May 2014 Moms
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Love it/Loathe it
Jennyinheaven
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What do you love about being a mom, what do you loathe?
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Jennyinheaven
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Re: Love it/Loathe it
Loathe: The worry, mom guilt, oh yeah and lack of sleep.
Loathe: washing bottles, her reflux, price of formula
Loathe: washing pump parts, the anxiety of "am I pumping enough" at work, filing her nails, and the constant worry that comes with being a Mom.
Loathe: the Mom Guilt, washing pump parts, having to watch other people try to care for her and trying not to micromanage
Loathe: the price of formula, cleaning bottles, constant laundry and spit up, lack of sleep, guilt and worrying.
Loathe: the fact that she's going to get sick (more than a cold) at some point and get in trouble and at some point give me more than I think I can handle. I know I will bc that's what moms do but those times I'm already loathing.
Loathe: when he's at day care because I'm not there is see him/feed him/put him down for naps/etc.
Loathe: lack of sleep, lack of routine (I'm type a). Washing bottles and pump parts. Knowing daycare sees my kids more than I do.
Loathe: reflux/giving her zantac (aka, torturing the child), everything about FF, feeling like a sleep-deprived zombie, never being alone, never being able to get things accomplished without interruption
Loathe having to work. Hate hate hate it. It's just awful.
Happy Endings
I loathe all of the constant judgement that comes with being a mom. Constantly worrying about if what I am doing is going to hurt her in the future. All the worry!
Love all of the snuggles and the smiles. How he will stop dead in his tracks when he hears my voice after work. And when he sees me he gets the biggest grin and squirms for me to pick him up! All of his firsts especially in the last week! That we are out of the newborn stage and his little personality is starting to shine. The fact that motherhood is by far the best thing in the entire world and I can't believe I waited til I was 34 to start my life with this little person!
Loathe washing bottles. The transition from swaddling sucks balls!
Loathe: as many pp said -pumping, washing pump parts (cuts into sleep time!), and supply anxiety . So stressful!
Also loathe that I need help with things or can't really do things (like cook) especially because dh has periodic temper-spazzes about me not doing anything because of feeding/holding DD all the time. Though I'm the one barely getting any sleep and especially now that I'm back to work which means very early mornings and DD tends to wake up hungry about half an hour before my alarm goes off so then I get even less sleep. And dh never has to get up MOTN and often doesn't even wake when she does and he had a lighter and more flexible work schedule than I have.