For example, I obviously need to stay far away from the mommy side of Fertility Friend. All the crunchy mamas there seem to enjoy belittling or begrudging those of us who, God forbid, formula feed! And oh, the tragedy if you don't co-sleep or wear your baby in a sling 24 hours a day!! I find myself feeling the need to explain WHY I formula feed in every post I make. Like they have to know that for me, it was only a choice between formula or starvation...breastfeeding was NOT an option, since all the nerves to my mammary glands were severed when I had my breast reduction. (But then, I have to deal with the guilt of having that surgery in the first place. I mean, did I not even *think* about my future children and how breastfeeding was so important to their very survival??? How selfish of me to have elective surgery that improved my life and boosted my self-esteem beyond what it had ever been! Bad mommy!) Anyway.
Anyone know of any great mommy chat/message boards besides FF? I will still keep in touch with my FF buddy group from the TTC side since we all went through miscarriages at the same time and have been in touch for almost two years now...But I would like to find some place to ask my silly questions without feeling like I'm being judged.
Hmmm. Well, I'm off to the doctor. I finally made an appt with a new doctor here so I can get my thyroid checked out. I am thinking the constant fatigue, depression, and short term memory loss is related to a wacky thyroid. I hope my meds can be adjusted and I can get out of this funk soon.
| posted by Anna at 8:40 AM
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Cat, Galloping had this to say:
As long as he's sleeping well at night, I personally would let Andrew do whatever comes naturally to him during the day. It's not like he's having short naps because you're waking him up to go dancing! You can't *force* him to take longer naps. It may well be a phase and he may go back to longer naps soon.
The only thing you might try is not to go to him *immediately* when he wakes up from his nap-- leave him in his room for five minutes when he wakes up. Sometimes Gatito used to wake up after half an hour and complain or cry a bit and then go back to sleep for another hour or even longer.-
Cat, Galloping had this to say:
oh also check for anemia for your symptoms.
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Roxanne had this to say:
Gideon sometimes naps a lot and sometimes only naps a little. He's not on a schedule, so I don't really even notice. Unless he's upset, I don't see why you should be. What else has the kid got to do but sleep, right? He'll sleep when he needs to...don't you think?
As for FF, tell me about it. I just got aggressive with my snarky blinkies. :) Hee hee. I clearly still have too much time on my hands that I give a crap. I totally don't get how people who are always b*tching that people don't accept their "nonconventional" choices are so judgmental of mine!-
Inge had this to say:
Hi Anna,
I'm a March FF Mom also, although my son was born early in Jan. You and I even had the same due date and I used to love checking your blog to see how you were doing. There's another message board started by a March Mom that got banned from FF, it's called A Hopeful Journey, http://ahopefuljourney.forumup.org/
I don't think anyone there would judge you as I know several Moms there ff. Hope you'll join us there!
Take Care,
Inge-
JoyFilled had this to say:
Oh Anna, I'm so sorry you're being jugded. That's just plain ridiculous. You'rewelcome to come to my board if you'd like! christianwoman.proboards46.com
