Whine.

[rivka]

It has been an absolute pigfucker of a week at work.

I am tired of not being respected.

I have a headache. My back hurts.

I am tired of nursing. And pumping. I am so tired of pumping I can't even begin to tell you. And I'm having trouble keeping up with it, too. And now that Colin is eating cereal I have to pump extra milk for the cereal on top of the milk he takes in his bottles.

It was 90 degrees and 75% humidity today. My glasses kept fogging up every time I went outside.

I am tired of Colin pulling my hair and gnawing on my chin and taking off my glasses. I am tired of being slimed with drool.

I am tired of Alex's incredibly loud and shrill voice, and her insistence on sitting in my lap when it's 90 degrees out.

I am tired of having it be so hot that I can't sit at my computer at home because it's too hot for the boy, especially if he's swaddled for a nap. I am bored with my living room. I am bored with hanging out on the floor supervising Colin's play and rescuing him every time he gets into a position he doesn't like.

I don't have anything to read.

Comments

[laurarey.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting this. Sometimes it is easy to believe that you are the most perfect mother in the world. No, really. I'm serious. :)

There have been times that, when I'm supremely tired and complaining, that I think..."rivka wouldn't do this...she would have some rational explanation as to why the baby is behaving this way...and some supremely simple and workable solution." Thank you for sharing this side of yourself as well.

Hang in there.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha. No.

As a mother, I struggle every day with impatience and frustration. I also find babies pretty boring. It doesn't take much time gazing in wonderment at the perfect mystery of life before I'm ready to move on to something else.

And I can get very, very angry.

[torontoteacher.livejournal.com]

You don't know me, I came here through someone else, but I think that your daughter and my son in a cage match might be satisfying for both of us to watch.

I am so tired of the *demanding* nature of my kids. I just for a couple of days want a couple of those quiet lumpy children. The ones that just sit there and stare. Not forever. Just until the heat breaks.

Hang in there, says one MomZilla to another.