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Drea926 · December 2013

Who's got one?

I don't have one yet because my coffee hasn't kicked in, but I wanted to start the thread to feel important. I guess that's confession-y in and of itself. :P

Drea926 · December 2013

I live for the applause.

TarheelMama202 · December 2013

Bahahahahaha

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jenniferraborn · December 2013

My husband has reserve duty for the weekend and my current plan for the weekend is for no one to get out of their pajamas tomorrow...

stacrb98 · December 2013

I am not sure if this is really an FFFC but I need to share! I pump in my bosses office when he is not around(not sure if he knows or not). While pumping I dropped a bottle and it splashed milk allover. I obviously cleaned it up but the office then looked too clean in spots. In order to make it look even I found the janitor's dirty mop and wipes it over the clean part of the floor to even it back out!

DublinMama · December 2013

Most of my family are getting crafted gifts for Christmas. It sounds warm and fuzzy, but the real reasons for doing it are because 1. They are much cheaper. I went to Michael's and got supplies for gifts for three people for $18. 2. I don't have the mental energy to come up with individualized gifts for people. Both MIL and my mom and getting glass ornaments with DS' hand print, his name, and 1st Christmas 2013 on it, and some framed pictures of him. Santa's Workshop is brought to you this year by Pinterest.

babywisher · December 2013

Dd kept my up until past midnight last night. She was just not going to sleep. But she only got up once to nurse. So that was great! At 9 she is still fast asleep. However ds woke up at 7. He got in the bed with me and I turned on Charlie Brown's Christmas and went back to sleep for an hour!

musicalmama5 · December 2013

We visited my parents last week for Thanksgiving, and I was a little nervous about how DS would sleep while we were there. So my strategy was the let him stay up as long as he wanted and only try to put him to bed when he was on the verge of a meltdown...

It worked in that he went down easily every night. But by the end of the trip it was obvious by his crankiness that this was not a sustainable method.

kleigh926 · December 2013

I am tired of trying to be the positive, supportive person for DH with his job struggles. Because the truth is, I am totally discouraged, angry, and confused about the whole situation too. He left a job he liked and was good at to go back to school for a higher degree, only to end up at the job from hell. He's applied for dozens of jobs and never even gets a call for an interview. It's hard to believe he'll ever get out when we're not even given a glimmer of hope. He is already so depressed about it that I don't want to let on how upset it makes me too. But I'm sick of sounding like a broken record, repeating, "Going back to college for your bachelor's degree will be worth it in the end, you just have to keep applying, something will come up eventually" when I'm not even sure I believe it anymore myself.

colinsfebmommy · December 2013

I am calling in sick to work next Tuesday to bake Xmas cookies all day with my sister, mom, grandma and aunt.

And I plan on taste testing each kind over and over again.

kleigh926 · December 2013

@Sagen, that happened to me once, only I think I had like half the contact still in my eye. It hurt like crazy and I could not find it to get it out. It was about 10:00 at night so I ended up calling an on-call eye doctor who was really rude and didn't help at all. My mom was on the verge of taking me to the ER when it finally fell out. Horrible!

eriannc22 · December 2013

I am bummed that DS is on the "slower" end of hitting his milestones. He isn't independently mobile at all yet, and it's starting to worry me.

Also, My mom comes over on Thursdays to help with DS. On Fridays I am so happy she is gone, even though she is helpful. If I have to say DS doesn't need socks in the house one more time or explain any food before one is just for fun, I'm gonna lose my mind!

SidraJedi · December 2013

So both our cat died right after DD was born. The queen had been with me for 16 years. I started taking DD to the shelter to play with the animals when we were bored at home. One day we saw a kitten that looked just like my queen who died. She was also born around the time mine died. Long story short we have a new kitten! I was so over having a pet when our cats died but now I am so glad we got her. DD loves her and I am trying I teach her to be nice to kitty which isn't as bad with a kitten as it seems to be with older cats. Kittens are way more adaptable.

Kitten doesn't have a name. She has plenty of nicknames but it is hard to find one that fits. It often feels like I cloned my old cat but I don't want I be like the Simpsons with snowball, snowball II, snowball III, etc.

holly321 · December 2013

Sagen said:

This is part confession part random. I should be cleaning because the baby is asleep, but I am being super lazy and messing around on the computer. The random part is that on Monday I took an afternoon nap with the baby, and I fell asleep with my contacts in, when I took it out it was so suctioned to my eye that it ripped, but I couldn't find the little piece. A few days latter my eye started to really, really hurt, but then it went away. I just rubbed my eye, and out popped the little piece of contact, it has been hanging out all week, so freaking gross, but I am glad it is finally out. I am not sure where the piece was, but I thought it surely couldn't have stayed in my eye so long.

I am the contact lens coordinator at an ophthalmology practice, a few moths ago, we had a patient come in with eye pain. We found a lens up under his lid. He hadn't worn contacts for either 6 or 18 months, I can't remember. But I am leaning towards 18 months. He said he thought it fell out the last time he wore them,

nlp1990 · December 2013

DC2London said:

I'm basically using my broken foot as an excuse not to wear pants. I've been spending a good chunk of each day sitting up in my bed so I can prop my foot up. But bunchy jammy pants bother me so I've been sitting around in my underwear with a blanket over my legs. Lazy, party of one.

I am with you on hanging out in my underwear, only I have no excuse except I want to. Yesterday I got caught by the UPS man with no cloths on at all.. I had just gotten out of the shower and was hanging out naked with E.. oh well!

Drea926 · December 2013

I confess I've been bumping at school more often than I probably should. I just like the little mental break it gives me!

Off to go grade some vocabulary quizzes!

Drea926 · December 2013

DublinMama said:

Most of my family are getting crafted gifts for Christmas. It sounds warm and fuzzy, but the real reasons for doing it are because 1. They are much cheaper. I went to Michael's and got supplies for gifts for three people for $18. 2. I don't have the mental energy to come up with individualized gifts for people. Both MIL and my mom and getting glass ornaments with DS' hand print, his name, and 1st Christmas 2013 on it, and some framed pictures of him. Santa's Workshop is brought to you this year by Pinterest.

Ha!!

tamarar5 · December 2013

Sagen said:

holly321 said:

Sagen said:

This is part confession part random. I should be cleaning because the baby is asleep, but I am being super lazy and messing around on the computer. The random part is that on Monday I took an afternoon nap with the baby, and I fell asleep with my contacts in, when I took it out it was so suctioned to my eye that it ripped, but I couldn't find the little piece. A few days latter my eye started to really, really hurt, but then it went away. I just rubbed my eye, and out popped the little piece of contact, it has been hanging out all week, so freaking gross, but I am glad it is finally out. I am not sure where the piece was, but I thought it surely couldn't have stayed in my eye so long.

I am the contact lens coordinator at an ophthalmology practice, a few moths ago, we had a patient come in with eye pain. We found a lens up under his lid. He hadn't worn contacts for either 6 or 18 months, I can't remember. But I am leaning towards 18 months. He said he thought it fell out the last time he wore them,

Oh man that sounds awful!

Totally unrelated to losing a contact, but one of DH's high school friends somehow got an eye infection from a new contact lens and he ended up needing a cornea transplant!!! :-O Even worse, he was an airplane pilot. And the first transplant didn't take. Luckily, just recently he was finally given the all clear after the second transplant, now two years later.

My uo is that I'm so over my family asking what our holiday travel plans are. For the love of everything, I have already told the relevant people twelve thousand times when we are leaving, who we will be seeing when, etc. We live only 20 minutes from my parents and 500 miles from DH family, so we are going to see them. My mother is now upset that we are going over there AFTER Christmas.

I'm ready to leave on vacation and not come back.

tamarar5 · December 2013

@DC2London You broke your foot?! Hope you feel better soon! I've done it 3 times (2 rights and a left). Sucks when you have little ones. If it makes you feel better, I forgot I wasn't wearing pants under my bathrobe this morning and I totally mooned the mailman. $:\$ ">

lbonga1 · December 2013

Sometimes my fiance's friends borrow my stuff when they're at our house (like my phone charger). My fiancé will insist that they don't touch my stuff and won't help me look for whatever I'm missing, but I will usually find it later in some random place. So sometimes if this happens, I will move something of his to a random place, and if he asks me, I'll just tell him I don't know where it is. I know I'm being petty, but I've told his friends a billion times not to touch or move my things.

kleigh926 · December 2013

I have another one- almost everyday this week, I have actually been angry at DD for not napping. She usually sleeps great, but this week she is having a horrible time napping. I know she's still tired but she just won't sleep. I haven't been able to get stuff done around the house or have any time to myself. I know that's totally selfish, but it's just really wearing on me. I've spent a lot of time the past 3 afternoons trying to get her to sleep to no avail. Then I feel guilty for feeling angry because I know she's not intentionally doing this to make me mad, and she probably wants to sleep but can't for some reason

Blah, I'm such a mess!

SidraJedi · December 2013

kleigh926 said:
I have another one- almost everyday this week, I have actually been angry at DD for not napping. She usually sleeps great, but this week she is having a horrible time napping. I know she's still tired but she just won't sleep. I haven't been able to get stuff done around the house or have any time to myself. I know that's totally selfish, but it's just really wearing on me. I've spent a lot of time the past 3 afternoons trying to get her to sleep to no avail. Then I feel guilty for feeling angry because I know she's not intentionally doing this to make me mad, and she probably wants to sleep but can't for some reason Blah, I'm such a mess!

I've had those feelings before. We are only human.

Drea926 · December 2013

@kleigh926 I don't think you sound selfish at all. It's frustrating! That's why on Monday I played hooky! I needed time to do things and I needed time for me. I totally understand your feelings though because I go through the same thought cycle. But you truly deserve a break - you aren't wrong for feeling that way!

CamMyMan · December 2013

kleigh926 said:

I have another one- almost everyday this week, I have actually been angry at DD for not napping. She usually sleeps great, but this week she is having a horrible time napping. I know she's still tired but she just won't sleep. I haven't been able to get stuff done around the house or have any time to myself. I know that's totally selfish, but it's just really wearing on me. I've spent a lot of time the past 3 afternoons trying to get her to sleep to no avail. Then I feel guilty for feeling angry because I know she's not intentionally doing this to make me mad, and she probably wants to sleep but can't for some reason Blah, I'm such a mess!

Totally couldn't flame you for that. I've been there! My friend and I call it "the dark place" when you're just angry at this little baby and then you feel guilty for the anger later. It's all so complicated! I know things are hard for you right now, I hope you are able to find time for yourself! Its difficult to do and I don't do it nearly enough myself. I sometimes go to my moms for a few hours in the late afternoon (DS' super fussy time) just have to someone else hold him or play with him for a little while. The change of scenery does us both some good. Maybe that's an option for you? This was my long winded way of saying I get what you're feeling!

musicalmama5 · December 2013

CamMyMan said:

kleigh926 said:

I have another one- almost everyday this week, I have actually been angry at DD for not napping. She usually sleeps great, but this week she is having a horrible time napping. I know she's still tired but she just won't sleep. I haven't been able to get stuff done around the house or have any time to myself. I know that's totally selfish, but it's just really wearing on me. I've spent a lot of time the past 3 afternoons trying to get her to sleep to no avail. Then I feel guilty for feeling angry because I know she's not intentionally doing this to make me mad, and she probably wants to sleep but can't for some reason Blah, I'm such a mess!

Totally couldn't flame you for that. I've been there! My friend and I call it "the dark place" when you're just angry at this little baby and then you feel guilty for the anger later. It's all so complicated! I know things are hard for you right now, I hope you are able to find time for yourself! Its difficult to do and I don't do it nearly enough myself. I sometimes go to my moms for a few hours in the late afternoon (DS' super fussy time) just have to someone else hold him or play with him for a little while. The change of scenery does us both some good. Maybe that's an option for you? This was my long winded way of saying I get what you're feeling!

This is the point where I grab my Kindle, strap the baby in the carseat, drive til he passes out, then read in the driver's seat til he wakes up.

PhieryBFly · December 2013

kleigh926 said:

I have another one- almost everyday this week, I have actually been angry at DD for not napping. She usually sleeps great, but this week she is having a horrible time napping. I know she's still tired but she just won't sleep. I haven't been able to get stuff done around the house or have any time to myself. I know that's totally selfish, but it's just really wearing on me. I've spent a lot of time the past 3 afternoons trying to get her to sleep to no avail. Then I feel guilty for feeling angry because I know she's not intentionally doing this to make me mad, and she probably wants to sleep but can't for some reason Blah, I'm such a mess!

Have you tried not trying to get her to sleep? When mine gets that way I throw her in the wrap and go about my business and then it's up to HER if she wants to sleep.

Drea926 · December 2013

@verovladamir I'm so sorry for what you're going through. That sounds like such a difficult situation. ::Hugs::

SidraJedi · December 2013

@vervovladamir I'm sorry. That really sucks. Counseling is so great, I don't understand why anyone would refuse to go. I hope you can change his mind.

tamarar5 · December 2013

@verovladamir I'm so sorry for everything you are going through! How hard it must be for you. (((Hugs))) vent away, you need it!

CamMyMan · December 2013

@Vervovladmir wow that is such a hard situation. I agree with PP that counseling really is such a helpful tool. I think some men get fixated on it as a "weakness" instead of embracing how it can open us up to self reflection and position change. I really feel for you though. You're one strong mama!

eriannc22 · December 2013

@verovladmir That's a really tough situation, I'm sorry! I really hope things get better soon!

colinsfebmommy · December 2013

@verovladamir hugs to you, lots of them

TarheelMama202 · December 2013

@verovladmir so much love to you. I noticed that you mentioned fighting PPD on top of all of that. I just wanted to open myself up as someone you could talk to about your situation. I can't imagine how hard it is, especially with PPD on top. Feel free to PM me. Much love.

wifeofadam · December 2013

@verovladimir I'm so sorry you're going through this. Prayers and virtual hugs headed your way!

Funnurse81 · December 2013

kleigh926 said:

I am tired of trying to be the positive, supportive person for DH with his job struggles. Because the truth is, I am totally discouraged, angry, and confused about the whole situation too. He left a job he liked and was good at to go back to school for a higher degree, only to end up at the job from hell. He's applied for dozens of jobs and never even gets a call for an interview. It's hard to believe he'll ever get out when we're not even given a glimmer of hope. He is already so depressed about it that I don't want to let on how upset it makes me too. But I'm sick of sounding like a broken record, repeating, "Going back to college for your bachelor's degree will be worth it in the end, you just have to keep applying, something will come up eventually" when I'm not even sure I believe it anymore myself.

Would he consider moving to a different city for work? I know it's hard, especially if you live close to family or have invested in a home, but sometimes it's worth it to look elsewhere. Cities like houston, Dallas, Austin etc have plenty of jobs. Not to mention the cost of living is ridiculously lw and you gt so much for your buck. Just thought I'd mention it.

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