Thanks y'all! I am realizing how common that feeling is. Boobs are so tied up in sexuality that good feelings there can be confusing when it's from not sex. Glad to have your reassurance - guess it wasn't such a confession, and you've helped me get over my weirdness about it!
@virginiaunicorn11 I often get those feelings! Definitely the oxytocin release. I never thought it was weird, I figured it was just a nice reward from nature for being a moo-cow all day.
I know I complain about breastfeeding because of all my issues but I really do enjoy it. If I wasn't having so many issues id be on top of the world. I just thought it would get easier but am still struggling so much. She's getting so cute and interactive when she eats now..she smiles at me with the boob in her mouth and I die. She also talks while she's eating, and strokes my arm or boob and I just get all the feels for her all over again (not that they ever left). I'm hoping the next babe doesn't have any mouth issues because my issues definitely are stemming from her not emptying the breast coupled with oversupply trying to make up for 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.
My l/o is almost 13w / 3mo and I haven't introduced the exercauser to her yet. I don't think she's ready for it yet and I think she would look at it and become overwhelmed.
My l/o is almost 13w / 3mo and I haven't introduced the exercauser to her yet. I don't think she's ready for it yet and I think she would look at it and become overwhelmed.
My l/o is almost 13w / 3mo and I haven't introduced the exercauser to her yet. I don't think she's ready for it yet and I think she would look at it and become overwhelmed.
My l/o is almost 13w / 3mo and I haven't introduced the exercauser to her yet. I don't think she's ready for it yet and I think she would look at it and become overwhelmed.
I don't even have an exersaucer
I don't even know what an exersaucer is!
The order of all this made me burst out laughing! I'm confused and amused
I sometimes miss those days of pregnancy, mainly toward the end when there was more snark on here. So many nights of catty comment entertainment. I watched Mean Girls on TV last night and it brought back so many memories of how hormonal we all were. Now it's all baby snuggles and rainbows on here. Lol. The babies have made us soft!
This adult confessions thread for some reason made me think of all the adult content around LO that will need to be filtered at some point. Namely: my potty mouth, my say-what's-on-my-mind mentality, my Howard Stern obsession, etc. DH assures me it'll be very clear when things things need to be filtered. And selfishly that makes me sort of sad.
This adult confessions thread for some reason made me think of all the adult content around LO that will need to be filtered at some point. Namely: my potty mouth, my say-what's-on-my-mind mentality, my Howard Stern obsession, etc. DH assures me it'll be very clear when things things need to be filtered. And selfishly that makes me sort of sad.
We are there. It starts around 2 1/2. My DS has a full vocabulary of cuss words he knows are bad which he chooses to use at the worst time. Eg in the car with my mom....I had DS a half consumed bottle of the Odwalla green machine (I drank the other half) and I say, "I got you some juice." To which he looks at the bottle half full and says without skipping a beat, "what the fuck?" I tell him don't use that word to which he replies, "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck?" Yeah...we are now a filtered family.
I sometimes miss those days of pregnancy, mainly toward the end when there was more snark on here. So many nights of catty comment entertainment. I watched Mean Girls on TV last night and it brought back so many memories of how hormonal we all were. Now it's all baby snuggles and rainbows on here. Lol. The babies have made us soft!
I sometimes really miss the crazy. The babies have made us soft. Or was it that the hormones made us crazy? Either way...you just couldn't make some of that shit up. We just have to wait until our babies become toddlers and we want to die and I think we will harden up a bit.
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.
This adult confessions thread for some reason made me think of all the adult content around LO that will need to be filtered at some point. Namely: my potty mouth, my say-what's-on-my-mind mentality, my Howard Stern obsession, etc. DH assures me it'll be very clear when things things need to be filtered. And selfishly that makes me sort of sad.
We are there. It starts around 2 1/2. My DS has a full vocabulary of cuss words he knows are bad which he chooses to use at the worst time. Eg in the car with my mom....I had DS a half consumed bottle of the Odwalla green machine (I drank the other half) and I say, "I got you some juice." To which he looks at the bottle half full and says without skipping a beat, "what the fuck?" I tell him don't use that word to which he replies, "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck?" Yeah...we are now a filtered family.
Dying.
ETA ...of laughter, not outrage. Seems like something that could happen here in about 2 years.
I'm glad someone admitted it, the snark was entertaining. Aren't hormones amazing things, haha. I think first we were too exhausted for snark and now the little ones have made us soft.
This adult confessions thread for some reason made me think of all the adult content around LO that will need to be filtered at some point. Namely: my potty mouth, my say-what's-on-my-mind mentality, my Howard Stern obsession, etc. DH assures me it'll be very clear when things things need to be filtered. And selfishly that makes me sort of sad.
We are there. It starts around 2 1/2. My DS has a full vocabulary of cuss words he knows are bad which he chooses to use at the worst time. Eg in the car with my mom....I had DS a half consumed bottle of the Odwalla green machine (I drank the other half) and I say, "I got you some juice." To which he looks at the bottle half full and says without skipping a beat, "what the fuck?" I tell him don't use that word to which he replies, "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck?" Yeah...we are now a filtered family.
I am dying laughing right now. Like, crying on my couch.
That's my favorite juice btw. Looks gross but tastes amazing. I think I said "what the fuck" the first time someone offered it to me, too.
During pregnancy, and even now I read message boards about loss. I did it during pregnancy after a threatened miscarriage in the first trimester, and continued on as a way to prepare myself. I don't know if I somehow thought I didn't deserve a healthy pregnancy or what (I AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT ANY LOSS IS DESERVED IN ANY WAY...NEVER). But I read them and cry. It's really weird.
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.
This adult confessions thread for some reason made me think of all the adult content around LO that will need to be filtered at some point. Namely: my potty mouth, my say-what's-on-my-mind mentality, my Howard Stern obsession, etc. DH assures me it'll be very clear when things things need to be filtered. And selfishly that makes me sort of sad.
We are there. It starts around 2 1/2. My DS has a full vocabulary of cuss words he knows are bad which he chooses to use at the worst time. Eg in the car with my mom....I had DS a half consumed bottle of the Odwalla green machine (I drank the other half) and I say, "I got you some juice." To which he looks at the bottle half full and says without skipping a beat, "what the fuck?" I tell him don't use that word to which he replies, "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck?" Yeah...we are now a filtered family.
This just made me literally lol after a really rough evening. That is hysterical. Thanks for sharing. Now i'm thinking we need a thread for all our STM's, "shit my kids say."
During pregnancy, and even now I read message boards about loss. I did it during pregnancy after a threatened miscarriage in the first trimester, and continued on as a way to prepare myself. I don't know if I somehow thought I didn't deserve a healthy pregnancy or what (I AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT ANY LOSS IS DESERVED IN ANY WAY...NEVER). But I read them and cry. It's really weird.
I do weird stuff like that too. When I see a horrible story about a kid dying I look up their mom and cry about how their life is over. I do think it's a way to prepare for our worst possibly nightmare. During pregnancy I was convinced my baby wasn't coming out alive. Don't know why, she was healthy all the way though, and I continue to have crazy SIDS fears even though I know I do everything possible to avoid it. I think it would be best to stop reading because it just makes me cry and adds to my anxiety, I really don't know what it is that makes me keep doing it.. Masochism I suppose..
This adult confessions thread for some reason made me think of all the adult content around LO that will need to be filtered at some point. Namely: my potty mouth, my say-what's-on-my-mind mentality, my Howard Stern obsession, etc. DH assures me it'll be very clear when things things need to be filtered. And selfishly that makes me sort of sad.
We are there. It starts around 2 1/2. My DS has a full vocabulary of cuss words he knows are bad which he chooses to use at the worst time. Eg in the car with my mom....I had DS a half consumed bottle of the Odwalla green machine (I drank the other half) and I say, "I got you some juice." To which he looks at the bottle half full and says without skipping a beat, "what the fuck?" I tell him don't use that word to which he replies, "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck?" Yeah...we are now a filtered family.
This just made me literally lol after a really rough evening. That is hysterical. Thanks for sharing. Now i'm thinking we need a thread for all our STM's, "shit my kids say."
Lol, our ds just turned 3. About 6 months ago, we were watching a reality show on tv. It was 2 sisters and one said, "you bitch" to the other one. DS looks at the tv and goes up to it, pointing his finger at the woman, and says, "you bitch"! Both dh and I about died trying to hide our laugher from being so shocked. We told him that word was a bad word, and he couldn't use it.
@dancegurl1118@carajeanp37 I do stuff like that, too. Not specifically looking at pregnancy loss, but I tend to seek out stories that I know are going to make me cry or talk about a fear that I have. I don't know why I do it either. I dunno, I guess I feel that by sharing in the stories I'm trying to get an idea of what its like to be them. I'm really big on empathy because I believe it helps you grow... Maybe its rooted in that why I have to read about terrible things happening to people. :-??
I have a confession - I've been cheating on you guys a little bit. I've been lurking a little and posting every now and then in July. Only cause it feels like so many of your babes are way older than mine, with you guys talking about 14 and 15 week olds. I almost rejoiced when I saw someone post on another thread here in June about their 9 week old. As far as I know there are only myself and maybe 3 or 4 other active posters (klkonwi, slr1229, jessheppell, maybe someone else I'm forgetting) right now with babes in my LOs age range. I have to constantly remind myself that your LOs are ahead of mine or I give myself anxiety about my LO not meeting milestones. Like the exersaucer discussion - I don't have one cause I haven't considered buying one cause he's not close to ready to being in one. So anyway, I've been cheating on you. You're first in my heart, tho ❤
I have a confession - I've been cheating on you guys a little bit. I've been lurking a little and posting every now and then in July. Only cause it feels like so many of your babes are way older than mine, with you guys talking about 14 and 15 week olds. I almost rejoiced when I saw someone post on another thread here in June about their 9 week old. As far as I know there are only myself and maybe 3 or 4 other active posters (klkonwi, slr1229, jessheppell, maybe someone else I'm forgetting) right now with babes in my LOs age range. I have to constantly remind myself that your LOs are ahead of mine or I give myself anxiety about my LO not meeting milestones. Like the exersaucer discussion - I don't have one cause I haven't considered buying one cause he's not close to ready to being in one. So anyway, I've been cheating on you. You're first in my heart, tho ❤
Ditto! My LO was born July 3rd so I (mostly) lurk over there. See you on the other side @mellymar
@mellymar Don't feel that way! Milestones are half silly anyway. LO is 14 weeks today and we put together her bouncer thing (I don't think it's an official Exercauser) last week - she hates it and is clearly not ready for it! She is so tiny in the seat and sits sort of slumped over looking at us like WTH guys!?
I know you know this - that you can't always compare milestones anyway - but I was also reading the Exercauser posts wondering for half a second what was wrong with LO.
I have a confession - I've been cheating on you guys a little bit. I've been lurking a little and posting every now and then in July. Only cause it feels like so many of your babes are way older than mine, with you guys talking about 14 and 15 week olds. I almost rejoiced when I saw someone post on another thread here in June about their 9 week old. As far as I know there are only myself and maybe 3 or 4 other active posters (klkonwi, slr1229, jessheppell, maybe someone else I'm forgetting) right now with babes in my LOs age range. I have to constantly remind myself that your LOs are ahead of mine or I give myself anxiety about my LO not meeting milestones. Like the exersaucer discussion - I don't have one cause I haven't considered buying one cause he's not close to ready to being in one. So anyway, I've been cheating on you. You're first in my heart, tho ❤
I lurk and post on May's board sometimes.... They aren't as fun as June though!
Confession........ I roll my eyes at the fit mamas thread...... Everytime I read it. I know it's just because I'm heavy and jealous ! None the less it's my confession and I'm sorry for it everytime I do it!
Confession........ I roll my eyes at the fit mamas thread...... Everytime I read it. I know it's just because I'm heavy and jealous ! None the less it's my confession and I'm sorry for it everytime I do it!
Confession: that and the twins threads are the only ones I never even open!
Eye rolling is the only exercise I get daily
@mellymar I'm stuck myself - with a May 30 baby, I swear I don't fit in anywhere! (Except my snark, which fits exactly right in June!)
I asked our daycare about an exercauser (cuz they have one) and she's like, nope, head support isn't there yet! And I agree. I cannot speak for others but DH and I have a tendency to probably see LO as more advanced than she is! DH is convinced she will be walking at seven months. Riiiight. Because she has strong legs at 3.5 months. I mean, maybe... But my guess is that it's natural for us all to think our babies are more advanced than everyone else's dumb babies! (I don't actually think anyone has a dumb baby of course - adjective added for humorous effect...)
@mellymar my LO is 11 weeks old as of yesterday. I agree that it's stressful to look at the milestones. I always wonder if DD is going to hit them like everyone else's. Just this week she was able to be placed in a bumbo and hold her head up without wobbling. I can't imagine an exersaucer.
I don't open the twin thread, the working mama thread, or the fit mama thread. Just cause I have nothing to contribute. I don't have twins, I'm certainly not fit ) , and I'd like to work but not at my last job so working mamas kinda makes me miss my former jobs.
Glad to know I'm not as alone as I thought! Not so much 'milestones' - I really try not to compare on those, I know two kids born on the same day can progress differently. Even twins, my sisters twins progressed differently. I just notice it more when we're talking about things like weight - a lot of 15 pounders out there. My guy is 10#. But he is also 3-4 weeks behind the 15 pounders. The monthly picture thread. I don't contribute to it because by the time I CAN contribute, the next month's has been out for 2 weeks or more already. Stuff like that.
The side benefit is that all of you go thru stuff and warn me and give me time to prepare
@mellymar That is cheating, and I for one am appalled. ; )
However, I do have one thing to say. Please post your monthly pictures no matter when it happens. I keep up with those threads because I love seeing our babies grow- not because they are all a certain month at the same time!
I have a confession - I've been cheating on you guys a little bit. I've been lurking a little and posting every now and then in July. Only cause it feels like so many of your babes are way older than mine, with you guys talking about 14 and 15 week olds. I almost rejoiced when I saw someone post on another thread here in June about their 9 week old. As far as I know there are only myself and maybe 3 or 4 other active posters (klkonwi, slr1229, jessheppell, maybe someone else I'm forgetting) right now with babes in my LOs age range. I have to constantly remind myself that your LOs are ahead of mine or I give myself anxiety about my LO not meeting milestones. Like the exersaucer discussion - I don't have one cause I haven't considered buying one cause he's not close to ready to being in one. So anyway, I've been cheating on you. You're first in my heart, tho ❤
@mellymar I'm right there with you. LO was born 6/24, so will be twelve weeks on wed.
I have a confession - I've been cheating on you guys a little bit. I've been lurking a little and posting every now and then in July. Only cause it feels like so many of your babes are way older than mine, with you guys talking about 14 and 15 week olds. I almost rejoiced when I saw someone post on another thread here in June about their 9 week old. As far as I know there are only myself and maybe 3 or 4 other active posters (klkonwi, slr1229, jessheppell, maybe someone else I'm forgetting) right now with babes in my LOs age range. I have to constantly remind myself that your LOs are ahead of mine or I give myself anxiety about my LO not meeting milestones. Like the exersaucer discussion - I don't have one cause I haven't considered buying one cause he's not close to ready to being in one. So anyway, I've been cheating on you. You're first in my heart, tho ❤
Ditto! My LO was born July 3rd so I (mostly) lurk over there. See you on the other side @mellymar
Me too! LO was born July 1st. I spent most of my pregnancy in July but once he was born and everyone else in July was still pregnant I came over to June since at least everyone had babies and could relate better. I love hearing from everyone what is in store for us in the next few weeks...
@dancegurl1118@carajeanp37 I do stuff like that, too. Not specifically looking at pregnancy loss, but I tend to seek out stories that I know are going to make me cry or talk about a fear that I have. I don't know why I do it either. I dunno, I guess I feel that by sharing in the stories I'm trying to get an idea of what its like to be them. I'm really big on empathy because I believe it helps you grow... Maybe its rooted in that why I have to read about terrible things happening to people. :-??
I do this but I know why I do it. I have always had this feeling that if I constantly worry about the worse thing happening, it is less likely to happen. I know that doesn't really make sense but I think it is sort of a OCD thing for me.
May 31 baby. I started reading their board... It's a mess but it does make me feel better to see older babies not rolling yet... The 4 month mark is creeping up. I'm torn between tummy time with a prop so he likes it better and tummy time on the plain floor so he has more of a chance to roll. He did it once but he just kind of got off balance and flopped over
Re: FFFC adult edition!
I know I complain about breastfeeding because of all my issues but I really do enjoy it. If I wasn't having so many issues id be on top of the world. I just thought it would get easier but am still struggling so much. She's getting so cute and interactive when she eats now..she smiles at me with the boob in her mouth and I die. She also talks while she's eating, and strokes my arm or boob and I just get all the feels for her all over again (not that they ever left). I'm hoping the next babe doesn't have any mouth issues because my issues definitely are stemming from her not emptying the breast coupled with oversupply trying to make up for it.
ETA ...of laughter, not outrage. Seems like something that could happen here in about 2 years.
That's my favorite juice btw. Looks gross but tastes amazing. I think I said "what the fuck" the first time someone offered it to me, too.
During pregnancy, and even now I read message boards about loss. I did it during pregnancy after a threatened miscarriage in the first trimester, and continued on as a way to prepare myself. I don't know if I somehow thought I didn't deserve a healthy pregnancy or what (I AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT ANY LOSS IS DESERVED IN ANY WAY...NEVER). But I read them and cry. It's really weird.
So anyway, I've been cheating on you. You're first in my heart, tho ❤
I know you know this - that you can't always compare milestones anyway - but I was also reading the Exercauser posts wondering for half a second what was wrong with LO.
I know it's just because I'm heavy and jealous ! None the less it's my confession and I'm sorry for it everytime I do it!
Eye rolling is the only exercise I get daily
@mellymar I'm stuck myself - with a May 30 baby, I swear I don't fit in anywhere! (Except my snark, which fits exactly right in June!)
I asked our daycare about an exercauser (cuz they have one) and she's like, nope, head support isn't there yet! And I agree. I cannot speak for others but DH and I have a tendency to probably see LO as more advanced than she is! DH is convinced she will be walking at seven months. Riiiight. Because she has strong legs at 3.5 months. I mean, maybe... But my guess is that it's natural for us all to think our babies are more advanced than everyone else's dumb babies! (I don't actually think anyone has a dumb baby of course - adjective added for humorous effect...)
Glad to know I'm not as alone as I thought! Not so much 'milestones' - I really try not to compare on those, I know two kids born on the same day can progress differently. Even twins, my sisters twins progressed differently. I just notice it more when we're talking about things like weight - a lot of 15 pounders out there. My guy is 10#. But he is also 3-4 weeks behind the 15 pounders. The monthly picture thread. I don't contribute to it because by the time I CAN contribute, the next month's has been out for 2 weeks or more already. Stuff like that.
The side benefit is that all of you go thru stuff and warn me and give me time to prepare
I read somewhere, "Comparison is the thief of joy."
So I read, occasionally I worry we're not progressing, then I keep on scrolling. We'll get there.
However, I do have one thing to say. Please post your monthly pictures no matter when it happens. I keep up with those threads because I love seeing our babies grow- not because they are all a certain month at the same time!