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  • i'm in open letter form:

    Dear mom,

    Please stop over feeding E.  There's no way she needed 19 oz yesterday.  She's jumped from 15 percentile to 75 (taken from my app) since you started watching her, and I can't keep up.  I know you want to start cereals, but please wait until E's apt next Friday so I can talk it over with my pedi.  This is not proving anything.  No, BF babies do not need more milk as they get older, my milk changes to fit their needs.  I'm adding more pumping sessions because you're burning through my freezer stash.  I hope you see my effort and SLOW THE F DOWN!

    love,

    Your burned out daughter

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    Dear H,

    Please text me if you're worried about us at night, not tap into the video monitor and scare the ever loving crap out of me by moving it to where i'm sitting!

    Love,

    Your now paranoid wife

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    Boss,

    F you to my evaluation.  How can you hold my ML against me!?  Sorry I didn't get my work done, I was busy training my replacement at 39 weeks!  I have to hold my tongue until I can go back to talk to you in a tactful manner other wise I would have F-you to your face.

    Sincerely,

    I think I need a new job

    Eliza Mae - September 16th, 2014

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  • @mana8503 is she doing paced bottle feeding with E? Here is a link: http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/feeding-tools/bottle-feeding/.  


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    WillyH19 said:
    @mana8503 is she doing paced bottle feeding with E? Here is a link: http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/feeding-tools/bottle-feeding/.  


    Yes, I showed her videos and everything.

    ETA - I do have to cut her off sometimes.  I let her have 10 mins and burp, and sit her up.  Otherwise, she will overeat and spit up everywhere.  Usually she's fine and doesn't need anymore.  If she's still fussy after 5 mins or so I'll give her more.

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  • mana8503 said:
    WillyH19 said:
    @mana8503 is she doing paced bottle feeding with E? Here is a link: http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/feeding-tools/bottle-feeding/.  


    Yes, I showed her videos and everything.

    ETA - I do have to cut her off sometimes.  I let her have 10 mins and burp, and sit her up.  Otherwise, she will overeat and spit up everywhere.  Usually she's fine and doesn't need anymore.  If she's still fussy after 5 mins or so I'll give her more.

    That is super frustrating. My sitter also seems to overfeed J. When he is home with H, he usually only goes through about 12 oz a day. At the sitter, he goes through all 16 oz I send and he is always "starving" when I pick him up.  

    I hope things even out a bit for you. But, remember, solid food should not be replacing feedings, so she shouldn't be having cereal/food in place of a milk feeding. Feed milk first and then solids. 

    Ok, going to step off my mommy soapbox. 

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  • WTF, airlines. Every time I try to shop for plane tickets, I feel like I'm being gouged. It should NOT cost that much to fly from NY to Chicago. It's a flipping 2 hour flight! I'm considering making it a road trip instead, but 12 hours in the car? Ugh. Just ugh.
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  • Wtf, the bump has totally blown up last night!!!

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  • WillyH19 said:
    mana8503 said:
    WillyH19 said:
    @mana8503 is she doing paced bottle feeding with E? Here is a link: http://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/feeding-tools/bottle-feeding/.  


    Yes, I showed her videos and everything.

    ETA - I do have to cut her off sometimes.  I let her have 10 mins and burp, and sit her up.  Otherwise, she will overeat and spit up everywhere.  Usually she's fine and doesn't need anymore.  If she's still fussy after 5 mins or so I'll give her more.

    That is super frustrating. My sitter also seems to overfeed J. When he is home with H, he usually only goes through about 12 oz a day. At the sitter, he goes through all 16 oz I send and he is always "starving" when I pick him up.  

    I hope things even out a bit for you. But, remember, solid food should not be replacing feedings, so she shouldn't be having cereal/food in place of a milk feeding. Feed milk first and then solids. 

    Ok, going to step off my mommy soapbox. 


    Which is what I keep telling my mom.  Food before 1, just for fun. 

    She half BF, half FF and was a SAHM with me.  I don't think she understand the struggle of pumping.  I was already freaking out because my output dropped last week.  I've been drowning in water, mother's milk tea, flaxseed and brewer's yeast all weekend - changed pump parts.  I finally got back up to where I was and she did this yesterday.  We'll see how today goes, but I was so defeated yesterday and too sleep deprived to fight about it.  H doesn't understand either... he's like who cares if she's over feeding.  I CARE! 

    E is always starving when I get home too.  My mom was feeding her when I got home and she still wanted the boob.  I think it's just the contact.

    Eliza Mae - September 16th, 2014

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  • WTActualF office manager? Oh I'm so pissed! You never submitted my enrollment for my dependent care, but you began taking the money out of my checks. So, when I submitted a claim to the insurance company for reimbursement, they say that I wasn't enrolled. You "resubmitted" the enrollment form. So, I resubmitted my claim forms from the last 3 months. This totals about $1,500. You know, money that would have been super helpful to have to, oh I don't know, buy Christmas presents, or pay the mortgage.  Now, I get notice from the insurance company that I won't be getting my reimbursement until the 22nd when I've had my claim forms in for well over the amount of time required to process. But, per MY companies HR (ie, the useless office manger) she set up a parameter that I don't get my money until the 22nd. 

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  • Wtf, the bump has totally blown up last night!!!
    OMG I saw that!!! Someone I know on fb posted about it so I went lurking...WTF, for real!!!

    This is more of a confession but I legit spent the past hour reading all the threads.  
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  • Wtf, the bump has totally blown up last night!!!
    OMG I saw that!!! Someone I know on fb posted about it so I went lurking...WTF, for real!!!

    This is more of a confession but I legit spent the past hour reading all the threads.  
    I've been reading on and off since 4 am.  SO CRAZY!  I also started lurking on the proboards... my BMB has died and parenting was fun!
    Eliza Mae - September 16th, 2014

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  • I also started lurking the proboards...I've never even posted on TB.  That's some next-level creep factor.
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  • WTF student loans office?  You send me a letter saying I was "reassessed" for a larger loan based on the 2013 school year but I WITHDREW from school a month after getting my loan.  How can I need more money for a school year that I didn't finish?!?!  

    *they said I was reassessed by a certain government department and that I got a letter saying so.  I never got a letter but once I do, all kinds of hell will be unleashed because I am NOT paying anything extra.
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  • Haha @ramstein1027‌ only an hr?! That's some impressive reading skills!! There is so much mess!! Parenting imploded and went up in flames. TTC is crazy pissed. Mods were straight up IP banned without notice, including the 3T mod. TTCAL and 3T went silent. It's hilarious to see the hunger game references! Lol

    I looked at the proboards, but haven't signed up. I'm going to stay on TB because TTCAL and 3T are mostly untouched and I feel like I will need guidance once we start down the treatment path soon. I might sign up on proboards for the TTC drama though! Ha

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  • I tried to participate in my BMB, but the dynamic over there just isn't my cup of tea, so I haven't been active.  Can someone give a brief overview of what happened?  Or a link?
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  • I post pretty regularly on the cloth diaper board, but none of the others. 

    Here is a link to a post on the parenting board: http://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12520202/why-are-our-mods-banned/p1/  

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  • Wtf H. I'm not sure what I did to put you in a ticked off mood today, but can it stop? If I did do something upsetting, I wish I at least knew what it was. Ugh.
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  • Haha @ramstein1027‌ only an hr?! That's some impressive reading skills!! There is so much mess!! Parenting imploded and went up in flames. TTC is crazy pissed. Mods were straight up IP banned without notice, including the 3T mod. TTCAL and 3T went silent. It's hilarious to see the hunger game references! Lol I looked at the proboards, but haven't signed up. I'm going to stay on TB because TTCAL and 3T are mostly untouched and I feel like I will need guidance once we start down the treatment path soon. I might sign up on proboards for the TTC drama though! Ha
    Ok now I went back to the original post on parenting....whaaaaaaaaa

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  • WTF faulty CO2 detector?  Put me into a panic trying to get DS out of the house.  It's 9 degrees and I totally forgot to grab a jacket and socks for myself.  I got DS in his carseat with a blanket but he wasn't dressed for MN weather.  Backed my car into the driveway while I waited for the fire department, which is now stuck in the driveway because it hasn't been shoveled.  At least there isn't a problem, but holy crap!
    Also WTF idiot that changed my oil last time and stripped the head of my oil plug?  (Not sure about the proper term here I was going to call it an oil thingy, cars aren't my thing.)  The place that did it last time is willing to make it right, but my car is stuck and my morning just made it impossible to get there today.  
    I need a nap, but I know a little person that probably won't allow that to happen.  He's lucky he's super cute.

    Small confession I wish I had time to lurk TB.  
  • ^^glad you guys are safe, but the whole situation sucks and is definitely nap worthy!!
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  • WTF student with the nauseating body odor?  You are stinking up the entire classroom, even with the windows wide open.  I would think after I spoke to you in the hallway about it, you would wear deodorant, but you're just punishing everyone around you.  Tomorrow I am calling your mother.
  • It's Thursday but Wtf fil? I told you I was going to take my car in. Stop obsessing over my car and about when I'm going to take it in. I'm an adult. I find it adorable that you and mil still treat Dh like a child but don't even think about treating me like one, you won't like the outcome!
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