UO Thursday

Mason&Mama · August 2012

While I completely understand the practicality of play-yards (meaning the little play areas fenced in by things that look like baby gates), I don't feel like I could use them for Mason. I am sure that some babies enjoy them, and I suppose it makes it easier to get household chores/ showers done, but they just seem so restrictive. Mason is too much of an explorer to even consider one. He would hate it, and I would therefore hate it.

lucylea · August 2012

If we used one of those DS would just stand at it yelling at me the entire time. He gets free run of our entire first floor and even then he will get frustrated with the gate going up the stairs and stand there yelling even though everyone else is in the room with him.

lucylea · August 2012

My own OP. Preschool started again this week and I am once again judging several parents for their carseat choices. There is one little girl who was in school with DD last year and was already in a backless booster. This year she isn't using a booster at all. These are 3/4 year old kids and this little girl is maybe 2 inches taller than DD, so definitely not tall enough for a seatbelt to fit correctly. I'd say roughly half the kids are in backless boosters already and it frightens me and makes me all judgy at the same time.

boogerbearoriginal · August 2012

lucylea:
My own OP. Preschool started again this week and I am once again judging several parents for their carseat choices. There is one little girl who was in school with DD last year and was already in a backless booster. This year she isn't using a booster at all. These are 3/4 year old kids and this little girl is maybe 2 inches taller than DD, so definitely not tall enough for a seatbelt to fit correctly. I'd say roughly half the kids are in backless boosters already and it frightens me and makes me all judgy at the same time.

This is so wrong - the parents not your UO lol. The #1 cause of death of children (outside of natural causes like congenital defects) is motor vehicle crash. These parents make me stabby because they are needlessly putting their children at risk.

lisamoe · August 2012

I don't think letting your LO watch TV is the end of the world.

I survived, am doing fine, college educated and didn't get brain rot.

Lindsay&Eric · August 2012

I let my baby drink juice every day. Not a ton of juice, but 1 cup a day that's 1/2 water. He's not fat, and I brush his teeth morning and before bed. I think he'll live!

dairygirl19 · August 2012

lisamoe:

I don't think letting your LO watch TV is the end of the world.

I survived, am doing fine, college educated and didn't get brain rot.

No doubt.

LO watches a 1/2 of tv give or take everyday. I'm not feeling the leat bit bad about it. The child isn't much a napper and well sometimes Mommy has to make dinner, fold the laundry, scrub the floor. I'm fully aware Baby Einstein isn't going to make her smarter, but man she loves it!

My own UO: I think Bumpies are waaayy to uptight for the most part. I mean half the problems on here aren't a problem that would even remotely cross the radar of people I know in real life. Not so much this board, but there a few notorious for this.

boogerbearoriginal · August 2012

dairygirl19:
My own UO: I think Bumpies are waaayy to uptight for the most part. I mean half the problems on here aren't a problem that would even remotely cross the radar of people I know in real life. Not so much this board, but there a few notorious for this.

LOL - as someone who is uptight I can agree, although perhaps I'm one of them Smile I am sort of the food police, my H is even worse, but there are other things I'm much more lax about. Oh well.

Although I think sometimes these "issues" can seem magnified in an online message board in ways that they aren't in real life. So people get fired up about something small that normally is a non-issue.

My UO - I don't think people who re-home their animals (if they make the effort to find them a good home) are horrid people. How is staying in a home where the pet and/or owner are miserable better for anyone? Obviously someone dumping their dog on the side of the highway is a disgusting person. But if you are unable to care for your pet and you find someone who can and will provide a loving home, why is that a bad thing? As someone who took in a rescue dog, I am happy that his prior owners gave him up and we were able to show him a good life.

swimiz500 · August 2012

lisamoe:
I don't think letting your LO watch TV is the end of the world.

I survived, am doing fine, college educated and didn't get brain rot.

I agree with this completely!

swimiz500 · August 2012

Booger+Bear:
dairygirl19:
My own UO: I think Bumpies are waaayy to uptight for the most part. I mean half the problems on here aren't a problem that would even remotely cross the radar of people I know in real life. Not so much this board, but there a few notorious for this.
LOL - as someone who is uptight I can agree, although perhaps I'm one of them I am sort of the food police, my H is even worse, but there are other things I'm much more lax about. Oh well.
Although I think sometimes these "issues" can seem magnified in an online message board in ways that they aren't in real life. So people get fired up about something small that normally is a non-issue.
My UO - I don't think people who re-home their animals (if they make the effort to find them a good home) are horrid people. How is staying in a home where the pet and/or owner are miserable better for anyone? Obviously someone dumping their dog on the side of the highway is a disgusting person. But if you are unable to care for your pet and you find someone who can and will provide a loving home, why is that a bad thing? As someone who took in a rescue dog, I am happy that his prior owners gave him up and we were able to show him a good life.

This is refreshing to hear. We are in the process of re-homing one of our cats. We rescued the cat (literally from the streets) and had no plans to keep him, but we couldn't find him a better home. We already had 3 cats and are just so overwhelmed. He is such a loving cat and he needs more attention than we can give right now, so we found a nice older lady who is home all the time and can give the attention he needs and deserves. I am brokenhearted about his leaving, but I know it is in his best interest. I guess that is my UO, and I am glad that someone out there doesn't think we are horrid people.

dairygirl19 · August 2012

S/O of the pets: I don't think rehoming is the end of the world either. While I believe pets should be loved, well cared for and no one should get a pet on a whim at the end of the day a dog is a dog and a cat is still a cat. If one of my pets ever did anything to my child or anyone else, you'd bet the pet would be gone.

jesstellina · August 2012

One that actually does seem to be unpopular around here: I DO think TV is awful for kids. I think it trains them to require passive entertainment and also makes them less intelligent than they would be if they played or read books instead.

aichandaich · August 2012

I will never "bake" in my microwave. You can have your microwaved brownie, cake, whatever-in-a-cup... Frankly, it creeps me out.

Mason&Mama · August 2012

aichandaich:
I will never "bake" in my microwave. You can have your microwaved brownie, cake, whatever-in-a-cup... Frankly, it creeps me out.

I didn't realize that it was an option. Ewww.

dairygirl19 · August 2012

Mason&Mama:
aichandaich:
I will never "bake" in my microwave. You can have your microwaved brownie, cake, whatever-in-a-cup... Frankly, it creeps me out.
I didn't realize that it was an option. Ewww.

Definitely. My microwave is for melting butter or reheating leftovers only. Everything else comes out all rubbery and weird.

lisamoe · August 2012

jesstellina:
One that actually does seem to be unpopular around here: I DO think TV is awful for kids. I think it trains them to require passive entertainment and also makes them less intelligent than they would be if they played or read books instead.

What is your opinion on the outcome of a childs intelligence if they watch TV, play all day, and read all day?

jesstellina · August 2012

lisamoe:
jesstellina:
One that actually does seem to be unpopular around here: I DO think TV is awful for kids. I think it trains them to require passive entertainment and also makes them less intelligent than they would be if they played or read books instead.
What is your opinion on the outcome of a childs intelligence if they watch TV, play all day, and read all day?

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What do you mean? A multi-tasking kid? I think kids are calmer without the constant noise. Plus, research has shown that parents talk to their kids less when the tv is on. That has a negative impact on building vocabulary.

boogerbearoriginal · August 2012

jesstellina:
One that actually does seem to be unpopular around here: I DO think TV is awful for kids. I think it trains them to require passive entertainment and also makes them less intelligent than they would be if they played or read books instead.

Do you have actual research to back this up, or do you just think TV makes kids stupid?

I'd be quite impressed to see research that actually shows cognitive declines based on TV watching alone. Obviously if a kid is parked in front of TV all day from infancy it will negatively impact their development, but that is called neglect and it's the complete lack of parent interaction, not the TV, that's the problem.

You're free to ban TV from your home if you chose, but don't fool yourself into thinking your kids are getting some great benefit because they didn't watch 15mins of NickJr..

jesstellina · August 2012

Booger+Bear:
jesstellina:
One that actually does seem to be unpopular around here: I DO think TV is awful for kids. I think it trains them to require passive entertainment and also makes them less intelligent than they would be if they played or read books instead.
Do you have actual research to back this up, or do you just think TV makes kids stupid?
I'd be quite impressed to see research that actually shows cognitive declines based on TV watching alone. Obviously if a kid is parked in front of TV all day from infancy it will negatively impact their development, but that is called neglect and it's the complete lack of parent interaction, not the TV, that's the problem.
You're free to ban TV from your home if you chose, but don't fool yourself into thinking your kids are getting some great benefit because they didn't watch 15mins of NickJr..

That was unnecessarily snotty... Yes, I do have research to back it up. Sorry it's not clicky; I'm on my iPad. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/5/1040.full.pdf

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