So I was laughing about a post on here and he asked me what I was laughing at. So I read it to him. He said "You are crazy. All day you spend with the kids (which isn't really true, I do work FT but I work from home), then in your spare time all you do is either worry about them, talk about them, research something about their new phase or sickness, or go on those boards and read/write about them". Haha, I guess he is right. But I can't imagine I am alone in this, am I?
I mean, I do do other things - read, talk with friends family, watch TV, cook. But my kiddos are really young, so they are pretty dependent on me. I think it is normal for me to do what I do.
How about you ladies, could what my hubby said to me be applied to you...or am I just a nut case?
depends on the day, there are days where I am 100% on my son in everything I do and then there are days where I am like get that THING away from me!
I don't tell my husband about mamapedia. He would want to read too, and read what I write, and sometimes I write stuff I wouldn't want him to see :) Sometimes I'll say "I read on this website today that..." but I don't tell him the website.
It's also def an outlet for me to get my voice out there because hubby does most of the talking at home. Between him and my mom, it's hard to get a word in edgewise!
I'm driving the bus to Crazytown!
Sometime I will say Honey I read on mamapedia, he interrupts and says oh God what does it say now! :) what can I say this place is addicting!
You are crazy, but you're my kind of crazy and I like you! (That's our family motto, by the way.)
Yeah but mommy crazy is different from crazy crazy. Isn't it? :-)
Its pretty normal...youre not crazy...but id just like to add...make time for yourself. Youre a priority too. :)
Your kids are YOUR life until they turn 18, so yep we get a little obsessed with it for awhile. Their life is our life. BUT, you still have to have that eenie part of YOUR life too to balance it out, dont forget!
When I was pregnant with my first, I said to a friend who had an older child, "So does your brain fall out in the delivery room with the baby, or does that happen later?" Apparently it's in the delivery room : )
Yup....we're all nuts....we'd have to be to go through labor and delivery ;D
We all totally do this. That's what motherhood is about. Insanity!! just kidding, it's not crazy to do the best you can for your kids, that's why we do it and that's why we are moms.
Men talk less than woman. I once heard on a talk show, woman have to unload 2,000 words in a day. That's a lot of words, but maybe it is how we get our fix.
Nope not crazy, ever since I had kids they are my hobby! Plus, its always nice to talk to people who know exactly what you go through. Hubby's just dont quite get all of it.
You certainly are not alone. I don't work and I still do all that you say. Its in our good mother nature I think. Plus on here there is much more than just kid stuff. There's some good gossip sometimes! Lol.
You're not alone--my husband says the same thing about me! I worried at first, but then I realized that's just how I am, lol.
I think it's pretty normal!
You are absolutely normal - normal worrying, stressed, happy with your kids mom.
LOL!!! I'm even worse than you are! I'm a SAHM with two very little one's so getting out on my own is nearly impossible (I do it rarely and it's usually on a HAVE to basis ie. pediatrician appointments lol)! And then at the end of the day when the girls and the hubby are all asleep...well here I am! Sometimes, I'm even on during nap time hehe! So like Shan said....you're my kind of crazy!
No you are not. I am the same way. My birthday is coming this month and I want to take my 8 year old ice skating for the first time. I have not done this for like 15 years. LOL My husband said what about him and our son. I told him we have time later that day to do extra stuff. He said for your birthday you want to take our daughter ice skating. Yes!!! What better way then to spend it with your kids. After, she and I are going to get cupcakes. mmmm :) Have fun with them as much as you can. I am! :)
Well, your kids are your life, and you want to be the best mommy you can, so no I don't think it's so crazy. And they are at those ages when you worry more about their development and if they are on track, and then it seems like it will level out some once they are in school full-time. At least, that's how I feel, and my DD is 3. We all want to do right by our children.
I usually read through the questions 2-3 times a day, my 13 year old dd often gets amused by the questions. There are some funny ones I also show my husband or I will say, come here, you HAVE to read this one (those are usually sex ones). So I guess we are all crazy in our own ways, it is sometimes nice to get his opinion about something and can bring up topics of discussion that I hadn't thought about, so thanks ladies, we all need a bit of adult craziness.
HAR HAR.
Yep, all these Husband's must have the SAME brain and intelligence.
Mine, says that too.
OMG.
He says I should do this as a "job" then at least get paid for it.
He has a point.
All of us, can do that!
Then when I tell him like minded comments, well, he gets irked.
Men.
Can dish it out but can't self-reflect.
