FFFC!

bigbootyjudi

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bigbootyjudi

We use the Bundle Me in the car seat. That thing was expensive, so I'm not cutting it. A car seat cover wouldn't work half as well, it's freezing here in MI, my kid freaks out if he's not really warm, and he loves it. He's usually just in a long onesie and pants. I feel like everything isn't safe, for one reason or another.

If I get 3oz from one boob, I freak out frantically worried about my supply. If I ever got 1oz, I would probably have an emotional breakdown, TBH. I'm just not used to that.

Whittyone12

I kinda hope my cousins wife ends up having her birth plans torn to shreds when she has kids. Because she is so high and mighty about natural childbirth. At every family function since Keith was born she tells me how I shouldn't have let the drs talk me into a csection, and how I shouldn't have gotten the epi. Forgive me but I think "you gotta have this c section or you and your baby will bleed to death." is pretty good persuasion. Who is she to make me feel guilty for doing what's best for me and my son?

mollyxcate

I hate washing bottles.
So I bought 12.
And I run the dishwasher every day and a half.
There is usually only bottles in there, maybe 2 plates.

Bemyselfandi

anbeck4:

We use the Bundle Me in the car seat. That thing was expensive, so I'm not cutting it. A car seat cover wouldn't work half as well, it's freezing here in MI, my kid freaks out if he's not really warm, and he loves it. He's usually just in a long onesie and pants. I feel like everything isn't safe, for one reason or another.

If I get 3oz from one boob, I freak out frantically worried about my supply. If I ever got 1oz, I would probably have an emotional breakdown, TBH. I'm just not used to that.

I have one too. Love it.
I also hate ae's.
Our 60in tv went to *** last night. I'm hoping if he didn't buy the two year warranty that we can only replace it with a much smaller screen. 42 even. I'm tired and need a nap and two days away from my kids buy I'm too afraid to send Addy somewhere besides my care for that long. Even my mom can't handle her for long periods of time. Dh probably could handle it but I honestly don't think I could. Stupid ppd....makes me a hermit.

jessalynn521

mollyxcate:

I hate washing bottles. So I bought 12. And I run the dishwasher every day and a half. There is usually only bottles in there, maybe 2 plates.

 Hahahah. I did and do the same thing!

I have been looking to try and find a sitter that I can trust in my house, because one evening away from Aiden sounds heavenly. I haven't been away from him with my husband for any type of date in over a month. 

Buona Fortuna

We went to dinner with my MIL and she INSISTED that she wake ds and take him out of his car seat. She put him back in the car seat and closed his cover when the food came. DS slept through dinner and I never thought anything of it and didn't check on him. When I got home I realized she never strapped him back in. I drove all the way home with him just sitting unrestrained in his car seat. I failed as a mom. I should've double checked him.

rp-chicago-mom

Buona Fortuna:

We went to dinner with my MIL and she INSISTED that she wake ds and take him out of his car seat. She put him back in the car seat and closed his cover when the food came. DS slept through dinner and I never thought anything of it and didn't check on him. When I got home I realized she never strapped him back in. : I drove all the way home with him just sitting unrestrained in his car seat. I failed as a mom. I should've double checked him.

This made my heart stop.

ETA: You didn't fail! She should have known! And now you know to always check.

DemoDoll

mollyxcate:

I hate washing bottles. So I bought 12. And I run the dishwasher every day and a half. There is usually only bottles in there, maybe 2 plates.

You described my LYYYFFFFFE! We probably have 20 bottles though 

DemoDoll

Baker_Bride:

Buona Fortuna:

We went to dinner with my MIL and she INSISTED that she wake ds and take him out of his car seat. She put him back in the car seat and closed his cover when the food came. DS slept through dinner and I never thought anything of it and didn't check on him. When I got home I realized she never strapped him back in. : I drove all the way home with him just sitting unrestrained in his car seat. I failed as a mom. I should've double checked him.

This made my heart stop.

Are you for serious? I've done this at least 5-6 times and I'm the one that put her in it....think back to when they were newborns and you are running off 2 hours of sleep. 

merricksmom

I have this friend who I haven't seen in a long time, but we keep in touch on FB. He recently got a large sleeve tattoo on his arm. He has an old Dodge Charger that he is in love with and had that worked in as part of his tattoo. He took a picture of his new piece and everyone was commenting on how cool it was. No one else commented on how the car name in the grill of the car was spelled wrong. Chrger....except for me. He got really mad andI told me to eff myself. Didn't get mad at the tattoo artist...but got mad at me! I don't think it was wrong of me to tell him this thing he has on his body for life was misspelled. Or was it?

Crossingfingers

Buona Fortuna:

We went to dinner with my MIL and she INSISTED that she wake ds and take him out of his car seat. She put him back in the car seat and closed his cover when the food came. DS slept through dinner and I never thought anything of it and didn't check on him. When I got home I realized she never strapped him back in. I drove all the way home with him just sitting unrestrained in his car seat. I failed as a mom. I should've double checked him.

This happened to us on Wednesday...I felt awful about it!

 

Keoh1215

anbeck4:

We use the Bundle Me in the car seat. That thing was expensive, so I'm not cutting it. A car seat cover wouldn't work half as well, it's freezing here in MI, my kid freaks out if he's not really warm, and he loves it. He's usually just in a long onesie and pants. I feel like everything isn't safe, for one reason or another..

I use mine too. DD loves to be warm and cozy and sometimes the heat in my car acts up. SIL and every parent in the daycare I used to work at used theirs.  Maybe I'm naive but I feel like they wouldn't keep selling so many of them if they were truly that unsafe to put in the seat.  

 

thepretzelchick

I peed on a stick yesterday.

Whittyone12

thepretzelchick:

I peed on a stick yesterday.

Aaaaaannnnndddddd?

LindsayDesigner

I was finally able to get into another pair of my pre pregnancy jeans yesterday.

I celebrated by eating a donut.

mollyxcate

LindsayDesigner:

I was finally able to get into another pair of my pre pregnancy jeans yesterday. I celebrated by eating a donut.

if I got into my prepreg jeans I'd do the same. 

You're awesome.

melmarie26

Went grocery shopping at Kroger yesterday and took the babies with me. I had full intentions of getting food in the house.

After getting them both loaded into one cart, there wasn't much room for groceries. So I figured I'd get just the necessities. Made it down a total of 2 aisles before I ran out of steam, due to 20x over paci search reinsertion.

Baby Aisle 10 cans formula, 4 gallons nursery water and a box of Pampers.

Drink Aisle Case of Diet Coke and Dunkin Donuts Coffee.

Grocery fail. Still hungry but, not thirsty!

rp-chicago-mom

I made Howell bleed because I accidentally cut his finger when trimming his nails.

I'm certain we have a mouse/mice. My cats were really on the prowl yesterday and looking intently under the stove. I'm glad that when mice come in, they kill a few and the others go away. I just can't stand to witness it or be the one to dispose of them. Howie and I camped out at my sister's yesterday so H would be the one to discover and deal with it. Luckily there was nothing to discover.

amaite

mollyxcate:

I hate washing bottles.
So I bought 12.
And I run the dishwasher every day and a half.
There is usually only bottles in there, maybe 2 plates.

This is me with pump parts. I have six sets so I once I use them all they take up the entire top rack of the dishwasher and then I run it with just one or two things on the bottom. We have 40 to 50 of the Medela 5oz bottles from all the pumped breast milk I took home from the hospital but only 5 nipple rings to go with them so I do periodically wash those by hand. I can't find nipple rings sold separately.

rp-chicago-mom

LucyD1029:

Baker_Bride:

I made Howell bleed because I accidentally cut his finger when trimming his nails. I'm certain we have a mouse/mice. My cats were really on the prowl yesterday and looking intently under the stove. I'm glad that when mice come in, they kill a few and the others go away. I just can't stand to witness it or be the one to dispose of them. Howie and I camped out at my sister's yesterday so H would be the one to discover and deal with it. Luckily there was nothing to discover.

We had mice this entire year and had a horrible time getting rid of them.  I really wish we could get a cat!  I haven't seen any recently (knock on wood), but we had to resort to D-Con.  I felt back, but we can't live with rodents. 

Having a cat is good except I always feel like I'm living in a nature documentary. We had no problems at our last place. I want to go back there!

I got those things you plug into your wall that make some noise only they can hear when we didn't have cats. They seemed to work. The problem
is you need one in every room so they don't just move to another room.

melmarie26

Ugh, can't stand that. Jerkish. It's not a competition. Plus, they don't hand out good grades and gold stars at discharge if you have a med free birth.

Whittyone12:

I kinda hope my cousins wife ends up having her birth plans torn to shreds when she has kids. Because she is so high and mighty about natural childbirth. At every family function since Keith was born she tells me how I shouldn't have let the drs talk me into a csection, and how I shouldn't have gotten the epi. Forgive me but I think "you gotta have this c section or you and your baby will bleed to death." is pretty good persuasion. Who is she to make me feel guilty for doing what's best for me and my son?

thepretzelchick

Whittyone12:

thepretzelchick:

I peed on a stick yesterday.

Aaaaaannnnndddddd?

BFN, thank goodness. But even that makes me nervous because I had three months of BFNs while actually pregnant with Elijah. I'm seriously going to throw a party when AF finally shows herself.

oprastr

I need to POAS but haven't because I'm scared. I have first tri symptoms like lots of boogers and a flaky scalp. Sorry for the TMI.

rp-chicago-mom

Whittyone12:

I kinda hope my cousins wife ends up having her birth plans torn to shreds when she has kids. Because she is so high and mighty about natural childbirth. At every family function since Keith was born she tells me how I shouldn't have let the drs talk me into a csection, and how I shouldn't have gotten the epi. Forgive me but I think "you gotta have this c section or you and your baby will bleed to death." is pretty good persuasion. Who is she to make me feel guilty for doing what's best for me and my son?

This really chaps my azz or frosts my cookies...right, Merricksmom? ;]

I had a c section and I guarantee my almost ten pound turkey was not coming out on his own. He was in crooked and every time I contracted his heart went dangerously high. A c section is a tough choice to make and one that isn't made lightly. She will see when her time comes how much is out of your hands in childbirth.

mamahawk12

amaite:

mollyxcate:

I hate washing bottles. So I bought 12. And I run the dishwasher every day and a half. There is usually only bottles in there, maybe 2 plates.

This is me with pump parts. I have six sets so I once I use them all they take up the entire top rack of the dishwasher and then I run it with just one or two things on the bottom. We have 40 to 50 of the Medela 5oz bottles from all the pumped breast milk I took home from the hospital but only 5 nipple rings to go with them so I do periodically wash those by hand. I can't find nipple rings sold separately.

wide nipples: https://www.amazon.com/Medela-Wide-Bottle-Collar/dp/B005EDBWOQ/ref=pd_bxgy_ba_img_z

narrow nipples: https://www.amazon.com/Medela-Bottle-Ring-Narrow-Nipples/dp/B004WX55G0/ref=pd_sbs_ba_6

Merry Christmas  

Cheerilee

DH was shopping with a friend while I got a pedicure with his friend's wife when DD was 1 month old. We met for lunch and the above picture is what tipped DH off that he never strapped her in. I was irate!

My FFFC is that I'd accepted my ex stepdad's friend request after deleting him and his wife a couple months ago. They'd never so much as asked about DD but I was convinced maybe that would be their olive branch. Instead, they posted pictures of themselves celebrating Christmas with my siblings and my brother's boys. I don't understand why they feel the need to do that to me. But, they are now deleted and blocked.

Another FFFC, I'm not doing two assignments. They're worth 5 points each and there are 300 points in the class. They won't make or break me.

WillyWonkaa

No other factory mixes its chocolate by waterfall.

nicnac817

Baker_Bride:

Whittyone12:

I kinda hope my cousins wife ends up having her birth plans torn to shreds when she has kids. Because she is so high and mighty about natural childbirth. At every family function since Keith was born she tells me how I shouldn't have let the drs talk me into a csection, and how I shouldn't have gotten the epi. Forgive me but I think "you gotta have this c section or you and your baby will bleed to death." is pretty good persuasion. Who is she to make me feel guilty for doing what's best for me and my son?

This really chaps my azz or frosts my cookies...right, Merricksmom? ;] I had a c section and I guarantee my almost ten pound turkey was not coming out on his own. He was in crooked and every time I contracted his heart went dangerously high. A c section is a tough choice to make and one that isn't made lightly. She will see when her time comes how much is out of your hands in childbirth.

 

My little lady was crooked also, I had a fever, her heartrate was skyrocketing and I was in labor for 34 hours.  When people say "Oh, you chose a c-section?" I want to stab them in the eye with a rusty spoon.

rp-chicago-mom

nicnac817:

Baker_Bride:

Whittyone12:

I kinda hope my cousins wife ends up having her birth plans torn to shreds when she has kids. Because she is so high and mighty about natural childbirth. At every family function since Keith was born she tells me how I shouldn't have let the drs talk me into a csection, and how I shouldn't have gotten the epi. Forgive me but I think "you gotta have this c section or you and your baby will bleed to death." is pretty good persuasion. Who is she to make me feel guilty for doing what's best for me and my son?

This really chaps my azz or frosts my cookies...right, Merricksmom? ;] I had a c section and I guarantee my almost ten pound turkey was not coming out on his own. He was in crooked and every time I contracted his heart went dangerously high. A c section is a tough choice to make and one that isn't made lightly. She will see when her time comes how much is out of your hands in childbirth.

 

My little lady was crooked also, I had a fever, her heartrate was skyrocketing and I was in labor for 34 hours.  When people say "Oh, you chose a c-section?" I want to stab them in the eye with a rusty spoon.

Don't they realize when the heart goes up line that it usually means they are in pain? At some point something has to give.

Howell has a mark of broken capillaries above his right eye and cheekbone. My OB said it's most likely from where he was stuck. He wasn't going anywhere.

ETA: I have no idea what heartgies is but my autocorrect sure does!

rp-chicago-mom

DemoDoll:

Baker_Bride:

Buona Fortuna:

We went to dinner with my MIL and she INSISTED that she wake ds and take him out of his car seat. She put him back in the car seat and closed his cover when the food came. DS slept through dinner and I never thought anything of it and didn't check on him. When I got home I realized she never strapped him back in. : I drove all the way home with him just sitting unrestrained in his car seat. I failed as a mom. I should've double checked him.

This made my heart stop.

Are you for serious? I've done this at least 5-6 times and I'm the one that put her in it....think back to when they were newborns and you are running off 2 hours of sleep. 

I think that it just makes me nervous because I'm likely to do this. I usually use the car seat in the stroller since we drive once a week. I just half azz the straps and never do the chest strap since he's not going to top 5 mph in the stroller. I'm going to put him in one day as though it's the stroller when it's the car.

AutumnLeaves2

I never used to strap my LO in her swing because she never used it when I wasn't in the room and she was so teeny that she stayed nice and tucked in there. Whelp, the other day I learned that she is MORE than ready to be strapped in because I put her in her swing, went into the kitchen to grab coffee, and when I came back she was laying on her back, underneath the swing, looking up at the seat, smiling to herself. Oops. 

Cheerilee

Lgamache90:

I never used to strap my LO in her swing because she never used it when I wasn't in the room and she was so teeny that she stayed nice and tucked in there. Whelp, the other day I learned that she is MORE than ready to be strapped in because I put her in her swing, went into the kitchen to grab coffee, and when I came back she was laying on her back, underneath the swing, looking up at the seat, smiling to herself. Oops.nbsp;

I had to laugh because my DD world have had the same reaction! I'm glad she was OK, though!

hooslisa

Medhp00:

I'm avoiding work today. I worked hard all week seeing clients thinking I had a meeting today but it was cancelled. I have several reports to write and so much paperwork on my desk glaring at me, but I am on here instead.

I drank a sugar free vanilla latte for breakfast and then gave in and ate a donut. I feel worse about the calories than I do my food allergies.  

I suppose I need to get my priorities straight. 

what do you do for a living?

hooslisa

i also don't strap my girl into the swing, but i think i will start now.  that post made me laugh.  glad to hear your daughter is resilient.

i have also forgotten to strap her into her car seat once (early on).  i realized it while i was driving and immediately pulled over.  i was shaking i was so upset about it.

my FFFC:

i stopped posting on here around the time that my DD started day care.  i'm self employed and i work from home.  i just couldn't justify "wasting" time on the internet when my daughter was at daycare.  my thought was that i would just rather get more stuff done and pick her up early. 

our intranet is down right now, though, so i don't feel so bad.

i was pretty fine going cold turkey off of the bump, but now that i've lurked today and seen a few posts, i miss a lot of you.  there are a lot of great gals on here.

merricksmom

Baker_Bride:

Whittyone12:

I kinda hope my cousins wife ends up having her birth plans torn to shreds when she has kids. Because she is so high and mighty about natural childbirth. At every family function since Keith was born she tells me how I shouldn't have let the drs talk me into a csection, and how I shouldn't have gotten the epi. Forgive me but I think "you gotta have this c section or you and your baby will bleed to death." is pretty good persuasion. Who is she to make me feel guilty for doing what's best for me and my son?

This really chaps my azz or frosts my cookies...right, Merricksmom? ;] I had a c section and I guarantee my almost ten pound turkey was not coming out on his own. He was in crooked and every time I contracted his heart went dangerously high. A c section is a tough choice to make and one that isn't made lightly. She will see when her time comes how much is out of your hands in childbirth.

 

MMMmmmmm.....cookies.  We were watching Sesame Street the other morning and Cookie Monster got the "cookie touch".  Everything he touched turned to cookies.  Who needs super strength or x-ray vision with a power like that??!?!  I did not, however see him turn anything into a FROSTED cookie. 

merricksmom

WillyWonkaa:

No other factory mixes its chocolate by waterfall.

 

 

lol

bearthebear

Buona Fortuna:

We went to dinner with my MIL and she INSISTED that she wake ds and take him out of his car seat. She put him back in the car seat and closed his cover when the food came. DS slept through dinner and I never thought anything of it and didn't check on him. When I got home I realized she never strapped him back in. I drove all the way home with him just sitting unrestrained in his car seat. I failed as a mom. I should've double checked him.

 

what amazes me the most is that your mil woke a sleeping baby and then w able to put him back when the food came! 

austenfan919

I sometimes put the car seat in the seat part of the shopping cart. I turn it sideways and really wedge it in. And I keep a hand on it while the cart is moving.

One of the first time I took both kids shopping, I put the car seat in the back and DD (who is 2) in the seat, and DS cried the whole time. It's hard to soothe him when DD is in the seat between us, so I ended up carrying him through the store while pushing the cart, which was much harder and probably not much safer than putting the car seat in the seat.

ETA: And I am very safety conscious (DH would say paranoid) about everything else. I don't know why I am just not worked up about this issue.

Maizey06

Bluenoser4ever:

Mine's kind of lame but I hate that our board went to sh!t yesterday. I hate AEs and think it's super lame especially when they go around and post on multiple boards. Who has time for that? I never post in their threads b/c it's all so ridiculous. Everyone gets so riled up which is exactly what they want to happen. The whole thing is just so juvenile to me and I'm so above all of that! LOL j/k

Agree.  I like a good laugh and all and I come to this board for more than just baby talk but yesterday was crazy.  I ended up getting overwhelmed and just did not check the board anymore.

daniellelovesjacob

Buona Fortuna:

We went to dinner with my MIL and she INSISTED that she wake ds and take him out of his car seat. She put him back in the car seat and closed his cover when the food came. DS slept through dinner and I never thought anything of it and didn't check on him. When I got home I realized she never strapped him back in. I drove all the way home with him just sitting unrestrained in his car seat. I failed as a mom. I should've double checked him.

You just made me feel better about my self. IT has been a really hectic week. Griffin has been sick. The other morning I was running late and I get to day care to take Griffin out and I realize I forgot to strap him in. I cried. I cried when I got home from work and told my husband. I also feel like I failed as a mom. Never will I forget again.