FFFC

awc1986 · April 2014

It's that time of the week again!

My FFFC is that I'm having this for lunch:

Dellaramsey · April 2014

Even though bed rest for the foreseeable future is going to suck, I'm really glad I don't have to go back to work. I have a tough group of boys this year (including a co-workers son that is out of control!) and they were wearing me out. I do feel bad that some poor sub is now going to have to deal with them especially at "the end of the year"

Jennyinheaven · April 2014

Today is my birthday and DH is taking me out to dinner at a place of my choice. My FFFC is that although I live in a large city with literally thousands of cool options I have picked Red Lobster. I know it is cheesey but sometimes when your in your 9th month of pregnancy you just want to not worry about trying to look cute, have the pleasure of unlimited chedder bay biscuits and eat a large plate of seafood dipped in butter for you birthday.

andoll8 · April 2014

i plan to re-gift some of my duplicate shower gifts.

everyone was so generous, so i feel greedy returning them for money. we have what we need, so it feels best to pass it forward.

Jennyinheaven · April 2014

hhegyesi said:
i plan to re-gift some of my duplicate shower gifts.

everyone was so generous, so i feel greedy returning them for money. we have what we need, so it feels best to pass it forward.

I thought about doing this for a shower I have coming up, but then I thought people bought things for us to use for our baby with the intention of us using it for her so the things I returned I had the funds put on a gift card that I will use only for future baby needs, not cash that could possibly get spent other places. Then I picked a gift from registry and paid for it for upcoming shower.

LunaBug924 · April 2014

I am really hoping that DD is born weighing less than 8lbs. DH and I were both small babies (under 7), but the real reason is because the outfit I have for her to come home in will likely only fit if she's under 8. I'll be so disappointed if she can't wear it.

FTR, I really am just praying for a healthy baby, at any size. You know, just in case anyone was getting ready with some matches....

Xath · April 2014

I'm pretty sure I splashed tomato sauce on my shirt this morning as I was making a big batch to freeze. It's on the underside of my belly, so I can't see it when I look down. I really wanted to wear this shirt today. Not changing. IDGAF.

bumpuser9353653 · April 2014

@mary97‌ - you are going to be a wonderful mom!

I may not know you, but the fact that you are concerned about it, means you care and that says a lot. You will fall in love with your baby and natural instincts of nurturing and protection will kick in.

Believe me, I've been there. I was never around kids (always the baby of the family, never babysat, etc.) so DD1 was my first diaper change ever. So try not to worry too much. You clearly care about being a good mom, so you will be great! :-)

pistolpackinmomma · April 2014

mary97 said:

LunaBug924 said:

I am really hoping that DD is born weighing less than 8lbs. DH and I were both small babies (under 7), but the real reason is because the outfit I have for her to come home in will likely only fit if she's under 8. I'll be so disappointed if she can't wear it.

FTR, I really am just praying for a healthy baby, at any size. You know, just in case anyone was getting ready with some matches....

I understand, I've been looking at getting a little outfit too but I have no idea whether or not to get newborn or 0-3 months size. Both DH and I were over 8 lbs, I was almost 9 lbs. My sibs were all over 9 lbs. I know there is a good chance she'll be big. There is a cute sundress that I love and I just don't know what size I should get for her.

Even my 9 lb 3oz kid wore nb clothes for about a week maybe 2 before switching to 0-3.

kb2bkk · April 2014

awc1986 said:

It's that time of the week again! My FFFC is that I'm having this for lunch:

My favorite candy bar ever! So hard to find in the US!

meli1025 · April 2014

Washing my snoogle cover is such a pain in the ass because I can never get it back on without working up a sweat and I always do it the wrong way the first time. I will not wash it ever again and it will go directly into the trash when I don't need it anymore.

IBackBevo · April 2014

I not only have put my kid on a toddler leash, I have replaced the toddler leash portion that hooks up to the back pack with a retractable dog leash because the one that came with it was too short. And my ds loves it.

keeumm · April 2014

meli1025 said:

Washing my snoogle cover is such a pain in the ass because I can never get it back on without working up a sweat and I always do it the wrong way the first time. I will not wash it ever again and it will go directly into the trash when I don't need it anymore.

I've never washed my snoogle cover. Ever. That thing needs to be burned after I'm done being pregnant. It is disgusting from all the sweat and drool all over it.

danabsd · April 2014

I've been obsessively stalking a registry that me, my mom and MIL are the only ones that have the link for. Not sure who I think is going to buy anything. I have issues.

biscuitsgirl2007 · April 2014

I fell asleep in the tub last night while soaking in my Epsom salt bath for swelling. No idea how long I was out. I yelled at DH for not checking on me.

SMM1986 · April 2014

meli1025 said:
Washing my snoogle cover is such a pain in the ass because I can never get it back on without working up a sweat and I always do it the wrong way the first time. I will not wash it ever again and it will go directly into the trash when I don't need it anymore.

I never even bought a cover for my body pillow. It's going commando.

CamrynnsMommy · April 2014

I get butthurt when people like Kanye West, mostly because he's egotistical and his anti-support the troops comments and I refuse to support or buy his music, BUT I still support Chris Brown's music. Who, IMO, has done far worse than KW (Rihanna situation) and is just as egotistical as KW and spouts homophobic slurs and punched Santa at a Children's Hospital.

Basically, I'm a huge hypocrite.

julesf817 · April 2014

CamrynnsMommy said:

I get butthurt when people like Kanye West, mostly because he's egotistical and his anti-support the troops comments and I refuse to support or buy his music, BUT I still support Chris Brown's music. Who, IMO, has done far worse than KW (Rihanna situation) and is just as egotistical as KW and spouts homophobic slurs and punched Santa at a Children's Hospital. Basically, I'm a huge hypocrite.

ahh this gives me my FFFC. I loathe Chris Brown. i think he's such a gigantic POS. and i recently purchased his ridiculously misogynistic song "Loyal" on itunes and have been jamming out to it. i hate myself for liking it.

Katemr1146 · April 2014

CamrynnsMommy said:
I get butthurt when people like Kanye West, mostly because he's egotistical and his anti-support the troops comments and I refuse to support or buy his music, BUT I still support Chris Brown's music. Who, IMO, has done far worse than KW (Rihanna situation) and is just as egotistical as KW and spouts homophobic slurs and punched Santa at a Children's Hospital.

Basically, I'm a huge hypocrite.

I'm totally right there with you.

CamrynnsMommy · April 2014

Jules51814 said:

CamrynnsMommy said:

I get butthurt when people like Kanye West, mostly because he's egotistical and his anti-support the troops comments and I refuse to support or buy his music, BUT I still support Chris Brown's music. Who, IMO, has done far worse than KW (Rihanna situation) and is just as egotistical as KW and spouts homophobic slurs and punched Santa at a Children's Hospital. Basically, I'm a huge hypocrite.

i hate myself for liking it.

Right! I hate myself for liking him, but my bones just move when his songs come on. My bones just wanna dance.

jenb_99 · April 2014

@CamrynnsMommy I still like Chris Brown's music too. Furthermore, I'm totally over the Robertson (Duck Dynasty) family but still love Paula Deen like crazy. I also still eat at Chick Fil A and use Firefox.

No apologies here. I think it's totally possible to enjoy the product but disagree with and/or disapprove of the manufacturer.

awc1986 · April 2014

CamrynnsMommy said:
I get butthurt when people like Kanye West, mostly because he's egotistical and his anti-support the troops comments and I refuse to support or buy his music, BUT I still support Chris Brown's music. Who, IMO, has done far worse than KW (Rihanna situation) and is just as egotistical as KW and spouts homophobic slurs and punched Santa at a Children's Hospital.

Basically, I'm a huge hypocrite.

'Ye makes me laugh. Chris Brown makes me angry.

At least Kanye is just a giant moron. Chris brown basically hurts people for a living.

spacepotatoes · April 2014

meli1025 said:

Washing my snoogle cover is such a pain in the ass because I can never get it back on without working up a sweat and I always do it the wrong way the first time. I will not wash it ever again and it will go directly into the trash when I don't need it anymore.

Yes! I bought a separate cover for it so that I wouldn't have to wash the one that it comes with since I've read that it never quite fits the same way again. It was such a pain in the ass to put that cover on that after I removed it to wash a month or two in, I procrastinated putting it back on until the original white cover got nasty and had to be washed. Then I had no choice.

Now I'm just going to live with however nasty this cover gets because I am not dealing with it again before baby comes. At least you can't really see the nasties since the cover isn't white!

ebox322 · April 2014

DS is obsessed with the "selfie song" and jams out to "talk dirty to me". Then, I had Doc McStuffins on the other day and he kept saying "mom, new show!"...he wanted to watch ridiculousness.

Mom fail?

whimsy515 · April 2014

At first, I didn't care if women planned their own baby shower. But now it's really annoying me. I have a few pregnant friends all due a few weeks after me. My Mom is planning my shower and she's keeping everything a secret. Every day, these girls are posting pics of their diaper cakes, favors, decor, you name it on facebook. I get bothered, cause I like surprises. I mean what's the fun of it, if you know every little detail?

Now that our showers are coming up (mine is tomorrow, yay!) they are constantly asking me about the details of everything as if to compare. I keep telling them that I'm not planning it, so I have no clue, yet they still ask on a damn daily basis! Maybe I'm the only one that likes to be surprised...

hfooter · April 2014

TB is the third thing I check in the morning in bed as soon as I wake up.

RachelCA29 · April 2014

ALE515 said:

At first, I didn't care if women planned their own baby shower. But now it's really annoying me. I have a few pregnant friends all due a few weeks after me. My Mom is planning my shower and she's keeping everything a secret. Every day, these girls are posting pics of their diaper cakes, favors, decor, you name it on facebook. I get bothered, cause I like surprises. I mean what's the fun of it, if you know every little detail?

Now that our showers are coming up (mine is tomorrow, yay!) they are constantly asking me about the details of everything as if to compare. I keep telling them that I'm not planning it, so I have no clue, yet they still ask on a damn daily basis! Maybe I'm the only one that likes to be surprised...

I don`t get it, why would they make themselves diaper cakes for their own showers? That seems like a huge waste of time, since taking a diaper cake apart, to get the diapers, is hella annoying. The time they would spend making it, and then taking it apart seems like an excessive amount of time for a table decoration at a baby shower.

Or did someone give them the diaper cake for the shower early? Still, it's kind of silly to not only know a gift you are getting in advanced, let alone post a picture of it on facebook before you've technically received it, since the shower hasn't happened yet.

Rocknroll64 · April 2014

We hired a woman to replace me when I'm gone on maternity leave and she's having trouble finding her daughter after school care and has been bringing her to work. She did this on her second week of working here, I think it's super weird and her daughter has ADHD and is super disruptive.

I think it's weird to bring your kids to work. It's just not the place for them. Whoops maybe that's a UO more than a confession. ah well.

ykristos · April 2014

The sort of movement that is happening now really grosses me out. I'm glad that he's moving because I know that he's okay, but the pushing and the stretching... Sorry, but ew.

RachelCA29 · April 2014

I guess based on my comment above my FFFC is I really hope no one gets me a diaper cake for my shower this weekend.

For the following reasons:

A) we're planning to cloth diaper

we received a couple of packs of newborn and size one diapers at my first shower (one for my side, one for my husband's side .. *sigh*) so we have some disposables on hand if needed

C) I don't want to have to take it apart to be able to use the diapers

D) I cant' return the diapers someone puts in a diaper cake for store credit or donate them, so I'll just have a lot of un-packaged disposable diapers.

E) I think diaper cakes look ridiculous. Cake should be edible, dammit.

CamrynnsMommy · April 2014

ebox322 said:
DS is obsessed with the "selfie song" and jams out to "talk dirty to me". Then, I had Doc McStuffins on the other day and he kept saying "mom, new show!"...he wanted to watch ridiculousness.

Mom fail?

Consider me a failure too, my girls love "talk dirty to me" and Lil' Jon's new song (never watch that video with kids present!).

The girls also love Ridiculousness and Jerks w/ cameras.

CamrynnsMommy · April 2014

jenb_99 said:
@CamrynnsMommy I still like Chris Brown's music too. Furthermore, I'm totally over the Robertson (Duck Dynasty) family but still love Paula Deen like crazy. I also still eat at Chick Fil A and use Firefox.

No apologies here. I think it's totally possible to enjoy the product but disagree with and/or disapprove of the manufacturer.

I bought Paula Deen dishes when they went on clearance after her debacle. X_X

andoll8 · April 2014

spacepotatoes said:

meli1025 said:

Washing my snoogle cover is such a pain in the ass because I can never get it back on without working up a sweat and I always do it the wrong way the first time. I will not wash it ever again and it will go directly into the trash when I don't need it anymore.

Yes! I bought a separate cover for it so that I wouldn't have to wash the one that it comes with since I've read that it never quite fits the same way again. It was such a pain in the ass to put that cover on that after I removed it to wash a month or two in, I procrastinated putting it back on until the original white cover got nasty and had to be washed. Then I had no choice.

Now I'm just going to live with however nasty this cover gets because I am not dealing with it again before baby comes. At least you can't really see the nasties since the cover isn't white!

It's so not even worth it. I tried to wash the damn thing in the 2nd trimester. By the time I finally got the case back on the pillow, I felt like I'd wrestled a bear and lost the fight.

Fire is definitely easier.

RachelCA29 · April 2014

@kitchencolors we do, but it's not as popular as a site called Kijiji

We've gotten many a deals (and sold lots of our bathroom demo junk) on Kijiji. It's the first place I go when we need something for around the house, and was a great source for our newborn CD stash!

@mary97 One of my co-workers brought her 1.5 year old daughter into work the day before Christmas break (I work at a University so it closes over the holidays) with PINK EYE. She couldn't go to daycare, and her mom was really busy at work that day so she let her walk around (and touch EVERYTHING) in our department for the day. This woman was one of 5 people with an actual private office, everyone else was in cubicles. No one was impressed, especially other parents in the office. I can't imagine getting pink eye and/or spreading it to your kids over the Christmas break, because someone else's kid came to the office. She could have at least kept her contained in her own private office for the day.

kramja01 · April 2014

I am (irrationally) upset with my friends/relatives for not purchasing off my registry. I know I sound like a giant bitch and would never say anything about it, but it annoys me. My shower is tomorrow and the only items gone from my registry are things my mom, my MIL, one friend, and I purchased (I jumped on that BRU 20% off deal and got something I didn't think anyone else would pick out).

I appreciate thoughtful and/or handmade gifts, but it appears my family does not understand baby showers. At my first shower, my great aunt (who is incredibly wealthy, not that it matters) gave me a giant photo collage frame with unflattering pictures of me and my brother when we were tweens. (They were clearly pics my mom had sent her over the years) She wrapped in in Christmas paper. What do you say to that? I know I am not entitled to gifts of any kind, but thinking about this is making me grumpy and sad.

kb2bkk · April 2014

I'm totally judging a friend who chose to deliver at a teaching hospital in the city, and now is throwing a fit insisting no residents assist in her care, or be present at any point during delivery/postpartum. I feel like if you choose a teaching hospital, you are instantly choosing to allow them to be present in your care. If you don't want a teaching hospital don't deliver at one.

TheBeeCharmer · April 2014

LunaBug924 said:
I am really hoping that DD is born weighing less than 8lbs. DH and I were both small babies (under 7), but the real reason is because the outfit I have for her to come home in will likely only fit if she's under 8. I'll be so disappointed if she can't wear it.

FTR, I really am just praying for a healthy baby, at any size. You know, just in case anyone was getting ready with some matches....

DS was 10 lbs 3 oz even he wore newborn for 3 days. Yes, only 3 but still!

fatbarbie0226 · April 2014

I try to suck in my belly every time my doctor measures my fundal height. I have to concentrate on NOT sucking it in. Whenever someone gets that close to my belly, it's just instinct to try to be skinny. I can't help it.

X_X

And I'm still measuring 2 cm ahead.

RachelCA29 · April 2014

kb2bkk said:

I'm totally judging a friend who chose to deliver at a teaching hospital in the city, and now is throwing a fit insisting no residents assist in her care, or be present at any point during delivery/postpartum. I feel like if you choose a teaching hospital, you are instantly choosing to allow them to be present in your care. If you don't want a teaching hospital don't deliver at one.

Maybe it's a bit different here, but in my city there are no hospitals that DON'T have residents. And the best place to deliver here is the Children's Hospital, which is on the university campus. That's where we are delivering, but I'm pretty okay with residents being involved with my delivery (they've been involved at most of my OB appointments).

My only request is that if I have tearing to repair that an OB and not a resident do that repair (I've heard horror stories of residents taking way too long to finish the repair so the local anesthesia wear offs, and also, that's my vag, I want to repaired as close to perfectly as possible).