MBF 7/13

[missilini]

Not really a MBF, but I volunteered awhile ago to help my friend cook at church camp because she was short on helpers. I'm supposed to leave today do I'm getting in cuddles with DD this morning. I won't see her for 6 days. It's turning out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be.

[mamanorris]

My brother in in town to visit, we only get to see him once a year. Dh is acting like a dick and opting out of activities and just being a douche in general.

My father cornered my brother at my nieces grad party and wanted to catch up after 20 years. he knew ALL about my brothers life from my sister. Thanks sister. My sister keeps texting my brother and I saying she needs a few days to process what happened. Ummmmmm nothing happened to you!! Stop being so dramatic.

[Lola]

Our vacation is turning into me watching the kids while dh has a great time. He is going all over the place with his bestfriebd, leaving me and bfs wife home. Today they are playing golf. Yesterday they had to go to the store ( for 2 hours) together. Last night they stayed up till 1 getting drunk. Not fun.

[Lola]

Jul 13, 2015 7:57:44 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

Jul 13, 2015 7:24:40 GMT -5 Lola said:

Our vacation is turning into me watching the kids while dh has a great time. He is going all over the place with his bestfriebd, leaving me and bfs wife home. Today they are playing golf. Yesterday they had to go to the store ( for 2 hours) together. Last night they stayed up till 1 getting drunk. Not fun.

Tell him
Tonight they are on baby duty and you and the other wife go have fun!

I did before we even got here. I told him I was concerned this would happen. The thing is the other mom is weird. She is currently in her room. I'm in the living room with 5 boys who are fighting over iPads. I was going to take my boys out to the store but i forgot dh took the car.

[Liv]

Lola, that suuuuuuuucks. Nothing worse than a vacation that is more work than real life. Hope your DH gets it together so you all can enjoy your time!

[bullybutt]

missilini, I can't imagine being gone that long from my kiddos. Stay strong!
mamanorris,I missed the story on your brother. Your sister does sound like a shit stirring drama queen.
Lola,your vacation sounds like a nightmare and I would be livid as well. Hell no to babysitting (practically solo) while he reaps all the fun time.

[bullybutt]

We were supposed to have had our family pictures (R, N and I) taken last night. On the way up the hill to meet the photographer, R tripped (while his hands were in his pocket) and fell right on his face and busted it all to hell. I think my heart literally broke when I saw him fall. I had to sit down N super quick and run to grab him. He was so concerned about there being blood (and there was). Thankfully, we were able to reschedule for next Saturday. We all looked so snazzy, I hate that we have to redo all that work just to get dressed up.

Finkle keeps text after 9 to ask how the kids are doing. WTF dude, they are asleep. Stop texting trivial bullshit.

[Liv]

awwww bullybutt, your poor little guy!!!

[Lola]

bullybutt glad he's ok!

I can not wait for dh to get home. We definitely need to talk. I can't go the rest of the week like this! It's tough when you share a small space with another family, especially when you disagree with their parenting.

[anotherdreamer]

Still waiting for a call back from the pedis office -_-

[liziz]

So many much things this week.
1. LO has her 1 year check up today. I leave work ~1hr early to meet her and DCP at the Dr. After a week off, texted DCP last night, and she asked me to reschedule the Dr appointment because she was planning to take LO to meet her friend for lunch an hour away and she didn't think she'd make it back in time. We didn't tell her about the Dr until yesterday, so it was a schedule change, but she didn't tell us that she was taking our kiddo out of town for the day, either! Our Dr office is a PITA to reschedule, so H is home with her today, and we can all go together to the appointment. Thankful for H's schedule being flexible, but really over scheduling shit with our DCP.
2. Our dog's bladder stone did not shrink at all on food #1, so we're waiting on the special order more intense food, and going to give that 2 weeks to try to work. Really do not want surgery for her.
3. Really feeling frustrated that neither of us makes enough money for the other one to stay home with LO. Part of what H is doing at home today is working on his resume. The "pep talk" my bosses tried to give me about how family is important, and it's hard to balance it all makes me want to stop working and just be home with LO. (Especially when DCP makes things more difficult)
4. Other than detailing to H what to do about milk (half BM/half WCM), I feel like I shouldn't have to lay out a detailed schedule for the other adult who spends an equal amount of time with her. But I needed to. And he wrote it down. At least he asked, I guess.

ETA: Not sure if weaning hormones are making me a crazy person, or if I'm blaming being a crazy person on weaning hormones. Either way, do not want.

[littlemissmarla]

Lola, Yikes, that really sucks! I think that's a main reason why I won't really vaca with friends - or even my sibling/dh's siblings haha. I like my space and attention kept on my own fam, hopefully you can talk some sense into your DH.

bullybutt, Hope he's feeling better!



My bitch is that I had to make Zoey's follow up dr. appointments for her hemangioma and laryngomalacia. I'm DREADING the ENT doctor, I know they are going to scope her and the last time they did it I'm pretty sure it traumatized her. DH thinks that's why she won't let me use the snotsucker on her anymore. She freaks out when I even go near her with it. I know they need to do it in order to make sure the flap is strengthening but it just sucks.

[anotherdreamer]

They still haven't called me. I tell you what though, we were planning on moving out of this house in October but our deadline just moved way the fuck up.

[soon2bmrsn]

My oldest's behavior is getting worse as the summer goes on. He's almost becoming manipulative, and it's making me ready to haul ass back to work. Nothing like feeling like you're failing at parenting.

[anotherdreamer]

Jul 13, 2015 11:37:55 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

Jul 13, 2015 11:17:59 GMT -5 anotherdreamer said:

They still haven't called me. I tell you what though, we were planning on moving out of this house in October but our deadline just moved way the fuck up.

Was there a lead disclosure on the house when you bought it? Sounds like an expensive, no fun issue :-(

We don't own it, we've been renting DH's childhood home from FIL. We were planning on moving out of state in October for DH's new job but will just have to expedite things sooner than expected. I have no idea what FIL is going to do with the home.

[liziz]

Jul 13, 2015 12:08:30 GMT -5 soon2bmrsn said:

My oldest's behavior is getting worse as the summer goes on. He's almost becoming manipulative, and it's making me ready to haul ass back to work. Nothing like feeling like you're failing at parenting.

Nothing like a little motivation to get you back to work, right?

I'm sure you're doing a great job!

[liziz]

Jul 13, 2015 12:15:24 GMT -5 @zerozeroone said:

My bitch is that today is CD 1 on a beach vacation. DS did okay last night but has been kind of a mess. He's napping right now and we are going to take him to the beach and pool later. Hopefully he will have fun.

Ugh. That straight up sucks!

Hopefully he'll get better as you guys are in the swing of vacation!

[liziz]

Jul 13, 2015 13:29:20 GMT -5 Cdnfroggy said:

Lola sorry your vacation became a babysitting week...hope DH smartens up!
liziz sorry about your work situation, I understand where you're coming from!

My MBF is that I go back to work Wednesday and am not looking forward to it.

thanks!

All of us down here are jealous of your long maternity leave, but it doesn't make it any easier for you go back. Good luck!

[soon2bmrsn]

Tornado warning sirens went off just as I was loading the kids up for DS1's and DD's pedi checkups. Go back in, down to basement, wait. Now going to the pedi later. Blah but at least they got us in today. I think DD has an ingrown toenail and I really want it checked out.

[soon2bmrsn]

Jul 13, 2015 13:29:20 GMT -5 Cdnfroggy said:

Lola sorry your vacation became a babysitting week...hope DH smartens up!
liziz sorry about your work situation, I understand where you're coming from!

My MBF is that I go back to work Wednesday and am not looking forward to it.

HUGE hugs as you head back to work. I hope it's a smooth transition for you and Arlo.

[mamanorris]

bullybutt, she is a complete shit stirring drama queen. Super annoying. But the good news is that my health nut brother has made me ride my excersise bike the past two days and pushed me while I rode and I feel fantastic!

[bullybutt]

Jul 13, 2015 16:02:20 GMT -5 mamanorris said:

bullybutt, she is a complete shit stirring drama queen. Super annoying. But the good news is that my health nut brother has made me ride my excersise bike the past two days and pushed me while I rode and I feel fantastic!

Hey...silver linings!  It's nice to have that positive influence in your life especially when you have someone else that is toxic. I hope you like sticking to your exercise regimen and see quick results. It WILL pay off!  

[Liv]

Have officially hit the point where it's uncomfortable to sit, stand, OR lay down. If I could just live in a pool, that would be great.

It's a minor complaint especially in light of some of what's been happening in our group lately, but dangit, the next month is going to feel long.

[mamanorris]

Jul 13, 2015 16:17:15 GMT -5 Liv said:

Have officially hit the point where it's uncomfortable to sit, stand, OR lay down. If I could just live in a pool, that would be great.

It's a minor complaint especially in light of some of what's been happening in our group lately, but dangit, the next month is going to feel long.

A week before my due date with Lennon I went to the beach and made Lou dig a hole in the sand so I could lay on my stomach. It was glorious. He will be here before you know it and you will feel great!!

[mamanorris]

Jul 13, 2015 16:10:28 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Jul 13, 2015 16:02:20 GMT -5 mamanorris said:

bullybutt, she is a complete shit stirring drama queen. Super annoying. But the good news is that my health nut brother has made me ride my excersise bike the past two days and pushed me while I rode and I feel fantastic!

Hey...silver linings!  It's nice to have that positive influence in your life especially when you have someone else that is toxic. I hope you like sticking to your exercise regimen and see quick results. It WILL pay off!  

Thanks! I am going to try like hell. I have depression and I haven't felt this emotionally awesome in forever. Now I see why he bikes almost 200 miles a week. I won't be doing that, but I get why he does. Lol

[Liv]

Jul 13, 2015 16:33:38 GMT -5 mamanorris said:

Jul 13, 2015 16:17:15 GMT -5 Liv said:

Have officially hit the point where it's uncomfortable to sit, stand, OR lay down. If I could just live in a pool, that would be great.

It's a minor complaint especially in light of some of what's been happening in our group lately, but dangit, the next month is going to feel long.

A week before my due date with Lennon I went to the beach and made Lou dig a hole in the sand so I could lay on my stomach. It was glorious. He will be here before you know it and you will feel great!!

that's what I need! LOL, you're brilliant!

[dawnfire]

Yes, yes, yes. I need MBF.

So Monday is the day I work 11-8 pm and DH is in charge of picking up LO. DH works downtown so he's about 30 miles from LO. Normally he's able to leave early enough and it's not a problem.

But then queue idiots who can't drive. A wreck with an 18 wheelers and 2 cars pretty much shut down a main artery this afternoon, so even though DH left at 4pm, he wasn't going to make it in time. So I had to race out in the middle of my dinner to pick up LO and take him back to my work so DH could meet us there and pick him up.

(That's all well and good, but my dinner ends at 6pm...)

DH isn't able to get to me till 6:45 due to the traffic. Luckily my co-workers are awesome and they didn't mind a baby hanging out with me in the workroom. (They got plenty of chances to hold him, too.) But the really MBF worthy thing is that my dinner consisted of 2 pieces of broccoli and a handful of english peas because that's all I'd been able to eat before getting the call that I needed to drive like hell to pick up LO. And before that I hadn't eaten a meal since 9am since on Mondays I don't get a lunch, just a dinner.

Hungry mama is hungry.

[dawnfire]

Jul 13, 2015 16:17:15 GMT -5 Liv said:

Have officially hit the point where it's uncomfortable to sit, stand, OR lay down. If I could just live in a pool, that would be great.

It's a minor complaint especially in light of some of what's been happening in our group lately, but dangit, the next month is going to feel long.

I remember those days, and you have all my sorries.  I don't miss feeling like the Goodyear blimp as I navigated my way around work or home bumping into everything. I still recall the days when dropping something meant it was dead to me.

[rlb]

Half tempted to lock DH out tonight if he's not home in the next 10 mins. Fail after fail today.

[Leapinglizards]

Lola I would be so mad that is why I am hesitant to go on joint vacations