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January 2014 Moms
UO Thursday
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Re: UO Thursday
Also, DD was a bundle of adorable last night running around in her hot pink cloth diaper, sun hat and my shoes...
I have the feeling she is going to be built like me though and one pieces just don't fit me. I'm tall and thin and have a semi-large chest. For this pregnancy I have a cute tankini but I usually wear a two piece because it fits right.
BFP #5 11/15/14, Team Green EDD 7/22/15
BFP #4 4/30/13, baby girl born med-free Jan. 2014
BFP #3 9/24/12, Missed m/c at 9w1d (baby measured 8w5d)
BFP #2 9/23/10, healthy baby girl born med-free June 2011
BFP #1 5/21/10, Missed m/c at 10w4d (baby measured 8wks), D&C 6/29/10
"Life is like a camera, just focus on what's important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't work out, just take another shot."
If it's not hot out our dog comes with us but stays in the car. She loves car rides and being around us.
Baby clothes with sayings on them like "Trouble Maker" or "Mom's Little Monster" really bother me. I get that they are just for fun and baby's can be a handful, trouble, and even tear apart a house like a monster ... but I just feel like those aren't names and attitudes I want to declare over my son. I don't want him to feel like he's a trouble to me for even a moment of his life. I know he'll see me stressed and angry but I don't want him to feel like he's a burdensome for making mistakes and learning and making messes like kids are supposed to. Of course having a baby is burdensome and you have to laugh at the terrible parts of it ... but even though I desperately need the hand me downs I won't be dressing him in anything that calls him something negative.
I am fine with them at Petco and pet stores. Or in the car. But in the grocery store was too much.
BFP #5 11/15/14, Team Green EDD 7/22/15
BFP #4 4/30/13, baby girl born med-free Jan. 2014
BFP #3 9/24/12, Missed m/c at 9w1d (baby measured 8w5d)
BFP #2 9/23/10, healthy baby girl born med-free June 2011
BFP #1 5/21/10, Missed m/c at 10w4d (baby measured 8wks), D&C 6/29/10
"Life is like a camera, just focus on what's important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't work out, just take another shot."
If it's not hot out our dog comes with us but stays in the car. She loves car rides and being around us.
The animals you see in a grocery store are typically service animals...many of which are with veterans who have severe PTSD. At least that's how it is here.
DD and I met a really nice woman who had her service dog German shepherd in a Kmart type store before. The dog was working but DD was yelling "puuupppyyyy" and laughing/squealing haha The lady let the dog come over and greet her. It was such a good experience seeing a service dog go from "serving mode" to playful and fun dog. Service dogs are so well trained I have no issues with them in stores at all.
Just to comment on the gun post ... I am curious if the statistic is higher for people killing or shooting intruders in their homes or people/kids accidentally shooting off guns (whether it hurts someone or not.)
The first man my Mom dated after my parents when I got divorced when I was 9 had a son the same age as me. He was a great friend and we all went on vacations together etc. When we were 11 he was home alone and he was checking out his Dad's gun and accidentally shot himself and died
his Dad found him in the bedroom dead. Very very sad!!! Those stories really do happen to regular old people like you and me - even if you think you're being safe. I don't care if people have guns in their home I just prefer not to have one in mine.
I just know as a little girl I loved my Mommy's makeup and nail polish and shoes and even though she told me not to mess with that stuff I still did. It seems like little boys could have the same inclination concerning guns, weapons etc.
A stripper pole?? WTF. I'm pretty sure that if her daughter has ADHD, there are other remedies than a stripping pole!!! omg, there are not words!
I can't wait to meet you Neva Margaret Rebecca
Considering the access points in my house are the furthest from the bedrooms and I also have two dogs to alert me to someone being outside my home before they get in (even if some asshole decided to shoot them to shut them up), I'd say longer than the 10 seconds it takes me to have my gun ready.
ETA: And if by some stroke of luck someone got into my home and was able to get to me before I was able to get to them, then I at least want the article in the local paper to say that I died trying to defend my home than just getting caught with no way to try and defend
myself.
This. Exactly. The same exact question goes to those of you that do not have a gun in the house. If you hear someone breaking in, heading towards your room, and you DON'T have a gun, what would you do? Hide? Yes, bc someone breaking into your home with the intent to hurt you isn't going to check the closets and bathtubs.
MH has a dangerous job that unfortunately can make him a target for crazy people. I would love to hear how he or I should defend myself without a gun, if one decided to break in with the intent to harm us
Jersey people, where I live, say "on lin"e for sure. Irks me!!!
But your right, I could be wrong in my assumption it wasn't a service animal. So I will try not be so quick to judge next time.
BFP #5 11/15/14, Team Green EDD 7/22/15
BFP #4 4/30/13, baby girl born med-free Jan. 2014
BFP #3 9/24/12, Missed m/c at 9w1d (baby measured 8w5d)
BFP #2 9/23/10, healthy baby girl born med-free June 2011
BFP #1 5/21/10, Missed m/c at 10w4d (baby measured 8wks), D&C 6/29/10
"Life is like a camera, just focus on what's important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't work out, just take another shot."
And pathetic attempt at judgment means you came up with something ridiculous just to have a judgment...it's not really anything that's actually worth judging.
ETA: And if by some stroke of luck someone got into my home and was able to get to me before I was able to get to them, then I at least want the article in the local paper to say that I died trying to defend my home than just getting caught with no way to try and defend
myself.
This. Exactly. The same exact question goes to those of you that do not have a gun in the house. If you hear someone breaking in, heading towards your room, and you DON'T have a gun, what would you do? Hide? Yes, bc someone breaking into your home with the intent to hurt you isn't going to check the closets and bathtubs.
MH has a dangerous job that unfortunately can make him a target for crazy people. I would love to hear how he or I should defend myself without a gun, if one decided to break in with the intent to harm us
I don't worry about things like this that are very unlikely to happen. I have an alarm system and currently rent a townhouse in an area that is sort of iffy (up and coming) and I still don't worry about shit like this. @carisue143 pointed out what is MUCH more likely to occur is for a person to accidentally shoot themselves or a family member, or
commit suicide than to shoot an intruder.
Well you are really lucky to not have to worry about this! I'm not a paranoid person. Several people in my husbands profession have had this happen to them, so I choose to be prepared in case it does. Because you are lucky that you don't need to worry about something like that, doesn't mean you shouldn't judge someone who does have to.
About the whole just wearing a diaper thing:
I've seen babies on FB in just a diaper and it drives me crazy. I don't understand why 1. people feel the need to post those photos on fb and 2. why they can't just throw a onesie or a pair of pants on their child before posting photos!
I don't care if people let their kids walk around their house in just a diaper, or if they sleep in just a diaper, its posting photos, or taking their child out in public without any clothes on that drives me crazy.
MIL's step-daughter posts these types of photos of her daughter all the time (only is almost always just a diaper, not even a t-shirt.) It honestly makes it look like she cannot afford to buy her child any pants/clothes because she's never wearing any. MIL sends her clothes all the time so that maybe she'll actually put her child in them but at almost 2 years old, this kid is almost always in just a diaper.
Missing Our July Sparkler
BFP#1-11/12/12, MMC 1/16/13-baby stopped growing @ 9wks, found out at 13wks, D&E 1/25/13
BFP#2-4/23/13 EDD-01/02/14 baby BOY born 12/31/13 Michael Cameron
Missing Our July Sparkler
BFP#1-11/12/12, MMC 1/16/13-baby stopped growing @ 9wks, found out at 13wks, D&E 1/25/13
BFP#2-4/23/13 EDD-01/02/14 baby BOY born 12/31/13 Michael Cameron
As someone who actually has a cold with adhd, I agree people are quick to diagnose. I was amazed at all the testing and appointments we had to go through before they diagnosed her. I was actually skeptical of the whole diagnosis, but it's amazing the difference the medication has made. She used to be overly emotional, melt downs, very impulsive, and energy that was ridiculous. She's still the same personality, but her teachers report a remarkable difference in her performance and ability to sit in class without having to get up every couple minutes.
I can now take her to the grocery store without her wanting to pull everything off the shelves! Ha ha.
Emma Kate - born 10.16.03 @ 29 weeks, weighed 1lb 13oz and 13.5" long.
TTC #3
And now I want pie!
I don't like the pictures either but I just assume the kids prefer to be that way. We have enough money for clothes, and pjs but DD just prefers to sleep in a diaper and run around in one. Also, she doesn't keep bibs on so her top comes off at dinner time unless we have guests.
If it's not hot out our dog comes with us but stays in the car. She loves car rides and being around us.
Stores don't actually allow it. In fact, I had worked in a store that had a sign on the door that said no pets except for seeing eye dogs. People did it anyway. I actually had to kick one woman out cause she brought in a purse dog and a German Shepard without a leash. They walked to the store from their house. WTF? In what world was this okay?
ETA: before I'm flamed, I followed protocol and asked if the German Shepard was a service dog. Her response was that he was "purebred and medaled show dog." She had to go.
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