FFFC

SandiaPinaMama

I'll start.

Yesterday, I had to take LO with me to my massage appointment.  Well, I was really gassy (I couldn't help it!).  My therapist says "whoa baby!  what kind of baby food did he have today?!"  Obviously, she totally doesn't know that 3 month olds don't eat baby food.  She went on to explain that she thinks that baby farts stink so bad because of all the fiber in mashed up veggies.  Yeah, I'm the mom that let her baby take the blame for terrible gas. 

 

kje120

That is hilarious!

Mine is: After the way my sister has acted since Andrew was born (or more accurately - named) I will find it very hard to be happy for her or show any excitement for her when/if she ever gets married or has a kid.  I love her, but I really resent her for placing such a dark cloud over this happy time.

LJF1218

kestock120:

That is hilarious!

Mine is: After the way my sister has acted since Andrew was born (or more accurately - named) I will find it very hard to be happy for her or show any excitement for her when/if she ever gets married or has a kid.  I love her, but I really resent her for placing such a dark cloud over this happy time.

Did you "take" her baby name?

kje120

LJF1218:

kestock120:

That is hilarious!

Mine is: After the way my sister has acted since Andrew was born (or more accurately - named) I will find it very hard to be happy for her or show any excitement for her when/if she ever gets married or has a kid.  I love her, but I really resent her for placing such a dark cloud over this happy time.

Did you "take" her baby name?

Not really. We named him Andrew and she dated a complete douche named Andy 8+ years ago. Apparently she blames him for her not being able to trust any guys and not finding love (he had cheated on her multiple times yet she still wanted to marry the jerk).  I have no intention of ever calling our son Andy (I hate that nickname).  She flipped out and has only seen her nephew 2 times in 3+ months even though she lives nearby because she hates his name .  She also got mad at my parents for "not sticking up for her and telling me that I can't name my baby that".  She is 37 years old - time to grow up.

My husband and I both absolutely love the name and could not come up with anything else that we loved more. I never made the connection since her ex was never called Andrew - he was always Andy.

She said some pretty hurtful things to me and has acted like a spoiled brat about the whole thing. She is used to being able to tell me what to do and have me listen. Anytime I don't do what she wants she has a temper tantrum.  Needless to say this has altered our relationship quite a bit

Sorry for the long vent!

shaindelr

I was waiting for a FFFC a while back because I felt *SO* bad about this. Jared's band was playing a gig about 2 1/2 hours away with a new sound engineer. Everything was going awesome. I wore Liam in a carrier, and we walked around during set up. Then, during sound checks, the sound engineer was like, "Ma'am, you need to take your baby outside."

And I said, "Oh, he'll be fine." We went back and forth for a bit. What I didn't realize was that this guy was going to BLAST the 10,000 Watt sound system to make sure everything would be okay. No other sound engineer I know does that for a performance at a bar/club. If the mics had had feedback at that volume, it totally would have damaged everyone's hearing, including Liam's. I felt soooo bad that I didn't listen to him right away, but I didn't know that was his method of starting a sound check.

Sound engineer's wife came over later and said her husband isn't the best communicator and should have explained why I needed to leave...

After that, all was well... I wore Liam during the whole gig, and even got asked to dance twice while babywearing ;-) And Liam closed down his first bar at 1 in the morning.

Scout05

kestock120:

LJF1218:

kestock120:

That is hilarious!

Mine is: After the way my sister has acted since Andrew was born (or more accurately - named) I will find it very hard to be happy for her or show any excitement for her when/if she ever gets married or has a kid.  I love her, but I really resent her for placing such a dark cloud over this happy time.

Did you "take" her baby name?

Not really. We named him Andrew and she dated a complete douche named Andy 8+ years ago. Apparently she blames him for her not being able to trust any guys and not finding love (he had cheated on her multiple times yet she still wanted to marry the jerk).  I have no intention of ever calling our son Andy (I hate that nickname).  She flipped out and has only seen her nephew 2 times in 3+ months even though she lives nearby because she hates his name .  She also got mad at my parents for "not sticking up for her and telling me that I can't name my baby that".  She is 37 years old - time to grow up.

My husband and I both absolutely love the name and could not come up with anything else that we loved more. I never made the connection since her ex was never called Andrew - he was always Andy.

She said some pretty hurtful things to me and has acted like a spoiled brat about the whole thing. She is used to being able to tell me what to do and have me listen. Anytime I don't do what she wants she has a temper tantrum.  Needless to say this has altered our relationship quite a bit

Sorry for the long vent!

Your sister needs to grow up. Wow.

Sorry you are dealing with that, that is ridiculous. And btw, if you wake up tomorrow and want to call your kid Andy, you would still be in the right.

 

LJF1218

Scout05:

kestock120:

LJF1218:

kestock120:

That is hilarious!

Mine is: After the way my sister has acted since Andrew was born (or more accurately - named) I will find it very hard to be happy for her or show any excitement for her when/if she ever gets married or has a kid.  I love her, but I really resent her for placing such a dark cloud over this happy time.

Did you "take" her baby name?

Not really. We named him Andrew and she dated a complete douche named Andy 8+ years ago. Apparently she blames him for her not being able to trust any guys and not finding love (he had cheated on her multiple times yet she still wanted to marry the jerk).  I have no intention of ever calling our son Andy (I hate that nickname).  She flipped out and has only seen her nephew 2 times in 3+ months even though she lives nearby because she hates his name .  She also got mad at my parents for "not sticking up for her and telling me that I can't name my baby that".  She is 37 years old - time to grow up.

My husband and I both absolutely love the name and could not come up with anything else that we loved more. I never made the connection since her ex was never called Andrew - he was always Andy.

She said some pretty hurtful things to me and has acted like a spoiled brat about the whole thing. She is used to being able to tell me what to do and have me listen. Anytime I don't do what she wants she has a temper tantrum.  Needless to say this has altered our relationship quite a bit

Sorry for the long vent!

Your sister needs to grow up. Wow.

Sorry you are dealing with that, that is ridiculous. And btw, if you wake up tomorrow and want to call your kid Andy, you would still be in the right.

 

Wow!  I second this.  What a crappy sister/aunt!

LJF1218

shaindelr:

I was waiting for a FFFC a while back because I felt *SO* bad about this. Jared's band was playing a gig about 2 1/2 hours away with a new sound engineer. Everything was going awesome. I wore Liam in a carrier, and we walked around during set up. Then, during sound checks, the sound engineer was like, "Ma'am, you need to take your baby outside."

And I said, "Oh, he'll be fine." We went back and forth for a bit. What I didn't realize was that this guy was going to BLAST the 10,000 Watt sound system to make sure everything would be okay. No other sound engineer I know does that for a performance at a bar/club. If the mics had had feedback at that volume, it totally would have damaged everyone's hearing, including Liam's. I felt soooo bad that I didn't listen to him right away, but I didn't know that was his method of starting a sound check.

Sound engineer's wife came over later and said her husband isn't the best communicator and should have explained why I needed to leave...

After that, all was well... I wore Liam during the whole gig, and even got asked to dance twice while babywearing ;-) And Liam closed down his first bar at 1 in the morning.

Try not to feel too bad; the guy was obviously a bad communicator and that's all well thats ends well.

And - you are an excellent mommy photographer!  The new Liam pics with Giraffe are adorable!!!

RunningGal900

DS cries almost everytime my MIL holds him. It secretly makes me happy. That's horrible I know. But she holds him like he is a bag of potatoes and does not interact with him at all and wonders why he cries out for me or DH. And if I am holding him and he is fussy, she loves to tell me that "I'm doing it wrong."

LJF1218

Mine is sometimes I'm relieved when I drop Barrett off at the babysitter and get in my car to head to work.  I love him and love spending time with him, but sometimes I just need to be away from him a little bit.  At work I can actually go to the bathroom with out rushing in case he needs me.  Maybe it's because I'm a single parent (or maybe other moms feel like this too) but when Barrett and I are home  I'm "on" the whole time and it's exhausting.  Sometimes I even want the weekend to end because by Sunday night I've been "on" for 48 hours straight.

biblionerd

Oh let's see... I have a few here. 1) I hate the aprill fb group. Sorry ladies. Our board used to be so much busier and more interactive. I just don't like off-boards. Its turned into a clique with the omg who do we vote off the island. I joined and posted like 4 times and got kicked off. No biggie.... I MUCH prefer the bump format. I still resent it though because our board is prettyy dead now. 2)I would be done with my masters next semester and my massive loans would go into repayment. Instead of going back to work to pay them I'm adding on my school media certification to extend my schooling knowing good and well ill probably never need it. I just like having it to keep my options open. 3) I didn't tell dh we were ttc again. We've talked about it officially now but I just don't think he knewi was ready for another right now. On the other hand he wasn't using condoms so it wouldn't be a surprise...

Scout05

LJF1218:

Mine is sometimes I'm relieved when I drop Barrett off at the babysitter and get in my car to head to work.  I love him and love spending time with him, but sometimes I just need to be away from him a little bit.  At work I can actually go to the bathroom with out rushing in case he needs me.  Maybe it's because I'm a single parent (or maybe other moms feel like this too) but when Barrett and I are home  I'm "on" the whole time and it's exhausting.  Sometimes I even want the weekend to end because by Sunday night I've been "on" for 48 hours straight.

I totally understand this. I work from home, and I almost weep with relief when DH gets home or when my mom can come hang out for an hour here and there. I never realized how easy I had it before. I can't imagine not having any help, it must be so exhausting.

I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, being home with her, but yeah. It does get hard being "on" the whole time.

vilaro

biblionerd:

Oh let's see... I have a few here. 1) I hate the aprill fb group. Sorry ladies. Our board used to be so much busier and more interactive. I just don't like off-boards. Its turned into a clique with the omg who do we vote off the island. I joined and posted like 4 times and got kicked off. No biggie.... I MUCH prefer the bump format. I still resent it though because our board is prettyy dead now. 2)I would be done with my masters next semester and my massive loans would go into repayment. Instead of going back to work to pay them I'm adding on my school media certification to extend my schooling knowing good and well ill probably never need it. I just like having it to keep my options open. 3) I didn't tell dh we were ttc again. We've talked about it officially now but I just don't think he knewi was ready for another right now. On the other hand he wasn't using condoms so it wouldn't be a surprise...

Ditto babe, ditto.

vilaro

LJF1218:

Scout05:

kestock120:

LJF1218:

kestock120:

That is hilarious!

Mine is: After the way my sister has acted since Andrew was born (or more accurately - named) I will find it very hard to be happy for her or show any excitement for her when/if she ever gets married or has a kid.  I love her, but I really resent her for placing such a dark cloud over this happy time.

Did you "take" her baby name?

Not really. We named him Andrew and she dated a complete douche named Andy 8+ years ago. Apparently she blames him for her not being able to trust any guys and not finding love (he had cheated on her multiple times yet she still wanted to marry the jerk).  I have no intention of ever calling our son Andy (I hate that nickname).  She flipped out and has only seen her nephew 2 times in 3+ months even though she lives nearby because she hates his name .  She also got mad at my parents for "not sticking up for her and telling me that I can't name my baby that".  She is 37 years old - time to grow up.

My husband and I both absolutely love the name and could not come up with anything else that we loved more. I never made the connection since her ex was never called Andrew - he was always Andy.

She said some pretty hurtful things to me and has acted like a spoiled brat about the whole thing. She is used to being able to tell me what to do and have me listen. Anytime I don't do what she wants she has a temper tantrum.  Needless to say this has altered our relationship quite a bit

Sorry for the long vent!

Your sister needs to grow up. Wow.

Sorry you are dealing with that, that is ridiculous. And btw, if you wake up tomorrow and want to call your kid Andy, you would still be in the right.

 

Wow!  I second this.  What a crappy sister/aunt!

What a crappy reason to tarnish such precious relationships. So sorry Kestock. I hope she's able to come to her senses sooner than later.

kje120

vilaro:

What a crappy reason to tarnish such precious relationships. So sorry Kestock. I hope she's able to come to her senses sooner than later.

Yeah - it's hard because we were always really close.  It never dawned on me that she would have the kind of irrational reaction that she has had. It's ridiculous.  I told her it's her loss if she wants to miss out on his young life.  I'm done with it.

kje120

biblionerd:

Oh let's see... I have a few here. 1) I hate the aprill fb group. Sorry ladies. Our board used to be so much busier and more interactive. I just don't like off-boards. Its turned into a clique with the omg who do we vote off the island. I joined and posted like 4 times and got kicked off. No biggie.... I MUCH prefer the bump format. I still resent it though because our board is prettyy dead now. 2)

I agree - I'm on there, but not a huge fan.  There are a couple people I like to keep up with, but some of the other stuff is so clique-y.

SandiaPinaMama

RunningGal900:

DS cries almost everytime my MIL holds him. It secretly makes me happy. That's horrible I know. But she holds him like he is a bag of potatoes and does not interact with him at all and wonders why he cries out for me or DH. And if I am holding him and he is fussy, she loves to tell me that "I'm doing it wrong."

RunningGal, so often I read your posts, and they are so my life.  I, too, am secretly happy that LO totally lost it when my MIL babysat him.  

Jackiemkn

RunningGal900:

DS cries almost everytime my MIL holds him. It secretly makes me happy. That's horrible I know. But she holds him like he is a bag of potatoes and does not interact with him at all and wonders why he cries out for me or DH. And if I am holding him and he is fussy, she loves to tell me that "I'm doing it wrong."

Me too!