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WTH is a baby planner <- look to left....
...under Store & Services. I had to check it out. It makes me laugh. Are there really people who pay for this?
What do you think? Good idea, bad idea?
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Re: WTH is a baby planner &lt;- look to left....
Their services surprise me. Physician referrals...childcare research.... uhmmm...whatever happened to actually being a parent and doing those parenting things yourself? Maybe I'm just hormonal, but I think if you don't have time to do your own research, then you need to prioritize your schedule.
Sounds like someone has just found one more way to profit off of people's laziness.
The Mouse ~ 06.12.08 | The Froggy ~ 02.23.11
I just don't get it. I wanted to do all those things myself. Why would I pay someone for that? Nope definitely not for me...
That's ridiculous. I can understand hiring a wedding planner, but a "baby planner"? Please.
Yeah... This reminds me of a friend of a friend that hired someone to hold her baby at the "baby meet and greet".
This just screams Nanny Diaries to me.
just because YOU wouldn't hire a baby planner doesn't mean there aren't tons of women who wouldn't - shockingly enough, there are women who don't have jobs where they can spend the day perusing the internet and message boards asking for input on OBs, pedis and which car seat has the highest rating
why not pay someone to do the legwork and come back to you with a list of recommendations of pedis that will support an alternative vaccination schedule or a list of OBs that specialize in high risk pregnancies that deliver at big Baylor? how is that different than hiring a wedding planner to find you a DJ who includes lighting in their packages or a caterer that specializes in a particular cuisine?
for the record, i can't tell you how many people i've come into contact with who've said "i don't see why someone would hire a wedding planner - why would you hire someone to plan something that is so personal?"
Because that's information that I want to find out FOR MYSELF, because I'M the parent of the child, not someone that wants money to do something that I can do myself, and you don't have to spend "all day on the internet" doing it. I didn't get much, if ANY, of the recommendations for my OB, carseat, crib, etc., from the Nest - I asked family, friends and read different books before I came to the Nest. I don't NEED to use the internet for everything. I stand by my statement that I think it's completely ridiculous, and here's a newsflash for you - I could give two craps how people spend their money. If you want to waste (in my opinion) your money on a baby planner, knock yourself out. Big effing deal. It still doesn't make it any less ridiculous and WASTEFUL, and yeah, I'll tell you that if you ask me.
As for a wedding planner - honestly, I think they are a good thing. I wish I had used one, because working full time and planning my wedding was hard. However, I didn't plan for my baby the way I planned my wedding - give me a break.
I am just LOL! Creamy - you know both labella & I are wedding planners, right?
I wanted dialogue & I got it!
I knew that she was, I didn't know that you were.
I've been on the Knot/Nest/Bump for a long time and remember several people from my short time on the DFW Knot board.
I know babies are "blessed events", but the comparison to a wedding for me just doesn't work. The idea of a baby planner makes me
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I bet these people don't have any kids either.
Look, I had a wedding planner. She was a GOD SEND. Loved her, worth every penny. But when it comes down to it, its a party. A very expensive party that lasted not even one full day. There is no way I'm handing over control on important things that involve safety and medical issues to someone who has no bearing in me or my child's life at all. Period.
And LOL at 'not having all day to troll the internet for baby research'. Dude, you're having a baby which will be your ENTIRE LIFE. If you don't have time to do carseat of pedi research NOW, how the fark are you going to have time to raise a child?
I agree with Jessi, this whole thing screams of Nanny Diaries and having a kid as an accessory.
The Mouse ~ 06.12.08 | The Froggy ~ 02.23.11
Just because some women would does not make it any less of a waste of money to me. But I also did not have a wedding planner and don't regret that decision at all. I am way to controlling so it was better that I did it myself.
A wedding and a baby are two totally separate things so I don't even see the point in comparing the two. Finding a pediatrician and hiring a DJ and not the same thing in the least.
I still think it's a waste of money, but if someone else wants to spend money on this more power to them.
wow - judgmental much? why is it that the moms that come here and ask for recommendations care about their kids and the moms that hire a baby planner to get recommendations are lazy? it's still research, it just comes from a different source - and both moms end up with several names to follow up on - do you honestly think that you love your kid more because you scoured the internet to find someone who makes custom bedding versus the mom who hired a baby planner to give her the names of people who make custom bedding?
obviously a baby planner isn't for everyone - but there are moms that can benefit from their expertise and have the money and/or don't mind paying for it - think Miranda from Sex & the City - she's exactly the type of woman who could use a baby planner
and it's pretty ballsy to insinuate that just because someone else goes about preparing for a baby in a different way than you did it makes them lazy, uncaring or simply not having time for a baby - do the moms that send their kids to daycare so that they can work love their kids less than the ones that quit their jobs so they can stay at home with them? i didn't think so - get over yourselves - we're all good moms and the different ways that we go about raising/caring/preparing for our children doesn't make any of us better than the next
Yeah, I still am not equating not taking the time to research for you own and being a working mom and having to send your kid to daycare as the same thing. At all. I guess at the end of the day, I feel the need to make sure I have done everything in my power to make my child's life as safe and as happy as I can. I wouldn't trust that to someone else. This is my opinion. Yeah, I guess thats a little judgey, but we're all a little judgey on one subject or another.
Sorry, I just don't agree with you on this one.
The Mouse ~ 06.12.08 | The Froggy ~ 02.23.11
I see how some things that they list could be useful that won't even affect your child's well-being
From the advertisment: Services range from preparing women for maternity leave, returning to work, baby registry assistance, mom coaching, and corporate workshops, plus consultations and DIY packages for recruiting nannies.
Don't see how getting help on some of those things would make any baby less safe or happy.
I'm not saying the services aren't USEFUL. I'm just saying that theres no way I would pay for them, and honestly 'preparing women for maternity leave'???? So ... I'm paying someone to ... what exactly? Pack my hospital bag for me?
I'm sorry, not buying that. Literally.
The Mouse ~ 06.12.08 | The Froggy ~ 02.23.11
So just because most here think that hiring a baby planner is a waste of money we automatically think we are better parents....whatever.
I still don't get the comparison to a wedding planner, these are two distinct things. I don't care if someone researches a DJ or flowers for me, but with my child there are certain things that I would rather do myself, that I don't want coming from someone else, is there something wrong with that?
Call me judgmental... who cares, I still think it's a waste of money.
What - wait.....they have baby planners???!!!!!
Awesome - I wonder if they could have this baby for me?
wow - judgmental much? why is it that the moms that come here and ask for recommendations care about their kids and the moms that hire a baby planner to get recommendations are lazy? it's still research, it just comes from a different source - and both moms end up with several names to follow up on - do you honestly think that you love your kid more because you scoured the internet to find someone who makes custom bedding versus the mom who hired a baby planner to give her the names of people who make custom bedding?
I'm trying to figure out who the heck you're talking to because I know you aren't speaking to me. Like I said, I didn't "scour the internet" for custom bedding or whatever, I did my own research. I SAID that I think a baby planner is a ridiculous waste of money because in MY OPINION - which you don't have to like, but too effing bad for you that you don't - it's research that I can (and did) do on my own. Please show me, in any of my posts, where I said it was lazy to hire a baby planner. I said it was RIDICULOUS, but not lazy. Get over YOURSELF.
obviously a baby planner isn't for everyone - but there are moms that can benefit from their expertise and have the money and/or don't mind paying for it - think Miranda from Sex & the City - she's exactly the type of woman who could use a baby planner
Okay, this is so stupid. OBVIOUSLY a baby planner isn?t for everyone, but as people who were asked for their opinion on something, why are you so hacked off that most of us think it?s a waste of money? Not everyone on here can throw money out the window like it grows on a tree outside, and even if I did have a money tree I'd think this was stupid.
and it's pretty ballsy to insinuate that just because someone else goes about preparing for a baby in a different way than you did it makes them lazy, uncaring or simply not having time for a baby - do the moms that send their kids to daycare so that they can work love their kids less than the ones that quit their jobs so they can stay at home with them? i didn't think so - get over yourselves - we're all good moms and the different ways that we go about raising/caring/preparing for our children doesn't make any of us better than the next
Now you?re just being completely ridiculous. No one said that at all, and the only one who needs to get over herself is YOU. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. You?re right, we?re all good moms ? and we don?t all have the same opinions so you might as well get used to it. You?ve got quite a chip on your shoulder about this.
I wouldn't buy it either. Seriously
Just thinking though- I figured they meant like financially- working out benefits and STD and FML forms and insurance BS cause you know the first bill they send is never right....all that stuff that no new mama wants to deal with...
I wonder how much of that stuff this person would actually be able to help with though, especially with HIPAA rules and regs all over the place. I know my employer would look at my "baby planner" like she had three heads and tell her to have me call them.
That's true---but I might let them pretend to be me
I hate dealing with insurance claims! hehe
I had more problems with my Flex Spending Account - I submitted my out-of-pocket expenses from the hospital (that wasn't covered by insurance) and they denied it. I called them and the guy asked "Well, what is this for?" I was very surprised that all I said was "Childbirth" and not "childbirth, you effing moron."
I was still a little punchy, hee.
OMG I know. How could a large expense at a HOSPITAL NOT be medical? I guess they needed to make sure you weren't getting lipo.
touchy-touchy
I'm trying to figure out who the heck you're talking to because I know you aren't speaking to me. Like I said, I didn't "scour the internet" for custom bedding or whatever, I did my own research. I SAID that I think a baby planner is a ridiculous waste of money because in MY OPINION - which you don't have to like, but too effing bad for you that you don't - it's research that I can (and did) do on my own. Please show me, in any of my posts, where I said it was lazy to hire a baby planner. I said it was RIDICULOUS, but not lazy. Get over YOURSELF.
if i had been talking to you, i would have called you out by name
obviously a baby planner isn't for everyone - but there are moms that can benefit from their expertise and have the money and/or don't mind paying for it - think Miranda from Sex & the City - she's exactly the type of woman who could use a baby planner
Okay, this is so stupid. OBVIOUSLY a baby planner isn?t for everyone, but as people who were asked for their opinion on something, why are you so hacked off that most of us think it?s a waste of money? Not everyone on here can throw money out the window like it grows on a tree outside, and even if I did have a money tree I'd think this was stupid.
um, didn't i just say that? Jenn4 asked for opinions and we gave them - you have your opinion and i have mine - no worries
and it's pretty ballsy to insinuate that just because someone else goes about preparing for a baby in a different way than you did it makes them lazy, uncaring or simply not having time for a baby - do the moms that send their kids to daycare so that they can work love their kids less than the ones that quit their jobs so they can stay at home with them? i didn't think so - get over yourselves - we're all good moms and the different ways that we go about raising/caring/preparing for our children doesn't make any of us better than the next
Now you?re just being completely ridiculous. No one said that at all, and the only one who needs to get over herself is YOU. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. You?re right, we?re all good moms ? and we don?t all have the same opinions so you might as well get used to it. You?ve got quite a chip on your shoulder about this.
and that's why i used the word insinuate, not *said* - if you go back and read the previous posts, you will see that the word lazy was used several times - there's no chip on my shoulder - i was just giving another perspective - one that clearly YOU can't see
Having a child is a life long commitiment. Planning a wedding is not.
A parent should be hands on during every aspect of a child's life. Now, I know that's not always possible but a good parent will do their best to make sure they are there for their child.
Being a MOM and/ or a DAD is different then being a mother and/or a father.
A mom and/ or dad will stay up to wee hours in the morning doing research on doctors, socks, car seats, diaper, etc. They will get tons of parenting magazines and keep articles that they feel will be helpful.
A mother and/ or father will do the research on a baby planner to make sure all the things are covered. They will buy and use the most expensive stuff because they think $$ talks value which we all know is not the case. They will become the puppet of the baby planner... and because they, themselves, did not do any research, how are they to know any different?
I, myself, am a MOM!! I worked 55-60 hours a week before I had my twins. But while I was working I was researching pedi, doctors, hospitals, strollers, diapers, formula, bottles, etc. And so was my DH. I was exhausted but these were MY BABIES!! I wanted them to have the best and there's no other way to promise your children the best unless you are hands on with it.
Oh, please. I can see your perspective and I still think it's stupid and wasteful. I'm not the one who is blind.
And yes, there's an enormous chip on your shoulder, or you wouldn't have taken this so personally. Gotten over yourself yet? Didn't think so.
I guess I'm a crappy/lazy mom because to find my pedi we just decided to go to a family friend. For all the baby gear I picked an A rated item from Baby Bargains. For the diapers I buy Pampers because I can't stand looking at Disney characters on Huggies. For the wipes I buy Kirkland brand because they are cheap.
If I had the budget I would use a Baby Planner - at least I could make sure I wouldn't get the snark that one gets on the Bump boards.
BWAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You'd better stop. You're making it mad.
I think you've missed the point, you and all your little friends. Really. This is laughable now because all you want to do now is try to snark and it's not working. I got my pedi recommendation from my OB, most everything I bought was recommended by Baby Bargains, and Huggies are awful diapers, in my opinion. We use Pampers because they're easy and I'm way too lazy to fight Costco.
Ok, I'm sorry, but I am going to have to put this in the "Who gives a tiny rat's ass?" file.
I don't know if ya'll (this isn't just directed at come*on) just lurk here a lot waiting for something to jump in on, but if you don't care for the board, or the frequent posters as the case may be, I have a simple suggestion that may save you headaches and heartaches.
Don't click on the DFW bump board.
Took the words right out of my mouth. ::golf clap for Jessi::
Oh look. She brought her stooge along with her.
This AND seriously there is so rarely drama on this board and it seems like some of you just happen to show up when there IS drama, coincidence? I think not
Rock on Jess...Rock on. Couldn't have said it any better.