- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
October 2011 Moms
jonnygurl76
member
"Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight." - Johnny Cash
FFFC
jonnygurl76
member
It has been awhile since I started one of these...and GO!!
"Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight." - Johnny Cash
This discussion has been closed.
Re: FFFC
I went to the grocery store and bought two pounds of deli meat. I got home unloaded all my groceries onto the table then I went to the bathroom. I came back and put everything away. At lunch I went to make sandwiches and there was no deli meat. I called the store and told them they forgot to put it in my bag. They said I could come in and they would replace it, so I did.
Yesterday, I was cleaning Audrey's room, I found the bag to the deli meat under her bed. Stupid dog!
My confession?! Well, aside from last night's.... I am napping. Every day. While Alastair naps. My mother has Aidan. Do I need naps? No. DH and I have a good system in place and share the nights. I could get through the day without. I just need to be away from my mother. So I nap. Winwin.
I haven't had time to post in the last couple of days with CK exploding from both ends of her body, thus I missed commenting on the original thread about this topic, but here's my FFFC:
I totally get that toddlers can be hard to keep contained, especially in places where strollers/wagons aren't convenient... but it doesn't change the fact that I think putting a child on a leash is ridiculous.
DH and I had a rough morning today. When I went to make DD's bottles, I noticed that the new bottle of milk we bought last night was already open. Neither of us remembered opening it. We agreed it wasn't worth the risk and even though we were running very late (DH's fault for sleeping in . . . again) I said I would go to the store and buy new milk.
While I was in the shower, DH set the milk out and dug through the garbage for the receipt so that I could return it and get new milk for free. While he was in the shower, I poured the milk down the drain and threw the receipt away again.
I was already late and I wasn't going to wait at the service counter just to save $4.
Burned by the Bear
Well then I guess my confessions are:
I totally eat pizza that has been unrefrigerated over night. There's so much salt and preservatives in that crap.
And, I think it's nuts that if you end up with a little escape artist you'd rather risk something bad happening than use a leash. It's not like it goes around the kids neck with a choke collar.
No flames from me...Edison gets Chicken Strips from McDonalds anytime we're out running around. He loves them. They can't be horrible for him. Plus he's still under the charts for weight, so I'm basically happy when he eats anything.
My FFFC if I didn't mention it before, sometimes when I'm doing laundry and we're in the basement. Edison plays with the cat food and transfers it into the cat's water dish. Sometimes he puts some in his mouth. Yes, I let my kid eat cat food.
C has had a cold since Saturday at 3am. The night before last I was up 8 times tending to him. Yesterday morning when he woke up screaming at 7am and wouldn't go back down, I picked him up, blanket sleep sack and all, and we settled on the couch to watch Sesame Street.
Not very flameful, but it is for me. I'm one of the ones who don't want C deliberately watching TV. Not judging anyone who has their kid watch TV, it's just something that we don't do. It looks like he loves Elmo, and that idiot Mr. Noodle.
I wish Li would sit for a little while and watch TV, she's always running around like a lunatic. We finally finished our basement, which is playroom by day, mancave by night. It's totally enclosed so I can sit and watch TV while she plays, I watch all of my really bad TV during the day while she's playing, if she looks up and catches a glimpse of a few Real Housewives, oh well.
Us, too. Then I noticed that when DD was playing, she would stop what she was doing and just stare at it, even if it was just something boring like the news (as opposed to flashy kids' shows). I know Anderson Cooper is dreamy but come on.
We started listening to music instead until DD goes to bed.
Burned by the Bear
For background noise, our cable provider has music channels that I play. It's pretty cool, they pretty much have every genre, including toddler tunes and kidz bop. I play toddler tunes in the morning, then I have to switch to top 40, or the 90's after naptime to save my sanity.
I confess to becoming a bigger atheist than I expected I would be. The more I read biblical verses and listen to Christopher Hitchens, the more I feel comfortable with having no faith. It may not be flame free, but I'm perfectly okay with that.
Cute! You should do it, C does this whole body headbang thing to some songs, it's so funny!! Also, when the mood strikes me I grab him up and we dance. Last time, we danced to 'Be Our Guest' from Beauty and the Beast while I serenaded him.
Where should I start?!
I yelled at DD yesterday because she spilled her juice all over the place, including on my brand new white tank top. It was an accident and I shouldn't have raised my voice but I am so tired of wiping up her spills-plus yesterday was a bad day for me physically and I couldn't take it.
I took Unisom last night so I could sleep. I feel bad about it but honestly, I can't function if I don't start sleeping at night.
I have been crazy lazy with my kid's meals the last couple of weeks. How many waffles, quesadillas and eggs can they eat? I'm so exhausted most of the time they're getting the short end of the food stick.
We do this too! But I just use the Kidz channel, which I feel is a fair compromise. Except Sunday mornings at breakfast which I decided would be Reggae Sundays.
I am trying so hard to leave you alone on this, because I know your kid has been puking on you for two days. But WHY?! Why is it so ridiculous?
I think all you biitches are crazy for putting your child in a crib. *I* would never put my child in a kennel like a dog. I will just teach him not to roll around in his sleep so he won't hurt himself. And if he falls out of his bed, there will be serious consequences.
See how douchey that sounds?
I'm still bitter about that conversation. Because I know people like you are giving me the judge face, or assuming that my using a leash is the last resort of a desperate, lazy or irresponsible parent. It is a conscious, legitimate and valid parenting decision. Just like using a stroller or a carrier, or putting a goddamed hat on my kid if it is cold.
But you know what? At least that thread was a respectful discussion. You had to go and call me ridiculous, PeeLester. That hurts my feelings. And if you ever know the heart stopping fear of your child escaping her stroller and disappearing in less than 3 seconds, I would give you a hug and not remind you that you were kind of a diick.
Wanna hear my confession? I woke up this morning and there is something crusty on my sheets. I looked at it for a full minute, but I can't tell if it is from me eating cupcakes in bed or from masturbating. I had an epic night last night.
I just found out that DD was in fact awake last night from 11-2, but I slept right through and didn't hear a thing
. This morning I was so excited she made it through the whole night, until DH corrected me. I knew I was a deep sleeper, but I have always woken up to her noises. I guess must have been tired. A little aside- I once slept through our one bedroom apartment being robbed. They kicked the door in feet from me, walked around and took a bunch of stuff and I never even stirred- scary.
I don't have any friends that live near me. The friends that I did have were from high school and I simply moved on from the type of lifestyle that they all live. My two best friends live in different states and I hardly get to see them. I'm bitter about them moving and even more about my disinterest in making new friends. I don't know what is wrong with me.
I have time to play today!
Here is mine:
DH wrecked my car last weekend - as in... it's totaled. He is perfectly OK and nobody was hurt.
I have been putting on a brave face but I am absolutely devastated. Yea... it's just a car. I get it. But dangit, I found it, negotiated the sh*t out of it (sent that sales guy back three times!) and bought her using my own credit and paying for her out of my own paycheck using direct deposit. I only had a little while to go until I owner her free and clear - paid for in less than two years. She was nearly MINE. I was going to drive that sedan into the ground - can't even believe how much I loved her and now she's gone. Sitting in some junk yard and I didn't even get to say good-bye. I think it stings so bad because we've decided not to replace her since we can easily make one car work and would love to save money on insurance and gas.
I'd be lying if I said I won't be holding this over his head in the future, at the appropriate moment, to get my way.
My other FFFC: I lurk the sh*t out of this board but haven't posted in months.
I seriously think a leash is no big deal. I don't get why people think it is barbaric or ridiculous. If a leash will keep my kid safe, then you better believe she will be on one. Because if her behavior at 13 months is any indication of how she is going to be when she can run, my kid will be on one. She has a mind of her own.
ETA: more words.
PeeLester. Haha! I love it.
I understand wanting to call me a diick. And thank goodness CK has been puking and shiiting on me for two days, or else I'm scared of what else would have been thrown at me.
Anyway, I guess I was unclear. Reading the other post about leashes actually enlightened me on why people use them. TBH, I WAS the girl who saw a child on a leash and totally judged. But now, I won't.
My FFFC was more like, hey, I can't help it, when I see a child on a leash I think it's ridiculous-looking, like haha-ridiculous, because it's weird to see a child on a leash... not ridiculous like omigosh-I'm-judging-that-mom-I-can't-BELIEVE-she'd-put-her-child-on-a-leash-she's-crazy.
Sounds like I'm trying to back-pedal. I'm not, I'm just clarifying. Carry on.
Well alright then, I take back my name calling. Clearly, I am a little sensitive about this.
My ranting still applies to the rest of you leash haters. You know who you are.
According to this months Glamour, he's now bisexual...there you go!
I will take this into serious consideration for my hall pass.
I've been trying to think of one all day and I finally figured it out! I sing out loud outside. All the time. Lately I've been doing the score from Little Shop of Horrors since it's on my Halloween mix, but I'll also sing to what ever's playing in the grocery store or mall. Back when I used to run at the gym instead of outside I was known as "the singing girl." And I sing to LBB when we're out and he needs a nap because a lullabye will put him right out.
When I sing, I imagine I sound like this:
But it's probably more like this:
LOL!
I bet you have a beautiful singing voice, Blu! I had a paper route from when I was about 8 or 9 until I was about 14. I sang the entire way, every time, thinking nobody could hear me. Yeah, found out after that the neighbours knew when their paper was being delivered 'cause they'd hear me singing up their front walk. I sing along to everything, too. Don't watch a musical or a Disney movie with me unless you want to hear every word of every song echoed right next to you.
BFP #1: July 12, 2010 Natural M/C: July 26, 2010
BFP #2: January 30 ,2011 Born: September 29, 2011
BFP #3: January 5, 2013 Born: August 25, 2013
OMG, me too!!!