Oh FB friend...

katiewhompus

My friend had a baby 6 weeks ago. Since then she has become "that mom" on facebook. Every post is about his poop, or his "tummy troubles", how much she loves him, how cute he is, etc.

So today she posts this 
Alex is going to drive me crazy! For the past 3 ays he has completely refused the breast so I have been pumping and bottle feeding...this morning, he refuses the bottle and attacks the breast?! WTH?! I am thinking it may have to do with his tummy troubles, and the pediatrician isn't really helpful. All you kickass moms out there, advice or suggestions please

Her brother sent her a link about bacon flavored formula. Why do people feel the need to post these things? No one wants to know about your baby not wanting to breast feed.

[Deleted User]

I have a FB friend like this, and I never would have pegged her for someone to post such personal things. I get that she's excited over her new baby, but yeah. I don't need all the details. A few pictures now and then will do just fine.

MarriedInAFever

Once on the top of my newsfeed, two girls I went to high school with were having a GRAPHIC conversation about the disgusting parts of childbirth. It was an unpleasant surprise.

megk8oz

I feel awful, but I seriously want to delete the majority of the pregnant women and mothers from my friend list, just because the status updates are so obnoxious. I get that having a baby is a big deal and a huge part of your life ... but at the same time, it's kind of like the wedding advice we give to girls "Nobody cares about your damn kid as much as you do".

npasquale16

I think it partially has to do with people being so excited about their new experience.  It's kind of the same as girls getting verbal diarrhea regarding their weddings.  One of my good friends would tell me the most shocking personal (and absolutely scarring) information during her pregnancy.  She'd post on FB, too--"BL is giving me terrible gas today."  I hope I keep myself on a strictly need-to-know basis when I'm there.

luckyme502

That is when I hide them from my newsfeed. 

mocha beans

Yep, I've got that fb friend.  Friend of FI's family.  Ever since she got pregnant and had the kid 7 months ago, it's been non-stop "OMG!11!!  He's the greatest boy ever!!1!  He's so cute and smart and adorable and we love him so much!!!!!"  And when he's sick, which is frequently, it's always "Ohhh, my poor little guy is sick, I just want to cuddle and make him better and I feel so terrible!!!!!!"  I'm getting close to deleting her, but FI's cousin did that and she found out almost instantly and now her whole family is pissed off at cousin.  Just not worth the drama, so I just scroll past now.

stephl3055

A friend of mine posted a video of her son pooping in a bathtub.  Seriously. 

She wrote, "Braeden just made a poopy in the bath," and then posted the video.  Why on earth would you think anyone would want to see a video of your child taking a crap in a tub?   

merivale87

I have a FB friend who always COMPLAINS about her new baby. When she was 1 week old, mommy was on there saying "Why won't this stupid baby sleep?!?! I'm tired!"

When baby was 3 weeks: "Oh great, now she wants to be held! I DON'T HAVE TIME TO HOLD YOU!"

At 4 weeks?: "This sucks, she wants attention all the time!"

Hello, she is a baby. Next time use a condom.

npasquale16

I always joke that I'm going to start talking abotu my dog the same way some people talk about their kids.

I'm pretty sure I can get him to crap in the tub ;-)

katiewhompus

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[QUOTE]A friend of mine posted a video of her son pooping in a bathtub.  Seriously.  She wrote, "Braeden just made a poopy in the bath," and then posted the video.  Why on earth would you think anyone would want to see a video of your child taking a crap in a tub?   
Posted by steph13055[/QUOTE]

Wtf? Who thinks people want to see that?

The one that worries me right now is my friend who married a much older (25 years old) man when she was only 21. By the time she was 25 she had 3 children and has a 4th on the way. Every post of hers it "I love my babies" "I'm so blessed to have my babies" "My babies and my husband are the best". It's to the extent that I can't help but think, who are you trying to convince?

MarriedInAFever

Katie, the man was 25 years oldER or he was 25-years-old?

Jelenny

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[QUOTE]I always joke that I'm going to start talking abotu my dog the same way some people talk about their kids. I'm pretty sure I can get him to crap in the tub ;-)
Posted by npasquale16[/QUOTE]

do you promise to post it for us all to see?!?!  i dont think my life would be complete otherwise (ROTFLMAO)

ahhhh yeah I have dogs no kids...but I was told I have no concept of REAL responsibility

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[QUOTE]I have a FB friend who always COMPLAINS about her new baby. When she was 1 week old, mommy was on there saying "Why won't this stupid baby sleep?!?! I'm tired!" When baby was 3 weeks: "Oh great, now she wants to be held! I DON'T HAVE TIME TO HOLD YOU!" At 4 weeks?: "This sucks, she wants attention all the time!" Hello, she is a baby. Next time use a condom.
Posted by merivale87[/QUOTE]

OK, I judge this.

If one of my FB friends posted this, especially calling the baby stupid, I'd be responding and letting her know that's not cool at all and to grow the fvck up. then I'd delete her.

Mioh1

they should just post that stuff on the bump

goheels05

Ughhhh.

Just wait until my SIL has her little "miracles."  I'm sure I'll have some good TMI ones. 

rhodesign

ugh. the fb mommy over-share. I have a friend who has since cut down on it, but at one point was posting how her breast milk was green...yeah we don't need to know that.
My other friend is a gem--she just had a baby a week ago and you never see her on fb gushing. Probably because she's, oh I don't know, taking care of her baby. She's awesome. So laid back, yet so good with her kid. They came out and drank beer with us last night. She's the kinda mom I want to be.

megk8oz

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[QUOTE]I have a FB friend who always COMPLAINS about her new baby. When she was 1 week old, mommy was on there saying "Why won't this stupid baby sleep?!?! I'm tired!" When baby was 3 weeks: "Oh great, now she wants to be held! I DON'T HAVE TIME TO HOLD YOU!" At 4 weeks?: "This sucks, she wants attention all the time!" Hello, she is a baby. Next time use a condom.
Posted by merivale87[/QUOTE]

I have a guy friend on FB who does this. Seriously, if he's not complaining about how much his marriage sucks, it's "Baby didn't sleep again last night", or "Up again, daughter won't stop crying" ...  I have a feeling he's the one that gets up with the baby all the time, which might have something to do with why he clearly hates his marriage ...

Anyway, I can tolerate a "sleepless night" post here and there, but his kid is almost 2. And this has been literally every.other.status.update. since the day she came home from the hospital.

merivale87

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Oh FB friend... : OK, I judge this. If one of my FB friends posted this, especially calling the baby stupid, I'd be responding and letting her know that's not cool at all and to grow the fvck up. then I'd delete her.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

<div>I actually did delete her. I just couldn't handle it anymore, and I was getting so close to starting a war with her through FB so I deleted her altogether. The most shocking part was that nobody else (like none of her closer RL friends) ever said a word! If my best friend said that crap, I'd be like listen, you need a freaking reality check bitch.</div>

rhodesign

OH! I forgot...
I had a friend (one of my nursing school teachers) describe very graphically her daughter's labor. It was stuff like 'Jenny is 4cm dilated and 90% effaced, with bloody mucous show', etc. She updated about every hour til the kid was born. It was hella nasty.

katiewhompus

25 years older than her.

Meri, TLC is having a baby marathon this week and that was one of the couples. The first day they brought the baby home he was wanting something every hour, feeding, diaper change, attention, etc. The mom started freaking out that something was wrong because a baby shouldn't be so needy. So she grabs the Tylenol but can't find the dosage for him and "Why do they just say call the doctor". The dad calls the doctor and the doctor basically told him that's what newborn babies do and that she needs to get over herself and grow up.

merivale87

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Oh FB friend... : I have a guy friend on FB who does this. Seriously, if he's not complaining about how much his marriage sucks, it's "Baby didn't sleep again last night", or "Up again, daughter won't stop crying" ...  I have a feeling he's the one that gets up with the baby all the time, which might have something to do with why he clearly hates his marriage ... <strong>Anyway, I can tolerate a "sleepless night" post here and there, but his kid is almost 2. And this has been literally every.other.status.update. since the day she came home from the hospital.</strong>
Posted by megk8oz[/QUOTE]

<div>Yup. At first, I thought it was just 1 or 2 status updates because she was brand new to the mom thing, but it started being 2-3 updates daily complaining. I wouldn't have gotten so upset about it before, but my sister just had a baby and it was so hard for her to conceive. She loves that little boy to death and to see somebody complain continuously about their child just rubs me the wrong way. Especially on something to open as FB, where everybody sees it, not just those who click on your profile.</div>

MarriedInAFever

That makes more sense, Katie. hah.

People are crazy! I have a lot of ridiculous new parent FB friends.

merivale87

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[QUOTE]25 years older than her. Meri, TLC is having a baby marathon this week and that was one of the couples. The first day they brought the baby home he was wanting something every hour, feeding, diaper change, attention, etc. <strong>The mom started freaking out that something was wrong because a baby shouldn't be so needy.</strong> So she grabs the Tylenol but can't find the dosage for him and "Why do they just say call the doctor". The dad calls the doctor and the doctor basically told him that's what newborn babies do and that she needs to get over herself and grow up.
Posted by katiewhompus[/QUOTE]

<div>Sometimes is scares me that people like this have children...maybe there should be some program where bad parents get swaddled in a blanket, have to wear a diaper and can't speak at all to explain to their care-giver what they need. Oh and can't walk or crawl. We could call it "Life as a newborn" and sell it to TLC lol.</div>

megk8oz

Oh, I had one that I wanted to submit to STFU parents, but she deleted it before I got a chance (Probably because she realized just how stupid she sounded).

This girl I went to high school with is currently pregnant with twins and she posted some lame status about "I know 97 women that are either pregnant or have children. I wonder how long it would take us to get to 100 babies between all of us". So somebody said "Um, you're having twins, so if only 2 people you know have more than one, you're there". So she shoots back "You're right, that was kind of easy. Fine then, I wonder how long it would take us to get to 500 babies!". Same person writes back "Again, basic math. You'd each have average around 5 kids a piece. This isn't that hard to figure out.".

She then goes off on this person saying "I'm pregnant! I have 'Baby Brain!'. You have no idea what it's like because you've never been pregnant! Spare me your lectures until the strip turns pink!".


Okay then ....

rhodesign

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Oh FB friend... : Yup. At first, I thought it was just 1 or 2 status updates because she was brand new to the mom thing, but it started being 2-3 updates daily complaining. I wouldn't have gotten so upset about it before, but my sister just had a baby and<strong> it was so hard for her to conceive. She loves that little boy to death and to see somebody complain continuously about their child just rubs me the wrong way.</strong> Especially on something to open as FB, where everybody sees it, not just those who click on your profile.
Posted by merivale87[/QUOTE]

I totally get what you mean. We have patients who do that, and it irks me to no end. What's worse are the ones who did IVF and still bitch. They tried so hard to have babies, and then when they're born a little early, or they start to realize how much work just goes into having a newborn they do nothing but complain.

katiewhompus

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[QUOTE]OH! I forgot... I had a friend (one of my nursing school teachers) describe very graphically her daughter's labor. It was stuff like 'Jenny is 4cm dilated and 90% effaced, with bloody mucous show', etc. She updated about every hour til the kid was born. It was hella nasty.
Posted by rhodesign[/QUOTE]

That's just disturbing, and honestly, I don't want the world to know that info about me. I've already informed Scott and my family that when the time comes only he and my mom are in the room with me, and mom has to stay above my waist. I'm assuming Scott will pass out at some point and be curled up in the corner. I don't understand the shows where the dad's have a video camera aimed at their daughters crotch during the entire labor process. I don't really want to ever see that video...ever...

rhodesign

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Oh FB friend... : Sometimes is scares me that people like this have children...maybe there should be some program where bad parents get swaddled in a blanket, have to wear a diaper and can't speak at all to explain to their care-giver what they need. Oh and can't walk or crawl. We could call it "Life as a newborn" and sell it to TLC lol.
Posted by merivale87[/QUOTE]


(Sorry I'm post-whoore today...)
March of Dimes has a program like this they bring to hospitals for the staff called Preemie for a Day. That's exactly what they do...they swaddle you up and mimic the sounds of the NICU and how often they get disturbed for procedures, etc. for a preemie and you get to experience what's it like for them. I agree it would be good to put some parents in a similar situation so they can realize what it's like to be a baby.

katiewhompus

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Oh FB friend... : (Sorry I'm post-whoore today...) March of Dimes has a program like this they bring to hospitals for the staff called Preemie for a Day. That's exactly what they do...they swaddle you up and mimic the sounds of the NICU and how often they get disturbed for procedures, etc. for a preemie and you get to experience what's it like for them. I agree it would be good to put some parents in a similar situation so they can realize what it's like to be a baby.
Posted by rhodesign[/QUOTE]

I got a good taste of it when I got sick within the first 6 months of living with Scott. I came down with some crazy fever, lost voice, headache, puking, blah sickness. I had no voice so I couldn't tell him what I needed and couldn't get up at all. He had to do the whole "do you want water? Do you want food? Do you want to pee?" for about 8 hours before it got better.

missy68

Oh Rho.... I read your earlier post. While eating 4 Cheese Manicotti with Tomato Sauce..

Katie, I'm still laughing about the bacon formula.

I've been lucky - my friends who've had babies haven't done this stuff, but I do have a high school friend who AWs her relationship with her husband and their kids (2nd marriage for both). SHE gets on my nerves. It's cute every once in a while, but good Lord.

smorreau

This is maybe an indication that I have a boring job but I LOVE my FB friends who fight with each other through wall posts. I think they're hilarious! For example, one friend wrote on someone's wall, "Hey losers, you still haven't RSVPed for the wedding and it's a week away". Then the recipient wrote, "I'm not a loser, I'm sick of all you married people with your stupid showers and rediculously expensive weddings that are a total waste of money. I'm not coming to your wedding because I rather wash my hair". Ouch!!!!
Oh speaking of fun websites, have you seen awkwardfamilyphotos.com?