glynn06

This is really great advice, wish I'd been this specific with my plans!

Yes!! This is so easy to forget when you're not in the middle of it. Their cries go straight to the stress part of your brain and set everything off. It's so horrible and it makes problem solving basically impossible.

That you will spend more time contemplating the mysteries of baby poop than you could ever imagine, and that you and your partner will spend more time talking about baby poop than you would ever imagine. You will forget yourself and talk about it to disinterested (and probably disgusted)… Read More

@anniek18 I dunno about elonyb but I was so ducked up after giving birth to my first that I never really got to do baby wearing with him. I was in physical therapy for nine months, at which point I was *okay* but still not fit enough to wear him, given how big he'd gotten. I've… Read More

This!!!

Hah, they sound like little piglets when they sleep! Never got the hang of seeiyng through it, though ...

Feeling this, especially this week!! I love them, but I miss having people look at me and see (and respect) me, instead of seeing "so and so's mom." Hang in there, fellow parents...

@mauiwowie - wow! if friends and family are so entitled and easily offended that being told "I'm still recovering and we're not having guests right now" means they won't help a new parent out later, then the parent is probably better off without!! Sounds like you speak from experience...… Read More

Literally lol'd, I feel this so much! Having kids makes me question everything! all! the! time!

"If you live like a lawyer while you're a law student, you'll live like a law student when you're a lawyer." Every dollar you take out in loans to live it up while you're a student turns into $5, $10, $20 in interest, so while you're in school is the best time to tighten your budget.… Read More