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November 2011 Moms
Vieve831
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FFFC!
Vieve831
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With yesterday's UO it looks like it might be time for November Mommies to bring back the days of the week, lol!
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Re: FFFC!
I am one of the many who are very much not in the Christmas spirit this year. Just too much going on.
With that said, MIL wants us to come to her house on Christmas Day. It will be just her and us, no one else, and she's making soup for lunch. DH and I talked about having her come to our house (MUCH more convenient) and she suggested this to her and she just scoffed and said "No." She said she'll have her glider ready upstairs so I can feed the baby and I may just spend all day upstairs "feeding" him! There is no good reason she can't put her a$$ in her car and drive the hour to our house. Apparently she forgets how easy it is to travel with an infant and how little we will need to bring with us.
She's just being a brat. It's not like she's making a fancy dinner or having lots of family over. She just doesn't want to drive. This will be the last year we travel for the holidays just to entertain one person.
I just used DD1's lovey as a diaper cloth to wipe up spit up. She never uses the lovey, I honestly have no idea how it got on the couch so I'm not too worried.
Im excited about Christmas but stressed about how much stuff that needs to get done.
I ate. Ollie dough for linu. I should probably eat something nutritious but it may not happen. Please remind me of this in a few weeks when I'm complaining about my lack of weight loss.
I just used DD1's lovey as a diaper cloth to wipe up spit up. She never uses the lovey, I honestly have no idea how it got on the couch so I'm not too worried.
Im excited about Christmas but stressed about how much stuff that needs to get done. I've already been knocking things off my list because there isn't any chance that it's getting done
I ate cookie dough for lunch. I should probably eat something nutritious but it may not happen. Please remind me of this in a few weeks when I'm complaining about my lack of weight loss.
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I wish I had the guts to just give up pumping for good. It is the most difficult part of my day and the thing I do that makes me the least happy. I want DS to have the health benefits, but it makes me miserable. Saddest reason to give it up is the extra calories.
I wear the same pair of jeans pretty much everytime I go out. Because they fit. And I like them. I occasionally wash them.
I dread going back to work Jan 3rd. I'm a teacher and I worry I won't be functional because of sleep...which leads me to the fact that I have a coffee problem. For real. And I pump. I've figured out that two gigantic cups gets me through a day with four hours of sleep.
I dread things I used to love...like restaurants and social gatherings becaue they are lots of work and require lots of planning by me and I'm going somewhere that I can't put baby down in a bouncy seat or swing.
Sometimes I worry I'm getting it all wrong. Being a mom does not come naturally to me, even though I adore my little guy.
Ok, I'll shut up now.
I've spent a lot of this holiday season planning (mentally) next year's Christmas, which is going to be awesome
I'm getting to the point where I'm looking forward to going back to work
I'm not really looking forward to my sister's wedding because dragging a 3 month old and 2 year old to Mexico sounds really difficult. Plus the only reason we can afford it is that my parents are paying and I think my mom might hold it over our heads.
~Working Mom~Breastfeeding Mom~Cloth Diapering Mom~BLW Mom~
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LO #1 - Took 2 years and 2 IVFs ~ DX - severe MFI mild PCOS homozygous MTHFR (a1298c)
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I eat cheez-its for lunch quite frequently when FI is at work because it is the only thing we have that I can eat with one hand while feeding DS. I really should go grocery shopping since we haven't been in about 7 weeks now, I just don't feel like it.
If I see one more thread on 0-3 about Enfamil I'm going to flip out on the poster. There are about 10 threads from the last 24 hours about the "recall". Do your research, the formula tested negative more than once for the bacteria. I use the same formula and I'm not freaking out. I checked all the numbers on my cans and will be able to tell if DS starts acting sick and will then take him to the Dr. No need to return all your formula or switch to another brand. Calm down.
I'm dreading Christmas. I wish DH, LO and I could just be left alone. I love my family and all but they drive me crazy around LO. She always ends up overstimulated and I'm left with a fussy baby... then I have to listen to all their crazy ideas as to why she is crying. I also think its funny how certain family members who we rarely saw want to come visit all the time now that the baby is here. I just want to enjoy my first Christmas with LO and I know I'm just going to end up stressed out.
My co-workers bought the cake for my shower they threw me from wal-mart. It was so good! My new favorite cake
I never finished my thank-you notes from the baby shower. Ther are still 3 or 4 hanging over my head.
I'm an atheist who loves Christmas. I have no idea how I'm going to explain that one to DS someday.
Like a PP, I peeked in one of DH's presents to me! I wanted to know if he'd gotten me tickets to a particular concert, or if I should go ahead and buy them myself. (Looks like I'm buying them myself.)
i don't feel like part of DH's family. His parents try and make me feel at home all the time but I just don't feel it and i don't think i ever will.
also, i hated BFing. the whole time i did it. it made me feel like a cow.
and finally...
the reason we didn't have a baby sooner is because i was terrified of getting fat. it took me years to get over that. actually, i'm still not over it...
This and cookie dough.
Agree with all of this! I hate night time, DS becomes such a fuss pot and I dread the anxiety I get when I put him down to sleep because I just know he will be crying soon.
I also have not showered today.
I try to limit it to one drink a day, max two, while breastfeeding, but I want a drink pretty much from the moment I wake up in the morning.
I have watched at least 50 episodes of Criminal Minds while breastfeeding in the middle of the night (thank you DVR and daytime Criminal Minds marathons). I hope all those screaming bloody scenes aren't having some negative sort of subconscious impact on LO.
I am actually relieved that I had to have a c-section, and I will not even for a second consider a VBAC. I don't think I would have handled labor well at all.
I pretty much don't get my butt off the couch in the morning anymore until I have watched Good Morning America, Live with Kelly, the View, and sometimes even The Chew. Sooo much television. I just feed LO, hang out with her, hold her on my lap, watch her doze off and wake up, make funny faces at her, and drink my cup(s) of coffee. It is probably the laziest 4-5 hours I have ever had in my life, but it is the highlight of my day.
My biggest irrational fear is that I will fall asleep and somehow suffocate LO. I have nightmares about it all the time. Everytime I wake up, my first thought is a panic wondering if I fell asleep holding LO or if I got her into her crib.
Ohhh it felt good to get all of that off of my chest
I SUCK at clipping my baby's nails and have done it too close 2x now, to the point where it nicked the skin and she SCREAMED!!!
I'm SO glad I'm not a FTM. AFter reading many of thes FFC and so many of the daily posts, it reminds me of the way I felt after having my first baby....second guessing everything, being nervous about everything, stressing about EVERYTHING....now, as a third time mom, I'm actually enjoying the newborn stage SO much. I know everything is a phase and things that aren't going the smoothest will fall into place eventually. I haven't felt worried or stressed about anything associated with her care. BUT, hindsight is 20/20, so I guess I know what to stress about and not! I think a lot of you on here are waaaay too hard on yourselves, and are doing MUCH better jobs than you give yourselves credit for.
I used to feel like I was going to war every night. I still sing Black Eyed Peas "Tonights Gonna Be a Good Night" to LO when its bed time. Thankfully LO is doing much better but she still has her moments.
I need DD to smile. It will make this phase seem so much better. I'm ready to move on from this phase so I can get some kind of reward for my work with her. Once it's gone I'll be sad I wished it away.
I feel like I may have dodged a bullet with my low supply in bf'ing. I don't like bf'ing and am so much happier being a FF mom. God knows exactly what He is doing.
I would never survive a colicy baby. Once again, God knows what He is doing. My version of a fussy baby is nothing. I am super lucky because I would lose my mind with a baby who cried all the time and would not be a very good mom.
I hope I can do Christmas justice for my boys. I'm so so so so tired.
Me too! Easy to eat one handed, check! Requires no prep, heating, etc., check!
Baby Turtle - November 2014
Posts that I think are designed to piss off the majority:
1. Is my LO sleeping TOO MUCH?
2. I can't gain any pregnancy weight.
3. I already weigh less now than I did before I got pregnant!
OMG. This is totally my issue, too. I have literally SAID this. I dread it. Day time is tolerable...nighttime? Anxiety. I was told by a friend to adopt the mantra: "Dawn is coming." I say it over and over when we are having a horrible night.