Milestones for me. No standing and crawling at 14 months. 
I am trying to get a new PT for my LO because the one we have complains too much.
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Right now, its work status. Im working long hours and have very little time with my LO now so imagine my feelings when MIL told me that someone asked if she had guardianship of my daughter
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@Cherrybee: ouch. Hugs!
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- why my son is premature.
- weight gain.@Cherrybee: why would she relay that to you?
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How my son is so small compared to my daughter. My in laws are always making comments about him being small and is he getting enough food, as though I'm only feeding DD and letting DS starve. I have no idea why he didn't grow as big as her in utero or why he's still smaller by a pound but I'm doing the best I can to get weight on both of them!
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Being accused of being "over-protective" of my child. I created her and I will be as protective as I damn well please thank you very much.
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@Cherrybee: Yikes. That would really hurt. She probably should have kept that gem to herself.
I'm sensitive about sleep. Just wish my LO would STTN already. Even just a few times a week would be great! She also still only eats purees so that's stressing me out.
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Almost all my friends are SAHMs who judge WOHMs, even if they won't admit it. I can tell by the stuff they say! I wish I could SAH, but working is best for us financially in the long term.
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@autumnlove:
For me - thumb sucking. Always with the thumb sucking. No, I won't put bitters, bandaids or something else on her thumb. No, I won't punish her for sucking it. Braces? Fine. We have a savings account.
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About maybe being one and done.
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@Smurfette: ditto. *sigh*
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yes to all of the above
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@Cherrybee: Ouch. She should have kept that one to herself.
Being a WOHM. Like @grizz, I wish I could stay at home, but financially it's better for us if I work.
We're trying to work out a plan to where I could SAH and my husband work remotely, which would allow us to move to a town with a lower cost of living than where we are right now.
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@.twist.: @Smurfette: here too and theres been 2 pregnancy announcements in the last 2 days. One whose LO is a month younger than mine and she was on the pill, and IF sucks.
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@avivoca: @lawbee11: @jedeve: @autumnlove: I know, right? She said it in the context "Oh I saw such and such and she said the stupidest thing... I mean, why would she even say that? What does she even mean?" but it was like a punch to the kidneys for me!! I'm just over sensitive about it right now!!
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@Cherrybee: Ouch - she definitely should have spared you that detail.
It's a few things for me. Work - July is a hugely busy month for me and I've got a lot going on work wise. I'm going to miss LO because of it.
His binky. He's 21 months and still needs it to sleep and to calm himself down when he gets worked up.
People asking when we're going to have another. I want to tell everyone to just shut it already. It's not always as easy as just deciding that we want another.
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@autumnlove: @Cherrybee: @lawbee11: hugs
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@lawbee11: Hang in there with the texture issues. I promise it will get better
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Feeling undecided about having a second child.
Feeling isolated not having more parent friends in our city, or playmates for LO.
And this is going to sound ridiculous, but having no one to talk to about how well certain things are going/have gone, because no one wants to hear you gloat, and misery loves company.
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@lawbee11: How old is your lo? Mine didn't really transition to real food til past a year but when it happened, it happened pretty quickly.
@Cherrybee: @grizz: I guess I'm in the opposite camp. I'm sick of SAHM comments from our families, especially dh's side. I'm grateful for all the time with lo, but being a f/t sahm wouldn't have been my first choice. I'm casually looking for p/t work, but it has to be the right fit/schedule. I'm sorry you ladies are dealing with the opposite end of the spectrum.
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"Why do you stay at a job you don't like?" Okay so not really a parenting thing, but sort of because my answer is "this job pays the bills and helps me support my family." And also "I want another baby next year and need FMLA."
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@lawbee11: Don't stress about the purees. I started LO on BLW and she was amazing at it from 7-10 month, and now at almost 11 months, she's strangely decided she only wants to be spoonfed baby cereal or purees out of a pouch. Not interested in finger foods AT ALL, except that swiping them off her tray table is endlessly entertaining.
Sleep for me. She's also decided that she doesn't need to sleep. I was so "proud" that we never had to resort to a CIO method. In the last week though, she's decided she doesn't need to sleep at all. No naps, maybe two 1-2 hours stretches at night. So I'm very sensitive about that situation... and really about everything, since the world seems pretty terrible when I'm on two one hour naps a day. She on the other hand seems perfectly chipper.
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@2PeasinaPod: We are getting the "when's the next baby" a lot too. We're ttc and I never know how to answer that without feeling totally awkward. And my 21 month old is also a paci addict for sleep although I refuse to let her have it otherwise. I have absolutely no idea when/how to get rid of those.
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@Sapphiresun: Doesn't it blow your mind how they seem to be perfectly happy after a night of no sleep while mama can barely keep her eyes open?? How do they do it?! I swear babies have magical powers.
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@BabyBoecksMom: @2PeasinaPod: Thanks
@googly-eyes: She'll be 11 months old next week.
@Sapphiresun: Yeah, it's frustrating. M has never eaten table foods (she gags and spits up when we offer them), so I'm just worried I'm going to be feeding her purées til she's 10.
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Sleep, specifically naps. And going back to work- I start back in about a month, and people keep telling me how hard it's going to be, and how much I'm going to struggle with dropping her at daycare. Gee, thanks everyone- I hadn't realized!
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@googly-eyes: When I'm feeling particularly sour about it, I will respond to them that I wish it were that easy. They tend to clam up after that. And I'm so dreading when we get rid of his binky. I know he doesn't need it...out of sight, out of mind, but it's still his crutch for sleep.
@lawbee11: I really want to say that S didn't get really comfortable with table foods until after a year too. And then he went on veggie strike. You just can't win!
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@LuLu Mom: Word.
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@twodoghouse: my son was smaller than my daughter at birth and has continued to be so over the year! It's just genetics, he favors my side (we're petite and olive-skinned) while DD favors my husband's side (fair skinned, DH is 6'1'). She's in the 90th percentile for height and weight, he's in the 40th percentile. Ignore the comments, they're totally different babies with different genetic make-ups!
I'm sensitive about sleep and speech milestones (neither one has any distinguishable words at almost 13 months!)...
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Realizing my mat leave is coming to an end and thinking about putting DD in daycare. I seriously get choked up just thinking about it.
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I wish people would stop asking when we're having the next baby too. They don't need to rub my nose in how sweet DS is and how he needs a sibling. No, really, I get it myself and I'd do something about it if I could
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@2PeasinaPod: Do you remember which table foods he took to first?
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@mediagirl: I know we are going to start hearing this soon- we will be taking the same approach as you!
I'm sensitive about getting grief that he likes trucks and balls - I'm all for supporting kids in what they're interested in and giving them exposure to variety. But because I'm vocal about not pushing gendered toys, I have to hear about it constantly that it's so funny he liked "boy"things
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When people imply that choices we have made/are making are financially irresponsible and put my daughters well-being at risk.
I'm a sensitive person. Veiled comments really get under my skin.
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Our Stupid Flippin Government. I get soooo worked up just thinking about it. I've worked my ass off paying into my E.I (unemployment) For 14 years. Never tapped into it. Finally go ahead and have a baby only to receive a small % of what I've paid and for only a small time on it. While some punk ass loser can sit at home on their ass collecting welfare getting more money a month and having the option to stay on it for years. Anyone else see a problem here?
I just want to stay home with our LO and not have to worry about money!
Sorry not trying to offend anyone.
Edited to state that not everyone on it is a loser. Sometimes its needed to get your feet on the ground and start out. My complaint is for those not bettering their life or abusing the system. -
@googly-eyes: Why can't people just shut the F up, huh??! Hugs for you, mama
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@lawbee11: She's got time! It can be difficult to wait it out in the meantime.
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My working status. I lost my job 3 days before I had LO so I guess technically I'm a SAHM, but I do plan to go back to work... but I haven't really started looking much yet because I've been a bit busy caring for my newborn. It's a lot to explain to people.
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@lawbee11: I know this isn't technically a table food, but puffs. We broke them in fours. That's even hard to believe since they're so small and they basically melt in your mouth the minute they're in there, but he couldn't handle anything bigger than a quarter puff.
Super ripe bananas were next. I cut those in eighths. Then it was itty bitty pieces of super ripe avocados. So ripe that they were practically guacamole.
Eventually he took half puffs, quarter bananas and a bit bigger pieces of avocado. And we got slightly bigger as he started to get used to the textures.
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