What's the most pathetic thing parenting has done to you

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Anonymous wrote:I eat my kids leftovers.

I hate wasting food and this began innocently enough. I’d cut up some peppers, the kids would eat two and leave the rest. Or they’d leave behind a big scoop of hummus. I got used to finishing it up. Then I found myself eating their leftover dinner. Pretty soon most of my diet consisted of kid scraps!

I’m finally on my way to stopping the insanity. Now, I serve myself a plate of lunch and dinner. It also helped train me to give my kids very small portions, and offer seconds if they want more.

I credit this way of eating with losing the baby weight for kid #1. I would grab what was left on the high chair tray, shove it in my mouth, and that’s what I got for my meal. Would have done it for kid -2, but she really enjoyed throwing it on the floor for the dog (and then fighting him for it when she got down) so I would have starved.

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Anonymous wrote:For me it is mental health. I know several families that have lost children in accidents in HS, college or in their 20s that I am forever in a state of anxiety of something bad happening to my kids. I am on medication to manage it. I feel I am very lucky to have married, had kids, have healthy kids etc, we are pretty average in every sphere of our lives but I still feel that it is too good to be true and feel anxiety.

I feel this too. What medication are you on??? Please share. I need help.

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I stopped drinking. I miss socializing and having drinks but after having my child I get very sick from anything more then an occasional cocktail. My stomach just rejects alcohol.

I used to be fun.

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Anonymous wrote:For me it is mental health. I know several families that have lost children in accidents in HS, college or in their 20s that I am forever in a state of anxiety of something bad happening to my kids. I am on medication to manage it. I feel I am very lucky to have married, had kids, have healthy kids etc, we are pretty average in every sphere of our lives but I still feel that it is too good to be true and feel anxiety.

I feel this too. What medication are you on??? Please share. I need help.

Me too! I feel constantly anxious that something is going to happen to my kid and I'm also way more emotional about sad kid related news stories than before I had a kid. It really sucks.

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Today I was in a public bathroom stall with my 2.5 YO DS, who is potty training. After he used the potty I had to go too. He asked me if I have a tail. He was talking about my tampon string.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm fairly sure that the most pathetic thing parenting has done to me is it has gotten me to read DCUM.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:I get up at 5:45 on Thursdays so that I can sneak downstairs and eat breakfast alone while I watch the previous night's episode of "The Real Housewives of New York." I usually hear the pitter-patter of little feet around 6:15, and I will hastily shove bagel in my face, hit pause, and act happy to see my 3yo!

This is great! I can totally relate!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm fairly sure that the most pathetic thing parenting has done to me is it has gotten me to read DCUM.

This.

For real. This.

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Anonymous wrote:Having a kid sit on my lap while I poop

+1. And the kid was nursing. Multi tasking at its most inglorious

I definitely pumped while pooping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having a kid sit on my lap while I poop

Omg... I've done this... more than once. Good to know I am not alone!

[Anonymous]

DD2 is, of course, a messy eater and bits of food end up on the floor. In the morning we eat oatmeal with a variety of toppings, including cacao nibs, which I love.

The other day DD walked up to me with a nib on her finger and says “mommy, it’s poop”. I said “no, that’s a cacao nib!” and popped it in my mouth.

It wasn’t a cacao nib.

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My son got a big red obnoxious firetruck for his birthday. The next day I took out the batteries and told him it was broken. The thing was so LOUD.

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Anonymous wrote:Our entire house is asleep by 8PM, including me and DH. I just cannot keep my eyes open much later! Never thought I'd see the day when staying up until 8:30PM was "late".

That IS early. But do you wake up at 4:30 to work out or something?

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Anonymous wrote:DD2 is, of course, a messy eater and bits of food end up on the floor. In the morning we eat oatmeal with a variety of toppings, including cacao nibs, which I love.

The other day DD walked up to me with a nib on her finger and says “mommy, it’s poop”. I said “no, that’s a cacao nib!” and popped it in my mouth.

It wasn’t a cacao nib.

Ohhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyy. Girl, back to basics. The first rule is, if it's on a 2yo's finger, KILL IT WITH FIRE.

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My baby had rsv and I put my mouth on his nose to suck the snot out. It made sense at the time, middle of the night and couldn't buy a nose Frida, he couldn't breathe, etc. But I've never told anyone that before