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SomersIsles · March 2014

Soooooooo MIL seems to think LO should call her "mom" because that's what her other grandchild calls her.

My SIL still lives with my MIL and raises her child there... So it kinda makes sense that the grandchild calls MIL "mom" because she copies her mom (my SIL)...

But... Yeah... No. My son will not be calling you mom. Good grief.

SomersIsles · March 2014

Jennibeanjld said:

SomersIsles said:
Soooooooo MIL seems to think LO should call her "mom" because that's what her other grandchild calls her.

My SIL still lives with my MIL and raises her child there... So it kinda makes sense that the grandchild calls MIL "mom" because she copies her mom (my SIL)...

But... Yeah... No. My son will not be calling you mom. Good grief.
Is she BSC!? Like @WisconsinCheese12‌ said, LO will call your MIL what you refer to her as so mom is out the window. Seriously, how can she think that's appropriate!!

No clue. It was so matter of fact... But yeah, I think we'll go with gram or Grammy. Too bad if that disappoints her

mrsdahamm · March 2014

My tiny baby officially doesn't fit newborn sleepers anymore. I tried 3 different ones to make sure.

SomersIsles · March 2014

@WisconsinCheese12‌

You gotta step up your game... These in the pic are precut squares of cookie dough... It's like they were never meant to be eaten cooked. lol

amdecker1016 · March 2014

I think mia has a umbilical hernia.
Is this something i need to call the doctor on or will it resolve itself?

saisongbird · March 2014

I want the cookie dough too!!!

jennybean80 · March 2014

amdecker1016 said:
I think mia has a umbilical hernia.
Is this something i need to call the doctor on or will it resolve itself?

Mention it at her next well baby check, but the minor ones usually resolve on their own.

ProudMommy030614 · March 2014

I had a major ugly cry breakdown over pumping and having H give him the bottle. My nips are bleeding and he wears himself out trying to nurse and wasn't even nursing for more than 5 or so minutes. When I pumped I got 5 oz total and that was after nursing him.

amdecker1016 · March 2014

@bunnyfungo‌ @Jenstwins‌ thanks!

pepperedmoth · March 2014

@tallash I was one of three girls. My parents both say it was NBD, that the teenage years were some of the easiest (definitely easier than the toddler years). As the oldest I don't remember much teenage craziness from the younger ones, either (I don't consider myself qualified to judge my own teenage craziness. ;-) )

I think this whole AAAAAHHHH TEENAGE GIIIIIRLS thing is a sexist trope invented by society for the most part . . . I mean, yes, they date. Just like teenage boys. And argue with their parents. Just like teenage boys. And this is awful . . . why?

ProudMommy030614 · March 2014

My preteen son has turned from my sweet little boy into a mouthy little monster over night! Not to mention H had to have the pitching a tent talk! Somedays I wonder what it would be like with all girls!!!

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legallyginger · March 2014

pepperedmoth said:

@tallash I was one of three girls. My parents both say it was NBD, that the teenage years were some of the easiest (definitely easier than the toddler years). As the oldest I don't remember much teenage craziness from the younger ones, either (I don't consider myself qualified to judge my own teenage craziness. ;-) )

I think this whole AAAAAHHHH TEENAGE GIIIIIRLS thing is a sexist trope invented by society for the most part . . . I mean, yes, they date. Just like teenage boys. And argue with their parents. Just like teenage boys. And this is awful . . . why?

You know, you're right. I'm just going off of my own experience. I can't imagine trying to raise three of me during my teenage years, I was a hormonal mess. My poor parents had enough to handle with me and my sister constantly at each other's throats, I can't imagine adding another girl into the mix.

pepperedmoth · March 2014

TallAsh said:

@tallash I was one of three girls. My parents both say it was NBD, that the teenage years were some of the easiest (definitely easier than the toddler years). As the oldest I don't remember much teenage craziness from the younger ones, either (I don't consider myself qualified to judge my own teenage craziness. ;-) )

I think this whole AAAAAHHHH TEENAGE GIIIIIRLS thing is a sexist trope invented by society for the most part . . . I mean, yes, they date. Just like teenage boys. And argue with their parents. Just like teenage boys. And this is awful . . . why?
@pepperedmoth‌, thank you for a positive story!! Everyone always says how sorry they feel for us... I'm a little terrified bc I had all brothers, so I don't understand the sister dynamic. I also didn't suffer too much from teen angst, so I'm worried I won't be able to relate to them at all. But not every girl has to be a dramatic monster, right...RIGHT???

Correct! :-) None of us were. We had emotions and feelings, we shared them emphatically, and . . . that was it. It never became A Big Thing, probably because my parents never made A Big Thing out of it.

My parents are pretty much the anti-dramatics, though. They were really good at acknowledging how we were feeling, and also putting things into proportion without making us feel belittled. They still are good at that! :-) If I complain about my MIL, my mom is all, "Mmmmm. Mmmhmm. Go have a glass of wine; you'll feel better."

pepperedmoth · March 2014

@farmboyswife maybe you were awful but why would sons necessarily have been LESS awful? Statistically they are more likely to get into dumb car crashes, for sure! :-)

ETA: Unless the problem is that parents get more upset about girls doing the exact same dumb things that boys do (getting in a car crash with an inappropriate romantic partner is a feat that knows no gender, really).

But if a boy does that and they're all, "well, boys will be boys" and a girl does the same thing and they're all, "AAAAHHH HOW COULD MY LITTLE GIRL DO THIS TO MEEEEEE...."

Then the problem really isn't with the behavior of teenage girls, it's with unequal expectations of teenage behavior.

pepperedmoth · March 2014

LOL. My husband and I were both really well behaved. We both had sex in high school and lied about it to our parents . . . that was the extent of our high school 'misbehavior'!

In college he wins for sure. We both drank underage, but I drank wine with dinner and he DRANK. We both smoked pot, but I tried it once and decided I didn't like it, and he SMOKED.

We have slept with the exact same number of people each, though, so we're even there.

He has more crazy stories than I do, but those are mostly from when he worked in minerals exploration in Alaska, so jumping out of helicopters, setting old mining camps on fire with jet fuel, and toting a .45 were all in the line of duty, so to speak, and not a drunken stunt . . . so they don't really count. I think he got all of his hormonal young man-ness out of his system while doing that . . .

SomersIsles · March 2014

I was so incredibly shy growing up I wasn't capable of being a trouble maker. I don't think I broke out of my shell until 8th grade. I also think a lot has to do with who your friends are. Because I was so shy I naturally befriended other more quiet kids in school. My best friend since kindergarten also was a dream child. Smartest girl in the school, sang in the church choir, super well behaved... if I wasn't friends with her, who knows how I'd turn out. My father was also pretty strict (but fair) .. and my mother was an emotional psychotic mess... so I think that's what made me respect my father's wishes that much more.

But going back... I think one of the strongest influences is who your friends are. My father never stopped reiterating, "you are who your friends are" and I think that is SO true.

I'm thankful to be having a boy. As a teacher I see the girl drama... and I just can't take it. lol

karacakes98 · March 2014

Eh, my sister and I were "good kids." Our younger brothers were complete hellions.

I've never in my life smoked or tried drugs. I've been drunk once, on my 21st birthday. I didn't say my first cuss word until well into my 20's. My motivation was my dad. Not in the "he'll kill me" sense, but in the sense that I watched him battle his drug and alcohol addictions and wanted no part in it, or anything that was like him (like swearing).

Parenting plays such a huge role in how the teenage years go. My brothers went off the rails because our parents split and our mom basically checked out while our dad was suddenly not around to put the hammer down.

ProudMommy030614 · March 2014

WisconsinCheese12 said:
My incision opened up in a small spot, I noticed when going to get in the shower. Small amount of redness and blood. Called ob she said if it gets worse call, but to take an antibiotic "augmentin"

already called the baby doctor to make sure she will be fine... We will both most likely get diarrhea and my milk might taste a little diff... Rather diarrhea than a bad infection that I can't see unless I lift my awesome extra stomach skin ha. :-S

Hope you don't spill your guts! Humor is the best medicine

) Feel better!

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pepperedmoth · March 2014

@tallash the feeling's mutual. $:\$ ">

ProudMommy030614 · March 2014

Yup just got projectile pooped on! From his butt all the way to my shirt and everything in between! Now that's talent

nblondheim · March 2014

We're all sick and miserable!!! This just sucks ;(

legallyginger · March 2014

Just got back from Jack's one month appointment. Our little chunker is ten pounds two ounces now! That's two pounds up from two weeks ago and three pounds up from his discharge weight.

theluckiest9 · March 2014

@kirotea‌ how's BFing going today?

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mrsdahamm · March 2014

LW78 said:
I was super afraid to have sex after birthing my 4th child. I figured that I had a hotdog hallway situation going on for sure. But, nope! Somehow, it's even better than before. Win!

Glad to hear your husband is doing well

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ntdane · March 2014

@WisconsinCheese12‌, did anyone mention taking probiotics while on the antibiotics? That can help with the diarrhea and GI issues. I had to take antibiotics when BF DS1 and it hit my system hard, but the probiotics helped. Hopefully it all clears up soon!

ProudMommy030614 · March 2014

@WisconsinCheese12‌ hang in there mh was scared of ds1 at first and acted similar. He got over it when I told him that if he didn't want to help than he doesn't get a say.

nblondheim · March 2014

I just watched a Lifetime movie (flame me

) and a couple used a surrogate. The surrogate got to hold the baby right away. Not being able to do that and not getting to even see B, it brought sooo many emotions out in me. I still have a lot if guilt with not being able to carry past 31 weeks, having a c section, not getting to see B but getting to see K, not being able to hold them for days, etc. Add to that a horrible email from MIL after she showed up the morning after I delivered (we were up until after midnight) and I fell asleep. When I woke up she was gone and DH told me she was mad. She accused me of keeping her grandchildren from her and that she wouldn't have even made the drive if she would have known she couldn't see them. She informed me she cried the whole way home too. Gee that sure helped me!!!

ProudMommy030614 · March 2014

I feel like a dairy cow...

mrsdahamm · March 2014

I have to work tomorrow

( but I feel a little better since @bunnyfungo had such a good day today.

mrsdahamm · March 2014

@bunnyfungo my mom took tomorrow off and came down tonight so I wouldn't have to do a drop off on my first day. I'm verrrry lucky. Monday will be my first drop off and again I'm lucky because it's another afternoon/evening shift so I don't have to go in until 2:30 and can take my time dropping him off to the babysitter.

mrsdahamm · March 2014

I don't know who is a noisier sleeper: LO or DH.

amdecker1016 · March 2014

Laura8388 said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2300032/Mothers-shock-baby-born-weighing-15lb-7oz.html

Holy.

Wow.

nlane0723 · March 2014

Laura8388 said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2300032/Mothers-shock-baby-born-weighing-15lb-7oz.html

Holy.

That's more than twice the weight of Harper's current weight. And she's a month old!

Her poor vagina.

SomersIsles · March 2014

I want an outside baby so I can participate in all these conversations. ugh

SomersIsles · March 2014

bjd316 said:
@SomersIsles‌ how did your apt go yesterday?

It went well. The MW totally understood my concerns relating to my due date confusion and was very reassuring that despite the dates the baby is still doing well. Did the NST and all is well there too

She did a membrane sweep, said I was a good candidate. So far I'm still at home feeling pretty normal. I've been having light period cramps since the sweep... But so light that I barely notice them. So I don't think they're amounting to anything.

But at least the baby is doing well!!

Next appointment on Monday

ProudMommy030614 · March 2014

I find it hilarious to moo as I sit hooked up to my pump

) gotta see the humor side of things to keep the tears away I guess!

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