Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

pineconey · January 2014

Jessieann1020 said:
@pineconey I looooove that Chevron fabric!! Where did you find it?

Hobby lobby!!

cgoldian · January 2014

OMG why is the bump telling me I am only on page 2 of the RTT??? It says 12.6K new! Grrrr

thomas930 · January 2014

Stace0616 said:

Question: maybe TMI but spotting after a cervix check is normal right? Everything looked great apparently, but a few hours later and I've been having a little reddish brown spotting. They told me it might happen, especially since this was my first appt and they did both a finger internal exam and used a speculum. Ugh it just feels so tender still. :-/

Like the others said, common and normal, although nerve-racking. Usually goes away within 24 hours.

Stace0616 · January 2014

They normally start it around then, but since this was my first visit with the new clinic they did one. It appears to have stopped, just freaked me out a little! Thanks gals

BiggerinRealLife · January 2014

pineconey said:

BiggerinRealLife said:

@Pineconey I love it! Mine's the second one, right?

yes! the kind of geometric (?) ish one. is that what you were hoping for?? i deliberated for a long time, but i really liked it so i hoped you would too!

Yup! It's perfect! Great job Piney!

deidremaria · January 2014

So I'm lying in bed waiting to fall asleep and of course my baby is having his regular dance party. Normally I'm thinking "pleeeeaaaase give mommy a break". But tonight I can't help but think "I can't wait to kiss you goodnight"

deidremaria · January 2014

Oh yea. And I'm craving buttermilk biscuits so guess what I'm whipping up with breakfast in the morning.

Stace0616 · January 2014

@celticlullaby - I had eggs with cheese this morning before my test at 1:20pm. I had such a late morning that I assumed having a muffin and coffee with sugar within an hour or two before the test would HAVE to sway it. My clinic told me to not eat anything with added sugar in it a few hours before the test, which takes out nearly everything I like to eat for breakfast.

Plus, with my fear of blood draws, I think eating anything more would have just made me nauseous. The protein from the eggs were enough to keep me full and not have a carb crash.

snmetz7 · January 2014

My house is freezing! I just cranked up te heat. Why or why can't the weather make up its mind? 60 one day 25 the next

danamarie421 · January 2014

DH made s'mores cupcakes tonight and they were amazing! I think I might keep him!!

Tferr02 · January 2014

Yay!! My DH just agreed to go to a cloth diapering 101 class on Sunday at a local baby store. He has been so anti cloth diapering, the washing them in our washer freaks him out. However tonight I was telling him how our son is getting a rash yet again from his diapers..the poor kid has the most sensitive skin, and I mentioned how cloth diapers are supposed to be a lot better for sensitive skin and he said ok lets do it then. I am just happy that we are going to get informed, I don't know which way we will go but I want to know all I can.

Bluebird2318 · January 2014

I changed my profile/avatar picture, but it won't update. BUMP PUNCH!

Mamamonzo · January 2014

Tferr02 said:
Yay!! My DH just agreed to go to a cloth diapering 101 class on Sunday at a local baby store. He has been so anti cloth diapering, the washing them in our washer freaks him out. However tonight I was telling him how our son is getting a rash yet again from his diapers..the poor kid has the most sensitive skin, and I mentioned how cloth diapers are supposed to be a lot better for sensitive skin and he said ok lets do it then. I am just happy that we are going to get informed, I don't know which way we will go but I want to know all I can.

This was exactly my DH we are doing a class and he is so excited about it. Once I took him shopping and showed him our options he is so pumped!!

snmetz7 · January 2014

Bluebird2318 said:
I changed my profile/avatar picture, but it won't update. BUMP PUNCH!

No! No one can change their pics ever! It is how I quick Id the poster. Lol

Bluebird2318 · January 2014

snmetz7 said:

I changed my profile/avatar picture, but it won't update. BUMP PUNCH!
No! No one can change their pics ever! It is how I quick Id the poster. Lol

I know! I always do a mental dramatic "NOOO!" when someone I'm familiar with changes their Bump pic, and yet here I am trying to be "that guy!" Maybe it's the Bump telling me something.

Mamamonzo · January 2014

Bluebird2318 said:

snmetz7 said:

Bluebird2318 said:
I changed my profile/avatar picture, but it won't update. BUMP PUNCH!
No! No one can change their pics ever! It is how I quick Id the poster. Lol

I know! I always do a mental dramatic "NOOO!" when someone I'm familiar with changes their Bump pic, and yet here I am trying to be "that guy!" Maybe it's the Bump telling me something.

It changed! So if you don't get many likes for a while it's because we all think you're a dirty lurker! :x

edoliesmom · January 2014

Sooo many sex posts tonight! Anyone else notice this? lol

pineconey · January 2014

I feel a little ungrateful, but try as I may, I cannot get myself to love the free hand me down recliner from my inlaws. It's just not comfortable. Totally dreading late night feedings in it, but we don't have $400 to spend on the chair I liked a lot. Booooooooo. Chair! Be comfy!!!

fireflygirl12 · January 2014

Tferr02 said:

Yay!! My DH just agreed to go to a cloth diapering 101 class on Sunday at a local baby store. He has been so anti cloth diapering, the washing them in our washer freaks him out. However tonight I was telling him how our son is getting a rash yet again from his diapers..the poor kid has the most sensitive skin, and I mentioned how cloth diapers are supposed to be a lot better for sensitive skin and he said ok lets do it then. I am just happy that we are going to get informed, I don't know which way we will go but I want to know all I can.

YAY! I would maybe look into doing some CD's that are made from all natural fibers. It seems like babies who have sensitive skin tend to react more with the synthetic ones.

fireflygirl12 · January 2014

celticlullaby said:

GTT in the morning - should I not be eating sugar and dessert tonight to increase chances of passing? I want some chocolate so badly, but I feel like I shouldn't...and then I feel like an idiot thinking I'm going to game a medical test skipping dessert one night! I mean I know I'm not going to fake out the test if I actually have GD, but does eating my normal crap make a false positive more likely or anything like that? Or can I eat this Reese egg with no worries?

I drastically cut back on sugar in general about a month ago, but with my first pregnancy my test was late afternoon and I literally ate an entire movie theater sized box of candy throughout the day without even thinking about how it might affect the results. I asked my OB and she said that it shouldn't have any impact. I passed without any issues.

fireflygirl12 · January 2014

J&NL said:

Has anyone heard of the book "12 hours by 12 weeks"? My SIL said she bought it for us because she swears by it. It's supposed to be a book about your kid sleeping well. Eta: I read a quick review on the book and it's basically setting a strict eating/sleeping schedule for your baby. However, I'm BF so I'm not sure how they expect me to go 12 hours at night without feeding. Kind of stupid if you ask me. I'll admit, her kid does sleep a lot but strict schedules are not for me. I feed on demand especially when they're that little.

I haven't read the book, but I also go with the feeding on demand for newborns. With DS1 I would usually cluster feed at night (like every 1-1.5 hours for 3 feedings) and then DH would give him a pumped bottle before his "bedtime" so we knew that he was getting enough. He started sleeping 5-6 hours around 6 weeks and then 12 hours around 2 months, He's 16 months now and still an amazing sleeper.

We also aren't much into scheduling, other than we would do a bedtime routine (read a book, change into PJ's, turn lights down while giving bottle) and move him into our room instead of with us in the living room around the same time every night.

I'm not sure that any of what we did helped him sleep through the night any faster though. Some kids just do it and others don't.

fireflygirl12 · January 2014

JessieAlbin said:

DH likes to rest his head on the bump now when he gets home from work, while I rub his head and we decompress from the day.. I mentioned that he could talk to the kiddo if he wanted. His response, "baby, did you know that you are drinking your own poop in there?"

Mine pushed my belly button one day like it was a walkie talkie and he needed to hold it down to talk to the baby. Weirdo.

Sisimama10 · January 2014

Had a crappy day all around. I'm pissed at everything, so of course I took it out on SO. Just yelled at SO that he turned the heat up wayyy too high. He got up and turned it down. Now I'm freezing, but there's no way in hell I'm getting up to turn it back up until he falls asleep. I don't want him to know I was wrong.

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fireflygirl12 · January 2014

I seriously side eye some of the names/spellings on the current baby name thread.

danamarie421 · January 2014

So apparently baby did not like the cupcakes! I fell asleep on the couch and just woke up and threw up all over myself. Being pregnant is just awesome sometimes! :-S

Bluebird2318 · January 2014

KendraColeslaw said:

Irrational fear: I'm afraid when I start getting a period again it'll have been so Long since I last got one that I won't know what to do anymore like when I was 11.
I was on depo provera for a couple years and also didn't get a period for a few months after and yeah, I basically had to re-learn how to use a damn tampon!

It was a sad day after I got my first postpartum period (which was awhile, because I BF'd/pumped, so that held AF at bay for an extra number of months). I will say, not having a period for well over a year was glorious though.

Medic99 · January 2014

@Pineconey, thank you! I love the fabric!!

Medic99 · January 2014

dani+california said:

Question-and I'm being serious here...isn't this a bad idea? Picture on my FB of a girl's twins 'sleeping in their own room for the first time tonight'. I didn't think blankets were recommended...especially not ones that cover their face? I blacked them out just in case you're wondering. Heh

Absolutely not ok!!!

fireflygirl12 · January 2014

dani+california said:
Question-and I'm being serious here...isn't this a bad idea? Picture on my FB of a girl's twins 'sleeping in their own room for the first time tonight'.

I didn't think blankets were recommended...especially not ones that cover their face? I blacked them out just in case you're wondering. Heh

We used blankets when ds1 was swaddled and couldn't move at all, but definitely not by his mouth.

JessieAlbin · January 2014

dani+california said:
Question-and I'm being serious here...isn't this a bad idea? Picture on my FB of a girl's twins 'sleeping in their own room for the first time tonight'.

I didn't think blankets were recommended...especially not ones that cover their face? I blacked them out just in case you're wondering. Heh

My FTM compulsive research spidey sense is effing tingling right now. I washed crib sheets and put one on the mattress today and I can't even bring myself to store blankets or stuffed animals in the crib now that it is kiddo ready, like SIDS is gonna get my kid from the womb if I put anything in his crib!

irisheyez7 · January 2014

OK, those chicken nachos DH made for dinner sure were fantastic, but boy am I paying for it now! I have never liked jalapenos ever in my entire life, what makes me think that me being pregnant and wanting to eat them will save them from wreaking complete HAVOC on my digestive system! Oy Vey! Help me Jeebus!
:-&

kseccomb17 · January 2014

Extra leaking nipples? I need to go to bed 8-}

SoulTermination · January 2014

Maybe kind of a silly question, but I'm going to ask it anyway: I'm desperately craving fried eggs, and I normally have them over-easy since anything more cooked than that is utterly disgusting to me. Think that's safe to eat? I'm paranoid the temperature of the liquidy yolk won't get high enough to kill any bacteria that may be lurking in there. :-S

irisheyez7 · January 2014

"American Horror Story" is so disturbing. Addictive and awesome, but really disturbing.

Stace0616 · January 2014

If I wasn't eating them every day, I'd still have them over easy. But then, I also eat cold cut sandwiches and have had real, raw sushi twice this pregnancy....

BiggerinRealLife · January 2014

Ok, so. I have two things about HDBD.

One: I always get confused when I see people "love" some bumps and not others. Are not all bumps created equal? Are some more appealing than others? It bemuses me every week.

Two: Ok, don't judge me. I've been sitting on my couch all day unable to move much and I was really bored. And I was wondering if all the HDBD posters were really as random as we've all felt they were for the last few weeks. So I did a little counting, and discovered that they're not as random as we may have thought. Here's how we came out:

Total HDBD pics: 84

33 are regular contributors to our board.
17 are what I'd call semi-regulars. They've posted somewhere between 900-300 comments.
25 rarely post. They have under 299 comments total, but don't seem to seek out HDBD in particular for their posts. They just post infrequently in general.
3 are random posters, by which I mean they haven't posted anywhere on TB for months, and came out of nowhere just for our HDBD.
6 are posters of varying frequency, though none would be considered even semi-regular, and a very high percentage of their posts are in HDBDs.

Like I said, I was very bored.

irisheyez7 · January 2014

I am guilty of sporadic "bump love". I start out with the intention of looking at all the pics and loving each one but then my attention span wanes or I get distracted and I skip pages. Then that little yellow *new* icon shows up and I click on it again and it shows the last posters, then I love those. So I suppose I indiscriminately shell out my bump lovetits
8-X

snmetz7 · January 2014

My actual bump pic got less love its than my comment about being obsessed with pregnant women. Guess my headstand trick wasn't good enough for everyone. And BRIL you and I are so much alike. I did the same analysis last time.

RocksInTheWater · January 2014

BiggerinRealLife said:
Ok, so. I have two things about HDBD.

One: I always get confused when I see people "love" some bumps and not others. Are not all bumps created equal? Are some more appealing than others? It bemuses me every week.

Haha I have wondered the same thing. I understand the posts later in the day getting less attention but I will admit that I have felt a little jealous at times when the pic above and below mine have more love its than mine. My self worth totally hinges on my love its tallies. j/k!

J&NL · January 2014

ColleenSwerb said:

J&NL said:
Has anyone heard of the book "12 hours by 12 weeks"? My SIL said she bought it for us because she swears by it. It's supposed to be a book about your kid sleeping well.

Eta: I read a quick review on the book and it's basically setting a strict eating/sleeping schedule for your baby. However, I'm BF so I'm not sure how they expect me to go 12 hours at night without feeding. Kind of stupid if you ask me. I'll admit, her kid does sleep a lot but strict schedules are not for me. I feed on demand especially when they're that little.
My kid is an awesome sleeper and we fed on demand until one night I just, didn't feed him and sleep trained at 7.5 months. I know it's totally normal for EBF babies to be up several times a night for most of the first year, but I just couldn't deal with it anymore. I also followed the "never wake a sleeping baby rule", and still do for the most part at 22 months.

Meanwhile, my GF EBF her son and he was sleeping 8 hours overnight by like 3 weeks. Which was insane to me, but just further proof that every baby is different.

Do what you want. I think strict schedules are crazy and much prefer to follow LO's cues. He's happier, I'm happier, life is good. Just my $0.02

Oh I completely agree. I know she means well because her DD sleeps like 12 or more hours a night but she's also FF. I never went by a schedule and my DD sleeps just fine. 11-12 hours a night and 1-2 naps a day (when she was a baby). She's 3 and still takes a daily nap.

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