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kleigh926 · October 2013

Let's get this board moving!

Mine: I still sleep with a stuffed animal. It's a Winnie the Pooh that I got for my first birthday. I've slept with it ever since then. I will seriously be like 80 years old and still sleeping with my Pooh bear.

Drea926 · October 2013

I love teaching but sometimes I wish I was the "mean teacher"! It is so difficult to be calm and patient all the time. Don't get me wrong - I let them have it when they deserve it, but I would love to just run with it some days!!

singingsea · October 2013

So I can't get flamed

....

There's this chick that I went to high school with that I'm friends with on facebook. She's a SAHM to three kids and is always bragging about everything she gets accomplished during the day. Which is great but there are some days I want to reach through the computer and slap her

Example...in one update made pumpkin scones, mini pumpkin cheesecakes, makes cloth diapers, tulle tutus, fleece hats, roast in the crock pot, and house cleaned.

Also she's running a 5k.

I work and have only one child and I'm like "um I made coffee this morning, baby is changed and fed and my underwear isn't on inside out for once."

I can't tell you how many times my underwear has been inside out. Wow this was long. I'm sure it's not as easy as she makes it look but it does nothing for my mommy inferiority complex.

mishka29 · October 2013

singingsea said:

So I can't get flamed ....

There's this chick that I went to high school with that I'm friends with on facebook. She's a SAHM to three kids and is always bragging about everything she gets accomplished during the day. Which is great but there are some days I want to reach through the computer and slap her

Example...in one update made pumpkin scones, mini pumpkin cheesecakes, makes cloth diapers, tulle tutus, fleece hats, cleaned the house, roast in the crock pot, and house cleaned.

Also she's running a 5k.

I work and have only one child and I'm like "um I made coffee this morning, baby is changed and fed and my underwear isn't on inside out for once."

I can't tell you how many times my underwear has been inside out. Wow this was long. I'm sure it's not as easy as she makes it look but it does nothing for my mommy inferiority complex.

Yeah i hate things like this too. Since LO came along the consistency of my shower and teeth brushing in the am has taken a hit

eriannc22 · October 2013

I let my baby munch on a little of my Twizzlers when we took him to the baseball game this weekend.

Yep, and I was that pregnant lady who swore my kid wouldn't have a whiff of sugar until like age 5.

musicalmama5 · October 2013

This morning at 5AM, when DS was awake (and had been for about an hour) and wouldn't just cuddle with me and go back to sleep (he wanted me to be up walking him around to fall back asleep), I literally said out loud to him, "I'm getting kind of sick of you right now". Eesh. Good thing he can't understand words yet...

SidraJedi · October 2013

musicalmama5 said:

This morning at 5AM, when DS was awake (and had been for about an hour) and wouldn't just cuddle with me and go back to sleep (he wanted me to be up walking him around to fall back asleep), I literally said out loud to him, "I'm getting kind of sick of you right now". Eesh. Good thing he can't understand words yet...

Yeah, DD is teething now (yay. I was really hoping that she would hold off until like 8 months) and I'm at a cafe trying to finish filing taxes (that's right, we're that late this year. we're usually early) and she is tired and popping on and off the breast (which is secreted between my tee and nursing tank but still) because she was also distracted and I said, "you're driving me crazy." I felt bad and helped her hold my breast in her mouth instead of trying to type. She fell asleep finally shortly after that. It was then I realized that I had been driving myself crazy.

Wow. there's like five confessions in there.

shineupabove · October 2013

After about 2 hours of chasing around my highly energetic crawler I tend to lay on the floor with my phone and when she starts to crawl away I pull it out and wave it around like she can play with it. I then take it away when she is close enough that I can grab her. I feel kind of bad because she gets really excited when she sees it and crawls really fast to get to it but it goes right in her mouth when she plays with it and Im not due for an upgrade until the April of next year.

emfolstad · October 2013

kleigh926 said:

Let's get this board moving! Mine: I still sleep with a stuffed animal. It's a Winnie the Pooh that I got for my first birthday. I've slept with it ever since then. I will seriously be like 80 years old and still sleeping with my Pooh bear.

I still sleep with a stuffed animal too! Mine is a bunny and he goes everywhere with me.

kleigh926 · October 2013

DC2London said:

i would be quite content never going back to a traditional job. I'm not saying I want to sit around and doing nothing all day, but I could be very happy spending my time running the household and volunteering for....ever.

This is pretty much how I feel. I've always wanted to be a SAHM. I only went to nursing school so that I would have a job until the time that I had kids. I still have a position at the hospital but it is so part-time it's barely even worth mentioning. Even after my kids are in school (and graduated!) I don't know if I'll go back to it, unless I get super bored, which I suppose could happen. I am SO not a career woman.

wifeofadam · October 2013

singingsea said:

So I can't get flamed ....

There's this chick that I went to high school with that I'm friends with on facebook. She's a SAHM to three kids and is always bragging about everything she gets accomplished during the day. Which is great but there are some days I want to reach through the computer and slap her

Example...in one update made pumpkin scones, mini pumpkin cheesecakes, makes cloth diapers, tulle tutus, fleece hats, roast in the crock pot, and house cleaned.

Also she's running a 5k.

I work and have only one child and I'm like "um I made coffee this morning, baby is changed and fed and my underwear isn't on inside out for once."

I can't tell you how many times my underwear has been inside out. Wow this was long. I'm sure it's not as easy as she makes it look but it does nothing for my mommy inferiority complex.

People always look more put together than they really are through a computer screen. For all you know, her kids watch TV all day long while she's doing her crafts and baking. Or maybe her house is a disaster and she only cleans up the areas that will be in the pictures she posts. Or her underwear could also be inside out while she's making scones.

Don't judge yourself too harshly. I'm convinced that no one really has their stuff completely together. Some people are just better at pretending like they do than others.

wifeofadam · October 2013

DC2London said:

i would be quite content never going back to a traditional job. I'm not saying I want to sit around and doing nothing all day, but I could be very happy spending my time running the household and volunteering for....ever.

You're homeschooling - that's a full-time job!!!

But I totally understand this. I hear women talking about how important their careers are and how they need to work outside of the home to feel fulfilled and I can't relate AT ALL. I have absolutely no desire to have a job (even though I currently do work part-time). I could go weeks without leaving my house and I would never get bored and would feel perfectly fulfilled. And I also think that once my kids leave the house, I wouldn't want to work then either because I have so many hobbies and volunteer opportunities that I would love to do.

Everyone is different, I guess. I get so bored during my work meetings. All I want to do is be at home with my kids. Everything else is really boring to me.

Puck1182 · October 2013

kleigh926 said:

DC2London said:

i would be quite content never going back to a traditional job. I'm not saying I want to sit around and doing nothing all day, but I could be very happy spending my time running the household and volunteering for....ever.

This is pretty much how I feel. I've always wanted to be a SAHM. I only went to nursing school so that I would have a job until the time that I had kids. I still have a position at the hospital but it is so part-time it's barely even worth mentioning. Even after my kids are in school (and graduated!) I don't know if I'll go back to it, unless I get super bored, which I suppose could happen. I am SO not a career woman.

Mine is that I am just the opposite! While I wouldn't have minded a longer reduced schedule, since pumping is a pain in my butt, I just can't fathom staying at home, even if we could afford it!

I love DD, and I love spending time with her, but I also have jobs I really like, and I invested a lot of time and energy into the education I needed to get them, and I'm a bit of a control freak and could not deal with being financially dependent on someone else. I totally don't have the right temperament to be a SAHM!

MalRiggs · October 2013

Coworkers and I went for a drink after school...was so worth it. I love adult time

singingsea · October 2013

DC2London said:

+adamwife+ said:

singingsea said:

So I can't get flamed ....

There's this chick that I went to high school with that I'm friends with on facebook. She's a SAHM to three kids and is always bragging about everything she gets accomplished during the day. Which is great but there are some days I want to reach through the computer and slap her

Example...in one update made pumpkin scones, mini pumpkin cheesecakes, makes cloth diapers, tulle tutus, fleece hats, roast in the crock pot, and house cleaned.

Also she's running a 5k.

I work and have only one child and I'm like "um I made coffee this morning, baby is changed and fed and my underwear isn't on inside out for once."

I can't tell you how many times my underwear has been inside out. Wow this was long. I'm sure it's not as easy as she makes it look but it does nothing for my mommy inferiority complex.

People always look more put together than they really are through a computer screen. For all you know, her kids watch TV all day long while she's doing her crafts and baking. Or maybe her house is a disaster and she only cleans up the areas that will be in the pictures she posts. Or her underwear could also be inside out while she's making scones.

Don't judge yourself too harshly. I'm convinced that no one really has their stuff completely together. Some people are just better at pretending like they do than others.

Maybe she does what I do and just shoves all of the toys and clothing out of the background before taking a photo

Possibly. No body has their life completely together no matter how they portray it. Being brutaly honest here I just find it annoying and braggy hence the FFFC. Then again there's tons of annoying things that people post on facebook and I'm sure I'm guilty of a few.

Now I just want pumpkin scones

kelly321 · October 2013

DC2London said:

+adamwife+ said:

singingsea said:

So I can't get flamed ....

There's this chick that I went to high school with that I'm friends with on facebook. She's a SAHM to three kids and is always bragging about everything she gets accomplished during the day. Which is great but there are some days I want to reach through the computer and slap her

Example...in one update made pumpkin scones, mini pumpkin cheesecakes, makes cloth diapers, tulle tutus, fleece hats, roast in the crock pot, and house cleaned.

Also she's running a 5k.

I work and have only one child and I'm like "um I made coffee this morning, baby is changed and fed and my underwear isn't on inside out for once."

I can't tell you how many times my underwear has been inside out. Wow this was long. I'm sure it's not as easy as she makes it look but it does nothing for my mommy inferiority complex.

People always look more put together than they really are through a computer screen. For all you know, her kids watch TV all day long while she's doing her crafts and baking. Or maybe her house is a disaster and she only cleans up the areas that will be in the pictures she posts. Or her underwear could also be inside out while she's making scones.

Don't judge yourself too harshly. I'm convinced that no one really has their stuff completely together. Some people are just better at pretending like they do than others.

Maybe she does what I do and just shoves all of the toys and clothing out of the background before taking a photo

Yep. Or I'm even lazier and just move the kid(s) to a corner that's currently toyless to take the picture. Or, if the picture requires them staying where they are, I will get into the most impossible positions to take a picture from an angle that gets the fewest toys / least mess in the background.

DublinMama · October 2013

This goes against the grain of what the general vibe of the thread is, but I am so ready for a night away from my beloved child. I want nothing more in life right now then to go to bed at a time I choose, not one I know is reasonable because DS will likely be up from 3-5 a.m. I then want to wake up at a time that I choose. Not when it is still dark out, and not after I have only just fallen back asleep 90 minutes ago. I want to have more than one glass of wine. I want to have a conversation with my husband in person, without one of us chasing after a very, very curious and adventurous baby. My husband has had plenty of baby free nights as I have taken DS on overnights without to him family and friends' houses before. I have never once had a night to myself since he's been born. Eight months ago. And even typing this out makes me feel like a bad mom.

kleigh926 · October 2013

Don't feel like a bad mom, @DublinMama. You are a great mom! Everyone needs their "me time" and you shouldn't feel guilty for wanting some. I hope you get a break soon!

MalRiggs · October 2013

DublinMama no worries. I think we all need some truly adult alone time. In fact I think I'm a better mom because I get a break every now and then. ( a most once a month, but easily has been like six before)

musicalmama5 · October 2013

Since there's a theme of SAHM v. WM....

DH and I own our own business (a music school), which I am mostly responsible for running. DH gigs at night, which is where most of our money comes from since our school has only been open a year and isn't making us rich (yet lol). I absolutely love our school, our teachers, our parents and students, and everything about it, but sometimes I daydream about being a full-time SAHM. We live above the school and since I don't have to be there all the time, I consider myself a part-time SAHM.

So I guess the confession is that sometimes I wish DH had a "real job" and made more money so I could stay home. (But then I think about what that would actually be like and I change my mind :P)

bumpuser7698452 · October 2013

I was off today and didn't go anywhere but showered, got dressed, put on makeup, and dried my hair. My husband didn't say anything all evening about me getting duded up for him and now he's in bed and I'm eating chocolate and beer. Loser.

kelly321 · October 2013

DublinMama said:

This goes against the grain of what the general vibe of the thread is, but I am so ready for a night away from my beloved child. I want nothing more in life right now then to go to bed at a time I choose, not one I know is reasonable because DS will likely be up from 3-5 a.m. I then want to wake up at a time that I choose. Not when it is still dark out, and not after I have only just fallen back asleep 90 minutes ago. I want to have more than one glass of wine. I want to have a conversation with my husband in person, without one of us chasing after a very, very curious and adventurous baby. My husband has had plenty of baby free nights as I have taken DS on overnights without to him family and friends' houses before. I have never once had a night to myself since he's been born. Eight months ago. And even typing this out makes me feel like a bad mom.

Don't feel guilty. It's perfectly normal. I have had to go to two seminars (one 2 nights and one 3 nights) since DD2 was born, and I have looked forward to and enjoyed both of them. DH takes the girls to his parents so he has help with them, and I get to have a couple nights of uninterrupted sleep, meals that I can eat in peace (and seriously, that is something I NEVER get at home), and adult conversations. Win, win, win. I have another one in November and am looking forward to it again.
I'm not even going to count that as a confession because I don't think it's something I need to confess.

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