Yes! If one more of you bishes goes into labor before me I am really going to lose my shit.
I realize this is more of a fffc than a UO now that I have said it. But it's not going away.
It's not very unpopular around here either. Me first! Me first! Me first!
I dunno, most people here have that whole "baby can bake as long as he/she wants to" mentality, which I admit is how one should feel. I however beg the fetus to gtfo every day. Oops.
I'm also getting stabby not even knowing who all these mommas even are.
I love all the update posts. But am I the only one who feels super weird commenting on ones when I have absolutely NO idea who the person is? I almost feel like I shouldn't because I don't want it to seem insincere, if that makes sense.
I dunno, most people here have that whole "baby can bake as long as he/she wants to" mentality, which I admit is how one should feel. I however beg the fetus to gtfo every day. Oops.
I'm also getting stabby not even knowing who all these mommas even are.
Yes!!
Also, I was firmly in the "bake as long as you want" camp until yesterday when DD had me laid out in pain all afternoon. She has not let up since yesterday morning and I am miserable. Seems like she wants to GTFO and I fully support her decision.... so let's get on with it.
I love all the update posts. But am I the only one who feels super weird commenting on ones when I have absolutely NO idea who the person is? I almost feel like I shouldn't because I don't want it to seem insincere, if that makes sense.
I just like the post if I don't know them for this same reason.
I love all the update posts. But am I the only one who feels super weird commenting on ones when I have absolutely NO idea who the person is? I almost feel like I shouldn't because I don't want it to seem insincere, if that makes sense.
First, I don't love alllll the update posts. There are 500 people on this board. I don't want to know every time someone takes a shit or their doctor says "you're getting closer." Guess what? Every day that goes by, we are automatically getting closer.
That said, I will comment sincerely on every L&D thread, because that's important business, man!
I love all the update posts. But am I the only one who feels super weird commenting on ones when I have absolutely NO idea who the person is? I almost feel like I shouldn't because I don't want it to seem insincere, if that makes sense.
Me to! Half the ladies that post I have no idea who they are. I recognize the name or picture but they've only posted a handful of times.
If I don't recognize your username, cool man you're having a baby, but I don't care about the dilation of your cervix or whatever. Bye Felicia.
Speaking of not needing to know cervix dilation.... I took my dogs in to be groomed before DD gets here and saw my boss. He asked how I was doing since I've been on mat leave for 2 weeks now and I asked how his wife was doing since she is also due Sept 7th. His response was her dilation number. Ummmmmm....
Since someone mentioned it in another thread: I hate the elf on the shelf. I find them creepy, I think they place way too much pressure on parents, I think they make parents feel inferior to other parents, and I don't need my kid being comfortable with something other than parents or God keeping such close tabs on their personal behavior.
Since someone mentioned it in another thread: I hate the elf on the shelf. I find them creepy, I think they place way too much pressure on parents, I think they make parents feel inferior to other parents, and I don't need my kid being comfortable with something other than parents or God keeping such close tabs on their personal behavior.
I think it's a cute concept... but I agree it's not for me.
Since someone mentioned it in another thread: I hate the elf on the shelf. I find them creepy, I think they place way too much pressure on parents, I think they make parents feel inferior to other parents, and I don't need my kid being comfortable with something other than parents or God keeping such close tabs on their personal behavior.
I think it's a cute concept... but I agree it's not for me.
I have. I think it's cute. I think it's sweet. I don't think it needs to be news or become a craze. Parents should do things like that for their kids without needing to AW it all over social media or the news. Sweet things like that lose their flair when the family intimacy is lost IMO.
I like Elf on the Shelf. I post photos on Facebook so people can see how hilarious we are. I'm kind of ashamed, but not enough to stop. Really, last year was our first year doing it so it will probably be more mellow this year.
Hey if it makes you happy to do it, more power to you. I'm cool with being the anti-Elf grumpy Scrooge. But if we were fb friends I would mock you at least a couple times.
I was always one of those people who said let the baby come out on their own. Until this week. Perhaps it is being uncomfortable or the fact that I have nothing planned until LO comes, but I want him/her out. I almost failed an NST the other day and I thought hey induction wouldn't be so bad. Then yesterday I asked the OB how she felt about sweeping my membranes. She replied that the practice doesn't do that. Good thing I picked them at the beginning of my pg.
1 - get this kid out of me now. I'm 1089765% done. There is a solid chance someone will be harmed if I go back to work on Tuesday at 40w1d
2 - I hate that elf. It's creepy looking. But my mom thought I was being a Scrooge and got one for her house and my kids LOVED it. And we didn't really use it in a threatening way (since they didn't understand that) but they were so excited to find it in the morning and see it throughout the day. And that part was really fun. We didn't do anything cool with it. Christmas is a lot of work without adding something else in.
Elf on the Shelf is creepy and dumb IMO. Tell me where the logic lies in an "elf" watching over your kids so they will be good and all the stupid elf does is cause mischief. Not to mention the fact that parents have to create messes to make said elf seem real and fun only to have to clean up the mess themselves. I'll pass thanks.
1 - get this kid out of me now. I'm 1089765% done. There is a solid chance someone will be harmed if I go back to work on Tuesday at 40w1d
2 - I hate that elf. It's creepy looking. But my mom thought I was being a Scrooge and got one for her house and my kids LOVED it. And we didn't really use it in a threatening way (since they didn't understand that) but they were so excited to find it in the morning and see it throughout the day. And that part was really fun. We didn't do anything cool with it. Christmas is a lot of work without adding something else in.
My mom is mad about my elf thoughts as well, and has one for her home already. We compromised that she can set up her elf however she likes but none of the "reporting to Santa" business.
I'm a grown woman, and I will fully admit I would have a very hard time sleeping knowing that elf was somewhere in my home sitting...staring. I liken it to having a Chucky doll just sitting around.
My UO - while I do not want to see Christmas decor up anywhere until Black Friday, I get super excited planning for Christmas starting pretty much now. My stepmom sent me an email with the subject line "christmas" last night, and I got ridiculously giddy.
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On par with the Christmas theme-- I hate, hate, hate Christmas music!! I love the hymns we sing in church but loathe the rest of it. I just find it completely annoying.
I hate Christmas and pumpkin spice season should last forever.
Exactly this. I'm just happy I timed pregnancy to not know I was pregnant last Christmas and so baby is outside before this Christmas. I don't think I could make it through without all the alcohol.
This may be more of a fffc but since we are talking about wanting babies out. I'm fine with my baby cooking longer because I am just now over 37 weeks. However, I am very type A personality and just wish I knew what day the baby was coming. I am very much a planner and the term EDD just drives me crazy. Especially since I have been having random contractions and a very low baby. With all the medical advance today we still have cervical checks to check for dilation and effacement and they really don't mean much. The joys of pregnancy.
I fucking LOVE Christmas. Music, decor, smells, tree, etc.
Bring.it.ON.
(And yes- I realize I didn't mention anything about the religious side. I'm Fox New's worst enemy...)
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UO- I scheduled my induction a day after my EDD. Some may think that's nuts, and too soon to induce. I say I just need a light at the end of my pain tunnel. Hmm- pain tunnel; double meaning and I LIKE it!
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I fucking LOVE Christmas. Music, decor, smells, tree, etc.
Bring.it.ON.
(And yes- I realize I didn't mention anything about the religious side. I'm Fox New's worst enemy...)
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UO- I scheduled my induction a day after my EDD. Some may think that's nuts, and too soon to induce. I say I just need a light at the end of my pain tunnel. Hmm- pain tunnel; double meaning and I LIKE it!
DED at "pain tunnel" and it's double meaning.
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Gage Douglas 09.04.2014...my sunshine after the rain.
I am Christmas' worst enemy.. until December 1st then I am the fucking elf on a shelf. I love the decorate, listen to the music, watch the crappy made for TV movies. But Christmas needs to back the freak off Thanksgiving, which is my FAVORITE holiday. In my family Thanksgiving was basically Christmas without the expectations of gifts (which is super awkward in my family, there is seriously a great financial divide that causes tension). People get together, cook together, laugh together... I get a little drunk so I don't notice some people as much, I get to hear all the gossip about how my cousin is on her x marriage and has been clean for x amount of time (or not clean.. and recently divorced again, whateves.) I LIVE for the Thanksgiving gossip. Don't get my family wrong, we really do all love and support each other, we are just all nosy people. It probably helps that we also all live pretty far apart so when we do get to see each other we are all just really happy too.
UO #1: All of you saying you want baby out early as your UO are wrong because that makes it popular. I am grumpy. Only @conradraging 's counts as a UO cuz it was first. SO THERE>
UO #2: I also want baby out. Right now. But my apparently unpopular opinion is that I was offered an induction date already and chose not to take it because as uncomfortable as I am, and as sick as I am of being pregnant, I'm still choosing to keep him in as long as possible. Doesn't mean I don't want him out.
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UO- I scheduled my induction a day after my EDD. Some may think that's nuts, and too soon to induce. I say I just need a light at the end of my pain tunnel. Hmm- pain tunnel; double meaning and I LIKE it!
DED at "pain tunnel" and it's double meaning.
It used to be a much more fun tunnel....
Sad day.
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UO #1: All of you saying you want baby out early as your UO are wrong because that makes it popular. I am grumpy. Only @conradraging 's counts as a UO cuz it was first. SO THERE>
UO #2: I also want baby out. Right now. But my apparently unpopular opinion is that I was offered an induction date already and chose not to take it because as uncomfortable as I am, and as sick as I am of being pregnant, I'm still choosing to keep him in as long as possible. Doesn't mean I don't want him out.
I'm just going to show up at your induction date and pretend to be you.
Eta: you know, since my cervix isn't favorable enough for my own dumb doctor.
UO- I scheduled my induction a day after my EDD. Some may think that's nuts, and too soon to induce. I say I just need a light at the end of my pain tunnel. Hmm- pain tunnel; double meaning and I LIKE it!
DED at "pain tunnel" and it's double meaning.
It used to be a much more fun tunnel....
Sad day.
Preach.
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Gage Douglas 09.04.2014...my sunshine after the rain.
@NinjaZia so with you on the FB pyramid sales pitches!! Drive your easily earned BMW off a cliff during your set your own schedule, be your own boss with you fabulous lashes, nails, after your vegan non -Gmo shake lunch so many of them have lost their minds...okay I don't really mean for anyone to drive off a cliff...that was harsh. But just the same I don't really even wear make-up and my dove soap has been killing it for 25 years, don't need to be in your Lash group or specialty soap consulting racket.
I too dislike the elf. I held out...I caved one year...my kids thought it was creepy, I thought it was too much work and I barely moved it let alone did mischief with it, we sold it at a garage sale. Total fad courtesy of social media. And I do try and keep god in Christmas so that's enough fanfare, my kids stinking love when we pull out the nativity scene and set it up and they play with that thing like it's the first time they've ever seen it.
My UO is that I'm the b-day grinch, I totally can't stand the excess of kids parties. I hate all the crap in the piñata, stupid goodie bags, excess consumption of sugar just for parental cache and cute pics on FB. I feel like the amount of time to create what looks like a wedding for a 2 year old did not benefit that kid in any way. Mom wasn't reading books to said child enriching his brain while planning the candy table. I didn't even have bdays for mine until 4 and then they are super modest, kids playing in the backyard. If only I could find a nicer way to refuse gifts. People always bring them anyway and we just don't need more stuff. We met a family that does one bday a year for all kids...I want to steal this idea. Yup total bday grinch here.
baby #3 arrived in September 2014...cannot get ticker to work no matter what I try!
Mine goes along with everyone else. I was all for this baby baking as long as he wanted but I seriously considered how hard it would be to give myself a c section last night.
Also, I don't like when people ask me if im dilated etc....why are you concerned with my cervix is weird.
Biggest UO though: I hate pumpkin spice lattes. I don't like pumpkin to begin with and they are just gross.
Mine goes along with everyone else. I was all for this baby baking as long as he wanted but I seriously considered how hard it would be to give myself a c section last night.
Also, I don't like when people ask me if im dilated etc....why are you concerned with my cervix is weird.
Biggest UO though: I hate pumpkin spice lattes. I don't like pumpkin to begin with and they are just gross.
you're horrifying me. more for the rest of us!
Met: September 2005Married: October 2008 DS: 09/2014
I don't mind the "am I in labor" or random update posts. They don't bug me at all. I am also really bored right now, so I'll read anything... Meh.
I work on Christmas stuff for a living. All day. Every day. It's Christmas. I am totally immune to the whole season. That being said, Elf on the Shelf is stupid and will not be coming to my house. Nope.
Re: *****Yo, it's time fo' UO*****
I realize this is more of a fffc than a UO now that I have said it. But it's not going away.
I'm also getting stabby not even knowing who all these mommas even are.
Also, I was firmly in the "bake as long as you want" camp until yesterday when DD had me laid out in pain all afternoon. She has not let up since yesterday morning and I am miserable. Seems like she wants to GTFO and I fully support her decision.... so let's get on with it.
That said, I will comment sincerely on every L&D thread, because that's important business, man!
Have you seen this?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2507305/Dinovembers-toy-dinosaurs-come-life-creative-parents-spark-web-craze.html
Have you seen this?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2507305/Dinovembers-toy-dinosaurs-come-life-creative-parents-spark-web-craze.html
I have. I think it's cute. I think it's sweet. I don't think it needs to be news or become a craze. Parents should do things like that for their kids without needing to AW it all over social media or the news. Sweet things like that lose their flair when the family intimacy is lost IMO.
2 - I hate that elf. It's creepy looking. But my mom thought I was being a Scrooge and got one for her house and my kids LOVED it. And we didn't really use it in a threatening way (since they didn't understand that) but they were so excited to find it in the morning and see it throughout the day. And that part was really fun. We didn't do anything cool with it. Christmas is a lot of work without adding something else in.
Elf on the Shelf is creepy and dumb IMO. Tell me where the logic lies in an "elf" watching over your kids so they will be good and all the stupid elf does is cause mischief. Not to mention the fact that parents have to create messes to make said elf seem real and fun only to have to clean up the mess themselves. I'll pass thanks.
My UO - while I do not want to see Christmas decor up anywhere until Black Friday, I get super excited planning for Christmas starting pretty much now. My stepmom sent me an email with the subject line "christmas" last night, and I got ridiculously giddy.
^^^ September Signature: TV series I plan on binge watching with my newborn I do what I want. ^^^
I prefer fake trees. Real trees fuck with my allergies, I hate having pine needles everywhere, and I get sick of the smell after about a day.
^^^ September Signature: TV series I plan on binge watching with my newborn I do what I want. ^^^
The joys of pregnancy.
Bring.it.ON.
(And yes- I realize I didn't mention anything about the religious side. I'm Fox New's worst enemy...)
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UO- I scheduled my induction a day after my EDD. Some may think that's nuts, and too soon to induce. I say I just need a light at the end of my pain tunnel. Hmm- pain tunnel; double meaning and I LIKE it!
It bugs me to see toddlers walking around with a bink in their mouth.
^^^ September Signature: TV series I plan on binge watching with my newborn I do what I want. ^^^
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Sad day.
Eta: you know, since my cervix isn't favorable enough for my own dumb doctor.
^^^ September Signature: TV series I plan on binge watching with my newborn I do what I want. ^^^
I too dislike the elf. I held out...I caved one year...my kids thought it was creepy, I thought it was too much work and I barely moved it let alone did mischief with it, we sold it at a garage sale. Total fad courtesy of social media. And I do try and keep god in Christmas so that's enough fanfare, my kids stinking love when we pull out the nativity scene and set it up and they play with that thing like it's the first time they've ever seen it.
My UO is that I'm the b-day grinch, I totally can't stand the excess of kids parties. I hate all the crap in the piñata, stupid goodie bags, excess consumption of sugar just for parental cache and cute pics on FB. I feel like the amount of time to create what looks like a wedding for a 2 year old did not benefit that kid in any way. Mom wasn't reading books to said child enriching his brain while planning the candy table. I didn't even have bdays for mine until 4 and then they are super modest, kids playing in the backyard. If only I could find a nicer way to refuse gifts. People always bring them anyway and we just don't need more stuff. We met a family that does one bday a year for all kids...I want to steal this idea.
Yup total bday grinch here.
baby #3 arrived in September 2014...cannot get ticker to work no matter what I try!
Also, I don't like when people ask me if im dilated etc....why are you concerned with my cervix is weird.
Biggest UO though: I hate pumpkin spice lattes. I don't like pumpkin to begin with and they are just gross.
Met: September 2005 Married: October 2008 DS: 09/2014
Met: September 2005 Married: October 2008 DS: 09/2014
I work on Christmas stuff for a living. All day. Every day. It's Christmas. I am totally immune to the whole season. That being said, Elf on the Shelf is stupid and will not be coming to my house. Nope.
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