Post by disappointedkittens on Mar 3, 2015 23:22:08 GMT -5
Confession: Lately I have been fantasizing about taking the baby and running away somewhere to start over alone. It started with fleeting "people make my life difficult" thoughts but now I have been thinking about it more and more. Last night he was up crying and when I was in his room comforting him I was taking an inventory of what I would take with us, what we'd have to buy and what we'd do without. I feel slightly better having "told" someone this now. I've been holding it in.
Except sorry husband, I'm still buying some new shit.
Once I found out DS2 was a boy, I felt totally justified spending more money on DS1's clothes, figuring I could always hand them down. So don't forget to buy a bunch of overpriced stuff for your DS while you are shopping for the baby.
You are GENIUS. More old man cashmere sweaters here I come...
I am thinking about buying a new, higher storage capacity iPhone simply so I don't have to go through and delete pictures. Lazy, and also unhealthily attached to pictures.
That's why I did. I have the 120(?) GB iPhone 6.
mdanaoceanspray Before you do that first try "optimize your iPhone storage" which keeps all your pics on the cloud and just leaves a lower resolution copy on your actual phone. When you go to look at your pictures it looks exactly the same but just takes half a second to download the full resolution version. The pics your take recently don't take any additional time too look at. Turn it on under settings, iCloud, photos, then swipe on "optimize iPhone storage". It took a few hours because I had over 3000 pics but it freed up a huge chunk of room on my phone and all my pics are still there like before. If you guys have already done this than ignore
mdanaoceanspray Before you do that first try "optimize your iPhone storage" which keeps all your pics on the cloud and just leaves a lower resolution copy on your actual phone. When you go to look at your pictures it looks exactly the same but just takes half a second to download the full resolution version. The pics your take recently don't take any additional time too look at. Turn it on under settings, iCloud, photos, then swipe on "optimize iPhone storage". It took a few hours because I had over 3000 pics but it freed up a huge chunk of room on my phone and all my pics are still there like before. If you guys have already done this than ignore
THANK YOU. I'm going to bake a batch of cookies for you now.
When I have a day off work/snow day, I keep C home from daycare. I don't say this to be an asshole, and I don't care that other people send their kids! I just love hanging with my little pal. I know there will be a day when she rolls her eyes at me and tries to get away, so I'm spending a bunch of time with her while I'm still cool.
The fact that this is a choice is a "must be nice" thing for me. There's no way my work would be closed for weather and M's DC still be open!
This morning when I picked C up to put her mittens on I realized that she had a dirty diaper. Since I was running late and daycare is less than a mile away, I just put her in the car and let DC change it.
Say this with me: "I think she pooped on the way here!"
I am thinking about buying a new, higher storage capacity iPhone simply so I don't have to go through and delete pictures. Lazy, and also unhealthily attached to pictures.
That's why I did. I have the 120(?) GB iPhone 6.
I bought the 64 iPhone 6 yesterday for this reason.
I think my kid is super smart and super cute. I don't tell anyone except H lol. (Well the smart thing, I tell everyone she's the cutest)
mdanaoceanspray Before you do that first try "optimize your iPhone storage" which keeps all your pics on the cloud and just leaves a lower resolution copy on your actual phone. When you go to look at your pictures it looks exactly the same but just takes half a second to download the full resolution version. The pics your take recently don't take any additional time too look at. Turn it on under settings, iCloud, photos, then swipe on "optimize iPhone storage". It took a few hours because I had over 3000 pics but it freed up a huge chunk of room on my phone and all my pics are still there like before. If you guys have already done this than ignore
I feel the same way about pugz's DD wardrobe as I do about jenny1980's drinking.
I am 200% sure that I have more DD' clothes than pugz and drink way more than jenny, so I think their GBCN "reputations" for these things are hilarious.
mdanaoceanspray Before you do that first try "optimize your iPhone storage" which keeps all your pics on the cloud and just leaves a lower resolution copy on your actual phone. When you go to look at your pictures it looks exactly the same but just takes half a second to download the full resolution version. The pics your take recently don't take any additional time too look at. Turn it on under settings, iCloud, photos, then swipe on "optimize iPhone storage". It took a few hours because I had over 3000 pics but it freed up a huge chunk of room on my phone and all my pics are still there like before. If you guys have already done this than ignore
Why is this option not showing up?
[br I don't know much about it beyond how it worked on mine. Do you have the iPhone 6?
I feel like I'm a bad mother for subjecting my kids to my own crazy mother, but cutting her off means cutting off my father and my siblings and I don't have it in me to do that. Also, DD happens to really like my dad (as well as my siblings).
But it suuuuuucks that I can't control the crazy shit that comes out of my mother's mouth and I just keep hoping it won't scar DD for life. I just keep trying to explain it gently to DD, but no 6-year-old should have to process mental illness. I can barely process it myself.
anna7602--I "liked" in solidarity because I feel similarly about my mom. Except that my dad is deceased, which makes things a lot worse. I think he kept the lid on her crazy. Sigh.
It's so incredibly hard. It's impossible to explain to young kids. Just know that either your mom won't be around for "too" long or soon enough your DD will realize her behavior. I hold on to that for my own kids, especially on extra hard days (which are frequent as we live with my parents). Unfortunately, there will come a time that you'll have to explain to your kids why Grandma acts like that and that will be hard for them.
DS has started saying "I don't want to go back to Grandma and Grandpa's" when I pick him up from daycare. How sad is that? He's 3 and started saying it in September.
anna7602--I "liked" in solidarity because I feel similarly about my mom. Except that my dad is deceased, which makes things a lot worse. I think he kept the lid on her crazy. Sigh.
My dad defends, supports, or flat out denies her crazy, even when she's clearly in the wrong. For that, I judge him and have let him fall down the ladder of "awesomeness".
I feel the same way about pugz's DD wardrobe as I do about jenny1980's drinking.
I am 200% sure that I have more DD' clothes than pugz and drink way more than jenny, so I think their GBCN "reputations" for these things are hilarious.
I will never count DD's dresses
Every picture in the clothes post the other day just made me think "oh crap, remind me never to post a picture of my kids closets if this is bad." And I have boys. Boys!
The discussion about kids only owning one pair if shoes at a time is still throwing me for a loop. I don't know how we could get away with any less than a pair of sneakers, a pair of Sperrys or some other kind of show to wear with khakis and button downs for dress, and a pair of seasonal wear (snow boots for winter, flip flops or sandals or summer) at an absolute minimum. And let's face it, my kids all have more than that.
This morning when I picked C up to put her mittens on I realized that she had a dirty diaper. Since I was running late and daycare is less than a mile away, I just put her in the car and let DC change it.
Say this with me: "I think she pooped on the way here!"
Once I found out DS2 was a boy, I felt totally justified spending more money on DS1's clothes, figuring I could always hand them down. So don't forget to buy a bunch of overpriced stuff for your DS while you are shopping for the baby.
You are GENIUS. More old man cashmere sweaters here I come...
I have a friend who has three boys. Once I had a boy she started buying new things for her youngest, because I would also get use out of them. It has been awesome.