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  • CFjo2010CFjo2010 member
    You guys know how I feel about fast food when it comes to children.  It drives me completely bonkers when I see people feeding their baby french fries.  BONKERS.  Even at restaurants I get totally batty.  You're at a restaurant FFS, order some steamed veggies or fruit or rice or something.  Don't start your baby's future eating habits off with effing french fries.
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    twister22 said:
    https://www.myfoxny.com/story/24139537/controversy-over-childs-seat-with-a-mounted-ipad

    I think it's lazy ass parenting when people pop their under 2 year old in front of a screen as a "babysitter." There's a reason the AAP recommends ZERO screen time before 2. DS(now 5yo) didn't watch any t.v. until after he was 2, and DD(now 11mo) hasn't watched any t.v. yet and I don't plan on changing that until after she's 2 as well. There are countless studies on the harms of screen time, and I don't understand why parents can't find alternatives methods of entertainment.

    I'm only slightly guilty of this.  PJ loves Monster's Inc.  Loves it.  She's almost 1 and she giggles and squeals when the opening credits start.  However, I'll sit with her to watch it.  She lasts about 10 minutes and then she starts playing with her toys or wants to look at books.  But don't you DARE turn off Sully and Mike.  She likes the background noise.
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  • Lavender PLavender P member
    My son 18 months and we keep the t.v. on fairly often but just on the music channel. He loves toddler tunes. Not sure if it counts as there isn't anything on the tv but a blank screen and music. He can't sit still to watch tv yet anyway.

    My UO is that I think people spend way too much on the holidays. DH's cousin spends over $1,000 at Christmas for a 4 year old then has the nerve to say she can't afford to help save for college. I think her priorities are fucked up.
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  • CurlyQ284CurlyQ284 member
    That baby seat is CRAZY!  I mean, it's a bouncy seat so that's for a really young baby.  I put on musical/cartoon clips for DS during his breathing treatments so he will sit still.  They're usually clips of Sesame Street with songs or the intro to Pororo.  He likes music, if there's no music he doesn't pay attention to it.

    I can never think of any UOs.
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  • twister22twister22 member
    I should add:
    DS is 5 and I let him watch too much TV, which is obviously pretty hypocritical. I make my kids be TV free before 2 and then after let them go overboard? Quite the irony. I'm sure my letting DS watch too much TV is worse than it is good that DD doesn't watch any.
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  • coopsbabycoopsbaby member
    I've got a lame one. I hate the movie "A Christmas Story." It makes me stabby and isn't allowed on in my house.
       
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  • twister22twister22 member
    coopsbaby said:
    I've got a lame one. I hate the movie "A Christmas Story." It makes me stabby and isn't allowed on in my house.
    Oh my goodness me too! My family is obsessed with that movie and watches it every dang year and I just can't stand it anymore. I liked it maybe the first time. And now I go hide when it is played.
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    We always "got" to watch it in school. I'd have rather been having a test.
       
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  • CFjo2010CFjo2010 member
    Oh lord I hate that movie. I don't get the obsession with it.
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  • CurlyQ284CurlyQ284 member
    I thought of some! I think Christmas Vacation is HORRIBLE. I finally saw it last year, I couldn't believe DH loves it so much.

    I also dont like older Christmas music, like from the 50s. They keep popping up on my Pandora channel and they sounds so childish.
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  • twister22twister22 member
    GUISE. It's not Thursday anymore. Calm your tits.

    Kidding ;).
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  • CurlyQ284CurlyQ284 member
    twister22 said:

    GUISE. It's not Thursday anymore. Calm your tits.


    Kidding ;).

    I NEVER think of one so I dont care if its Friday! Lol
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    Ilumine said:
    I loath the Elf on the Shelf 

    Honestly, it is stupid evil nasty thing.  And it takes away the meaning of the season.  Not the christianity portion, but the Good Will To All.  

    The whole purpose of the Elf is to put it in compromising and funny predicaments.  What does that have anything to do with Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanza or Winter Solstice or Eid Al Adha.  If anything, its something people should do around April 1st.  

    If we do not want our kids making a mess with the toothpaste in the bathroom, then why is it ok for us to have an Elf do it?  

    Not to mention, why do we have to add yet another "tradition" to our already overstuffed list.  Mommies do not need the extra work this time of the year and the kids have more than enough stimulation.  

    Its just a stupid ass marketing tool to get people to buy more stuff. 
    Elf on a Shelf is creepy as hell.  That little bastard looks like he could kill an entire family while it sleeps.  No thank you :-)
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  • KTdiditKTdidit member
    ITA with everyone......Elf on a Shelf is dumb and I refuse to ever do it, A Christmas Story is overrated, and that iPad bouncy seat is just wrong. Yes, I let DS watch TV and movies with me before he was 2. But we didn't just sit there and stare at the TV all day every day. We had something on in the background while we played, he would sit in his high chair with me in the kitchen while I made us breakfast/lunch. We would watch a movie when it was time to get him to calm down for a nap. But when he was a little baby in a bouncy seat, even if I was watching TV, his bouncer was pointed AWAY from the TV, towards me. and not to mention that having a screen that close to a baby is horrible for their developing vision!
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    sprky79 said:


    Ilumine said:

    I loath the Elf on the Shelf 

    Honestly, it is stupid evil nasty thing.  And it takes away the meaning of the season.  Not the christianity portion, but the Good Will To All.  

    The whole purpose of the Elf is to put it in compromising and funny predicaments.  What does that have anything to do with Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanza or Winter Solstice or Eid Al Adha.  If anything, its something people should do around April 1st.  

    If we do not want our kids making a mess with the toothpaste in the bathroom, then why is it ok for us to have an Elf do it?  

    Not to mention, why do we have to add yet another "tradition" to our already overstuffed list.  Mommies do not need the extra work this time of the year and the kids have more than enough stimulation.  

    Its just a stupid ass marketing tool to get people to buy more stuff. 

    Elf on a Shelf is creepy as hell.  That little bastard looks like he could kill an entire family while it sleeps.  No thank you :-)

    I have posted already this year that I am terrified of the Elf because I am terrified of dolls. Like seriously.

    But after Twist and I talked about the Christmas Angel, I decided to put a new spin on ourElf this year. Every morning the kids go hunt for the elf and at least a couple times a week he has a mission for them involving doing something nice for someone else. Tonight he is going to leave them a letter asking them to write a letter to a widow that he knows needs some extra Christmas cheer this year (a shut in from our church that can no longer attend services). Our elf is not naughty, but he does have fun at night and we can see traces in the morning of his Christmasy antics (like extra decorating or adding sprinkles to all kinds of food in the fridge).
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