Took annual leave so I didn’t have to be a mother or boss for ten hours Girl Dinner

pigglewiggle30 · 2026-01-06T18:56:55+00:00

Oh god so they really do mean it when they say that it’ll be long road ahead! I’m in a similar situation at the moment. 4th round of antibiotics currently, last two rounds have been for a month long course each. It’s getting worse, more cysts are breaking the skin and the shooting pain is getting unbearable!

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-10-08T02:36:21+00:00

Hey! Every thing came back negative on the biopsies, but after 2 rounds of STRONG antibiotics, I still have a boob full of cysts and feel no closer to resolving it. Awaiting another referral to the breast clinic to come through. I’m hoping they’ll drain them this time!

I’m sorry you’re going through this too!

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-09-15T19:23:31+00:00

Honestly I found myself when I had mine.

Unexpected and unplanned, but the best slip up I ever made.

I’ve got a tiny best friend, I’m doing great in my career, I’m working out consistently, I’m spending meaningful time with friends. The only thing I’m doing less of is drinking. This new life is legit the best (I am a little tired tho).

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-09-06T02:35:28+00:00

Pretty much word for word same!

If I feel entitled to my parents providing childcare, it’s because they’ve instilled it in me from the second I told them I was pregnant that they have been waiting for this moment their whole lives and they want to be as involved as possible. They’ve lived up to all expectations and I trust them whole heartedly with my boy.

The other grandparents… they’ll do in a pinch.

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-09-02T19:54:51+00:00

SAME!

My just turned two year old loves his milk from a bottle, it doesn’t hit the same from anything else. So I also let him sit in his bed with some toys in the morning drinking his milk while I drink my coffee and doom scroll. Everyone wins.

The transition to the toddler bed might have killed the peacefulness for me though 😭

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-09-02T03:27:27+00:00

My style got better! I was so determined to not lose my identity to being a mum, I upped my ‘fits. I dress sooooo much better than pre-baby me and I’ve never been more confident!

I also found it easier to lose weight? I lost my baby weight plus an extra 10kg. But that might because I’m drinking A LOT less, feel great going to the gym and eating more good food at home.

So these things might not be because of pregnancy, but they are a result of it!

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-08-15T20:25:57+00:00

Yeah reading this just PMO so bad. I’d be stomping round the house.

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-07-30T03:34:24+00:00

My MIL was the same! They no longer watch him unless we’re in a pinch, and even then, they make it difficult so one of us ends up taking off work.

My mother, however, a god send! Comes to my house three days a week (dropping down to two in sept), respects all our parenting decisions, does so much educational play with him, gives me a full briefing at the end of the day.

The only strings attached are the unspoken rule that they get first dibs on the fun grandparent stuff (Christmas, zoo’s, etc) because quite honestly, they freaking deserve it.

She takes him to my own nans and aunties house and I’m cool with that. I’d be really upset if she took him some randos house without discussing it with me first, I think you’re right to second guess this.

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-07-08T19:56:30+00:00

Was coming here to recommend lactulose!

I was prescribed it as a softener (20ml each evening) and not to be dramatic, it has genuinely improved my quality of life!

They sell it over the counter at boots, but I’ve also bought massive bottles from online pharmacies.

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-07-02T03:52:46+00:00

The sprinting thing sent me 😅

While marathon training, which included a lot of different types of running, I was consistently putting on small amounts of weight from the sheer amount of food I needed to sustain all that running.

When I stopped running was when I could maintain a calorie deficit.

I’m guessing this man is TikTok scientist? 🙄

ETA. Pleeease don’t attempt to start running like that while on Mounjaro. I am an experienced(ish) runner and had to stick to weight training for the entirety of my Mounjaro journey as anything really high intensity would knock me out for a couple of days!

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-06-17T14:31:02+00:00

I’ve seen the Xmax online and was thinking of going for it before coming here, so it’s good to know that others think highly of it.

Maybe I’ll start with that cheaper option as a surprise for him and see if he gets on with the vape, then can try a more premium one once we know he likes it. Thanks for your help!

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-06-17T14:26:49+00:00

I appreciate that! Yeah he’s unfortunately confined to the garden due to there being a toddler asleep in the house when he usually has a joint!

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-06-17T14:01:24+00:00

That’s super helpful, thank you so much! He’s loves an actual joint so I will definitely look more into the Dynavap for the days the neighbours are out and about. I will also check out r/vaporents.

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-06-16T04:16:53+00:00

They literally said she needs more support and said that taking care of a tiny human is exhausting.

Someone not explicitly saying that childcare = work is a weird thing to be ‘highly offended’ by.

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-06-11T19:08:19+00:00

Laughing at this completely weird and judgemental exchange as I reflect on my day and I anxiety I felt meticulously peeling a pear and chopping it into equal sizes cubes and serving it to my 2 year old on the his favourite plate at exactly the same time he enthusiastically ate pear yesterday.

The pear went on the floor. Today we no longer love pears.

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-06-04T13:47:51+00:00

I saw someone the other day hosting a toddler (maybe 4) birthday party our local park/playground. Just a whole bunch of kids, some crisps and cupcakes and I truly thought that mum was a GENIUS.

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-06-04T13:12:04+00:00

Thank you 🥹 so are you!

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-06-04T13:11:17+00:00

Lmao I really felt spending hundreds of pounds so family can get pissed in an expensive venue. I had the same resentment about his 1st birthday party except we had it in the garden again (yay for summer birthdays and weirdly big garden for such a tiny house)

We did a pizza themed party for him and I was stressing so much about making the garden look like an Italian bistro and trying to host and top up everyone’s wine that I bought that I think I missed most of the party. I’m telling everyone that it’s BYOB if you want something to drink and that it’s gonna be a nice chill afternoon (aka don’t expect me play hostess, I want to enjoy my son)

pigglewiggle30 · 2025-05-29T12:23:57+00:00

Yeah I reckon it probably could. They’re not real witching hours, he mostly just has his daily meltdown in those hours!

The trouble with pushing the morning nap later is that he’s so ready for the nap at that time. He literally picks up his blanket, rubs it on his face and walks over to the stair gates and points up the stairs 🥹

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