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  • edited August 2013
    J&NL said:
    J&NL said:
    I would also like to know where people who say healthy is cheaper than not healthy shop. I spend $60 a week on produce alone. That would easily buy a lot of cheap ground meat product, hamburger helper, Mac and cheese, and romen.
    $60 a week would feed us for a week, if not longer. I used to be a "healthy eater" but I quickly had to give that up once we went down to one income. Eating healthy is expensive.
    We spend about 60-70$ a week on groceries and eat fairly healthy. I meal plan and cross reference my meal plan with what's on sale- if zucchini is on sale, we're eating zucchini at least a couple nights that week. We only buy meat (chicken, fish, pork etc- very rarely red meat) when it's on sale for at least half price and stock the freezer with it. We also only eat meat 4-5 times a week and get protein from cheaper sources, like chickpeas and lentils, the rest of the time. I buy dry staples like pasta, rice, couscous, flour, etc from a local bulk store for much cheaper than grocery store prices. I don't buy prepackaged baby/toddler foods for DS and make most of his snacks. It takes a lot of planning but it's doable. If I wasn't a SAHM and didn't have the time to devote to it though, we would either be spending a lot more money or eating a lot more convenience foods. 


    And I hate mayo and mustard. 
    We eat fairly healthy too but we can't afford everything to be organic or locally grown. I don't buy junk food (except popcorn because that's my weakness). Just a lot of chicken (tyson-- even though I think it's disgusting) and frozen vegetables because we can't afford to get the good stuff that I used to get.
    I don't think you have to eat only local and organic in order to have a healthy diet (I definitely can't afford it either!). A salad is healthier than a frozen pizza, even if the veggies aren't organic and were transported from Mexico. Not saying pizza and things like that are bad every once in a while and I hear ya on the popcorn- chips are my weakness. I went through a phase when I was pregnant with DS where I had at least 2 bags of Doritos a week. 

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  • "Voter fraud" is not a thing. Laws requiring voters to present photo ID in order to participate in the democratic process are simply to keep the poors and the minorities from voting.

    My UO is that I have no problem with these laws. I actually think it's racist to imply minorities won't be able to vote because of this type of law...
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  • "Voter fraud" is not a thing. Laws requiring voters to present photo ID in order to participate in the democratic process are simply to keep the poors and the minorities from voting.

    My UO is that I have no problem with these laws. I actually think it's racist to imply minorities won't be able to vote because of this type of law...
    It's actually factual. That is the highest population of people without photo ID.



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  • DemoDoll said:

    UO: I don't like that they stick pacifiers in baby's mouths before they even leave the hospital. My niece posted a pic of her two day baby coming home with one of those huge round ones! Plus I feel giving a baby a pacifier sets a bad precedent - seeing a three year old with one disgusts me. With that said - I know there's a better chance of taking a pacifier away than there is taking a thumb away (or two fingers in my DDs case). I just hate binkys and really have little leg to stand on in an argument. Lol



    I was anti-pacifier before I had a baby too. Then my little girl came and she used me as a pacifier. My first two nights in the hospital were spent with her attached to my nipple, literally no break for 8 hours straight. My poor nipples. I finally caved and gave her a paci. Since I was anti-paci we didn't have one so we used the giant blue ones they hand out. For us it never caused nipple confusion and my milk came in the day after I delivered via c-section so it didn't cause any harm.

    I think some babies find comfort in it and when you see that the baby you just became completely infactuated with, likes a paci, you don't give two shits about it.

    That being said, our DD just turned one and we are starting to wean pacis and bottles. Once they can talk, the paci should be gone (IMO).
    Yep, my issue isn't with pacis - it's with parents of toddlers who can't say no to their kids and teach them when a paci or other comfort object is appropriate to use. DD never took to a paci past 3 mo but she looooooooves her "ya ya" (lovey) and would take it everywhere if we let her. As it is, she only gets it in her crib or on a long car trip when we're hoping she'll nap. That's been the rule since she was 6 mo and she knows it.

    Drives me NUTS to see a 2 or 3 year old with a paci clipped to their shirt. COME ON, grow a pair, parents.
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  • sexyntexy said:

    I don't see why it matters that my 2 year old uses a paci. If you want to judge me go ahead. I save my judgement for things that really matter like neglect and abuse.

    sexyntexy said:

    I don't see why it matters that my 2 year old uses a paci. If you want to judge me go ahead. I save my judgement for things that really matter like neglect and abuse.




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  • nikki912 said:
    My UO: when at the first sign of morning sickness some women run off to get a prescription for zofran. I'm not talking about the women who have uncontrollable vomiting or nausea that's so bad it's debilitating. I've had a few friends who had nausea that wasn't so bad and was fixable with crackers who begged for zofran. It's been around since 1991- not sure how long of that it was prescribed to pregnant women but for me that's not enough time to be treated like Tylenol. Thalabomide was considered safe until it wasn't. I don't put this in the same class as that drug because it was a shit-show to begin with. But it's an example of what I mean. Once again if you're unable to function without it, I totally understand. But mild to moderate nausea- for me isn't worth taking anything. This comes from someone who doesn't even take Tylenol when I have a headache- pregnant or not. So that may help see where I'm coming from!!
    I totally agree.  I couldn't believe it when I went for my first appointment my doctor was offering me zofran like it was candy and this was before he even asked how I was feeling.
    This is the also the same for headaches for myself, I will always try to sleep, eat or drink water before I will resort to Tylenol. 

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  • Lol yup. I've learned over the years that judging about pointless things like a 2 year old using a paci isn't worth my time. My DD got rid of hers at 2.5 and is totally fine. I don't feel like I failed her or that I didn't "have a pair".


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  • eme520 said:
    My UOs: I wholeheartedly believe in gay marriage. I'm bisexual, and have many lesbian friends who have waited decades to finally have the government recognize their commitment to each other. I also believe in polygamy, but can see how that could easily slide into a sticky mess. So I'm torn - while I don't see gay marriage as opening a "gateway" for other alternative marriages, I do see polygamists using gay marriage as an argument to say "hey, two women or two men can marry, so why can't two women and one man marry?" My opinions are total contradictions. I have to admit (and please no hate... I had an m/c last year at 7w6d and I'm NERVOUS), each time I see a goodbye post, a tiny part of me is happy because it plants me more firmly on the 3/4 pregnancies that succeed side of the statistic. I feel awful for all those women's losses, don't get me wrong! I believe in abortion (in most cases), but feel that if one person has two abortions they should be spayed. That alleviates the use of it as "birth control" yet keeps gaggles of kids being born to leech off the welfare system. I think foster families should be registered like sex offenders on a website. If I'd known the house I was buying was located next to TWO of them, I'd likely not have bought it. The one family is nasty and I have to watch my DD constantly outside or tell her she can't go outside when those kids are loitering in the road. (With that said, the other family is WONDERFUL and I love their kids!). Fire away! Lol the foster one was more of a vent than anything. The mother pisses me the eff off. But I only have experience with these two families, so my UO is not based on a proper sampling. It could be greatly skewed and I recognize that.
    What kind of fresh hell is this?
    Where the hell did this come from? Was it deleted? I must have missed it.

    Either way, I haven't had morning sickness yet, but I just might barf.

    Woah. Man. Commenting on this would cause my brain to explode! Starts off not so bad and then BAM...not touching this mess with a 10 foot pole.
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  • SerenlaSerenla member
    edited August 2013
    eme520 said:





    My UOs:

    I wholeheartedly believe in gay marriage. I'm bisexual, and have many lesbian friends who have waited decades to finally have the government recognize their commitment to each other. I also believe in polygamy, but can see how that could easily slide into a sticky mess. So I'm torn - while I don't see gay marriage as opening a "gateway" for other alternative marriages, I do see polygamists using gay marriage as an argument to say "hey, two women or two men can marry, so why can't two women and one man marry?" My opinions are total contradictions.

    I have to admit (and please no hate... I had an m/c last year at 7w6d and I'm NERVOUS), each time I see a goodbye post, a tiny part of me is happy because it plants me more firmly on the 3/4 pregnancies that succeed side of the statistic. I feel awful for all those women's losses, don't get me wrong!

    I believe in abortion (in most cases), but feel that if one person has two abortions they should be spayed. That alleviates the use of it as "birth control" yet keeps gaggles of kids being born to leech off the welfare system.

    I think foster families should be registered like sex offenders on a website. If I'd known the house I was buying was located next to TWO of them, I'd likely not have bought it. The one family is nasty and I have to watch my DD constantly outside or tell her she can't go outside when those kids are loitering in the road. (With that said, the other family is WONDERFUL and I love their kids!).

    Fire away! Lol the foster one was more of a vent than anything. The mother pisses me the eff off. But I only have experience with these two families, so my UO is not based on a proper sampling. It could be greatly skewed and I recognize that.

    What kind of fresh hell is this?

    Where the hell did this come from? Was it deleted? I must have missed it.

    Either way, I haven't had morning sickness yet, but I just might barf.


    Yeah,math doesn't work like that sweetheart. I also didn't realize my aunt, who is a wonderful FM, was something to be avoided.

    Eta,I just wanted to add that you sicken me.



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  • I care because paci's after a certain age aren't healthy. When I see a child with sores around their mouth because they never take the thing out of their mouth? Yea, I'm ok judging the shit out of that.

    I've never seen that but to me that falls into the neglect category.

    My 2 year old gets it to sleep and occasionally if we go out we take it as a back up in case he melts down.



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  • AcaAwkwardAcaAwkward member
    edited August 2013
    sexyntexy said:

    Lol yup. I've learned over the years that judging about pointless things like a 2 year old using a paci isn't worth my time. My DD got rid of hers at 2.5 and is totally fine. I don't feel like I failed her or that I didn't "have a pair".

    If you read my entire comment, I didn't say that parents whose kids take pacis until 2 or 3 don't have a pair. I could care less what goes on in someone's private home. I do think at some point it's our job as parents to set some boundaries... My kid really likes to hang out in just her diaper and some days it's Tantrum City trying to get her to put on shoes...but you can bet she will be wearing clothes and shoes when we go to Target, even though it wouldn't hurt her to go topless when it's 80 degrees outside.

    ETA: after about a year, kids don't need 24/7 comfort. So, yeah, when I see a 3 year old with a pacifier, I kind of assume the parents just don't want to deal with the fallout of taking it away or limiting its use.
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  • sexyntexy said:

    Lol yup. I've learned over the years that judging about pointless things like a 2 year old using a paci isn't worth my time. My DD got rid of hers at 2.5 and is totally fine. I don't feel like I failed her or that I didn't "have a pair".

    If you read my entire comment, I didn't say that parents whose kids take pacis until 2 or 3 don't have a pair. I could care less what goes on in someone's private home. I do think at some point it's our job as parents to set some boundaries... My kid really likes to hang out in just her diaper and some days it's Tantrum City trying to get her to put on shoes...but you can bet she will be wearing clothes and shoes when we go to Target, even though it wouldn't hurt her to go topless when it's 80 degrees outside.
    I did read your comment. My son Has been out w/ a paci clipped to his shirt. I guess I don't see the problem. If he was 5 yes but he's 2. We will wean him soon. He's a finger sucker when he's teething and he is hardcore teething. I dont want him to replace his paci w/ his finger. I can take a paci away but not his finger.

    I set boundaries for him constantly but this isn't a huge battle to me. To each their own.


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  • sexyntexy said:

    I care because paci's after a certain age aren't healthy. When I see a child with sores around their mouth because they never take the thing out of their mouth? Yea, I'm ok judging the shit out of that.

    I've never seen that but to me that falls into the neglect category.

    My 2 year old gets it to sleep and occasionally if we go out we take it as a back up in case he melts down.


    Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with letting your kid use a paci in the above mentioned circumstances. My neice has one in 24/7 and she is almost 3. Trying communicating with a 3 year old with a paci in, it's fucking annoying and I totally judge it. Take it away from her and its a huge meltdown.

    Our DD uses hers in the car, naps and at night. She finds random ones all over the house and will have them in during play time and I always take it out. She fusses but she will learn she doesn't need it. She just turned one. I don't even know when we will take the sleep time pacis away, I guess we will play it by ear.

    If a paci gets in the way of a child who is learning to communicate, I side eye it.
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  • Serenla said:

    eme520 said:





    My UOs:

    I wholeheartedly believe in gay marriage. I'm bisexual, and have many lesbian friends who have waited decades to finally have the government recognize their commitment to each other. I also believe in polygamy, but can see how that could easily slide into a sticky mess. So I'm torn - while I don't see gay marriage as opening a "gateway" for other alternative marriages, I do see polygamists using gay marriage as an argument to say "hey, two women or two men can marry, so why can't two women and one man marry?" My opinions are total contradictions.

    I have to admit (and please no hate... I had an m/c last year at 7w6d and I'm NERVOUS), each time I see a goodbye post, a tiny part of me is happy because it plants me more firmly on the 3/4 pregnancies that succeed side of the statistic. I feel awful for all those women's losses, don't get me wrong!

    I believe in abortion (in most cases), but feel that if one person has two abortions they should be spayed. That alleviates the use of it as "birth control" yet keeps gaggles of kids being born to leech off the welfare system.

    I think foster families should be registered like sex offenders on a website. If I'd known the house I was buying was located next to TWO of them, I'd likely not have bought it. The one family is nasty and I have to watch my DD constantly outside or tell her she can't go outside when those kids are loitering in the road. (With that said, the other family is WONDERFUL and I love their kids!).

    Fire away! Lol the foster one was more of a vent than anything. The mother pisses me the eff off. But I only have experience with these two families, so my UO is not based on a proper sampling. It could be greatly skewed and I recognize that.

    What kind of fresh hell is this?

    Where the hell did this come from? Was it deleted? I must have missed it.

    Either way, I haven't had morning sickness yet, but I just might barf.


    Yeah,math doesn't work like that sweetheart.

    @greywolf holy hell on wheels batman.. I hope to not be the next person the sacrifice my child to help your odds.

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  • I have a new UO, well other than the fact that I'm a gay loving atheist who loves Christmas and doesn't care how long your kid uses a paci... I hate cheesecake. I really hate it. It makes me gag even when I'm not pregnant. I can't stand the smell of it or the look of it. Just eww.

    Alas, your aversion to cheesecake means we shall never be friends. Unless you give me your portion :)



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  • Serenla said:
    I have a new UO, well other than the fact that I'm a gay loving atheist who loves Christmas and doesn't care how long your kid uses a paci... I hate cheesecake. I really hate it. It makes me gag even when I'm not pregnant. I can't stand the smell of it or the look of it. Just eww.
    Alas, your aversion to cheesecake means we shall never be friends. Unless you give me your portion :)
    You can have my portion as long as you eat it somewhere else!
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  • ichabody said:
    October 2013 has identified April 2014 as "a bunch of crazies that need to chill out or the board will self-destruct by December". If i knew how to post the link to that post i would... Food for thought to all of our overly opinionated members. We aren't changing the world here.

    What is this? LOL
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  • sexyntexy said:

    I care because paci's after a certain age aren't healthy. When I see a child with sores around their mouth because they never take the thing out of their mouth? Yea, I'm ok judging the shit out of that.

    I've never seen that but to me that falls into the neglect category.

    My 2 year old gets it to sleep and occasionally if we go out we take it as a back up in case he melts down.

    This is not at all off-putting to me. I am talking about kids I know who are never seen without the damn thing in their mouthes or attached to them -- every errand, every play date, every photo posted on FB or IG, etc.
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