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[blondie72]

I HATE UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have to vent for a moment.  OMG!!!!!!  I had to go to my sister's for Christmas yesterday and first of all they all freakin' smoke and my son is already stuffed up from teething or a cold or something and now sounds even more horrible.  Second my niece and nephew were not even there until 6:00 because they had to be with their dad and when they finally got home to open their presents they were the most ungrateful little brats I have ever seen.  This is not the first time this has happened so this is why I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ticked off.  They get to the gifts we (DH & I) got them and when my niece opened the care bear that EVERYONE said she wanted she said I already got this and when she opened the clothes I got her she just peeked inside one corner of the box and tossed it to the side.  I know kids do NOT like clothes but her mom said she NEEDED them.  My nephew was the same freakin' way.  I told my mom I am DONE buying them anything for any occasion.  I of course will so I have decided next year if they like it or not they are getting $5.00 in McDonalds gift certificates and a $20.00 Toys R Us gift card.  I will let them buy their own stuff so they are happy.  If they do not like that idea then o well.  Another thing that happened.  I had to nurse my son yesterday and did so at the dinner table and my sister's boyfriend had to leave the table because I guess it made him sick or something.  I told her to tell him I am sorry but this is how I feed my baby & he has every right to be at the table to eat with us.

[JanaMarie]

I have some family members who are spoiled rotten, and dont like anything you buy for them. Brats. As for him being bothered by your nursing, you should have said oh I'm sorry, where were my manners...I didnt offer you any. Im so depressed that I never see anyone nursing :c( I only see the 3 other girls who go to a BF support group at my hospital. Camryn is the oldest baby there, and he is only 4 months old!

[sm8]

about the BF with my first DD I worked at a lawyers office and had to spend alot of time at the court house.  When she was young I had her running errands there with me and she was hungry so I found a back corner where no one was and where no one else should have been to feed her about ten minutes in to feeding her one of the police on security duty walked over and told me if I didn't stop feeding her he would have to arrest me.  I thought there was an act protecting bf mothers or something.  The worst part about it was I thought we were friends up until that day.

[Danasel]

I hope everyone had a good holiday!  I had my family and my in-laws for Christmas.  It was a lot of work, but a ton of fun!  DS, Derek, was sick for his first Christmas, but he still had a good time.  He said his first word on Christmas morning.  He has been saying words forever, but I didn't really think he knew what he was saying.  Yesterday when I was getting his bottle ready, he said, ba ba.  Then he did it again later, so I am sure he knew he understood what he said.  It was the best Christmas gift I ever had!!

[Christie2004]

I'm with you on the ungrateful children issue.  Seems like kids have so much that they aren't happy with anything!

As for breastfeeding at the dinner table---well, I have mixed feelings.  I believe as you do, that your child has every right to eat when the others do/when he needs to, and you should be able to continue eating, too, with the others at the table.
But--(please don't take this as critical)--some people are not accustomed to the sight of a bare breast of a family member or friend of one, may never have seen an infant suckle before, or just may be plain uncomfortable at the idea of it happening right in front of them at the table, even if not within their visual field.
I'd probably have excused myself even if it meant compromising a principle, for the sake of a holiday celebration with people from varied backgrounds.

That's just me, and I am admittedly a wimp about rocking the boat and keeping the peace!  I admire your bravery and open-ness.  

[kerstyn51293]

Hi everyone! I used to come here awhile back when i was going through an ectopic pregnancy. I lurked around and kept up dated for a while but then it was too frustating for me at times. well, I have been going to a fertility specialist since april and we did 3 IUI's and they were all bfn and we just did our first IVF cycle and I got a BFP on x-mas eve!! I am so excited. It was also my 30th b-day that day! Hopefully everything goes okay, i have had 3 m/c before but i am also on progesterone shots with this so hopefully it all works out okay.I had so much catching up to do! so many of you who were going through such heart ache about the same time as me now have new babies! congrats to you all.
  KellieD, I am so sorry to hear of your loss.especially around the holidays. I remember you were wanting to wait awhile after your ectopic. keep trying honey, your time will come soon. I was about to give up after everything i have been doing but now i finally got a BFP. now the hoping and praying. well, i plan to stay around  for awhile. sorry i left for so long but it all took a bad toll on me this past year.

                 Kerstyn

[nanakay]

you know i have to say that my dh and i are very blessed we only had 2 out of i think 12 kids that we buy for look disappointed or uninterested in what they got.  we have a small home town store here that does a big toy sale every year.  they have 15 - 20 dollar toys for 4.99.  because we do buy for so many kids that is all the toys we bought cost.  i have 2 nephews that are approaching teen years and was very worried about them not liking what we got them....(pleasantly) surprisingly enough they were both very excited about what they got.

i'm sorry you had a bad christmas experience....that's one reason even though my ds is only 3 i am trying to keep him in check about getting and receiving gifts....i would be mortified if my child acted like that toward a gift from ANYONE.
~nanci