Nothing pisses me off more...!
I'm a part of a couple mom's groups on Facebook, and one mom shared a screen shot of a girl she's friends with in Indiana. The post read
"I'm 39 weeks pregnant with a little girl and I have nothing. No car seat, no bottles, no clothes or diapers or crib. I also have no formula. No the baby can not breast feed, she is lactose intolerant. If anyone can bring things to my house that would be great, I cannot drive to come pick anything up. TIA"
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Are you kidding me? I get being low income. I am low income. I have busted ASS to get everything my son needs, budgeting super hard, finding deals, scouring thrift shops, reaching out to moms in my area for tips on finding deals. I have jumped through hoops and worked my ass off to get my baby everything he needs. We don't have a ton of money to spend, we can cover rent and bills and food and that's generally it, because I'm on bedrest and can't work. And this BITCH thinks she can wait til a week before she's due and complain that she has nothing and expect people to bring her all her needs for free!? Hell no. She should've gotten off her ass months ago and worked as hard as I did to find a way to provide. It sure as fuck wasn't easy, but I did it. And don't even get me started on the lactose intolerant crap. She thinks the baby is lactose intolerant because milk makes her nauseous while pregnant. Milk makes me nauseous too! But even if the baby WAS, which she wouldn't even know until after birth, there's still a good chance she could breast feed no issue!
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I get being in a tough place. But expecting the world to hand everything to you on a platter is ridiculous. You work for what you care about. Period. Sorry, I just had to let it out. After a 9 month struggle to fill every need, finally having plenty of diapers and wipes and clothes and two car seats and a bassinet and pack and play... It kills me to see people think they can waltz through and have it easy out of pity. The only thing I don't have that I want is a toddler bed for my first son, so when baby outgrows the bassinet he can have his brothers crib. And that's not super urgent. I worked way too damn hard to feel bad for people like this 😔 that poor poor baby.
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