OU Thursday!!

YellowLily2013

Come on ladies! Where is all the entertainment these days?

Come share your opinions of the unpopular!

Cindergurl

My uo is that once your kid hits a year old, you should stop saying how many months your kid is. Dd is one on Saturday, and you can be sure that I won't be keeping track after that.

YellowLily2013

The "talking" toys are a lot less annoying than I thought they'd be. And ds really likes them. But maybe they're tolerable since we only have a handful of them.

Into+the+Kitty

Cindergurl said:

My uo is that once your kid hits a year old, you should stop saying how many months your kid is. Dd is one on Saturday, and you can be sure that I won't be keeping track after that.

I disagree, I think it happens at two. The one year months have leaps and bounds of changes, sometimes even in just a week. You can't stand a 13 month old and 19 month old next to each other and expect them to be hitting the same milestones.

unaveragejane

I don't like it when people tell new moms just to let a baby cry and he'll get over it eventually when transitioning to daycare or whatever. A friend of mine was telling me how her son had separation anxiety really bad at 2 years old, and he would freak out when she left him in nursery. They told her just to leave him and he'd calm down eventually. Uhm, what? Why? It might work for some people, and if you have no choice but to leave him, I have no judgement. In our cases, though, we were both available to stay with our kids to get them accustomed to the environment and new people but were told it would "make things worse." That's one nursery my kid is going to stay in!

YellowLily2013

unaveragejane said:

I don't like it when people tell new moms just to let a baby cry and he'll get over it eventually when transitioning to daycare or whatever. A friend of mine was telling me how her son had separation anxiety really bad at 2 years old, and he would freak out when she left him in nursery. They told her just to leave him and he'd calm down eventually. Uhm, what? Why? It might work for some people, and if you have no choice but to leave him, I have no judgement. In our cases, though, we were both available to stay with our kids to get them accustomed to the environment and new people but were told it would "make things worse." That's one nursery my kid is going to stay in!

Yes!! So annoying. FIL tried to get me just to pass ds over when he was obviously scared of him. Ugh. I was like give me a minute to reassure him first. He was annoyed and acted like he could handle it but ds was crying and terrified.

YellowLily2013

Oh and when did a rolling pin become a "fancy" or "specialty" kitchen item??

Seriously people its kind of a staple. Don't invite me over to cook pizza and then not have a rolling pin. (We like thin crust, yes you can do pizza dough without one.. There was another instance that there wasn't a rolling pin as well but I can't recall what we were cooking).

Skeemer

1) If my 2 year old (or 27 month old @Cindergurl Lol ) can say please & thank you then so can a friggin grown adult. What is WRONG with people that they cannot have basic manners?

2) Also, don't tell my son to not call you "Sir" or "Ma'am" because it makes you feel old. Then in the next breath ask me what is wrong with kids today & why don't they show respect. Suck it up Buttercup. Getting older is a way of life & my kids learning to have manners isn't optional.

unaveragejane

@YellowLily2013 - I hear you! At my work wedding shower, someone bought me a pastry blender off my registry. I was really excited to get it, but a lot of my coworkers didn't have a clue what it was. I couldn't believe how many of those women had never seen biscuits made from scratch. Or maybe everyone else uses forks to break up the butter. I dunno.

Skeemer

@unaveragejane

I've always made biscuits from scratch & even in our wedding vows I promised that he would never have to eat canned biscuits as long as we both shall live. Lol. He promised me that he would kill all the spiders for me.

My ExH used to tell me he couldn't tell the difference between my homemade biscuits & canned biscuits. DH says ExH is an idiot. ROTFL!

ETA: I just use a fork to blend.

YellowLily2013

@unaveragejane wait what's a pastry blender?? I may not be as cool as I thought!

But I also have a kitchen aid and I still whip everything up by hand.

Eta: it's the D shaped thing with lots of wires?? I want one of those!

TJ1979

Butter cutter, butter cutter, butter cutter.

nanabanana06

No pastry blender. It's food processor or I grate and freeze the butter first.

musicalsilver

I'll be the lone hands-only rubbing butter into flour.  I learned in my home ec class in England, and so I always thought that was the way to go.  I tried my Mom's pastry blender/butter cutter, but I like doing it by hand so much better!

stoneycakes

musicalsilver said:

I'll be the lone hands-only rubbing butter into flour.  I learned in my home ec class in England, and so I always thought that was the way to go.  I tried my Mom's pastry blender/butter cutter, but I like doing it by hand so much better!

Me too! But I'm lucky to have cold hands so I don't melt things.

unaveragejane

Chickypoo2468 said:

I think that people who are afraid to go somewhere alone with their child need to grow some balls. Whether it's a social event or the grocery store or a drs appt or some place you just would rather go alone but won't bc you can't find a sitter or your dh isn't around. I would think you miss out on a lot. ETA I also think this pertains when it has nothing to do with a sitter or your LO and you just want to go somewhere and have no one to go with. Just go.

I kind of agree with this, but there are some appointments that just make it way to complicated to take care of a toddler (like dental cleanings). I also will admit that I'm intimidated about the idea of trying to get out of the house with two kids. I mean, I know I'll figure it out, but the basic logistics of the idea (who goes into the car first? will I be able to strap DS into his seat with a NB strapped to my chest?) are daunting to me right now.

nanabanana06

unaveragejane said:

Chickypoo2468 said:

I think that people who are afraid to go somewhere alone with their child need to grow some balls. Whether it's a social event or the grocery store or a drs appt or some place you just would rather go alone but won't bc you can't find a sitter or your dh isn't around. I would think you miss out on a lot. ETA I also think this pertains when it has nothing to do with a sitter or your LO and you just want to go somewhere and have no one to go with. Just go.

I kind of agree with this, but there are some appointments that just make it way to complicated to take care of a toddler (like dental cleanings). I also will admit that I'm intimidated about the idea of trying to get out of the house with two kids. I mean, I know I'll figure it out, but the basic logistics of the idea (who goes into the car first? will I be able to strap DS into his seat with a NB strapped to my chest?) are daunting to me right now.

I get Rosie unbuckled in the car. She can get herself out while I strap Cade to me. When we go back into the car I put Rosie in her side and then put Cade in his seat. Then go back and strap Rosie in.

unaveragejane

@Nana_Osaki06 - Thank you! That makes so much sense! If it's really cold or hot, do you go ahead and start the car before you put the kids in? Or would that make it too easy for someone to steal your car and kids?

nanabanana06

If I had push start on my car I'd turn it on beforehand. That way it's the right temp.

unaveragejane

I wish I had a push start button. I think I'll ask DH for that if we ever do replace my car.

Another UO, if a car has 4 doors, it should automatically be super easy to fit 2 car seats into without creating any more blindspots for the driver.

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unaveragejane

Also, @YellowLily2013, are you trying to send us all subliminal messages to become Ohio fans?

nanabanana06

unaveragejane said:

I wish I had a push start button. I think I'll ask DH for that if we ever do replace my car.

Another UO, if a car has 4 doors, it should automatically be super easy to fit 2 car seats into without creating any more blindspots for the driver.

I have a weirdly shaped car with huge blind spots. I have put 3 RF car seats in my car. No blindspots created or worsened.

TJ1979

unaveragejane said:

Also, @YellowLily2013, are you trying to send us all subliminal messages to become Ohio fans?

This took me embarrassingly long to figure out.

stoneycakes

Mapleme said:

it is unacceptable to be an adult that is such a bad cook you claim you can't even boil water.  i'm not saying you have to be able to whip up gourmet meals (or even know what a pastry blender is! :P) but for crying out loud,  make a grilled cheese, boil some pasta, or cook a piece of chicken without giving yourself food poisoning.  you're a grown up--take care of yourself.  if i see one more 20-something on my fb feed say they're so hungry but don't know how to make anything i'm gonna spaz.   

I had a college friend visiting me after graduation and we were making pasta Alfredo for dinner. Being the nice, Midwestern boy that he was, he asked if there was anything he could go to help. I said that he could slice the onion. He paused and looked nervous then said, "ok, I guess I can. I mean, I never have, but it can't be that hard, right?" I 100% blame his parents. How does someone make it to 21 and never have sliced an onion? He did a fine job btw.

LOL.  I have taught several of my friends how to slice veggies more efficiently.  Whenever someone asks to help me at parties, I always delegate veggie chopping.  Then I immediately regret it when I see them pull out a paring knife and painstakingly cut each individual piece off.

unaveragejane

I did not know how to cook much of anything when I moved out on my own at 22. Although my mom cooked for us almost every night, she hates to cook and did not enjoy teaching us how to do it at all. Plus my parents were so demanding that we spend so much time on school work that there was very little time for anything else (sports, social life, cooking skills, who needs 'em?). I still feel like I rely heavily on recipes. I also definitely covet better cutting skills.

unaveragejane

Nana_Osaki06 said:

unaveragejane said:

I wish I had a push start button. I think I'll ask DH for that if we ever do replace my car.

Another UO, if a car has 4 doors, it should automatically be super easy to fit 2 car seats into without creating any more blindspots for the driver.

I have a weirdly shaped car with huge blind spots. I have put 3 RF car seats in my car. No blindspots created or worsened.

I tried out DS's RF car seat in the back middle and passenger seats, but both places blocked my view out the rear passenger window. If I still lived in the country, it probably wouldn't be a big deal, but I regularly have to change lanes and merge with Interstate traffic. I am also short, so that doesn't help.

stoneycakes

unaveragejane said:

I did not know how to cook much of anything when I moved out on my own at 22. Although my mom cooked for us almost every night, she hates to cook and did not enjoy teaching us how to do it at all. Plus my parents were so demanding that we spend so much time on school work that there was very little time for anything else (sports, social life, cooking skills, who needs 'em?). I still feel like I rely heavily on recipes. I also definitely covet better cutting skills.

Youtube can be really helpful for learning stuff like that.

unaveragejane

@stoneycakes - At first I was thinking, "YouTube wasn't really around when I was that young," and then I realized you probably meant chopping veggies. Great idea!!

YellowLily2013

TJ1979 said:

unaveragejane said:

Also, @YellowLily2013, are you trying to send us all subliminal messages to become Ohio fans?

This took me embarrassingly long to figure out.

Uhhh I don't know what your talking about.

Eta: I assume its the colors that ds is wearing. ??

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JEPES1348

YellowLily2013 said:

Also, @YellowLily2013, are you trying to send us all subliminal messages to become Ohio fans?

This took me embarrassingly long to figure out.

Uhhh I don't know what your talking about. Eta: I assume its the colors that ds is wearing. ??

I'm still lost on this. But I'm reading/skimming quickly while at work between patients  ">

jcwinsto

Oh man, right? By professional standards my knife skills are pretty meh, but sometimes it's pretty painful to watch someone else cut things. Actually one thing that drives me a little batty is when DH slices onions. I really believe that everyone has they're own style of cooking that works for them (and DH is a good cook), so I really try to not get in other people's way when they're cooking. But DH insists on slicing the onion in half through the root and stem and then slicing the strips from around the center (if that makes sense), but if you reverse that so your resulting strips run from pole to pole, you will end up with firmer, less mushy onions in your sautée (because of the direction the fibers run in the onion). He prefers firmer onions and I've told him this, but he still cuts them they way he's used to. I've given up, but it still drives me a little nuts.

Huh, you learn something new everyday. I like my onions softer so I'll keep cutting them that way. I was definitely taught how to cook and did a lot of it from a young age since my mom had cancer but I didn't realize how limited my ingredients were until we started moving around the country. Things like cous cous or balsamic vinegar were foreign to me.

stoneycakes

I used to take DS with me on doctor's appointments, but now he's at an age where I don't think it would be a good idea.  He won't sit still right now unless it suits him.

stoneycakes

They should have child care at doctor's offices.  They have it at the gym.  Why can't they have it at doctor's offices?

stoneycakes

Oh I have a UO...I don't think napkins are necessary for every meal.  I only use napkins for extremely messy meals.  It drives me crazy at parties when someone automatically hands me a napkin along with my food because I rarely need one.  But I guess I'm a freak because people are always asking where the napkins are at my house, lol.

ETA: And I always feel so ridiculous putting the napkin in my lap at restaurants!  I don't recall a single instance of ever dropping food onto my lap, but I do it because, you know, when in Rome...

JEPES1348

stoneycakes said:

Oh I have a UO...I don't think napkins are necessary for every meal.  I only use napkins for extremely messy meals.  It drives me crazy at parties when someone automatically hands me a napkin along with my food because I rarely need one.  But I guess I'm a freak because people are always asking where the napkins are at my house, lol.

This, exactly.

ElleBeeDub

JEPES1348 said:

stoneycakes said:

Oh I have a UO...I don't think napkins are necessary for every meal.  I only use napkins for extremely messy meals.  It drives me crazy at parties when someone automatically hands me a napkin along with my food because I rarely need one.  But I guess I'm a freak because people are always asking where the napkins are at my house, lol.

This, exactly.

We always have napkins on our table available (we use cloth)... We also all manage to make pretty much every meal messy, and now that G is fully sitting at the table with us (instead of eating off his tray while sitting at the table), he likes having his own napkin like Mama and Daddy.

unaveragejane

@ElleBeeDub and anyone else who uses cloth napkins, how do you store them? Do you just use a regular napkin holder or a basket? I'm getting ready to make some, and I want them to be easy to reach. We are all very messy people. Those of you who aren't using your napkins, just hand them to me. I'm inevitably going to spill my tea, explode a cherry tomato, or drip mustard on my boobs.

ElleBeeDub

unaveragejane said:

@ElleBeeDub and anyone else who uses cloth napkins, how do you store them? Do you just use a regular napkin holder or a basket? I'm getting ready to make some, and I want them to be easy to reach. We are all very messy people. Those of you who aren't using your napkins, just hand them to me. I'm inevitably going to spill my tea, explode a cherry tomato, or drip mustard on my boobs.

We have an Ikea shelving unit (the cube one with all the cubbies) in our dining area (aka, right by our table... We're too cheap to get a real sideboard or buffet) and one cubbie holds napkins, table runner, etc...

Before that we had a table with built-in storage, so they were stored in there. Growing up they were kept in a drawer in the kitchen. I'd probably do a cute basket if those weren't options.

Amores0121

stoneycakes said:

Oh I have a UO...I don't think napkins are necessary for every meal.  I only use napkins for extremely messy meals.  It drives me crazy at parties when someone automatically hands me a napkin along with my food because I rarely need one.  But I guess I'm a freak because people are always asking where the napkins are at my house, lol.

ETA: And I always feel so ridiculous putting the napkin in my lap at restaurants!  I don't recall a single instance of ever dropping food onto my lap, but I do it because, you know, when in Rome...

My Dh rarely uses napkins (I contribute this to his ability to eat in 5 minutes and the fact he eats half his food in one bite) but DD and I always use napkins. We are messy eaters.

@ElleBeeDub What type of fabric are your napkins? I was just looking online..I feel like cotton would be better than anything else.