@ most realistic depiction of motherhood yet

[summer]

That title is from the article, not mine!



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[2curlydogs]

Apr 20, 2015 16:11:56 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

I will set fire to anyone who ever tries to take a photo of me while on the toilet.

True. Though this is slightly more accurate than Giselle Whatsherface nursing while getting a mani and a blow out or whatever the fuck that was.

[thejackpot]

I don't want any photographic proof but I would give some real money to be able to use the bathroom by myself.

[heyjude]

I've never had to do this.

[FloFTW]

How long does it take you to shit? I mean I can quickly pinch one off if I need to.

[saz]

Apr 20, 2015 20:15:56 GMT -5 @pennypie said:

My baby is only 6w and I have already had to do this twice. This doesn't bode well for my future, huh?

I only ever had to do it when they were that tiny so this phase may not last for you!

[jeaniebueller]

I have never done this. The perfect example of a time when it's okay to set a baby down to cry is when you have to use the bathroom.

[sunshine608]

I feel like I've spent so much energy against nursing in bathrooms that I know refuse to do even if it's my own. Maybe with a very little newborn I n a pinch sure I might, but at this age (11 mos) for me, he can wait 3 minutes. Now the open cabinet, stuff everywhere anda little one and a dog sitting and watching me- that's real life.

[irishbride2]

I have BFed my kid on a toilet (Rest stops on road trips) but never while actually using the bathroom. Sometimes I just need a quiet private place to sit.

I don't think I've ever had that level of an emergency where I had to poop and BF immediately and therefore needed to do it at once. T

[heyjude]

A kid old enough to walk doesn't need to BF while you are on the toilet.

#mommywar

[cville]

I think the caption with something about "any parent can understand" is hilariously overbroad. I mean, I never breastfed either of my kids on the toilet, but my husband can't even lactate so I'm 100% sure he can't understand.

[marina007]

When DD was a few weeks old, she would breastfeed for 30 mins on each side at least, every 3 hours. I drank so much water and my um bladder control
was not what it was before having her. I think she has breastfed while
I was peeing like 10 times. Flame away. I was not going to pry her off the boob so I could sprint to the bathroom so I didn't pee my pants...

[pescalita]

Apr 20, 2015 21:59:33 GMT -5 marina007 said:

When DD was a few weeks old, she would breastfeed for 30 mins on each side at least, every 3 hours. I drank so much water and my um bladder control
was not what it was before having her. I think she has breastfed while
I was peeing like 10 times. Flame away. I was not going to pry her off the boob so I could sprint to the bathroom so I didn't pee my pants...

Ok, I can't remember specifically if I did that - I remember peeing with a baby in a moby, but I'm not sure if I BF - but that? Is not this. This is a walking child. They just don't need to eat that bad. They do need to learn no.

[bears]

I nursed my son on the toilet probably twice. I was on the sitz bath toilet seat 5x a day for 20- 30 minutes each time for a few weeks after he was born, so it was inevitable, really.

[Deleted]

I hated hauling a carseat around so once my child was old enough to sit in a stroller or a shopping cart, then yes, I have peed while my child was sitting on my lap. But feed them while pissing or shitting? No. I don't eat while pissing or shitting so I'm not sure why I'd feed my baby during all of that either.

You can just sit there** while I finish what I need to do. You won't die in the time it takes for me to drop the kids off at the pool.

And by there I mean the living room, your room, the kitchen, IDGAF. But I like to shit in peace so basically anywhere but in this damned bathroom.

[Deleted]

And whomever wrote that article is a fucking moron.

[Deleted]

I don't recall ever doing this but after every breastfeeding session I had to urgently pee. So idk what wires are crossed to cause that for me.

[cinnamoncox0]

Apr 20, 2015 21:31:55 GMT -5 cville said:

I think the caption with something about "any parent can understand" is hilariously overbroad. I mean, I never breastfed either of my kids on the toilet, but my husband can't even lactate so I'm 100% sure he can't understand.

Yeah, and it was posted on Life of a Dad blog, so I'm failing to see how this poor mom's lack of (or apparent lack of) bathroom privacy has anything to do with "life of a dad"
I don't see his ass on the toilet holding a baby.

[bears]

Apr 21, 2015 5:55:52 GMT -5 cinnamoncox0 said:

Apr 20, 2015 21:31:55 GMT -5 cville said:

I think the caption with something about "any parent can understand" is hilariously overbroad. I mean, I never breastfed either of my kids on the toilet, but my husband can't even lactate so I'm 100% sure he can't understand.

Yeah, and it was posted on Life of a Dad blog, so I'm failing to see how this poor mom's lack of (or apparent lack of) bathroom privacy has anything to do with "life of a dad"
I don't see his ass on the toilet holding a baby.

This is what gets me--there's someone there to take a picture, but no one is running interference so mom can poop in peace? Fuck that.

[wawa]

Apr 20, 2015 22:20:33 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Apr 20, 2015 21:59:33 GMT -5 marina007 said:

When DD was a few weeks old, she would breastfeed for 30 mins on each side at least, every 3 hours. I drank so much water and my um bladder control
was not what it was before having her. I think she has breastfed while
I was peeing like 10 times. Flame away. I was not going to pry her off the boob so I could sprint to the bathroom so I didn't pee my pants...

Ok, I can't remember specifically if I did that - I remember peeing with a baby in a moby, but I'm not sure if I BF - but that? Is not this. This is a walking child. They just don't need to eat that bad. They do need to learn no.

I'm here.  I know I had to pee BAD in the middle of a MOTN nursing session and just said, "oh f it" and carried shorti into the bathroom with me all while she just nursed away. 

But this kid?  This kid can get told, "nope kid, go wait." and yell outside the closed door and or get distracted by the other grown ass human taking this picture.  I MEAN REALLY. 

[josieposy]

I can understand a lot of things. I can understand why someone would need to pee so bad that they just bring the kid with. I can understand medical issues that cause you to be in the bathroom often. I can definitely understand uncooperative babies.

What I can't understand is feeling the need to take a picture of this, and then post it to social media. Have people lost their damn minds???!!!!

[ringstrue]

THE FATHER IS HOME AND YOU ARE STILL LEFT TO CARE FOR YOUR TODDLER WHILE PEEING? NO. Dude needs to Lean In at home and put the fvking camera down.

[ringstrue]

"LOOK AT HOW EASY MY LIFE IS THAT I CAN MAKE FUN OF THE LENGTHS MY WIFE HAS TO GO TO DUE TO MY SHITTINESS!!"

[wawa]

Apr 21, 2015 8:29:36 GMT -5 ringstrue said:

THE FATHER IS HOME AND YOU ARE STILL LEFT TO CARE FOR YOUR TODDLER WHILE PEEING? NO. Dude needs to Lean In at home and put the fvking camera down.

eeehhhh, I'd like to imagine that dude came home to find this situation and laughed and whipped out his phone....and then came in and gathered up the kid and closed the door to give his poor wife some privacy.  

Kinda like how you find your kid stuck upside down somewhere and you might maybe take a picture before helping them if they don't appear to be in pain....

Or maybe he's just an ass.  Also possible.