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ccip82 · March 2014

Who wants to get flamed this week???

ccip82 · March 2014

I think it is very important to keep up to date with current affairs. If someone doesn't know who Putin is or where Russia is on a map...I judge.

*This might be because of the geography/history teacher in me.

ccip82 · March 2014

Well, this is fun...

ScarlettDahlia · March 2014

ccip82 said:

I think it is very important to keep up to date with current affairs. If someone doesn't know who Putin is or where Russia is on a map...I judge.

*This might be because of the geography/history teacher in me.

Can I confess here that, while I try to stay on top of current affairs, I really have failed horribly since having DS and I definitely don't know all that is going on in Ukraine? Like I know bits and pieces, but I don't really know the whole story. And while I could probably read up on it and figure it out, I just haven't taken the time to do so.

ccip82 · March 2014

ScarlettDahlia said:

ccip82 said:

I think it is very important to keep up to date with current affairs. If someone doesn't know who Putin is or where Russia is on a map...I judge.

*This might be because of the geography/history teacher in me.

Can I confess here that, while I try to stay on top of current affairs, I really have failed horribly since having DS and I definitely don't know all that is going on in Ukraine? Like I know bits and pieces, but I don't really know the whole story. And while I could probably read up on it and figure it out, I just haven't taken the time to do so.

@ScarlettDahlia

*New mothers are exempt from my judging for this particular UO*

Jmattis · March 2014

I'm so sleep deprived I don't even know where the US is @ ccip82

My UO is I dislike when woman are stay at home wives and live off of their husbands money and success and do nothing all day but spend money.

I want to clafiy that I am not talking about SAHM or situations where someone loses their job etc..

Eta: tag

ccip82 · March 2014

Jmattis said:

I'm so sleep deprived I don't even know where the US is. My UO is I dislike when woman are stay at home wives and live off of their husbands money and success and do nothing all day but spend money. I want to clafiy that I am not talking about SAHM or situations where someone loses their job etc.. I

@Jmattis

Well shit...

Wait, never mind I do manage to keep the kids fed and happy...Sometimes my house is reasonably clean too. I can be very good at spending money though...

Jmattis · March 2014

ccip82 said:

Jmattis said:

I'm so sleep deprived I don't even know where the US is.

My UO is I dislike when woman are stay at home wives and live off of their husbands money and success and do nothing all day but spend money.

I want to clafiy that I am not talking about SAHM or situations where someone loses their job etc..

I

@Jmattis

Well shit...

Wait, never mind I do manage to keep the kids fed and happy...Sometimes my house is reasonably clean too. I can be very good at spending money though...

I do the same thing, but I'm talking about a woman who doesn't have kids and just doesn't want to work bc she doesn't have to....

peanutmuse · March 2014

BMReid said:
I think making the essay portion of the SATs optional is ridiculous.
^^coming from someone who always enjoyed writing essays.

The essay portion of the SATs didn't exist when I took the SATs, @BMReid.

I have an UO but I need to wait till I'm not mobile. Please hold...

ccip82 · March 2014

Jmattis said:

Jmattis said:

I'm so sleep deprived I don't even know where the US is. My UO is I dislike when woman are stay at home wives and live off of their husbands money and success and do nothing all day but spend money. I want to clafiy that I am not talking about SAHM or situations where someone loses their job etc.. I

@Jmattis

Well shit...

Wait, never mind I do manage to keep the kids fed and happy...Sometimes my house is reasonably clean too. I can be very good at spending money though...
I do the same thing, but I'm talking about a woman who doesn't have kids and just doesn't want to work bc she doesn't have to....

@Jmattis

I know, I was attempting to be witty...

ccip82 · March 2014

Maybe this will fire the board up?

I also judge people who sell used baby items when they are in a position where the $20 they were asking for their used baby crap is not going to matter financially in the long run.

Donate the items to people who might need it or even pass it along to a friend.

This is coming from some moms I know in my circle who try selling their used baby items to their friends.

peanutmuse · March 2014

Ok, here's my UO.

This is an over-generalization and applies only to healthy babies.

If you are still only getting short amounts of sleep and you refuse to swaddle with arms in, I think there is a large chance that you are creating your own problem.

Of course babies don't like to have their arms put into a swaddle. They also don't like when the cold air hits their asses during a diaper change, but that doesn't mean that you leave them in a dirty diaper.

Full disclosure: I used to be anti-swaddling with arms in because I thought I was torturing my poor baby. But I was wrong. I was only torturing myself by not doing it all the way.

teacher0708 · March 2014

ccip82 said:

Maybe this will fire the board up?

I also judge people who sell used baby items when they are in a position where the $20 they were asking for their used baby crap is not going to matter financially in the long run.

Donate the items to people who might need it or even pass it along to a friend.

This is coming from some moms I know in my circle who try selling their used baby items to their friends.

My sister in law does this. While she has been generous to us, some stuff she has tried to sell us and we have declined. It would be easier for us to buy brand new. It drives me nuts a bit. Actually a lot.

MIT721 · March 2014

ScarlettDahlia said:

ccip82 said:

I think it is very important to keep up to date with current affairs. If someone doesn't know who Putin is or where Russia is on a map...I judge.

*This might be because of the geography/history teacher in me.

Can I confess here that, while I try to stay on top of current affairs, I really have failed horribly since having DS and I definitely don't know all that is going on in Ukraine? Like I know bits and pieces, but I don't really know the whole story. And while I could probably read up on it and figure it out, I just haven't taken the time to do so.

Get TheSkimm! One email in the AM and it brings you up-to-date on all the world things. Plus it's funny and easy to read one handed while nursing/pumping.

ccip82 · March 2014

@teacher0708

Someone I know IRL who leads a very posh life tried selling her very used sleep sacks for $4 a sack.

WTF??

slmille4 · March 2014

I think people who are afraid of dogs are weird. Not like if a dog is barking at you and you avoid it. I'm talking about the people who had to stay in their apartment while my 8 week old puppy was in the hallway or the people who stay on the edge of the sidewalk when my lab with her tail wagging like crazy walks by.

karah4816 · March 2014

peanutmuse said:

BMReid said:
I think making the essay portion of the SATs optional is ridiculous.
^^coming from someone who always enjoyed writing essays.
The essay portion of the SATs didn't exist when I took the SATs, @BMReid.

I have an UO but I need to wait till I'm not mobile. Please hold...

No essay portion for me either so I don't really care if they get rid of it.

cpm1223 · March 2014

peanutmuse said:

Ok, here's my UO.

This is an over-generalization and applies only to healthy babies.

If you are still only getting short amounts of sleep and you refuse to swaddle with arms in, I think there is a large chance that you are creating your own problem.

Of course babies don't like to have their arms put into a swaddle. They also don't like when the cold air hits their asses during a diaper change, but that doesn't mean that you leave them in a dirty diaper.

Full disclosure: I used to be anti-swaddling with arms in because I thought I was torturing my poor baby. But I was wrong. I was only torturing myself by not doing it all the way.

Oh my god @peanutmuse you are so right about this! We did arms out at first and got 2 to 3 hours now we do arms in and get 7 to 8 hours!

gina0485 · March 2014

My UO: STOP AW'ing THAT YOUR BABY STTN. I hate you!!! Rarrrr!!!

That's all.

Edit: to make this an opinion and not a statement, I think the my baby STTN is the new "I only gained 10 lbs in the third trimester." You're gonna get the side eye from me for it because wtf, way to rub it in. Now we all know you sleep wonderfully whole the rest of us die a little more every sleepless night.

pinkyxboo · March 2014

ccip82 said:
Maybe this will fire the board up?

I also judge people who sell used baby items when they are in a position where the $20 they were asking for their used baby crap is not going to matter financially in the long run.

Donate the items to people who might need it or even pass it along to a friend.

This is coming from some moms I know in my circle who try selling their used baby items to their friends.

As a branch off of that.....On my Facebook I'm a part of a local swap/sell group... and it drives me crazy when people put up their old ratty clothes to sell. I'm not talking gently used baby clothes... These are adult clothes. People's used jeans and shirts and crap. Then they'll ask for like 50 cents or 2 dollars for whatever article of clothing it is and I'm like, really? Because it's worth driving out to meet someone over 50 effing cents? DONATE IT TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT. Nobody wants to BUY your used clothes! All I can think is that they are greedy bastards. You really cant part with these clothes unless you get money for them?? There are donation bins all over the area... USE THEM. Needless to say, every time I see someone trying to sell their old clothes, nobody ever comments to buy.

sugarland726 · March 2014

MIT721 said:

ccip82 said:

I think it is very important to keep up to date with current affairs. If someone doesn't know who Putin is or where Russia is on a map...I judge.

*This might be because of the geography/history teacher in me.

Can I confess here that, while I try to stay on top of current affairs, I really have failed horribly since having DS and I definitely don't know all that is going on in Ukraine? Like I know bits and pieces, but I don't really know the whole story. And while I could probably read up on it and figure it out, I just haven't taken the time to do so.
Get TheSkimm! One email in the AM and it brings you up-to-date on all the world things. Plus it's funny and easy to read one handed while nursing/pumping.

You are my savior.

CeeJC121013 · March 2014

I think people use "being young" as a cop out. Your decisions are yours and you need to own them no matter how old you were. Life doesn't become real once you reach a certain age and everything under that age is a free pass.

Now, it's different if you are saying that you made mistakes when you were young and learned from it. I'm talking about when people use it as an excuse for behavior.

jwp325 · March 2014

@peanutmuse couldn't agree with you more. We always swaddle DD with arms in but she busts out and wakes up. Last night, I swaddled her DUDU a la Dr. Harvey Karp and she went six hours between feedings and then another four hours. DH told me I was doing it too tight since she was complaining. A little comfort nursing followed by a little paci time until she spit it out and passed out solved that. Yeah, I just helped you get some uninterrupted sleep, dude, so yes tight is a good thing.

precious72381 · March 2014

peanutmuse said:
Ok, here's my UO.

This is an over-generalization and applies only to healthy babies.

If you are still only getting short amounts of sleep and you refuse to swaddle with arms in, I think there is a large chance that you are creating your own problem.

Of course babies don't like to have their arms put into a swaddle. They also don't like when the cold air hits their asses during a diaper change, but that doesn't mean that you leave them in a dirty diaper.

Full disclosure: I used to be anti-swaddling with arms in because I thought I was torturing my poor baby. But I was wrong. I was only torturing myself by not doing it all the way.

Are you talking about me? ( I'm kidding unless you were, then I'm not kidding). I finally gave in and swaddled her with arms in last night. She still only slept 2-3 hours but it wasn't on me. I thought she was more comfortable with her arms out. She likes to put a hand in her mouth and one by her head. But at times they were just flailing and I think that woke her. One night could still be a fluke but after each feeding, I swaddled her back up and asleep she went. Learned my lesson.

My UO is I won't breastfeed in public. I'm just not comfortable with it and rather bottle feed either breast milk if I have it pumped or formula. I don't care that other moms do it and I don't judge them in anyway but I just can't.

BABYROSEJEANS17 · March 2014

Jmattis said:

I'm so sleep deprived I don't even know where the US is @ ccip82 My UO is I dislike when woman are stay at home wives and live off of their husbands money and success and do nothing all day but spend money. I want to clafiy that I am not talking about SAHM or situations where someone loses their job etc.. Eta: tag

This and a friend of mine calls me at least monthly to complain that her husband frivolously spends money on crap (i.e., eBay crap, video games and consoles, comics) yet she has to beg to spend money on anything! When I mean anything, she has to ask permission to buy the basic necessities like bras, underwear and socks. Seriously! If you're in a 2 income home, I'm all for letting your SO know that you spent money especially if you're on a budget but to beg for money to spend on a new bra because your ratty one broke is beyond me. I just can't with that crap!

teacher0708 · March 2014

@ccip82

That is ridiculous. However, it does remind me so sil. Some stuff she tries to sell are very used. Her kids are tough on things. They do not need the money. But they also have a nanny and she stays at home. I think that is silly but others might not.

bethughknee · March 2014

gina0485 said:

My UO: STOP AW'ing THAT YOUR BABY STTN. I hate you!!! Rarrrr!!! That's all. Edit: to make this an opinion and not a statement, I think the my baby STTN is the new "I only gained 10 lbs in the third trimester." You're gonna get the side eye from me for it because wtf, way to rub it in. Now we all know you sleep wonderfully whole the rest of us die a little more every sleepless night.

OMG. So DD had a long stretch last night (I won't put how long, don't want to AW it) and when H and I woke up with her and were all giddy about it he was like "Are you going to tell your moms?" (that's what he calls TB and the FB group now) and I was like, "NOPE! I AW'd her the first time she slept 8 hours, now I would just feel badly rubbing it in because I know too many who never even get a 4 hour stretch."

bethughknee · March 2014

jwp325 said:

@peanutmuse couldn't agree with you more. We always swaddle DD with arms in but she busts out and wakes up. Last night, I swaddled her DUDU a la Dr. Harvey Karp and she went six hours between feedings and then another four hours. DH told me I was doing it too tight since she was complaining. A little comfort nursing followed by a little paci time until she spit it out and passed out solved that. Yeah, I just helped you get some uninterrupted sleep, dude, so yes tight is a good thing.

Yep! DD has always slept arms in and we get great stretches, most nights. She hates being swaddled when she knows it's happening but girlfriend can flail like she's possessed! I let her comfort nurse and boom, she's calm.

gina0485 · March 2014

@bethugknee I can be jelly of you but I could never hate you.

peanutmuse · March 2014

precious72381 said:
Are you talking about me? ( I'm kidding unless you were, then I'm not kidding). I finally gave in and swaddled her with arms in last night. She still only slept 2-3 hours but it wasn't on me. I thought she was more comfortable with her arms out. She likes to put a hand in her mouth and one by her head. But at times they were just flailing and I think that woke her. One night could still be a fluke but after each feeding, I swaddled her back up and asleep she went. Learned my lesson.

@precious72381 -- it is a common theme in the MOTN thread, so no, it wasn't specifically about you. And I was actually one who was anti-arms-in-swaddling in that thread several weeks ago, and I learned my lesson too. Just want to spread the word, haha.

CeeJC121013 · March 2014

bethughknee said:

gina0485 said:

My UO: STOP AW'ing THAT YOUR BABY STTN. I hate you!!! Rarrrr!!! That's all. Edit: to make this an opinion and not a statement, I think the my baby STTN is the new "I only gained 10 lbs in the third trimester." You're gonna get the side eye from me for it because wtf, way to rub it in. Now we all know you sleep wonderfully whole the rest of us die a little more every sleepless night.

OMG. So DD had a long stretch last night (I won't put how long, don't want to AW it) and when H and I woke up with her and were all giddy about it he was like "Are you going to tell your moms?" (that's what he calls TB and the FB group now) and I was like, "NOPE! I AW'd her the first time she slept 8 hours, now I would just feel badly rubbing it in because I know too many who never even get a 4 hour stretch."

@bethughknee Thank you thank you thank you for not rubbing it in! I am happy for you, but I hate you at the same time.

peanutmuse · March 2014

bethughknee said:

Yep! DD has always slept arms in and we get great stretches, most nights. She hates being swaddled when she knows it's happening but girlfriend can flail like she's possessed! I let her comfort nurse and boom, she's calm.

I wonder if people are starting to see a theme for arms-in swaddling and STTN...

(Another disclaimer: I know that this won't work for everyone. I'm not that naive.)

@bethughknee -- we had a damn good stretch on Tuesday night. I had to check him to make sure he didn't have a fever or something, haha. It's not perfect yet, but the stretches that we've been getting even with a significant reflux problem are pretty damn good. And I totally credit the swaddle. If he's not swaddled, he wakes up every time he has that falling sensation and flails.

precious72381 · March 2014

@peanutmuse
Do you swaddle at nap time too? I asked this in the MOTN thread and got one response. I'm trying to find a way to get her down during the day without holding her now. Even for just 30 minutes so I can eat or do a load of laundry. Just curious what you and others are doing. TIA!

bethughknee · March 2014

precious72381 said:

@peanutmuse Do you swaddle at nap time too? I asked this in the MOTN thread and got one response. I'm trying to find a way to get her down during the day without holding her now. Even for just 30 minutes so I can eat or do a load of laundry. Just curious what you and others are doing. TIA!

I have another baby who prefers to be held during naps. The few times I've gotten her down she has been swaddled, arms in. I've left her legs loose for almost a month now, though. She sleeps longer that way but I know that's not true for every baby.

The other trick that has gotten me a few naps out of my arms has been laying down a shirt that I have worn underneath her. I can't lay her on top of the chest part, she smells milk I guess and wakes up almost immediately. But if I turn the shirt upside down so the neck of it is where her butt goes in the RnP, I have gotten 30-45 min. Not many times though! She's stubborn this DD of mine!

peanutmuse · March 2014

precious72381 said:

@peanutmuse Do you swaddle at nap time too? I asked this in the MOTN thread and got one response. I'm trying to find a way to get her down during the day without holding her now. Even for just 30 minutes so I can eat or do a load of laundry. Just curious what you and others are doing. TIA!

@precious72381 -- I used to not do it for naps, but now I do. Overall, I have discovered that he sleeps better swaddled. He is a huge wiggler and flailer. I never have to worry about that flat spot on the back of his head because his head is never in the same spot for more than 5 minutes.

I should amend that statement. Occasionally, he'll take catnaps in the RNP or bouncer seat and I don't swaddle him for those. But if he's super tired and fussy or if he's been up for several hours and it's time for a decent length nap, he gets swaddled. There are some days where I just get a few 20-45 min naps, but most of the time I get at least one 2 - 2.5 hr nap a day.

bethughknee · March 2014

My UO: I have absolutely NO desire to have a girls' night or time away from DD. Even before I went back to work I felt this way. I'm all for any activity where I bring her with me, or people come to my house for a glass of wine or something, but I just haven't gotten that urge to get out yet. Don't even get me started on how little I care about when my next date night with H is. I'm not sure if this is a FTM-ism or just a me thing.

I did NOT see this coming. I loved date night so hard before...

sugarland726 · March 2014

bethughknee said:

gina0485 said:

My UO: STOP AW'ing THAT YOUR BABY STTN. I hate you!!! Rarrrr!!! That's all. Edit: to make this an opinion and not a statement, I think the my baby STTN is the new "I only gained 10 lbs in the third trimester." You're gonna get the side eye from me for it because wtf, way to rub it in. Now we all know you sleep wonderfully whole the rest of us die a little more every sleepless night.

OMG. So DD had a long stretch last night (I won't put how long, don't want to AW it) and when H and I woke up with her and were all giddy about it he was like "Are you going to tell your moms?" (that's what he calls TB and the FB group now) and I was like, "NOPE! I AW'd her the first time she slept 8 hours, now I would just feel badly rubbing it in because I know too many who never even get a 4 hour stretch."

I do this about breastfeeding and pumping. So many struggle with low supply that it feels mean to post anything positive/successful/braggy. So I keep it to myself.

kiki1978 · March 2014

My UO is that I'm sick of how in the public education system everything is getting pushed down to the younger grades. My first graders are now expected to write an opinion paragraph, a research report and a narrative story. They can't even craft a good sentence. We are working on author's purpose, main idea. They are supposed to find evidence from the text to support their answers. Some of them can't even read the text. In math they are expected to do multiple step word problems and show how they know for each step. I have taught 13 years and I've seen how education has evolved. We are so beyond developmentally appropriate for 6 and 7 year olds. Don't get me started on the week long standardized test they have to take.

nolagal79 · March 2014

I completely side eye parents that have their young babies in crowded, germ infested stores. I understand if you HAVE to be there because there's no other option of getting what you need from said store. What irks me is when moms or dads take week old babies to target just because they want to get out of the house, then complain about the baby being sick. FFS I understand about wanting to get out of the house for sanity sake, go for a walk or a drive. And yes I realize it's winter and snowy/icy in many parts which makes that it difficult.

blue_elle · March 2014

I can't stand when minimums are given as a range.

When we were in the hospital the nurses would come in and ask when LO last ate. If I replied anything over 2 hours, some of them would get a scolding look and repeat "he needs to eat every 2-3 hours. Yes, I got it. It's not been 3 hours. If you think I should wake him every 2 then just say every 2.

Same with the diaper count. At least 6-8 a day? Well, which is it? 6 or 8? If 6 is adequate, can't we just leave it at that?

ccip82 · March 2014

nolagal79 said:

I completely side eye parents that have their young babies in crowded, germ infested stores. I understand if you HAVE to be there because there's no other option of getting what you need from said store. What irks me is when moms or dads take week old babies to target just because they want to get out of the house, then complain about the baby being sick. FFS I understand about wanting to get out of the house for sanity sake, go for a walk or a drive. And yes I realize it's winter and snowy/icy in many parts which makes that it difficult.

@nolagal79

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