throughout my pregnancy I was floored by the constant pain that kept me from sleeping at night, the pain in my feet that kept me from walking even a few short blocks. That was temporary... I can't imagine what it must be like to deal with chronic pain and it honestly makes me tear up thinking of someone trying to live…

I remember the utter bliss i felt when my son was born. It was the bliss of getting to sleep on my stomach for the first time in 7 months.... Such a magical memory.

I think i love you

having a kid will not make you suddenly love doing those chores you hate either. At no point as a mom do I do laundry while thinking "oh it's so worth it!" with an idiotic grin plastered across my face. Also, cleaning up my son's half chewed food makes me whole-body shudder. You go on with your bad self, and enjoy…

Yes. Fear of encountering these types of people is what kept me from ever attending a birth class or la leche league meeting.

This this this this. Parenting is a continuum. Giving birth is at once both entirely ordinary, and massively life changing. There are PLENTY of days when I'm like "yeah, I'm done with this job today and it's only 10 am". I wish we could strike a balance where parenting ups and downs were treated like a normal part of…

A-FUCKIN-MEN

it was when she started talking about how simple breastfeeding is that it became really insufferable. The women who post nothing but clean decorated houses and other assorted bliss indicators tend to spark the feelings of doubt in me, that maybe I don't love my son enough because I don't want to be a stay at home mom,…

i want to go to there

facepalm

oh yeah? My kids have never even HEARD of TV because all their playtime is structured around reading and creating organic felt crafts followed by meditation...

My mother did everything for us growing up, she still does even though we're all grown. The thing we remember most to this day is sitting on the floor while she read to us every night. You are giving your daughters a wonderful gift and you are a wonderful mother.

no, you're completely right and I got so worked up that I went and did it anyways. Even though I tried to be so calm and not accuse anybody of anything, I just tried to give them a different frame of mind... Should have known it wouldn't work. Grumble.

i hope someone reads this... I need advice for dealing with my in laws who are (shudder) anti vaxxers..

dying

ummmm would it be possible for you to briefly summarize this technique so I can write it down for use in 11 years? I live in fear of the day I am parenting a teen

DYING

hahaha yes….this one sticks with you

DYING

candied grapefruit peel??? please don't tell your sister i'm ripping off that glorious idea next year..