About as supportive as a blade of grass...

heyyyyy , so sorry ur going thru this now when ur prob nervous as heck . had i lived closer i would have helped you i would def see if someone can at least help with the dog and Gina is right we arent suppsoe to lift anything so please be careful

Sending hugs your way.  Hope things work out for you.  If anyone offers, let your needs be known.  Lin

(((HUGS)))  Who has the 10 month old?  Maybe they would be willing to help out a little more.  You must be close to them or you wouldn't be letting them take care of your precious gift.

She is with her great-grandparents but they live in a tri-level house and are in their late 70's so I'm not going to ask them to keep extending.

By day 3 home from the hospital, I felt back to normal, still tried to rest, but was home alone wth my baby (10 months at the time) and puppy. We couldn't afford for DH to be off work. I hope and pray you will be the same way and feel up to it. Let house work pile up if necessary, it will get done eventually. I let my son crawl up the stairs and I just lifted him to his bed, etc. I sat on the floor and waited for him to come to me to change him. The first day I put his playpen up to take his nap so I didn't have to do stairs. It will all work out, just hang in there.

You make me feel blessed just in the fact I have a 1 level house. I have all her stuff ready in the living room and she'll probably just sleep with me still for a couple weeks because she has just gotten to where she'll nap in the crib. That is an entirely different issue though. LOL.

Oh Cort, I'm so sorry for the flakiness of everyone around you.  Please come and vent all that you need to.  We're here for you, but unfortunately too far away to be of any help.

I'm sending water and sympathy your way.  Let us know when you're ready for the punching bag!

Hi Cort:  
So sorry your support system isn't flowing as smooth as you had hoped and planned.
Could the breeder take the 90# pit and keep the dog for a bit?   I mean- he wants to try to stud him anyways, make him care for the dog for a bit! 
Otherwise I would suggest offering a neighbors teenage boy to walk the dog 2x a day for the exchange of something- oredering him and his buddy pizza on Friday or something... or are there any new recruits on base who miss their own dog and wouldn't mind helping exercise 90#er for you?

Let the housework hold... careful with the baby lifting and say YES to anyone who offers to help-- even if they can just sit and watch the baby for a couple of hours so you can nap....

Wish I was closer, I'd be over in a  flash!

Have you contacted your family readiness office, or key spouse group.

This is something that is their mission to do.

They can step up and help you.  I mean if they aren't responding can your husband seek something through COC.  I know my husbands last deployment I couldn't get family readiness to do anything and I really needed them we were in crisis my husband went through COC and within hours they were on my phone offering assisntance

Yeah, I'd do that route if the FRG Leader wasn't dealing with her sister that just got out of the Wacky Ward. We were pretty good friends but her husband is not exactly being faithful and she is in denial basically because "he's been being sweeter than he has ever been before". -Sigh-

I'll make it with the help I can get here and there. The umbrella stroller is working great to move her room to room and I kick a step-ladder thing to the room and she'll walk up it to sit on the couch or to climb onto the bed.








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