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What are some things YOU hate about having a new baby?
- Nov 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM
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Chill out, I'm not asking if you hate your child! LOL! Just some things that never fail to happen when you have a new baby!
My things that I hate are as follows:
1. DH never fails to forget to burp and I am the one to get puked on as we are about to leav
2. Some people (like my MIL) scream at a newborn and then wonder why the kid starts bawling...he's not deaf you moron!
3. Random people stopping me in Wally World (as I am obviously trying to hurry in and out) to tell me their kid's life story, unsolicited advice, etc. (Thanks, this is my 3rd child, I've got it covered)
4. MIL has taken my older kids without permission from their Grandma's house before, but asks if she can hold my youngest son.
5. Seeing a big fat wet diaper when the child is peacefully sleeping!
6. Ignoring/muting phone calls when baby is napping, thinking people will get the hint...then they decide to show up at my house and bang on the door.
7. I don't mind company if they call first. But I do hate when my child happens to open his eye for 2 seconds and they are all in his face startling him and waking him up. They have no idea if he's been cranky and needs to sleep.
8. Having a crap load of laundry several times a day
9. The biggest, grossest poop diaper leaking when you're not at home and you just happened to have forgotten extra clothes this time!
10. People saying smiles are gas...WTH...when my son smiles, its because he's happy. NOT because its gas. He doesn't like it when he's gassy, and usually cries.
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I hated...
the weeks of bleeding
the sleepless nights
boobs leaking with milk
people in public touching the baby on the hands or face
I always loved company and extra care takers - my house has an open door policy lol
BUT after having a hysterectomy, I would gladly welcome any of my hated moments and yours - count your blessing, cause believe it or not there will be a day that you miss it.
My tubes are tied now. After having third child, we decided that was enough. I hemorrhaged for a few hours after and they were concerned to the point that they were planning a hysterectomy. Thank goodness they waited 30 more minutes on bleeding to subside, or my OB wanted to do one. As for company, I don't mind it. My family calls most the time, but I don't mind if my sis comes over unannounced. Its my in laws I don't want to come over unannounced because we don't get along well.
This is meant to be a light hearted post. I love all three of my children and cherish every moment.
awe dont explain, i knew what it was meant to be =-)
and I hear you about the in-law thing lol
no matter how much we love our children there are things that we have to bare that are just not our idea of fun - we can hate those things and still love our kids!
sound off and live on...
yeah, my MIL is ridiculous...she blows up all our phones during nap time most the time. Then comes banging on our door to ask for money, or for my DH's help doing something so easy a caveman could do it. LOL!
1. Recovering from birth.
2. Post partum depression
3. Spit up alllll over everything for the first six months
4. Adjusting to having a new baby at home
5. People calling you Mama
6. Your husband going "Let's have sex!" when you're totally not in the mood for sex ever again.
7. Having to still get up and cook and clean while recovering and figuring out how to take care of a baby.
8. Being too excited/scared/nervous/happy to sleep when the baby sleeps.
9. Mothers and Mother-in-Laws and pretty much all other relatives
10. Toddlers and older kids putting their fingers in the baby's face or sneezing on the baby
11. Finding time to take a shower
12. Figuring out feeding schedules
13. Bathing a newborn
14. Changing those tiny little diapers
15. Putting tiny little clothes on a newborn's delicate little limbs
16. Hunger pangs from forgetting to eat
17. Baby blues
18. Getting bored because newborns don't do shit until they're like two months old
19. Looking at your self naked and being horrified by what's staring back at you
And 20...
Getting on CafeMom and talking about how hard it is to have a newborn...only to have 500 people scream back at you that you're a monster and that if you "didn't want a baby" that you should've kept your legs closed, and that you should give your baby up for adoption.
Yayyyyy!
I agree with caitxrawks number 20. The responses from cafemom whenever you should happen to complain about your newborns diaper exploding all over your lap and covering you in nasty baby poop are always about how you're a terrible horrible person that should keep their legs closed. I dare someone to honestly tell me they like being covered in baby shit or any of the other disgusting things that soemtimes happen when you have a newborn and then I want them to honestly say they never complained once about any of those things to anyone!.
but besides that I really don't mind the newborn stage my son was the "starter" baby. Meaning he was almost angelic, makes me afraid for when this second one comes, because I'm terrified my son used up all of the good we're ever going to get in this family.
The main thing i hate is everyone and there brother walking up and touching your baby in the story. you don't know what kind of germs they have. i always try to keep the baby covered with a blanket.
i'm aslo not looking forward to the spit up again but this time around i'm prepared with my carpet cleaner MUAHAHAHAHA
I was so lucky that our daughter never exploded on us LOL! She did shoot poop out nearly five feet once though. It was so disgusting, it got all over me and the couch and blehhhh. So nasty.
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hmmmmmmmmmm That's a Hard One. I was Just Looking at My youngest who is baby number 5 and telling My husband how I just Love watching My baby cuddle and nurse with me, as I hold his little hands and his big brown eyes are just staring at me! My children just make my heart melt. I find nothing about a new baby daily routine that I hate. I guess I am so used to having babies it just a part of My life and I am so forever grateful for every moment. So many woman can`t have children, or their children had died and wish they could have these moments. So as a mother I cherish the good days and the not so good days.
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