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I did it. I just won the "Worst Father of the Year" award

So I took my 3 year old twins to the mall, and when we were returning, I put them in their car seats, fastened their seat belts, closed the door and realized my car was somehow locked with the keys in. After 5 minutes of giving directions to the twins, they managed to unfasten their seat belts for the first time, climb to the front seat and press the unlock button in the key fob. They obviously got dessert after dinner. Just one of those things that I thought would never happen to me!

I just need to vent because my mom just wasted 7oz of pumped milk to put my baby to sleep

7 fucking oZ. I left for 1 hour to go pick up formula that we supplement with and warmed up 5oz of breast milk so she can feed LO. I called her on the way home, not even 15 minutes away and she tells me she needs to warm up some milk so I tell her what bottle to use it from. She ALWAYS splits the milk because she asks for 2oz here, 3oz there.. but no. I get home and I see she heated up the entire bottle - 7oz just for my LO to not take it because she’s actually just sleepy and now it’s wasted because my mom thinks I could “just pump” a new batch. My boobs don’t rain fucking milk. If it did, why the hell would I leave to go buy formula?! It takes time out of my work day to pump and if I’m lucky, I’ll get 4oz in an afternoon session. I’m now sitting here on the toilet peeing and typing this because I am angry and for some reason the bathroom is now my calm space. Thanks for listening to my Ted talk and happy Tuesday.

I have fucked up

I have royally fucked up. My husband and I have separate finances. It’s been that way for about a year and a half. As it turns out, I should not be allowed to have credit cards. I can pay my bills right now, but I’m sure it’s going to swallow me whole soon. He doesn’t know, but I know he suspects. I hate talking about money with him at all. It puts me entirely on edge. This is my problem and I have to get myself out of it. But fuck. I don’t know how I let this happen. I am not in any way asking for money or assistance. I just needed to get this off my chest. I’m the bad partner this time. I’m honestly terrified to even post this for fear it’ll somehow get back to my husband. He’d be furious, and he’s be right to be. (I’m not worried about my safety; just the massive emotional blowup.) Does anyone have any stories of a situation like this turning out relatively okay? I’m going to have to tell him before long. This whole thing is eating away at me.

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Can you describe the love for your child in one or sentences?

For me, it's like my heart wants to simultaneously explode and break whenever I look at her.

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Why might my baby be crying and how can I soothe him/her? A helpful checklist

When did you introduce a bottle with an EBF baby?

I've been EBF since birth, and today at baby's 2 week appointment we asked about introducing a bottle. We're particularly interested in when would be a good time that won't affect her breastfeeding. Dr. Said that because she is latching great and is clearly gaining weight we can do bottle feeding any time we want. Baby went from 7lbs (birth)>6lbs 14oz (1 week old) <8lbs (today). Husband is totally onboard, but i'm hesitant because I've read that babies need at least 4-6 weeks to avoid nipple confusion. The bottle would really only be used when I'm sleeping and any other time it would be the boob. I just don't want our BF journey to end because she ends up preferring the bottle.

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I'm really gonna miss

my pre-baby breasts! I had the cutest, perky size 32 C's and I just didn't appreciate them. I wish I'd frolicked topless on beaches and been more proud of them. Now I fear I'm going to end up with two saggy, lumpy messes on my small frame. I had a bit of a cry about it, must have been a hormone surge or something 🥺😞

It’s done

Well BroMos, I’m officially divorced. I’m a mess of conflicting emotions right now, even though I know it’s for the best I’m still a bit sad.