FFFC 8/14

[musicfrk2002]

Let's hear those confessions!

[musicfrk2002]

FFFC: Back in March at 6 months pregnant, I peed in a McDonald's cup in the back of my FedEx truck while doing a delivery route, even though I was only a few blocks away from my apartment.

[wegrowsheep]

I'm eating cookies for breakfast. Weak fffc, I know, but it's early.

[billyhorrible]

The other weekend we went to the beach, I went for a run, then came home and did some Jillian Michaels/blogilates. By the time LBB's bathtime rolled around, I was hot, sweaty, and sandy, so I asked if he wanted to take a bath with me. His eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning. All during the bath he kept saying how happy he was I was taking a bath with him, and that night when we were going over the day he said it was his favorite part of the day.

Ever since then he asks me every night to take a bath with him. I think he's probably too old for this (3.5) so most of the time I say no, but I also am not really ready to explain to him why it might be inappropriate, so sometimes I say yes.

[tjanca22]

I only flush the toilet every 4-5 times when I'm home alone. If I poop that's a different story, but I think it's dumb to flush every single time. I drink so much water that I'm in the bathroom all the time. It's my effort at conservation.

[carolyngrace]

Aug 14, 2015 9:15:22 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

I don't read the newspaper or watch the news, I have no interest in any of that stuff. Or sports hate sports!

I get my news through comedy news shows.. John Stewart, John Oliver... I think it's important to know what's going on in the world, but I practically fall asleep reading about it. And regular news is awful to watch.

[carolyngrace]

Aug 14, 2015 10:16:42 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

The other weekend we went to the beach, I went for a run, then came home and did some Jillian Michaels/blogilates. By the time LBB's bathtime rolled around, I was hot, sweaty, and sandy, so I asked if he wanted to take a bath with me. His eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning. All during the bath he kept saying how happy he was I was taking a bath with him, and that night when we were going over the day he said it was his favorite part of the day.

Ever since then he asks me every night to take a bath with him. I think he's probably too old for this (3.5) so most of the time I say no, but I also am not really ready to explain to him why it might be inappropriate, so sometimes I say yes.

Aw that's so sweet! Personally I don't think he's too old.

[turtletyme]

I used to sometimes "forget" to tell the checkout person that I had a case of bottled water on the bottom of my shopping cart. Always got away with it. When they started installing those scanner/cameras on the bottom of the checkout lane, I felt 100% responsible.

[clbehenna]

LO puked everywhere when I was sitting in the glider with him to get him down for a nap. I put him on his changing pad to clean him up, and then ran out of wipes. I went to the closet to get more, and came back to this.

He NEVER falls asleep on his own!!! There is hope for us yet!!!

Confession: He's still sleeping on the changing pad on the dresser...and there's still puke in his ear...I just can't chance it!

[baytosa2013]

Aug 14, 2015 13:35:13 GMT -5 clbehenna said:

LO puked everywhere when I was sitting in the glider with him to get him down for a nap. I put him on his changing pad to clean him up, and then ran out of wipes. I went to the closet to get more, and came back to this.

He NEVER falls asleep on his own!!! There is hope for us yet!!!

Confession: He's still sleeping on the changing pad on the dresser...and there's still puke in his ear...I just can't chance it!

I totally LOL'ed at this!

Monday is our 2 year anniversary and DH is going out of town for work on Tuesday.  I'm more than a little irritated and I already fully expect him to plan nothing this weekend or even get a card.

[dogmama22]

Aug 14, 2015 10:34:15 GMT -5 tjanca22 said:

I only flush the toilet every 4-5 times when I'm home alone. If I poop that's a different story, but I think it's dumb to flush every single time. I drink so much water that I'm in the bathroom all the time. It's my effort at conservation.

I want to be Eco-friendly and do this, but I can't convince myself. It's really silly, but I don't want my pee to splash back up on my bum (because toilet water is so much better).

[clairencub]

Every time I think I'm kinda getting used to my "mom bod" some form of social media makes me relapse to self loathing (ie- Sarah Stage's Instagram page-how in the world did she look like that during and after her pregnancy?) and makes me start immediately researching "mommy makeovers" from plastic surgeons sites. Ugh.

[alayne926]

I checked my bank account today (which is very sad btw) and realized that I got paid a normal paycheck.

For a split second, I considered not saying anything....

Then I emailed our owner and let him know. He just replied back that it was, in fact, an error and will get it taken care of.

I know it was the right thing to do, but man....I wish I got to keep that paycheck...

[gigi3126]

Aug 14, 2015 14:17:57 GMT -5 budders said:

I never thought I could be or would want to be a SAHM. I expected that I would be dying to go back to work and bored at home, not knowing what to do with just me and the baby all day. It's not a judgment against SAHM, just not something I thought was right for me.

Well, fast forward to 10 weeks PP, and the idea of leaving my baby and going back to work is devastating, almost to the point of depression. I cry everyday, several times a day, and constantly fret about him being at daycare (even though I know he'll be very well taken care of) and having to be at work taking care of other people's children while someone else takes care of mine. It's a good thing that I can't afford to stay home, because I would honestly march into the school today and quit if I could.

Yup. All of this. I've never been so miserable to start the school year. People keep saying that it will get better, but I'm pretty sure they're all dirty liars.

[Deleted]

Aug 14, 2015 10:16:42 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

The other weekend we went to the beach, I went for a run, then came home and did some Jillian Michaels/blogilates. By the time LBB's bathtime rolled around, I was hot, sweaty, and sandy, so I asked if he wanted to take a bath with me. His eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning. All during the bath he kept saying how happy he was I was taking a bath with him, and that night when we were going over the day he said it was his favorite part of the day.

Ever since then he asks me every night to take a bath with him. I think he's probably too old for this (3.5) so most of the time I say no, but I also am not really ready to explain to him why it might be inappropriate, so sometimes I say yes.

I take showers w my 2.5 yr old all the time. I've wondered at what age it becomes inappropriate..

[mrsmonogrammed]

Aug 14, 2015 13:33:41 GMT -5 turtletyme said:

I used to sometimes "forget" to tell the checkout person that I had a case of bottled water on the bottom of my shopping cart. Always got away with it. When they started installing those scanner/cameras on the bottom of the checkout lane, I felt 100% responsible.

I've stolen like 3 things since LO was born when I have her stupid carrier in the basket of the cart and can't see something until I go to put the seat in the car. {insert embarassed face emoji here}

ETA-words are hard

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Aug 14, 2015 10:41:44 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Aug 14, 2015 9:15:22 GMT -5 @hazeldublin said:

I don't read the newspaper or watch the news, I have no interest in any of that stuff. Or sports hate sports!

I get my news through comedy news shows.. John Stewart, John Oliver... I think it's important to know what's going on in the world, but I practically fall asleep reading about it. And regular news is awful to watch.

I love those shows. I watch John Oliver clips on youtube though because we don't get HBO. Do you like the new daily show host? When does he start?

[turtletyme]

mrsmonogrammed that's what made me think of it! I always put my items in the bag in the bottom of the stroller and nearly walked out with some pacifiers today. Dangerous for a known klepto like me, lol.

[erbear]

Aug 14, 2015 14:54:36 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

Aug 14, 2015 13:33:41 GMT -5 turtletyme said:

I used to sometimes "forget" to tell the checkout person that I had a case of bottled water on the bottom of my shopping cart. Always got away with it. When they started installing those scanner/cameras on the bottom of the checkout lane, I felt 100% responsible.

I've stolen like 3 things since LO was born when I have her stupid carrier in the basket of the cart and can't see something until I go to put the seat in the car. {insert embarassed face emoji here}

ETA-words are hard

I walked out of target with a headband today. I'm going to go back tomorrow and actually buy it. I was looking all over for it, too! I thought I put it back but couldn't remember doing it!

budders, 100% on the sahm thing. I never ever thought it would be something for me but now I wish I could do it more than three days a week.

[teenybird]

+1 for wishing I could become a SAHM. I never, ever thought I would want to stay home, but the thought of going back to work (and having to start a new job, no less) makes me want to cry lately. My MIL will be watching LO until December, and she's already here helping us out, so at least I know he'll be with someone he recognizes and loves cuddling with. But when he starts daycare in January, I'm going to be a hot mess. I chose a daycare with a password-secured mommy-cam in each classroom so I can login regularly to "check-up" on LO. I may ask my new job for a second computer monitor so I can just keep the cam stream pulled up at all times haha...I'm only halfway kidding (sigh).




ETA: Mad props to the SAHMs. This shit is hard. Amazingly awesome, but hard.

[stinybean]

Aug 14, 2015 14:32:37 GMT -5 gigi3126 said:

Aug 14, 2015 14:17:57 GMT -5 budders said:

I never thought I could be or would want to be a SAHM. I expected that I would be dying to go back to work and bored at home, not knowing what to do with just me and the baby all day. It's not a judgment against SAHM, just not something I thought was right for me.

Well, fast forward to 10 weeks PP, and the idea of leaving my baby and going back to work is devastating, almost to the point of depression. I cry everyday, several times a day, and constantly fret about him being at daycare (even though I know he'll be very well taken care of) and having to be at work taking care of other people's children while someone else takes care of mine. It's a good thing that I can't afford to stay home, because I would honestly march into the school today and quit if I could.

Yup. All of this. I've never been so miserable to start the school year. People keep saying that it will get better, but I'm pretty sure they're all dirty liars.

+1 on the dirty liars

[littlemissgrump]

Tame confession: I fast forward most of the songs on Glee

And I watch Glee.

[shahoi]

Aug 14, 2015 14:32:37 GMT -5 gigi3126 said:

Aug 14, 2015 14:17:57 GMT -5 budders said:

I never thought I could be or would want to be a SAHM. I expected that I would be dying to go back to work and bored at home, not knowing what to do with just me and the baby all day. It's not a judgment against SAHM, just not something I thought was right for me.

Well, fast forward to 10 weeks PP, and the idea of leaving my baby and going back to work is devastating, almost to the point of depression. I cry everyday, several times a day, and constantly fret about him being at daycare (even though I know he'll be very well taken care of) and having to be at work taking care of other people's children while someone else takes care of mine. It's a good thing that I can't afford to stay home, because I would honestly march into the school today and quit if I could.

Yup. All of this. I've never been so miserable to start the school year. People keep saying that it will get better, but I'm pretty sure they're all dirty liars.

+1. I go back on Monday. It's all I can think about and have been stressing about it for weeks...

[littlemissgrump]

Here's another one: I completely forgot about a meeting today until the person texted to cancel it. Good thing because I'm babysitting today. Oops.

[kemdupuis]

Aug 14, 2015 10:34:15 GMT -5 tjanca22 said:

I only flush the toilet every 4-5 times when I'm home alone. If I poop that's a different story, but I think it's dumb to flush every single time. I drink so much water that I'm in the bathroom all the time. It's my effort at conservation.

+1

[kemdupuis]

Trying to eat my Mexican takeout while holding LO.... I totally just dripped a little bit of queso on him. Oops!

[carolyngrace]

Aug 14, 2015 14:24:33 GMT -5 clairencub said:

Every time I think I'm kinda getting used to my "mom bod" some form of social media makes me relapse to self loathing (ie- Sarah Stage's Instagram page-how in the world did she look like that during and after her pregnancy?) and makes me start immediately researching "mommy makeovers" from plastic surgeons sites. Ugh.

My friend is getting one. She cashed out her 401k when she left her job to do it. But she also got a nannying job with the mayor of Minneapolis that apparently pays like 60k a year plus benefits. So.... I want to hate, but I'm a little jealous.

[carolyngrace]

Aug 14, 2015 19:02:17 GMT -5 kemdupuis said:

Trying to eat my Mexican takeout while holding LO.... I totally just dripped a little bit of queso on him. Oops!

My kid constantly has crumbs in his hair. Oops.

[wegrowsheep]

Aug 14, 2015 19:02:17 GMT -5 kemdupuis said:

Trying to eat my Mexican takeout while holding LO.... I totally just dripped a little bit of queso on him. Oops!

DH asked me once why LO had a towel draped over him (I was schlepping him around with one arm). Duh, so I don't drip milk on him while I eat my cereal!

My other FFFC (besides cookies for breakfast) is that while I do love my little guy fiercely, and wouldn't trade him for anything, a little part of me is still wishing I had another baby girl.