I miss teeny baby snuggles. My baby refuses to snuggle. I regret not enjoying them more and being anxious for him to go to sleep so I could get stuff done.
He's 10 months old today. Today was my last day pumping. There will be tears tonight, I'm sure of it. And wine. We had a hellish struggle with BFing, but I'm still sad to be done.
Wait... I'm just totally tired. I've got a cold, DH has it too, we got it from DS. We're all just kind of a trainwreck.
But I had a great Saturday afternoon playdate with two other moms of boys DS's age, and it was awesome. They're just so damn cute, and it gets even cuter when they're together.
people were right about going out more. went to lunch today with friends and feel amazing. although dd is so good in public I think people question my stories of her evening insanity.
This was us. People told me that he was so cute, I'd respond "yeah, when he's quiet". They'd tell me he was a good baby, I'd respond "yeah, at the moment. Give him a few hours". People definitely questioned our nightly screamfests. I offered for all of them to come over every night to experience it.
Post by blueberry10 on Oct 22, 2012 13:36:11 GMT -5
I'm headed to the airport this afternoon to leave for a 2-night work trip and it's the first time I'll be apart from DD overnight. A hotel room to myself sounds kind of delightful but my heart just about broke when I said goodbye this morning. I'm a little nervous about pumping logistics too. I'll be OK...she'lll be OK...I'll be OK...
I posted a q over the weekend asking people if they felt like their lives would be a lot different if they didn't have kids. A few people mentioned lack of down time, lazy weekends, etc. Somehow a few posters on the main board took this to mean we were saying that lives without children are boring and meaningless
Post by gibbinator on Oct 22, 2012 13:44:39 GMT -5
Ds seems to be finally moving his bedtime earlier. He was down for the count last night at 8:20pm vs the 10pm norm of a couple weeks ago. Dh and I didn't know what to do with the free time!
I don't really think surprise is really what you're going for when you get pregnant. The people that surprise me are surprising because I don't really think they're in any place for a baby. Like... us after 7 years of marriage? Not shocking anyone. When we tell people next time and DS is at least 18 months old (probably closer to 2)? Not shocking anyone. 16 year old pastor's daughter at church? Now there's a surprise!
I take it as a good sign that no one was like "WHAT!" when we said we were having a baby.
I don't really think surprise is really what you're going for when you get pregnant. The people that surprise me are surprising because I don't really think they're in any place for a baby. Like... us after 7 years of marriage? Not shocking anyone. When we tell people next time and DS is at least 18 months old (probably closer to 2)? Not shocking anyone. 16 year old pastor's daughter at church? Now there's a surprise!
I take it as a good sign that no one was like "WHAT!" when we said we were having a baby.
Yeah, I was kind of miffed that we got a lot of "WHAT?" I couldn't just let it go, so I asked why it was such a surprise. Apparently, if you have been married five years, live in an apartment in a major city, and have no plans to move buy a house in the suburbs, that means you have no interest in having kids.
We went to visit some family this weekend and I was out shopping with SIL, her sister, her mom and my MIL. We were discussing baby names and that segued into outrageous names. SIL said she knew a La-a (La-dash-a) and her mom said she knew an Orangejello and a Lemonjello. They told these stories like they weren't total urban legends that have been repeated a thousand times over. Until now I'd never heard anyone tell these stories in real life. If it were my sister or my mom, I totally would've called them out, but I held my tongue.
Dd has gotten so sassy lately. She cracks me up. When she gets really irritated she does this furious clap grunt combo. Like "don't you know what I want? Bah!" .
We went to visit some family this weekend and I was out shopping with SIL, her sister, her mom and my MIL. We were discussing baby names and that segued into outrageous names. SIL said she knew a La-a (La-dash-a) and her mom said she knew an Orangejello and a Lemonjello. They told these stories like they weren't total urban legends that have been repeated a thousand times over. Until now I'd never heard anyone tell these stories in real life. If it were my sister or my mom, I totally would've called them out, but I held my tongue.
My SIL and MIL said the same thing! I was like 8-D
I am sooo tired after getting up super early for my RE appointment. I can't wait for that to be done. I need to go to the gym tonight, but I'll put it off another night. Now I am really interested to read the kids/no kids threads, although I should probably just ignore them (I can't seem to do that, though).
I'm unreasonably excited about my organizing from Pinterest yesterday-I finally had an empty Lysol wipes container and filled it with a roll of plastic grocery bags. I want more empty containers so I can keep one in the stroller, DS' room (we use grocery bags for his wipes/disposables), and in the kitchen. I can finally see an end to the cabinet stuffed full of bags.
I strung a ribbon on the inside of the bathroom cabinet and hung all my zenni glasses on it. That was my golden Pinterest moment, and if I never manage another project, that alone was worth all the wasted hours on there.
DH, me, and both kids have been sick for two weeks. DS2 wakes up a billion times a night. As an added bonus DS1 was resting on the couch and peed his pants! Since he doesn't feel well I guess he didnt realize he had to go or was too tired to get up.
I am so tired of being sick, and I really hope the pee smell comes out of my couch!
DD had her birthday party this weekend and while everyone seemed to enjoy it, to me it was pure crazy. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have 12-15 toddlers all at once. Some of them where good but some where pure holy terror and it seemed that if one ticked off (tantrum) then a few more where sure to follow. DH thinks it was the best party ever. I thought it was pure hell.
Bragging about never EVER being bored seems weird to me. (see same post on the main board)
It's okay to be bored now and then. That's how I get around to the stuff that is boring, like mopping the floor. A life that is 100% go-go-go would be a recipe for a heart attack for me.
I'm OOT for work today - Friday and DH said something about dropping the dog off at MIL's house overnight so she could get some extra playtime in since it's just him and our dog loves MIL's dog.
I then asked him if he was going to pull the same thing when we have a baby and he has to play single parent and he said "maybe." Umm no dude, I take care of the dog by myself when you're gone, and will do the same for the baby. No pawning them off on MIL.
My sister brought up the idea of nannying for us when I go back to work next year. I haven't told DH, b/c I secretly enjoy the idea of her watching the baby through 1year, but I don't know that DH will be on board.
I think I'm ready to come back. I'm in a much better place now...I finally feel like myself again. Hooray for Zoloft!
My random is that the Ergo and insert is the best money I've ever spent. Charlie hates to be put down so for 3 weeks I literally got nothing done because I was holding him all the time. Today I have made a crockpot dinner and brownies, done three loads of laundry, made two beds, and taken the dog for a long walk because he is totally cool to just chill out and look around and nap while being worn. And he did the same at a wedding reception yesterday afternoon. It is awesome.
Also, I need to figure out how to not drench the bed in milk every night. C will usually cluster feed in the evening and then sleep a 5-7 hour stretch. I get up with him and I am like a human double milk faucet. My shirt, the sheets, and disposable nursing pads are all soaked. It's gross and our bedroom smells like a dairy gone wrong. I think I may try to stuff a towel in my bra tonight.
Starry & Brie, I am so glad you guys are feeling better! Brie, yay for the Ergo! My life was like that with DS2 for months--I could basically do whatever I needed to as long as I wore the baby. Hey, whatever lets you bake brownies and get your laundry done...
Post by gibbinator on Oct 22, 2012 17:18:49 GMT -5
@brie. The constant overnight leaking will go away around 12 weeks. I was stuffing my bra with breast pads, face cloths and for awhile I was using cloth diaper inserts too. The inserts were the most useful. Fun times!
I posted a q over the weekend asking people if they felt like their lives would be a lot different if they didn't have kids. A few people mentioned lack of down time, lazy weekends, etc. Somehow a few posters on the main board took this to mean we were saying that lives without children are boring and meaningless
Lol, I hope you're not referring to me asking the original question.
Nowhere did I think or state that you all thought people without kids have boring and meaningless lives.
I wasn't trying to start a divide at all, I was genuinely just surprised at a couple of responses on here that I quickly skimmed over.
I've been around for long enough to know which topics will start a debate, so should've known better lol.
And I will happily go back to not coming over to this neck of the woods
Blessed! Feel free to hang out.
Debates can be good, but people obviously brought some of their real-life interactions into this one and put words in posters' mouths.
I think the overall ending (at least as of 10 minutes ago) was why people try to out-martyr eachother. That's not at all what was happening in the post you spun from, but it's a valid question. I get really riled up when people make comments implying (or flat out stating) that their lives are harder than mine in some way I will never be able to fathom. Kind of like when I answered your post about annoying sayings by offering the phrase "must be nice." I do find that truly grating.