FFFC 10/28

kat81 · October 2016

Come in with your confessions, flame-free! I rarely have any but this time I have a few.

Kipperoo · October 2016

Oh, I have one this week! I made up a family daycare Halloween party so that I can leave work at 2:00 today and go shopping for maternity pants. I have been trying to do it on the weekend for the past 3 weeks but it's impossible with a toddler. And I tried buying online but nothing fits right...so, to the mall I go for a blissful 3 hour, toddler free, shopping excursion.

kat81 · October 2016

Pregnancy confession: someone brought in great deli food at work the other day and I had some deli meat without cooking it.

Parenting confession (this is the one that feels the most like I have something I need to confess): DH has been rehearsing for his play 4 weeknights a week the past few weeks and I'm getting a bit overwhelmed. DS has been particularly difficult -- he likes to stay up late, and he just wants as much mom time as possible. I'm tired, though, and have work to do (and DS needs more sleep!) So I broke down and gave him some melatonin. It worked REALLY well, almost frighteningly well. I know everyone is using it but DH is anti-meds (or "meds" as this is an herbal supplement) and things like this make me a bit nervous, too. I haven't told DH yet. I probably will because we don't like to keep secrets and he won't be happy about it, but we have had the doctor's ok on it so I'm hoping DH will be chill about it.

Work confession: I have NOT been "in" to work at all this pregnancy. I'm mailing it in in my classes, and I have two overdue "reviews" for journals that I need to do. I kind of hate myself right now. I'm also trying to submit a research paper to a journal but haven't incorporated some outside feedback on it yet. The damn paper is done and basically ready to submit. I don't know what my problem is.

Kipperoo · October 2016

kat81 , I am RIGHT THERE with you on the phoning it in for work these days. I just can't motivate myself to do anything. I've offloaded/trained a lot of my team to do pieces of my work for me in the name of "preparing for maternity leave". But I can't help but wonder if when I leave my boss will ask himself "WTF has she been doing these past 9 months??" when he realizes there is no slack to pick up while I'm gone if I don't start getting my act back together soon.

mia1116 · October 2016

DS has been sick all week. He's been fever free since Wednesday morning, but sounds all raspy and chesty. I sent him into preschool this morning because honestly I just need a break. He's not snotty, coughing or sneezing so I doubt he'll get anyone sick. He just sounds worse than anything else.

Luckyu317 · October 2016

I fully plan on stealing all of the good candy out of the kid's Halloween baskets.

mia1116 · October 2016

@Luckyu317 isn't that one of the perks of being a mom?

Luckyu317 · October 2016

@mia1116, absolutely!

chickyclg · October 2016

Luckyu317 said:

I fully plan on stealing all of the good candy out of the kid's Halloween baskets.

@Luckyu317 that's the only reason I'm taking my kids trick or treating lol

Kipperoo · October 2016

mia1116 , I send my son to daycare literally anytime he doesn't have a fever over 100. Sniffley, coughing, cranky...into daycare you go, kid. No guilt there! You need a break before the weekend! :-)

mcvgal · October 2016

I know it is wasteful, but I plan to throw away a lot of the Halloween candy.

pshaortao · October 2016

Luckyu317 said:

I fully plan on stealing all of the good candy out of the kid's Halloween baskets.

Us too! We ate all of them last year only because she was 14 months old. It was such a small stash since we just went to maybe 10 doors max. She had fun doing the process more than anything else. Now that shes aware of candy, she will ask for them sometimes, in addition to pudding. She doesn't know which candies are best yet so we will probably take our favorites =X

WombThereItIs · October 2016

My skin is never better than when I'm pregnant. It's so clear and and so happy and smooth. Hate on, your rage only boosts my dewy glow

JonesBaby0624 · October 2016

I cannot make myself go to the grocery store. I have fed my DS fast food every night! The excuse I give myself is "you work 2 jobs, you're a single mom, and you are growing a human being." I still hate myself for doing this to him.

mia1116 · October 2016

@Kipperoo I pay a lot for 2 1/2 days a week! Honestly, if he wasn't acting normal or anything I'd have kept him home. But if I kept him home every tune he had the sniffles, he wouldn't go to school all winter.

Laurieday10 · October 2016

@mia1116 My thinking is, they picked up whatever nasty cold they have from daycare in the first place, so the other kids either already had it or are going to get it from the other kids anyway. I won't bring them in with fever (they'd be sent right back home anyway), but other than that they're going to be at daycare.

NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot · October 2016

I thought I liked kids. As it turns out, either I only like my kid or most of the kids I know have bad personalities. I do like all babies. But once a kid that isn't mine hits 2 1/2 or 3, I just can't relate or connect to them. I only have 2 examples so maybe I don't dislike ALL kids.

DD's best friends is the most type A non-fun kid I've met. She's mean to DD and to her own 1 yr old brother and she's rarely excited or happy. I think most of that is due to the fault of her parents. They are germaphobe clean freaks. They never even kid-proofed their house for her because she is such a rule follower. I'm hoping the 1yr old is the complete opposite. He seems more fun already. Oh, and her parents have trained her to refer to poop as "stinkers" which is just nerdy.

My niece is 4. I love her, but we've never bonded. Probably because I think she's a little naughty and I only see her once or twice a year. She stayed with us for 4 days last month. And we had fun. But when I took her to the children's museum, she kept running away from me and slipping in to different rooms. She really didn't listen to me. I guess she must not like me that much either.

I'm really not an awful person. I swear.

ETA: My own toddler doesn't listen to me either. But it always seems like kids listen to other people (not their parents) a little better. Not my niece, apparently.

hp_momma · October 2016

mcvgal said:

I know it is wasteful, but I plan to throw away a lot of the Halloween candy.

Back home, we had a lot of dentists take candy donations (I think there was some incentive for the patient to turn them in) but then the dentists would turn around and send the candy to the deployed troops overseas! You should look and see if they have any programs like that in your area!

hp_momma · October 2016

Since it's been brought up, I'm totally the teacher who side eyes the parents for sending their snotty and coughing all over the place kid to my classroom!

clebl24 · October 2016

I'm letting my 2 year old have a lot more screen time than I'd like to admit.

And I HATE the yellow fingernail polish color on the lady's hand after opening up the bump app on my phone.

pshaortao · October 2016

I can kind of understand why parents would send their kids to daycare even when they're a little sick, but I'm pretty much disagreeing on this only because DD has been getting sick a lot more lately. All we do is go to story time at a couple different libraries, the little gym and playgrounds. Now we're dealing with some stupid stomach virus, after she just got over a cold. Meh.

RainyDays86 · October 2016

@kat81 and @Kipperoo me too! I cannot do anything at work these days. I am so worthless. And it's not that I don't have a lot to do, I really really do. I just can't motivate myself to sit down and work when I have long stretches of time where I could be doing stuff. And now here I am, on a day off, working at a coffee shop because I'm so behind.

starphish18 · October 2016

@clebl24 Me, too! That nail polish on the intro drives me nuts, too.

achays11 · October 2016

I had two breakfasts this morning. The second being a slice of pumpkin pie.

Squirtgun · October 2016

I bought myself a sweater from the target kids section today. It has a giant sequin order of French fries on it! I will be wearing that at least once a week all winter!
(It's supposed to be "extra long" I guess to wear leggings under, and it's super stretchy, so I'm going to make it fit over bump later... Maybe some layering involved

. )

KMD1106 · October 2016

I told one friend we couldn't hang out on Saturday because DH is just getting home from a work trip. Then my best friend asked me to go to a fall festival with her family and I said that we'd go. In my defense the first friend's activity was into nap time and the second is just leading up to it.

MoshiMoshi7 · October 2016

@clebl24 we are right there with you on the screen time lately. You gotta do what you gotta do to survive first tri, right?

OmegaRose3 · October 2016

I decided to be a lazy mom and have DD a pop tart for breakfast and I'd like to pretend I looked for a healthy option first, but that'd be a total lie.

Halloween confession: my SIL and I worked on these matching masquerade masks for Halloween and I have no desire to wear it despite it being intricate and pretty so I'm making DH take me to a party store to get some black wings to match clothes I alreasy have because I am not looking forward to Halloween...too many parties and BS. The only part I'm really excited about is taking DD trick or treating and eating 99% of the candy.
Oh...and I haven't told SIL I'm not wearing our planned out costumes.

champhe · October 2016

achays11 said:

I had two breakfasts this morning. The second being a slice of pumpkin pie.

Totally did this last week.

chickyclg · October 2016

@OmegaRose3 my kids had powdered doughnuts this morning

OmegaRose3 · October 2016

@chickyclg there was a short phase of Enteman's chocolate covered mini donuts which I have no real excuse for

mrsrep123 · October 2016

I ate an entire big bag of chips on my way to work yesterday... a 30 minute drive and the bag was empty.

Oh, and I did it twice last week too!

germangirl6988 · October 2016

Confession for me. I bought a doppler and have been using it everyday. I heard baby the last two days but can't find little one today. I know baby is probably hiding and doing okay, but infertility/ loss brain is getting the best of me

I need to just think positive that everything is okay. My next apt can't come soon enough.

I also had a case of the F it's last night at work. Just wasn't feeling it lol.

chickyclg · October 2016

@germangirl6988 I used one all the time last pregnancy, it definitely saved me a lot of worrying (my son wasn't expected to make it at first). I am planning on ordering another since I gave mine away recently.

L1C4gal · October 2016

@germangirl6988 I got my doppler and found the HB easily on Monday, then I decided to try again last night and I couldn't find it for about 15-20 minutes. I eventually found it (even though I felt bad about trying for so long), but it was right where I had already been looking/listening...so I think sometimes it's just hard to find early on, even when everything is fine (maybe hiding like you said). Just my two cents based on two whole doppler experiences (

) but I hope it helps and the time passes quickly until your next appointment!

JCWhitey · October 2016

My MIL is visiting and insists on cleaning with bleach even though I've told her that it gives me headaches and is not good to use around our daughter who has respiratory issues. I came home from work and my house wreaked of bleach, so I told DH I had to leave the airspace and am hiding in my bedroom binge watching Friends oN Netflix, even though, really, it was diluted enough that it wasn't bothering me. I just wanted to avoid MIL and prove a point. And, really, just wanted to watch Friends.

WombThereItIs · October 2016

I'm eating ice cream cake from a bowl on my belly like an otter.

chickyclg · October 2016

@WombThereItIs thanks for making me want ice cream

WombThereItIs · October 2016

I'm getting pretty wild and crazy on my 30th birthday!

bacorrea · October 2016

I judge parents who let their young children dress as zombies for Halloween. Not cutesy zombies, but like walking dead zombies. Call me a prude if you wish, but I don't think kids under at 13 (mmm 16?!) should be watching the Walking Dead! We went to a fall festival last night and this girl was covered in "blood" and had a headband with a knife through her head. She couldn't have been more than 7.

NurseK2016 · October 2016

@L1C4gal I just ordered a doppler online tonight so I'm sure I'll be doing the same soon!

My FFFC is I love the Chicago Cubs...in fact DH and I are watching the game right now. I have watched every game of the playoffs and attended the first two games at Wrigley. I mostly blame my DH for getting me so in to it but I have been a Cubs fan my whole life.

ETA: My FFFC is kind of related to the UO thread from yesterday

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