Friday Randoms

wildflower75 · November 2014

SarahHeck said:

@wildflower75‌ good to see you on here again! Your baby girl's pictures are gorgeous! You have an awesome photographer!

Thank you!! I'm dying to do about 3 more photo shoots, one with both girls and another with the whole family!

SarahHeck · November 2014

Ugh, @bethas‌ that sucks! Cars can be such a pain. Good thing your DH could rescue you guys. Hope you get it back quick and doesn't cost too much!

schrijiver · November 2014

(((Hugs))) @bethas‌ that sucks! I hope they come quickly!

I'm on my own for the first time since Connor was born. My parents went home. They will be back to get Connor and I to take us home for Thanksgiving.

My mom laid out W when he came over last night to see LO. Finally let him know how pissed she was about all the bullshit he pulled during my labor (he let his dad in the room while I was laboring when I said I didn't want visitors, he left when they broke my water and didn't get my mom like I asked so I was by myself and in pain for the whole process, yelled at me for holding the baby and not as sleeping bc then I wouldn't be able to visit with his dad again the next day without being tired).

He came to me pouting and I said he's lucky all she did was tell him he was an asshole. He's lucky that I or my parents haven't punched the shit out of him after all he has put me through.

I'm already in a bad place with PPD. I can't get out of this hole and deal with all this. It's going to be a long road to get back to a good place and get rid of all the negative in my life right now.

NunyaBennis · November 2014

bethas said:
FML. My car just died on a highway exit ramp. No power, on my way to get DS2 from daycare with a screaming 2-week-old in the car. DH had to come from work and pick up D to get DS2, and now I am waiting in the cold for AAA to tow me across the street to the car dealership!

Nooooo! Bundle up & good luck!

MissN06 · November 2014

@bethas glad your DH was able to come help you out and take care of the kids.

@shrijiver I'm glad your mom stood up for you and said something.

Hope all of you with breast feeding issues that they will be short lived and you guys will have smooth sailing.

Glad to see so many babies getting healthy and doing so well.

We did family photos, newborn photos, and then also did some pictures of DD in her baptism gown. I'm in love with the baptism gown photos, the gown is made out of my grandmother's wedding dress and veil (DD is the 3rd generation to wear the gown). She's also laying on the afghan my grandmother crocheted for her. The pregnancy hormones have me all weepy about these things coming together in the photo. My grandmother has been having heart issues and we are waiting to see if she'll be able to fly home in Dec. for DD's baptism and my cousin's wedding, so I'm feeling extra emotional about the photos.

smboswell1 · November 2014

bethas said:
FML. My car just died on a highway exit ramp. No power, on my way to get DS2 from daycare with a screaming 2-week-old in the car. DH had to come from work and pick up D to get DS2, and now I am waiting in the cold for AAA to tow me across the street to the car dealership!

Ugh. Hugs!

snarkylibrarian · November 2014

@joshua+rebecca11 and @NunyaBennis Thanks for the support! My brother did end up going back home, but my DH took him and she has promised to leave for the weekend. He will wait until she does before leaving my brother behind. My brother has a friend he can stay with next week, so hopefully he sticks to that plan! Of course, he'll have to do it when he's ready and that might not be this time.

smboswell1 · November 2014

Anyone else's LO have a pimple this bad? Idk what to do with it!

oklahomamom09 · November 2014

ClrkKntismyAE said:
This evening I stopped at a fast food place to nurse DS. I bought DD some fries to bribe her to stay still and we sat down. An older man walked by and she smiled at him and told him hi.

A little while later he walked up to our table and apologized for being bold. He told me that my children were beautiful and pulled out a was of cash. I started protesting and he shushes me, put the money in DS's car seat, and left.

There was a hundred dollars. Some kind stranger told me my children were beautiful, gave me a hundred dollars, and walked out before I could really thank him. I start crying again when ever I think about it...

It's awesome there are still good people left in this world (:

smboswell1 · November 2014

ClrkKntismyAE said:
This evening I stopped at a fast food place to nurse DS. I bought DD some fries to bribe her to stay still and we sat down. An older man walked by and she smiled at him and told him hi.

A little while later he walked up to our table and apologized for being bold. He told me that my children were beautiful and pulled out a was of cash. I started protesting and he shushes me, put the money in DS's car seat, and left.

There was a hundred dollars. Some kind stranger told me my children were beautiful, gave me a hundred dollars, and walked out before I could really thank him. I start crying again when ever I think about it...

So incredible!

lizgrace03 · November 2014

Hugs to everyone having issues esp the mastitis- yuck!! @ClrkKntismyAE‌ that is an awesome story!!

I think I've been really overdoing it lately. I'm not really treating maternity leave as leave- instead I've been making to do lists, shopping like it's going out of style, walking with DS in the stroller an hour per day, hosting visitors, checking email... Etc. I think it's an elaborate coping mechanism for being a nervous FTM. Add more stress haha!

Anyway it finally caught up with me tonight. I cried and DH was like you have to relax more!! I'm going to try next week...

I haven't yet left DH and DS alone together. That's an additional stress. (DH had to go back to work after only a week, three days of which were spent in the hospital). I want to get a mani/pedi this weekend and will have to leave them... Hopefully it goes ok!

oklahomamom09 · November 2014

clarasmomma said:
Pregnancy rage is no joke. I just about threw my laptop into the wall because I couldn't figure out how to cite a document for my paper, the cat that always sneaks in and pees on my carpet was testing my patience and I was real close to kicking her across the room, and now I can't get out of my shitty mood. Maybe this stress will either give me a heart attack or push me into labor. Lol. Really though...someone else share a pregnancy rage story so I don't feel so alone.

Everything has been aggravating me. Laundry. Cooking. Not being able to sleep. Cramps. Christmas shopping. FI's friends. Nothing being on tv. I feel ya girl. I'm ready for pregnancy to be over.

snarkylibrarian · November 2014

@AeandJb‌ Even though the police have responded to over a dozen of these incidents over the last few years, he never wants to press charges.

snarkylibrarian · November 2014

Re: pregnancy rage: I cussed someone out on the bus and then the whole rest of the bus. No one would give up a seat for me, even after I asked and then a guy standing next to me asked me if I could move over a little bit because I was taking up a lot of room. "Do you think I really can take up any less f*cking room? I am 9 months pregnant. And the rest of you are a**holes for refusing to give up your seat. This sh*t is f*cking ridiculous!" Then the bus driver told me to calm down and someone finally gave me a seat.

I kind of felt embarrassed afterwards but whatever. Someone should have looked up from their smartphone, acknowledged me and gave me a seat.

smboswell1 · November 2014

Becks bump is def infected. Is there anything I can do now? I'm calling the ped in the morning.

Snuffy007 · November 2014

@smboswell1‌ Maybe use a warm wet compress? That's the most gentle thing I know to do with regular zits without popping them. Not sure if it would work the same in this case though. Hope the Dr has some good advice in the morning! The only other thing I would add is to watch the red area, if it spreads (particularly closer to his eye) I would call a nurse hotline if you have access to one.

songbirdsinging55 · November 2014

ClrkKntismyAE said:
This evening I stopped at a fast food place to nurse DS. I bought DD some fries to bribe her to stay still and we sat down. An older man walked by and she smiled at him and told him hi.

A little while later he walked up to our table and apologized for being bold. He told me that my children were beautiful and pulled out a was of cash. I started protesting and he shushes me, put the money in DS's car seat, and left.

There was a hundred dollars. Some kind stranger told me my children were beautiful, gave me a hundred dollars, and walked out before I could really thank him. I start crying again when ever I think about it...

Amazing!

theMadRadishes · November 2014

@snarkylibrarian‌ yay!!!!

Maelara · November 2014

I'm not pregnant anymore but when I was I yelled at some women at the mall towards the end. It was Halloween and our mall does a trick or treating thing. It's a fucking zoo but I took N anyway. Anywho, two women in strollers decided to V into me and run me down. I yelled at them 'Yes, let's hit the pregnant lady!!' Really loudly. I hope I embarrassed them. Jerks.

ETA - that was my pregnancy rage story.

Ineedmorecoffee · November 2014

I'm in labor! I've been at the hospital for about 3 hours now. I'm 6cm and contractions are about every 3 min. Hopefully everything progresses smoothly!