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rockopera · May 2014

...and go!

rockopera · May 2014

I am hoping to avoid my mother on Sunday. It's not only Mother's Day, but also her birthday, which makes me an even worse daughter. But she's still very much grieving from the loss of her mother last October. I spend time talking to her almost every day, and today I let her talk and cry about grandma memories for 45 minutes so I'm not avoiding all of it completely. I just don't want to deal with the tears and depression on my first mother's day.

BethRN1987 · May 2014

I've spent so much on my store credit cards ( target and amazon) while on maternity leave.- I think I stress shop.

tsmith312 · May 2014

Since LOs in the hospital , they have been bringing the ready to use formula in her for her . As soon as they bring it in I put it in her bag and ask for more . I figured we are more then paying for it , might as well use it ! Plus it's nutramigen , that stuffs expensive !!

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kare_bear_12 · May 2014

My Mom gave me $200 to get my hair done as a Mother's day present. I went ahead and paid for my hair myself and will probably try to schedule a massage for myself instead.

southerncharm24 · May 2014

Futuremrstonyasmith said:

Since LOs in the hospital , they have been bringing the ready to use formula in her for her . As soon as they bring it in I put it in her bag and ask for more . I figured we are more then paying for it , might as well use it ! Plus it's nutramigen , that stuffs expensive !!

We did the same when the boys we're born with the formula and diapers. The nurses told us to empty the cart every day and even brought in extra for us.

ProudMommy030614 · May 2014

I lied to my 11 year old about what I was putting on his pimples. He thinks it was astringent, it was really breastmilk!

pepperedmoth · May 2014

I posted this in the Random thread, but...for the past week I'd estimate that 50% of my daily caloric needs have come from Nutella.

NO REGRETS.

BethRN1987 · May 2014

My FFFC I don't mind asking my dad for money- I pay him back. But to ask Mu in laws- no way

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lazyreader · May 2014

I think I shoved a wad of dog hair in my mouth last night. The binky fell under the crib. It was 3am. It was gross.

amdecker1016 · May 2014

Mia was sound asleep in her pnp for three hours last night.
I couldn't sleep during that time so i went and got her out and put her in bed with me. Slept amazing after that.

I'm a little regretful. She probably would have slept the whole night in there. Oh well.

AKPuffin · May 2014

I think I need to stop breastfeeding my LO. She nurses for 40 minutes, screams that she's still hungry and sucks down a 4oz bottle. For some reason I feel insanely guilty about stopping.

amdecker1016 · May 2014

WisconsinCheese12 said:

amdecker1016 said:
Mia was sound asleep in her pnp for three hours last night.
I couldn't sleep during that time so i went and got her out and put her in bed with me. Slept amazing after that.

I'm a little regretful. She probably would have slept the whole night in there. Oh well.
We have only moved her to our bed to sleep in my arm laying 2 times ever... Dh gave me the biggest guilt trip and talked about how he doesn't like it all day, he makes me feel terrible No baby snuggles for me.

I'm sorry. My H doesn't help me. He encourages co-sleeping. Since he works nights and we have a king size bed, he says "if she sleeps better with you amy, do it."

She'll never leave if i have that mindset!

akflutterby · May 2014

I have watched Wife Swap almost every day of my maternity leave. I love it and I will miss the drama of it when I go back to work Monday (because I'm not dvr'ing that crap).

I'm not going to SD's graduation dinner, but I'm making MH go. I will take her out next week when it's our week to have her, but I will not go to Friday's with her hateful mother (who has been nothing but awful to me since MH and I got together), and her hateful parents. I think it's important that hubs goes because it's his little girl and she asked him to go, but we'll take her some place nice next week. I am going to commencement, but again I won't be near her mother and I don't want that woman to even see my baby.

SassyFlats · May 2014

Kara still sleeps most of the time in her swing. Just when we were all ready for her to sleep in the pnp at night, she (and i) caught a cold. I didn't want to fuck around with new sleeping arrangements while we both needed the rest.

I love breastfeeding. I don't always like it, though. Some days I really don't want to be tied to the sofa while she comfort nurses (like last night... but she's all stuffy and she needed mama!). Some days I just want to leave the house without a baby, not worrying if DH has enough pumped milk or if she'll even accept the bottle. Sometimes I just want to lay on the couch alone without being touched. But, then, I kind of hate the idea of anyone else feeding her at all.... I love my snuggly nursing time. Most of the time.

I feel like I'm the only FTM in the world who doesn't freak out about every little thing. I don't have a parenting book, I don't compare what I'm doing to what other moms are doing, and IDGAF when people try to give me unsolicited advice (like the swing-sleeping thing I've been lectured on five million times). I haven't been concerned about my milk supply since Kara got above her birth weight. I don't obsess over how much or when she eats or poops or sleeps, as long as she's happy and all signs point to a healthy baby. I feel like a STM in a FTM's body.

lalaith50 · May 2014

Futuremrstonyasmith said:

Since LOs in the hospital , they have been bringing the ready to use formula in her for her . As soon as they bring it in I put it in her bag and ask for more . I figured we are more then paying for it , might as well use it ! Plus it's nutramigen , that stuffs expensive !!

I still don't understand how this works... I got an itemized receipt for my portion of the hospital stay, and we were charged- an absurd amount- for EVERYTHING. folic acid, 1mg tab? $7. Two oz of lansinosh ointment? $11.50. Etc. So insurance basically chopped that amount down and then paid a percent of it, but we still had to pay a bunch. So, if I had declined everything ("no thanks, I have ibuprofen in my purse instead of paying $7 for it...") wouldn't that have decreased the final amount I paid? So that's why I don't understand asking for more...can't you buy it cheaper in the store than they charge in the hospital? Even if you never see the itemized receipt, everything you ask for or take will be billed to you, or at least your insurance company! (Am I missing something?)

lalaith50 · May 2014

AKPuffin said:

I think I need to stop breastfeeding my LO. She nurses for 40 minutes, screams that she's still hungry and sucks down a 4oz bottle. For some reason I feel insanely guilty about stopping.

I don't know any of the background on this, and I hope you don't feel guilted into bfing if you don't want to, but if you DO want to keep bfing, I hope you know there are ways to increase your supply, or if you want to, are able to seek out some non-judgemental support to see if there is anything else you can do.

mfarmer0811 · May 2014

I have my concealed handgun license. I keep a gun in my car...DH wants me to keep it in the diaper bag, but I'm not totally cool with that..yet.
If someone snatched my baby, I would absolutely not hesitate to use it, even if they were running away from me.

Flame away!!

myfriendscallmemeg · May 2014

SassyFlats said:

I feel like I'm the only FTM in the world who doesn't freak out about every little thing. I don't have a parenting book, I don't compare what I'm doing to what other moms are doing, and IDGAF when people try to give me unsolicited advice (like the swing-sleeping thing I've been lectured on five million times). I haven't been concerned about my milk supply since Kara got above her birth weight. I don't obsess over how much or when she eats or poops or sleeps, as long as she's happy and all signs point to a healthy baby. I feel like a STM in a FTM's body.

This! I don't have the brain power to worry about how many diapers she soils in a day, all I know is if she's happy, I'm happy.

SmittyPants · May 2014

I hate getting pedicures. I'm ridiculously ticklish so I spend the whole sitting there trying not to kick the poor woman giving me the pedicure in the head. It's actually pretty stressful.

SassyFlats · May 2014

NanaCook said:

SassyFlats said:

I feel like I'm the only FTM in the world who doesn't freak out about every little thing. I don't have a parenting book, I don't compare what I'm doing to what other moms are doing, and IDGAF when people try to give me unsolicited advice (like the swing-sleeping thing I've been lectured on five million times). I haven't been concerned about my milk supply since Kara got above her birth weight. I don't obsess over how much or when she eats or poops or sleeps, as long as she's happy and all signs point to a healthy baby. I feel like a STM in a FTM's body.
This! I don't have the brain power to worry about how many diapers she soils in a day, all I know is if she's happy, I'm happy.

for real, yo! When she started showing signs of this cold, I called the pedi to see if there was any reason I should bring her in. She doesn't have a fever and I was already doing steamy bathroom, saline and suctioning her nose, and using a humidifier at night. And plenty of comfort nursing because that feels right. No meds for either of us.

They were like "well, we can't do anything more than what you're doing but you can bring her in if you feel like you need to."

I was like.... "Am I a terrible mom for not feeling like I have to bring in my 7-week-old just to be patted on the head by the doctor and reassured that she will survive the sniffles? Eh... Whatever."

SassyFlats · May 2014

People told me that having my own kid would be worlds different than nannying. It's not. All the experience still applies. Maybe that's why I'm so relaxed and confident most of the time. I was expecting everything to be different and to throw my years of babysitting and nanny experience out the window.

The difference is just that I love her and adore her more than I could ever have imagined. Her smile and the way she turns her head when she hears my voice mean the world to me.

But as far as the choices I make in caring for her and keeping her safe? I would have made the same choices for other people's children 10 years ago. I'm either a crap mom or I was an awesome nanny. :P

myfriendscallmemeg · May 2014

@SassyFlats‌ amen to that! I hate going to the doctor! I didn't like taking her to her 2 week checkup because doctors offices are full of sick people! I don't mind taking her out in public, we went to the mall AND Walmart this week. I just feel like if there's a way to avoid the hospital, I will definitely avoid!

PerkyErky · May 2014

I don't like LO today. LO is super fussy, nothing I do is helping. He's clean, fed, etc and just won't stop fussing. DH just sighed when I told him I had to pump so he was on baby duty. I pump every 4 hrs, me needing to pump isn't a new thing! Ugh I just want to disappear today and say fuck it.

jazzyexpo · May 2014

I sharted on the way to the store today. Glad my mom was with me to check the back of my pants. :-S

wildhoney4508 · May 2014

PerkyErky said:
I don't like LO today. LO is super fussy, nothing I do is helping. He's clean, fed, etc and just won't stop fussing. DH just sighed when I told him I had to pump so he was on baby duty. I pump every 4 hrs, me needing to pump isn't a new thing! Ugh I just want to disappear today and say fuck it.

I totally have days like these all the time! You're not alone! :-S

AKPuffin · May 2014

lalaith50 said:

AKPuffin said:

I think I need to stop breastfeeding my LO. She nurses for 40 minutes, screams that she's still hungry and sucks down a 4oz bottle. For some reason I feel insanely guilty about stopping.

I don't know any of the background on this, and I hope you don't feel guilted into bfing if you don't want to, but if you DO want to keep bfing, I hope you know there are ways to increase your supply, or if you want to, are able to seek out some non-judgemental support to see if there is anything else you can do.

Thankfully no one is judging me and my husband keeps telling me it's my choice, I'm just being hard on myself. I plan to discuss it with my doctor at my PP appointment on Monday and seek advice this weeked from a local breastfeeding group. I think my supply has been low since the beginning and no one at the hospital or the LC I had to see for the two weeks after we were discharged offered suggestions to increasing my supply other than to nurse more frequently.

wildhoney4508 · May 2014

BY ACCIDENT, I may have walked out of Target today with a beautiful navy onesie I thought I put on the belt to purchase for DD2. If I can manage it, I may go back to pay for it.

Keyword: May.

LittlePigeon · May 2014

I still get nervous with post-partum pooping. It makes things bleed worse than usual and is generally uncomfortable so I think it is justified. I am hoping this will help me get another week or two of disability pay when I go for my 6 week appointment.

amholley1 · May 2014

I let my pups give my LO kisses $:\$ ">

myfriendscallmemeg · May 2014

A girl on my Facebook had her baby last night and I'm dying to go hold her. I don't even like the mom that much—I just can't believe how grown up my (almost) 6 week old baby is. And I want to hold a brand new baby.

I also feel mommy guilt over wanting to hold someone else's baby instead of my own. WTF!

lalaith50 · May 2014

@AKPuffin‌ I'm glad you'll be getting help this weekend. In the meantime, you might want to check out https://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supply-worries/low-supply/

BethRN1987 · May 2014

bandteacher said:
My in laws are here and I asked if they minded if I took a bath while they're here to watch the twins. I've been in here pissing around on my phone for 20 minutes. No regrets.

Oh, I have another. I'm so not into the baby stage. I get excited when the boys grow into the next clothing size because we're closer to having kids who can play and communicate. My dad and stepmom have offered to take them overnight tomorrow and I'm all about it. I'm probably the least sappy mom on this board.

Nope, I can't wait until Sloan is a little older and I can't figure her out better and play with her

pepperedmoth · May 2014

@SassyFlats‌ I feel the same way! (Surprise, surprise, right?)

I stopped tracking feeds/diaps since he regained birth weight and haven't worried since. If I had hot water, I would be showering without him in the bathroom and without a baby monitor. I actually don't own a monitor (I guess I'll get around to it when we move him to his own room --- another thing I'm not stressed about.) I am not the slightest bit upset at the thought of his 2-month shots. Whatevs---needs to be done. I accidentally bonked his head on a cardboard box today (foolishly bending over with him in the wrap) and I didn't melt down with guilt, just thought, "eh, lesson learned!" I suck the gunk off his paci when it falls on the floor and pop it back in his mouth.

Maybe I was a mother in a previous life? Maybe it's the Paxil doing the talking? Maybe after all my birth drama nothing feels scary? IDK....but I'm sooooo glad I'm not alone!

Sanibel21 · May 2014

I've hit a new low today. I'm watching True Tori.

jennybean80 · May 2014

DH does this (very annoying) thing, where he will jut disappear within the house without telling me where he is going. I generally give him a heads up, like 'I'm going upstairs to do laundry' or 'I need to grab my phone charger' but he'll take off without a word and I'll find him on the computer an hour later. I've told him why this pisses me off on many occasions. He just did it again, so I waited until Rhys started fussing and then took him to find DH (on the computer again) and gave him the fussy baby, and told him I needed to deal with Audrey.

She's sleeping. I can hear DH doing the 'shh shhh shhh' dance upstairs. No guilt!

BethRN1987 · May 2014

FarmBoysWife said:

Baby1Dany said:

BethRN1987 said:
My FFFC I don't mind asking my dad for money- I pay him back. But to ask Mu in laws- no way
I've never paid a cell phone bill. My dad has paid for it since I got it when I was 16. He doesn't mind so I don't bring it up.
My mom pays mine too

I pay my dad's cell phone and he pays my car insurance

SassyFlats · May 2014

pepperedmoth said:
@SassyFlats‌ I feel the same way! (Surprise, surprise, right?)
I stopped tracking feeds/diaps since he regained birth weight and haven't worried since. If I had hot water, I would be showering without him in the bathroom and without a baby monitor. I actually don't own a monitor (I guess I'll get around to it when we move him to his own room --- another thing I'm not stressed about.) I am not the slightest bit upset at the thought of his 2-month shots. Whatevs---needs to be done. I accidentally bonked his head on a cardboard box today (foolishly bending over with him in the wrap) and I didn't melt down with guilt, just thought, "eh, lesson learned!" I suck the gunk off his paci when it falls on the floor and pop it back in his mouth.

Maybe I was a mother in a previous life? Maybe it's the Paxil doing the talking? Maybe after all my birth drama nothing feels scary? IDK....but I'm sooooo glad I'm not alone!

WAIT. Am I supposed to feel bad for not having her in the bathroom while I shower?? I just put her in her swing in our bedroom while she's sleepy and take my shower in the master bath with the door open. I can hear if she cries, and usually the sound of the water puts her to sleep anyway.

I'm also not concerned about her two-month shots. If she cries, I'll cuddle her and probably nurse her. NBD.

jazzyexpo · May 2014

@bandteacher‌ I feel the same way about the baby stage. My favorite age with dd so far was 1.

@pepperedmoth‌ I'm with you. I don't know when he ate or how much or how many dirty diapers he's had. The shots aren't bad, they get over it quick.

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