Argh!! I'm getting a haircut tonight so DH will have all 3 kids. LO always needs but never takes an evening nap so I'm letting her sleep on me to make things easier for him tonight. The two big kids are bored and I can't get up and entertain them and they're driving me CRAZY. This is also the time when I would be cleaning up the house and it's a huge mess but instead I'm under a baby on the couch whisper-yelling at my kids.
I just had two openings for sex dreams and I shot both guys down. Lord you know your libido is on a vacation when even (possible) sex dreams are disappointing. I'm just so exhausted. I need to just bite the bullet and do something....anything really. Poor husband.
^^^ I was just thinking yesterday how I view my breasts now as mechanical instead of sexy. I mean, I guess one could consider them sexy if you consider a toaster sexy. And poor DH is pretty turned on by my being a mom and bfing... We're so far apart on the sex thing and I feel pretty bad about it. When he is gone I keep thinking to myself that I have to suck it up and break him off a piece, but then when he is home I'm just so grateful to have someone to share the burden of LO with all I can think about is napping and washing my hair and taking a mental break. Sex is too much like work right now...
^^^ I was just thinking yesterday how I view my breasts now as mechanical instead of sexy. I mean, I guess one could consider them sexy if you consider a toaster sexy. And poor DH is pretty turned on by my being a mom and bfing... We're so far apart on the sex thing and I feel pretty bad about it. When he is gone I keep thinking to myself that I have to suck it up and break him off a piece, but then when he is home I'm just so grateful to have someone to share the burden of LO with all I can think about is napping and washing my hair and taking a mental break. Sex is too much like work right now...
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Agreed, sex is not something I'm interested in right now and I feel so guilty about it. Today's DH's birthday so I'm probably going to just deal with it tonight but I wish I wasn't so uninterested in it right now...But leaky boobs and belly flab don't exactly make me feel sexy.
Does anyone use the Cloud baby monitor app in lieu of an actual baby monitor? We don't have one and we're thinking about using the app with an iPod instead. Just curious if anyone else tried it.
LO is obsessed with watching tv. She's currently doing tummy time talking to New Girl. I'm the worst.
LO loves cartoons, which she learned during daddy's paternity leave. I didn't know this, because I tried tv when I was home and she hated it. Turns out she just hates Judge Judy. True story.
I've started planning the kids' Halloween costumes. I think I have them both figured out and I Can. Not. Wait. for someone to start a Halloween thread and see all the Littles dressed up!
@Kbchavez23 have you tried using a bib/bandana for the excess drool? My l/o has excessive drool so I bought these cute bandana bibs at Target. Just a thought. Hopefully she heals quickly!
Ok, I stink. Like literally smell after giving birth. I've never been a sweater, but I feel like my deodorant isn't cutting it these days. Maybe it's the hormones. Anyone else? Has anything worked for you?
Ok, I stink. Like literally smell after giving birth. I've never been a sweater, but I feel like my deodorant isn't cutting it these days. Maybe it's the hormones. Anyone else? Has anything worked for you?
Oh yes. I feel like I smell like BO all the time. I think it is the hormones. I don't have any advice, but you are not alone!
I got your batshit crazy right here and DH is almost worse than me. I mean rice=poison, jarred baby food=nothing but preservatives, soap and shampoo=ruined skin for life and you better not wipe my baby with those soapy perfume filled baby wipes! Maybe I take it overboard...sometimes.
I've started planning the kids' Halloween costumes. I think I have them both figured out and I Can. Not. Wait. for someone to start a Halloween thread and see all the Littles dressed up!
I am excited too! We already have a costume for lo that goes with dh's and my costumes from last year. What are everyone's plans though? I feel a little weird about taking a 4 month old trick or treating since obviously he won't be eating any candy I was thinking maybe boo at the zoo...
It's okay to eat honey while breastfeeding, right? I know babies aren't supposed to eat it. I just thought about it as I'm eating it in my Greek yogurt.
I've started planning the kids' Halloween costumes. I think I have them both figured out and I Can. Not. Wait. for someone to start a Halloween thread and see all the Littles dressed up!
I am excited too! We already have a costume for lo that goes with dh's and my costumes from last year. What are everyone's plans though? I feel a little weird about taking a 4 month old trick or treating since obviously he won't be eating any candy I was thinking maybe boo at the zoo...
I'm excited also! I have no idea what to do tho. We're in a small town so there isn't much going on. The YMCA does a Halloween thing for kids, but what is a 4m old or us going to get out of that? I guess if we were invited to a Halloween party (a family party) we could do that. If its not balls cold out (last Halloween it was already below freezing at 28° F) we could just all hang out outside and do a cold weather BBQ and fire pit type thing in costume... :-??
Edited - it looked like I meant 28° BELOW, I just meant plain ol' 28° and had to re-word
I already have all 3 costumes! I'm cheap and buy secondhand so I started looking as soon as they showed up in stores.
I am having Feelings today. I feel like I need to make some mom friends (or let's be honest, friends in general) for the sake of my four year old and myself. I'm antisocial, DH is antisocial, all of our parents are antisocial... but I want my 4yo to have friends. And, weirdly, this place has made me appreciate the value of women going through the same thing as me. SO. I applied for the local moms meetup group so we'll if I get approved and then if I get the courage to go to one and the if I get the courage to talk to actual human grownups. I swear I'm not totally pathetic I just have weird making-friends anxiety. There is a reason I'm a serial message board member.
It's okay to eat honey while breastfeeding, right? I know babies aren't supposed to eat it. I just thought about it as I'm eating it in my Greek yogurt.
@ChardeeMacDennis making mom friends is really hard and no one talks about it. Go to that moms group! Everyone is there for the same reason. YOU CAN DO IT!!!
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
Unrelatedly, I breastfed 2 babies without drinking a drop of alcohol. Now with baby #3 I read the Bump and you guys have driven me to drink. I mentioned you ladies drink so DH got me some hard root beer. I think he just wants to lower my inhibitions.
Unrelatedly, I breastfed 2 babies without drinking a drop of alcohol. Now with baby #3 I read the Bump and you guys have driven me to drink. I mentioned you ladies drink so DH got me some hard root beer. I think he just wants to lower my inhibitions.
Whoa! I was just drinking a Not Your Father's as I read this! It's so good, but I get tipsy after half a bottle and I still get a little nervous that LO will wake up and need to be nursed back to sleep. But I've had one every night for the last three nights after I get LO down for the night. It's just good and so nice to be able to drink after 9 months!
@ChardeeMacDennis giiiiiirrrrll I drink every night. Not like I used to but I love the sauce. I made sure my drinking wasn't making her sleep through the night by doing an experiment and she still slept fine so...*clink*
ETA: by drink I mean I have a glass of wine and then after she goes to bed another glass. That post made it sound like I was funneling beers and then feeding her...I live by the ok to drive ok to feed rule.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
Ok, I stink. Like literally smell after giving birth. I've never been a sweater, but I feel like my deodorant isn't cutting it these days. Maybe it's the hormones. Anyone else? Has anything worked for you?
Oh yes. I feel like I smell like BO all the time. I think it is the hormones. I don't have any advice, but you are not alone!
OMG me too! I meant to post about it, but yeah, I smell like BO all the time... What is that?!
^^me too with the extra sweat and bo, except for when I drink that mother's milk tea, then I smell like maple syrup (which then makes me want waffles, haha) Edited b/c spelling
^^ I'm sooooo glad to know it's just not me. Had to be the hormones. This whole having a baby thing is a beautiful experience, right? All kidding aside, I LOVE my LO, but gotta get this BO thing under control. Witch hazel and extra strength deodorant, here I come.
@ChardeeMacDennis giiiiiirrrrll I drink every night. Not like I used to but I love the sauce. I made sure my drinking wasn't making her sleep through the night by doing an experiment and she still slept fine so...*clink*
ETA: by drink I mean I have a glass of wine and then after she goes to bed another glass. That post made it sound like I was funneling beers and then feeding her...I live by the ok to drive ok to feed rule.
Yup. A beer with dinner and another after the last feed of the night. Also a follower of the OK to drive OK to feed rule
^^ mine does the same thing. One of the show me a baby ques was show me a baby with their favorite toy. I just don't know how to take a picture with her and the ceiling fan lol. She also loves the air conditoning vent. I'm gonna chalk it up to movement (the fan) and the visual contrast of light hitting the vent. Or my kids just weird. Which I'm ok with too.
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And my lo is mesmerized by the big shiny box too :-S
Edited - it looked like I meant 28° BELOW, I just meant plain ol' 28° and had to re-word
I am having Feelings today. I feel like I need to make some mom friends (or let's be honest, friends in general) for the sake of my four year old and myself. I'm antisocial, DH is antisocial, all of our parents are antisocial... but I want my 4yo to have friends. And, weirdly, this place has made me appreciate the value of women going through the same thing as me. SO. I applied for the local moms meetup group so we'll if I get approved and then if I get the courage to go to one and the if I get the courage to talk to actual human grownups. I swear I'm not totally pathetic I just have weird making-friends anxiety. There is a reason I'm a serial message board member.
Sorry, :-@ .
Unrelatedly, I breastfed 2 babies without drinking a drop of alcohol. Now with baby #3 I read the Bump and you guys have driven me to drink. I mentioned you ladies drink so DH got me some hard root beer. I think he just wants to lower my inhibitions.
ETA: by drink I mean I have a glass of wine and then after she goes to bed another glass. That post made it sound like I was funneling beers and then feeding her...I live by the ok to drive ok to feed rule.
Edited b/c spelling