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Happy April Fool's Day! 
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Jen - Mom to Jillian (10/2008) and Hayden (4/2010)
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Hugs! That would have been very upsetting to me as well.
oh my gosh how scary! I would have been upset too
Not to say you do, but that's how my PPD was. When James would leave for work, I'd feel this sense of dread come over my whole body. I'd never neglect or hurt Tman or myself, but I wasn't right. Hugs to you. There's nothing wrong with talking to your dr about how you are feeling.
TTC #2 for a million years: SA normal, CD 23 bloodwork shows nothing amiss, ovulation detected. Next step: ? maybe CD3 bloodwork to check eggs? All out of pocket, so limited IF tests/treatments.
This was me last year but I pretty much had my 2 year old and newborn all day by myself almost everyday during the week - DS did not start pre-school until Sept (DD born in Feb). DH is also a MSFTie and took a new role right after his paternity leave so worked and still is gone from 5:30am until around 6:30/7 most nights. Last summer I thought I was going to lose....my....mind. I just want to say that it does get better but it will be awhile so do whatever you can to get out of the house or at least get someone to help around dinner/bedtime which is the worst time of day. Call MSFT back up care if you have to - you have 100 hours/yr w/ a 4 hr minimum to use (who can't use that right?) and a mommy-melt down is totally legitimate criteria. The lack of consistent sleep is just making it worse and the days longer which I know you know.
I know it seems so overwhelming! So sorry!
TTC #2 for a million years: SA normal, CD 23 bloodwork shows nothing amiss, ovulation detected. Next step: ? maybe CD3 bloodwork to check eggs? All out of pocket, so limited IF tests/treatments.
I had to pee really really bad and W was asleep in the car. I'm not comfortable leaving him in the car unless I'm in the yard, just because of the location of my house. So, I peed on the dirt next to the trash cans on the side of the house
Pre-Madeline I never really considered being a SAHM, I've always been really career minded and thought it'd be a piece of cake coming back to work. The first week was great, the second week I cried, and two months into being back at work it is still so tough.
I feel so much guilt for not being with her. Thankfully my mom watches her while TJ & I are at work, but it almost makes me feel like she's raising my baby. She sees her 10 hours a day, 5 days a week. I get 1-2 hours every morning with her and 2-3 every night and then weekends. I mostly love my job, there is a lot of pressure and stress in it right now but I enjoy what I do. Even though I enjoy it I still dread coming to work because I miss M so freaking much. I keep hoping that it will get better. It will get better, right? <end whine>
M/C 9/21/09 | M/C 12/24/09 | BFP 1/23/10
Madeline Rey DOB 9/30/10
TTC # 2 Jan 2013
BFP 3/12/13 | EDD 11/18/13
It's a GIRL! Lydia Marie!
This is awesome! Amazing what we'll do for our kids!
Mine is definitely a whine and not a confession, but...I was so looking forward to this weekend! DH finally decided to take a long overdue day off, we had lots of fun plans with all of our favorite people...then DD wakes up at 3 AM projectile vomiting! And now I'm starting to feel queasy. UGH! It's only Friday morning and the weekend is already ruined!
I don't think DH knows that I know he bought tickets to Wicked. I asked him what came from The Hult Center (which was the return address on the envelope) and he said, "Just some advertisements" - I think it's kind of funny that he must think I don't know. Eh. Guess we'll see what happens.
I'm already in major planning mode for what we need and what I need to get together before this baby gets here. I totally feel panicked that I'm not going to get everything together in time. I have 7 months for goodness sakes!
I want to rehang pictures in other people's houses everytime I go somewhere because they are usually hung too high.
I think April Fool's day is a little annoying.
I started running again for several reasons but mostly because I want to beat some other mom friends in BTB in May. So mature I know.
I kindly lent some nice baby clothes to a friend who needed some seasonal things for her newborn and they came back with dog hair on them and some w/ stains. Really? I mean I am not going to use them again but I did say I wanted them back just in case and some I want to sell. Lesson learned - idiot.
Big hugs, Jen! I was never really career-minded nor did I love my job, so for me I was happy to leave to stay home with B. You should absolutely not feel guilty for going to work or enjoying your job. You are being a great role model for M and she is so lucky to have time with her grandma. I really do think it's the quality of the time you spend with them, not the quantity (I know, easy for me to say as a SAHM, right?).
Could you/would you ever considering going PT?
I have ate way to many jelly beans this week
This!
People are upset about this? Really? That's pretty ridiculous.
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Ya, I agree with this. Wow, some people need to relax.
My car keys are missing. One was lost around Christmas, another last night. It?ll cost $350+ to replace just one. I?m blaming Nathan. I have no proof, but it just seems far more likely that he stuffed it into some secret toddler hiding plane than me just misplacing it for 3 months. Even thought I have previously lost my walet for 6 months+.
This scares the crap out of me! I know I am going to feel this way too. I have had 2 wonderful years with my boy, but I am so not ready to give it up. And the next one will only get three months. Boo! Why couldn't we have won that $319 million so that I could stay home and have lots of babies?
{{HUGS MAMA!!}} I will soon feel your pain!
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
Duplicate and I have no confession to replace it with!
Except maybe that I can't stop looking at my a$$ in the mirror. Spin and diet have really turned my rear-view into a slammin' badonkadonk! I am a little obsessed with it at the moment!
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
I must have missed that post. What's it about?
That is awesome! Good for you!!!
I was really annoyed with DH yesterday over $5. I put him in charge of selling 4 chairs on CL (well, just the pickup, I'd communicated with the buyer who was sending her mom to get them while I was out.) I asked $75, price never came up in the e-mails, then when the buyer's mom came she offered $55 and DH took $60. I would have been okay to meet in the middle at 65, but that lost $5 really annoyed me. I was also extra grumpy because I lost one of DD's new shoes at class the first time she wore them. Hoping they turn up in lost and found.
Also that viral video of the talking twins was cute but just made me realize how much I dislike the look of sposies without clothes over them, or at least a t-shirt. Cloth dipes are (usually) cute and clothing like, especially with fun fabrics, but something about the sposies without any clothes just squicks me out. (Not a knock on those who use sposies; cloth isn't for all, of course.)
There was a video posted of a parent force feeding their screaming and crying child. I can't even begin to describe how disturbing it was and all that was involved. But the poster was like, aw look at this cute video and calling the child a drama queen. It got DD'd after a few hours.
Thanks gals. I'm just having a pity party over it today. I know I should be (and am) grateful that I have a great job in this economy at all. I don't have the opportunity to go PT at my current employer (limited PT positons, the only location in the area w/PT my sister works at so I can't work there). I want to stay here for at least 2 more years so I'll get a pension when I retire. And I really do enjoy my job, I don't know if I'd want to go elsewhere but I just miss my baby so much. Sniff.
Another confession, though not flameful: I have a very good friend who is KTFU. I am so excited for them, but they are waiting to announce it (it isn't anyone on here). I keep accidently almost saying something to people and I feel like I'm going to slip. So.much.pressure.
M/C 9/21/09 | M/C 12/24/09 | BFP 1/23/10
Madeline Rey DOB 9/30/10
TTC # 2 Jan 2013
BFP 3/12/13 | EDD 11/18/13
It's a GIRL! Lydia Marie!
M/C 9/21/09 | M/C 12/24/09 | BFP 1/23/10
Madeline Rey DOB 9/30/10
TTC # 2 Jan 2013
BFP 3/12/13 | EDD 11/18/13
It's a GIRL! Lydia Marie!
I can't watch the Seattle Children's Hospital without bawling my eyes out. I know that out of all the reasons for a child to need to have surgery there, my son has one of the simplest surgeries of the ones that the hospital is faced with daily. I always picture my sons face as a part of the commercial every time it comes on.
M/C 9/21/09 | M/C 12/24/09 | BFP 1/23/10
Madeline Rey DOB 9/30/10
TTC # 2 Jan 2013
BFP 3/12/13 | EDD 11/18/13
It's a GIRL! Lydia Marie!
You are totally normal! I feel the same way (although I don't completely love my job and haven't been really career minded..) I hate being back at work some days, but for us it's our only option right now. Like PP said, you are a GREAT role model for M and she will look up to you and your career and be proud of you when she's older. Some days are definitely harder than others, but it gets a little easier the older they get. Be glad that you have family to look after M, that is so nice for when she's young!
**Hugs**
Ya, trust me. It was awful. Force feeding is too nice of a word. They child was like screaming and crying and the parents were calling her a brat, etc. And the poster thought it was funny and cute and blamed the child for her reaction saying the child was a drama queen.