Addicted to This Mamapedia Site....

I try to limit my time, but sometimes it is hard:) Whenever I get a break from the daily routine, I come on here for a few minutes. This site never disappoints--I learn something new everyday. If I ever need info on something like a recipe or some other topic, this is the first site I come research it.

M.

I'm on here from the time I wake up until about 11am and then again after the kids go to bed. I love it! The moms are so great and I love and appreciate the advice I get and love to get flowers to know that others like what I have to say!

i go on here twice a day, once at noon, for about 45 min, the second time at 11 p.m.

im fine...............

i can quit anytime i want!

BAHAHA, Amanda, 'I can quit anytime I want!!'

I leave my computer up all day. I sit down at it from time to time throughout the day.

I use this site as a 'segway'. Ok, I'm gonna load the dishwasher, check my email, make a phone call, check my email, walk the dogs, check my email, go pick up the kids, check my email, you get the idea!

I enjoy it very much, makes me feel like I know something after all!
I have my favorite responders of course, some nights I am on the floor laughing, my kids think I'm a freak.

How interesting can a website be with a bunch of MOMS?!

For me, sometimes I feel unappreciated in my "real" life. Of course, I "know" that I'm doing a good job of being a parent and wife, friend and sister, etc, but an actual compliment or pat on the back is pretty rare. When I give advice or my opinion on this site and people truly appreciate it, it makes me feel like "well, at least I helped SOMEONE today". I try to limit my time to mornings while I'm drinking my coffee or evenings after the kids have settled down. But some days, like yesterday, there were so many interesting questions and posts that I found myself here for HOURS! This site both cracks me up and makes me think. The diverse set of women (and some men) here has opened my eyes to many different opinions and points of view. Addicted? Yeah, maybe. It's way more interesting than Facebook!

sistah!!!
i've had to make myself set a dang timer!
:X
khairete
S.

Guilty as charge but my little one keeps me busy most of the day so I got an out .

Ha Ha. Yeah, I go through phases. I like it because it helps me to feel connected. I am a single mom with no family for over 700 miles and I work upwards of 60 hours a week. I use it as my time to communicate with people in a laid back, relaxed way.

I love posting questions because the responses are so varied and are not overshadowed by what someone might think I want to hear. It's a great way to get a fresh perspective. I like responding because I feel as though I have something valuable to offer (sometimes).

I've actually considered blogging, and maybe that's what you would like to do too.

I love to come to this website in the evenings when I've put the kids to bed. We just moved to a new town where I know nobody and have no family. I'm so lonely, but I work 60+ hours a week, so I have had very little time to go out and meet people where I live (yet, anyway). Mamasource helps me feel like I'm not so alone with the inevitable parenting challenges, especially since my real-life girlfriends are far away!

i am on here when my two littlest ones wake me up at night and i am nursing one or feeling the strong kicking of the baby in my tummy and can't sleep.(due in 5 to 6 weeks) .So ,i am on here for may be 25/30mn two to three time a night.It relaxed me at night and i am not so mad about my lack of sleep then.So, i guess that's addicted too,right?And i am sure i will be on here as much when i am nursing those two littles ones.

I am on here too much too because I am a very sociable person and I am also a SAHM, and my husband is deployed. So I get lonely and when I am on here, I feel like maybe I am helping someone with something because when I was younger, I always wished that someone could give me some good advice. My mom is the type of person that will never give advice or state her opinion. She will just look at me. I had major marital problems and so now I guess I go on here too much because I don't want other people to have to suffer through the same types of marital stresses I did without any help or advice. If I am not on here, I find myself calling people too much on the phone or wandering out of my house. I have a hard time being at home all day.

LMAO ~just yesterday I was thinking about myself being addicted to this site !! I'm constantly checking it All day (at work -ssshhhh) And i hate to say it, I Adore getting flowers ;-) Makes me feel like I've actually given some good/needed/funny advice !!

I dont think you need to stop-UNLESS it is taking You away from your baby!!!! But honestly your just like the rest of us Ladies :-) looking to be helpful, gain information and see whats going on in the lives of others!! we're all Very similar and VERY different I really enjoy this site!! xoxoxox

I initially came to this site as I was having a "flare up" in my relationship with my adult daughter. Of course, I learned right away that most participants were younger and there's not a whole lot of activity for women with adult children...but I got hooked anyway. I retired recently so it's nice to have something to come to when my email is now just loaded with ads. It's good for me to hear the younger viewpoint - helps in my relationship with adult kids and grandchildren. I like the recipes, the Christmas gift ideas and, probably like everyone else, the idea that I can still "help" someone. The flower thing was someone's brainstorm because I am so hooked on loving the flowers. What a nice group of women!

Oh fine! If I don't see that darn orange number under my account I feel disappointed, too. I spend way too much time here, lol!

I just recently found this site. I love it. Its so nice to have people to talk with that go through the same things as myself! I know check it frequently throughout the day while I am at work. I am now checking it almost as much as I check my Facebook! I don't think you need to stop...its good for you! Good therapy :)

I absolutely looove this site :) I just wish there were groups you could join so you could chit chat with moms that you share common interests/issues with, instead of just the ones who happened to post in the last few hours!

I have no help. I too am addictaed.
Maybe someone should form a support group!

haha, you cant stop! I've tried slowing down lately... my husband said I'm spending too much time on the computer. I've been limiting it to just reading the posts and trying not to spend so much time answering..... with all the holiday prep going on I doubt I will be here quite as often (but when I run out of email to answer and my facebook page is up to date) I some how get back on here. It definitely is an addiction. I've even thought of some of these questions when I'm laying in bed at night and feel I need to get up and write out my insights... it's funny.
And I do agree some of the moms on here are a crack up to read, and others sound so darned intelligent it's almost intimidating and I wonder why they arent sitting behind a psychiatrist desk making the big bucks ;)