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August 2013 Moms
magdalina.h
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Where are you now?
magdalina.h
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So we're 6,7,8 months into this parenting thing now. What's your favorite part? Least favorite part? What are you doing that you said you'd never do?
I don't care if this was asked recently and I don't feel like searching to see if it was. :-)
I don't care if this was asked recently and I don't feel like searching to see if it was. :-)
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Re: Where are you now?
Least: Her nightly wake up at 11:30 just to freak out.
I said I would never: bedshare Yup every night she sleeps with us.
LO is 6 months old now.
If I had to pick one thing, my favorite part is seeing him smile. Especially when I walk in the daycare after work, and he looks at me, and gives me that huge gummy smile, my heart melts. Or, when he sees me and puts his arms up for me to pick him up. OK, that's 2 things, but whatever...
Least favorite part: I still struggle with parenting 2 children. I feel guilty sometimes, because I don't think I divide my time wisely. I think the baby gets more attention than my daughter, and I don't like feeling like she's not the main priority anymore.
I said I would never send an infant to daycare (I'm paranoid about the child getting hurt/neglected and not being able to communicate that to me). Oh well, financially that's just how it had to work out this time. I don't like it, but I can't change it.
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Wes is a little over 7 months now.
Favorite: God, I love this kid's smile and his giggles! Watching DH give him a bath is the sweetest part of the day. He loves splashing around in there with his toys. That is their bonding time. Then I get to put him to bed and kiss his little head and tell him how much I love him.
Least Favorite: Sickness. I am a rage monster when my little dude is sick. I get so frustrated that I can't just make it go away and there is no one to blame, so I'm usually a huge bitch to everyone.
I never thought I would bf this long. My original goal was three months. I also never thought being a mother would make me more confident as a person.
Favorite: Watching DS learn. He is so curious and tries to figure things out. He has such a sweet and silly personality that I sit and think how did I ever live without him.
Least: Not STTN. I thought that by now it would happen and even though we really are getting better, I would just like some continuity in my nights.
Never do? Not make time for myself. I thought that I would want to still do things for me. I know I need to, but I just love being with him so much that I really don't care that I am not making me a priority anymore.
Favorite: The way he smiles when he sees me, and making him crack up laughing.
Least: The WORRYING--waking up at night thinking about SIDS, worried that he hasn't rolled over yet ... two days before he starts rolling over; driving in traffic and worrying that I haven't heard a peep out of him in a little while (because he's asleep); worrying if I'm still attractive to DH; worrying if I made the wrong choice being a working mom; the list goes on and on. I wish I could just relax.
Said I'd never do: Let him watch any television before age two. HAHAHAHAHAHA. (He will glance at the screen to see the colors and stuff, but doesn't actively watch the TV. I guess House Hunters isn't that interesting to him.)
Least: the not knowing. Why is she not sleeping? Is she eating enough?
Thought I wouldn't do: paci. It's been a lifesaver.
Favorite: her laugh. She really cracks up so loud it's hilarious and it doesn't take much to get her going
Least: not sttn. I definitely thought she world at a maximum by 6 months if not way before.
Never thought I'd do: there are a lot of these but I'll piggy back off @KQuinonez. I never thought it would be so hard to find me time. I've never went this long without getting a pedicure and my eye brows done. Small price to pay of course, but I always thought I could juggle it all easily and never thought I'd put myself last
Least favorite: honestly, H has been such an easy baby. I have no right to complain about anything. If I had to choose I would say now it's changing her diaper. It's getting super frustrating. She lays perfectly still chatting away to me and then the second I put the new diaper on her is when she wants to roll around. She's been getting a lot of nakey time lately. She seems happiest in her natural state.
Least: illnesses and alone time with DH.
I said I would never... Probably bed share with my first, but I never put that baby down!
Least- the no sleep part kills me. I also hate that I give LO more attention then DS sometimes and I don't want him to feel left out or grow up thinking I don't love him as much
I said I would never- BLW. Not because I don't like it, but because my dads a retired firefighter and all I hear about is choking hazards and his concerns. I do BLW to an extent though, I do it my way. My parents understand it's my children so my parenting ways, but I respect their opinions for sure.. Don't always take them, but I'll listen to them.
Least favorite part? Time management - I always feel like I have a million things to do before and after work and I wish I had more time with him.
What are you doing that you said you'd never do? We bed shared for the last 1.5 months out of desperation. He outgrew the RNP and would not sleep in his crib or PNP. We just made the final move to the crib on Friday and life is starting to calm down now.
Least- when she goes through a stormy period, she is crazy!! It makes me so sad that I can't help her and that her little mind is developing so much that it's rough on her.
Something I thought I'd never do- let her sleep in my bed. She only does for her first nap of the day but I never thought I'd be okay with it.
Favorite: So hard to decide but the noises she makes when she's nursing and just nursing in general. We struggled so much with it the first few months, and now it's our special time together.
Least: Saying goodbye to her when I drop her at daycare on Monday mornings! I love all the new experiences she's getting there, and SAH is not for me, but I still get sad on Mondays!
Something I thought I'd never do: Move LO to her nursery at 8 weeks old. I thought she's be in our room for much longer, but moving her was best for everyone - she loves her crib!
Least favorite? DH and I get very little alone time, and what alone time we do have we're usually too exhausted to do anything with each other.
Something I said I'd never do but am doing? We are going to Mexico this May and before having her I jokingly (but kinda seriously) said I wouldn't take a baby on vacation because it'd be too much work, but I know she's going to have a lot of fun so it'll be worth all the trouble.
My favorite part is that she uses me as a jungle gym. She hasn't quite figured out how to crawl yet. But she's figured out that she can climb all over me and I'll help her out. It's fun to get that playtime.
Least favorite - mornings trying to get out the door. Ugh. Every single morning is a disaster. I know I could change a few things I do to make them easier... Maybe I'll start working on it!
I never thought I'd become a social weirdo. I'm not sure what happened but I feel like my social skills have suffered. I started noticing this a few weeks ago. Now I'm actively working on not being such a dweeb... It's bad when I annoy myself. Ugh.
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Favorite: I agree with so many of the other posters, his smile when he seems me, his little bounce of excitement, the way his face lights up - it makes me weak in the knees. I hate leaving him everyday but that amazing welcome I receive it priceless
Least Favorite: When I feel that I'm lacking in that mom gene department. I feel like DH has such a better sense of intuition. I get jealous and get defensive when I feel like I'm not the best parent.
I told DH before LO arrived that we'd NEVER co-sleep. Never. Ever. Ever. Yeah... about that. LO STTN but when he's having a rough night or wakes us too early he always lands in our bed and I love it
Least: He's not even close to STTN
Something I thought I would never do: Bed share. If we hadn't started at 8 wks, I would have died from exhaustion by now
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or you're all the way grown,
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my star...and my love will find you,
wherever you are."
Watching LO learn new things. Just seeing his face and watching the gears turn as he figures it out.
Least favorite part?
Lack of sleep. Like zombie land. And trying to equally pay attention to H, LO, and the 2 dogs. Someone is getting left out.
What are you doing that you said you'd never do?
Bed share. I mean it's the only way to get any sleep somedays. I keep hearing that he'll be 5 and still sleeping w us. Ya know, that's fine. He won't be at 15.
I love his smiles and his laugh and when he babbles at things (today he had a long talk with his pacifier). His absolute joy over things amazes me. Holding him while he sleeps.
I don't know what I do that I said I wouldn't because while I am a planner I also am a lets do whatever works type of person.
We are six months in...
Favorite: Her smile, and her personality. She is so happy and easy going 99% of the time.
Least Favorite: I am with @cabusbey, the sicknesses over and over and watching her feel miserable. It makes me feel awful and helpless.
What I thought I would never do: I have no idea.... I didnt have a lot of experiences or expectations when I was pregnant with babies, so I have relied a lot on WebMD, and the advice of you ladies.
And I love House Hunters. Except the episodes where it's super wealthy people shopping for their second home in Hawaii. When the voiceover says "Walter and Sabrina need to stick to their budget of $2 million," I'm like GTFO.
Least Favorite: always being so tired, having to work and miss out on his milestones, and constantly second guessing myself about what habits we're instilling in him.
Never thought I'd: co-sleep, but it's the only thing allowing us to get any sleep these days.
Least favorite: teething can suck it.
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Hate the constant state of worry. I am away from her for 11hrs a day and I worry the entire time something is going to happen to her.
I said I would not co sleep past 3m. I did not move her to the crib till 6m, and I will still co sleep when she allows or wants to.
Dislike: the utter chaos my house is in most of the time, the lack of time to do anything about it, and worry that I'm not doing it right. She has a cold right now and I'm worried about her cough but I'm ALWAYS worried so the last couple of times she's been sick I waste a bunch of time at the doc for them to tell me that it is fine.
I never really had anything that I said I wouldn't do that I've done.
Least favorite: constantly doubting my momma skills.
Never thought: we'd bed share. I've always said "nope, never!" That only lasted about 3-4 months.