Midterms are this week, and I have one big class where their desks are very close together. I labeled the tests A, B, C, D, and E, and I am telling them the answer choices are scrambled on each version of the test in order to discourage cheating. In reality, they are all the same test. I could actually make up different versions and answer keys, but I didn't feel like it. That takes extra time that I just don't have right now!
Midterms are this week, and I have one big class where their desks are very close together. I labeled the tests A, B, C, D, and E, and I am telling them the answer choices are scrambled on each version of the test in order to discourage cheating. In reality, they are all the same test. I could actually make up different versions and answer keys, but I didn't feel like it. That takes extra time that I just don't have right now!
Yesterday, I showered around noon, threw on jeans and a shirt. Lastnight, swapped jeans out for sweatpants.. left the shirt and went to bed. I am now awake getting ready to take DD1 to school and I have to go grocery shopping. Throwing a bra on under same shirt and a pair of jeans. The cold I have been fighting hit me full force and I don't have the energy to care.
After last week's mommy talk, I realized that whenever Bradley calls me mommy I always respond with some pet name (sweetie/honey/dear/love), so I think I see "mommy" as a term of endearment more than anything
My MIL watches Lo on Fridays and always dresses him in the craziest outfits that don't match. She also blows through all of his clothes somehow during the day. I often do laundry in Thursdays so if she uses his cute stuff and just sits around the house and then changing it for drool spots I get all annoyed that he doesn't have his cute stuff for the weekend when we are all together and out as a family and have picture ops. So I've started hiding his cute clothes under my bed so she can't use them today. Total badass of me, right? But c'mon, look at this outfit! I came home to this last Friday! She said she thought all the stripes were "fun." My poor baby clown:(
Nursing tanks and no pads here! I am actually wearing a dress to work today with just a tank underneath. No one is checking out my Tatas these days so who the hell cares.
We've been snowed in the last three days so I haven't been able to make it to the grocery store. The only breakfast food in the house is bacon. So for breakfast I ate six slices of bacon...with coffee.
I haven't worn pads in awhile either and yet people keep giving me them!
I guess my confession is that when my husband is on afternoons I'm always on my phone emailing him back and forth. I feel like a bloody teenager with that thing. But something about typing things out - he is able to better express himself and I melt.
Also he doesn't have a cell phone so this is a novel concept for us after 10 years together.
Earlier this week I had company coming over so I shoved all of my dirty dishes in the stove so that my house appeared cleaner. Somehow I forgot to take the pizza cutter out and the plastic part melted all over the inside of the over when I made dinner last night.
BFP #1: due 6/17/2013, DD born 6/25/13 BFP #2: due 6/30/2017, MMC found 12/7/2016 BFP #3: due 10/21/2018
I only wear a nursing bra with a few of my nursing tops... I have 5 nursing tanks and wear them on rotation and just make sure one is always clean. On weekends I sometimes wear maternity tanks because they are all stretchy.
And yes I wear nursing tanks to work with button downs or sweaters over them so yeah.... also I think because I work for two men, I can get away with quite a bit baby/nursing wise because they are afraid of being sued or something.
Our lil' diva: late like her Momma: 40 weeks 5 days!
I am not sure if this is a confession or brilliance but...
Colton is all about " da da da da da" and not so much "ma ma ma". I told my husband that it means that Colton wants his dada to change his diapers. And it's been working.
My FFFC- I don't like Thin Mints. Never have. I think these are like "America's Cookies" and maybe I'm the only one who doesn't like them, but I don't.
This is a weak FFFC. Wait til the pain meds set in and I'm sure ill come up with something better.
I am moving backwards with the whole baby sleep thing. When he was little I was too scared to sleep with him because I was afraid I'd roll over on him, but now that he is sturdier he is in bed with me. I'm addicted to the cuddles!! Plus he still wants to eat once around 3am, and it is just so much easier.
I do have some conflict about this because I'm a little worried that we might be creating some bad habits, but not enough to give up the night cuddles.
I rarely wear bras anymore. I live in my nursing tanks.
Also, I'm jealous of the ladies that don't have to wear breast pads anymore! I have super leaky boobs.
One: I fed Lily off of the table last night at Outback Steakhouse. She had a green bean, a couple bites of mashed potatoes, and a bite of a fry. She wanted it and tries to eat off of my plate anyway.
Two: If H should die, I'm taking all of his Magic the Gathering cards and selling them. There's at least $500 worth of cards there.
I didn't try hard enough with breast feeding and now I regret it. I stopped when the going got tough because I'm a wimp. I regret every day that I didn't try hard enough. I could have tried harder but I let the hormones and sleep deprevation get the best of me. I didn't seek out help from anybody. I just gave up and formula was easy and other people could help feed him. I have never told this to anyone. Not even my SO. I've vowed to try harder with out next baby but can't help but feel I cheated Grayson. And I'm not saying anything is wrong with formula!
Here's another fat mommy confession: I once ate a piece of styrofoam that was on the kitchen counter because I thought it was a crumble of feta cheese. Like my brain didn't process the taste and consistency until my piggie self actually swallowed, and I looked at the emtpy UPS box I had unpacked earlier. Nom nom nom, I literally eat ALL the things obviously.
Caramel Delights are awesome!!
My FFFC- I don't like Thin Mints. Never have. I think these are like "America's Cookies" and maybe I'm the only one who doesn't like them, but I don't.
This is a weak FFFC. Wait til the pain meds set in and I'm sure ill come up with something better.
I feel like I wasted my money on nursing bras. I usually wear regular bras, and if I do happen to wear a nursing bra, I rarely take the time to undo it. I just flop out the good stuff over the top like I would with a regular bra. It seems easier, like one less step to me. I also don't own a nursing tank or use nursing pads. Or breastfeed...wait a minute...
Thank you @stargazer763 I try not to think like that but it crosses my mind every now and then. I actually remember the day I stopped like it was yesterday and it haunts me occasionally. It's something I'm trying to over come
I didn't try hard enough with breast feeding and now I regret it. I stopped when the going got tough because I'm a wimp. I regret every day that I didn't try hard enough. I could have tried harder but I let the hormones and sleep deprevation get the best of me. I didn't seek out help from anybody. I just gave up and formula was easy and other people could help feed him. I have never told this to anyone. Not even my SO. I've vowed to try harder with out next baby but can't help but feel I cheated Grayson. And I'm not saying anything is wrong with formula!
This is exactly how I feel and that's where my confession came from.
I did pump for a couple months, but I never had much of a supply.
That was my problem but I know I could have worked harder at it and I didn't have any excuse not to. There are sometimes I wish that I could just start back up again lol but I'm bone dry now.
My boyfriend wants me to go look at engagement rings this weekend. I really don't want to. It's not that I don't want to do it, I just don't want to right now. I have too much stuff going on in my life right now. I can't handle any more emotions-good, bad or inbetween. I just need to relax and lay low for a few weeks to move past everything. I think he's thinking that it is something that will make me happy and show me that everything will (eventually) be ok but I can't handle it at the moment.
ETA: Apparently I'm the only one that wears a fully underwire lightly padded nursing bra everyday, with a tank top. I change as soon as I get home and put on a cotton bra with the tank top but that's just something I've always done.
Eleanor Carter-Lynn born 6.4.13, 17 days early, natural birth
Tetraolgy of Fallot discovered 6.5.13, Open Heart Surgery 10.7.13
My neighbor has a 2 year old and wants to have play dates all the time with the twins. I don't usually because his nap schedule and the twins' is complete opposite.
Another neighbor has 6 week old twins and we do stuff together like once a week.
Apparently, I snub my neighbor with one kid without even realizing it. Oops, I'm a multiples mom snob!
all we have is 3 pages, ahhh. I have not been wanting to pull this one out, because I know I will get flamed hard, but I HATE FOOTBALL. DH has a superbowl party every year, I do all the prep work and then do anything but watch football.
all we have is 3 pages, ahhh. I have not been wanting to pull this one out, because I know I will get flamed hard, but I HATE FOOTBALL. DH has a superbowl party every year, I do all the prep work and then do anything but watch football.
It's wonderful how you constantly reaffirm my love for you. Screw football. Im only there for the food
My last name is also a popular boys first name. My FFFC is that I get annoyed when people use it for their child's name. My coworker chose it for her son's middle name and I just groaned. DH feels the same way I do.
I take all the stubs off the bills when they come in and put it with their envelope. Then I stack them according to due date (I know it by heart). He writes out the checks and mails. I'm super OCD, so it was really hard, but i made a system that he can't mess up lol
I honestly didn't know people still wrote checks to pay bills!
B tries to go for the 'up top' boob while side lying and I feel like a hamster's drink dispenser/sow when he succeeds. It is funny though.
Oh and while my phone is dead I got on tb at work yesterday and a virus crashed my computer. I had to tell my office manager and she's worried I'm pregnant again. I miss you guys so much I almost hopped on again today.
My boyfriend wants me to go look at engagement rings this weekend. I really don't want to. It's not that I don't want to do it, I just don't want to right now. I have too much stuff going on in my life right now. I can't handle any more emotions-good, bad or inbetween. I just need to relax and lay low for a few weeks to move past everything. I think he's thinking that it is something that will make me happy and show me that everything will (eventually) be ok but I can't handle it at the moment.
ETA: Apparently I'm the only one that wears a fully underwire lightly padded nursing bra everyday, with a tank top. I change as soon as I get home and put on a cotton bra with the tank top but that's just something I've always done.
What's the harm in looking? It could send him the wrong message if you don't want to. You said he was going to be your husband/baby's father someday... I know a lot of people who are engaged for years. It's not actually marrying them.. Just verbally committing yourself to them with some bling involved.
There is nothing wrong with it at all. I'm open to looking but just not this weekend. I'm still very tore up about the accident last week and feel like I could cry at the drop of a hat all the time. I don't really want to spend a lot of time in public right now.
Eleanor Carter-Lynn born 6.4.13, 17 days early, natural birth
Tetraolgy of Fallot discovered 6.5.13, Open Heart Surgery 10.7.13
Re: FFFC
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Bradley 05-04-11 & Tyler 06-18-13
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Bradley 05-04-11 & Tyler 06-18-13
I wish I could go without pads!! I would have to Regina George my shirts every day if I didn't have pads...
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Bradley 05-04-11 & Tyler 06-18-13
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And yes I wear nursing tanks to work with button downs or sweaters over them so yeah.... also I think because I work for two men, I can get away with quite a bit baby/nursing wise because they are afraid of being sued or something.
Our lil' diva: late like her Momma: 40 weeks 5 days!
My FFFC- I don't like Thin Mints. Never have. I think these are like "America's Cookies" and maybe I'm the only one who doesn't like them, but I don't.
This is a weak FFFC. Wait til the pain meds set in and I'm sure ill come up with something better.
I do have some conflict about this because I'm a little worried that we might be creating some bad habits, but not enough to give up the night cuddles.
One: I fed Lily off of the table last night at Outback Steakhouse. She had a green bean, a couple bites of mashed potatoes, and a bite of a fry. She wanted it and tries to eat off of my plate anyway.
Two: If H should die, I'm taking all of his Magic the Gathering cards and selling them. There's at least $500 worth of cards there.
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Bradley 05-04-11 & Tyler 06-18-13
ETA: Apparently I'm the only one that wears a fully underwire lightly padded nursing bra everyday, with a tank top. I change as soon as I get home and put on a cotton bra with the tank top but that's just something I've always done.
Another neighbor has 6 week old twins and we do stuff together like once a week.
Apparently, I snub my neighbor with one kid without even realizing it. Oops, I'm a multiples mom snob!
Oh and while my phone is dead I got on tb at work yesterday and a virus crashed my computer. I had to tell my office manager and she's worried I'm pregnant again. I miss you guys so much I almost hopped on again today.