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stoneycakes

Confession time!

stoneycakes

I keep wanting to take "before" pictures of our kitchen, but the counters are such a disaster that I'm like "Ugh.  I'll take them sometime when it's clean."  LOL.  As if it's ever picture perfect.

freezorburn

I don't have to go digging in a closet for DS's Christmas stocking, because I never got around to putting it away. It's been hanging over the back of an armchair in our living room all year.

Nikkipal82

I always used to get really annoyed when people were constantly raving about coconut oil and how it could fix everything. Except now that I've been using cloth, and I see how good it is for M's bum, not to mention her little chapped nose and cheeks, I totally get it. That ish is amazing.

stoneycakes

freezorburn said:

I don't have to go digging in a closet for DS's Christmas stocking, because I never got around to putting it away. It's been hanging over the back of an armchair in our living room all year.

Best confession ever!

stoneycakes

stringy813 said:

Sometimes I worry that we are going to end up as helicopter parents/total softies.

I figure if you're worrying about how you're parenting, you're at least doing something right.

stoneycakes

My H is so much more of a helicopter parent than I am and it shocks me. I would have totally thought I'd be the helicopter parent, but I'm the one who's like "It's fine.  Let him climb up there himself." and DH is like "Stay away from there!"

TJ1979

When I went to the bathroom earlier, I found toothpaste on my jeans.


I was not wearing my jeans when I brushed my teeth this morning.  You do the math.

DecafGrandeMocha

I just ordered 144 kindbars from groupon, and I plan to hide them from MH. They are one of the few MSPI friendly snacks I can eat, and I'm tired of him eating the snacks he says we don't need. His "we" means him because I.need.snacks even when not BF or pregnant.

ETA it's too late for me to use but groupon is offering 20% off with code GIFT20. Dang-it!

stoneycakes

Chickypoo2468 said:

I keep wanting to take "before" pictures of our kitchen, but the counters are such a disaster that I'm like "Ugh.  I'll take them sometime when it's clean."  LOL.  As if it's ever picture perfect.

I just move the mess so it's out of the frame. Then move it to the other side to take the next picture.

So like take everything and put it in the living room? There's a lot of mess.  LLOL.

TJ1979

I just realized that P has no piggy bank.  E has like 3, P has 0.  Poor 2nd kid gets so forgotten.

stoneycakes

Chickypoo2468 said:

I'm pretty sure J is surviving on crackers right now.

Mine asks for crackers All. The. Time.  He would live on crackers if I'd let him.

TJ1979

I could plow through a whole sleeve of ritz right now.  If not for the soy... damn all the soy!!!!

unaveragejane

Neither of my kids has a piggy bank yet, TJ. I am weird about the germs on money and still don't let N hold coins bc I don't want him to put them in his mouth. :-/

sarenu1

I need to fatten up C.  The kid will not eat food.

So now I give him graham crackers, honey combs, peaches, crackers, mangos, yogurt, and baby puree.

I always give him something new to begin the meal, but then I fall on fruits and crackers and then end the meal with me feeding him puree or yogurt.

Will someone tell my kid that food is good.

sarenu1

unaveragejane said:

Neither of my kids has a piggy bank yet, TJ. I am weird about the germs on money and still don't let N hold coins bc I don't want him to put them in his mouth. :-/

I have a coffee can sitting around somewhere that I want to make a piggy bank out of.

I think it's been empty for about 6-9 months now.

stoneycakes

Do you think DH would be mad if, instead of being a good housewife today, I made an even bigger mess my dismantling some of the kitchen cabinets?  LOL.  I told him I might, but he thinks I was kidding.

sarenu1

stoneycakes said:

Do you think DH would be mad if, instead of being a good housewife today, I made an even bigger mess my dismantling some of the kitchen cabinets?  LOL.  I told him I might, but he thinks I was kidding.

Do it!!!

stoneycakes

sarenu1 said:

I need to fatten up C.  The kid will not eat food.

So now I give him graham crackers, honey combs, peaches, crackers, mangos, yogurt, and baby puree.

I always give him something new to begin the meal, but then I fall on fruits and crackers and then end the meal with me feeding him puree or yogurt.

Will someone tell my kid that food is good.

This is us every day.  Then once in awhile he eats like a rock star.  I have no idea.

JNU76

I've only cooked dinner once since the baby was born a month ago. And it was in the crock pot, so really more assembling than "cooking." We've been living off of what's in the freezer and takeout.

TJ1979

piccyami said:

TJ1979 said:

I could plow through a whole sleeve of ritz right now.  If not for the soy... damn all the soy!!!!

Have you tried townhouse crackers or flipsides?  I know they don't have any soy flour/protein, but they might have oil/lecithin.

Townhouse has soy, flipsides have milk and soy both.  Sad day.  Not that I need crackers anyway (gluten.)  It just sounds so good.

stoneycakes

stringy813 said:

sarenu1 said:

I need to fatten up C.  The kid will not eat food.

So now I give him graham crackers, honey combs, peaches, crackers, mangos, yogurt, and baby puree.

I always give him something new to begin the meal, but then I fall on fruits and crackers and then end the meal with me feeding him puree or yogurt.

Will someone tell my kid that food is good.

Seriously. And now M has lost a pound or so this week. I just offered her pasta, cheddar bunnies, apple, banana, and yogurt. All of which she said yes to. And then when i gave them to her yes turned to no. I was alllll set. I know she isn't feeling 100% but she said she was hungry (probably also false).

Poor baby.  Does ice cream work?  When DS split his lip open last weekend we gave him ice cream for dinner.  I couldn't believe how much he ate.

sarenu1

Food wouldn't be an issue with C if he wasn't so low on the charts.  All his charts are good (head and height), but his weight sucks.

So now I'm all tense about him eating enough and his meal time turns into an hour of me trying to get him to eat as much as possible.

unaveragejane

sarenu1 said:

I need to fatten up C.  The kid will not eat food.

So now I give him graham crackers, honey combs, peaches, crackers, mangos, yogurt, and baby puree.

I always give him something new to begin the meal, but then I fall on fruits and crackers and then end the meal with me feeding him puree or yogurt.

Will someone tell my kid that food is good.

I wouldn't want to eat puréed babies, either.

Mandmeesh

stoneycakes said:

My H is so much more of a helicopter parent than I am and it shocks me. I would have totally thought I'd be the helicopter parent, but I'm the one who's like "It's fine.  Let him climb up there himself." and DH is like "Stay away from there!"

LLOL! This is me and R...totally

Mandmeesh

stringy813 said:

sarenu1 said:

I need to fatten up C.  The kid will not eat food.

So now I give him graham crackers, honey combs, peaches, crackers, mangos, yogurt, and baby puree.

I always give him something new to begin the meal, but then I fall on fruits and crackers and then end the meal with me feeding him puree or yogurt.

Will someone tell my kid that food is good.

Seriously. And now M has lost a pound or so this week. I just offered her pasta, cheddar bunnies, apple, banana, and yogurt. All of which she said yes to. And then when i gave them to her yes turned to no. I was alllll set. I know she isn't feeling 100% but she said she was hungry (probably also false).


Your poor baby

Mandmeesh

To piggyback what @stringy813‌ confessed...except the exact opposite...

I have no problem with gentle/sensitive/attached parenting. I don't follow any philosophy strictly, but we are total "softies". Mh has a bruised and cut bridge of his nose bc M threw something at him...and there was no yelling. Explaining, yes.

The only time we yell is if M is in danger. My brother and SIL are totally opposite of us-militaristic and yell a lot. There's no hugging or touching of any kind between any family members. We don't see them all the time, but M is terrified of my brother. I don't agree with that at all

unaveragejane

My graphics driver died for a little bit last night while I was bumping, and I had to ask DH to look at my computer. When he sat down, I suddenly panicked that I might have been in the middle of one of the threads with bouncing boobs. Ahhhhh! Luckily we had to restart Firefox, so I was saved from that awkward explanation.

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sarenu1 said:

Food wouldn't be an issue with C if he wasn't so low on the charts.  All his charts are good (head and height), but his weight sucks.

So now I'm all tense about him eating enough and his meal time turns into an hour of me trying to get him to eat as much as possible.

I am of the belief that turning meal time into a battle field, whether for a child that eats/weighs to much or too little is counter productive. If the dr isn't concerned then relax, if the dr is concerned then get the doctor's help. One thing I found with my older two, watch what and when snacks are given. I ran into a cycle where I'd give a snack too close to a meal and then they were too full to eat the meal.....and then they'd need a snack and then be too full for the next meal.

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PipSqueak0313

My confession for the week....I thought I had "too many" covers after BF since I am now up to 12, not counting my partially delaminated emergency one. After yesterday I will not think a dozen covers is too many.....10 were in the wash courtesy of some runnier than normal poop Tuesday and Wednesday after washing diapers Tuesday morning.

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stoneycakes

ovenrack said:

stoneycakes said:

My H is so much more of a helicopter parent than I am and it shocks me. I would have totally thought I'd be the helicopter parent, but I'm the one who's like "It's fine.  Let him climb up there himself." and DH is like "Stay away from there!"

Me too.  I'm a firm believe that he has to fall a bit in order to learn to stand (and similar things).  But he's constantly holding out his hands, literally helicoptering around to catch him from any tiny fall.  

Right?  Actually my H has become a helicopter husband, too, LOL.  We have this lever operated tree stand and I went to feel for the water level to see if it needed more.  DH was adamant that I determine the water level by observation alone because "What if it snaps back on your fingers?  It will take them off!"  Okay.  But how likely is it that the lever and locking function are going to let go right at the moment my hand is there?  It's a tree stand, not a bear trap.

stoneycakes

I hate it when I'm super virtuous at the grocery store and then I really wish I had just bought some freaking ice cream.

Mandmeesh

stringy813 said:

Mandmeesh said:

To piggyback what @stringy813‌ confessed...except the exact opposite...

I have no problem with gentle/sensitive/attached parenting. I don't follow any philosophy strictly, but we are total "softies". Mh has a bruised and cut bridge of his nose bc M threw something at him...and there was no yelling. Explaining, yes.

The only time we yell is if M is in danger. My brother and SIL are totally opposite of us-militaristic and yell a lot. There's no hugging or touching of any kind between any family members. We don't see them all the time, but M is terrified of my brother. I don't agree with that at all

Wait - this isn't the opposite of what I said


I thought you said you were worried about being a softie. I'm not worried. Lol

DecafGrandeMocha

@missmimsyy‌, creepy internet hugs to you!

I'm still in 4th trimester bliss and you all are a frightening dose of what's to come!

TJ1979

missmimsyy said:

I'm frustrated and don't want to be a momma today. Her giggles help a little.

Hang in there.  We all have bad days.  It gets better.

Into+the+Kitty

J is a much bet

stoneycakes said:

I hate it when I'm super virtuous at the grocery store and then I really wish I had just bought some freaking ice cream.

Duh, this is when you send your husband out for some. In fact,every night is when you send your husband out for some. Confessions of a fat kid.

JNU76

WillyH19 said:

Instead of making dinner for my family, I just put a pan of lactation brownies the oven. Edit - words

Oooh- can you post that recipe?