https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 09:24:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-884149 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:19:02 +0000 Running Elley 884149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: I really hope your friend helps! Thinking of you guys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-884145 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:17:59 +0000 T-Mom 884145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: yay for some backup! Hope you get a little break!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-883910 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:38:28 +0000 Lindsay05 883910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: Yes hopefully your friend helps out and you can take a break. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-883899 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:32:52 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 883899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: Honestly? Waiting for a friend to show up for some much needed relief and assistance. Just hope this friend actually helps while hanging out, not just hangs out. I can't cater to three... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-883881 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:27:43 +0000 Lindsay05 883881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just checking in - how are things going? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881826 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:22:40 +0000 Alivoo01 881826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no!! Bless your heart! *hugs* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881678 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:41:36 +0000 Adira 881678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes! Sorry to hear you're flying solo for so long!! With two kids, that must be so hard!!! *hug* I'll be thinking of you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881674 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:36:26 +0000 mediagirl 881674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no!! I hope you can get a break this weekend and maybe go to the mall by yourself for a couple of hours? Even if you don't buy anything, sometimes it's nice just to get out and take a deep breath, alone.</p> <p>Are there any play dates you could go to this week? Do you know any other SAHMs who could get together with you for even an hour or so? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881667 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:29:50 +0000 Dandelion 881667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, you have a long week ahead!</p> <p>Sounds like a good week to introduce the little guy to Disney Jr, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881419 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:11:22 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 881419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got finished solo parenting for several days (albeit only one baby), but *you can do it*! I second @T-Mom: could you plan one "thing" a day? I'll be honest, I ended up turning on the TV more than once *coughadaycough* to give my brain/body a rest. Maybe this week is the week your kids learn to love Doctor Who? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881387 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:09:55 +0000 Running Elley 881387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahhhhh that sounds like a nightmare :( I feel for you. I wish there was something that could help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881345 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:33:27 +0000 StbHisMrs 881345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel ya! I don't have any advice to offer though, I'm barely making it through this solo parenting stint too. My husband has been gone since the 8th and comes back on Wednesday. I'm not sure whether to choke him or hug him and run to my car when he gets home! I can't imagine what you're going through though with a 4 month old and a 17 months old, yikes! Mine are 11, going on 18 and 20 months. I'll be in your boat this summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881326 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:17:47 +0000 autumnlove 881326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hang in there! I have to solo parent from time to time and I know it can be exhausting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881295 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:43:53 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 881295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: Sorry your parents can't offer you a haven; my DH frequently suggests I go to my parents' house when he has to go on the road and I always have to remind him that they WORK, unlike my retired ILs! (Also, they're 6 hours away!)</p> <p>I would suggest you road-trip on over here, but that probably wouldn't be so pleasant for you :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881231 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:10:02 +0000 T-Mom 881231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: The best advice I can give is to put yourself in a state of zen. Let it all roll over you when it's getting too hard, and it's ok if the kids cry a little. My DH used to travel a lot and with 2 kids, that's all I could do. Hang in there! You will get through it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881225 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:08:28 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 881225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I have never gotten a pedicure. As a reward, I'm hoping he lets me join @MamaMoose: for the Atlanta trip!</p> <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: It is a drag and a drain and I wish I could make it go by faster. Two days in and I'm exhausted and eyeing that bottle of sparkletini he left me like a drug addict... And I'm really not that big of a drinker! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881221 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:07:14 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 881221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: Thanks for the pep talk :)</p> <p>@Mrs. High Heels: Thanks, I hope so too!</p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: You're awesome. That picture is awesome :) Love me some Tennant :heart:</p> <p>@MamaMoose: @T-Mom: Both of my parents work full time, there is no way for my mother to stay with me. No matter how much I wish it, it's just not practical. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881212 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:00:09 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 881212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aw, I'm so sorry. I solo parent frequently (to just one!) and I know it can be such a drag. I know it will be double the drag once No. 2 gets here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881174 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:50:32 +0000 Smurfette 881174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am sorry!! hugs!! Hang in there Mom! And when DH gets home you go get yourself a pedicure as a reward. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881136 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:36:06 +0000 T-Mom 881136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: well that just stinks. I'm so sorry. Maybe think of things you can do to break up the day? Library trip one day (hopefully its close since your car has no A/C, maybe go in the a.m?), water play outside one day, grocery trip. Hm this is gonna be tough with your littlest one, huh? Can your mom come out for like two days and stay with you?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881133 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:34:50 +0000 MamaMoose 881133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: I wish I wasn't going out of town so we could do a play date! Could your mom come stay with you for a night or two?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881128 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:32:50 +0000 lovehoneybee 881128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey, you're awesome, you got this! Take it one hour at a time if you have to, and your DH will be back before you know it!</p> <p>Wish there was something I could do to help, but sending lots of Mama support your way (and a little tasty something on your wall!)</p> <p>Big hugs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881122 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:31:03 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 881122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: oh no, i'm so sorry!!! i'm solo parenting this saturday and i'm dreading just that one day. i know even that added additional day feels like forever. i hope this week goes by quickly for you. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881097 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:25:44 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 881097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: Thanks for the support.</p> <p>@scg00387: We haven't the funds to. Literally, we're skating on thin ice just to get through this week until Friday's pay day. </p> <p>@T-Mom: @chopsuey119: There's no where for us to stay at my parent's house. They've been emptying the house for the past several months because it's on the market and they're trying to move (closer, thankfully, but they haven't gotten there yet). </p> <p>In addition to that, the A/C on my car is dead. Like "He's dead, Jim" dead. No coming back to life. And the summer heat has officially settled in here in Tennessee. Plus my car is cramped, tiny, and black with leather interior. It would be a furnace for all three of us.</p> <p>So no, I'm stuck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881092 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:25:14 +0000 Lindsay05 881092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel the same way when DH says he will be late coming home from work. I cant imagine an extra day! Try to focus on how amazing of a job you are doing. Take it one day at a time and try to rest when you can. You are doing awesome, hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881078 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:20:16 +0000 chopsuey 881078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Man, I know an extra day seems like an eternity.<br /> I would pack up and head to your parent's house? Is that an option? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881072 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:17:59 +0000 T-Mom 881072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry I know it seems like such a major setback when you had your mind set on him being back a certain day. Could you possibly take a little road trip to see your parents? And stay over one night? That would really break the week up for you, I think. Other than that, just take it one day at a time. You can do it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881060 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:12:18 +0000 immabeetoo 881060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you hire help? Literally? Just someone off care.com to give you a few hours off? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881057 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:10:53 +0000 avivoca 881057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing but hugs for you! I don't have my baby yet, but I'll be in your shoes next summer and I'm quaking in my flip flops just thinking about. You can do it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-know-whether-to-scream-or-to-cry#post-881047 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:06:45 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 881047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH's class was supposed to be four days - Monday through Thursday, with Thursday being his last day and him flying in late that evening. I just got off the phone with him. Turns out there's four more hours of class Friday and the earliest he can be home is Friday around 5:00 pm. </p> <p>I'm solo-parenting right now because my parents are over an hour away; my in-laws are in PA; I have no family and no friends close by and am having to rely heavily on my neighbor. I'm dealing with a nearly 17 month old toddler boy and a nearly 4 month old baby girl on my own - and I'm about to lose it. I <i>need</i> that extra set of hands, I <i>need</i> the help! I'm just... at a loss right now. </p>