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"he's such a great father! you're SO lucky!"

Hi everyone, I've had a couple glasses of wine so this is a bit of a rant, I apologize. I'm a mom who does AT LEAST 2/3 of the work when it comes to taking care of our baby & housework. I love her more than anything and obviously work my butt off making her life as perfect as possible. My husband loves her too... she's a happy giggly little thing that eats and sleeps perfectly. To be fair she's not exactly hard to love. I'm just so sick and tired of middle aged women telling me how lucky and thankful I should be that he's a good father. What about me being a good mother? I'm absolutely exhausted for chasing around a one year old all day but I SHOULD BE LUCKY. It's so backwards and unfair, and I hear this ALL THE TIME. can we stop rewarding and praising men for doing the bare minimum while ignoring and neglecting the mother's mental health.

anyone here have a VERY strong-willed child.

I have a kid who was independent since birth. A great ball of fire, a kid who knows what she wants and it's wonderful but it's so incredibly hard to parent her. I'm feeling pretty down about it. My friend thinks I'm too lenient, but honestly she probably only sees the battles I choose not to fight with my 3 year old. But it's still feels aweful to hear because it sounds like "it's your fault she's like this". Even if that's not what she means. Anyway, that's my mini rant, I kinda don't wanna rank about me, I wanna read about you. Tell me about your struggles and successes. Maybe the types of behavior that made you want to cry but eventually made you proud. Or even just some solidarity.

Hopefully this works for some of you!

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I don’t want to keep breastfeeding and my husband is being so mean

My husband and I are having an argument about breastfeeding. I have been EBF for 2 months and my plan is to go to 4 and that’s it. I have an ED and I cannot lose weight and I’m losing it plus a myriad of other issues that comes with breastfeeding. I constantly see posts here about how formula is just as good as breastmilk and I’d like to see some studies so I can send them to my husband because I cannot find them online. He is a physician and is absolutely certain that I should go to 6 months and I am so upset right now with the shame he is making me feel. My sister and I were only breastfed till 3 months and we are both successful and wonderful people. I realize there is a formula shortage and I’m hoping it’ll be solved in the next two months but that’s beside the point.

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How did your kid make you cry today?

My daughter (4.5) and I were watching The Good Dinosaur. We got to the end and I was already getting emotional and kiddo asked why Arlo wasn't speaking in the final scene with Spot. I told her that he didn't need to, sometimes you just understand each other. To which she replied, "Yeah, sometimes you just know, like eating and love," and then she put her arm around me and leaned her head on my shoulder. Well I lost it lol! She was asking why I was crying and I told her they were happy tears. We've been having a tough week, we're sick and her behavior hasn't been great. It's been a struggle but today was a good day and we will always have our love for each other.

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When it comes to in-laws, Do you feel like one of "the family"?

Mine only call by if my partner is here, and I am a sahm so pretty isolated around here. It makes me so annoyed sometimes, even though I know logical it makes sense.

Aldi

I used to hate Aldi. It’s because I went there the first time on a really busy Sunday afternoon and it gave me really bad anxiety. I’ve since been there a few times on weekday mornings and it’s really grown on me. I only spent 85 dollars on groceries today and I usually spend 110 dollars at Meijer or Walmart.

infant bucket seat or 4-in-1? how long did you use your infant bucket seat for?

My baby is 4 months and I've been borrowing a friend's UppaBaby Mesa, but I'll need to return it when he's about 9 months old. We use a Mockingbird stroller with an adapter clip for it. I just bought a Graco 4-ever and am wondering if I should also buy a new infant bucket seat as well. I love the UppaBaby but yikes the price is steep! Thoughts?

Severe jaundice experiences

I gave birth 5 days ago (07/05/22) and got sent home coz my baby is half Chinese and my midwife’s put his colour down to that. I forced them to do a blood test because he was floppy and unresponsive. They waited til today to do it. He’s very far past the threshold for a blood transfusion and they want to try light therapy. We are currently in the hospital right now, he’s been under the lamp for a wee while and I’ve been pumping like crazy to make sure we know he’s getting enough milk. Basically all I want to know is, has anyone been in a similar situation? And was your baby ok? Because I’m so terrified and I cannot stop crying.

How do we get a second opinion?

Our expected due date is June 7. My wife's blood pressure recently went up after I got some bad job-related news (got fired after asking about leave) and we found out our baby suddenly moved into a breech position. Now her OB is pushing her to induce labor on the 17th (3 weeks early), which will open the door to a longer, more painful labor or quite probably a c-section. The tests she's been taking have been able to rule out preeclampsia (no protein in the urine, no swelling) and we've been monitoring her BP from home (which while still high, the OB said was currently not high enough for it to be concerning). Despite all this, we haven't gotten a clear rationale for why there's a push to come in now and induce. I think it's just an abundance of caution and CYA protocol. How do we go about getting another opinion on this?

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