@Jalee85 ::hugs:: mama! I felt and still often feel guilt about DD1's issues. 1st was her laryngomalacia and all her complications from that. Did I eat too many sweets or drink too much Coke or did I miss 1 PNV at a critical time? Did I cause her birth defect? Was it 1 Vicodin I took that my OB ok'ed when I had that 11-day migraine that caused high blood pressure because the pain was so bad?
Then she was delayed in speech. Did I cause that? Did I not speak to her enough? Did I not read enough
books to her? Should i have forced her to play with the toys she had
zero interest in? Now her tenative dx are SPD, social anxiety and most likely OCD. And \I have social anxiety and OCD so obv that is my fault that she has that- damn genetics. But what about the SPD? Where did she get that? Was it the Pit from the elective induction?
And the weird thing is that DD2 is starting to follow DD1's speech patterns. She has lost sounds and the 2 words she was saying (which happened to DD1). And I talk all.damn.day. I talk slowly and over-pronounce every word to help DD1, and since DD2 is always with me I know she is hearing it. So at least that part is not something I did wrong. We have a family history of late talkers so I'm thinking that's what it is in our house. DD2 is meeting her milestones early and did have 2 words by 9 months (which is early) and is developing typically.
Of course that doesn't help with the rest of the issues.
So yeah- it is really hard when you feel there is something "wrong"
with your child. It hurts. I also recognize that is it 100% my issue and
feelings. But on bad days I feel like the worst mother in the world. And we are 3 years in and I still have the same feelings. And having DD2 really showcases how different DD1 was compared to other babies (which I already knew but just seeing the differences makes it even more clear)
But my DD is perfect and yours is too.
There is a Special Needs board that you might find helpful.
I know I am rambling. TL;DR I have the same feelings you do. It is normal.
Awe I know you have struggles with DD1 as well! I also think you said that you used to be a pre-school teacher right? For me I have worked with so many children with developmental delays. I was trying REALLY hard not to compare my child to the children that I have worked with, but it is very hard not to compare. I pretty much knew at the age of 3 months that we might have issues, but I kept telling myself that children have a wide range of normal and to not allow my anxiety to make me worry. I also have some Mommy guilt because I contacted EI for her leg issues and while I mentioned the speech if she didn't have the leg issue. I don't think I would have contacted them. I was going to wait till she hit a year old and if she still wasn't babbling then get her evaluated. Mainly because my child isn't quiet she just isn't making meaningful sounds, so I just figured it was a matter of time thing. I know in my head that this isn't my fault and I'm glad it got caught early, but my heart just aches that she is going to have struggles. Considering I had severe learning dissabilities from my ADD that is not something I want any child to have to face. My hope is that by time she ages out of EI at 3 that she will be caught up.
And Delaney had done the same thing with the consonant sounds that she has made. She used to make them and then she just stops! I have even played back video recording of her babbling and she smiles and squeals but doesn't try to imitate the sound. It's so odd. Of course like a few days after her evaluation we were shopping for couches. She was playing with MILs purse strap and put it in her mouth and started babble DaDa again....lol For now she is still saying it, but I'm not sure if she will stop again.
Just heard about a woman at our neighboring gym who has twins who recently turned one and just found out she is pregnant again...but she is 6 months along! She was nursing and her period never returned and she was tired but chalked that up to having twins. Holy crap.
Meanwhile, DH hasn't gotten the snip yet because he wants to switch insurance so more will be covered. So, January at the earliest for the snip snip. I CANNOT join team #uterusoccupied. But I also cannot go without the sex. I'm scurred and don't completely trust condoms, especially the way we use them.
Parenting is hard and nobody is going to do it perfectly and make all the right decisions!
Does it bother me what @Phalaenopsis did? Not really! She isn't doing it every day, and she had a reasonable explanation why! When I have a problem is when people give stupid reasons! Not giving your child something that is recommended for over a year just because you don't want to buy two different kinds! That I have a problem with!
Can I leave a random here?
Just heard about a woman at our neighboring gym who has twins who recently turned one and just found out she is pregnant again...but she is 6 months along! She was nursing and her period never returned and she was tired but chalked that up to having twins. Holy crap.
Meanwhile, DH hasn't gotten the snip yet because he wants to switch insurance so more will be covered. So, January at the earliest for the snip snip. I CANNOT join team #uterusoccupied. But I also cannot go without the sex. I'm scurred and don't completely trust condoms, especially the way we use them.
Pray for me?
Obama need to do us ladies a solid and make snippy snips free like bcp.
Poor Obama. Gotta worry about errrrrrrybody's sexual organs and their workings.
Just heard about a woman at our neighboring gym who has twins who recently turned one and just found out she is pregnant again...but she is 6 months along! She was nursing and her period never returned and she was tired but chalked that up to having twins. Holy crap.
Meanwhile, DH hasn't gotten the snip yet because he wants to switch insurance so more will be covered. So, January at the earliest for the snip snip. I CANNOT join team #uterusoccupied. But I also cannot go without the sex. I'm scurred and don't completely trust condoms, especially the way we use them.
Can I leave a random here?
Just heard about a woman at our neighboring gym who has twins who recently turned one and just found out she is pregnant again...but she is 6 months along! She was nursing and her period never returned and she was tired but chalked that up to having twins. Holy crap.
Meanwhile, DH hasn't gotten the snip yet because he wants to switch insurance so more will be covered. So, January at the earliest for the snip snip. I CANNOT join team #uterusoccupied. But I also cannot go without the sex. I'm scurred and don't completely trust condoms, especially the way we use them.
Pray for me?
They go on the wiener. #yourewelcome
Oh, thank you! That will help a lot. I live in Utah, abstinence is the key word here. After marriage, #allthebabies are expected.
Just heard about a woman at our neighboring gym who has twins who recently turned one and just found out she is pregnant again...but she is 6 months along! She was nursing and her period never returned and she was tired but chalked that up to having twins. Holy crap.
Meanwhile, DH hasn't gotten the snip yet because he wants to switch insurance so more will be covered. So, January at the earliest for the snip snip. I CANNOT join team #uterusoccupied. But I also cannot go without the sex. I'm scurred and don't completely trust condoms, especially the way we use them.
Pray for me?
They go on the wiener. #yourewelcome
Ooooooooohhhhhhhh...so that's what we got wrong. Apparently we thought the nightstand was close enough. :-??
Can I leave a random here?
Just heard about a woman at our neighboring gym who has twins who recently turned one and just found out she is pregnant again...but she is 6 months along! She was nursing and her period never returned and she was tired but chalked that up to having twins. Holy crap.
Meanwhile, DH hasn't gotten the snip yet because he wants to switch insurance so more will be covered. So, January at the earliest for the snip snip. I CANNOT join team #uterusoccupied. But I also cannot go without the sex. I'm scurred and don't completely trust condoms, especially the way we use them.
Pray for me?
They go on the wiener. #yourewelcome
Ooooooooohhhhhhhh...so that's what we got wrong. Apparently we thought the nightstand was close enough. :-??
It feels better when they're on the nightstand.
#noidonthavesexwithnightstands
#orburritos
Just heard about a woman at our neighboring gym who has twins who recently turned one and just found out she is pregnant again...but she is 6 months along! She was nursing and her period never returned and she was tired but chalked that up to having twins. Holy crap.
Meanwhile, DH hasn't gotten the snip yet because he wants to switch insurance so more will be covered. So, January at the earliest for the snip snip. I CANNOT join team #uterusoccupied. But I also cannot go without the sex. I'm scurred and don't completely trust condoms, especially the way we use them.
Pray for me?
They go on the wiener. #yourewelcome
Ooooooooohhhhhhhh...so that's what we got wrong. Apparently we thought the nightstand was close enough. :-??
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
Meh
#shedidntmakefunof9-11
Meh, I've been extremely drunk and had #allthesex while the baby was sleeping. Is this not common? #soulmates @taylormarie923
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
Meh
#shedidntmakefunof9-11
Meh, I've been extremely drunk and had #allthesex while the baby was sleeping. Is this not common? #soulmates @taylormarie923
My thought is that there should be at least one mostly-sober adult in the home in case of emergency. Maybe others disagree.
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
Whoa... baby is asleep in his crib. Monitor is on. If there was an emergency we have phones to call an ambulence. I fail to see where the irresponsibility is.
#maybeifihadgonetocollege
#donttellpsychdocthatimdrinkingwinerightnow
While I find myself with a peanut butter and jealousy sandwich over all the new pregnancies, I am relieved to find that it is just a tiny piece of one and no longer makes me cry. I will probably always wish I could have had one more, but am very content and happy with my one beautiful LO, since it is more than my fertility specialists ever had me believing I'd have.
9/11 jokes make me angry.
My heart goes out to those of you with losses. Do what you need to survive.
I don't understand why, if you chose to have children, you can't make sacrifices for them. Suck it up and buy the whole milk.
I sometimes think about therapy (much as I hate it) to help me deal with my huge fears about something happening to my LO. Yoga and lots of deep breaths get me through my bad days.
I think AF is making her first unwelcome appearance. #ifeellikescreamingatstupidpeople
ETF: while 911 jokes might make me angry, I actually meant 9/11.
So my vanilla confession is I sing that "joy joy joy joy down in my heart. WHERE?" song when DS starts crying or getting upset. I am Ned Flanders.
My flameful confession, which I wasn't going to admit, but at least I don't make fun of 911 so I'm safe... Last night DH and I dtd while suuuuuuuper drunk and at one point we stopped and asked each other if we wanted another baby or if we should wrap it up. I woke up this morning thinking wtf is wrong with me? We don't want a second baby for at least another year. Now we wait.
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
Meh
#shedidntmakefunof9-11
Meh, I've been extremely drunk and had #allthesex while the baby was sleeping. Is this not common? #soulmates @taylormarie923
My thought is that there should be at least one mostly-sober adult in the home in case of emergency. Maybe others disagree.
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
Meh
#shedidntmakefunof9-11
Meh, I've been extremely drunk and had #allthesex while the baby was sleeping. Is this not common? #soulmates @taylormarie923
My thought is that there should be at least one mostly-sober adult in the home in case of emergency. Maybe others disagree.
Humm... I disagree.
I like drinking as much as the next person but I do worry.
It would be one thing if I was black out drunk every single night. Every once in a while having a few glasses of wine is nbd. Furthermore, if I was sober and there was an emergency, my response would be the same. I would never load up the car and drive to the ER myself.
Uhhh thanks for the concern?
It would be one thing if I was black out drunk every single night. Every once in a while having a few glasses of wine is nbd. Furthermore, if I was sober and there was an emergency, my response would be the same. I would never load up the car and drive to the ER myself.
Maybe it's a matter of semantics. Or tolerance. I would never call a few glasses of wine extremely drunk. I'm thinking back to college days and 7 mixed drinks or shots and collapsing into bed.
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
Meh
#shedidntmakefunof9-11
Meh, I've been extremely drunk and had #allthesex while the baby was sleeping. Is this not common? #soulmates @taylormarie923
My thought is that there should be at least one mostly-sober adult in the home in case of emergency. Maybe others disagree.
Humm... I disagree.
I like drinking as much as the next person but I do worry.
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
Meh
#shedidntmakefunof9-11
Meh, I've been extremely drunk and had #allthesex while the baby was sleeping. Is this not common? #soulmates @taylormarie923
My thought is that there should be at least one mostly-sober adult in the home in case of emergency. Maybe others disagree.
Humm... I disagree.
I like drinking as much as the next person but I do worry.
I'm surprised no one commented on the confession about the extremely drunk sex. Not the fact that a condom wasn't used, who gives a shit about that, but the fact that two extremely drunk people were responsible for a baby. Unless the baby wasn't there? It does make me wonder though.
Meh
#shedidntmakefunof9-11
Meh, I've been extremely drunk and had #allthesex while the baby was sleeping. Is this not common? #soulmates @taylormarie923
My thought is that there should be at least one mostly-sober adult in the home in case of emergency. Maybe others disagree.
Humm... I disagree.
I like drinking as much as the next person but I do worry.
Re: Fffc
#2 due 12.23.17
Rectify is a whole nother sex act.
I dunno, I stay as far away from the rectal area as possible.
Just heard about a woman at our neighboring gym who has twins who recently turned one and just found out she is pregnant again...but she is 6 months along! She was nursing and her period never returned and she was tired but chalked that up to having twins. Holy crap.
Meanwhile, DH hasn't gotten the snip yet because he wants to switch insurance so more will be covered. So, January at the earliest for the snip snip. I CANNOT join team #uterusoccupied. But I also cannot go without the sex. I'm scurred and don't completely trust condoms, especially the way we use them.
Pray for me?
Oh, thank you! That will help a lot. I live in Utah, abstinence is the key word here. After marriage, #allthebabies are expected.
It feels better when they're on the nightstand.
#noidonthavesexwithnightstands
#orburritos
It feels better when they're on the nightstand.
#noidonthavesexwithnightstands
#orburritos
OMG, SOOOOO MUCH BETTER!!!
It's okay, I learned all I needed to know from YM magazine and their annual birth control specials.
#2 due 12.23.17
Meh, I've been extremely drunk and had #allthesex while the baby was sleeping. Is this not common? #soulmates @taylormarie923
#2 due 12.23.17
Whoa... baby is asleep in his crib. Monitor is on. If there was an emergency we have phones to call an ambulence. I fail to see where the irresponsibility is. #maybeifihadgonetocollege #donttellpsychdocthatimdrinkingwinerightnow
While I find myself with a peanut butter and jealousy sandwich over all the new pregnancies, I am relieved to find that it is just a tiny piece of one and no longer makes me cry. I will probably always wish I could have had one more, but am very content and happy with my one beautiful LO, since it is more than my fertility specialists ever had me believing I'd have.
9/11 jokes make me angry.
My heart goes out to those of you with losses. Do what you need to survive.
I don't understand why, if you chose to have children, you can't make sacrifices for them. Suck it up and buy the whole milk.
I sometimes think about therapy (much as I hate it) to help me deal with my huge fears about something happening to my LO. Yoga and lots of deep breaths get me through my bad days.
I think AF is making her first unwelcome appearance. #ifeellikescreamingatstupidpeople
ETF: while 911 jokes might make me angry, I actually meant 9/11.
Humm... I disagree.
#2 due 12.23.17
#2 due 12.23.17
It would be one thing if I was black out drunk every single night. Every once in a while having a few glasses of wine is nbd. Furthermore, if I was sober and there was an emergency, my response would be the same. I would never load up the car and drive to the ER myself.
#2 due 12.23.17
#2 due 12.23.17
#2 due 12.23.17
BFP: 1.19.2013 - EDD: 10.2.2013 - It's a girl! 9.25.13: Welcome Addison!