MoM confessional

bearfootz

One of the best things I've found about this board is that we've all been in the same boat and can relate to each other on a number of different things.  I've also discovered in my short time as a mom that I'm not living up to any of the expectations that I had set for myself before I got pregnant and find myself doing quirky little things that I probably wouldn't admit to family members.  I figured you guys might have experiences to share as well.

Let's consider this post a confessional for our less than 'supermom' moments...and the confessions should not be criticized as none of us are perfect (even if you think you are).  If you haven't had your lo's yet but have a pregnancy confession share that too.

bearfootz

Confession: When DH gets home I tell him I have to do laundry. Since it's the one household chore he doesn't help with, I figure he doesn't know how long it takes and I take my sweet time hiding in the basement. As long as I don't hear anyone crying bloody murder, I consider that time for myself and take as long as I can without making him suspicious.

 

pea-kay

Bearfootz:

Confession: When DH gets home I tell him I have to do laundry. Since it's the one household chore he doesn't help with, I figure he doesn't know how long it takes and I take my sweet time hiding in the basement. As long as I don't hear anyone crying bloody murder, I consider that time for myself and take as long as I can without making him suspicious.

shoot, that's not a confession...that's smart!

and for the record, i do the same thing when i go to cook the boys' dinner. 

zschick4ever

Bearfootz:

Confession: When DH gets home I tell him I have to do laundry. Since it's the one household chore he doesn't help with, I figure he doesn't know how long it takes and I take my sweet time hiding in the basement. As long as I don't hear anyone crying bloody murder, I consider that time for myself and take as long as I can without making him suspicious.

 

I wish we had our laundry in the basement(its a dungeon), its in the kitchen, so my h would see me taking my time, damn.

bearfootz

Well, this is more of a confession. Sometimes I know the dog has licked the pacifier, but they are fussing so bad I give it to them anyways. (hangs head in shame)

kimarino13

Bearfootz:

Confession: When DH gets home I tell him I have to do laundry. Since it's the one household chore he doesn't help with, I figure he doesn't know how long it takes and I take my sweet time hiding in the basement. As long as I don't hear anyone crying bloody murder, I consider that time for myself and take as long as I can without making him suspicious.

 

I love it.  Our laundry is in the garage and this has given me an idea on how to get some "me" time.  

jalaiaa

my laundry is nearby...darn it.

My confession: I had such good intentions of eating healthy, lots of fruits and vegetables healthy proteins etc. But I generally just eat whatever I want instead. On the days that I get my full calories they're tons of calories from ice cream and cheese.  And I forget my vitamins often. Sorry babies. 

lgurian

i let them cry in the middle of the night for too long knowing they are hungry and i just dont want to get up. i have also left them in a poopie diaper because they made it right after i changed them. i dont know whos pacifier is whos so they get which ever one is closest to them when they need it. i wake my husband up to do feedings even though he has to get up and go to work and i dont because i dont feel like getting up. i forget to clean their gums every day. wow, i could go on, but i feel like a terrible mother so i will stop here. 

bearfootz

 i forget to clean their gums every day. wow,

I didn't even know we're supposed to do this....

gumiberg

Bearfootz:

 i forget to clean their gums every day. wow,

I didn't even know we're supposed to do this....

this.  we're supposed to clean their gums?

if they start crying while i am making lunch, i finish making lunch (and then nurse them while i eat).  i know they are hungry, but so am i.

at 8pm every night, i hand them to my DH and  tell him that i need to pump.  and then i pump for an extra long time.

MawrtyrB

Not a MoM yet...but guilty. I hide in the bathroom. DH thinks I'm pooping and gives me private time since he takes hours when he's in there, but mostly i'm just plucking my eyebrows for some quiet time. 

Be thankful that your laundry is upstairs. I had to have mine moved up this pregnancy because I couldn't get up and down the stairs. Plus we use cloth diapers so I had to have laundry access. 

I also confess to having zero patience with DD while I've been pregnant. I let her cry longer at night than DH would if he ever woke up. 

omalley

pea-kay:

Bearfootz:

Confession: When DH gets home I tell him I have to do laundry. Since it's the one household chore he doesn't help with, I figure he doesn't know how long it takes and I take my sweet time hiding in the basement. As long as I don't hear anyone crying bloody murder, I consider that time for myself and take as long as I can without making him suspicious.

shoot, that's not a confession...that's smart!

and for the record, i do the same thing when i go to cook the boys' dinner. 

love the laundry idea!  and I do the same w/ cooking, I have a radio in my kitchen and I sneak into my own world - DH would never complain b/c then he wouldn't eat.

my confession: my kids do not get enough baths.  we skip too many nights.  I try to tell myself that it is better for their dry skin but that is really just an excuse after the fact.

lnle

my pregnancy confession: I'm still telling my husband that the smell of the dishwasher makes me gag and I don't have enough stamina to do dishes, even though I probably could do dishes some of the time since my nausea is slowly getting better.

CaliJenny

In an effort to get sleep if one is crying they end up in bed with us.  All we hear about from MIL is how awful of parents her daughter and son in law are because they co-sleep with their son. I lie and tell her that they are sleeping in their own beds 100% of the time.  So she stayed the night last week and we had to sneak DS in with us because he's the worst night time cry offender and put him in with us.  In the morning we put him back in his crib.  MIL never knew and now is very convinced that they STTN in their cribs and never cry.  Bwahahahaha! 

 

susanc07

my pregnancy confession -

i told MH that the OB told me i need to be off of my feet as much as possible.  so now, the 2 nights a week i don't have class, i come home at 6 and stay in bed until the next morning (except to pee, of course) and he doesn't bother me. 

jenn_darrin1515

the girls don't always get theit baths every other night...

since we split our bottles up with the babysitter, we only have just enough for a day...on occassion I've been without clean bottles come lunch time on a saturday and I just rinse 2 out and mix in the formula...

I never know who's paci is who's...

jalaiaa

I'm reading all of these with DH sitting next to me. I was so tempted to say, this is what the ladies do to trick their DHs, are't they clever...but I have thought twice and am going to keep it to myself so that I too, can take extra long bathroom breaks etc....

BeccaLandes

I love this!  The truth is, you are probably all wonderful mothers, and as MoMs, you have to cut corners somewhere.  No one is threatening their kids' lives, so who cares?  I am willing to bet my mom did all those things with me and I was her first and a singleton.

I don't have any pregnancy confession, really, other than that once I sit on the couch I hate to get up so I make my husband bring me glasses of water and stuff.  Also I eat white pasta almost everyday, and pre-pregnancy I almost never had white/refined carbs after breakfast.

Danse

Confession: I desperately miss being pregnant and feeling them kick around inside me. I missed it immediately after birth. I'm happy they're here, but sometimes I wonder if my missing the pregnancy takes away from some of the joy I have with them.

Also, I'm on week 2 of totally on my own. DH keeps working late and I've been doing all the night feedings, etc. on my own. I'm scared because I'm already exhausted and I'm hoping to be a SAHM, but now I'm worried I'll be terrible at it and will lack energy.

crazy4u624

Well since this seems to be a "laundry confessional" and I absolutely LOATHE doing laundry, I have a couple:

I rarely fold the clean laundry. We have 3 "guest" bedrooms in our house. Bedroom 1: my clean clothes on the bed. Bedroom 2: dd's and ds's clean clothes on the bed. Bedroom 3: Clean towels on the bed. Funny thing is, I end up having to do much more ironing than I would if I just folded the wash in the first place. This is definitely a bad habit i need to get out of =/

I'll throw a load of wash in early in the morning and put in the dryer as soon as it's done....but it will stay in the dryer for a while (like until there's another load going in)...this means that I'm using the "fluff feature" way more than I should be.

And now my MoM confession: The other night, Ethan had a poopy diaper right around the 6th inning of the world series.....he didn't get changed until the game was over =/ (i know my info says i'm in so.cal, but i was born and raised just outside philly)

rachboj22

I love this and am lauging out loud at some of these responses

 my MoM confession:  1.  When I go grocery food shopping, I walk up and down every aisle for "me tme: (so sad) and I leave DH with babies and hope they are screaming their heads off so he appreciates me more.  2.  I don't bathe them every night...I just don't have the energy to do it. 3.  Sometimes if they are crying to be picked up, I just don't "rush" over to them.  I'll go pee, eat something, check-email, or go on the bump...just because i need a break...

 that's it for now...

sfitz0711

lgurian:

i let them cry in the middle of the night for too long knowing they are hungry and i just dont want to get up. i have also left them in a poopie diaper because they made it right after i changed them. i dont know whos pacifier is whos so they get which ever one is closest to them when they need it. i wake my husband up to do feedings even though he has to get up and go to work and i dont because i dont feel like getting up. i forget to clean their gums every day. wow, i could go on, but i feel like a terrible mother so i will stop here. 

 

I was about to write this same thing almost verbatim.  Except I didn't know I had to clean their gums.  Also, they don't baths but twice a week.  I question everything I do.   

jayt&sandy

I LOVE THIS!! It's so nice to know that I'm not alone...

 

My confession: I still sleep on the couch so that I don't have to walk as far to get bottles in the middle of the night. (I am on my own every night.) Um... I only bathe them every other day. I'm bad about not changing their diapers as soon as they dirty them, especially when it is RIGHT AFTER I've just changed them. I also leave them in the same onesies for a whole day sometimes... And apparently I've neglected their gums. I could keep going, but I would be too ashamed.   

LMK8605

In the middle of the night of DD doesn't finish her bottle and DS is still hungry I will give him the rest of hers so I don't have to go downstairs and mix more formula...

gumiberg

i forgot to change my DD's diaper (she never got fussy!) and now it has overflowed.

RoseWhite

clean the gums??? huh?

 These are too funny and gave me some great ideas