Aww @JessicaB0627 DS is exactly the same when it comes to taking medicine, so I feel your pain big time. I cried last week everyone I gave him amoxicillin because he was so upset. I have no advice because nothing I've done has worked, but I wanted to say you're not alone with the struggle and mom guilt.
You're just trying to give her what she needs to get better. You're not mean, sometimes parenting isn't as pretty as we would like it to be but at the end of the day you're only trying to help her. Big hugs!
Thanks! She has always been so good about taking medicine for me. I just hand it to her and she happily drinks it. But I think the eye drops are a little uncomfortable for her so she's being completely resistant! I've never had to deal with her not taking stuff so I was not at all prepared to deal with this!
Ugh smokers. In Las Vegas, most of the casinos allow smoking since they feel smoking and gambling go hand in hand. Sure you have your young party goer about to hit the club smoking in a casino, but mainly you just see these people all alone, playing penny slots, chain smoking a cigarette, and drinking whatever free liquor the casino is slinging that day. Our local casino near our house is actually one of the nicer "local" casinos with great restaurants, a bowling ally, and movie theater. I had to quit going once I got pregnant because the smoke smell was just too strong. Walking through that just to see a movie? No thanks.
SIL just had a baby girl in November, so she's been passing on a lot of stuff to us, especially clothes. I feel totally ungrateful but... I don't really want the clothes. First, wouldn't they be opposite season? And second... every single one of them has pink. All of them.
I don't mind pink, per se, but jesus christ there are tons of other colors to choose from. Viva variety!
@JessicaB0627 eye drops are the worst to give children! Not my own kids (thank god I haven't had to deal with pink eye yet), but my friends sisters kids had it right after their dad died. I felt like a shitty human helping her with the drops...her son, who was I believe 5 or 6...fought it tooth and nail. She asked me to help and I tried soothing him. Didn't work. I had to full on sit on him while he kicked, hit and screamed while my friend held his head still and got bit so mom could get the eye open and the drops in. I still feel like a piece of shit for it, but he needed the drops. It's not even "mom guilt" for me and it's the worst! We all ended up crying after. Idk what to tell you to make it easier, we sure couldnt figure it out, but what's important is your daughter got her medicine and you're helping her out, even though she doesn't like it. Being mama is hard. I don't think you were mean. I think you got the job done
I am skipping lunch right now. I left my packed lunch in my car and it's a 5 minute walk away (three flights of stairs and around a building), but it's cold out and I'm lazy and in ten minutes I have to go teach and won't be able to eat for another 5 hours.
This was probably a bad idea and Baby is going to hate me for it, but there's nothing I can do about it now
Also, my packed lunch was spaghetti and sauce, so I can't eat it in the car on my way to my next thing.
I'm already a bad mom, starving her son. Ugh. I deserve all the flames.
There's always the drive thru on your way to your next thing
^^ditto the drive thru I feel you on this skipping food thing. Makes you feel like a shitty human. I've had days when I just plain forgot to eat and boy did baby hate me later, and I felt awful about it. Unfortunately it happens. Get yourself a snack on the way to your next thing!
@TXmamatobe when I was a child I would frequently walk up to strangers that were smoking and tell them, " you shouldn't smoke because you are going to die " and then walk away like no big deal. I still feel the same way, maybe I should start talking to strangers again
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
Loosing a pet is the worst experience I have ever gone through. I am so sorry Eat all the ice cream, you deserve it.
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
Loosing a pet is the worst experience I have ever gone through. I am so sorry Eat all the ice cream, you deserve it.
Creepy internet hugs xoxo
Thanks. This is exactly what I plan on doing to my cats when I get home from work. Our dog survived cancer twice and had a good life. I'm thankful my sister had off school to comfort her.
My H is doing the sweetest thing--he is reading to the baby after he read in his fatherhood book that the baby can hear him and if he reads to LO, he will bond faster. Or something. Anyhow, it touches my heart.
My FFFC is that I have no idea what is happening in the book. He is reading The Hobbit, a book and genre I can't stand. I zone out, do my kegels, and sometimes fall asleep. I feel so bad!! But I really, really, really hate fantasy. I can't stand watching Game of Thrones because...fantasy sucks. This probably belongs in UO, but I even gave up on Harry Potter mid-way through book 3 for these same reasons.
Anyhow, I feel terrible that I can't focus on the story, esp. Since DH is so into the book and the whole thing about reading every night to our unborn child.
I'll keep going, I cannot wait until my toddler goes to bed tonight so I can watch last night's Top Chef with my husband. I have been so busy working on this brief that is due today at work. My weekend plans are centered exclusively around Bravo tv.
OMG I totally forgot a new episode was out. I'm a Top Chef addict! Who are you rooting for?
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
I'm so sorry about your dog. It's SO HARD to lose a beloved family pet. You should do what you need to do for comfort.
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
@vinerie, DH and I read aloud once a month from his baby book. Our chapter last night was about how baby can hear us, and how we should read/sing/talk to baby. Maybe my FFFC is I feel like a dork doing it, and rarely talk or sing to baby. And just thinking about DH rubbing or talking to my stomach makes me feel skeevy.
@yogahh Read something naughty I suggested it to DH but he declined. He can be such a square sometimes!
ETA: the first book he read aloud was Jurassic Park. It was fun, I stayed tuned in. I do still laugh sometimes, though. It's hard not to...it IS kind of silly...
I have been making DH eat leftovers for lunch the last two days while I have been indulging going out to eat for lunch. this rarely happens but i just didnt feel like leftovers.
@vinerie, DH and I read aloud once a month from his baby book. Our chapter last night was about how baby can hear us, and how we should read/sing/talk to baby. Maybe my FFFC is I feel like a dork doing it, and rarely talk or sing to baby. And just thinking about DH rubbing or talking to my stomach makes me feel skeevy.
SAME on all of this....glad someone else feels the way I do about talking/singing to the LO! DH has tried a couple times to rub and talk to my belly and it has felt odd.
My boobs have gone from a 38D to a 42DD & the woman in the maternity store just referred to me as "plus sized." So naturally I'm sitting in my car eating an ice cream sundae for dinner...because f*ck her, that's why
REALLY do not want to invite my brothers girlfriend to my shower. Even though I am, I am hoping she doesn't come. I feel like a bad person but I want them to end it. I dont think I have ever wished so hard for something. OK end rant. Happy Friday!
My 16 year old family dog passed away this afternoon in the arms of my 12 year old sister. I was planning on driving the 1.5 hours home to comfort her but I honestly feel like getting a big tub of ice cream and crying on the couch.
I am so so so sorry. Do whatever it takes to find comfort and know that it honestly takes the best kind of love to give a dog 16 years of a great life.
My boobs have gone from a 38D to a 42DD & the woman in the maternity store just referred to me as "plus sized." So naturally I'm sitting in my car eating an ice cream sundae for dinner...because f*ck her, that's why
I love my husband...but he is driving me nuts tonight. I want him to go hang out with his friends so I can be home alone for a while, but his pants are officially off so I think he's in for the night... I've been super grumpy this week so some alone time would be awesome.
DH and I are getting ready to go incognito and sneak over to the neighbor's house and feed their dogs. The lady that owns the house and lives there is not the dog's owner and she had knee surgery and pretty much can't do anything. From what we understand, one of her daughters drives in every day and is supposed to feed them. The roads are so bad I doubt she has been by. The dogs live outside so that is bad enough. They are not breaking any laws by doing that. They dogs have adequate shelter (dog houses) that are acceptable via the animal control ordinances. I know technically it is trespassing, but we can't bear the thought of them being cold and potentially hungry. We're going to sneak over there and dump dog food into their fence as best as we can. Meanwhile our dogs think for some reason that we have been fixing a treat for them. My parents give our dogs cans of dog food for Christmas. Our dogs usually throw it right back up so we usually do not let them eat it. So at least it won't be going to waste . These particular neighbors don't really care too much about the dogs though. My DH has had to sneak over several times and repair the holes in their fence b/c they were too sorry to do it. Their dogs kept getting out, so the holes had to be fixed. Personally, these people should not be owning animals no better than they take care of them. Meanwhile, DH is sitting in the floor trying to put together a metal shelf unit for his garage. He is not having much luck and is cussing up a storm. I'm kind of trapped over here for a little while since he is blocking my pathway.
I know, not much of a Friday confession. I could not think of anything else though b/c today has been super duper boring.
My H is doing the sweetest thing--he is reading to the baby after he read in his fatherhood book that the baby can hear him and if he reads to LO, he will bond faster. Or something. Anyhow, it touches my heart.
My FFFC is that I have no idea what is happening in the book. He is reading The Hobbit, a book and genre I can't stand. I zone out, do my kegels, and sometimes fall asleep. I feel so bad!! But I really, really, really hate fantasy. I can't stand watching Game of Thrones because...fantasy sucks. This probably belongs in UO, but I even gave up on Harry Potter mid-way through book 3 for these same reasons.
Anyhow, I feel terrible that I can't focus on the story, esp. Since DH is so into the book and the whole thing about reading every night to our unborn child.
I got incredibly sad when you said you gave up Harry Potter.
I am skipping lunch right now. I left my packed lunch in my car and it's a 5 minute walk away (three flights of stairs and around a building), but it's cold out and I'm lazy and in ten minutes I have to go teach and won't be able to eat for another 5 hours.
This was probably a bad idea and Baby is going to hate me for it, but there's nothing I can do about it now
Also, my packed lunch was spaghetti and sauce, so I can't eat it in the car on my way to my next thing.
I'm already a bad mom, starving her son. Ugh. I deserve all the flames.
There's always the drive thru on your way to your next thing
^^ditto the drive thru I feel you on this skipping food thing. Makes you feel like a shitty human. I've had days when I just plain forgot to eat and boy did baby hate me later, and I felt awful about it. Unfortunately it happens. Get yourself a snack on the way to your next thing!
Baby was fine! I, on the other hand, damn near had a meltdown.
Class went well, and then two hours of student meetings and then an hour and a half drive to meet DH for date night, and all of my plans had fallen through! I had booked movie tickets for the wrong day and couldn't access my dinner reservations because my phone was malfunctioning (I had booked both through Groupon, trying to be fiscally responsible) and I just stood in a corner for ten minutes and tried not to cry.
DH to the rescue! He found a movie we could see, got vouchers for the one I'd paid for, booked new better dinner plans, and forgave me for being a mess by saying, "Remember, you're pregnant."
But I think that maybe I'd have handled that better if I'd thought of the drive-thru option...
If you read the post, it is nauseating how much self righteousness and superiority these messages comes across as. Not being on the pill is a gift to your future husband?! Are you kidding me? Is this a modern day form of staying pure and keeping your virginity till marriage?!
If you read the post, it is nauseating how much self righteousness and superiority these messages comes across as. Not being on the pill is a gift to your future husband?! Are you kidding me? Is this a modern day form of staying pure and keeping your virginity till marriage?!
Wow! That doesn't seem like a very good sample of diverse women. I've never used birth control (pills), but this wasn't so I could sleep around without consequences. It was because my mom told me they didn't work for her and they caused issues so I didn't want the same thing to happen. Also, I had fertility/pregnancy problems and I've kept my body "pure." This is a pretty crazy article. Most of these women seem very uninformed.
TTC#1 January 2013, BFP 7/4/13 MC 8/7/13 D&C 8/22/13
BFP 5/20/14 CP 5/26/14
BFP 12/6/14 DD Born an Angel on 7/17/15 at 35 weeks
One of my good friends posted this buzzfeed post on Facebook and commented on how it is a great post promoting Natural Family Planning.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/leahm4aa38ad70/we-asked-24-women-why-they-dont-use-birth-control-v1ji
If you read the post, it is nauseating how much self righteousness I'm and superiority these messages comes across as. Not being on the pill is a gift to your future husband?! Are you kidding me? Is this a modern day form of staying pure and keeping your virginity till marriage?!
I'm freaked out by this article... seriously. As if you can't stop taking birth control and conceive a child. Their statements seem pretty darn smug to me.
@evalynn24 I used the pill for a year and didn't really like it so I stopped. But I would never exude some type of superiority over women who do use it. Definitely not if some of those women are affected by hormonal imbalances and synthetic hormones are how they can minimize their problems.
Some of those statements just make me lol. Common! Seriously?! "sex is fun because it creates life"?! Um ok! what a great reason!
Not to bash those who use natural family planning, I think it's great to get to know your body. I used it to get pregnant.
One of my good friends posted this buzzfeed post on Facebook and commented on how it is a great post promoting Natural Family Planning.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/leahm4aa38ad70/we-asked-24-women-why-they-dont-use-birth-control-v1ji
If you read the post, it is nauseating how much self righteousness and superiority these messages comes across as. Not being on the pill is a gift to your future husband?! Are you kidding me? Is this a modern day form of staying pure and keeping your virginity till marriage?!
Heh. Well, we used natural family planning and accidentally got pregnant. Twice. Apparently DH has ninja sperm that live forever and can surmount any obstacle. Those ladies may want to rethink things.
But I also got the feeling they're implying they don't have sex, which is fine with me, but I could do without the judgmental overtones ("my body is a gift", "I accept consequences for my actions", "I can control myself", etc).
The whole thing pisses me off. Can you imagine if they ran "24 men on why they don't use condoms"?!
Oh and @tgortney- the modern day "saving your virginity until marriage" is "The Loophole". See here (NSFW):
If you read the post, it is nauseating how much self righteousness and superiority these messages comes across as. Not being on the pill is a gift to your future husband?! Are you kidding me? Is this a modern day form of staying pure and keeping your virginity till marriage?!
Heh. Well, we used natural family planning and accidentally got pregnant. Twice. Apparently DH has ninja sperm that live forever and can surmount any obstacle. Those ladies may want to rethink things.
But I also got the feeling they're implying they don't have sex, which is fine with me, but I could do without the judgmental overtones ("my body is a gift", "I accept consequences for my actions", "I can control myself", etc).
The whole thing pisses me off. Can you imagine if they ran "24 men on why they don't use condoms"?!
Oh and @tgortney- the modern day "saving your virginity until marriage" is "The Loophole". See here (NSFW):
@evalynn24 I used the pill for a year and didn't really like it so I stopped. But I would never exude some type of superiority over women who do use it. Definitely not if some of those women are affected by hormonal imbalances and synthetic hormones are how they can minimize their problems.
Some of those statements just make me lol. Common! Seriously?! "sex is fun because it creates life"?! Um ok! what a great reason!
Not to bash those who use natural family planning, I think it's great to get to know your body. I used it to get pregnant.
I hope I didn't sound like I was trying to defend the women in the post! I really wasn't. I totally agree with you, I would never judge someone for using BC. I don't care one way or the other if someone uses it. I have many friends who had to take BC because it was the only thing that helped with serious cramps. I just personally didn't use it.
TTC#1 January 2013, BFP 7/4/13 MC 8/7/13 D&C 8/22/13
BFP 5/20/14 CP 5/26/14
BFP 12/6/14 DD Born an Angel on 7/17/15 at 35 weeks
Re: FFFC 1/22/16
I hope your DS is feeling better!
I don't mind pink, per se, but jesus christ there are tons of other colors to choose from. Viva variety!
^^ditto the drive thru
Creepy internet hugs xoxo
Creepy internet hugs xoxo
Thanks. This is exactly what I plan on doing to my cats when I get home from work. Our dog survived cancer twice and had a good life. I'm thankful my sister had off school to comfort her.
My FFFC is that I have no idea what is happening in the book. He is reading The Hobbit, a book and genre I can't stand. I zone out, do my kegels, and sometimes fall asleep. I feel so bad!! But I really, really, really hate fantasy. I can't stand watching Game of Thrones because...fantasy sucks. This probably belongs in UO, but I even gave up on Harry Potter mid-way through book 3 for these same reasons.
Anyhow, I feel terrible that I can't focus on the story, esp. Since DH is so into the book and the whole thing about reading every night to our unborn child.
DS: Born 5-17-16
DS: Born 5-17-16
DS: Born 5-17-16
ETA: the first book he read aloud was Jurassic Park. It was fun, I stayed tuned in. I do still laugh sometimes, though. It's hard not to...it IS kind of silly...
DS: Born 5-17-16
SAME on all of this....glad someone else feels the way I do about talking/singing to the LO! DH has tried a couple times to rub and talk to my belly and it has felt odd.
Cut a b*#%h
DH and I are getting ready to go incognito and sneak over to the neighbor's house and feed their dogs. The lady that owns the house and lives there is not the dog's owner and she had knee surgery and pretty much can't do anything. From what we understand, one of her daughters drives in every day and is supposed to feed them. The roads are so bad I doubt she has been by. The dogs live outside so that is bad enough. They are not breaking any laws by doing that. They dogs have adequate shelter (dog houses) that are acceptable via the animal control ordinances. I know technically it is trespassing, but we can't bear the thought of them being cold and potentially hungry. We're going to sneak over there and dump dog food into their fence as best as we can. Meanwhile our dogs think for some reason that we have been fixing a treat for them. My parents give our dogs cans of dog food for Christmas. Our dogs usually throw it right back up so we usually do not let them eat it. So at least it won't be going to waste . These particular neighbors don't really care too much about the dogs though. My DH has had to sneak over several times and repair the holes in their fence b/c they were too sorry to do it. Their dogs kept getting out, so the holes had to be fixed. Personally, these people should not be owning animals no better than they take care of them.
Meanwhile, DH is sitting in the floor trying to put together a metal shelf unit for his garage. He is not having much luck and is cussing up a storm. I'm kind of trapped over here for a little while since he is blocking my pathway.
I know, not much of a Friday confession. I could not think of anything else though b/c today has been super duper boring.
First Pregnancy
Second Pregnancy
- BFP: 09/11/2015
- EDD: 05/25/2016
Baby Born04/15/2016
PGAL
Class went well, and then two hours of student meetings and then an hour and a half drive to meet DH for date night, and all of my plans had fallen through! I had booked movie tickets for the wrong day and couldn't access my dinner reservations because my phone was malfunctioning (I had booked both through Groupon, trying to be fiscally responsible) and I just stood in a corner for ten minutes and tried not to cry.
DH to the rescue! He found a movie we could see, got vouchers for the one I'd paid for, booked new better dinner plans, and forgave me for being a mess by saying, "Remember, you're pregnant."
But I think that maybe I'd have handled that better if I'd thought of the drive-thru option...
https://www.buzzfeed.com/leahm4aa38ad70/we-asked-24-women-why-they-dont-use-birth-control-v1ji
If you read the post, it is nauseating how much self righteousness and superiority these messages comes across as. Not being on the pill is a gift to your future husband?! Are you kidding me? Is this a modern day form of staying pure and keeping your virginity till marriage?!
Some of those statements just make me lol. Common! Seriously?! "sex is fun because it creates life"?! Um ok! what a great reason!
Not to bash those who use natural family planning, I think it's great to get to know your body. I used it to get pregnant.
(this is not meaning to brag but just my anecdotal story to point out this shit is ridiculous).
But I also got the feeling they're implying they don't have sex, which is fine with me, but I could do without the judgmental overtones ("my body is a gift", "I accept consequences for my actions", "I can control myself", etc).
The whole thing pisses me off. Can you imagine if they ran "24 men on why they don't use condoms"?!
Oh and @tgortney- the modern day "saving your virginity until marriage" is "The Loophole". See here (NSFW):
But I also got the feeling they're implying they don't have sex, which is fine with me, but I could do without the judgmental overtones ("my body is a gift", "I accept consequences for my actions", "I can control myself", etc).
The whole thing pisses me off. Can you imagine if they ran "24 men on why they don't use condoms"?!
Oh and @tgortney- the modern day "saving your virginity until marriage" is "The Loophole". See here (NSFW):
Omg that is hilarious!!