TTGP Grad Check-In Week of 12/14

mileswithmyles

Hi TTGP Grads!  How is everyone doing?

How far along are you?

How are you feeling? 

GTKY: How do you feel about Elf on the Shelf?

kpc914

How far along are you? 19w4d

How are you feeling? Still pretty bad. Nauseous, food aversions, headaches, tired, constipation, hemorrhoids. But, I have been weaning myself off zofran this week and managed to go a day or two without zofran altogether! So...progress! 

GTKY: How do you feel about Elf on the Shelf? creepy and too much work. I also do not like the whole idea that you better be good because someone is watching...how about just try and be good most of the time regardless?

charlestonchew

How far along are you?
19+1
How are you feeling? 
I feel pretty good and have minimal symptoms now. Ready to atart buying lots of stuff!
GTKY: How do you feel about Elf on the Shelf?
Also feel like too much work. I think its a cute concept but can see myself not remembering to do it.

mileswithmyles

How far along are you? 20+3

How are you feeling? Still so sick.  And my sciatica is acting up.

GTKY: How do you feel about Elf on the Shelf? Not doing it!  It seems like too much work for me.  

sandbar517

How far along are you? 19+2

How are you feeling? Not too bad, actually.  Still not feeling the baby move a lot (if at all?) so I'm slightly nervous about it from time to time, but as far as actual symptoms go, I'm not too bad.  My lower back has been killing me lately, and a lot of tailbone pain if I sit for a long period of time.  

GTKY: How do you feel about Elf on the Shelf? We got one, mostly because my niece has one, and I knew she-and later my own girls-would definitely notice and wonder why one family had one and not the other.  I'm strictly a "move from one place to another" mom, and do NOT do the cutesy and elaborate scenes of mischief or what have you. 

Besides, I'm the asshole who has to clean it up so why would I do that to myself?  I have enough other things to worry about.  Also, what kind of message does it send to the kids that the elf is here to make sure you're behaving, but yet he/she is spilling sugar on the table and making "snow angels" or hanging all your underwear from the ceiling fan, and generally doing things that the child would get in trouble for doing?  While I agree with @kpc914's assessment of being good all the time regardless of who's watching, I feel like I do the exact same thing with Santa, so this is just an extension of that.  I honestly think it does help for the girls to have a physical reminder that Santa will find out how your behavior is, and on that note, we always make a point to tell Twinkie (our elf) when the girls are being good so he can relay that to Santa, and try to focus as much on that aspect of it-if not more-than the reporting bad behavior.  

BertieMeetsGertie

How far along are you? 18+4

How are you feeling? pretty good still. My hips have been killing me in the middle of the night and since it’s both of them, changing sides doesn’t really matter, so while I’m asleep I turn on my back. I move back to my side when I realize I’m on my back. Last night I slept with another pillow behind my back to try and keep me on my side, and that seemed to help. 

GTKY: How do you feel about Elf on the Shelf? I don’t really know much about it. I see the elaborate pictures and I just think, who has time for this?! 

holli0801

How far along are you?
16+3
How are you feeling? 
Pretty good! Still tired, eager for the ability to feel her move consistently (I feel it but not consistent) 
GTKY: How do you feel about Elf on the Shelf?
not a fan. I think the concept is weird. An elf who does naughty things, reports back to Santa if you are naughty? I don’t get it... 

bjkay22

Been lazy about check ins, sorry y’all. 

Im 19+2 today. I feel good other than sciatic pain which is killer somedays and then nothing some days. Makes it hard to stick to a workout schedule (if I don’t schedule it, I will avoid it) so I’m trying to mentally deal with that. 

Not a fan. I say no for now but if our kid seems really interested in the future we might do it. Since this is our first baby I’m hoping the elf is out of style by the time she’s old enough to care or notice. When I was a kid my grandma would take me outside and point to a far off red flashing light (I now realize it was a phone tower or electrical tower off in the distance) and tell me it was Rudolph looking down and checking on it. I thought it was so neat that I could see him year round and I still look for that light when I leave her house at night. She was never about the naughty or nice stuff, she just always told me he was checking on me and it was really sweet. So maybe I’ll do something more like this? Also it works all year hahah