Top 3 Excuses I Can't Stand from WOHMs..

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Top 3 Excuses I Can't Stand from WOHMs..
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Fri, 06-29-2007 - 1:39pm


1. We NEED two incomes to survive... Yeah Right! I honestly believe that out of the people that say this 90% would be just fine if they would cut their lifestyle, move to a cheaper area and sacrifice. I am not buying it one bit when people say this.

2. I put my kid in Daycare for the socialization.. Good grief, how much socialization does a 10 month old need?? Besides there are better ways to much socialize young children.

3. I am a better mom if I work outside the home.. UGHH! How in the world do you think you are a better mom by handing your kid off to Grandma or someone else to raise while you go work?? Unless you are going to beat them or verbally abuse them, I always think at home with mom is where kids thrive the most..

THere are others I can't stand, but these are my top 3. Have at it..

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Fri, 07-13-2007 - 4:09pm

You're welcome. A lot of my "wisdom" comes from having lived through it 3 times and now working on the 4th. My oldest is 29 with children of her own.

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Fri, 07-13-2007 - 4:13pm

SO glad you said "proverbial" because the next Big Debate would be 400+ posts about how unsafe it is for you to be climbing trees. And you saying you weren't being literal, and others saying "well how would WE know?"

Mary



Mom to Kevin 11/4/03



Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.



Ray Romano, actor/comedian

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Fri, 07-13-2007 - 4:16pm

As for breastfeeding and returning to work, it all depends on how you view it. There are some (I'd call them the more militant breastfeeders) who will adamantly claim that expressed breast milk in a bottle is not breastfeeding at all. Then there are the vast numbers of wohms who have been quite sucessful in breastfeeding (with or without bottles) their child for over 2 years. For example, my dd, Joy (funkymamajoy--not to be confused with funkymama2) pumps and the dcp (or her dh when he was a sahd) gave it in a bottle to her ds, Alex, and now her dd, Lindsay. And Joy was able to nurse Alex on her breaks. Dylan hated bottles. It didn't matter what was in them. So he reversed nursed. Only took enough formula during the day to hold him and then he nursed all night long. He didn't night wean until just before he weaned all together.

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Fri, 07-13-2007 - 4:19pm
The above emoticon meant I thought your post was funny.
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Fri, 07-13-2007 - 4:26pm

Now, I'm curious. How does one "close" a backyard pool?

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Fri, 07-13-2007 - 4:37pm

I've got way too much work waiting for me to do that. Now of course, we'll have a resurrection of the "posting while at work" debacle. So in an effort to nip that one in the bud--I'm working at home and I get to set my own schedule.

Chris

The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett

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Fri, 07-13-2007 - 5:21pm
Don't you realize that you are supposed to put a pool cover on your pool every night?
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Registered: 09-06-2003
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 5:31pm

"great for you. Some of us had NO choice BUT to return at the end of our official leave (8 weeks for me) to keep our financial situation intact."

which(as Canadian) I feel is behind the times(in the area of paid mat leave). I know there is an existing thread so that is all i will say but waving my flag madly.

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Fri, 07-13-2007 - 5:34pm

I love hearing that. I am not a la leche league type(militant so to speak) but I do believe in breast as best at leasts initially so it is refreshing to hear that people work hard to make it work. I was under the impression that it was much less popular in the US, but I don't know that for fact at all; just have heard it said.

Kim

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 6:41pm
And I agree with you. A whole lot.

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