Unfortunately my ex couldn’t breastfeed. It was just too painful for her. So she would pump and/or we would use formula. I would give her breaks by putting the kids to bed so she could have time to herself to decompress. Every night I would fall asleep with them in my arms. Best freaking memories I have are sleeping with my kids when they were young.
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Oh man, it’s the best feeling in the world when your kid picks you.
My kids are 10 and 12, and we still have a bedtime routine where I lay with them for a few minutes (sometimes we chat about nothing and everything). My 12 yo has anxiety that manifests as fear of the dark, so I spend a little extra time with him. He seems mostly over it now; sometimes he’ll tell me he doesn’t want me to lay with him (I can’t help but feel pride when he does, because I know that means he’s not scared to be alone).
Anyway, all of that to say that it’s the best feeling in the world, and I hope you have many more years with your daughter at bedtime to hang out and bond.
I can’t help you with stressing about the money. I’d be right there with you if I were in your shoes. But let me point something out I think you’ve overlooked: you completed the first item on your todo list;
- Make a list of all the shit I need to do.
So congrats! You did something today. 😁
🤣
How’d it go?
Despite my executive disfunction, I find enjoyment in doing household chores; more so than I do with my job.
Plus, everything piling up over the week is what I find stressful. So I try very, very hard to do at least one thing a day, every day. At least that way, no matter how bad my executive disfunction gets, I can at least say I’ve done something.
Today my goals are;
- Take my dog to the park and walk around for a bit.
- Start cleaning up and see what it’ll take to fix my garage.
That’s it. If I end up doing more, then that’s icing on the cake. But at the very least, I want to be able to close my eyes tonight with some satisfaction.
~I know this is shitposting, but this gives me the excuse to verbalize my intentions and have the universe hold me accountable. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.~
dohpaz42@lemmy.worldto Relationship Advice@lemmy.world•My (F) partner (MtF) recently came out as trans. I'm not into women, how do I be polite?English31·1 day agoIf I may piggyback off this comment and add one more thing: it’s a difficult conversation to be sure, so please do you and your girlfriend a favor and just be succinct and the point.
What I mean by this is that often times we want to make difficult conversations less painful, so we start dancing around our truth to try to soften the blows. We worry that we’re going to hurt the other person, and sometimes we end up making things worse in the process.
Good luck to you and her. I hope you two can find your paths going forward.
dohpaz42@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•British Airways crew mistakenly booked into a sex dungeon and were kept awake by 24-hour orgy.English20·1 day agoGwenith Paltrow enters the chat.
dohpaz42@lemmy.worldto Futurology@futurology.today•Did UCLA Just Cure Baldness? - How Bruin genetic scientists are reawakening hibernating follicles.English0·2 days agoFirst, the 12-yo in me wants to say: heh he said PP.
Next, the adult in me wants to know if this, like Rogaine, is something you’ll have to take for the rest of your life, and be expensive? Or is this an actual cure, as in you take it and viola you’re cured; no more treatments?
dohpaz42@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Learning to program in rustEnglish2·2 days agoexpr
dohpaz42@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What should Americans throw into the Gulf of Mexico to protest the passing of this bill?English3·2 days agoI volunteer as tribute. ✌️
dohpaz42@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Sleeping beauty bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of $2 billionEnglish21·2 days agoWhatever you’re on, can I please (please!) have some?
dohpaz42@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Does the "White Power Ranger" seem like an odd title?English4·2 days agoSame and I’m from the southeast us.
dohpaz42@lemmy.worldto techsupport@lemmy.world•How do I change insta results showing one at full screenEnglish0·3 days agoI wish I knew. I feel like Meta has been making their IP more difficult to use by making decisions for you.
Probably some sort of pressure cuff that they measured changes in air pressure, or something similar?