I am kind of relieved to hear that other women needed their SO to burp the baby. I am cooking baby #4 and I have not been successful with burping any of my previous babies. I feel like my boobs got in the way or something stupid.
One of my kids was hard to burp and I was told to try laying them down across my thighs, belly down. Then gently shift my legs around while rubbing their back. It was amazing for my hard burper!!
I'm laying in bed watching Tiny House Hunters on HGTV. This couple has three kids and is looking for a place less than 300 sqft. I am getting anxiety just watching. Oh, and room for the dad's comic books and action figures.
I've never watched this show but I've always been curious if it's about tiny-house hunters (i.e. looking for a tiny house) or tiny house-hunters (i.e. little people looking for a house, given our country's fascination with little people). Not sure which one I would prefer, actually!
I would love a tiny house if it was just me. I like the simplicity and the sleek design. I like that everything has a place and it would be easy to clean.
But when you get families or couples in tiny homes? omg no thanks. We have a 3 bedroom house with 2 storage rooms and my Husband has filled it with his crap. He would drive me INSANE in a tiny house and kids would be 30,000x worse. People need space!
Also, while yes a lot of the daily threads are technically gripes/negative bent, I feel like you sort of need a place to get all that out. The "real world" seems to mainly think that pregnancy is all rainbows and unicorn glitter... the majority of us have gone through some hard stuff.
So, what I'm saying is that I appreciate that we have some rainbows and glitter here, but I also don't want to do away with our other threads. Because, nobody quite understands my pregnancy woes quite like the Bishes do.
I'm not saying we get rid of any of the regular threads (I don't think anyone is), just that we add some rainbows and glitter too.
10 is a lot lol. How about TWO things Tuesday? Or THREE things Thursday? More manageable
The tiny house has it's advantages, especially for the single people who tend to move a lot. That's pretty much it. I literally can barely watch it becasue AT LEAST 4-5 times they will say, "OMG it's soooo tiny." But in a complaining way. Well no fing sh*t sherlock, it's 250 sqft. Isn't this your dream?!
Those shows in general drive me insane, but there isn't a whole lot on at 10 PM and I dont want to start something on the DVR. Between the people needing the man caves, the two sinks, the closet for all her shoes/handbags, sitting in someone elses bathtub (yuck), etc. It would actually make a great drinking game now that I think of it. Oh wine, I miss you.
Those shows in general drive me insane, but there isn't a whole lot on at 10 PM and I dont want to start something on the DVR. Between the people needing the man caves, the two sinks, the closet for all her shoes/handbags, sitting in someone elses bathtub (yuck), etc. It would actually make a great drinking game now that I think of it. Oh wine, I miss you.
Ooh friends is on from 10-1 at 10 it's on the CW and 11-1 it's on nick lol basically in our house if it's between those hours and I have the remote that's what's on haha
I would love to live in a tiny house. H thinks I'm bonkers. I never want a huge house though. More to clean, more clutter, no thanks. Just big enough for a room for each kid is as big as I'll go. Some of the tiny homes make amazing use of space! I love that show.
We went on our hospital tour last night. We don't have family nearby, you can't bring kids, and it books up really far in advance so I knew we'd have someone in town to watch the little one last night. We mainly went to find out 1. Where everything was and 2. What the food situation was going to be-- me and my husband think about food too much.
I did confirm that I'll have to be there for two days after delivery unlike the other luckier STM's because I'm a Group B strep carrier. That'll be the first time I've slept away from my daughter. Eep.
I love Fixer Upper and Property Bothers and Any of the beach hunters ones... basically I love HGTV. It is the only reason my husband got me to give up cable and try sling tv instead because it had HGTV on it.
I'd love to see a followup show from the tiny house trend. Like 5 years later if these people are still living in their tiny houses, and what they learned. I've seen a few episodes and it always made me laugh when they were forced to get rid of a lot of stuff to actually fit in said tiny house like they hadn't really thought it through.
My MIL mentioned a few times back when we were house hunting "wouldn't it be great if you had some good property and I could live in one of those tiny houses or a park model trailer right on your property?" Guess who intentionally ended up with .35 acres of *wooded* property lmao. Crisis averted.
@yogadevil my own mother kept saying we needed to get a house with a mother-in-law suite so she could come live with us. Never mind the fact that my dad would have to move too and my sister is still living at home yeah we bought a small house that has 3 bedrooms but they're all small especially one.
@yogadevil my own mother kept saying we needed to get a house with a mother-in-law suite so she could come live with us. Never mind the fact that my dad would have to move too and my sister is still living at home yeah we bought a small house that has 3 bedrooms but they're all small especially one.
Ugh that's quite the assumption on her part...!! I have to play my hand carefully because its known that my dad will be eventually moving in with us. So MIL seems to think we'll be running a grandparent hostel of sorts. To be fair, he has medical needs, she just has an entitlement disorder and codependency issues.
Oh good, I'm not the only one who deals with parents wanting to live with them. My mom is always talking about "how nice it would be if we all lived together!"
Anyone else still think it's nice to send out regular invitations to events (like your kids bday party?) Everyone in my family is into doing Evite's only now and they think I'm weird for sending them out the "old fashioned way" in the mail. A couple people in my fam said they do Evite's only instead now because it's better for the environment, more cost effective, people can rsvp right back to you so you can check for updates and it's less time consuming. Then I felt like a fool for doing it this way, but despite all their logic I would still rather just send regular old invites in the mail. Am I the only one?
@BumpasaurusRex that's my thought too, it never would have been a remote possibility with any of my grandparents when I was growing up, I'm seriously wondering where this current mindset is coming from?!
ETA I guess I could never imagine myself burdening my own children like that. I get that circumstances arise, as they have in my case- but to do it because "wouldn't it be nice" just seems so inappropriate
@concreteangell im glad he's okay! A bunch of my friends had to have their gallbladders removed after pregnancy and can't eat fatty foods anymore.
That's what H was told. It's going to be a challenge because we love to eat greasy foods. His main faves were pizza and mac & cheese. the doc said it he can eat it once in while but small portions and not as a main course type thing if he can avoid it.
also, thanks!
************* First BFP: 12/16/13 EDD: 08/23/14 Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
On the parents moving in topic, my mom lived with us for 9 months once... it was rough for us, but she was perfectly happy being in our pockets constantly. We finally had to ask what the long term plan was for her finding somewhere to live, and then she got all upset that we were "kicking her out". This was always supposed to be temporary, you just chose to make no plans.
So, long story short... avoid the parental move in in any way possible.
I love formal invites in the mail too! I also send handwritten thank you notes for everything. I am ok with evite, paperless post, etc., but there is something so lovely about paper invitations and notes.
Re tiny houses - I totally get it. My husband and I lived in his tiny studio apartment for 5 years while saving to buy our house. Living in LA and in order to afford a nice house where we wanted to buy, we had to. That said, we only thought we were going to make it a year - and the years just went by and it was surprisingly easy to deal with that small of a space, you just kind of adapt. Then when we finally bought our house we knew we didn't need as much space as we would have thought before living in the studio. I just knew that I wanted a lot of outdoor space and indoor/outdoor living. So our house is small, but is gorgeous and exactly right for us. I would rather live in a small and beautiful space than a big box any day. Although, check back with me after we have a baby and I might have changed my tune
@Jab3 i love old fashioned invites! Especially for a childs party, i remember the excitement & joy of receiving invitations as a child, along with chosing & giving out invitations too. Evites, whilst more environmentally friendly just dont have the same feelings.
@Jab3 +1 for old fashioned invites, and I'm a super-crunchy environmentalist. Most paper is actually a really sustainable product. I love picking out stationary. So much. I can't wait to pick out birth announcements.
On the parents moving in topic, my mom lived with us for 9 months once... it was rough for us, but she was perfectly happy being in our pockets constantly. We finally had to ask what the long term plan was for her finding somewhere to live, and then she got all upset that we were "kicking her out". This was always supposed to be temporary, you just chose to make no plans.
So, long story short... avoid the parental move in in any way possible.
I don't understand what the appeal is for them wanting this type of living arrangement, medical circumstances aside.
Maybe it's empty-nest syndrome? I love my child(ren) with my whole heart but it's a little exciting to think of all the things I'll get to do again once they are grown and living on their own. Travel, hobbies, dinner with friends with no babysitter required, more free time, etc. so I don't understand why she'd want to take a step back by moving in.
I could see wanting to live with family if you're spouse has passed away,but if my H is still around, I'm looking forward to enjoying time together after kids and as retired folks
We lived with my in-laws for a month because we had just gotten married, I couldn't find a job where we were living, he was in the police academy Sunday night til Friday night, and it was December. I had already been living by myself for 2 months with H only home on weekends and it was just nice to be around people during Christmas. Plus it saved us some money because we weren't paying utilities or gas to drive 2 hours to IL's house all the time. After that it was nice to have my own space again.
But my parents and my IL's are so different. My parents are coming to visit next week and, while they aren't staying at my house overnight, it's kind of weird that they'll be hanging out will us for a week. I haven't lived with my parents since I moved in 2011!
not exactly same as @MissMerciBeaucoup but after having lived in LA and NYC where housing costs are insane you learn to live with less space and only buy and keep what you need. for the same reason my dream home sounds very familiar to @MissMerciBeaucoup unless we end up with a bunch of children (unlikely). I think at most 2000sq ft is the most I can ever tolerate. And i want it all to be immaculately decorated with no space wasted or left unused.
that said, i absolutely abhor tiny house hunters. i refuse to watch. and it pisses me off because it's always on. give me HH international anytime!
Me: 36, H: 37 FTM, 2 Furbabies married 03/17/07 lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC due: 2/15/17
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I am kind of relieved to hear that other women needed their SO to burp the baby. I am cooking baby #4 and I have not been successful with burping any of my previous babies. I feel like my boobs got in the way or something stupid.
One of my kids was hard to burp and I was told to try laying them down across my thighs, belly down. Then gently shift my legs around while rubbing their back. It was amazing for my hard burper!!
But when you get families or couples in tiny homes? omg no thanks. We have a 3 bedroom house with 2 storage rooms and my Husband has filled it with his crap. He would drive me INSANE in a tiny house and kids would be 30,000x worse. People need space!
NOPE.
Married: 10/10
EDD: 8/27/16 MMC 1/16
Rainbow Boy: 2/04/17
TTC: 4/18 BFP: 1/2/19
EDD: 9/6/19
10 is a lot lol. How about TWO things Tuesday? Or THREE things Thursday? More manageable
The tiny house has it's advantages, especially for the single people who tend to move a lot. That's pretty much it. I literally can barely watch it becasue AT LEAST 4-5 times they will say, "OMG it's soooo tiny." But in a complaining way. Well no fing sh*t sherlock, it's 250 sqft. Isn't this your dream?!
Those shows in general drive me insane, but there isn't a whole lot on at 10 PM and I dont want to start something on the DVR. Between the people needing the man caves, the two sinks, the closet for all her shoes/handbags, sitting in someone elses bathtub (yuck), etc. It would actually make a great drinking game now that I think of it. Oh wine, I miss you.
But I am all about Fixer Upper. Girl loves her shiplap!
Big Bro 7/14/13
Little Bro 2/6/17
I did confirm that I'll have to be there for two days after delivery unlike the other luckier STM's because I'm a Group B strep carrier. That'll be the first time I've slept away from my daughter. Eep.
Married to my Soul Mate since 09/06/09
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My MIL mentioned a few times back when we were house hunting "wouldn't it be great if you had some good property and I could live in one of those tiny houses or a park model trailer right on your property?" Guess who intentionally ended up with .35 acres of *wooded* property lmao. Crisis averted.
Married: 9/2013
Love my LEO!!
TTC #1: 9/2015
BFP: 2/1/16 MC 2/8/16 @ 5wks
BFP: 5/22/16 RAINBOW BABY
EDD: 1/30/2017 *IT'S A GIRL!!!!*
Kirsten Grace 1/20/17
I love you but no. NOOOOO.
Big Bro 7/14/13
Little Bro 2/6/17
ETA I guess I could never imagine myself burdening my own children like that. I get that circumstances arise, as they have in my case- but to do it because "wouldn't it be nice" just seems so inappropriate
the doc said it he can eat it once in while but small portions and not as a main course type thing if he can avoid it.
also, thanks!
First BFP: 12/16/13
EDD: 08/23/14
Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
So, long story short... avoid the parental move in in any way possible.
Re tiny houses - I totally get it. My husband and I lived in his tiny studio apartment for 5 years while saving to buy our house. Living in LA and in order to afford a nice house where we wanted to buy, we had to. That said, we only thought we were going to make it a year - and the years just went by and it was surprisingly easy to deal with that small of a space, you just kind of adapt. Then when we finally bought our house we knew we didn't need as much space as we would have thought before living in the studio. I just knew that I wanted a lot of outdoor space and indoor/outdoor living. So our house is small, but is gorgeous and exactly right for us. I would rather live in a small and beautiful space than a big box any day. Although, check back with me after we have a baby and I might have changed my tune
Maybe it's empty-nest syndrome? I love my child(ren) with my whole heart but it's a little exciting to think of all the things I'll get to do again once they are grown and living on their own. Travel, hobbies, dinner with friends with no babysitter required, more free time, etc. so I don't understand why she'd want to take a step back by moving in.
Big Bro 7/14/13
Little Bro 2/6/17
We lived with my in-laws for a month because we had just gotten married, I couldn't find a job where we were living, he was in the police academy Sunday night til Friday night, and it was December. I had already been living by myself for 2 months with H only home on weekends and it was just nice to be around people during Christmas. Plus it saved us some money because we weren't paying utilities or gas to drive 2 hours to IL's house all the time. After that it was nice to have my own space again.
But my parents and my IL's are so different. My parents are coming to visit next week and, while they aren't staying at my house overnight, it's kind of weird that they'll be hanging out will us for a week. I haven't lived with my parents since I moved in 2011!
Married: 9/2013
Love my LEO!!
TTC #1: 9/2015
BFP: 2/1/16 MC 2/8/16 @ 5wks
BFP: 5/22/16 RAINBOW BABY
EDD: 1/30/2017 *IT'S A GIRL!!!!*
Kirsten Grace 1/20/17
that said, i absolutely abhor tiny house hunters. i refuse to watch. and it pisses me off because it's always on. give me HH international anytime!
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17