FFFC/UO

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Have at it, ladies.  You know you wanna.

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So the felt name boards are cute (I've even thought about getting one!) - but also they sorta remind me of the boards prisoners hold up for their photo when they get booked into prison.

muggle621

@antoto LOL what felt name boards are you looking at?? I'm not even sure I know what that is. 

crossfitbabybump

I ate an entire tub of Eddy's chocolate ice cream to myself on Sunday.. because I could.

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@muggle621 These things.  They are super trendy on Instagram right now.

becausescience

@antoto So I've never liked those and I think you just helped me discover why.

FFFC: I'm supposed to drink and hold 24 oz of water before my u/s this afternoon. Yeah... I'll drink water before, but there is no way I could hold that whole amount for an hour.

amylonghorn

@becausescience they told me to do that one time, too, and by the time I got my u/s, the sonographer told me to go to the bathroom bc my bladder was so big she couldn't get a good pic if LO! Mkayyyyyy.

crossfitbabybump

Have you guys thought of doing the monthly blankets? Etsy has them and Target!

DDRRT1982

Oh my gosh, @antoto!  They remind of those too.  Now I know why might not be so keen on them.

gh515

@antoto I have one just for fun at my house (like I change it for holidays and the Olympics), but now I think of them as prison-y and it's less cute!

One of my girlfriends on facebook has one she uses for her baby and it has a PINK background with cute letters. Maybe that lessens the prison vibe?
https://www.google.com/search?q=pink+letter+board&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjv2omrpqvZAhUBMt8KHQ6ZAdwQ_AUICygC&biw=1920&bih=934

muggle621

@antoto I don't love the black with white letters but it could be cute in other colors imo. I see what you mean though. 

FFFC: My husband had his aunt & uncle over for dinner last weekend. His uncle has children from previous marriages but his aunt never had kids. Well they come over and have a ton of stuff to give us. Not one item was baby related. The stuff was all household knick knacks that either she didn't like anymore or she bought (they are wealthy and retired). Now it was very sweet and considerate for them to give us things, but the reason we had them over was partially as a thank you to her helping throw my baby shower so we certainly did not anticipate any gifts. I don't want anything else cluttering my house  ESPECIALLY if it is not baby related. She hasn't had kids so she doesn't understand that and I don't want to hurt her feelings so I guess we just need to take the time to give it away. I'm not one to bitch about getting gifts usually but since we are having a baby in a month or less I'm just frustrated going to goodwill or whatever is one more thing to do. Oh well there could be worse problems I know -  I guess I shouldn't bitch. I'm just in a lot of pain today and the thought of one more chore makes me want to cry. 
FFFC #2: Every time I write an email at work or FB or on here I just leave whole words out of sentences by accident. It's like my typing and brain aren't matching up
FFFC #3: I haven't sent out thank yous for my second baby shower that was held 3 weeks ago. I might do them this weekend. 

kiki75

This many months into wearing maternity jeans, when I walk out of a public bathroom, the second I open the door I still panic for a moment "Oh crap! I didn't zip my pants!!"

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@muggle621 I feel you on feeling bad about not wanting gifts.  Like yes it is thoughtful but come onnnnnn.  MIL is REALLY into buying me enormous amounts of very expensive, fancy, GAUDY jewelry.  I hate like 98% of what she gives me.  She also sometimes forgets to take price tags off so I know it's just stupid expensive.  I wish she would just give us money instead.... Yep there's a FFFC from me.

kiki75

@antoto I generally err on the side of being grateful but sometimes it's kind of insulting/frustrating in that it makes it clear that they don't know you. Especially when you know that either they or you could have made better use of that money. My uncle gave us these hideous wood vases for our wedding. They were (poorly) made on a lathe and the plug in the bottom wasn't even solid so maybe they're for dried flowers?? Idk. No one who knows me at all would have looked at those and thought "She'll love them." It was clear he either bought them at some street fair thing and was trying to find a use for them or had them hanging around and decided to just send them. I've known you for a while here but still, other than HDBD, I've never seen you. I still don't think of expensive costume jewelry when I think of you. Probably pretty simple, kinda delicate stuff. I could see you in some small wood laser cut earrings. Those I would pick out for you. Or fused glass. 

DDRRT1982

Your FFFC#2 is me all the time.  I don't know if I just do things too fast or if I am completely deleting words when I could have sworn I typed them out.  I obviously don't proof read much, but I find the mistakes annoying.

megpeg

My mom lives an hour away but works where I live. She forgot her purse at work yesterday so she had to come get it today. She asked her if she could take DD for a night or two and I let her. 
DS(on day 3 of not going to school) puked as soon as they left so I was happy I let her.

cford08

@muggle621 I feel you on your FFFC. I've returned/exchanged about 25% of the things we've received for LO. I felt kinda ungrateful and every trip to the store hurt my soul. I'm so tired, so uncomfortable and so tempted to keep all the things. But then I realize having 3 of the same kinds of onesies just because I so was tired will make me sad later on.... 

baybeesunflower

antoto said:

@muggle621 I feel you on feeling bad about not wanting gifts.  Like yes it is thoughtful but come onnnnnn.  MIL is REALLY into buying me enormous amounts of very expensive, fancy, GAUDY jewelry.  I hate like 98% of what she gives me.  She also sometimes forgets to take price tags off so I know it's just stupid expensive.  I wish she would just give us money instead.... Yep there's a FFFC from me.

My MIL never takes off price tags on any gifts she gives us. Drives me nuts 

gh515

@muggle621 I recently read somewhere that by technical etiquette rules,  you have 2 months AFTER baby is born to send out thank you notes. You're still way in the clear there!  

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gh515 said:

@muggle621 I recently read somewhere that by technical etiquette rules,  you have 2 months AFTER baby is born to send out thank you notes. You're still way in the clear there!  

Eh I dunno.  Probably depends on when you have the shower.  If you're like 26 weeks or something and you wait for two months after the baby is born that's a little weird to me.  Not to mention who the eff wants to be writing out thank you cards with a brand new baby?  I'm taking care of that shit before birth fo sho.

gh515

Agreed @antoto - I hate having things on my to-do list, so I neurotically get thank you notes done within 48 hours, even if it means staying up too late, just because I don't want another task waiting for me. I did the same with wedding gifts, for which I think the window is even bigger... like maybe you have 6 months after the wedding to send notes by technical rules? 

Point being: technical rules are probably dated and stupid, but do what's best for you/your anxiety.  

cford08

@antoto @gh515 I'm with y'all my anxiety doesn't stand for waiting longer than need be!

muggle621

I have anxiety about it but lately I have been such a bad procrastinator!! I plan on having them done by tonight though b/c I don't want to be stuck with them after the baby is born! 

baybeesunflower

I had a surprise shower at work Friday and did the notes Sunday so I could give them my coworkers today. Totally don't want anything hanging over my head.