Monday morning bitchfest

Kermode61581 · December 2014

Let's see if we can get this board going

Both of my children seem to have forgotten how to sleep. LO is dropping much needed naps, waking up at least 3 times a night (for long periods of time) and waking up super early. DD#1 who was always my excellent sleeper has been waking up in the middle of the night and either staying up or falling asleep at the crack of dawn. All these things lead to miserable, cranky children and an exhausted mummy.

juliagulia38 · December 2014

Sorry @Kermode61581‌!
LO won't sleep in her crib. A couple weeks ago we went out of town and we had the pack n play. She wouldn't sleep in it, so we brought her in bed with us. Biggest mistake ever! She cries every time you put her down now. At night she goes down okay, but I'll wake up in the middle of the night and I bring her in my bed because I'm tired. That stops tonight. I want my bed back!

juliagulia38 · December 2014

Also it's really sad no one is here now. I want to see pics of all the adorable babies on their birthdays!

KMKaiser07 · December 2014

We are having LOs party on Saturday and DH is being so frustrating with the plans. Nothing is done because he kept insisting it was too early so now I am scrambling to pull everything together.

Also DHs extended family is driving me nuts. Everyone brings their computer problems to him and he has been spending all his time fixing his aunts computer and spent no time with us. Then his uncle had the nerve to call and check that it was in fact being worked on (we have had it for 2 weeks). I hate that they expect him to give everything to their computer and drop his time and help with LO and myself.

Eta: one more-DH also knew I need help getting LOs christmas and birthday picture taken for our Christmas card. I have been asking for 2 weeks and he kept blowing it off. Now I'm left doing the job of distracting LO so he will sit still and smile as well as taking the pictures. I also don't know if people will get our card in time now.

KMKaiser07 · December 2014

juliagulia38 said:
Also it's really sad no one is here now. I want to see pics of all the adorable babies on their birthdays!

I'm also really sad about this. I'm not on the fb group so I only get to see the ones I follow on IG.

juliagulia38 · December 2014

KMKaiser07 said:

juliagulia38 said:
Also it's really sad no one is here now. I want to see pics of all the adorable babies on their birthdays!
I'm also really sad about this. I'm not on the fb group so I only get to see the ones I follow on IG.

I'm not on IG. So I see no cute babies

except the few I'm fb friends with. But really today is LO's birthday and I wanted to AW her. Haha

Jen4033 · December 2014

We has DS1's 3rd birthday party this last weekend. I worked my butt off to create a creative, fun, Super Hero party for him. Mostly because I was 9 mo pregnant at his last one & it was a really half-asses thrown together party because of how exhausted I was. It was ended abruptly because my childish mother & H do not get along and cannot act like adults. We still have DS2's 1st birthday party later this month & I will be SUPER pissed if they think they are going to make it an awkward setting for every one. I am sick & tired of being in the middle & them making me need to choose a side or be 'peacemaker.' I just want them to act like adults & keep me out of it!!

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KMKaiser07 · December 2014

juliagulia38 said:

KMKaiser07 said:

juliagulia38 said:
Also it's really sad no one is here now. I want to see pics of all the adorable babies on their birthdays!
I'm also really sad about this. I'm not on the fb group so I only get to see the ones I follow on IG.
I'm not on IG. So I see no cute babies except the few I'm fb friends with. But really today is LO's birthday and I wanted to AW her. Haha

AW away! We need more babies on here! Happy birthday to your LO! Hope you guys get to do something special to celebrate making it through year one

sleepymonkey · December 2014

juliagulia38 said:

Sorry @Kermode61581‌! LO won't sleep in her crib. A couple weeks ago we went out of town and we had the pack n play. She wouldn't sleep in it, so we brought her in bed with us. Biggest mistake ever! She cries every time you put her down now. At night she goes down okay, but I'll wake up in the middle of the night and I bring her in my bed because I'm tired. That stops tonight. I want my bed back!

Happy Birthday to your LO! Feel free to AW your birthday girl here! The bolded has been us for the past month and a half. Julia was always good about sleeping in her crib but then we moved in to our new house and that stopped. She goes in her crib fine at bedtime but if/when she wakes up MOTN, she will not go back down. She falls asleep in our arms but wakes up as soon as we try to put her back in her crib. So she ends up in bed with us. We're going to try to break that habit in a few weeks when I'm off work for a week and a half and can afford to be more sleep deprived than I already am.

juliagulia38 · December 2014

@sleepymonkey‌, yep that's us. Last night I fed her and rocked her. She was out. I go put her in her crib and she woke up immediately. She shares a room with DS, so I can't really let her cry. I brought her to our bed and cuddled her. Then DH put her down and she was fine. Then she woke up and I just brought her in our bed. I have a rocking chair upstairs but clothes are on it. Haha I need to clean it off and try to rock her and put her back. She was STTN too. Finally and now she doesn't. Ugh! I'm frustrated. I'm a grumpy mess when I don't have enough sleep. Haha

juliagulia38 · December 2014

@Jen4033‌. That sucks. I don't always get along with my MIL but DH's aunt gave me some good advice. She said as long as I'm kind and respectful that we don't have to get along or be best friends. So I try really hard to do that now. If I have a issue I talk to DH first and see if he can handle it. He is starting so see how MIL acts, but he has had 27 years to deal with her, I've only had 5. I'm sorry they can't be respectful towards each other. I know sometimes I make DH choose between me and his mom and I try really hard to not do that anymore. He loves his mom and she loves the kids. I just remind myself that.

sleepymonkey · December 2014

My friend has called me 3 times this morning asking me to consider letting her watch LO full time instead of putting her in daycare like we plan to in January. She was recently fired from her very well-paying job and is looking for any way to make money. Sounds like a great idea, right? Wrong! A main contributor to the reason she was fired is because she is addicted to painkillers. She thinks no one knows about the addiction but it is very obvious, not to mention her husband confided in me about it awhile ago. When she was sober, I would've seriously considered it but there is no way in hell I would trust her alone with my child, even for a few minutes. I'm trying to come up with an excuse but I have a feeling she is not going to give up.

juliagulia38 · December 2014

sleepymonkey said:
My friend has called me 3 times this morning asking me to consider letting her watch LO full time instead of putting her in daycare like we plan to in January. She was recently fired from her very well-paying job and is looking for any way to make money. Sounds like a great idea, right? Wrong! A main contributor to the reason she was fired is because she is addicted to painkillers. She thinks no one knows about the addiction but it is very obvious, not to mention her husband confided in me about it awhile ago. When she was sober, I would've seriously considered it but there is no way in hell I would trust her alone with my child, even for a few minutes. I'm trying to come up with an excuse but is not giving up.

Tell her the truth? How close are you? Maybe it would be good for her to have someone to talk about it with.

Jen4033 · December 2014

juliagulia38 said:

@Jen4033‌. That sucks. I don't always get along with my MIL but DH's aunt gave me some good advice. She said as long as I'm kind and respectful that we don't have to get along or be best friends. So I try really hard to do that now. If I have a issue I talk to DH first and see if he can handle it. He is starting so see how MIL acts, but he has had 27 years to deal with her, I've only had 5. I'm sorry they can't be respectful towards each other. I know sometimes I make DH choose between me and his mom and I try really hard to not do that anymore. He loves his mom and she loves the kids. I just remind myself that.

Thanks @juliagulia38. My mom & H are such polar opposites of each other. She is the type with zero boundaries or filters... then is always the victim & starts crying when someone calls her out on something she does or says that they don't like. Never taking responsibility for anything she may have done. At the same time, my H has a short fuse and overreacts to things she says or does sometimes. (so he also kinda has no filters too, when he gets heated.) I think what we really need to impose are some boundaries with her. I've read from other people with similar issues they impose a time limit at family functions too. The more time he is around her, the more irritated he gets.

kaiteygrl · December 2014

@sleepymonkey, that's exactly us too. LO's had a great bedtime sttn routine since August when we sleep trained. Then BAM she learns to walk and she HATES being laid down in the crib and she wakes at about 4:30. She falls back to sleep as soon as I pick her up and I can rock her but as soon as I stand up she starts screaming. I refuse to bring her back into bed. She crawled off the bed one morning when I fell back asleep and I know it's too dangerous to risk. So she ends up crying off and on from 4:30 until about 7am. I feel horrible but I truly feel like she needs to learn how this night time thing works.

I want to see birthday pics of LOs too!

Snoopylovesbelle · December 2014

I have one to add even though it's Wednesday. My bitchy aunt who came up to me in the dining room and put her hand on my arm and said I have a great new diet that you should really try and smiled. I wanted to punch her in the face. She said it's pretty expensive but I should try it...I told her it must be nice to have extra money to burn and smiled.

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Cambury108 · December 2014

@Snoopylovesbelle‌ F that Aunt. That is all!!!!

Jen4033 · December 2014

Snoopylovesbelle said:

I have one to add even though it's Wednesday. My bitchy aunt who came up to me in the dining room and put her hand on my arm and said I have a great new diet that you should really try and smiled. I wanted to punch her in the face. She said it's pretty expensive but I should try it...I told her it must be nice to have extra money to burn and smiled. (

wow... I would have replied with something along the lines of "is it working for you?" F- her.

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