today and got myself some maternity shorts and a XXL top.
Know what I don't even care thats my size. Im comfy and I can bend over with out flashing everyone my crack and I can lift my son up out of a cart with out my belly greeting the world.
I may never go back to normal pants ladies!
Pregnancy #1 DD 08.30.2007 Pregnancy #2 Natural Miscarriage at 6 weeks 03/2014 Due date 11/9/2014 Pregnancy #3 DS 02.23.2015 Pregnancy #4 Missed Miscarriage at 11 weeks 11/2018 Due date 5/22/2019 Pregnancy #5 Positive test 12/11/2019 Due Date 8/17/2020
@psychobutthead Comfy pants are lifeee. Work doesn’t know it yet, but I’ll be showing up in leggings every day once I don’t fit into my dress pants anymore. 💁🏼♀️
My sister and I saw a psychic last night! We made the appt a while ago and this was our first time doing something like this. This woman is a medium who channels spirits to relay messages and sees big future or recent events. It was interesting. She was spot on about a lot of stuff, though there were also some random things that didn't make any sense to us.
Probably most interesting/spooky of all though was that she channeled our deceased father and was talking about print outs of a heartbeat - she thought maybe it was his heartbeat? My sister and I didn't know about anything like that, but she really kept bringing it up and insisting it was someone's heartbeat. It took me a while to put it together but she was talking about the baby's heartbeat, which I saw just yesterday at the u/s. We have print-outs of the sonogram. It kind of all came together in that moment and the psychic was positive this is what my father was showing her and that he was there with us at the u/s yesterday, watching our baby's heartbeat with us. He also told her that the baby will be born on May 1, which is the day he passed away, and that the baby would bring a new, happier meaning to that day. She also saw blue balloons in a gender reveal. She was like, if you have a baby boy on May 1st, I want to know! I'm like I WILL DEFINITELY FUCKING LET YOU KNOW IF I HAVE A BABY BOY ON MAY 1ST.
Me: 33 DH: 34 Married: Oct 2015 TTC #1: Sept 2016 BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16 BFP: 3/24/17 DD1 born 12/2/17 TTC #2: July 2018 BFP: 8/26/18 DD2 born 5/16/19
@lappymom2019 pregnancy brain is my only real, consistent symptom. And it. is. bad. I am forgetting things all the time. On Monday we missed my oldest daughter's skating because I totally forgot that they moved the time that day since there was no school. Yesterday I nearly missed a board meeting, and then when I was there I kept asking really stupid questions because by brain just wouldn't process the information properly. Today I put supper in the crockpot before taking my youngest to Playschool. Just got home and its completely cold because I never turned the thing on. I'm actually worried about the toll this is going to take on the family over the next 8 months, lol. So far its not looking good
Soooo, a couple weeks ago, I received some money from a legal settlement. I've...never had this much cash on hand in my life. It's a pretty unreal feeling. Just now, I paid off all my credit card debt; I had about $5k that was left from my divorce and a period of unemployment. I. Feel. Awesome!!!!
@wishiwaspreggo (from the 'where are you from?' thread) I find parents hover a little too much pretty much everywhere we go. We have always lived in small towns where I don't find it quite as bad, but anytime we go to a playground in the city it is so much more prevalent. Funny enough, I actually read an article not long ago about how playgrounds today were getting "too safe" and that kids aren't adequately challenged by them as a result. We spent 3 weeks in the Netherlands in May and the playgrounds there were outstanding!!! So challenging and super cool. There were always lots of older kids there too, because it was actually fun. Also, the parents are SO laid back. I witnessed several situations similar to your example of your son hanging on a bar having to drop down, usually with fairly small children (2ish). They would be kind of stuck going up a curved ladder or whatever and calling to their mom to help. Seriously, every time it took the mom at least a couple minutes to come and help. They hang right back and just let them figure it out on their own. We never felt an ounce of judgement for our usual laidback parenting style. If anything I often felt people were looking at me like I was a helicopter parent, lol. Laidback in North America is apparently still pretty high-maintenance in Holland.
@expandcontract its definitely based on lovetits. Back in my day, all the cool kids from the Parenting board were regularly the leaders. One time, my BMB took it upon ourselves to get a bunch of us on the leader boards. We started tons of posts and got everyone on our board to lovetit the shit outta everything we posted and after a day or so, we had all of the top spots. Then the Parenting girls in their random thread were like, who are these guys on the leaderboard, we've never seen them before? Then we started a gif war. It was a good week.
We have a HUGE haul of garden tomatoes from DH's aunt. They're all ripening faster that we can eat them. I'm planning to can some and make salsa this weekend, but in the meantime does anyone have any delicious dinner recipes that use lots of fresh tomatoes?
@expandcontract its definitely based on lovetits. Back in my day, all the cool kids from the Parenting board were regularly the leaders. One time, my BMB took it upon ourselves to get a bunch of us on the leader boards. We started tons of posts and got everyone on our board to lovetit the shit outta everything we posted and after a day or so, we had all of the top spots. Then the Parenting girls in their random thread were like, who are these guys on the leaderboard, we've never seen them before? Then we started a gif war. It was a good week.
@peachy13 That’s so crazy!! I wish we knew right now if it would happen that way or not! I’m curious if the silly ring test will end up being right or not 😂
@mcewen3 I love to melt mozzarella on tomatoes then sprinkle with a bit of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, fresh basil, salt and pepper. I serve this as a side frequently here.
Or get a loaf of french bread, cut it in half long ways, brush a little bit of olive oil and roasted garlic on it, throw on some fresh veggies (peppers, squash, zucchini, onions, mushrooms tomatoes), then put cheese salt pepper on it, bake until cheese starts to brown. So good!
Tomato soup is another one.
Wife. Boy mom x6. Expecting #7. Wannabe homesteader. , 💙💙💙💙💙💙
OMG! 3yr old locked the bathroom door, walked out, and closed the door behind him. I've been working on it for the last 20mins and still can't get the effer open. About to give up but that means 3 little boys using my bathroom and peeing on the seat and floor. Ugh.
Wife. Boy mom x6. Expecting #7. Wannabe homesteader. , 💙💙💙💙💙💙
@nopegoat lol , let them go outside with the animals?
I think it's funny that the only person who lovetitted the "this thread is closed" announcement by the admins is the person who started the thread. I mean, I feel bad she felt offended but then I couldn't help laughing when I saw that.
@expandcontract normally I totally would but it's been super gross and rainy today which means so much mud. I swear they get filthy if I even mention outside. Either way involves extra cleaning and I just don't want to deal with it today.
Wife. Boy mom x6. Expecting #7. Wannabe homesteader. , 💙💙💙💙💙💙
Re: Randoms 9/24
@DuchessOfCambridge Don’t feel guilty about that. It so hard to do everything, especially when you’re not feeling well. It sounds like he was just fine! We all need a little time to rest!
@JennZed I’m not going to lie, the one off threads have been super entertaining. I love seeing a little bit of snark come out 😂
It hurts but I try to keep in mind that long-term, it's a VERY good thing for your child to love and trust multiple adults, and for multiple adults to love and support your child. Hugs though, I know it's rough.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019
Off to go find the closed thread....
In othet news, I had my first pregnancy brain experience. I brought a frozen dinner for lunch, which I never do but for some reason it sounded delicious. I had opened it up, vented it, and got so far as turning on the microwave before I realized it was not the right one and then I had to go apologize to my coworker. I ad even purposefully put it in a specific spot in the freezer so I wouldn't miss it. *face palm*
With my daughter no stores where I use to live in my town sold them and with my son I didn't think I needed them. I thought my yoga pants kept fitting but really I stretched them out.
So I was trying to wear my cheap exercise capris from walmart today and I had pulled out an old XL maternity shirt. Damn maternity shirt was too small! SO I hit up target today and got myself some maternity shorts and a XXL top.
Know what I don't even care thats my size. Im comfy and I can bend over with out flashing everyone my crack and I can lift my son up out of a cart with out my belly greeting the world.
I may never go back to normal pants ladies!
Pregnancy #2 Natural Miscarriage at 6 weeks 03/2014 Due date 11/9/2014
Pregnancy #3 DS 02.23.2015
Pregnancy #4 Missed Miscarriage at 11 weeks 11/2018 Due date 5/22/2019
Pregnancy #5 Positive test 12/11/2019 Due Date 8/17/2020
Probably most interesting/spooky of all though was that she channeled our deceased father and was talking about print outs of a heartbeat - she thought maybe it was his heartbeat? My sister and I didn't know about anything like that, but she really kept bringing it up and insisting it was someone's heartbeat. It took me a while to put it together but she was talking about the baby's heartbeat, which I saw just yesterday at the u/s. We have print-outs of the sonogram. It kind of all came together in that moment and the psychic was positive this is what my father was showing her and that he was there with us at the u/s yesterday, watching our baby's heartbeat with us. He also told her that the baby will be born on May 1, which is the day he passed away, and that the baby would bring a new, happier meaning to that day. She also saw blue balloons in a gender reveal. She was like, if you have a baby boy on May 1st, I want to know! I'm like I WILL DEFINITELY FUCKING LET YOU KNOW IF I HAVE A BABY BOY ON MAY 1ST.
Married: Oct 2015
TTC #1: Sept 2016
BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16
BFP: 3/24/17
TTC #2: July 2018
BFP: 8/26/18
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
@nopegoat
We started tons of posts and got everyone on our board to lovetit the shit outta everything we posted and after a day or so, we had all of the top spots. Then the Parenting girls in their random thread were like, who are these guys on the leaderboard, we've never seen them before? Then we started a gif war. It was a good week.
@sleepy33 Thats so awesome!
@mcewen3 BLTs are always so delicious with fresh ripe tomatoes, and they’re super quick and easy!
Or get a loaf of french bread, cut it in half long ways, brush a little bit of olive oil and roasted garlic on it, throw on some fresh veggies (peppers, squash, zucchini, onions, mushrooms tomatoes), then put cheese salt pepper on it, bake until cheese starts to brown. So good!
Tomato soup is another one.
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I think it's funny that the only person who lovetitted the "this thread is closed" announcement by the admins is the person who started the thread. I mean, I feel bad she felt offended but then I couldn't help laughing when I saw that.
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Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
All in all that thread was pretty tame. *shrug*