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April 2011 Moms
ajlove27
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Open Letter Friday... "Dear..."
ajlove27
member
Ok, sorry I missed last week- first week home with baby! Here we go:
Dear Mother in Law,
I had a wonderful 2 weeks with you being here. I was sad to see you leave this morning. Thank you for all you did and for loving your grandson so much. I am glad to have a mother in law I get a long with.
love,
your daughter in law
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Dear DH,
Thank you for praising me all the time and telling everyone how amazing I did with delivering our child and how much of an amazing mother I am. It raelly makes me feel good. You are such a wonderful daddy. I love you!!
Love,
your wife
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Dear LO,
Thank you for giving me at least a few hour of sleep a night... do you think we can start upping it so mommy isn't so tired? I love you with all of my heart!!!
Love,
mommy
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Re: Open Letter Friday... "Dear..."
Dear Pediatrician,
My son has been in horrible pain for over a week, at YOUR advice. If you don't call me back, I'm going to turn into the hysterical mom in your waiting room demanding to talk to you while my baby screams.
Sincerely,
A mom at the end of her rope.
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Dear LO,
I'm sorry you are hurting, but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it until the pedi calls back. I could let you comfort feed like you want, but then you'll spit up and feel worse. Please forgive me.
Love, mommy.
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Dear BF,
Thank you for taking DS on a ride last night so I could sleep for longer than 2 hours. You are amazing.
Love, Me.
Dear SO,
Change. A. Diaper. Seriously. It's great that you can snuggle the baby and love on him until he poops. But when I'm trying to squeeze in a few minutes of sleep while he's not fussing and you hand him off to me because he's got a dirty diaper... well, I kind of want to kill you.
I never held you, but I always loved you.
Baby Squirt- September 2009
Baby Turtle- May 2010
Baby Surprise- August 2011
Daughter,
Get. Out. Of. My. Uterus.
Mom
Dear Husband,
Thank you so much for your patience, understanding, concern, and back-rubs through all of this. It's been a rough couple of weeks on me, physically and emotionally, and I couldn't have made it through without you. I promise you'll get to see your daughter some time soon.
All my love,
Your Wife
Dear Mom and Dad,
I'm so sorry that we live so far away. I really wish that you could see LO in person more. Skype, emailing photos, and daily phone calls will help but I literally cry EVERY time I think about how you can't enjoy your grandson more. I feel so guilty for moving away and I miss you both so much!
Love,
Your daughter
Dear DH,
This Sunday is Mother's Day. My FIRST Mother's Day. I've dropped several hints about the holiday - namely reminding you three times to send flowers to your own mother. When I asked you last night what you wanted to do this weekend the correct response was not "Go see Thor with your old work buddies leaving me at home with LO without a car just like you do every day of the week." Please try again.
-your loving wife and the MOTHER of your child...
Dear Gas Pains,
Leave my baby alone. I mean it.
- A Mommy Who Has Had It
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Dear Pedi,
No. No, I cannot "keep her awake and only let her nap for three hours at a time" when she wants to sleep. Do you have children? Have you met children? Then WTF are you even talking about? I would love to fix the day/night confusion, but short of banging pots in her face, there's not much I can do.
Any other helpful advice?
- See Above
Dear Husband,
Please be a little more sensitive when you see me crying and at least ask if I'm OK.
Your hormonal wife
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Dear Mom,
Thank you for spending the last three days with me and the baby. We both appreciate and love you!
Your daughter and granddaughter
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Dear Baby Leah,
Thank you for being so patient with me. Looking at you makes every day wonderful!
Love,
Mom
Dear Jared,
Thank you for being so amazing. You're definitely worth all the flack I got for taking you to Homecoming when I was a junior and you were a freshman. I'm finally almost over you listening to your parents when they made you break up with me because I was a "wild older girl." Did we have to have THREE crappy marriages between us before we found each other again?
Love you,
Wild Older Girl
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Dear Liam,
Please be good Monday from noon to one during the reading for the winners of the college's creative writing competition. Everyone wants me to be there to hand out the awards, and they want you to be there, too, even though I said I wasn't sure if it's a good idea. You'll be hearing lots of good writing about love, sex, drugs, and cancer. These are the things writers write about, even if you're a little young for them. Helday is winning an award, and you like Helday. He's the one who did the painting that's in your nursery, and he's Mommy's editorial assistant. Mommy will be happy with whomever you grow up to be, but Helday is a great influence, considering he's won both the college's art award and writing award this year, so please don't scream during his reading.
Love you,
Mom
P.S. If this is too much pressure, Daddy will be there, too, to quietly take you out of the college library.
Mac and cheese lover!
Dear DS#1,
Thank you for being such an amazing big brother. Even though your hugs can be a bit rough you are doing a fantastic job. I am so proud of you and love you more and more each and every time I look at you!
Love,
The Proudest Mommy Ever
Dear DS2,
Did you know that when you smile at me you make my day? Thank you so much for your 5 big smiles this morning. Your smile is absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to actually capture it on camera.
Love,
Your smiling back Mommy
Dear Mom,
Thank you so much for your constant support. There is no way we would be able to make it through the summer without all of your help. I feel horrible taking money from you, I'm an adult and should be able to cover my own expenses but I'm eternally grateful. I'm grateful because I will never have the chance to stay home with my babies like you did, these months of SAHM life are so precious to me.
Love,
Your Humbled Daughter
Dear Lotto Numbers,
Please come to me in a dream. I want to stay home with my babies!!!!
Yours,
The Pennnyless Teacher
Dear son,
Thank you so much for being such a fighter. Even though you were born 14 weeks early, you've done absolutely fantastic, and your daddy and I couldn't be prouder of you. Thank you also for being such a good baby (so far). We're so grateful that you sleep for 3 hours at a time, and we love that you only seem to cry when you need something. And thank you for being the snuggliest baby ever.
Please keep it up.
Love,
Mommy (and daddy, I'm sure)
It's not exactly still Friday (4 am. Sat morning), but I may feel better if I do this...
Dear LO,
I love you so much. Thank you for being here!
Mama
Dear DH,
I get it. You said that I was not your mother, so you owed me nothing for Mother's Day, and that the only person who did was LO. Of course, he's only 6 weeks old, and will require assistance to celebrate. Mother's Day, but I can do that myself. He bought me a sling today, and on Sunday he is taking me to breakfast and to see Rio. No, we won't be going by your parents house. No one there is my mother, and neither is there anyone at your grandmother's. LO said that it was Mother's Day and he could see them another time, but we are just going to be together. Also, thank you for declining the invite to my sister's where my mom will be. This definitely provided insight. On another note, it really embarrassed me that you refused to come to Baptism class tonight. I Would appreciate it if you could either a) give a crap--come to meetings,classes, help me plan, and have a say, or b) stay the hell out of it. Do not sit there and tell me that you don't really care, but insist on inviting 45 people. You aren't religious, and after all the crap your family has given me about my beliefs, I don't really want to share this moment with them.
Sincerely,
Your Wife
PS thank you for changing diapers, and I'm glad you got LO to smile at you.
ETA paragraphs
BFP#1 "Watermelon" born 3/2011
BFP#2 "Pumpkin" 7/14/12 ~ EDD 3/23/13 ~ Natural M/C 8/3/12 @ 7 weeks
BFP#3 "Pineapple" born 4/2013
BFP#4 "Grapefruit" EDD 3/29/16