@mamamia-user-482898552 also seems like most if not all the people in these examples are just choosing flexible working arrangements for them and their partners. To me a stay at home parent is someone’s whose sole work is to be a caretaker for their children and doesn’t earn an income through traditional work. I work 2 days a week and a half day on a Sunday a few times a month. My kids are at childcare one day, with their nanna another and their dad on the Sunday. According to Virginia in this article I too am a stay at home parent. However I wouldn’t say I am, I’m a full time mum and a part time worker.
…. But she didn’t actually speak… she was the radio equivalent of butt dialled.
@mamamia-user-826403796 precisely, I find it really hard not to roll my eyes at her articles. I feel like she punches down most of the time.
I have never been less surprised.
Sickening is not a term I’d ever use to describe both bottle feeding and breastfeeding. What a bizarre comment to make. I wish all parents who wanted to breastfeed got the support they deserved and likewise to all parents who want to bottle feed. The last thing anyone needs to feel about their choices in feeding their child is guilt.
@snorks please explain to me how breastfeeding a baby or toddler is hurting them? Have you ever actually seen a toddler or baby breastfeeding ? They love it and when they don’t want to anymore they refuse to. I think the incidence of a mother forcing their breast into a babies mouth would be incredibly rare.
@snorks I actually don’t even understand how that comment is relevant. There are benefits to breastfeeding for mum and baby but for some women it isn’t something they want or can do? For those women the benefits of formula far out way the benefits of breastfeeding. You seem to be very triggered by some women enjoying breastfeeding.
@mamamia-user-482898552 obviously, but it’s a pride of being able to do something difficult that you may not have thought you’d be able to do.
The idea that a baby becomes a toddler immediately after turning one is ridiculous. It’s one day difference from being an infant to a toddler. I recently weaned my second born at 15 months and whilst it was right for me, it was probably before she would have liked to have finished. She is still very much a little baby. The judgment women get for breastfeeding babies and toddlers is insane. Who cares? If it makes you uncomfortable then look away.
@snorks both?
@snorks cmon, just let someone be proud. We have to let formula feeding parents be proud and hide our pride. It’s such bull.
@mamamia-user-348774762
@tjmcki same it’s awful. I did it again and am glad I’ve got my two babies but I had a tubal ligation so I never have to do it again. I couldn’t go through another 9 months of HG.
To any women actually suffering from this condition I’ll do what Mamamia seems completely incompetent to do. https://www.hyperemesisaustralia.org.au/
@jayled gastro during pregnancy is a awful. I had hyperemesis during both my pregnancies and each time at 36 weeks I got gastro just to top of the hundreds of times I’d already been sick! It was awful I wish I could just be in a bubble during pregnancy
@katpat agreed, boring.
In the same article you’ve written that no one personally has invalidated your tiredness and that you feel other mums/people invalidate your tiredness. If everyone’s telling you it’s okay to be tired then perhaps no one actually thinks this and you’ve created an issue out of nothing. I was tired before having kids the main difference now is I can’t count on having a full nights sleep or a nap to restore myself. I hate these types of articles.
The only reason a quick shave or wax before birth is a good idea is that if you require a C-section the pain of having the dressing removed is horrific if you’re getting waxed at the same time. Worse than any point of the C-section recovery for me at least hahah
Completely brilliant, doing this.
@dollyvita British Cadbury is like a totally different product to aus, it’s amazing.