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November 2011 Moms
**FFFC**
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Re: **FFFC**
I have a doctor's appointment today sans kiddo and I just might be incredibly slow in making it home after a couple of errands following the appointment.
I'm getting the Mirena today and it scares me a little.
I would probably suck as a SAHM, but I am mourning the loss of my maternity leave big time.
We've been on vacation and I miss reading and responding on here!
Anyway....I have been pretty cranky the last week or so and for the past two nights I have fed at about 10:30 then gone to sleep and let DH give a bottle and deal with everything else. I have woken up in the morning SUPER engorged (I touch them and I spray) and pumped about 9 oz. This morning Nate woke and fed right after I pumped so I just gave him some of that.
I know this is not a good idea in the long run (supply issues etc) but honestly two nights of sleep and I feel like a new person!
Me too
I am already using LO as my excuse for a lot of things - being late, skipping things - when its not really due to LO at all
I have 2 canisters of Enfamil formula that I'm not going to use so I am trying to find a place in town to donate them. If I can't find one, I'll sell them on Craigslist. My FFFC - I'll sell formula on Craigslist but would never in a million years buy it from there.
Another confession - this is the first New Year's we'll be home. LO was sleeping through the night for a few weeks but he's back to being up 2x a night and I just want to sleep. I don't care the New Years. I didn't care to much about Christmas that much either. Our present to LO was making in a blanket - and the material is still sitting in the store bag.
Yikes, I've woken up twice super engorged and I couldn't even sleep through the pain it hurt so bad. I literally had to get out of bed and pump that second because my boobs hurt so bad. I don't think I could not nurse or pump each night...but I guess your body will adjust and stop producing then?
My FFFC continues from my rant yesterday...I really hate my FI right now and wish I had the courage to "accidentally" throw a baseball bat at his computer, PS3, video games, etc so that he would "accidentally" be a better father to our daughter.
I had a convo about this with my friends that have new baby's and they are dealing with the same thing with their husbands...men just seem to think their lives won't change one bit when the baby comes. Yah right idiots!
I told my H at one point that I was ready to throw his laptop out the window. He got the point after that. He stills goes in the basement and plays on the Xbox, but that is after the baby is in bed and the kitchen is clean. He can stay up till whatever hours of the night that he wants to, he's just not allowed to complain about being tired. Since I've gone back to work, I also make him do the 6am feedings everyday. We'll see how long his late nights last...bwhahaha.
I am the most well-rested new mom I know. DD usually sttn but even if she doesn't, DH gets up with her. He loves that time with DD, and I like to sleep! He got up with DD1 too.
my confession is that I'm not nearly as nice to him as I should be!
Ditto this! But, it's not that it's uncomfortable for me. LO likes bath time too. For me, I just don't see the use in doing it more than once every 3 days. He doesn't get dirty. If he spits up, I wipe him down with a wet cloth. I go with the "feet smell like toe jam = bath day" method.
Also, sometimes our LO wears the same outfit for like a day and a half. If he hasn't spit up all over it, sweated, and hasn't pee'd or pooped through, I don't see the rush in changing outfits.
Now that I write both of these statements, I feel like people are going to think we are allowing our LO to be dirty. I swear, he isn't smelly or dirty!!! Haha
Both of these are true for me too...I also hate clipping his nails!
I've only tried clipping my LO's once, and I got one nail and stopped. I just can't do it!! I have to learn though, because we woke up this morning and he has a little scratch over his eye.
It takes me a few days, but I rip his off. That sounds so horrible, but they tear pretty easily.
Ditto!! I just had UPS and FedEx at our house within 10 minutes of each other. If I were a SAHM, we'd be sooo broke.
Our dog is getting on my last nerve!! I have to admit, the thought of "accidentally" leaving the gate open has crossed my mind but DH would die if his dog disappeared. But I seriously hate that dog right now..he stresses me out WAY more than LO does.
I have probably eaten more chocolate and junk food in the last 9 weeks of my life than I have in the last 9 years. Not gonna come close to fitting into my work clothes in a few weeks. Guess that means I'll have to buy a new wardrobe!
After reading so many posts on TB about DHs / SOs who are really into video games, I am so thankful for my H, who only plays World of Warcraft about once a week, and it's mainly to socialize with his brother.
My FFFC - Just now was the first time I put DS in an outfit that didn't snap up or zip up the front. All his newborn and most of his 0 - 3 clothes are snap-up outfits. I love them! But I had to try out one of his bodysuit / pants combos. It took me so long to get him into it that my back hurt from bending over. But he looks great!
Posting from an Android sorry for any errors
On this note, I think that women who complain about their husbands and video games have a husband problem - they shouldn't blame it on the games. It's not the video game creators fault for making them addictive. The husband should realize they need to buck up and step up to take care of the baby. My DH hasn't touched a video game since LO was born, and he was the type that was glued to them before.
I have another one...
If FI even so much as THINKS about getting another thing for his Jeep I might kick him in the face! He is constantly shopping for the next new thing to buy and it drives me nuts. At this rate we will never be able to buy a house!
Also, ditto on the bath and changing clothes thing. Why change his outfit if he got a tiny bit of spit up on it? He's just going to spit up on it again in 3 hours. I do change him if we are going out. I need to start bathing him more than every 3 days so he can get into a bedtime routine. Oh well! He's happy and healthy.
Oh thank GOD. Seriously thought everone would think I was a horribly unsanitary person and alert CPS.
DH plays video games while holding the baby. He's a super multi tasker
My confession is that I like to think I have it pretty together, but yesterday I had to get both kids out the door and to the pedi by 9 a.m. and I literally fell on my ass. Trying to watch DS and carry DD in the car seat as well as a diaper bag, snack for DS, bottle of water, I missed the step going from our house to the garage and landed square on my butt. Ow. Giant bruise.
~Working Mom~Breastfeeding Mom~Cloth Diapering Mom~BLW Mom~
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Shawn and Larissa
LO #1 - Took 2 years and 2 IVFs ~ DX - severe MFI mild PCOS homozygous MTHFR (a1298c)
LO #2 - TTC 7 months, surprise spontaneous BFP!
1) I wore dirty jeans with spitup on to work today. I saw the spitup on my way out the door and was too lazy to care/change. (I work in a small office, so attire is pretty casual).
2) I like Thursdays at the grocery store because they have free wine/alcohol tastings
I'm pretty sure I went to Lowe's one time with a bit of poo on my shoe. I didn't care.
Good for taking some time for you! Hopefully you are ready to tackle the whole BF thing again.
My FFFC: I have eaten almost all of the Christmas baking I did while I was pregnant, and even though my weight loss after birth plateaued a week ago (at about 20 lb more than I weighed pre-preg) and I am not too worried, the cookies have priority right now!
I'm so proud of you!!
I do this!!
When he's eating I just bite them off. it seems gross but it really is so much easier. and as long as he's eating he doesn't really care what i do to him
My boobs have totally deflated now that I am done with BFing and pumping and I am WAY more sad than I should be. I used to have cute, perky boobs and now I just feel shlumpy dumpy. The tummy pudge doesn't help the look, but I'm not worried about that. Tummy pudge will go away. Boobs won't re-perk.
The FFC part of this is that I am 90% sure I will start putting aside a bit of money with each paycheck to pay for a bit of a lift after I have our second LO. I don't want to add to them, just have the lift and shape back. DH doesn't care at all and will think I'm insane once I tell him, but I want my cute boobs back! I probably won't even tell him about my savings until the time comes, otherwise he will try to talk me out of it.
This. The only time his video game playing bothers me is when I'm bored and want to watch tv lol.
And after reading these posts I think I bathe my baby too much. She gets a bath at least once a day sometimes more if she throws up. But I only use soap every other day (if there's no throw up.) and I put lotion on after and her skin isn't dry at all. She loves her baths and so do I, its probably my favorite time of the day.
My confession: Some friends invited me out for New Year's Eve and FI has been promising me a night out for awhile now so I am seriously considering going even though I would be upset if it were the other way around.
Second confession: I cried the other day when some maternity jeans were too small. They were one's a friend had given me and I only wore them like once when I was like 4 mo pregnant but still I expected them to fit.