UO

BC&LM · September 2013

I didn't see this thread started yet, so figured I would get it going. So let's hear them, ladies!

BC&LM · September 2013

I don't want to get into too much detail in case somehow my friends or family were to see this post, but it drives me nuts when family/friends expect me to follow their unsolicited medical advice over that of my pediatrician. I know they are just trying to be helpful, but just because their pediatrician recommended a treatment in the past does not mean that it is best for my son. My pediatrician knows my kid, yours knows yours. Also, recommendations change from year to year as more research comes out, so something that might have been okay to do a few years ago might not be now. And if I say, hey, here is why I don't want to do what you suggested, don't argue with me and say I am wrong.

PinkPuffyHeart2 · September 2013

majwv8 said:
This was an UO in my house last night, although I'm sure you ladies would agree with me.

If I'm on my period, that does not mean I owe you a BJ. I can just go to sleep.

I wish men got a cycle.

BunnyLove416 · September 2013

majwv8 said:

While I'm at it..

Yes, my baby sleeps well. We put her down at 9 and she doesn't "wake up" untill 6. However, at least 4 times a night, I wake up to her fussing, because she rolls over to her belly and doesn't want to be there. I go in her room, roll her back over, put in the paci, and she's back to sleep without ever actually opening her eyes. So I don't have to feed or change her in the middle of the night, but I'm still not getting a good night sleep. Having to get up every 1.5 - 2 hours even though it's only for 5 minutes, messes with you. DH doesn't get that when I say I'm tired in the morning.

Amen.

peachnectarine · September 2013

majwv8 said:
While I'm at it..

Yes, my baby sleeps well. We put her down at 9 and she doesn't "wake up" untill 6. However, at least 4 times a night, I wake up to her fussing, because she rolls over to her belly and doesn't want to be there. I go in her room, roll her back over, put in the paci, and she's back to sleep without ever actually opening her eyes. So I don't have to feed or change her in the middle of the night, but I'm still not getting a good night sleep. Having to get up every 1.5 - 2 hours even though it's only for 5 minutes, messes with you. DH doesn't get that when I say I'm tired in the morning.

Same here! My baby learned how to roll over last week and gets stuck on his tummy and makes noises until I roll him back over. He has been doing it ALL THE TIME. He's mostly doing it during the day, but does it if he wakes up at night too. Can't wait for him to learn to roll back on his own!

PinkPuffyHeart2 · September 2013

kari5186 said:

stephmill26 said:

majwv8 said:
This was an UO in my house last night, although I'm sure you ladies would agree with me.

If I'm on my period, that does not mean I owe you a BJ. I can just go to sleep.
I wish men got a cycle.

Bad idea. Can you imagine what that would be like after experiencing a husband with a man-cold???? I'd rather take care of colicky quads than a man with a period, lol!

Hahahaha true!!

nikel13 · September 2013

My UO that I will probably get flamed for (go ahead. I expect it). I lay my baby on her back to sleep. She tosses and turns and fidgets until she gets on her side or stomach. I roll her over and it starts again. I've stopped rolling her over. She's sleeping and I'm watching. She just won't sleep on her back any more and I've gotten tired of fighting her with it all.

HeartLikeMine3 · September 2013

My UO is I think I've decided to swaddle my baby until the startle reflex is gone. I originally said at 4 months but shit he still needs it and I need sleep! Flame away.

PinkPuffyHeart2 · September 2013

nikel13 said:
My UO that I will probably get flamed for (go ahead. I expect it). I lay my baby on her back to sleep. She tosses and turns and fidgets until she gets on her side or stomach. I roll her over and it starts again. I've stopped rolling her over. She's sleeping and I'm watching. She just won't sleep on her back any more and I've gotten tired of fighting her with it all.

I prop my baby on her side to sleep because she sleeps best that way. She was doing it herself at just a few days old (turning herself onto her side to sleep).. She ends up on her back by morning. I follow all the other SIDS rules so I don't bash myself about this one.

llbta85 · September 2013

nikel13 said:

My UO that I will probably get flamed for (go ahead. I expect it). I lay my baby on her back to sleep. She tosses and turns and fidgets until she gets on her side or stomach. I roll her over and it starts again. I've stopped rolling her over. She's sleeping and I'm watching. She just won't sleep on her back any more and I've gotten tired of fighting her with it all.

No flames here, this is about the only way DD will nap. I keep an eye on her and she has started to roll over, so I am a little less concerned. I still can't bring myself to do it at night (we are still swaddling) but I would imagine we are getting close to losing the swaddle and letting her sleep on her tummy.

steph_pegasus · September 2013

MIL was watching LO for us the other day, and LO was fighting the bottle. They have one of our Avent ones, and MIL called and asked me to bring a Tommee Tippee one for them next time just in case LO fights the bottle again. I told MIL I thought that if LO is hungry enough, she wouldn't care which bottle she was eating from. That was an unpopular opinion with MIL.
ETA @jo27key I don't think bottle preference is real. ;-)

BunnyLove416 · September 2013

nikel13 said:

My UO that I will probably get flamed for (go ahead. I expect it). I lay my baby on her back to sleep. She tosses and turns and fidgets until she gets on her side or stomach. I roll her over and it starts again. I've stopped rolling her over. She's sleeping and I'm watching. She just won't sleep on her back any more and I've gotten tired of fighting her with it all.

No flames here, L's been putting himself on his side to sleep basically since day 1.

TheTamedShrew · September 2013

Where are the UOs? I haven't seen one on here yet, haha

ColieAnn31 · September 2013

DaniJake617 said:
My UO is I think I've decided to swaddle my baby until the startle reflex is gone. I originally said at 4 months but shit he still needs it and I need sleep! Flame away.

No flames from me. We've tried to swaddle wean but he just gets startled too easy still. I have no idea when we'll stop swaddling but I doubt it will be any time soon

megaroo64 · September 2013

Steamboat1679 said:

I'm asking for maid service for Christmas. DH helps out a ton, but cleaning the house after work stinks.

A maid service has seriously been the best thing for our marriage.

BbyCarter13 · September 2013

I've tried all day to come up with an UO. Yesterday I had a great one but I've forgot it. So this is the best I've got:
I think all the 'princess' stuff for baby girls is stupid. Especially if it have any kind of animal print. (I may or may not have just come from a shopping trip.)

RissNRuss · September 2013

I have no problem dressing A in whatever outfits I find that I like- be it boy or girl "specific". I don't really care if she's wearing pink or blue- as long as she looks like my cutie!

BbyCarter13 · September 2013

Another one. This is a little better.

I hate commercials. All commercials. For everything. A bunch of people keep posting their favorite commercials on my newsfeed saying how cute they are and what not. It bothers me greatly.

jefk · September 2013

I think it's sad when I see women out and about wearing sweats and no makeup, looking like a mess. It takes just as much effort to pull on jeans/leggings and a cute top as it does to put on yoga pants and a hoodie. I'm carrying some excess weight and I have a kid too, and I manage to find two minutes to throw on some mascara and pull myself together before leaving the house. Not to say that I'm not guilty of going to Starbucks in my sweats, but I try not to make a habit of it.

RissNRuss · September 2013

@jefk I get the not going out in sweats (although I will if I'm going to a place that it makes sense, the gym, hard labor style volunteering, etc) I think its silly to require makeup to leave the house. I never wear makeup... or at least very rarely. To me makeup is a going out on the town kind of thing. I clean up and all, but I don't think it's necessary to spend time putting on makeup on a daily basis.

BC&LM · September 2013

jefk said:
I think it's sad when I see women out and about wearing sweats and no makeup, looking like a mess. It takes just as much effort to pull on jeans/leggings and a cute top as it does to put on yoga pants and a hoodie. I'm carrying some excess weight and I have a kid too, and I manage to find two minutes to throw on some mascara and pull myself together before leaving the house. Not to say that I'm not guilty of going to Starbucks in my sweats, but I try not to make a habit of it.

Well, you would think I am always sad then because I never wear make up other than for special occasions--weddings, etc. I don't see the point in spending a bunch of time each day to make myself look like something I am not. When I go back to work, I would rather sleep that extra half an hour than get up early to put on makeup for some high schoolers who don't care what I look like. I am not knocking people who want to wear makeup all the time, because many of them look good, but I am knocking people who will judge me because I don't do the same. Heck, a century ago, it was considered scandalous to wear makeup. Now why is it suddenly a must-have?

Monkeybutt80 · September 2013

To all you ladies knocking yoga pants in public:

I love my lululemon yoga pants because they actually work like spanx and suck my tummy in and push up my ass. and I spent too much on them just to wear them around the house. So I will wear my overpriced, butt lifting yoga pants all weekend in public if i want to!!!!

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daffy2k · September 2013

Monkeybutt80 said:
To all you ladies knocking yoga pants in public:

I love my lululemon yoga pants because they actually work like spanx and suck my tummy in and push up my ass. and I spent too much on them just to wear them around the house. So I will wear my overpriced, butt lifting yoga pants all weekend in public if i want to!!!!

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I completely agree that leaving the house in sweats is generally unacceptable, but totally agree with @Monkeybutt80 here. My lulus make me look way better and more fit than most of my clothes and no way I'm wearing $100 pants just in my house. Granted I really only wear them when I'm running unimportant errands or meeting friends for a walk, something along those lines. If I'm going out to lunch or shopping, etc I'll throw on a pair of jeans. But I think there's a way to wear more casual items such as yoga pants in a respectable way. If you've got your hair up in a sporty way, with a cute top I think it is totally appropriate. If the cuffs of your pants are dragging through the dirt, your hoodie is 3 sizes too big and your ponytail looks slept in, well that's another story all together

TheTamedShrew · September 2013

I wear yoga pants AND makeup. Is that acceptable?

Besides...

Maelara · September 2013

I used to always have to put makeup on. Now I just do it when I'm going out for reasons other than getting gas, groceries or coffee. I do agree with the sweatpants thing though. As well as pjs. It doesn't take much to put on a pair of jeans. That said, yoga pants are fantastic

BC&LM · September 2013

majwv8 said:

BC&LM said:

jefk said:
Well, you would think I am always sad then because I never wear make up other than for special occasions--weddings, etc. I don't see the point in spending a bunch of time each day to make myself look like something I am not. When I go back to work, I would rather sleep that extra half an hour than get up early to put on makeup for some high schoolers who don't care what I look like. I am not knocking people who want to wear makeup all the time, because many of them look good, but I am knocking people who will judge me because I don't do the same. Heck, a century ago, it was considered scandalous to wear makeup. Now why is it suddenly a must-have?

meh - it takes less than 5 minutes to put on a little makeup in the morning, not 30. That being said, some people look great without it and others not so much..

For someone who is not used to putting on makeup all the time, it takes me that long. If you always wear it, of course you can do it much more quickly than me. Sure, I could do lip gloss and mascara in five minutes but it barely makes a difference in my looks so why bother? And wow, your last statement is so superficial and judgy.

BC&LM · September 2013

42Butterflies said:

jefk said:
I think it's sad when I see women out and about wearing sweats and no makeup, looking like a mess. It takes just as much effort to pull on jeans/leggings and a cute top as it does to put on yoga pants and a hoodie. I'm carrying some excess weight and I have a kid too, and I manage to find two minutes to throw on some mascara and pull myself together before leaving the house. Not to say that I'm not guilty of going to Starbucks in my sweats, but I try not to make a habit of it.

Let me guess..... You wear makeup to the gym, too? Or is sweating not attractive?

I don't give a flip what I see people wearing. What I do give a flip about is expectations that women need to dress a certain way or wear makeup to look "pulled together." Does it make her beautiful? Educated? The fact that someone says this today, especially after having children, truly astounds me. I know that making it out of the house not covered in some form of bodily fluid is a daily miracle. I guess I simply dress for the grocery store to shop for groceries, not impress other shoppers.

Plus, I look damn good in my sweats, no makeup, and a ponytail.

@42Butterflies: You are awesome :-)

KellenHi21 · September 2013

Lol ok I guess I'm a walking uo, I NEVER wear make up (unless someone does it for me for a wedding or something). I don't know how to put it on without looking like a clown. I wear sweats all the time... A habit from being a college athlete. And yes lulu's look way better on me than most pants. But since it's also super hot here I'll wear exercise shorts out and about too...

Junemom2013 · September 2013

I don't know how to wear makeup and get very self-conscious when I do try to wear makeup (nothing drastic like a little lip gloss) and people point it out.

My uo is I hate the weather changing. I have no idea how to dress my lo its winter in the morning and summer in the afternoon

BunnyLove416 · September 2013

I wish any of my clothes fit well enough for me to have options of what to wear out of the house right now. :-S

RissNRuss · September 2013

@Steamboat1679 seriously! We spent two weeks in Europe backpacking, and became expert light packers. We only needed a second bag for our honeymoon because we enjoyed getting dolled up for the dinners!

Then again, now that we have A, we are learning to pack all over again!

phishgirl29 · September 2013

I have two masters degrees, wear yoga pants out of the house, and I rarely wear make up. Judge away. It has no reflection on my intelligence. I have jeans that look worse than my yoga pant!

My UO is I hate it when people make plans to go out to dinner at 5pm. What meal is that?!? Linner or Dunch? My sister is notorious for these afternoon snacks! I'm hungry again for food by 8 if I eat that early!

HeartLikeMine3 · September 2013

I've always loved yoga pants, most men think they look sexy. Now I must check out those lulu ones. I used to care alot more about my make up and clothes but now if I can find something spit up free that fits, off to target I go. Yesterday at target I looked down to see one side of my nursing bra unhooked with the nursing pad sticking out LOVELY.

kari.sandall · September 2013

Maybe I should save this as a confession but I love abcfamily shows for teens. The dorky movies like Lovestruck, series like Switched at Birth and Make It or Break It.

amberdt03 · September 2013

Add me to the lazy group since I rarely wear makeup. It has to be a special occasion. I don't wear eye shadow that often when I do put makeup on because I'm not too sure on how to apply it. I never wear makeup to work because I work in an E.R. and if you are worried about how I look there, then you probably aren't having an emergency.

My UO's are I hate the hump day camel commercial. It was cute at first but now it's annoying. I also think people who wear makeup to the gym, aren't there for the right reasons.

amberdt03 · September 2013

CarolynL8 said:
The hump day camel NEVER gets old!
Hump dayyyyyyyyyy! Yeee-aaaah!!!

Lol

HeartLikeMine3 · September 2013

@violet1183 I think you got me beat on that story

amberdt03 · September 2013

stargazer763 said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

(Edited to remove gym comment, which I agree with. Hump day rules!)

Lol. I think I've just seen it too many times. Probably because I watch way too much tv.

jefk · September 2013

measton8809 said:

You're absolutely right. Your appearance is no reflection of your intelligence. It is, however, going to prevent people from giving you a chance to exhibit your intelligence. As previously stated, I can't control what others wear.. nor does it directly effect me. But when I see myself in sweats or pj pants I think I look sloppy. I will say that yoga pants do very good things for my butt but I don't like to wear them out other than to the gym.

I guess I missed the comment about makeup = intelligence (I also have a masters degree, FWIW). Like @measton8809 said, people make a judgement about you based on the way you look, regardless of your job or social status. It sucks but it's true - don't pretend that you've never judged someone based on their appearance. Also FWIW I don't have a problem with people going out in "nice" sweats (Lululemon workout wear, or in my case knockoffs from Target). I'm talking about a very specific look, that "People of Walmart" slobbish look that someone mentioned.

I posted it as my UO because the other day while I was out to lunch with a friend (I was wearing a tunic and spit-up-stained jeggings) I ran into my school's PTO president. She always looks awful - she had on a baggy sports bra, a stained tshirt, baggy shorts, and flip flops. She's a really nice lady and you'd never know that she lives in a $700K house, drives a BMW, or runs a very successful PTO - she looks like a mess and unfortunately people judge her as such.

For me personally, I feel sloppy when I leave the house in sweats, and while I don't wear makeup every single day, I do wear it for work (and no, I don't spackle it on - tinted moisturizer, a little blush, mascara).

jefk · September 2013

measton8809 said:

You're absolutely right. Your appearance is no reflection of your intelligence. It is, however, going to prevent people from giving you a chance to exhibit your intelligence. As previously stated, I can't control what others wear.. nor does it directly effect me. But when I see myself in sweats or pj pants I think I look sloppy. I will say that yoga pants do very good things for my butt but I don't like to wear them out other than to the gym.

I guess I missed the comment about makeup = intelligence (I also have a masters degree, FWIW). Like @measton8809 said, people make a judgement about you based on the way you look, regardless of your job or social status. It sucks but it's true - don't pretend that you've never judged someone based on their appearance. Also FWIW I don't have a problem with people going out in "nice" sweats (Lululemon workout wear, or in my case knockoffs from Target). I'm talking about a very specific look, that "People of Walmart" slobbish look that someone mentioned.

I posted it as my UO because the other day while I was out to lunch with a friend (I was wearing a tunic and spit-up-stained jeggings) I ran into my school's PTO president. She always looks awful - she had on a baggy sports bra, a stained tshirt, baggy shorts, and flip flops. She's a really nice lady and you'd never know that she lives in a $700K house, drives a BMW, or runs a very successful PTO - she looks like a mess and unfortunately people judge her as such.

For me personally, I feel sloppy when I leave the house in sweats, and while I don't wear makeup every single day, I do wear it for work (and no, I don't spackle it on - tinted moisturizer, a little blush, mascara).

Achae · September 2013

One of the girls at daycare said she wants to be Spider-Man. She's 3. The sitter said, "but you're a girl!!" I don't know how I kept my tongue! Arghh! My daughter will not be taught gender roles in this house!

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