UO Thursday

flerlgirl

Ds is all about the reflux. Apparently the ladies find it sexy? Idk. DH has reflux like it's his job so no surprise that DS has it! If anyone has questions about how to trick your child into taking Prevacid, page me...

steprozz

krptcmschfmkr128 said:

I'm tired of hearing about the Malaysian airplane...

really?? I'm totally enthralled by it! like seriously how the fuck do you lose a giant ass airplane with 200-some-odd people on it?! it's mind boggling!! :-?

tbmadeamistake

I totally understand how heinous and awful the things that the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church when he was alive, but he's dead now.  Let it go.  Go after the people who are still alive and participating in the WBC crap.  I am so tired of "he's getting what he deserves now" and stupid internet memes about which movie hell he's ending up in.  The man is dead, let it go.  It's like waiting until someone is out of the room and then bashing them. I just don't like it.

JujuB22

Bed sharing upsets me so much. I have not answered a 911 call personally regarding a bed sharing accidental death, however several of my coworkers have. It's just so sad and preventable. Having a bassinet or even a bed sharing basket in the bed seems reasonable. I do not agree with just having the baby lay in bed with you for bedtime or nap. Please be careful.

chloephoebecali

I went to an all-women's college and was certain I would not introduce the whole princess thing to dd -princess/diva clothing, anything disney princess (not a disney fan, either), and absolutely never refer to her as our princess. Well, she hit 2.5-3 and the only way we could have avoided it is if I completely sheltered her from play mates, tv, and books. She was just drawn to it. Even shows like Sesame Street and Super Why (educational programming), introduce the concept. Of course Disney brings much of it to a new level - women needing/wanting princes, but even the decent stuff will bring out these classic fairy tale stories (they weren't originally disney). So you can do your best to not segment them into a specific role, but kids will still find their way to what they want. Ds has no problem putting on a princess dress (and nor do I) but he loves his trains and dinosaurs (which were originally DD's). Ultimately, I thought I had it mostly figured out before I had kids. I would judge other kids/parents and say never my child. I was the best parent before I was even a parent. Although I was open to opinions and different ideas, each kid is so different and you just never know how things are going to turn out. I guess labor is a preview of that - sometimes doesn't go as planned. I've found I just have to go with the flow and figure it out as it comes.

As far as Frozen, I feel it is overrated.  It's dark and dreary and the story was just so so IMO.  I personally love tangled and just kept comparing the two.  I think tangled is a much better movie but I've found this to be an unpopular opinion, but I'm glad to see I'm not alone with the frozen sentiment.

Jazznit1984

DH's aunt has made it very clear that she thinks we need to baptize our child. We politely ignored her the last few times she's brought it up. But I guess she's been harassing my MIL about it. We are non-denominational. I am not attracted to any organized religion. I have seen my fair share of people who baptize their children and never bring those kids to church after (Including the Aunt). It's just a thing to do. At least I'm up front about. DH has reminded her that he isn't even baptized and the first time her ever attended service was with me. It's just silly. But she isn't the kind of person to let things go I guess. Blarg.

chloephoebecali

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Rachel5130 said:

I went to an all-women's college and was certain I would not introduce the whole princess thing to dd -princess/diva clothing, anything disney princess (not a disney fan, either), and absolutely never refer to her as our princess. Well, she hit 2.5-3 and the only way we could have avoided it is if I completely sheltered her from play mates, tv, and books. She was just drawn to it. Even shows like Sesame Street and Super Why (educational programming), introduce the concept. Of course Disney brings much of it to a new level - women needing/wanting princes, but even the decent stuff will bring out these classic fairy tale stories (they weren't originally disney). So you can do your best to not segment them into a specific role, but kids will still find their way to what they want. Ds has no problem putting on a princess dress (and nor do I) but he loves his trains and dinosaurs (which were originally DD's).

I'm really confused here. Are you saying you didn't/don't want your kids to play and be familiar with gender geared items at all or you didn't want everything to revolve around it and therefore never introduced it? Either way... Why? Not necessarily on you, but in general... I get why a son picking a Barbie in a store for his birthday present shouldn't be a big deal in society, but I don't understand the sentiment of completely ignoring the gender's "society appropriate" toys altogether. Let them pick and have a variety. Why try and force them to be different if they don't want to be? Seems to me just as cruel as forcing them to be the status quo if they want to be different.
I started out thinking I could avoid the whole princess thing (personally not liking what most of what it stood for) but ultimately realized they inevitably like what they like. I really don't care what my kids play with anymore as long as it is age appropriate. I do avoid guns, weapons and some dolls that look inappropriate, but I can also see the day that my kids might want some of this stuff and we will have to figure out. I'm actually with you. Pushing them any way is not going to change who they are or what they like and even if you try to avoid something, they may still get around to seeing it through their friends (sponge bob and monster high dolls -yuck) and then wanting it.