u/KBF082021

My husband is out of town for the long weekend and I think our 10 month old is working on a tooth. I’m a little nervous about not burning out this weekend.

Last night was a doozy. Or baby didn’t get to sleep until 10, was up again from 130-445, then up for the day again at 630. And she only napped once 230-4.

I’m also pregnant finishing my first trimester. So I’m a bit tired. I don’t want to just sleep when she sleeps this weekend. Any tips for recharging if she does take any naps are appreciated. I’m very food motivated so I might just keep some pasta on hand.

Since I’m not sending it my parent, I’m going to post this here to help process I guess.

I have a million things to be thankful for right now and luckily don’t care about or have any expectations for this holiday for myself. It’s my first year as a mom and married and my husband brought me an adorable card with a corner nibbled off by our baby.

But none of this changes that I’m bummed my mom stopped speaking to me more than six months ago, a month after my wedding and 3 months after I had a baby. I still sent her Mother’s Day flowers because I do appreciate many things about her raising me. But she’s ignored that and instead, posted on social media about gifts from her newly discovered step daughter. It stings a lot and I’m sure that’s the point.

She’s missing out on time with a grand baby and me as a mom, and absent when we really need some help. We also have another baby on the way so it’s making us think very hard about who are support circle is.

Everything about the last year and how much my wedding offended my mom, how much I offended her over wanting to spend Christmas morning at home with my new husband and baby, and how completely rude she was about her feelings and blowing off this important time has caused irreparable damage. I really don’t think I can even do the mental gymnastics to see it from her point of view and give her the benefit of the doubt.

I’m just really sad this holiday, that I don’t care about but I know she really does, has permanently damaged our relationship on my end.

Oh and my dad texted me this morning asking for money. So that was also fun.

Hope all the moms and all the people with moms are having a nice day!! Everything can be so hard but a holiday shouldn’t make things worse!

Hi! Not sure where to go with my routine help. I’m 38 and pregnant, which comes with its own skin issues 🥲. My skin is always pretty dry but also extremely sensitive, like feels like I might be burning my cheekbone skin? After my routine, it’s extremely red, and breaks out in a rash on my cheekbone area.

I use biossance squalane and Amino aloe cleanser, hyaluronic toner mist, then omega repair cream. I will very occasionally (every other week maybe) use a biossance exfoliating cream with the repair cream over it.

Any thoughts how I can improve my routine or if these products might be making things worse?