I secretly feel bad for my nephew...he is 3.5 and my sister has let his hair grow way out. It's past his shoulders, red and curly...people comment about "her hair is beautiful" all the time. I would never say anything to sis though, her kid her choice.
I honestly do not like baby shoes...don't get me wrong they are so darn cute...but absolutely pointless. I have a hard enough time getting socks on that wiggly little monkey , let alone putting shoes on as well. He has at least 13 pairs...he got 4 new pairs for christmas. ...dough!
I honestly do not like baby shoes...don't get me wrong they are so darn cute...but absolutely pointless. I have a hard enough time getting socks on that wiggly little monkey , let alone putting shoes on as well. He has at least 13 pairs...he got 4 new pairs for christmas. ...dough!
I think they are sooo cute! Pointless (since he doesn't walk), but cute nonetheless.
I honestly do not like baby shoes...don't get me wrong they are so darn cute...but absolutely pointless. I have a hard enough time getting socks on that wiggly little monkey , let alone putting shoes on as well. He has at least 13 pairs...he got 4 new pairs for christmas. ...dough!
I use them to keep his socks on when it's cold and we're going out. Otherwise his socks are on the ground. And I refuse to be "that mom" who has her kids barefoot when it's cold out. I hate that!
LO had mashed sweet potatoes on Xmas. He made the best faces everrrrr! But I think it ended up hurting his tummy a bit so we're backing off the solids for now.
It was super cute to have him in his new high chair and eating dinner with us!
Lo's dc was closed yesterday so I told work weeks ago I had to be home because dh is working. He ended up not working and I stayed home anyway and got extra time with my boys. It was dead at work anyway so I don't feel bad.
I told work I needed the week between Christmas & New Years off because dc is closed (which is true), but I also knew DH was taking off that week at well. And I feel not a single drop of guilt! Work will ALWAYS be there, my lo's first Christmas won't.
H and I have both taken off the week between Christmas and New Years since we had the big one - it's really great family time that we don't often get since we both work.
All that being said, I will prob go into the office on Mon for a couple pieces of snail mail I'm expecting. Stupid legal documents needing original signatures.
I wish it wasn't the weekend @-) I know, I know.. I only wish that because I'm just ready for DS to get back to his normal self/schedule after the holiday and sometimes our weekends get a little busy as well. I am happy to spend time with my boys though. Maybe I can talk DH into having a lazy weekend!
Our house looks like a bomb went off in here. I hate it but I know we're renting a storage unit tomorrow so there didn't seem to be much point in shoving stuff in a closet just to haul it all out again in a day. The cats seem to be enjoying their new environment though. Lots of things to climb in and on.
We are going to lake placid for new years with college friends. ILs are crazy (i've posted about them before) and wanted to come here for 2 weeks. We lied and said we were leaving for lake placid today, so they wouldn't come. (we were just there for a week before xmas anyway.)
I am supposed to be working out since LO just went down for her nap.... instead of bumping on the couch under my cozy new blanket. To top it off I just had THREE huge buttermilk biscuits, one filled with cookie butter. Yes.
My FFFC- my friend was supposed to come visit a month ago, we planned it, and she never showed up. She's in town for her birthday dinner tonight, and I might just no show on that to give her a taste of her own medicine.
I asked for a jumperoo for LO for Christmas. I made an amazon wish list (upon MIL's request), looked at a bunch of different ones, and found the one that I wanted for LO. MIL found an old jumpy seat thing at Love Inc., and gave that to LO for Christmas. My FFFC is that I don't want that one, and I wish she had just bought the one I asked for.
I honestly do not like baby shoes...don't get me wrong they are so darn cute...but absolutely pointless. I have a hard enough time getting socks on that wiggly little monkey , let alone putting shoes on as well. He has at least 13 pairs...he got 4 new pairs for christmas. ...dough!
I use them to keep his socks on when it's cold and we're going out. Otherwise his socks are on the ground. And I refuse to be "that mom" who has her kids barefoot when it's cold out. I hate that!
Yes you have a point...I'm sure if I lived in a cold part of the world It would make more sense!!
I asked for a jumperoo for LO for Christmas. I made an amazon wish list (upon MIL's request), looked at a bunch of different ones, and found the one that I wanted for LO. MIL found an old jumpy seat thing at Love Inc., and gave that to LO for Christmas. My FFFC is that I don't want that one, and I wish she had just bought the one I asked for.
I'm just laughing over here because MIL told us not to buy LO a jumperoo, she wanted to get him one for Christmas. She sent one of the doorway jumpers instead. I was a little disappointed. So basically this week's fffc is outing me as a brat.
"The cleaning, the scrubbing will wait til tomorrow,
For children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
I am supposed to be working out since LO just went down for her nap.... instead of bumping on the couch under my cozy new blanket. To top it off I just had THREE huge buttermilk biscuits, one filled with cookie butter. Yes.
My FFFC- my friend was supposed to come visit a month ago, we planned it, and she never showed up. She's in town for her birthday dinner tonight, and I might just no show on that to give her a taste of her own medicine.
That would really piss me off. Planning things with a newborn is hard and that's so rude- I'm guessing she doesn't have kids?! But if your other girlfriends are going- you should go and just forget her present!
It did! We were even texting the morning she was supposed to come deciding on the time, etc. One other friend is going with us, so I will go, but I didn't get her anything, and I am not staying very long since LO will be with me (DH is working and wont be home until after I have to be at the restaurant). To answer your question- nope, no kids. She doesn't know if she wants any....
I asked for a jumperoo for LO for Christmas. I made an amazon wish list (upon MIL's request), looked at a bunch of different ones, and found the one that I wanted for LO. MIL found an old jumpy seat thing at Love Inc., and gave that to LO for Christmas. My FFFC is that I don't want that one, and I wish she had just bought the one I asked for.
I'm just laughing over here because MIL told us not to buy LO a jumperoo, she wanted to get him one for Christmas. She sent one of the doorway jumpers instead. I was a little disappointed. So basically this week's fffc is outing me as a brat.
I would have been disappointed, too. I feel like a brat too because the thing she got will work...it's just old, and not as fun. And not what I wanted.
I honestly do not like baby shoes...don't get me wrong they are so darn cute...but absolutely pointless. I have a hard enough time getting socks on that wiggly little monkey , let alone putting shoes on as well. He has at least 13 pairs...he got 4 new pairs for christmas. ...dough!
I use them to keep his socks on when it's cold and we're going out. Otherwise his socks are on the ground. And I refuse to be "that mom" who has her kids barefoot when it's cold out. I hate that!
Yes you have a point...I'm sure if I lived in a cold part of the world It would make more sense!!
Oh you live in Mexico, right? Ya if I was there id have baby chanclas. Or bare feet too!
I think people who take down their Christmas decorations the day of or the day after the holiday are lame. It's still the holiday season to me until at least Jan 1st.
The only reason we take down the tree at my parents before then is b/c my dad has to be back at work before then and he's in charge of the heavy lifting.
My tree is still up and on, and will be until probably after new years! It took so long to get everything decorated, I want to enjoy it for as long as possible!
I honestly do not like baby shoes...don't get me wrong they are so darn cute...but absolutely pointless. I have a hard enough time getting socks on that wiggly little monkey , let alone putting shoes on as well. He has at least 13 pairs...he got 4 new pairs for christmas. ...dough!
I use them to keep his socks on when it's cold and we're going out. Otherwise his socks are on the ground. And I refuse to be "that mom" who has her kids barefoot when it's cold out. I hate that!
Yes you have a point...I'm sure if I lived in a cold part of the world It would make more sense!!
Oh you live in Mexico, right? Ya if I was there id have baby chanclas. Or bare feet too!
I may not be in Mexico but Florida is close enough. N was rocking his baby chanclas on Sunday when it was 82 outside!
I'm a sucker for baby shoes. N has tons and he rocks them all.
I think people who take down their Christmas decorations the day of or the day after the holiday are lame. It's still the holiday season to me until at least Jan 1st.
The only reason we take down the tree at my parents before then is b/c my dad has to be back at work before then and he's in charge of the heavy lifting.
My tree is still up and on, and will be until probably after new years! It took so long to get everything decorated, I want to enjoy it for as long as possible!
I really don't know the whole story, but I've heard something about the Christmas season technically going until January 6, so I never feel bad leaving my decorations up after the new year.
I think people who take down their Christmas decorations the day of or the day after the holiday are lame. It's still the holiday season to me until at least Jan 1st.
The only reason we take down the tree at my parents before then is b/c my dad has to be back at work before then and he's in charge of the heavy lifting.
My tree is still up and on, and will be until probably after new years! It took so long to get everything decorated, I want to enjoy it for as long as possible!
I really don't know the whole story, but I've heard something about the Christmas season technically going until January 6, so I never feel bad leaving my decorations up after the new year.
The 12 days of Christmas as technically AFTER Christmas so the holiday doesn't official end until the 6th. We take everything down on the 7th after we open our 3 Kings Day gifts.
The other day, DH and I were making Christmas cookies for my boss and realized the recipe called for milk.... We were out of milk so we used my breast milk.
I honestly do not like baby shoes...don't get me wrong they are so darn cute...but absolutely pointless. I have a hard enough time getting socks on that wiggly little monkey , let alone putting shoes on as well. He has at least 13 pairs...he got 4 new pairs for christmas. ...dough!
I use them to keep his socks on when it's cold and we're going out. Otherwise his socks are on the ground. And I refuse to be "that mom" who has her kids barefoot when it's cold out. I hate that!
Yes you have a point...I'm sure if I lived in a cold part of the world It would make more sense!!
Oh you live in Mexico, right? Ya if I was there id have baby chanclas. Or bare feet too!
Yes I live in mexico...and yet everyone keeps getting him shoes...adorable...but so not practical. However I cant blame them they do not have kids..so how would they know.
The other day, DH and I were making Christmas cookies for my boss and realized the recipe called for milk.... We were out of milk so we used my breast milk.
Hahahahaha I just sprayed diet coke everywhere. That is epic!!!
I honestly do not like baby shoes...don't get me wrong they are so darn cute...but absolutely pointless. I have a hard enough time getting socks on that wiggly little monkey , let alone putting shoes on as well. He has at least 13 pairs...he got 4 new pairs for christmas. ...dough!
I use them to keep his socks on when it's cold and we're going out. Otherwise his socks are on the ground. And I refuse to be "that mom" who has her kids barefoot when it's cold out. I hate that!
Yes you have a point...I'm sure if I lived in a cold part of the world It would make more sense!!
Oh you live in Mexico, right? Ya if I was there id have baby chanclas. Or bare feet too!
I may not be in Mexico but Florida is close enough. N was rocking his baby chanclas on Sunday when it was 82 outside!
I'm a sucker for baby shoes. N has tons and he rocks them all.
The sandals I may able to get on board with!!! love them!
I may need someone from A13 to bail me out of jail tomorrow. I swear if my mom calls Carolyn "Caroline" one more time I'm going to snap. She's almost 4 months old...get it right. Your name is Lynda. We don't call you Line-da!
Eta: I forgot I know how to gif now!
The other day, DH and I were making Christmas cookies for my boss and realized the recipe called for milk.... We were out of milk so we used my breast milk.
Hahahahaha I just sprayed diet coke everywhere. That is epic!!!
I think people who take down their Christmas decorations the day of or the day after the holiday are lame. It's still the holiday season to me until at least Jan 1st.
The only reason we take down the tree at my parents before then is b/c my dad has to be back at work before then and he's in charge of the heavy lifting.
My tree is still up and on, and will be until probably after new years! It took so long to get everything decorated, I want to enjoy it for as long as possible!
I really don't know the whole story, but I've heard something about the Christmas season technically going until January 6, so I never feel bad leaving my decorations up after the new year.
The 12 days of Christmas as technically AFTER Christmas so the holiday doesn't official end until the 6th. We take everything down on the 7th after we open our 3 Kings Day gifts.
The other day, DH and I were making Christmas cookies for my boss and realized the recipe called for milk.... We were out of milk so we used my breast milk.
Am I the only one that finds this disgusting? I would be LIVID if I found out I was consuming another woman's breast milk. b
I think it's funny, and a bit weird. I wouldn't want to eat those cookies, but I don't think I'd be livid. How it is "disgusting" is beyond me.
I guess it could be seen as disgusting since BM is a bodily fluid. Just like you wouldn't want to unknowingly consume something else from someone's body, BM should be treated the same way...
The other day, DH and I were making Christmas cookies for my boss and realized the recipe called for milk.... We were out of milk so we used my breast milk.
Am I the only one that finds this disgusting? I would be LIVID if I found out I was consuming another woman's breast milk. b
If I was a boss and found out an employee put bm in cookies she gave me I would fire that employee.
She had 2 little rat's nests in her hair. And I cut them both out on Christmas Eve. It was clear that no amount of washing and combing would get rid of those little monsters.
If you're wondering how my infant got rat's nests, here is the disguising story. One night while doing a MOTN nursing my milk must have sprayed into her hair. We nurse in the dark, so I didn't realize until the next morning when I smelled sour milk and realized she had breast milk matted hair. She slept on that hair and it got more tangled. I tried to wash it and combed it out three times, but eventually those things had to be cut out.
DD1 doesn't go to bed until between 9:00 and 10:00 because DH works 12 hour days and has a long commute. He leaves at 5:30 am and gets home at 5:30 or 6:00 at night. If we didn't let her stay up she would hardly get to see him on workdays. She also sleeps in until like 8:30 or 9:00 so whateves. She loves her daddy.
I don't know if it is because I am with her more or what, but I vaguely feel like I "get" DD2 better than DD1. Don't get me wrong I love them equally, but DD1 has always been an active, brave, wild, mover and shaker - even in utero she was a wild beast of a thing. She never liked cuddling. She loves all people and will fling her hands up to be picked up by anyone (but not cuddled, just carried,) - the grocery store is quite the adventure. DD1 is an erratic mess of ideas that seem to just flow out of her all at once. DD2 is a calmer. Still gregarious and smiley, but more content to watch and observe. She loves cuddles and being held. Her communication is straightforward to the point of almost being precise. She only lets out one little peep when she is hungry because she knows we are on it and will wait patiently while a bottle is prepared or breast is whipped out. A wet/dirty diaper is some kicky feet with but shakes, etc.
I'm sure it is because DD1 is a toddler and toddlers are like drunk frat boys on uppers. Perhaps other moms could enlighten me? Is it just because toddlers are nuts that infants seem more mellow? Birth order? Or could it actually be that LO is more mellow than her sister?
(For the record: I LOVE DD1's free spirit, wild confidence - but I feel like LO's mellow observing personality is a little more like mine.)
The other day, DH and I were making Christmas cookies for my boss and realized the recipe called for milk.... We were out of milk so we used my breast milk.
Am I the only one that finds this disgusting? I would be LIVID if I found out I was consuming another woman's breast milk. b
I think it's funny, and a bit weird. I wouldn't want to eat those cookies, but I don't think I'd be livid. How it is "disgusting" is beyond me.
I don't see whats so hard about running to the store...esp if both of you are home and one of you can stay with LO. While I don't think consuming BM is disgusting, I think it's not neccessary and a waste of your milk and I would be really weirded out if someone put it in my food. But now I feel like I am flaming and this is flame free friday...opps.
I think bm is kind of personal and I don't think I'd be ok with consuming someone's bm. I don't think its disgusting but I don't think its right to do that either. Running to the store would have probably been quick and bm could have been saved for lo.
Not to be a bitch but weren't you just saying how your supply has decreased and your supplementing? Why would you use bm then to make cookies for someone else and not save it for lo??
I have to force myself to put stuff on LOs feet when we go out. I'm the person in flip flops in the snow (what little snow we get in TX) more often the not I just tuck a blanket over her feet.
My LO is just like her daddy and is obsessed with any electronic device. She already has games she plays with on my iPad and will often be caught watching tv when it's on. So much for my no electronics idea.
@Elauren88, we took our tree down today. I can't wait to put my decorations up for Christmas, and can't wait to get them down after! My house looks like a toy store exploded, I am ready to get things back in order. I love my Christmas décor, but I was ready to see it go!
Baking the cookies, ESP at a high temp past boiling for a long period of time (i.e. 350 for 30 mins) would effectively kill any bacteria or viruses. It's essentially pasteurizing the milk. Although at that time and temp all proteins would be denatured and the milk is broken down so much.
I would maybe be wierded out by breastmilk cookies, but the risk of transmission of a disease at that point is very low.
Re: FFFC
I would never say anything to sis though, her kid her choice.
BFP 3/29/2014 2u2 Let's do this!
It was super cute to have him in his new high chair and eating dinner with us!
And I feel not a single drop of guilt! Work will ALWAYS be there, my lo's first Christmas won't.
I'm usually all over hand me downs. But, I don't feel like cleaning my nephew's old, sticky high chair. I want a new one.
All that being said, I will prob go into the office on Mon for a couple pieces of snail mail I'm expecting. Stupid legal documents needing original signatures.
I'm just laughing over here because MIL told us not to buy LO a jumperoo, she wanted to get him one for Christmas. She sent one of the doorway jumpers instead. I was a little disappointed. So basically this week's fffc is outing me as a brat.
I'm a sucker for baby shoes. N has tons and he rocks them all.
The 12 days of Christmas as technically AFTER Christmas so the holiday doesn't official end until the 6th. We take everything down on the 7th after we open our 3 Kings Day gifts.
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I guess it could be seen as disgusting since BM is a bodily fluid. Just like you wouldn't want to unknowingly consume something else from someone's body, BM should be treated the same way...
I wouldn't eat the cookies.
BFP 3/29/2014 2u2 Let's do this!
If I was a boss and found out an employee put bm in cookies she gave me I would fire that employee.
DD1 doesn't go to bed until between 9:00 and 10:00 because DH works 12 hour days and has a long commute. He leaves at 5:30 am and gets home at 5:30 or 6:00 at night. If we didn't let her stay up she would hardly get to see him on workdays. She also sleeps in until like 8:30 or 9:00 so whateves. She loves her daddy.
I don't know if it is because I am with her more or what, but I vaguely feel like I "get" DD2 better than DD1. Don't get me wrong I love them equally, but DD1 has always been an active, brave, wild, mover and shaker - even in utero she was a wild beast of a thing. She never liked cuddling. She loves all people and will fling her hands up to be picked up by anyone (but not cuddled, just carried,) - the grocery store is quite the adventure. DD1 is an erratic mess of ideas that seem to just flow out of her all at once. DD2 is a calmer. Still gregarious and smiley, but more content to watch and observe. She loves cuddles and being held. Her communication is straightforward to the point of almost being precise. She only lets out one little peep when she is hungry because she knows we are on it and will wait patiently while a bottle is prepared or breast is whipped out. A wet/dirty diaper is some kicky feet with but shakes, etc.
I'm sure it is because DD1 is a toddler and toddlers are like drunk frat boys on uppers. Perhaps other moms could enlighten me? Is it just because toddlers are nuts that infants seem more mellow? Birth order? Or could it actually be that LO is more mellow than her sister?
(For the record: I LOVE DD1's free spirit, wild confidence - but I feel like LO's mellow observing personality is a little more like mine.)
I think bm is kind of personal and I don't think I'd be ok with consuming someone's bm. I don't think its disgusting but I don't think its right to do that either. Running to the store would have probably been quick and bm could have been saved for lo.
Not to be a bitch but weren't you just saying how your supply has decreased and your supplementing? Why would you use bm then to make cookies for someone else and not save it for lo??
I would maybe be wierded out by breastmilk cookies, but the risk of transmission of a disease at that point is very low.