FFFC anyone?

MrMrsandBaby · November 2014

Someone give me a good gif please!

MrMrsandBaby · November 2014

I have a mental post it for everyone who refers to their child as an ass hole or bitch or similar on the board. It is getting to be a long list

rosalie12 · November 2014

MrMrsandBaby said:
I have a mental post it for everyone who refers to their child as an ass hole or bitch or similar on the board. It is getting to be among list

I'm right there with you on that.

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

MrMrsandBaby said:
I have a mental post it for everyone who refers to their child as an ass hole or bitch or similar on the board. It is getting to be among list

Am I at the top of the list?

TheOtherJacobsons · November 2014

I like referring to other people's kids as assholes, does that count?

AppleGrapeMSTK · November 2014

I don't get 'Bye, Felicia.' What is this reference???

TheOtherJacobsons · November 2014

AppleGrapeMSTK said:
I don't get 'Bye, Felicia.' What is this reference???

Urban dictionary explains it quite well. Especially the one about white girls looking it up on the internet. That was me, so I thought it was funny. It's actually a movie reference from Friday.

MrsSinner402 · November 2014

DD just ate 4 ounces of BM (most she's ever eaten in a sitting) from 3-3:40. We put her down to sleep around 3:45 and shes awake again at 4:50 hungry. WTAF? So anyway, my FFFC, I just heard her shit. And I'm too tired to change her or risk waking her up. She will be up again in 1.5 hours anyway..

pnwlover12 · November 2014

Oh jesus. babies are assholes. Doesn't mean we love them any less.

Post it away.

[Deleted User] · November 2014

My kid has chocolate and other miscellaneous food stains on his swaddles from pieces of my MOTN granola bars falling on him and melting. No fucks.

And I totally called him a dick around 2am when he yanked my nipple and tried to take it with him away from my body. I still love him to pieces forever and ever.

Emerald27 · November 2014

I may have eaten 7/8 of DS' Halloween candy. And even though I always make him wait until after meals to have a piece, I sneak off to the kitchen several times a day to eat some.

I talk to a lot of moms PP about NOT worrying about their figure or weight loss or anything. "9mo on, 9mo off," they say. And I reassure moms that it typically starts to come off noticeably around month 6. I'm such a hypocrite, though, because I'm really struggling PP with my weight and self-image. I weigh over 200lbs, still 20lbs above my prepregnancy weight and at least 40lbs from my healthy goal weight. I get so overwhelmed thinking about it, because I've never been good at losing weight, the thought of portion control gives me anxiety (I love food!!!), and I have very little endurance and have never been very successful exercising. It just seems like looking better and being healthy is an unattainable goal.

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Not sure if this is more of a rant/vent than a FFFC, but I do feel hypocritical for telling people that it will be just fine and they shouldn't worry, but turning around and obsessing like I am!

MrMrsandBaby · November 2014

@Emerald27‌ I gave you a love it out of solidarity. I feel the same about my weight...with basically the same numbers. Sorry you feel that way :-(

cmac6186 · November 2014

Emerald- I hear you on the weight thing.

FFFC- DD isn't quite back to birthweight but after 18hrs of cluster feeding overnight and yesterday and no naps- I didn't set a 3hr alarm last night and she slept in 4hr chunks for the first time. 1 hr extra isn't terrible, right???

Emerald27 · November 2014

@crawford411‌ It's so great that Sunny has a little of grandpa. I'm sure he loves it too! Whether it's skin color or his nose doesn't matter. It's just nice to see features of ourselves in our little ones!

victoria+james · November 2014

FFFC: I had the biggest ever internal smile yesterday when Mason would scream his head off whenever DH held him and would instantly stop when handed to me. Made me feel so loved :x

lrobi13 · November 2014

FFFC : I am so happy now that I had gestational diabetes. .. It was so freaking hard to follow the diet and read about everyone eating all the food (which I have been eating since delivery ) but it made me have way less to lose pp.

Also, you can add me to the post it about calling my baby names. I love that kid but sometimes there is no pleasing him.

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

pnwlover12 said:
Oh jesus. babies are assholes. Doesn't mean we love them any less.

Post it away.

Right? And I should note that I use vulgarity for humor more than anger. I especially use "bitch" as a term of endearment. I realize this must stop soon, so I'm trying to get all the cusses out now. Nothing wrong with a good "bitch, please."

Also, she rocks:
https://www.chicagonow.com/baby-sideburns/

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

My FFFC is that I don't want to tell anyone I'm not breastfeeding. They will assume I didn't try hard enough, and I'm sick of the shaming. I tried very, very hard. Many tears. And the fact that I still have milk seems like a punishment.

rosalie12 · November 2014

@SPurp13‌ People can be so judgmental, but it's really none of their business. You are an amazing mom and are doing everything to meet your lo's needs. Just tell them where to shove it.

AppleGrapeMSTK · November 2014

Another FFFC: I watched Jaws and Jurrasic park with my toddler, even though he said he was scared a couple times, because they are my favorite movies and I am selfish. We talked about how sharks eat fishes and how dinosaurs are really big, and all the people in the movies are playing a game of pretend, but I know that doesn't make it any better.

MrsL2B · November 2014

Breastfeeding doesn't make me feel any special bond with my baby.

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

meagpt22 said:

@SPurp13‌ you did the best that you can and that's all that matters, plus you are feeding the baby isn't that the goal? when ppl ask if I'm nursing I feel a need to give a long explanation justifying my decision. Which I think is more out of my own guilt than anything else. The baby's pediatrician wants me to see a lac consultant and frankly I don't want to..I had 4 visits in hospital and want to stop putting pressure on my self and the baby.

I'm the same. When I say I'm feeding formula, I feel like I have to go into everything, from "I had a c section and couldn't even hold her, let alone do skin-to-skin for at least 2 weeks," to the fact that I pumped every hour, tried power pumping, fed her for hours at a time, did weighed feedings where she was only getting 1/2 an ounce out of both breasts, tried SNS feeding, took fenugreek, drank beer, took milk thistle, drank milkmaid tea, and ate oatmeal and lactation cookies until I was sick of them. All while seeing and speaking to a LC at least x a week, and seeking help from LLL. Oh, and while I was horribly depressed and in more pain than I've ever been in my life.

I did not like my daughter during the first 2.5 weeks of her life because of all of the above. I love her so much more now, and I'm still depressed sometimes (normally at night), but I no longer think I made a mistake by having her, or fantasize about leaving because I can't possibly be a good mother to her. I wonder if just having the depression lifted would have made a difference--if I tried now, could I relactate? But I think in the end, it would be nearly impossible, and it would only set me back again mentally.

Would I try again if I had another baby? Absolutely. I know more now than I did. I would demand to do skin-to-skin, even if that meant my husband would hold her against my chest for hours in the hospital. I would nurse more frequently (they said every 3 hours, so that's what we did, but I think I would push for every 2 unless she got fussy--I didn't understand hunger cues in the hospital) in the hospital and early weeks. I would pump immediately in the hospital.

And the above makes me sad, because the second baby will get more benefit than my first, but. It's too late.

MrsSinner402 · November 2014

AppleGrapeMSTK said:
Another FFFC: I watched Jaws and Jurrasic park with my toddler, even though he said he was scared a couple times, because they are my favorite movies and I am selfish. We talked about how sharks eat fishes and how dinosaurs are really big, and all the people in the movies are playing a game of pretend, but I know that doesn't make it any better.

I grew up on horror movies!

My brothers are 5 and 10 years older than me so I saw them all. I was never really scared. But I'm also a special snowflake.

No judgement here!

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

I can't help but think everything is wrong with my LO and I keep thinking it may be healthier for me to return to work and DH to stay home through February. =((

CNJ4EVA · November 2014

I always gift a bottle of wine when having dinner at someone's home. A gift that should be theirs to open when they please, right? Well I'm always hoping and expecting that they'll open it during my visit and share. If they don't, I throw a major internal bitchfit tantrum. The epitome of maturity and class right here.

MrsTinMKE · November 2014

I tell myself every day I need to vacuum our second story - only floor with carpet. I havn't vacuumed or cleaned the bathrooms since DD was born almost 4 weeks ago! I have a lot to do this weekend. I still do everything else, dishes, laundry etc. I just feel like I am past the point of being allowed to give no fucks.

MrMrsandBaby · November 2014

FamousEa said:
For @MrMrsandBaby‌

I have no idea what this is.

AppleGrapeMSTK · November 2014

@mrssinner402 He likes dinosaurs and sharks a lot, so after a while he would ask me to bring the dinosaurs back when it would hit a commercial break. Or maybe he is just desensitize because he also watch The Walking Dead... :-\"

MrMrsandBaby · November 2014

FamousEa said:

MrMrsandBaby said:

FamousEa said:
For @MrMrsandBaby‌
I have no idea what this is.
Just a dancing gif since it's Friday and you asked for a gif

I was all like "who is the crazy chick in white pants?" I'm really behind on pop culture and thought I missed something!

MrsSinner402 · November 2014

Nicb13 said:
Maybe it's hormones but my confession is that sometimes I think I made a mistake having another kid. I think about how easy our lives were with just the toddler, and all the freedom we had and I miss those times. I'm sure I'll get over this but still....

I've been there too, except with just one baby obviously. There are nights when I say I dont wanna do this anymore. But then morning comes. And I see her sweet face just staring up at me. And I can't imagine life without her. Hang in there chickie. Maybe once the "newborn" phase passes, so will your feelings. Also, I haven't given you our love chicken in a long time. So.... ~:>

hgielrebmik · November 2014

AppleGrapeMSTK said:
@mrssinner402 He likes dinosaurs and sharks a lot, so after a while he would ask me to bring the dinosaurs back when it would hit a commercial break. Or maybe he is just desensitize because he also watch The Walking Dead... :-\"

Does the Walking Dead not give him nightmares? I have to read the synopsis before I can watch it because it freaks me out so much.

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

Nicb13 said:

Maybe it's hormones but my confession is that sometimes I think I made a mistake having another kid. I think about how easy our lives were with just the toddler, and all the freedom we had and I miss those times. I'm sure I'll get over this but still....

I can relate in a way - I feel that way often about having one. I am sure it will pass, but it is unnerving and guilt provoking at times.

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

FFFC: I think I'm too stupid to understand this Becco baby carrier. I mostly get it, but I have these extra straps hanging around that I don't know what to do with.

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

MrsTinMKE said:

I tell myself every day I need to vacuum our second story - only floor with carpet. I havn't vacuumed or cleaned the bathrooms since DD was born almost 4 weeks ago! I have a lot to do this weekend. I still do everything else, dishes, laundry etc. I just feel like I am past the point of being allowed to give no fucks.

SAME.

AppleGrapeMSTK · November 2014

hgielrebmik said:

AppleGrapeMSTK said:
@mrssinner402 He likes dinosaurs and sharks a lot, so after a while he would ask me to bring the dinosaurs back when it would hit a commercial break. Or maybe he is just desensitize because he also watch The Walking Dead... :-\"

Does the Walking Dead not give him nightmares? I have to read the synopsis before I can watch it because it freaks me out so much.

It hasn't this far, but he has only recently been able to demonstrate that he is aware of what he sees in the TV. The moment it gives him a nightmare, I am going to feel like the worst mommy ever.

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

golfingdarwinfish said:

Nicb13 said:

Maybe it's hormones but my confession is that sometimes I think I made a mistake having another kid. I think about how easy our lives were with just the toddler, and all the freedom we had and I miss those times. I'm sure I'll get over this but still....

I can relate in a way - I feel that way often about having one. I am sure it will pass, but it is unnerving and guilt provoking at times.

SAME AGAIN.

I look at my husband with her, and I know it was no mistake. But then when I'm with her, I'm like "WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING?" I'm so, so lucky that (i think) she's a good baby. She sleeps well, eats well. Doesn't scream for no reason. I mean, she's 3 weeks old, so that can all change. But twice in a row she's let me walk on the treadmill just sitting in her seat. I'm sure today that will not happen, since I said it.

I kept saying "WHY did we do this, WHY?" in the midst of the worst of the depression (first 2 weeks), and my husband was holding her, and he just looked up, with tears in his eyes, and said "SHE is why we did this." And that snapped me right the fuck out of it. He's been in love with her since he first saw her. I still have moments where I'm like "I wish I could run a half marathon next weekend and just do what I want," but I love her more every day.

I'm really bratty and used to getting my own way (only child). This is a hard transition for me, and I acknowledge it.

MuffinMom14 · November 2014

knittymeggy said:

@spurp13 It is nobody's business how you feed your child, tell them to get bent. FWIW I formula fed DD for no other reason then I was terrified to breastfeed back then, and told everyone off.

Also, have you read the book Karen Alpert wrote, it is funny as hell!

No, but I have read her blog front to back!

victoria+james · November 2014

@Cantisa‌ - FTM here, but they feel different. Lesd crinkly and more spongy. I'd say just start feeling up the diapers throughout the day to start getting used to how they are wet and dry.

MrsSinner402 · November 2014

golfingdarwinfish said:
I can't help but think everything is wrong with my LO and I keep thinking it may be healthier for me to return to work and DH to stay home through February. =((

I'm sorry you feel this way!

>:D<

bumpuser10309732 · November 2014

pnwlover12 said:

Oh jesus. babies are assholes. Doesn't mean we love them any less. Post it away.

This. Newborns are hard and if that's how you vent no judgey pants here. Plus it's hilarious when purp is like "this bitch" I always crack up. It's exactly what I'm thinking sometimes! It's not like she's 5 and I go ugh you're such an asshole!

lrobi13 · November 2014

FFFC. ..today all the posts in this thread are giving me the feels and I'm getting all teary eyed. I'm so freaking glad I found 014!!!

I would be less mental able to handle all this without knowing I'm not in the alone!

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