FFFC

CnAnA · January 2014

It may only be 9pm Thursday here, but if I wait I will forget!

1) Alice was whiny today so I took her in the shower with me. She was standing directly under me, so I used her soap and shampoo so I didn't splash non-tear free stuff. Yep, I used baby stuff.

2) I feel aaawwwful today. So for 2 hours today, I turned on white noise and dozed on my bed while Girl played with her toes.

3) My kid walked into Famous Footwear and her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. She ran up and down the aisles and pranced in front of the mirrors. She even tried to try on sparkly heels. The confession is I thought it was fabulous and I was proud. I love seeing her get excited about things. And I love shoes too.

CnAnA · January 2014

@piffle42 take my kid shoe shopping with you. She will make the whole trip worth it with her excitement. LOL

@angelacz87 text me her name. I will stalk for you to see if she still has a page.

stephcarter · January 2014

RVASC811 said:
C has been awake in her crib about 30 minutes. It is raining, and I'm enjoying my coffee. Plus, I sometimes like to be awake but luxuriating in my bed on a rainy morning... Maybe she does too? She's not fussing or even sitting up.

Almost the same confession. B was up at 7:45 (sleeps until 9 or 10 when I'm at work though). She was playing in her crib and I thought to myself "I'll get up in 5 minutes" I dozed back off for almost an hour. When I woke up she was still just playing peacefully in her crib.

Wally3 · January 2014

Schools closed for flooding. I broke a bowl lo is going bananas crying to be picked up the flipping when I go to pick him up. He is going for an early nap like in 15 min. Ds1 is going to watch a show and momma is going to drink coffee in peace and watch the today show. Cancelled school makes kids go crazy. P

chricast · January 2014

Everyone texted me this morning telling me how bad the ice was and not to leave my house. I thought it wad just wet and raining here. I went to walk my dog and fell down the stairs and hurt my back. Everything is solid ice. That's what I get for not listening.

wesleycrusher · January 2014

The case of the pregnant woman in TX got me talking to DH. He knows I wouldn't want to be kept on life support, but I never thought to talk to him about if I was pregnant on life support (PSA: discuss this with your spouse and family). The flameful part: I told DH that if I was pregnant and he had to chose me or the baby, to pick me.

stephcarter · January 2014

chricast said:
Everyone texted me this morning telling me how bad the ice was and not to leave my house. I thought it wad just wet and raining here. I went to walk my dog and fell down the stairs and hurt my back. Everything is solid ice. That's what I get for not listening.

Oh no ouch

I'm off today and was hoping to run some errands. Guess not!

wesleycrusher · January 2014

Adding on to that: I didn't really feel "a connection" to DD while I was pregnant. Maybe it's because I was so miserable. IDK. My mom thinks I would make a good surrogate because I honestly don't think I would have a problem giving up a baby, except for the whole hating pregnancy thing.

chricast · January 2014

And I totally forgot to feed Emma breakfast this morning. She just realized it at 1020 and started freaking out at the fridge. Frozen pancakes, frozen sausage, fruit Cup. Breakfast from the microwave. To be fair she did eat a whole yogurt as soon as she woke up at 8 but that is usually just an appetizer.

wesleycrusher · January 2014

mbm1983 said:

@bandeddie i was thinking the same thing. I dont know what case you are talking about but i feel like i would tell mine something similar.

they are discussing it on parenting now.

wesleycrusher · January 2014

BandEddie said:

awesomesauce123 said:

mbm1983 said:

@bandeddie i was thinking the same thing. I dont know what case you are talking about but i feel like i would tell mine something similar.

they are discussing it on parenting now.

I kind of don't go to Parenting hahaha. I've never intro'd there, but the few times I've lurked, didn't seem like a crowd I would gel with.

I just said it cause I know @mbm1983 posts over there sometimes.

chricast · January 2014

BandEddie said:

chricast said:

And I totally forgot to feed Emma breakfast this morning. She just realized it at 1020 and started freaking out at the fridge. Frozen pancakes, frozen sausage, fruit Cup. Breakfast from the microwave. To be fair she did eat a whole yogurt as soon as she woke up at 8 but that is usually just an appetizer.

Obviously if she had a yogurt and toodled along to play, she wasn't starving mama! Don't beat yourself up.

Yea she survived. She woofed down her food and was ready for her nap.

chricast · January 2014

TOTALLY nothing flameful about that, IMO. You have a life and a responsibility to a DH and a living child (please don't crucify me, what I mean is, one already on the outside and attached to her mother). Much like the woman in TX, you have no idea what catastrophic injury/illness on your part is going to do to the baby. In that very dire case, I think it's reasonable to save the mother. :::gets hardhat and ducks::::

I agree with this. If my life is able to be saved at the risk of loosing the baby I would want my husband to choose me.

lady dixneuf · January 2014

I'm not a fan of being forced to grow babies in cadavers only for them to be born motherless, against the father's wishes.. It's not like she fell ill at 35 weeks. She was only 14 weeks along.

stephcarter · January 2014

BandEddie said:

stephcarter said:

RVASC811 said:
C has been awake in her crib about 30 minutes. It is raining, and I'm enjoying my coffee. Plus, I sometimes like to be awake but luxuriating in my bed on a rainy morning... Maybe she does too? She's not fussing or even sitting up.
Almost the same confession. B was up at 7:45 (sleeps until 9 or 10 when I'm at work though). She was playing in her crib and I thought to myself "I'll get up in 5 minutes" I dozed back off for almost an hour. When I woke up she was still just playing peacefully in her crib.

My kids get up when someone cries. Sometimes they'll be in there for 1/2 an hour chatting to each other, singing, Ruby sucking her thumb and rolling around. I love lazing in bed, too!

I don't think I'd ever see if her if that was the case! She's got a cloth basket of toys (safe ones don't worry) at the end of her crib. She's figured it out and grabs them and plays. Lol

Ziegeficker · January 2014

awesomesauce123 said:

Adding on to that: I didn't really feel "a connection" to DD while I was pregnant. Maybe it's because I was so miserable. IDK. My mom thinks I would make a good surrogate because I honestly don't think I would have a problem giving up a baby, except for the whole hating pregnancy thing.

I thought the same thing -- I offered up my ute to a friend in a somewhat-serious fashion (I would if she asked seriously). I don't connect to a baby in utero like I do when they are in my arms. However, I suspect it's a loooooot harder to go through all of that and then give birth only to hand the baby off to someone. Maybe it would be different if the baby was genetically someone else's, though...I don't know!

Ziegeficker · January 2014

BandEddie said:

mbm1983 said:

@bandeddie i was thinking the same thing. I dont know what case you are talking about but i feel like i would tell mine something similar.

So the case in TX: The TL;DR is that this woman had a pulmonary embolism in the middle of the night, so her DH (a paramedic) as no idea how long she was on the floor. She suffered brain death, but her unborn baby is 20ish weeks along, and TX law doesn't allow them to pull her off life support regardless of family wishes. They have to at least wait for (I believe) 24 weeks to see if the fetus is viable. The husband is contending that the baby went minutes without oxygen, and it's unclear if the baby's condition is even compatible with life. Totally sad story. He's a medical professional, so he knows his wife is gone (a contrast to Jahi McNath) but he's barred from grieving properly, burying her, etc. Also, they have a kid around 1 yr old. Heartbreaking.

I heard about this briefly. What an awful, awful situation to be in. Leave it up to Texas to impose this kind of burden on a family, though. It seems like every time I read a shocking story, it's straight out of that state.

Since I grew up there and managed to escape, I feel I have the right to hate on it!

Ziegeficker · January 2014

angelacz87 said:

Re: pregnant vegetable, I get the feeling my H would definitely want to wait to pull the plug until the baby was viable. I don't think he'd be able to forgive himself for letting both of us go if the baby had a chance and I didnt. That's just knowing my dH though. I would probably, especially that early, want him to let me and a baby that may or may not live/thrive/function go.

I have no problem with that choice if that's what your husband would want to do. Honestly? If I were in this situation, I don't think it would matter what I would want -- I'm already dead. What does my husband want? He's the one that has to live with the situation.

I'm just irritated that conservative Texas law imposes anti-abortion regulations on women without considering how these laws play out in extraordinary situations like these.

Ziegeficker · January 2014

RVASC811 said:

C has been awake in her crib about 30 minutes. It is raining, and I'm enjoying my coffee. Plus, I sometimes like to be awake but luxuriating in my bed on a rainy morning... Maybe she does too? She's not fussing or even sitting up.

LIVING THE DREAM!

morrkim · January 2014

I think I would want my baby to live, but it would be totally up to mh. I think it also should depend on how far along the pregnancy is.

My confession: I was so tired when I got off work yesterday, I put up the baby gates in Alexis' room and tried to make sure it was safe and then I grabbed a blanket and pillow and went to sleep on the floor in her room, so if she found something I was there.

legalbeagle1 · January 2014

Husband is looking for a new job and am secretly hoping he'll find something in the suburbs of NYC so (1) we could move out there and have a house/yard and (2) that he'll have to take over more of the childcare since I would have a much longer commute. I am tired (as it seems many of you are) of the cooking, cleaning, arranging childcare, scheduling stuff, organizing, etc. that all falls to me!

StefanieM522 · January 2014

mmnumber5 said:

Kayden said damn it the other day. Apparently I need to be more careful with what I say. We will stick with football and puppy.

A friend of mine was worried about her son picking up their bad language so her and her husband say smurf to everything like in the movie and now whenever her son drops something he goes "oh Smurf!" it's the funniest thing. I think we also need to start watching what we are saying as well.

LorMor · January 2014

We have friends over and I'm feeling antisocial. It's 8pm. LO is unsettled because we have visitors. My confession is that I want to hide out with her "putting her to sleep" until they go. They want to stay and play board games.

CnAnA · January 2014

I had a foul mouth before I got pregnant. I had to start editing myself before she was born. I still slip enough that she could easily pick some up. I have gotten creative though. Fig Newton and son of a monkey are popular here. As well as fart nuggets. LOL

Ziegeficker · January 2014

I know picking a baby name can be an exciting part of child-bearing (it's not hard to beat out heartburn, nausea, headaches, constipation, and of course, childbirth itself) and that everyone wants to participate in the fun, but I really hate having that discussion with people other than DH. I'm exhausted by having to deal with other people's issues with my favorite names for this baby. I'm sorry you know someone named Katherine that you just hate to pieces or that your best friend's dog is already named Sarah, but that doesn't mean dick to me. So...you don't have the right to forbid any names from showing up on my short-list. Also, no, I do not want to name my daughter Marina, I don't care how much you love whales.

I guess my FFFC is that I've had to stop myself from getting quite stabby during these conversations. Although, I guess this is mainly just a rant.

ChrisG83 · January 2014

I am watching the movie Crossroads and I like it. It's the old Britney Spears movie.

ChrisG83 · January 2014

Also I lurk a lot in this board, I'm not really sure why I don't post anymore.

Rachelilly23 · January 2014

StefanieM522 said:

mmnumber5 said:

Kayden said damn it the other day. Apparently I need to be more careful with what I say. We will stick with football and puppy.

A friend of mine was worried about her son picking up their bad language so her and her husband say smurf to everything like in the movie and now whenever her son drops something he goes "oh Smurf!" it's the funniest thing. I think we also need to start watching what we are saying as well.

We did something similar with DS1 when he was starting to repeat us. We used the word frog, though. "Oh frog!" Ribbit. It was easier to cover up in case we said the actual f word

BabyCarryingVessel · January 2014

@chricast, I hope you didn't hurt yourself too badly! Ouch, that sounds so painful!

My confession, instead of working I've been listing out everything I need to load in the car for the baby shower I'm throwing tomorrow. It's for my sweet friend and nanny. My house has been taken over by crafting supplies and I'm ready to have it back! My man seems perplexed about why women put so much work into showers, but he was a trooper and helped me make some things, like these bunting flags. (I needed to AW these somewhere, and the baby shower board scares me!)

Rachelilly23 · January 2014

It was torrential downpouring as I had to go pick up DS1 from school and I strongly considered leaving DS2 in the car while I ran into his classroom. I mean, I would have only been out of the car for 2 minutes. I saw other moms carting their babies out in the rain so I was guilted into doing the same. Then DS2 was severely pissed about how wet he was.

chricast · January 2014

Thanks @babycarryingvessel, I'm sore but I will survive . I love your bunting! I'm planning and throwing my best friends baby shower in May I hope it is as nice as the one she helped give me.

chricast · January 2014

@chrisg83 post more!

chricast · January 2014

@mmnumber5 the cruelsound chick had just said she was thinking of creating an ae to stir up trouble and the poster doesn't have much history so I'm thinking it is her ae. I haven't read any further then the one post where she says those things about ivf and then cruelsound is the first to reply with a gif.

lady dixneuf · January 2014

one of my coworkers thought I was a few years older than him. He's 38. At first I was insulted (I am 34) but then he said it's bc I have a kid and have my shit together.

I find this amusinig that the prevailing attitude is that you're only really old enough to have a kid at 40. Which is the norm (I am the 2nd youngest mom at daycare for E's room)

lady dixneuf · January 2014

lady dixneuf said:

one of my coworkers thought I was a few years older than him. He's 38. At first I was insulted (I am 34) but then he said it's bc I have a kid and have my shit together.

I find this amusinig that the prevailing attitude is that you're only really old enough to have a kid at 40. Which is the norm (I am the 2nd youngest mom at daycare for E's room)

Really? Wow. I felt "old" at 30.

I am average to young among my friends. I actually can't think of one good friend who had a kid before 30, which is crazy. I have A LOT of childless friends too.

lady dixneuf · January 2014

LauraT25 said:

lady dixneuf said:

one of my coworkers thought I was a few years older than him. He's 38. At first I was insulted (I am 34) but then he said it's bc I have a kid and have my shit together.

I find this amusinig that the prevailing attitude is that you're only really old enough to have a kid at 40. Which is the norm (I am the 2nd youngest mom at daycare for E's room)

Related: a postdoc in my lab just found out I have a kid and said, "Oh, you must be a lot older than I thought you were." Me: "uh...how old did you think I was? And how old do you think I am now?" Him: "I thought you were like 27. Now I'm thinking...35?" (I am almost 30).

So not quite the same age-wise, but still amusing.

bc generally speaking it's hard to have the education/career you have and have a child too.

CnAnA · January 2014

Im watching the last 10 minutes of Orphan Black with Alice in here. She woke up and I really wanna finish this episode!

nealbl · January 2014

awesomesauce123 said:
The case of the pregnant woman in TX got me talking to DH. He knows I wouldn't want to be kept on life support, but I never thought to talk to him about if I was pregnant on life support (PSA: discuss this with your spouse and family). The flameful part: I told DH that if I was pregnant and he had to chose me or the baby, to pick me.

I don't think that's flameful you have other children at home and a husband and family that need you. DH said he would choose me so a discussion was pointless. Even if I wanted him to choose baby he wouldn't.

Sillygirl85 · January 2014

mbm1983 said:

i always had trouble working full time and going to school part time. now throwing a kid into the mix, school seems next to impossible to finish. i personally think anyone that can finish school, while working and raising a child is a fucking super star.

Thank you! I finished my masters on a full time program, while working full time and this was after I had Elijah. People (my siblings) didn't seem to understand how proud I was that I finished my degree.

Want a personalized experience?

FFFC

Re: FFFC

Choose Another Board

Search Boards