We got back late last night from MN. My mom's 70th birthday party went off without a hitch and even my normally gruff dad complimented my planning and thank god he paid for it. a 7 hour drive with a toddler is never any fun, but somehow she managed to sleep for half of it and then watched Sesame Street for 3 hours straight on the Ipad. Not my finest parenting move- I could almost see the brain cells disappearing. I am so glad that we are home now for the holidays for a bit though I will miss seeing my family. I am so freaking huge (mostly just fat), I kept getting asked "so how far along are you? oh really only 4 months. huh." I am already planning my keto diet after this baby is born. I was so lax with my diet after DD was born and ended up weighing as much as the day I delivered 4 months later.
I feel so lazy today and not motivated to do anything. DD1 threw up this morning at 6:00 so she is home from school. Praying it doesn’t spread to the rest of us. Some how last week I was spared from DD2’s cold.
Ivy: July 2010 | Stella: Dec 2012 | BFP#3: MMC at 11Wk's, July 2017 | Wyatt: April 2019 | BFP#5: Twin Girls due Sept 2020
I am tired AF, today! DD kept waking up in the middle of the night because she wanted to play on my cell phone! Of course it took a whole hour before we figured out that's what she wanted. This has gotten way out of control. So today, I kept my cell always hidden from her and made sure husband didn't use his either. When she woke up, she was totally fine and she didn't even ask for it. Usually she cries and I cave in. So, new rule at our house, nobody is allowed to use their phone in front of DD. I don't care if you have to hide in the bathroom. I already know MIL is not going to follow this rule but since I'm the one who pays for her service, I will cancel it if I have to.
ETA: I can't wait until we buy a house and setup security cameras throughout. MIL has a nasty habit of lying.
@expandcontract babies on the brain. The girl from that horrible blown up thread was called out (she's trying to act like nothing happened and a lurker just couldn't take it). My llama is intrigued.
@expandcontract I never looked at the original thread which I believe got deleted but it's like the 3rd or 4th in the WRW thread which was the top after the pinned posts.
@expandcontract my MIL lies too. I was so happy when my DD was finally old enough to tell me how many shows she actually watched when she hangs out with Grandma (hint: it's usually a lot).
So freakin’ tired today. My husband didn’t get to sleep till 3 in the morning, and of course he kept me up until then. Then this morning he turned off his alarm clock and went right back to sleep and relied on me to wake him up. I’m not your alarm clock dude! At least use snooze or set a second alarm. Why do I always have to be the one to drag your ass out of bed?
@eatinwatermelonseeds Thanks for the heads up. I’m so glad someone finally called her out on her shit.
@beccaneu my DH does the exact same thing. I get up with our toddler at 6 every am, but need him to get up at 7:15 so I can start getting ready for work. But he won't set an alarm and 3 days out of 5, I have to walk all te way back to our bedroom with DD to wake him up which is just so annoying. I am not your mom!
@chloe97@beccaneu lol I am your husbands! Not really, but there are days... When I was in the first trimester, DH would get up to let me sleep and he'd have to come get me when he needed to get ready for work. I do BF DD in the morning so I'm up for 20-30 minutes doing that while he sleeps and rarely fall back asleep now that I'm out of first tri (and she's past her leap which had her up at 5am some mornings). Before it could get me an hour of sleep if she woke up at 5am, though, but DH got to sleep until she was done BFing. AND he would never start breakfast or anything. I work from home so he'd just play with her and since I don't have to rush out the door, he'd get me up so he could shower and I would feed DD breakfast, pack her lunch and snacks for daycare and get her bag ready (water, extra clothes, etc.) while he got ready for work. Now I take 15-20 minutes of me time after I BF while he plays with DD AND I've gotten him to get her in her high chair and get her yogurt some mornings!
@DuchessOfCambridge. I just checked and looks like they already deleted the whole thing. Makes me wonder if things got crazy again or if they are just deleting anything remotely related to her crazy instead of banning her 🤷♀️
@chloe97 I wonder sometimes how he ever showed up to work on time before we were together. 😂
@kvh22. I think you get a pass for being pregnant. The exhaustion is real!
I worked a 10 hr shift and then spent almost 3 hours in 2 different Kihls trying to find DHs undershirts for work (these are his stocking stuffers each year). Finding an XL tall anything is impossible. All the talls shirts were 3xl-6xl. I was supposed to make dinner tonight (because i havent all week) and i placed a takeout order at the local steakhouse instead. Hopefully DH takes pity on me when he gets home.
@DuchessOfCambridge@beccaneu@eatinwatermelonseeds yup looks like it's deleted. Having not seen the original but hearing enough from you all and that thread today before it was deleted, I'm just so confused as to how she hasn't been banned if 2 threads she's blown up with her crazy have been deleted. Today's wasn't as ridiculous except that she didn't backtrack or apologize.
@kvh22. As someone who used to moderate a couple communities I can appreciate the difficulty that is sometimes involved in figuring out how to best handle crazies, but the way this particular incident is being handled really baffles me. It would be one thing if the thread was just locked but still up for everyone to see how awful she was and make their own opinion as to whether or not they wanted to continue interacting with her, or if they had eliminated the thread and banned her. But eliminating all trace of the toxic and hurtful things she said and then allowing her to continue contributing to the board as though nothing happened makes no sense to me. They’ve essentially given her a clean slate and no consequences.
THEY DELETED ANOTHER ONE?! WHY?! I don't understand why they're letting her just pretend NOTHING happened and any time it's brought to light, she's saved again. I cannot believe this.
WTAF. Was hopeful? Fuck, she better have been. Omfg I'm fuming right now. Girl can say she'd rather have her child die than be special needs, nothing. Someone calls her on it, banned. WHAT
Eh, I think I'm in the minority here, but I don't think it would really be right to ban her for being a terrible human being. I do wonder why they keep deleting her shit though instead of just locking and letting the community see that she's a terrible human being... maybe they're worried about bad PR if somehow it comes back to bite them that they are giving people like hopeful a platform?
@brie_and_almonds personally I feel like her comments crossed the line from just shitty human being to actually hurtful to many of the members of the board, however I’d be ok with her not being banned if it weren’t for the fact that they are also going around cleaning up her mess for her and banning those who call her out on behalf of those she hurt. If her comments were bad enough that entire threads had to be deleted then it seems to me that at the very least a suspension should follow, if her comments weren’t considered bad enough to warrant action against her then why not just lock the threads?
H made me mad (again) today. I don't understand why he can't just think before he says stupid shit. But after I blew up, he left and came back and offered to take DS to therapy tomorrow so I can sleep in and relax all day ♥️
I missed this person starting trouble again due to being at work again. From the aftermath last time she sounds like a piece of work but it's frustrating for all the threads to be deleted so everyone can't make their own decisions instead of hearsay afterwards.
Unrelated- there's these new (i think) potato chips my husband and I found that are mozzarella and marinera flavor. Such a weird flavor to make a chip but they are soooooooo good. I'm craving them all the time now.
@fuscok88 omg I can't even imagine. Ugh. Totally happening after baby comes. Everyone is wanting a drink and I'm over here just wanting to get stoned and eat yummy stuff 😂
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I am tired AF, today! DD kept waking up in the middle of the night because she wanted to play on my cell phone! Of course it took a whole hour before we figured out that's what she wanted. This has gotten way out of control. So today, I kept my cell always hidden from her and made sure husband didn't use his either. When she woke up, she was totally fine and she didn't even ask for it. Usually she cries and I cave in. So, new rule at our house, nobody is allowed to use their phone in front of DD. I don't care if you have to hide in the bathroom. I already know MIL is not going to follow this rule but since I'm the one who pays for her service, I will cancel it if I have to.
ETA: I can't wait until we buy a house and setup security cameras throughout. MIL has a nasty habit of lying.
Also, @brie_and_almonds ohhhhh now I can't wait for my daughter to start talking, too! Loll
@eatinwatermelonseeds Thanks for the heads up. I’m so glad someone finally called her out on her shit.
Side note, my pain has subsided. I mean, I’m taking 20 pills a day just for the pain, but at least it’s gone, right?!?
And yay for pain relief!
@chloe97 I wonder sometimes how he ever showed up to work on time before we were together. 😂
@kvh22. I think you get a pass for being pregnant. The exhaustion is real!
Hear DS in the back. "Mom, you don't need to yell. You need to calm down and FOCUS."
When your 5 year old is lecturing you on your temper, you should probably rethink your life a little 😂 P.S. I effing HATE driving.
Unrelated- there's these new (i think) potato chips my husband and I found that are mozzarella and marinera flavor. Such a weird flavor to make a chip
but they are soooooooo good. I'm craving them all the time now.