UO Thursday

ATMmom324

What is your Unpopular Opinion?  Let's get them out and make it good.

ATMmom324

I prefer swiss cake rolls over Ho Hos.  The chocolate tastes less waxy.

Also I am so sick of getting up 79,274,917 times a night to pee I serioulsy consider if a diaper or a catheter might be a solution. 

Bingo1116

I think pregnant women in bikini's look gross.

ETA: Actually, I think pregnant bellies in general look gross (including mine).

hailyf

LoisLane23:

Bingo1116:

I think pregnant women in bikini's look gross.

It's not a hot look, but I do it because I'm too cheap to buy a swimsuit I will wear only a handful of times. I'd rather get a few stink eyes and save the $50.

Man... I think mine looks uber-cute!

sjgurl784

ATMmom324:

I prefer swiss cake rolls over Ho Hos.  The chocolate tastes less waxy.

Also I am so sick of getting up 79,274,917 times a night to pee I serioulsy consider if a diaper or a catheter might be a solution. 

Ho Hos and Yodels are gross.  Little Debbie all the way.

ATMmom324

sjgurl784:

ATMmom324:

I prefer swiss cake rolls over Ho Hos.  The chocolate tastes less waxy.

Also I am so sick of getting up 79,274,917 times a night to pee I serioulsy consider if a diaper or a catheter might be a solution. 

Ho Hos and Yodels are gross.  Little Debbie all the way.

I don't know what a Yodel is. 

melody921

I think people who have central air yet refuse to turn it on are stupid. And I think if they want to continue to be stupid, they should visit us in our temperature-controlled home so I don't have to sweat my pregnant a** off in their houses.

nealbl

Bingo1116:

I think pregnant women in bikini's look gross.

ETA: Actually, I think pregnant bellies in general look gross (including mine).

Both of my SIL's did this early on in their pregnancies and looked adorable. they were those skinny cute pregnant girls though

I don't like the maternity photos of the bare belly. That far along I agree that I just don't find the bellies to be pretty anymore regardless of how cute pregnant you are.

 

Dunkin sticks are better than Hohos and swiss cake rolls.

sjgurl784

ATMmom324:

sjgurl784:

ATMmom324:

I prefer swiss cake rolls over Ho Hos.  The chocolate tastes less waxy.

Also I am so sick of getting up 79,274,917 times a night to pee I serioulsy consider if a diaper or a catheter might be a solution. 

Ho Hos and Yodels are gross.  Little Debbie all the way.

I don't know what a Yodel is. 

Same thing as swiss cake roll and Ho Ho, different taste.  Still gross.

LittleBug1107

My UO is that I think co-sleeping with the baby in the bed is really unsafe no matter what precautions you take and that continuing to co-sleep into toddlerhood is weird.. Why would you want a toddler between you and your husband? When the heck do you have "alone" time with your DH? This is my 3rd baby and I have never co-slept and my kids have turned out just fine... I will probably get flamed for my opinion but oh well..

kaileyc

melody921:

I think people who have central air yet refuse to turn it on are stupid. And I think if they want to continue to be stupid, they should visit us in our temperature-controlled home so I don't have to sweat my pregnant a** off in their houses.

This! My DH and I have already discussed that when LO can talk we are going to teach it to say "Grandma, A/C!" It was 90+ here this weekend and she wouldn't turn it on for anything!

 

hailyf

stephaniemthomas:

Every time I snuggle with my pup it makes me sad because she won't be our baby anymore.  I tell her she'll still be our "puppy-baby", but she's used to getting so much attention and I don't know how she'll deal with not getting as much.  I think once she gets used to it she'll be excited to have someone new to play with, but it still makes me sad. 

I totally do this.

numb3rMel

LittleBug1107:

My UO is that I think co-sleeping with the baby in the bed is really unsafe no matter what precautions you take and that continuing to co-sleep into toddlerhood is weird.. Why would you want a toddler between you and your husband? When the heck do you have "alone" time with your DH? This is my 3rd baby and I have never co-slept and my kids have turned out just fine... I will probably get flamed for my opinion but oh well..

No flame here. I side-eye friends who do this. Two of my friends' kids ended up asking to sleep in their own bed at the age of 5. REALLY?... The kid was the one being like "um, mom, dad, I need some space." Nothing like a toddler in the bed to spice up a couple's intimacy, right?

[Deleted User]

The user and all related content has been deleted.

ATMmom324

I swore before I had DD that I would never co sleep.  That was one of my theories that went out the window the minute I actually had a child.  It is perfectly safe if done properly.

numb3rMel

SookieFrackhouse68:

Well hello adorable! Your daughter is so cute!

[Deleted User]

The user and all related content has been deleted.

ThePolishHammer

redwood807:

stephaniemthomas:

SookieFrackhouse68:

My little girl slept in our bed (in a bouncy seat) for the first 4 months of her life, and the transition to the crib was very smooth.

She will sleep in bed with me when she is sick and having mommy close comforts her. Otherwise she does great in her crib.

When we switch her to a full bed (I'm not buying a twin when we have a perfectly good full bed for her to dominate), I'll go sleep in her room with her when she is sick.

The show The Big Bang Theory has awful writing and is not funny.

 This. I totally watch the reruns and laugh like it's the first time I'm seeing them.

 

I've never seen Big Bang Theory. 

melody921

numb3rMel:

LittleBug1107:

My UO is that I think co-sleeping with the baby in the bed is really unsafe no matter what precautions you take and that continuing to co-sleep into toddlerhood is weird.. Why would you want a toddler between you and your husband? When the heck do you have "alone" time with your DH? This is my 3rd baby and I have never co-slept and my kids have turned out just fine... I will probably get flamed for my opinion but oh well..

No flame here. I side-eye friends who do this. Two of my friends' kids ended up asking to sleep in their own bed at the age of 5. REALLY?... The kid was the one being like "um, mom, dad, I need some space." Nothing like a toddler in the bed to spice up a couple's intimacy, right?

Yeah, co-sleeping is not for me. I say, get the baby used to sleeping in the crib, then you don't have to worry about a toddler who's still there.

nealbl

ATMmom324:

I swore before I had DD that I would never co sleep.  That was one of my theories that went out the window the minute I actually had a child.  It is perfectly safe if done properly.

This! I really did avoid it b/c it terrified me until LO was about 6 months old and went through a really weird phase. Sleeping next to me was the only way to sleep. At about 7 months she was back in her crib unless sick. Now as a toddler some nights she sleeps with us others she sleeps in her bed. Sometimes she goes all night in her bed and others she wakes up at some point and crawls in with us. She likes it but I do agree it is more for us. We miss her being gone all day at work and sometimes we just like having her nearby. She says and does some of the cutest things while laying with us and we have some great family bonding time.

Also LO has cough variant asthma and when she is sick it gets really bad to the point that I have to make her situp and drink water b/c she starts choking throughout the night. You better believe she is sleeping with me when those attacks are happening.

I was so against this before I had a kid b/c SIDS freaks me out but I had to adjust to keep my family sanity!

esthergreenwood14

I hate shorts/pants with writing across the bum.  I just saw a 14 year old girl wearing skin tight booty shorts reading "touch me."

beh3e

nealbl:

ATMmom324:

I swore before I had DD that I would never co sleep.  That was one of my theories that went out the window the minute I actually had a child.  It is perfectly safe if done properly.

This! I really did avoid it b/c it terrified me until LO was about 6 months old and went through a really weird phase. Sleeping next to me was the only way to sleep. At about 7 months she was back in her crib unless sick. Now as a toddler some nights she sleeps with us others she sleeps in her bed. Sometimes she goes all night in her bed and others she wakes up at some point and crawls in with us. She likes it but I do agree it is more for us. We miss her being gone all day at work and sometimes we just like having her nearby. She says and does some of the cutest things while laying with us and we have some great family bonding time.

Also LO has cough variant asthma and when she is sick it gets really bad to the point that I have to make her situp and drink water b/c she starts choking throughout the night. You better believe she is sleeping with me when those attacks are happening.

I was so against this before I had a kid b/c SIDS freaks me out but I had to adjust to keep my family sanity!

Co-sleeping actually reduces the risk of SIDS.  Since the baby is close enough to hear your movements, snoring, sighing, etc., it keeps the baby from going into that deep state of sleep where SIDS is most likely to occur.  They actually recommend that if you don't co-sleep to have a "reverse" baby monitor playing into the baby's room so she can hear you move around.

SIDS and suffocation are two different things.  The risk with co-sleeping is suffocation on pillows, blankets, rolling on top of them etc.  Whereas SIDS is when a baby just stops breathing, but is in such a deep state of sleep that they don't wake themselves up.

I would like to co-sleep, but they don't recommend it if you or your partner smokes, and we both do.  So I will have her in a cradle right beside my bed until she grows out of out it, and then we will decide from there. 

beh3e

Forgot my UO.

I am completely against pacifiers.  I've been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and they say that pacifiers can mess with feeding schedules because the sucking releases chemicals in the baby that make the baby think they are getting full.  Plus, I really feel like pacifiers are a lazy way of calming a crying child.  

And I hate all of these Teen Pregnancy shows.  It might show the problems they have, but regardless, these girls are becoming famous for getting knocked up at a young age, and I don't like the message that sends. 

littlemac1117

FTM's are the best moms. They know all, haha.

For real though, my UO is stolen from a poster on 12-24. I am not very proud to be an American.

I just have such bad taste in my mouth about our country, and it sucks. I look at our over-consumption, our arrogance, our terrible spending, and I can totally see why many countries dislike Americans.

Bingo1116

beh3e:

I am completely against pacifiers.  I've been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and they say that pacifiers can mess with feeding schedules because the sucking releases chemicals in the baby that make the baby think they are getting full.  Plus, I really feel like pacifiers are a lazy way of calming a crying child.  

LOL.  Ok.

littlemac1117

Bingo1116:

beh3e:

I am completely against pacifiers.  I've been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and they say that pacifiers can mess with feeding schedules because the sucking releases chemicals in the baby that make the baby think they are getting full.  Plus, I really feel like pacifiers are a lazy way of calming a crying child.  

LOL.  Ok.

Hahahaha. Like I said:

First time moms are the best moms.

numb3rMel

MrsSparklebottom:

I don't get why non-bed sharers feel the need to share their judgement for bed sharing. If you don't like it, don't do it.

Entitled to our own opinion. I don't need to do something to know its not for me. If it is for that person, fantastic. My views on the topic shouldn't scare anyone out of doing what they feel is right for them. Doesn't change that I view the practice differently.

Sparkle, you're totes P&R today.

mrsmklynch

littlemac1117:

FTM's are the best moms. They know all, haha.

For real though, my UO is stolen from a poster on 12-24. I am not very proud to be an American.

I just have such bad taste in my mouth about our country, and it sucks. I look at our over-consumption, our arrogance, our terrible spending, and I can totally see why many countries dislike Americans.

Amen! My husband always says "This is the greatest country in the world!" And I respond "In what ways, exactly?" Sure we have some really great things going for us, but there are other countries who do those same things even better. We're just so sure that we're the greatest that we refuse to even consider that we might be able to learn from others.

Mrs.S-S

littlemac1117:

Bingo1116:

beh3e:

I am completely against pacifiers.  I've been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and they say that pacifiers can mess with feeding schedules because the sucking releases chemicals in the baby that make the baby think they are getting full.  Plus, I really feel like pacifiers are a lazy way of calming a crying child.  

LOL.  Ok.

Hahahaha. Like I said:

First time moms are the best moms.

*snort*  Classic! I DO love me some FTM wisdom.

numb3rMel

mrsmklynch:

littlemac1117:

FTM's are the best moms. They know all, haha.

For real though, my UO is stolen from a poster on 12-24. I am not very proud to be an American.

I just have such bad taste in my mouth about our country, and it sucks. I look at our over-consumption, our arrogance, our terrible spending, and I can totally see why many countries dislike Americans.

Amen! My husband always says "This is the greatest country in the world!" And I respond "In what ways, exactly?" Sure we have some really great things going for us, but there are other countries who do those same things even better. We're just so sure that we're the greatest that we refuse to even consider that we might be able to learn from others.

There will always be pros and cons to anything.

But really? Anyone is totally welcome to leave and live in another country if they hate the one they're living in so much.

littlemac1117

numb3rMel:

mrsmklynch:

littlemac1117:

FTM's are the best moms. They know all, haha.

For real though, my UO is stolen from a poster on 12-24. I am not very proud to be an American.

I just have such bad taste in my mouth about our country, and it sucks. I look at our over-consumption, our arrogance, our terrible spending, and I can totally see why many countries dislike Americans.

Amen! My husband always says "This is the greatest country in the world!" And I respond "In what ways, exactly?" Sure we have some really great things going for us, but there are other countries who do those same things even better. We're just so sure that we're the greatest that we refuse to even consider that we might be able to learn from others.

There will always be pros and cons to anything.

But really? Anyone is totally welcome to leave and live in another country if they hate the one they're living in so much.

Oh, I guess I'll just up and leave then! Where did I say I hate America? I don't. I just don't think we are the greatest country out there the way a lot of people do. We are definitely not the worst, but there are a lot of things about America that need to change.  mrsmklynch, I totally agree with you.

numb3rMel...whatever.

esthergreenwood14

Mrs.S-S:

littlemac1117:

Bingo1116:

beh3e:

I am completely against pacifiers.  I've been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and they say that pacifiers can mess with feeding schedules because the sucking releases chemicals in the baby that make the baby think they are getting full.  Plus, I really feel like pacifiers are a lazy way of calming a crying child.  

LOL.  Ok.

Hahahaha. Like I said:

First time moms are the best moms.

*snort*  Classic! I DO love me some FTM wisdom.

My FIL's GF feels this way and was super vocal about it. I asked her how many of her 0 children didn't take pacifiers. She STFU 

hmp1

beh3e:

I am completely against pacifiers.  I've been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and they say that pacifiers can mess with feeding schedules because the sucking releases chemicals in the baby that make the baby think they are getting full.  Plus, I really feel like pacifiers are a lazy way of calming a crying child.  

Babies need to suck. As someone who has been a human pacifier, giving your child a binky is not being a lazy parent. Plus, it is much easier to take away the pacifier than your kid's thumb. 

littlemac1117

christie522:

My FIL's GF feels this way and was super vocal about it. I asked her how many of her 0 children didn't take pacifiers. She STFU 

Haha! I haven't encountered any world's greatest not-moms in real life, but I hope I'd have the balls to say something like this.

nealbl

Bingo1116:

beh3e:

I am completely against pacifiers.  I've been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and they say that pacifiers can mess with feeding schedules because the sucking releases chemicals in the baby that make the baby think they are getting full.  Plus, I really feel like pacifiers are a lazy way of calming a crying child.  

LOL.  Ok.

I seriously almost spit my drink out to this comment. I said a lot of "never will I..." When pregnant with LO. I learned my lesson. Not to say you won't stick to your no pacifier rule but the best advice I can give to any FTM is to be flexible with your birth plan and your parenting plan. You have to adjust to the child, you can't always make the child adjust to you.

numb3rMel

littlemac1117:

numb3rMel:

mrsmklynch:

littlemac1117:

FTM's are the best moms. They know all, haha.

For real though, my UO is stolen from a poster on 12-24. I am not very proud to be an American.

I just have such bad taste in my mouth about our country, and it sucks. I look at our over-consumption, our arrogance, our terrible spending, and I can totally see why many countries dislike Americans.

Amen! My husband always says "This is the greatest country in the world!" And I respond "In what ways, exactly?" Sure we have some really great things going for us, but there are other countries who do those same things even better. We're just so sure that we're the greatest that we refuse to even consider that we might be able to learn from others.

There will always be pros and cons to anything.

But really? Anyone is totally welcome to leave and live in another country if they hate the one they're living in so much.

Oh, I guess I'll just up and leave then! Where did I say I hate America? I don't. I just don't think we are the greatest country out there the way a lot of people do. We are definitely not the worst, but there are a lot of things about America that need to change.  mrsmklynch, I totally agree with you.

numb3rMel...whatever.

Oh don't worry, It's probably my FTM wisdom.

nealbl

beh3e:

nealbl:

ATMmom324:

I swore before I had DD that I would never co sleep.  That was one of my theories that went out the window the minute I actually had a child.  It is perfectly safe if done properly.

This! I really did avoid it b/c it terrified me until LO was about 6 months old and went through a really weird phase. Sleeping next to me was the only way to sleep. At about 7 months she was back in her crib unless sick. Now as a toddler some nights she sleeps with us others she sleeps in her bed. Sometimes she goes all night in her bed and others she wakes up at some point and crawls in with us. She likes it but I do agree it is more for us. We miss her being gone all day at work and sometimes we just like having her nearby. She says and does some of the cutest things while laying with us and we have some great family bonding time.

Also LO has cough variant asthma and when she is sick it gets really bad to the point that I have to make her situp and drink water b/c she starts choking throughout the night. You better believe she is sleeping with me when those attacks are happening.

I was so against this before I had a kid b/c SIDS freaks me out but I had to adjust to keep my family sanity!

Co-sleeping actually reduces the risk of SIDS.  Since the baby is close enough to hear your movements, snoring, sighing, etc., it keeps the baby from going into that deep state of sleep where SIDS is most likely to occur.  They actually recommend that if you don't co-sleep to have a "reverse" baby monitor playing into the baby's room so she can hear you move around.

SIDS and suffocation are two different things.  The risk with co-sleeping is suffocation on pillows, blankets, rolling on top of them etc.  Whereas SIDS is when a baby just stops breathing, but is in such a deep state of sleep that they don't wake themselves up.

I would like to co-sleep, but they don't recommend it if you or your partner smokes, and we both do.  So I will have her in a cradle right beside my bed until she grows out of out it, and then we will decide from there. 

sorry I wasn't clear I know that now but back then I was really uninformed on it. I just heard someone say it was a SIDS risk and that was all I needed to hear to freak me out. It didn't matter either way b/c she eventually wormed her way into our bed It just really doesn't bother us.

nealbl

hmp&mrj:

beh3e:

I am completely against pacifiers.  I've been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, and they say that pacifiers can mess with feeding schedules because the sucking releases chemicals in the baby that make the baby think they are getting full.  Plus, I really feel like pacifiers are a lazy way of calming a crying child.  

Babies need to suck. As someone who has been a human pacifier, giving your child a binky is not being a lazy parent. Plus, it is much easier to take away the pacifier than your kid's thumb. 

this this this. As soon as my LO could control her hand she would have nothing to do with her pacifier and is now a thumbsucker. I am dreading the day we have to break that habit it will be so hard

I know there is research that says the pacifier can mess up breastfeeding but it didn't effect my LO and breastfeeding at all.

littlemac1117

numb3rMel:

Oh don't worry, It's probably my FTM wisdom.

Probably. Really though, I wasn't saying that I hate this country, just there are so many things that I would love to see changed, especially by the time my kids are old enough for it to have a real effect on them. America claims to be at the top of the food chain, but we are behind other countries in some really important areas.

alice2Bcheshire

numb3rMel:

MrsSparklebottom:

I don't get why non-bed sharers feel the need to share their judgement for bed sharing. If you don't like it, don't do it.

Entitled to our own opinion. I don't need to do something to know its not for me. If it is for that person, fantastic. My views on the topic shouldn't scare anyone out of doing what they feel is right for them. Doesn't change that I view the practice differently.

Sparkle, you're totes P&R today.

Yes, you're entitled to your opinion, but an opinion and a judgment are not one in the same, FYI. You can be of the opinion that bed-sharing is not something you're interested in doing with your child WITHOUT casting stones at those who feel differently.

BlueIris82

I absolutely HATE 'Toddlers & Tiaras'.  I think the brawds on the show are crazy and delusional.  Why would they voluntarily make their daughters in to self-centered, spoiled brats!?  And what about the the ones that don't really want to do it, they just want to be little girls!?   Just to relive their childhood or to live vicariously through their child?  RIDICULOUS!!!