u/CompoteDifficult5010

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My mom left a antidepressants pill on the floor where my toddler plays

To preface this, my mom and I already have a rocky relationship. She is an emotional roller coaster, wasn’t always the best mother to me, very selfish. Ive always suspected borderline personality disorder. She has come along way since I was younger and in a lot of ways has made up for being a shitty mom by being a good grandma. That being said the trust is never going to be fully there on my part. My mom watches my toddler 3 days per week for 2 hours a day. The majority of the time either I am home because I work remote or my au pair is around with my 3 month old. My mom can’t handle both the 3 month old and my toddler. She has always been a bit scatterbrained and disorganized, but today somehow she dropped a Wellbutrin pill on the floor easily accessible to my toddler. I found it and asked if it was hers. Immediately she said yes it’s my medication. She said she forgot to take it. I believe she put it in her pocket with the intention of taking it and forgot. Then it ended up falling out of her pocket at our house. I quickly got upset and she started backtracking saying it could be anyone in the houses’. Mine and my husband’s close friend had stopped by to visit. I knew he wasn’t on antidepressants but confirmed after my mom left anyway. She ended up getting upset and saying I always blame her or something to that affect and stormed out. Am I right to be furious? She put my child’s life in danger, tried to blame our friend and then got mad at me for being upset about it. I don’t feel comfortable letting her watch my toddler anymore. She is going to be heartbroken about it but I need to put his safety first. This isn’t my only issue, she has trouble lifting him. She can’t carry him down the stairs. He can scoot down on his butt, but if he is upset he wants to be carried. I feel like I’m also noticing some cognitive decline. Am I overreacting about the pill? Need opinions and advice.

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u/CompoteDifficult5010 — 9 hours ago

I know the recommendation is 1 hour, but I was just speaking to another mom who would give the same bottle 4 hours later after it was already started. I don’t know how I feel about 4 hours but thinking about saving for 2 hours instead of 1 hour. What are other mom’s doing? How much is the 1 hour rule out of an abundance of precaution or is the risk of a baby getting sick much higher after an hour?

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u/CompoteDifficult5010 — 21 days ago
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Hi! My baby is 10 weeks. She was in the NICU for the 1st 11 days of life, which set her up for a great schedule and easy bassinet naps once home. She just hit a growth spurt and has been more fussy, more difficult falling asleep independently during the day, more rocking and contact naps. This is fine for a growth spurt but I want to make sure I am correctly going back to drowsy but awake after this fussy period. I’m afraid I am putting her down too drowsy. Please tell me in detail what you did right AND what you did wrong. Thank you!!!

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u/CompoteDifficult5010 — 25 days ago