UO thursday

megaloo27 · May 2012

Well I'm in a grumpy mood so I will probably get flamed for venting about this.

My UO? If you feed on demand don't whine about having to nurse all the time and not getting enough sleep(because you are feeding) You set yourself up for that by choosing to feed that way. That is your choice to make, so stop complaining!

raefre · May 2012

I hate the term "snarky." Just say what you really mean--"b!tchy."

wychets · May 2012

raefre:
I hate the term "snarky." Just say what you really mean--"b!tchy."

LOL agreed..just a nice way of saying your a B!tch!!

My UO I dislike naked pics of babies that people post on Facebook or other social networks. There are all types of crazy things going on in the world and you want to display your babies goods on the internet???? I do NOT get it. A family photo album I could understand. Eek!

mamacat123 · May 2012

Some moms need to stop trying to win what my family calls the Olympics of Pain and Suffering. No one is going to give you a gold medal for getting the least amount of sleep or having the grossest blow out diaper or the fussiest baby. If you want sympathy for having a rough time, I get it. But just because you are having a harder time than the person next to you doesn't make you a better mom for suffering through it all. We all have battles to fight, even the mom with the smiling happy baby who STTN! Can't we just agree that being a mom is tough for all and move on?

kms34 · May 2012

CatD2012:
Some moms need to stop trying to win what my family calls the Olympics of Pain and Suffering. No one is going to give you a gold medal for getting the least amount of sleep or having the grossest blow out diaper or the fussiest baby. If you want sympathy for having a rough time, I get it. But just because you are having a harder time than the person next to you doesn't make you a better mom for suffering through it all. We all have battles to fight, even the mom with the smiling happy baby who STTN! Can't we just agree that being a mom is tough for all and move on?

Amen! Unfortunately, this never stops. It also goes the other way too. There is a lifelong competition among moms to see whose kid does what first/better/fastest/etc. It's obnoxious! I can't tell a story to someone in the mother's room at work without hearing "Oh, __ did that weeks ago" or "That's funny! __ is so tall and skinny" when I talk about my rolly polly baby. It's just ridiculous and makes me stabby.

wychets · May 2012

kms34:

CatD2012:
Some moms need to stop trying to win what my family calls the Olympics of Pain and Suffering. No one is going to give you a gold medal for getting the least amount of sleep or having the grossest blow out diaper or the fussiest baby. If you want sympathy for having a rough time, I get it. But just because you are having a harder time than the person next to you doesn't make you a better mom for suffering through it all. We all have battles to fight, even the mom with the smiling happy baby who STTN! Can't we just agree that being a mom is tough for all and move on?

Amen! Unfortunately, this never stops. It also goes the other way too. There is a lifelong competition among moms to see whose kid does what first/better/fastest/etc. It's obnoxious! I can't tell a story to someone in the mother's room at work without hearing "Oh, __ did that weeks ago" or "That's funny! __ is so tall and skinny" when I talk about my rolly polly baby. It's just ridiculous and makes me stabby.

Totally agree!! It's soooo annoying!!

PsyDr04 · May 2012

I'm so sick of the names Aiden/Brayden/Cayden/Jayden/Hayden. And for girls, Isabella Grace.

I have a friend whose son is named Aiden, but he's 7, so it's before the Aiden craze really took off and I have another friend whose daughter is named Isabella Grace, but know another person whose daughter has the same name.

No offense if your child has any of these names, but I'm just so freaking sick of these trendy names.

elsINlb · May 2012

PsyDr04:

I'm so sick of the names Aiden/Brayden/Cayden/Jayden/Hayden. And for girls, Isabella Grace.

I have a friend whose son is named Aiden, but he's 7, so it's before the Aiden craze really took off and I have another friend whose daughter is named Isabella Grace, but know another person whose daughter has the same name.

No offense if your child has any of these names, but I'm just so freaking sick of these trendy names.

DITTO.

YallAintRight · May 2012

I have been waiting to let this out... especially since DS is about 4 months old and it seems that a lot of other ladies on the bump with LO's this age are talking about STTN...

I think it's so effing stupid when someone says "My LO sleeps through the night, waking 2 (or 1 or 3 or whatever) times to eat"... What part of THROUGH are you not understanding... I know the "technical" definition of STTN is something like 5 hours blah blah, but honestly, after the feeding and putting to sleep, you are talking 4 to 4.5 hours MAX of sleep for mom/dad... WHO FREAKING THINKS 4 HOURS OF SLEEP IS ENOUGH... I think of STTN more as putting LO down at bedtime and not hearing from him again until wake-up time.. this is like the chupacabra of baby sleep I know... but I feel like people are so obsessed with saying how the baby is STTN and it's stupid...

michnthecity · May 2012

I hate when people post something as TMI that is not a big deal. Or "warn" me that something is TMI. Or say that something might be TMI when it isn't. As if I should think twice about reading their post....so annoying.

bpwife&mama · May 2012

I really hope I do not offend anyone with either of these, but here goes:

I HATE the name Tristan. It's horrible for both boy and girl.

Someone in my family has entered his baby in a cutest baby contest in the local newspaper back home. We have to see on FB EVERYDAY "vote for ____" 10 times please!! I mean everyday, from the whole effing family. And then yesterday he write "vote for ___, she is waayyyyyyy cuter than the other babies" or "those other babies don't hold a candle to her". I get thinking your baby is the cutest, but the other ones are just babies, give me a break. Don't have to be so harsh. You would think she is trying to win the Nobel Peace Prize instead of a stupid newspaper contest.

megaloo27 · May 2012

Agh, I hate the contest thing too! Mention it once, but leave it at that! Also people pushing their "business" such as avon, herbalife, spray tan etc.

wychets · May 2012

kristinkoenig:

I have been waiting to let this out... especially since DS is about 4 months old and it seems that a lot of other ladies on the bump with LO's this age are talking about STTN...

I think it's so effing stupid when someone says "My LO sleeps through the night, waking 2 (or 1 or 3 or whatever) times to eat"... What part of THROUGH are you not understanding... I know the "technical" definition of STTN is something like 5 hours blah blah, but honestly, after the feeding and putting to sleep, you are talking 4 to 4.5 hours MAX of sleep for mom/dad... WHO FREAKING THINKS 4 HOURS OF SLEEP IS ENOUGH... I think of STTN more as putting LO down at bedtime and not hearing from him again until wake-up time.. this is like the chupacabra of baby sleep I know... but I feel like people are so obsessed with saying how the baby is STTN and it's stupid...

LMAO!!! I literally blasted out laughing at my desk!!

cara117 · May 2012

Smoking in the car, especially with the windows rolled up. And ESPECIALLY with kids inside. Disgusting. Also motorcyclists that do not wear helmets. I know you can be a great biker and whatever but not everyone else on the road is... and more than likely the other guy in his car, the pole, or the ground is going to win...

Thinkerbelle80 · May 2012

I know this is totally an unpopular opinion but..... I'm totally annoyed with stay at home moms who think that staying at home is harder than working and being a mom. I want to punch them in the face and it's all of them. I am currently a stay at home mom and it is totally and completely awesome. i love every minute of it. I have to go back to work when she is seven months and I just wish I could completely quit. Staying home is so easy and fun. They say " Oh if I was working I could have me time" What the hell type of job did you have before because I had NO me time at work. I was constantly standing all day, never sat down, running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get everything accomplished in a very short amount of time, always behind on what I wanted to get done for the day, I never got to go to the bathroom (I'm a teacher) and lunch was constantly rushed and hurried. Also, there were no adult conversations all day. Now, I can go to the bathroom and do tons of relaxing things while breastfeeding. Even just sitting and breastfeeding all day every day is fun compared to working. AND if she doesn't sleep all night then I cna take a nap with her. I couldn't do that if I was working. I am so sick and tired of hearing stay at home moms complain. As a stay at home mom, I've gotten to socialize and go out to lunch with other moms groups and go on the internet during the day and do fun things with moms groups. I could never do that stuff if i was working. Cleaning the house and cooking and taking care of a baby is way way way less stressful than being a teacher. I'm so sick of them saying they get a break at work. I never get a break when I'm working but being home feels like a break all the time. Oh how I wish I could win the lottery so I could just quit permanently. Also, they complain about never being thanked. I never got thanked at my teaching job but Being a stay at home mom is hands down the most rewarding job I've ever had in my life. I feel like my daughter thanks me and appreciates me every day with her body language and facial expressions. Everything they say about how being a stay at home mom is difficult is exactly how I feel about my teaching job.

namara5532 · May 2012

wychets:

My UO I dislike naked pics of babies that people post on Facebook or other social networks. There are all types of crazy things going on in the world and you want to display your babies goods on the internet???? I do NOT get it. A family photo album I could understand. Eek!

I agree completely. We use the following rule: if it's the kind of baby picture DS would be embarrassed to have on the internet when he's a teenager, it doesn't go on the internet at all. If I didn't have family who would pester me to death if I didn't put up pictures, they probably wouldn't go online at all.

julesjarvais65 · May 2012

I honestly don't even care if I get flamed for this. I may or may not.

I hate when people use the term "Well you signed up for it." Being a Marine wife, having met DH after he joined, I get this a lot when I mention that I miss him or that it sucks when he's gone. Yes, I married him knowing he would go on field ops and deploy. Yes, I knew he worked long hours and wasn't home much. But that doesn't mean I can't miss him.

AMbaby · May 2012

Thinkerbelle80:
I know this is totally an unpopular opinion but..... I'm totally annoyed with stay at home moms who think that staying at home is harder than working and being a mom. I want to punch them in the face and it's all of them. I am currently a stay at home mom and it is totally and completely awesome. i love every minute of it. I have to go back to work when she is seven months and I just wish I could completely quit. Staying home is so easy and fun. They say " Oh if I was working I could have me time" What the hell type of job did you have before because I had NO me time at work. I was constantly standing all day, never sat down, running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get everything accomplished in a very short amount of time, always behind on what I wanted to get done for the day, I never got to go to the bathroom (I'm a teacher) and lunch was constantly rushed and hurried. Also, there were no adult conversations all day. Now, I can go to the bathroom and do tons of relaxing things while breastfeeding. Even just sitting and breastfeeding all day every day is fun compared to working. AND if she doesn't sleep all night then I cna take a nap with her. I couldn't do that if I was working. I am so sick and tired of hearing stay at home moms complain. As a stay at home mom, I've gotten to socialize and go out to lunch with other moms groups and go on the internet during the day and do fun things with moms groups. I could never do that stuff if i was working. Cleaning the house and cooking and taking care of a baby is way way way less stressful than being a teacher. I'm so sick of them saying they get a break at work. I never get a break when I'm working but being home feels like a break all the time. Oh how I wish I could win the lottery so I could just quit permanently. Also, they complain about never being thanked. I never got thanked at my teaching job but Being a stay at home mom is hands down the most rewarding job I've ever had in my life. I feel like my daughter thanks me and appreciates me every day with her body language and facial expressions. Everything they say about how being a stay at home mom is difficult is exactly how I feel about my teaching job.

AMEN! I work for a VERY large hi-tech firm and am so busy I don't even have time to pee at work (program manager). Even with a little baby who needs me all the time I have never had so much fun and free time since being at home. I clean the house and can make meals (not elaborate ones but meals that work for us). I totally get how if you had several kids (like toddler age and babies together) it would be way more work but this is like a cake walk compared to my job before.

lp0 · May 2012

I cannot stand people who are over opinionated about politics. All politicians are the same whether they are left wing or right and you are just plain dilusional if you think your party is any better than the other. I especially hate FOX news! They are so incredibly bias and I HATE scare tactics. Not that other news stations are that much better I just think FOX is so blatant about it.

MrsAMB07 · May 2012

Thinkerbelle80:
I know this is totally an unpopular opinion but..... I'm totally annoyed with stay at home moms who think that staying at home is harder than working and being a mom. I want to punch them in the face and it's all of them. I am currently a stay at home mom and it is totally and completely awesome. i love every minute of it. I have to go back to work when she is seven months and I just wish I could completely quit. Staying home is so easy and fun. They say " Oh if I was working I could have me time" What the hell type of job did you have before because I had NO me time at work. I was constantly standing all day, never sat down, running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get everything accomplished in a very short amount of time, always behind on what I wanted to get done for the day, I never got to go to the bathroom (I'm a teacher) and lunch was constantly rushed and hurried. Also, there were no adult conversations all day. Now, I can go to the bathroom and do tons of relaxing things while breastfeeding. Even just sitting and breastfeeding all day every day is fun compared to working. AND if she doesn't sleep all night then I cna take a nap with her. I couldn't do that if I was working. I am so sick and tired of hearing stay at home moms complain. As a stay at home mom, I've gotten to socialize and go out to lunch with other moms groups and go on the internet during the day and do fun things with moms groups. I could never do that stuff if i was working. Cleaning the house and cooking and taking care of a baby is way way way less stressful than being a teacher. I'm so sick of them saying they get a break at work. I never get a break when I'm working but being home feels like a break all the time. Oh how I wish I could win the lottery so I could just quit permanently. Also, they complain about never being thanked. I never got thanked at my teaching job but Being a stay at home mom is hands down the most rewarding job I've ever had in my life. I feel like my daughter thanks me and appreciates me every day with her body language and facial expressions. Everything they say about how being a stay at home mom is difficult is exactly how I feel about my teaching job.

I was a teacher/working mom with DS. I'm on maternity leave and we just decided I'd stay at home next year. I can't tell you the amount of relief I feel! Yes being home is work, too, but being a working mom (and teacher) was unbelievably tiring and stressful. All the things at home still had to get done on top of working all day and bringing a crap load of work home to do each night. I seriously never slept. I am such a happier person now! I give working moms (especially teachers ) all the credit in the world!

MrsAMB07 · May 2012

bpwife&mama:
I really hope I do not offend anyone with either of these, but here goes:

I HATE the name Tristan. It's horrible for both boy and girl.

I agree! SIL has talked about using this name for a future child... I don't get it. It reminds me of a cross between the girl's name Kristen and a Triscuit cracker.

MrsAMB07 · May 2012

LP0198:
I cannot stand people who are over opinionated about politics. All politicians are the same whether they are left wing or right and you are just plain dilusional if you think your party is any better than the other. I especially hate FOX news! They are so incredibly bias and I HATE scare tactics. Not that other news stations are that much better I just think FOX is so blatant about it.

OMG yes! This is MIL, FOX news is her Bible and it gets quoted on the regular. I have to leave the room.

CharlieTheUnicorn · May 2012

megaloo27:
Well I'm in a grumpy mood so I will probably get flamed for venting about this.
My UO? If you feed on demand don't whine about having to nurse all the time and not getting enough sleep(because you are feeding) You set yourself up for that by choosing to feed that way. That is your choice to make, so stop complaining!

My only issue with this train of thought is it would stop any sort of vent from happening. Any issues with LO could be written off with "well you decided to have a child." Issues with H? "You married him." We all make tough choices that we think are best for our family, but the consequences aren't always pleasant. We should still be able to vent occasionally about them.

MrsAMB07 · May 2012

I know it's not Thursday anymore, but I have one more. I can't stand all of the Cinco de Mayo celebrations. It's such a bogus holiday not even celebrated in Mexico. Corona blew it up as a way to sell beer and I feel like it makes Americans look really stupid for making such a big deal out of it.

raefre · May 2012

Mrs.AMB07:
I know it's not Thursday anymore, but I have one more. I can't stand all of the Cinco de Mayo celebrations. It's such a bogus holiday not even celebrated in Mexico. Corona blew it up as a way to sell beer and I feel like it makes Americans look really stupid for making such a big deal out of it.

Furthermore, it is comical because Cinco de Mayo celebrates a victory in battle in a war that was fought because Mexico couldn't pay its debt back to France, so Napoleon III decided to repossess the country.

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