When I was a FTM...

Jackapatamus · October 2013

I never had to bend over and pick trains, tracks, cars off the floor!!! Nothing tires me out quicker than having to bend over and pick up DS's toys off the floor!!! Anyone else?

MrsGraham06 · October 2013

I didn't know it was possible to have such contradictory emotions at the same time- friggen tired from lack of sleep and wanting nothing more than 4-5 hours of uninterrupted sleep, yet seeing his sweet little face while he ate just made my heart melt.

I continue to have extreme frustration and extreme love occurring at the same time, it's still weird.

SandFHasse · October 2013

I just chased DD around with her bubble lawn mower. I'm exhausted now so I'm laying on the floor and she's looking at the Fisher Price Christmas catalog. I feel bad, but I'm so tired from running around.

megngregk · October 2013

This is gross, but my cat sprayed twice over the weekend (he's 6.5 months old, getting neutered on Wednesday). I know the odor has been killed, but now I'm so paranoid that I missed a spot or something, so I've been on my hands and knees sniffing everything. So uncomfortable, and it gives me immediate heartburn. I love him, but man I was ticked off this weekend.

sugarland726 · October 2013

I feel like DD is already getting the shaft because I get so tired easily. It's not her fault I got pregnant. Why should she have to suffer? But damn, I am happy for bedtime some nights because she is a ball of energy and refuses to settle down sometimes.

Emily6778 · October 2013

My living room gets cleaned up nightly, usually by my husband and sometimes with the help of DD. I no longer clean DD room daily, that gets done twice a week now because that is about all of the crawling around on the floor I can handle!

km_md · October 2013

I have to do this with all of my dogs toys lol I pick them up every night, and they somehow seem to reappear the next day. It is getting harder and harder to do though, I do agree with you on that one!

cnwilbur1030 · October 2013

When I was a FTM, I thought I knew what it meant to be tired...

Emily6778 · October 2013

cnwilbur1030 said:

When I was a FTM, I thought I knew what it meant to be tired...

Yes, this! Most definitely this!

LuGal623 · October 2013

Not going to lie but my one cat is pretty douchey in that he will crap outside of the box even if it is clean, like directly next to it. Last week as soon as I came downstairs I could smell it and when I went in our pantry to get the dog's food I tried to just use the scooper to pick it up and toss in the box but it wasn't very hard and I made a mess ALL over the tiled pantry floor. By now I started gagging over proximity and the mess I made but still went to get the spray and paper towels to clean it up. But when I went back in there to clean I just couldn't do it much less bend to reach it, I sprayed the mess just to have the cleaner smell cover the crap smell and then meant to text DH about it but completely forgot!

ScarlettDahlia · October 2013

I have to do this with all of my dogs toys lol I pick them up every night, and they somehow seem to reappear the next day. It is getting harder and harder to do though, I do agree with you on that one!

I've given up on picking up the dog's toys, lol. I put a few of them away in her drawer since she has like 15 "babies" out at a given time. But the rest are just strewn around the house. If I play fetch with her, she hoards all of her toys into her bed so that I can't get to them. So I try do that before bed, but I've been going to bed before she's even ready to lay down.

cja06 · October 2013

Yea, hence why it's a victory in my house if I manage to kick the majority of the toys on the first floor into toy room on any given day. I've also taken to sitting in the middle of the toy room and gathering up whatever I can get my hands on to to put into the appropriate bins and making my 3 year old hand me whatever I can't reach. The constant bending is not working for me!

OSUWifey09 · October 2013

When I was a FTM, I thought everything had to be perfect and I had to be Wonder Woman. I thought I had to make dinner every night, stick to a cleaning schedule, and have everything perfect at all times. I absolutely know better now.

Jackapatamus · October 2013

bridefromafar said:

Yea, hence why it's a victory in my house if I manage to kick the majority of the toys on the first floor into toy room on any given day. I've also taken to sitting in the middle of the toy room and gathering up whatever I can get my hands on to to put into the appropriate bins and making my 3 year old hand me whatever I can't reach. The constant bending is not working for me!

This is me!! Wish my arm length was longer!!

MiaMyPuggle · October 2013

I didn't have to discipline a toddler and have my blood pressure rise bc of it.
Also, I didn't have to basically drop my son in his crib bc my stomach doesn't allow me to gently lay him down.....bad mom over here! DS laughs when I drop him!

KEfam5 · October 2013

I never had to bend over and pick trains, tracks, cars off the floor!!! Nothing tires me out quicker than having to bend over and pick up DS's toys off the floor!!! Anyone else?

Stupid quote box.....Yes! I was getting ready to clean the house and I was just like, "Nope, I can't pick up all these toys. DH will havr to do it when he gets home." DD is only 14 mos old so she doesn't do it by herself just yet.

Piach · October 2013

Although I am not a huge fan, my kid wears crocs (the cute ones :P ) because it doesn't involve me bending over; DD can put them on herself. There are some very interesting negotiations in our house based on what I can and cannot do. This morning, I lost a negoation and had to sit on the floor to brush DD's hair. Instead of flipping over on my hands and knees and "gracefully" getting up, I made DH come in and help me up. I was already in my work clothes and the pants don't have much give.

shortstuff15 · October 2013

I must be small, because I can still do up my shoes, my kids shoes and pick up toys. However, on days like today I would love to be a FTM because then I wouldn't have to feel bad about my kids watching movies all day because my head feels like its going to explode it I stand up. Yup, it's movie & pj day here and I've been popping Tylenol whenever I can to keep this under control.

monkeybutt61612 · October 2013

I never had to give someone a bath, talk about trouble bending over

WinsyWade · October 2013

I did have to pick up toys before I had any kids, but that was because I worked in the toddler room in a daycare. It was like torture at the end, especially because I had crazy edema.

PreDempsey · October 2013

I read the title of this post in the form of Pumba singing his song, and that is all I have.

KEfam5 · October 2013

BMReid said:

Not related to the topic, but when I read the title of the post the first thing that popped into my head was "when I was a young warthog".

Me too!!! I didn't say anything cuz I thought I was just weird.

BuckeyeANG · October 2013

I sit on the floor/sidewalk all the time still to play with DS and draw with chalk..except now sometimes my sciatica acts up and I get stuck down there. Like I have to very very slowly inch my leg out to stand. I'm sure the neighbors love it.

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