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kelly422 · February 2014

Yes the universe hates me and doesn't want me to sleep through the night. No more night pumping and last night J woke up crying...tonight I woke up with horrible stomach cramps and what's looking like the stomach bug... Blech

lioness13 · February 2014

zigspective said:
Hey Atlanta, your weather is making our news!

Stay safe! Hopefully it will go a lot smoother this time.

Thanks! I think it will be much better since most metro area schools are already closed today and tomorrow. And it's not even supposed to snow until tomorrow. It's just raining right now. My daycare is closed and DH is staying home with KJ.

lioness13 · February 2014

((Hugs)) @nursemommy13

tttwalters · February 2014

hugs @nursemommy13

tiffletons518 · February 2014

Didn't read all the words. But, I think it's safe to say quite a few of us are having an ongoing "case of the Mondays" that won't end.

HeartLikeMine3 · February 2014

@michabush I would have been sad if I got morning sex DH knows not to touch me before 10am! I'd rather sleep than do anything it's my favorite pastime.

momofcatan · February 2014

Someone needs to explain to DD that she is a girl. There is nothing to grab down there during a diaper change.

HeartLikeMine3 · February 2014

Wish me luck I'm about to wrestle my little alligator (trim his nails). [-O<

ColieAnn31 · February 2014

I have a boy that is always grabbing himself!

kelly422 · February 2014

Oh things just keep getting better.

MY WEDDING RINGS ARE MISSING. We have a lifetime care plan and I mailed them USPS insured to the place to have them inspected and cleaned. We do this every year and haven't had any problems. Well, the dumbass PO person put in the wrong zip code into the computer so the package went to the wrong STATE and keeps looping back and going back there. I've talked to the PO 3 different times and they keep teling me they're calling the place it's stuck at and still nothing has happened. Now, there have been no updates on my package for 5 days. And dumbass me didn't insure them for quite enough. I just pulled out my receipts this morning. UGH... I'm ready to cry...

DaisyDuck40 · February 2014

Ugh I'm irritated. ..In the town I just moved from a professor was under investigation for 5 months and they found 600 images of child porn on his computer (ages10-12) and in the Facebook comments (on the article) it feels/seems people are trying to come up with excuses for him. One person said that it's not so bad since he didn't take the pictures (that we currently know of) but you know what he is still a major problem part of a bigger problem and to me I think it's just as bad (in my personal opinion)! Another was trying to compare it to foot fetishes. ... I'm sorry but child porn is not the same as a f*ing foot fetish. Also this man was a professor! He very well could have afforded any "help" he might need to avoid this. ...Sorry about the random weird vent...it just bugs me that people seem like they're defending him/coming up with excuses for him.

JANCANDANCE · February 2014

Harper is talking! She has been saying HI all morning and waving! It is hilarious.

whitney2302 · February 2014

@CL8badB I went to high school with a girl who now has 4 (yes FOUR) under 3! One is almost 4, one is almost 2 and she just had TWINS!

:-O

BunnyLove416 · February 2014

I asked my husband to pick up some baby food at the store, he came home with 12 containers of sweet potatoes. Basically if my husband was left to his own devices L would be the orange kid at daycare. At least he'd be easy to pick out of a crowd...

tiffletons518 · February 2014

I need to drop this somewhere where someone understands. I've been pretty matter of factly depressed lately and I'm wondering if I maybe stopped taking my PPD meds a bit prematurely. At my 6 month I was feeling pretty good, so I was totally on board with being done. Now, I don't know whether it's the combination of the baby who suddenly decided that napping and sleeping at night are for losers and being cooped up in the house for days and days at a time with this freaking weather. But, I'm sort of a mess lately. I feel like I'm never going to be able to catch up on my house. I've actually shopped around at getting a cleaning lady to do a good run through and then maybe I could just try and "keep up" once she's done. Oh but how I can feel the eyerolls of the people I know because I'm a sahm and I need a cleaning lady. Because you know, I should be able to do it all. Things have been super stressful with my H's job, so he was working a ton of hours, which left me with all 3, all the time, and zero break ever. I kind of feel like maybe once the weather breaks and I can open a window and see some sunshine that maybe this will pass. But, I'm beginning to think that's never going to happen as it's effing snowing again right now. I don't know what the point in this is. Guess I just needed to get it out. Thanks for listening. Have some cake.

BunnyLove416 · February 2014

tiffletons518 said:

I need to drop this somewhere where someone understands. I've been pretty matter of factly depressed lately and I'm wondering if I maybe stopped taking my PPD meds a bit prematurely. At my 6 month I was feeling pretty good, so I was totally on board with being done. Now, I don't know whether it's the combination of the baby who suddenly decided that napping and sleeping at night are for losers and being cooped up in the house for days and days at a time with this freaking weather. But, I'm sort of a mess lately. I feel like I'm never going to be able to catch up on my house. I've actually shopped around at getting a cleaning lady to do a good run through and then maybe I could just try and "keep up" once she's done. Oh but how I can feel the eyerolls of the people I know because I'm a sahm and I need a cleaning lady. Because you know, I should be able to do it all. Things have been super stressful with my H's job, so he was working a ton of hours, which left me with all 3, all the time, and zero break ever. I kind of feel like maybe once the weather breaks and I can open a window and see some sunshine that maybe this will pass. But, I'm beginning to think that's never going to happen as it's effing snowing again right now. I don't know what the point in this is. Guess I just needed to get it out. Thanks for listening. Have some cake.

You should get any help you think will make your life easier and your mood better, screw anyone who thinks they have the right to judge. If they're so concerned let them come over and help.

Maybe it's worth talking to your doctor about how you're feeling? This weather is so rough but if there's a chance they might be able to help you then maybe it's worth that little extra help until you're feeling back to normal?

And I'm serious about those judgers, if anyone feels the need to say something kindly direct them here so we can let them know where they can shove their opinions.

SilverEF · February 2014

@tiffletons518 I only have 1 LO and work part time and have a cleaning lady that comes bi weekly. DH and I think it's worth it. I hope you figure out what works for you to get out of this funk.

tiffletons518 · February 2014

Thanks ladies. I actually did okay with 2. It obviously was easier when DD2 got a bit bigger and wasn't quite so stuck to me all of the time. But, man. People used to tell me, "If you can do 2, you can do 3. You are already used to more than one, so it's really just adding another body." Lying liars who lie. I'm totally exhausted and overwhelmed all the time. I honestly don't know how people do 3. I sort of feel like it's never going to get any easier. There is never really a time where at least one of them doesn't need something, and they never all need the same thing. I know once he is less of a velcro baby it will probably get a little easier, but I only half believe that. Lol. I think the cleaning lady might help me feel less like going into fits of hysterical laughter to keep me from tears when looking at my kitchen. I think that fact alone would probably make it worth it.

No longer the best · February 2014

I'm sorry @tiffletons518 ! DH's stupid family is the same about a cleaning lady. In fact so is he! "It's just for lazy people." He says. It is one of our recurring arguments. If I could justify it financially I would do it regardless what he says!

And I would talk to your doc it is worth it even if nothing comes of it! And Please feel free to complain/vent/rant here. That goes to ALL OF YOU. A local Mom here with 2 daughters (one around our babies age) just killed herself. SO SAD.

riansmommie · February 2014

Putting this vent here... Until recently my MIL never bugged me, but lately she has me climbing walls going crazy!!! I swear as of lately anytime I send a pic or video of LO via text she immediately gets on Facebook and waits to see if I post it there. If I do she makes sure she is the first to like it, first to comment on it and then she shares it!!! But yet she never responds to the text. It's petty I know but gah if it doesn't make me batty. It's like a competition for her between the grandparents that only exists in her head. End rant/vent.... Carry on with regulate scheduled bumping.

tiffletons518 · February 2014

Oh I know my MIL would have something to say about it. Wouldn't be the first time I've told her to shut it though. And, H's best friend's wife will totally have something snotty to say too. She has 2 (they're the ones trying for #3) and her house is always spotless and then she'll apologize that it's a mess? For real? So, she's pretty good at making me feel small anyway. I don't know why I let her get to me, but I do. She is one to fuel the mommy wars. She'll just continually make back handed remarks, and then do so to our mutual friends. It's annoying. She's annoying. I had PPD with all 3 of the kids, and it was definitely the worst with this one. I actually probably need to go anyway because I've been getting progressively later with every cycle and the hormones there probably aren't helping. Sitting at a week late now, so just adding to all the feelings.

momofcatan · February 2014

@tiffletons518 one of my SAHM friends has a full time nanny! Another has a weekly cleaning lady. No judging here. I think you would be surprised how many SAHM need the help. I'm very lucky I've been borrowing my IL's nanny once a week and it has made a huge difference for me.

No longer the best · February 2014

@tiffletons518 maybe you can give out this chicks address and one of us bumpies can 'talk' some sense into her? I get so mad for you!!

My IL's tend to be kind of like that and so I always come give my own backhanded comments about how her daughter and their children are ignored while she/they are so busy cleaning/cooking/sewing/everything else etc. I know it is petty of me also but I get so defensive!

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tiffletons518 · February 2014

No longer the best said:

@tiffletons518 maybe you can give out this chicks address and one of us bumpies can 'talk' some sense into her? I get so mad for you!!

My IL's tend to be kind of like that and so I always come give my own backhanded comments about how her daughter and their children are ignored while she/they are so busy cleaning/cooking/sewing/everything else etc. I know it is petty of me also but I get so defensive!

I could. And, she actually lives right around the block from me (just keeps getting better right?) so then you could come visit me after and I could feed you wine and chocolate

Not petty. I do the same with my MIL sometimes. She posted something on one of my facebook statuses once and a friend goes, "Wow.. she really doesn't like you huh?" Meh. What can you do?

No longer the best · February 2014

@tiffletons518 done! Now whereabouts do you live?? Ha ha!

Also on the IL front I remind myself my husband chose me. Hell he had to work for me! He chooses to come home to me and share his life with me. He was stuck with those crazies (and he admits they are crazy)!!!

tiffletons518 · February 2014

No longer the best said:

@tiffletons518 done! Now whereabouts do you live?? Ha ha!

Also on the IL front I remind myself my husband chose me. Hell he had to work for me! He chooses to come home to me and share his life with me. He was stuck with those crazies (and he admits they are crazy)!!!

That's so true! And, honestly when my MIL put him in a bad position of choosing between her and me in an argument she was starting, he told her straight up. If you're asking me to choose between you and my wife, I choose my wife. I will always choose my wife. I got a keeper

No longer the best · February 2014

tiffletons518 said:

No longer the best said:

@tiffletons518 done! Now whereabouts do you live?? Ha ha!

Also on the IL front I remind myself my husband chose me. Hell he had to work for me! He chooses to come home to me and share his life with me. He was stuck with those crazies (and he admits they are crazy)!!!

That's so true! And, honestly when my MIL put him in a bad position of choosing between her and me in an argument she was starting, he told her straight up. If you're asking me to choose between you and my wife, I choose my wife. I will always choose my wife. I got a keeper

Oh good!! I'm so glad that your husband 'gets it'!!!!

Also this cleaning talk is reminding me that I should be doing dishes/starting dinner/vacuuming/mopping while LO is napping (which will be over any time now)!

tiffletons518 · February 2014

@workinit That's exactly how it feels some days. I knew it would be hard, which is why quite truthfully I was happy being done at 2. It just amazes me how many days I still feel like I don't have enough hands or enough whatever they happen to need at that time. I'm afraid like someone is always going to feel like they're neglected.

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tttwalters · February 2014

I heart you @tiffletons518. Seriously thinking I should move and be your neighbor. We could sit and drink wine all day and our houses could be messy together. My mom sometimes helps out a women who lives close to her that has 4 kids under 6 and her husband works a lot of hours like yours. Her house is a mess, my mom always says though that she has her priorities straight and I think it is so true. Soon all three of your children will go to school everyday and you may have an hour of two to clean your empty house then before they come home and mess it all up again!

daffy2k · February 2014

@tiffletons518 - I can totally relate to the weather bringing a person down. I SAH with only 1 LO, and I find it tough enough to stay on top of everything. But particularly the past week it has been outrageously cold and we have been cooped up in the house. I can see my depression resurface immediately in my ability to maintain my house. Whenever I get a little down, my housekeeping suffers.

That said, bad weather or not, I'd never be able to stay caught up with 3 LOs!! Get the cleaning lady and do what you have to to get yourself feeling great again. Your family, and most importantly You, deserve it!

HeartLikeMine3 · February 2014

Hugs @tiffletons518, I'm feeling kinda down too hoping it just the weather. Can't imagine how your dealing with 3 kids (oh yes I remember the wine) but hang in there. If I could afford a cleaning lady I would have one and I SAH with only one baby.

tiffletons518 · February 2014

I actually went out on Saturday night with some girlfriends and had a really good time. I laughed so much and Sunday I really enjoyed my kids more than I have in too long. I know I needed that time for me. It helped break my funk some, but then of course as goes life, we got some bad news yesterday morning which brought me back down pretty quickly.

H came home tonight was trying to play with LO while I was in the other room. He cried the whole time and cried until he crawled his way to me. I got up to pee, he cried beating "mamamama" on the bathroom door the whole time. Stopped once he got to me. My H just hugged me and was like, "Oh babe.. I'm sorry. I'm trying." We talked and after the velcro baby fiasco he basically told me we can do whatever we need to in order for my days to not be like today. Lol. We can't really afford a cleaning person regularly. But, maybe once a month or something just to help me out. He encouraged me to go get my hair done last week hoping it would help me feel better. He is really wonderful and I'm so thankful. So, I think I'll call the girl tomorrow and I'm supposed to have coffee with a friend in the morning. I never really felt like "I lost myself in being a mom" with my other two kids. But, this time it has taken over in such a way that I really and truly have given up on trying to balance keeping myself in there. Clearly, it's taking a toll in a very negative way and like rabbit said... I really really need to make sure I'm taking that time for me too. It will be nice when it's warmer. I like to go for runs outside and the fresh air and "me time" really clears my head and makes me feel like sane person. Thanks for all the kind words ladies. I don't really have anyone I talk to on a daily basis who gets it. I'm sure they aren't supermoms either, but they do a better job of making it look that way than I do. Ha.

momofcatan · February 2014

I had a clog two nights ago, I thought DD cleared it, but my boob still feels like a bruise. It only hurts (but hurts a lot) when I touch it. Do you think it's still clogged, or sore from a cleared clog?

phishgirl29 · February 2014

It's not a party until you baby shits in the bathtub!! Ugh!!!!

momofcatan · February 2014

Went with DH to Winners (like Marshall's I think) tonight. We were looking at kids stuff and DH found this Star Wars Lego mini figure encyclopedia. He got all excited, even though I'm always bugging him about spending too much money on his geeky stuff I spent the $13 and bought it for him. He is reading it now and excited like a 6 year old. So cute. It's full of fun facts, maybe I'll read through it also. Which mom on here is Lego obsessed? @heelibrarian?

HeartLikeMine3 · February 2014

NikkiP15 said:
Guise!! This is adorable:

My BIL asked me what I thought about him & his GF watching LO fri so DH & I could go on a date. I said that would be amazing, but asked him if he knew it was valentines (this is his & GFs first vday together) & he said "Yes! That's why we want to do it!" BAH! The sweetness of this!!

That's crazy my brother did the same thing! He asked if he and his girlfriend of 3 years could watch LO while we go out he's only 23 I thought it was so sweet. But instead we are all just going to order take-out and drink wine together.I know LO would survive but I don't think he knows how to change a diaper or what he would do if LO lost his shit which usually happens at before bed time.

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riansmommie · February 2014

Samanthaashley93 said:

Does anyone if the spam emails from dating websites make automatic accounts? Or do they actually have to sign up?

I get spam from ones that I signed up for before I met my hubby all the time even though Ive deactivated the accounts. Occasionally Ill get one from a site I never signed up on, but those ones usually read...."come browse the singles in our area" vs "so and so sent you a message" from the sites I used to be on. Hope that answered your question and wasnt confusing.

ETA hope everything is alright.

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