Weekly Randoms 7.13.2021

photographerwife

I tried to put a gif here, but it won’t show on my phone. Am I doing this right? 😅

photographerwife

So I was looking at our weekly board posts and Monday has Monday bitch fest and then Tuesday has twat waffle Tuesday, which both seem very similar imo. So I added a gtky. But I think we should adjust some of our weekly posts. Any suggestions? 

lexilougolden

I agree, maybe Treat Tuesday (how you're going to treat yo' self).

photographerwife

@lexilougolden that’s cute I like that!

 Maybe we can get a few suggestions and people can “love it” on their favorites! And on the other days too, since it looks like we might consolidate some of the check ins! 

modoodles

Is this what we currently have? 

M- Bitch fest
     -Weekly Check in
     -Weekly randoms
T- Ten things Tuesday
  - Treat yourself Tuesday
W- HDBD
Th- UO
F- FFFC 

photographerwife

@modoodles I think so! I’ve been going off of the read first post but I know we’ve decided to adjust since it was initially started. 

angelz429

Looks good to me 🤷🏻‍♀️

makingbacon

We went to the county fair yesterday afternoon, and had a lot of fun. One thing I noticed while waiting for the diaper changer is that the mom in front of me had to change her 6 year old daughter on the tiny diaper changer. Her daughter was in a wheelchair, and she barely fit (and not well) on the diaper changer. It really bothered me that there wasn’t a better place for her to be able to change her daughter. Plus just maintaining her daughter’s dignity because I’m sure she didn’t really want to be changed in front of the world. So I guess my question/thought is, how do we advocate for a better space, and what does that space look like? It’s 2021, and that mom was struggling to make do with what was available. She apologized to me for taking so much time, but my kid was fine (and even if he wasn’t, my husband could’ve changed him in the men’s bathroom), and I told her to please take her time and not worry about us. I wasn’t even sure if that was the correct response to her apology. I know mother’s rooms have been a big push, but is that space adequate and appropriate for also changing older children or adults?

angelz429

@makingbacon good question. I don’t know the correct answer here. 

makingbacon

@angelz429 I think part of what really bothers me is that I never even thought about it before it was right in front of me yesterday, and now I’d like to help get the word out and advocate where I can, but I don’t know what the specific needs are. I’m going to ask around to a few people to see what I can find out, but otherwise, I guess I’ll just start talking and see what we can get done. 

alylove11

@makingbacon I love this so much! I’m assuming FB would probably have special needs pages or something like that to figure out what’s exactly needed. I work in a very busy pediatric dental office, so I can ask a mom next time what she does in public places. I’m assuming bigger kids would use a bigger table that folds just like a changing table? Maybe put them in the wheelchair accessible bathrooms for privacy? Whatever you find out, I would gladly help spread awareness in my area. 

livingoffpbjs

@makingbacon it sucks, my Mom and Grandmom both worked with special needs children and I was brought up around a lot of kids and adults with special needs. From my uncle who is in a wheelchair to my brother who had Aspergers, and all varying disabilities. We were close with a couple other families that had kids in wheelchairs also. For my uncle, he was able to tell us when he needed to go to the bathroom so we could take him into a handicapped stall. But a close friend of mine, her brother, sometimes they would have to put a towel or blanket on the floor of the bathroom to change him I know it is not a childs fault for staring at someone with disabilities but if Moms can talk to the kids about it, I think that helps a lot. Teaching them how people are different rather than a Mom just yelling at a kid not to stare. Growing up it sucked when I would be out with my uncle and so many people would point and stare and whisper. My older brother was picked on so much in school to the point I would get in fights with his classmates and other times they had kicked him so hard in his kidney he was peeing blood and another time they broke his arm. After that my Mom had to pull him from school and homeschool him.