Our newborn photographer played this song while she was showing us LO's newborn slideshow and I almost cried.
I usually really dislike Taylor Swift, turns out, I almost cried to a Taylor song. The chorus kills me.
It's days like today, when my 3 year old has been especially difficult and I find myself wishing this time away, that these things hit me so hard. I'm going to go cuddle with her and cry now. That's such a sweet song!
To avoid my IL's tonight, I snatched DD and took her to her room and cuddled her extra long before putting her to bed. I then extended my time away from them by grabbing my Cheesecake Factory Salted Caramel Cheesecake from the fridge and hid out in our spare bedroom...snarfing cheesecake while pumping. I've probably looked like a total bitch this weekend, but IDGAF.
To avoid my IL's tonight, I snatched DD and took her to her room and cuddled her extra long before putting her to bed. I then extended my time away from them by grabbing my Cheesecake Factory Salted Caramel Cheesecake from the fridge and hid out in our spare bedroom...snarfing cheesecake while pumping. I've probably looked like a total bitch this weekend, but IDGAF.
My ILs are here too and I purposely scheduled a haircut for DS1 so I would be out this morning. My husband definitely realized. Oops.
To avoid my IL's tonight, I snatched DD and took her to her room and cuddled her extra long before putting her to bed. I then extended my time away from them by grabbing my Cheesecake Factory Salted Caramel Cheesecake from the fridge and hid out in our spare bedroom...snarfing cheesecake while pumping. I've probably looked like a total bitch this weekend, but IDGAF.
My ILs are here too and I purposely scheduled a haircut for DS1 so I would be out this morning. My husband definitely realized. Oops.
Well done, mama! It's all for the sake of our sanity.
To avoid my IL's tonight, I snatched DD and took her to her room and cuddled her extra long before putting her to bed. I then extended my time away from them by grabbing my Cheesecake Factory Salted Caramel Cheesecake from the fridge and hid out in our spare bedroom...snarfing cheesecake while pumping. I've probably looked like a total bitch this weekend, but IDGAF.
My ILs are here too and I purposely scheduled a haircut for DS1 so I would be out this morning. My husband definitely realized. Oops.
Well done, mama! It's all for the sake of our sanity.
Thanks, you too! Seriously, if I'm expected to entertain for 10 hours I need to at least go into it in a good mood!
Little man turned one month yesterday and the ILs haven't seen him yet. We do live far away but I thought that they'd visit. I guess they'll just meet him when I visit in a month. I've already called letting them know they can visit... I'm pretty sure they'll twist it and say that I never did. They like to do stuff like that.
Pollie has a few hemangiomas, strawberry marks, on her stomach and back but she now has a tiny red spot on her face and I'm really hoping it goes away and isn't another one. I'll still think she's beyond beautiful if she has a red spot on her face but am terrified of kids teasing her in school if she has one
Little man turned one month yesterday and the ILs haven't seen him yet. We do live far away but I thought that they'd visit. I guess they'll just meet him when I visit in a month. I've already called letting them know they can visit... I'm pretty sure they'll twist it and say that I never did. They like to do stuff like that.
I'm sorry! I know this all too well. I know that my ILs love us and our kids, but it's much more of an "in theory" love than an "in practice" love. For example FIL hasn't seen DS is over 13 months and he owns his business and travels all the time so it's not like it isn't possible. Before kids we put in a lot of effort to go visit them often but chose to stop being the ones to always travel after kiddos. We go about once per year and invite them here. As much as it bothers me I try not to vent to DH about it too much because he has dealt with this his whole life and I know it's hard for him. That really stinks that they rewrite history when it comes to your invitation.
My grandmother still hasn't seen my LO and it's her 1st great grandchild. She's super lazy and does not want to come to my house but her house literally smells like an ashtray so I'm not going there. I'm afraid I need to schedule something because otherwise it's going to turn into I didn't do anything to get them to meet, not her.
Sorry to hear about the IL situation @thismakes4. I'm in the same boat with my parents. Most of the time I don't mind but once in awhile it's a bummer.
I have the same problem with my ILs. They always say it's been so long since we've seen our grand baby but oh we have this event to go to tonight. Did I mention they live 15 mins away? At first we would go over with all the shit we need for LO for the evening but I told MH doesn't it make more sense for them to come over considering they don't have to pack anything?? Thankfully MH agreed! And then he told me my MIL said we should be coming over 3 times a week. Yeah no that's not gonna happen.
Pollie has a few hemangiomas, strawberry marks, on her stomach and back but she now has a tiny red spot on her face and I'm really hoping it goes away and isn't another one. I'll still think she's beyond beautiful if she has a red spot on her face but am terrified of kids teasing her in school if she has one
Just wanted to say you're not alone. I know how you feel. My daughter has them on her eyelids and between her eyebrows. I'm worried she'll get teased too. My youngest son has them, but they were not as red as hers are when he was born and they have faded over time. So, his are barely noticeable.
I just snuck out of bed to pump in the bathroom because my child is still sleeping, my best friend and her daughter who are visiting are sleeping, and my husband is sleeping. I thought I could wait until Harper woke up, but then I rolled over to fall asleep and my left boob hurt too bad.
I just snuck out of bed to pump in the bathroom because my child is still sleeping, my best friend and her daughter who are visiting are sleeping, and my husband is sleeping. I thought I could wait until Harper woke up, but then I rolled over to fall asleep and my left boob hurt too bad.
This is what my life has come to now...
Girl, I know what you mean. I usually just wake my LO up. Sorry kid, Mother Nature is making sure I feed you by giving me gigantic aching melons.
There have been a couple times when doing a diaper change in the middle of the night, half asleep, I've almost put S back in the RnP without putting a new diaper on. Thankfully I've always caught myself before actually doing it!
I have my 2.5 year old extended rear-facing in the car, partly because it's safer, but mostly because it's the only time I can eat junk food during the day without having to deal with him begging for it or lying to him about how these are "spicy chips" so he wouldn't like them.
it's the only time I can eat junk food during the day without having to deal with him begging for it or lying to him about how these are "spicy chips" so he wouldn't like them.
Ha! That is a reason I always choose jalapeño chips, I don't have to share the little bag with little hands. Which is great since to my toddler "sharing" means it belongs to them 100%. Or if my toddler is feeling super generous I would get a single chip. Maybe.
I take back all the judgy things I said and thought about parents I knew.
Like the saying goes, you're the perfect parent when you're not a parent.
I can't believe some parents judge other parents. It seems that older parents judge new parents because they forget they were once in that position. So sad.
I take back all the judgy things I said and thought about parents I knew.
Like the saying goes, you're the perfect parent when you're not a parent.
I can't believe some parents judge other parents. It seems that older parents judge new parents because they forget they were once in that position. So sad.
I hate parent judgment so, so much.
Add to that any sort of competitiveness about the kids. I watched that unfold with my parent friends before I had LO. Being a non parent at the time gave me perspective on how absurd the constant bragging and worry was. Being a parent now, it hits home even more how much I do not want to engage in any of it.
I take back all the judgy things I said and thought about parents I knew.
Like the saying goes, you're the perfect parent when you're not a parent.
I can't believe some parents judge other parents. It seems that older parents judge new parents because they forget they were once in that position. So sad.
I have absolutely judged my friends who are parents...not all of them, one couple in particular. They've been a great example of how not to parent and everything we don't want to be as parents. i totally feel bad about the fact that we've judged them too but I also think sometimes it's a natural reaction to seeing things we don't understand and haven't experienced, whether that's because you're childless or because you've had an easier time raising your child.
I totally hate the competitiveness though! I think that's terrible and creates animosity between the children created by parents. Not healthy at all!
@ayeshaohara oh yes, there is a big difference between judging parents who are blatantly and consistently doing things wrong, vs judging parents for accidents or because they don't eat the same brand of food as you do. I'm sure your heart is in the right place.
I probably spend way too much time in bed snuggled with LO napping on me. I just know I won't be able to when I go back to work. The dishes and laundry can wait
I was just trimming Isla's fingernails because she has scratched her face several time this week, and I figured I needed to get over my fear of accidentally snipping her finger so that she stops scratching her poor face. So of course, on the last finger, I cut her finger. She was sleeping and woke up hysterical. I feel AWFUL. To be fair, my husband was holding her and was bouncing her a little despite me telling him to stop, but omg I feel so so bad. Of course I started sobbing so my poor husband was trying to comfort us both. Ugh. So traumatized.
I took DS's 2 month photo today. See that weird mark in the center of his head? Well, my phone is pretty hard to use with only one hand, so sometimes I rest it on his head while he is BF'ing. Those are the marks of every port on the bottom of the iPhone. Posted it without noticing. Not my finest moment.
I was nursing on the plane today and went to put my boob away and somehow applied just the right pressure for milk to spout out. Like, 10 inches in from of me. The guy next to me totally noticed.
I was nursing on the plane today and went to put my boob away and somehow applied just the right pressure for milk to spout out. Like, 10 inches in from of me. The guy next to me totally noticed.
We have a built in bench in our shower and while I was supposed to be showering I sat there and took an extra long time to (manual) pump...while showering, because SO was watching LO and she's going through her first wonder week and I just couldn't anymore. It turned my usual 10 minute shower into an almost hour shower. But do I feel bad...nope.
I was at Old Navy yesterday trying on bathing suits. I realized when I was in the fitting room that I would have to take my bra off to try on the top, which means I also have to go without the nursing pads for a couple minutes. And wouldn't you know, the lady in the fitting room next to me has a crying baby so of course my boobs are leaking everywhere! I waited until the baby stopped crying and my boobs calmed down and then really quickly tried the top on and took it back off successfully with no leakage. As soon as I take it off the baby starts crying again and my boobs are spraying all over the fitting room! It was so awful. I cleaned up as much as I could but that was embarrassing, and unsanitary. Oops.
DH points out to be DS has a massive booger. Neither one of us wanted to get up because we are so damn lazy so I picked it with my finger. So gross but no shame or pride here anymore.
DH points out to be DS has a massive booger. Neither one of us wanted to get up because we are so damn lazy so I picked it with my finger. So gross but no shame or pride here anymore.
I pick DD's nose whenever I see one. DH finds it gross but it's really no grosser than being covered in milk all day
We have a built in bench in our shower and while I was supposed to be showering I sat there and took an extra long time to (manual) pump...while showering, because SO was watching LO and she's going through her first wonder week and I just couldn't anymore. It turned my usual 10 minute shower into an almost hour shower. But do I feel bad...nope.
I totally just sit in the shower until the hot water runs out. Not doing a damn thing. Although, after reading about @Bellodomani having a shower beer, I am definitely thinking I'll be bringing in a beer in the near future. Me time!
DH points out to be DS has a massive booger. Neither one of us wanted to get up because we are so damn lazy so I picked it with my finger. So gross but no shame or pride here anymore.
I pick DD's nose whenever I see one. DH finds it gross but it's really no grosser than being covered in milk all day
So true . I often hang out in puke stained clothes all day rather than change every hour. I bet I stink at the end of the day - I would never know I think I'm immune to the smell .
I have my 2.5 year old extended rear-facing in the car, partly because it's safer, but mostly because it's the only time I can eat junk food during the day without having to deal with him begging for it or lying to him about how these are "spicy chips" so he wouldn't like them.
My 3 yo DD thinks a lot of things will make her puke. Not because I told her that but because she asked after I told her she couldn't have things and I didn't say no. Sometimes I feel bad but then I realize that she'll catch on one day so I'll enjoy my sugary food while I can!
Re: Mom Confessions
I usually really dislike Taylor Swift, turns out, I almost cried to a Taylor song. The chorus kills me.
This is what my life has come to now...
Girl, I know what you mean. I usually just wake my LO up. Sorry kid, Mother Nature is making sure I feed you by giving me gigantic aching melons.
Which is great since to my toddler "sharing" means it belongs to them 100%. Or if my toddler is feeling super generous I would get a single chip. Maybe.
Like the saying goes, you're the perfect parent when you're not a parent.
I can't believe some parents judge other parents. It seems that older parents judge new parents because they forget they were once in that position. So sad.
Add to that any sort of competitiveness about the kids. I watched that unfold with my parent friends before I had LO. Being a non parent at the time gave me perspective on how absurd the constant bragging and worry was. Being a parent now, it hits home even more how much I do not want to engage in any of it.
I totally hate the competitiveness though! I think that's terrible and creates animosity between the children created by parents. Not healthy at all!
I totally just sit in the shower until the hot water runs out. Not doing a damn thing. Although, after reading about @Bellodomani having a shower beer, I am definitely thinking I'll be bringing in a beer in the near future. Me time!