FFFC

namara5532 · August 2012

My FFFC is that I don't always keep DS in arm's reach when he's eating. He's 'feeding' himself now (as it squishing food in his fist and maybe some gets in his mouth), so he doesn't need my direct help. I stay in the kitchen with him while he's in his booster seat strapped to the chair, but I'll get other things done like the dishes or sweeping the floor rather than staring at his face while he's eating. It just doesn't seem necessary at this point.

bigbear · August 2012

I was feeding DD yesterday and she FINALLY ate peas! I dropped the spoon but I wasn't going to interrupt the cussessful feeding so i picked it up, wiped it with a napkin and continued feeding DD Embarrassed

matt'sbride · August 2012

namara5532:
My FFFC is that I don't always keep DS in arm's reach when he's eating. He's 'feeding' himself now (as it squishing food in his fist and maybe some gets in his mouth), so he doesn't need my direct help. I stay in the kitchen with him while he's in his booster seat strapped to the chair, but I'll get other things done like the dishes or sweeping the floor rather than staring at his face while he's eating. It just doesn't seem necessary at this point.

I do this too. Our kitchen is open to our living area, so I'm often keeping an eye on her while she's in her high chair, but also trying to get other things done. Also, I really enjoy the new freedom!

Here's mine... We bought these Gerber cookies for DD that look like butter cookies. As it turns out, they taste like them too! So maybe DH and I have had a few more than DD has had a chance to eat...oops

jnickers98 · August 2012

I read to my DD every night. Not much of a FFFC, until I tell you that it's usually what I'm reading on my Kindle...lately the Sookie Stackhouse/Trueblood series.

bigbear · August 2012

HilarityEnsued:

My FFFC: I don't know a single person IRL that cloth diapers. When you all were talking about how you cloth diaper yesterday I was sort of surprised. I always associated with the slew of other old school ideas my MIL tried to pitch.

I'm not judging/flaming, I just really don't know anyone that does it.

I don't know anybody IRL either. I actually really wanted to do it, but then I just felt so overwhelmed by it. I'm sure it's totally easy once you start doing it but I chickened out and went the easy route I guess

michaelaskedlauren · August 2012

I do not plan on returning my Bumbo because of the recall. Id like to think I am smarter than the dumbasses that are leaving their kids unattended/not paying attention to them/putting the Bumbo on a table.

bigbear · August 2012

michaelaskedlauren:
I do not plan on returning my Bumbo because of the recall. Id like to think I am smarter than the dumbasses that are leaving their kids unattended/not paying attention to them/putting the Bumbo on a table.

Yes

anhg80 · August 2012

bigbear:
michaelaskedlauren:
I do not plan on returning my Bumbo because of the recall. Id like to think I am smarter than the dumbasses that are leaving their kids unattended/not paying attention to them/putting the Bumbo on a table.

The recall doesn't involve returning the chair, they just send you a belt to attach to the chair (along with another warning label to stick on the chair). DD has outgrown her's (she was climbing out of it and I thought to myself "she really needs a belt in that thing," and now she sits independently so there's no need for it), but I'm getting the belt sent to me anyway so that it's ready for the next kiddo and/or I can give it to someone else without worrying (we got ours as a hand-me-down anyway).

Now I need a FFFC....

I don't know what cloth diapering has to do with attachment parenting. I only recently realized that people think that because we CD we're APers. I haven't been able to figure out the link between the two. This is a lame FFFC, but I'm putting it out there in case anyone can explain it to me

raefre · August 2012

bigbear:
HilarityEnsued:

My FFFC: I don't know a single person IRL that cloth diapers. When you all were talking about how you cloth diaper yesterday I was sort of surprised. I always associated with the slew of other old school ideas my MIL tried to pitch.

I'm not judging/flaming, I just really don't know anyone that does it.

I don't know anybody IRL either. I actually really wanted to do it, but then I just felt so overwhelmed by it. I'm sure it's totally easy once you start doing it but I chickened out and went the easy route I guess

I know two people IRL who cloth diaper, but they are both crunchy. It was something I wanted to give a try, but DH really was against it and since DH was the one caring for LO, he got that choice.

namara5532 · August 2012

anhg80:
I don't know what cloth diapering has to do with attachment parenting. I only recently realized that people think that because we CD we're APers. I haven't been able to figure out the link between the two. This is a lame FFFC, but I'm putting it out there in case anyone can explain it to me

People consider it AP/being crunchy parents because they can't imagine us doing it for any other reason. They just assume it's this big inconvenience we're willing to take on because we're being extreme in some way or trying to make some sort of statement. That's certainly not the case for us though. We do it because we're stingy and don't like the thought of spending thousands of dollars on diapers. Spending a few hundred on this kid and next to nothing on the next appealed to us. The environmental aspect is just a bonus.

michnthecity · August 2012

namara5532:
anhg80:
I don't know what cloth diapering has to do with attachment parenting. I only recently realized that people think that because we CD we're APers. I haven't been able to figure out the link between the two. This is a lame FFFC, but I'm putting it out there in case anyone can explain it to me

People consider it AP/being crunchy parents because they can't imagine us doing it for any other reason. They just assume it's this big inconvenience we're willing to take on because we're being extreme in some way or trying to make some sort of statement. That's certainly not the case for us though. We do it because we're stingy and don't like the thought of spending thousands of dollars on diapers. Spending a few hundred on this kid and next to nothing on the next appealed to us. The environmental aspect is just a bonus.

This is exactly why we CD. I have two friends who do it for the same reason. I wouldn't characterize any of my friends as crunchy IRL who CD. I'm not really crunchy either. I do wear him sometimes in the Boba at the grocery store, and I do make my own baby food. But in regards to CDing, I think I'll only see the true savings if I have another baby. I've spent too much money (like 700) on this set of CDs and accessories. Better get on making that baby!...haha lolol

anhg80 · August 2012

michnthecity:
namara5532:
anhg80:
I don't know what cloth diapering has to do with attachment parenting. I only recently realized that people think that because we CD we're APers. I haven't been able to figure out the link between the two. This is a lame FFFC, but I'm putting it out there in case anyone can explain it to me

People consider it AP/being crunchy parents because they can't imagine us doing it for any other reason. They just assume it's this big inconvenience we're willing to take on because we're being extreme in some way or trying to make some sort of statement. That's certainly not the case for us though. We do it because we're stingy and don't like the thought of spending thousands of dollars on diapers. Spending a few hundred on this kid and next to nothing on the next appealed to us. The environmental aspect is just a bonus.
This is exactly why we CD. I have two friends who do it for the same reason. I wouldn't characterize any of my friends as crunchy IRL who CD. I'm not really crunchy either. I do wear him sometimes in the Boba at the grocery store, and I do make my own baby food. But in regards to CDing, I think I'll only see the true savings if I have another baby. I've spent too much money (like 700) on this set of CDs and accessories. Better get on making that baby!...haha lolol

Same here, we do it b/c we're cheap - and b/c they're hella cute.

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