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Holiday Vents

midge519midge519 member
in October 2015 Moms
Let's hear them! I'm sure we all need a place to vent.
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Re: Holiday Vents

  • midge519midge519 member
    I'll start, I have a couple.

    Family...someone in my family text me sad they don't get to see me today. I feel bad but I need my holiday family time with my family. This cousin I love dearly and would love to see more but he works a lot.

    People. One of SO's employees has some crap going on. Long story short he cheated got caught and now doesn't have either girl. He's now saying he's quitting so SO is going to have to work this weekend instead of spending the holiday weekend with our family :-(
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  • mak1020mak1020 member
    Its so hot here( I am in Philadelphia) we have the ac on in the house. Poor LO runs hot to begin with and I have a cranky baby... I feel so bad for him.. It doesn't even feel like Christmas bc of the wacky weather!
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  • jasminelukejasmineluke member
    Oh gosh thank you for this post!
    We just left in laws where baby cried all evening ... No fun. Eveyone was having fun and we were placating LO upstairs
    Now driving (during her usual bedtime) to my parents where shit will for sure hit the fan! My parents are abnormal and annoying posssive over my baby and think they know better! And top it all off DH hate hate hates my mother and they do not get along. This is all a recipe for disaster and I'm so dreading it. I don't know whether to pray or drink on my way there!
    I'm already thinking of excuses for us to leave our stay early (will piss off my parents but eventually better for LO and my sanity)
    UGH - this does not feel like Christmas.
    Also I'm already fighting with DH to please not fight with my mom but he's already going there moody and they tend to instigate each other.
    Just bah!
    Can't wait for holidays to be over (makes me sad cuz I love the holidays usually!)
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  • midge519midge519 member
    @mak1020 I live near Hershey and same here! Well we just took out our ac's but we ended up stripping LO to his diaper since he got super hot with the fleece footies he had on. 
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  • midge519midge519 member
    @jasmineluke I hope it goes as well as possible! Use cranky baby and needing sleep as an excuse! My family is mad I didn't go today but for the first time living in the area I grew up in that I got to just enjoy the day!
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  • KristynLee15KristynLee15 member
    Im near Boston...hit 70 degrees today. Absolutely insane!
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  • momma2charmomma2char member
    edited December 2015
    Only vent for me is that we were in such a rush to go to my in-laws this morning that I only took one sip out of my coffee before leaving and Tim Hortons was closed.. Then my in-laws didn't want to give me caffeinated coffee because I'm breastfeeding! It passes through in such minimal amounts that it has no effect on baby, but they won't listen. Pssshhhh give me my caffeine people! So not cool. I snuck off during gift opening. I need my caffeine.
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  • FatPonyFatPony member
    My baby developed acid reflux today. He's 12 weeks old and has never had a tummy issue. Because it was Xmas, no stores were open (small town), so I couldn't try a different formula. I hope to god the store is open tomorrow. So I'm stressed to the max. Worst holidays ever.
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  • babykitcatbabykitcat member
    We have 4 different family events over 4 days (we are 3/4 today) I'm quite enjoying getting out of the house and not having to cook or clean a thing (normally I'm a helper but this year no one wants my help!)! However I could use a 6 hour nap followed by a 12 hour nights rest. I think I'm just going to go for it and sleep at DHs mothers house right away.

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  • trishee13trishee13 member
    @KristynLee15 where are you located? I'm in Methuen like 30 min from Boston.
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  • clairesmommabearclairesmommabear member
    My mother is driving me insane. My brother and his wife had their LO 5 days after I had DS. My mom hasn't seen their son since she visited them at the hospital and keeps complaining to me about it. She didn't invite them in advance to Thanksgiving, and then got upset when they didn't come when she gave them one days notice. Well she did the same thing for Christmas, even though my brother told her that he needed a minimum of two weeks notice if he is going to be able to make it. My mother made the date for Christmas at Thanksgiving dinner, so its not like she hadn't decided. She just didn't take the time to tell my brother. Now she's mad at me because I got to spend time with him at a mutual friends party and he didn't show for our family's party. I told her she needs to make the effort to tell him if she wants him to come. And if she wants to see the baby she needs to talk to him about getting together some time. It's not going to happen any other way, life with a newborn is hectic enough without having to deal with this crap. (More upset for my brother and SIL because if it were me I'd be upset I wasn't getting invited to family gatherings. I was the one who told him about the Christmas party because I didn't realize my mom hadn't.)
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  • KristynLee15KristynLee15 member
    @trishee13 im in nashua nh it was the same temp on christmas eve as it was in the 4th of july this year.
    Definitely keeping a weather print out for LO baby book!
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  • BryDientaBryDienta member
    @KristynLee15 I grew up in Nashua, my parents still live there so I spend lots of time there.  
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  • basdenjn6basdenjn6 member
    edited December 2015
    In laws, nuff said
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  • KristynLee15KristynLee15 member
    I grew up here too!
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  • KLHauck12KLHauck12 member
    I love my family and in laws, so I'm generally very lucky. But I know there will be like bumps in the road with my sister in law. Her daughter is 7 months older than my LO and I can already tell we will be very different moms.
    She has to rock her baby to sleep with a bottle and she has to cover her and have it quiet. I'm trying not to judge that in general because I don't know what LO will be like at that age but I'm hoping I can get her to sleep when drowsy (since I'm able to get pretty close now). My vent is how they handled it over Christmas when we were all together. We were all in the living room watching TV and I was bouncing LO on my knee (it was her alert time and she was cooing and talking). My SIL came in with her baby and sat down to put her to sleep. After a bit, my MIL asked if she was asleep and I glanced over in time to see my SIL say no and shoot a look over to my LO. Right after my MIL came over and said "come take a walk with Nana" and took my LO out of the room. Hmm...no coincidence...I know exactly what that was about. She was saying my LO was keeping hers awake. So why didn't she move?! I was so annoyed! We were all there first...why didn't she go in amother room with her baby! Why do we have to turn the TV way down, whisper, and move my LO to another room....all because she walked in and needed silence to get her to sleep!
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  • chein1chein1 member
    @KLHauck12 That sounds so obnoxious. Like seriously, how is a room full of people conducive to getting a baby to sleep? And then to blame it on an even younger baby? Asshat.
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  • shyfry21shyfry21 member
    My (alcoholic) SIL judged DH & I (but no one else) for having mimosas on Christmas morning. And talked shit about it on FB.
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  • chein1chein1 member
    @shyfry21 Tell her to shove it. I started drinking wine at 10 am. Playing Santa for a two year old after being up with a screaming infant for 6 hours is hard ya'll.
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  • mirandabyrummirandabyrum member
    It's not really a holiday vent, but it's close enough.  I went to the doctors yesterday to get established with a primary physician since I'm done seeing my OB other than yearly check ups.  The nurse is going through a bunch of routine questions...do you exercise, how much, etc.  I already told her I was breastfeeding and supplementing with formula so when she asked if I drank alcohol she followed it up by saying "I guess not since you're breastfeeding".  Excuse me, but you're a nurse and you should know it's still possible to have a glass of wine without screwing up your baby!  I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but it still made me feel weird to have to correct her because I felt like she was judging me a little.  On a side note, I need to pick up some champagne for NYE tonight!
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  • mommav83mommav83 member
    I have a friend like that whose baby is a week older than mine and demands the house be quiet for her lo to sleep. Ours sleeps and we keep the house rocking bc when we were at the hospital the nurse reminded us politely that if you don't make noise you will never get anything done and they will need total silence to sleep (good luck to you if you ever hope to go anywhere). My vent is my mom and her constantly saying I'm spoiling my dd, I am not just bc I'm holding her isn't spoiling her. I adore the cuddles and I waited a long time to be able to have a girl so get off me about it. Ugh. It's dumb.
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