DS has been a total daddy’s boy lately. He snuggles up to him before bed and every nap and my H is such a sucker that he’ll rock him for 10 minutes. I’ve been giving him hell about it because I’m exhausted at night and don’t want DS to need that to go to bed on the nights H is not here. H finally started walking away after only a few minutes and it kills him.
Well H is at a doctors appt and I just put DS down for nap. He’s been ignoring me for daddy, but wanted me to rock him to sleep. I rocked him for 10 minutes and sang every song I know because I’m desperate for some snuggles!! I will NOT be telling H I broke my own rule!!
I have zero motivation to be at work today, the only reason I haven’t called off this week is because it would mess with my overtime, but it’s so tempting. I’m Bumping from the bathroom because why not.
@krzyriver I think my FFFC is that I would kill for one of my two to be daddy's kids. If I'm anywhere in the vicinity/hearing range they will blow past dad and come flying to me. I just want to be left alone for five minutes!!!
@sammierose464 - I think it may be generic small talk - it is deemed a relatively safe question, but a lot of others are really not. Maybe we need to come up with safe impersonal questions people can ask?
But yeah- I offer to hit those people for you too.
Pregnancy brain confession- DD has show-and-tell at preschool every Friday and today's show-and-tell letter is 'V'. I totally sent her to school this morning with a stuffed zebra and didn't realized until I was at work that zebra starts with a Z and not a V.. This should be an interesting conversation when I pick her up this afternoon.
BFP #1: due 6/17/2013, DD born 6/25/13 BFP #2: due 6/30/2017, MMC found 12/7/2016 BFP #3: due 10/21/2018
Definitely ate a GIANT burrito for lunch, a donut for a snack, and tator tots for dinner yesterday. This morning I've seriously contemplated a three day old donut. I bet it's still delicious. Oh, and H wants donuts for birthday breakfast on Sunday.
@sammierose464, +1 for people are awkward and don't know what to say. I find myself doing that by default if it's someone i don't know very well. Like, "oh congrats, boy or girl?" and in hindsight i'm like, why did i ask that, gah, i'm so awkward.
@bel194 A very, vibrantly colored zebra? you're fine girl.
@eireyes I am with you! My DD only wants me if I am any where around. Last night at dinner she was basically climbing into my shirt to hug me. I don't want to diminish her affection but some times a mama just needs 5 minutes. lol My hubby and I always joke she would crawl back inside me if she could
Fftc #1 - I am so over the tablet/phone/television conversations on the boards. It's nothing but trying to make yourself sound like a better parent than the person before you and frankly I'm not sure why any one cares what anyone else thinks.
#2 - I let my 4 yo watch Thor Rangnarok. I am not going to post all of my justifications and defenses as to why. But it happened.
@lest12 - I’m seriously debating what to do with my upstairs TV when I dismantle the library to make it into a nursery. Put it somewhere that I can park a toddler in front of it, or banish it to nowhere. (I literally haven’t had a TV on in over a month- no comment on my computer usage...)
@drb2424 that's probably what my DD would do if given the option. I literally sneak into the house when I get home from work if the kids have gotten home first, just so I can try and change my clothes and pee in peace!
@krzyriver we joked that the cure to my DS's mama's boy phase was having DD. The phase came back, but my H and I joke that this having another kid to cure the mama phase is really not a sustainable solution
Definitely ate a GIANT burrito for lunch, a donut for a snack, and tator tots for dinner yesterday. This morning I've seriously contemplated a three day old donut. I bet it's still delicious. Oh, and H wants donuts for birthday breakfast on Sunday.
That's true, the "boy or girl" question is probably just what comes to mind. I usually want to respond with "does it look like I'm far enough along to know?" But that's just me being grumpy.
We bought a new TV at Christmas and put our old TV in our bedroom. It's been used maybe twice? I've been highly considering putting it in SS's room. But then I feel like all he would do is watch Netflix... But then I could watch my shows downstairs...
Hopefully this one comes off with the best intent that it's meant to. Coming into SS's life when he was 3, by the time we truly bonded he was past his cuddly stage. Even now, he mostly cuddles daddy. One thing i'm really looking forward to with "having my own" is the cuddles and momma's boy/girl thing. I love to snuggle. I love my SS, as much as if he was my own child. However, I'm really looking forward to having that right from birth bond with this baby.
@sammierose464 I totally get it. I met my SS when he was 12. He’s my son and he calls me mom and I over him just as much as DS. But oh the snuggles! They’re the best. Nothing beats these new memories I’m making.
My H is coming home super late tonight and I am so excited. I get to lounge around the house in PJs and watch shitty TV and relax in front of a fire and not cook dinner. Don't get me wrong, I love my H, but I am such an introvert that sometimes I love my alone time.
My two oldest were daddies babies, still are really, and I guess my FFFC is I never minded! I still did get cuddles and if they are hurt, I'm the fixer-upper
Eta: crazy thing deleted over half of my post! Oh well... It's too much work to try and fix it.
@kiwi2628 I find that perfectly acceptable (all of it).
DH is on 12s today through the weekend. And probably most of next week too. He hates it, but I kinda enjoy the time. The only thing that sucks is that we both feel like crap so nothing is getting done.
@lest12 I personally express my disdain for the tablet thing because as a Teacher I see how much it is impacting my students. It has nothing to do with me trying to make myself out as a better parent. My 2.5 watches quite a bit of Paw Patrol. However, my elementary aged students are obsessed with their phones, tablets and video games and I definitely see it negatively impact them at school because they have no boundaries with technology.
I wish my kid kid was a daddies baby sometimes!!!
Also, I’m totally guilty of asking people how old their kids are, especially if they look close to DS age.
My FFC is that I’ve had a few dishes in my sink a work since I started feeling nauseous two months ago and I just washed them today. Washing dishes makes me gag so bad.
I’ve had two donuts for breakfast and deli sandwiches for lunch every day for the last 3 days because FINALLY there was food that sounded edible. No regrets.
So jealous of all the donut talk going on in this thread. Now you all made me want donuts!
AFM, one of my guilty pleasure shows is Jane the Virgin, and my FFFC is that I was legitimately upset last night when I went to watch the next episode recorded on my dvr, only to find out that somehow 2 or 3 episodes got deleted! I know they recap at the beginning of each episode so I kind of caught up, but I feel like I missed so much! First world problems!
@lest12 People gave me such a hard time because my kids didn’t watch tv. I admit, we didn’t allow any before age 2 (except football at pa’s house), but after that we were ok if they watched a little.... and they had zero interest in it.One day when they were 3.5, they woke up from naps and watched the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and that started a year long obsession with Harry Potter. Then they moved on to Star Wars (and have seen them all except The Last jedi because they talk through every movie so they have to wait for it to come out on BluRay), so now I’m the bad parent for letting my kids watch age inappropriate movies. We do not allow tablets at restaurants though, but we also don’t have our phones out either. We very much want them to learn how to handle being bored, respect other people when they are having conversations and even have the ability to contribute to those conversations. Dinner at home rarely provides that opportunity because of my husband’s schedule, so we take advantage of it when we are all together for a meal.
My fffc - I think HDBD is kind of dumb. What’s the point of comparing your bump to somebody else’s?
@pumpkinpancake I love Jane the Virgin! I always wait for the season to be released on Netflix tho.
All the donut talk gave me a craving. H didn’t want to go so I bribed him with the promise of a bj. I stuffed my face with donut holes and got lucky during DSs nap!
I picked up a donut at Safeway yesterday and scarfed it around 4 pm. Then DH commented about how little I was having for dinner. Yeah, honey, just trying to be reasonable with my portions!
Last night DD unexpectedly woke up, heard DF and I having sex, and started crying because she thought DF was hurting me. The flame-free part is that he was
Ladybug - April 2013 Dandelion - October 2018 Angel "Aurora" - July 2020 Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021 Angel "Maxine" - January 2022 Angel "Violet" - March 2022 Baby Dove due March 2023
Re: FFFC 3/23
Well H is at a doctors appt and I just put DS down for nap. He’s been ignoring me for daddy, but wanted me to rock him to sleep. I rocked him for 10 minutes and sang every song I know because I’m desperate for some snuggles!! I will NOT be telling H I broke my own rule!!
#NoRegrets
*(to be fair it was at a Michelin rated restaurant, and not like, from the back of some dudes truck)
But yeah- I offer to hit those people for you too.
“Oh he’s so adorable!”
”Thanks.”
”How old?”
I don’t imagine most people really care how old my kid is, but it probably just seems like a good next thing to say.
BFP #2: due 6/30/2017, MMC found 12/7/2016
BFP #3: due 10/21/2018
This morning I've seriously contemplated a three day old donut. I bet it's still delicious.
Oh, and H wants donuts for birthday breakfast on Sunday.
@aels12 #teamdonutforthewin
@bel194 A very, vibrantly colored zebra? you're fine girl.
#2 - I let my 4 yo watch Thor Rangnarok. I am not going to post all of my justifications and defenses as to why. But it happened.
@krzyriver we joked that the cure to my DS's mama's boy phase was having DD. The phase came back, but my H and I joke that this having another kid to cure the mama phase is really not a sustainable solution
We bought a new TV at Christmas and put our old TV in our bedroom. It's been used maybe twice? I've been highly considering putting it in SS's room. But then I feel like all he would do is watch Netflix... But then I could watch my shows downstairs...
Hopefully this one comes off with the best intent that it's meant to. Coming into SS's life when he was 3, by the time we truly bonded he was past his cuddly stage. Even now, he mostly cuddles daddy. One thing i'm really looking forward to with "having my own" is the cuddles and momma's boy/girl thing. I love to snuggle. I love my SS, as much as if he was my own child. However, I'm really looking forward to having that right from birth bond with this baby.
Eta: crazy thing deleted over half of my post! Oh well... It's too much work to try and fix it.
DD 3/15/12
DD 6/3/14
#4 Due 10/26/18!
DH is on 12s today through the weekend. And probably most of next week too. He hates it, but I kinda enjoy the time. The only thing that sucks is that we both feel like crap so nothing is getting done.
I wish my kid kid was a daddies baby sometimes!!!
Also, I’m totally guilty of asking people how old their kids are, especially if they look close to DS age.
My FFC is that I’ve had a few dishes in my sink a work since I started feeling nauseous two months ago and I just washed them today. Washing dishes makes me gag so bad.
AFM, one of my guilty pleasure shows is Jane the Virgin, and my FFFC is that I was legitimately upset last night when I went to watch the next episode recorded on my dvr, only to find out that somehow 2 or 3 episodes got deleted! I know they recap at the beginning of each episode so I kind of caught up, but I feel like I missed so much! First world problems!
My fffc - I think HDBD is kind of dumb. What’s the point of comparing your bump to somebody else’s?
All the donut talk gave me a craving. H didn’t want to go so I bribed him with the promise of a bj. I stuffed my face with donut holes and got lucky during DSs nap!
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023