@Westypet yeah I am no longer a warrior and am on leave from work.... I never understood this point either until being hit with these migraines and with it becoming so hard to roll patients etc.... But the culture on our OB floor was you work until you pop that baby out and if you work the night shift before then go into labor they would consider that badass and normal..... Ummmm no. I now understand that we cannot all be warriors. No we are not disabled but we aren't running at full capacity.
My other unpopular opinion is something I can only post on here, because if I said it to my friends/family my tires might get slashed. Lol Yes my username is bbnmama, but the Cats lost that game because Winsconsin outplayed us. Don't try to blame the loss on the refs. Woo, felt good to get that one off my chest.
I'm just really tired of the vaccination vs not vaccinating topic. Please do your own research and make a choice that is right for you and your family. Stop trying to tell me what to do and make my choice for me! Good gravy this drives me nuts! Maybe this is annoying me so much today b/c it was the topic on Law & Order SVU last night :P
Edited for grammatical errors! Lol
This is my NOPE. I am tired of anti-vaxxers, full stop. My father is immuno compromised from a bone marrow transplant, and our babies will also be vulnerable. You do not make a choice that is "right for you and your family." If you decide not to vaccinate, your "choice" affects my family, and all others. I have zero tolerance on this, and don't care who I offend. (It is killing me not to finish this with "Sorry" lol)
I agree with being against the anti-vaxxers but I do exclude flu shot and tdap from that thinking .... Neither one has shown to be super effective (especially this year's shot) and the tdap guidelines have changed way too recently for me to hop on the cdc bandwagon... I really respect whatever women have chosen during pregnancy for those shots... Not giving your children proper immunizations I don't respect or understand!
amark11 said: alcrimmins said:I'm just really tired of the vaccination vs not vaccinating topic. Please do your own research and make a choice that is right for you and your family. Stop trying to tell me what to do and make my choice for me! Good gravy this drives me nuts! Maybe this is annoying me so much today b/c it was the topic on Law & Order SVU last night :P
Edited for grammatical errors! Lol
This is my NOPE. I am tired of anti-vaxxers, full stop. My father is immuno compromised from a bone marrow transplant, and our babies will also be vulnerable. You do not make a choice that is "right for you and your family." If you decide not to vaccinate, your "choice" affects my family, and all others. I have zero tolerance on this, and don't care who I offend. (It is killing me not to finish this with "Sorry" lol)
I agree with being against the anti-vaxxers but I do exclude flu shot and tdap from that thinking .... Neither one has shown to be super effective (especially this year's shot) and the tdap guidelines have changed way too recently for me to hop on the cdc bandwagon... I really respect whatever women have chosen during pregnancy for those shots... Not giving your children proper immunizations I don't respect or understand!
Definitely agree with everything here. I never get the flu shot because it only protects from one strain of the flu and I figure I might as well take my chances - interestingly, everyone I know who religiously gets the shot always ends up getting the flu. With the risks I've seen for pregnant women, I didn't feel that it was worth it for me if it so frequently doesn't work anyway (or, more accurately, works with one strain but that might not be the one that's going around). Same with TDaP - I got it because I knew for a fact that I was going to be around my MIL, who was around kids who'd contracted pertussis and it seemed stupid to risk myself and my baby by not getting it. But if we're being honest, I'm not so sure I would've gotten it otherwise. I definitely wouldn't have gone out of my way to do so.
But with the other vaccines - measles, polio, etc. -, yep, totally on board with flaming the anti-vaxxers.
So here's my UO. Admittedly I was a bit apprehensive about putting this out there but here goes nothing...
@lovethatcolosun I used placenta pills after my last birth and I plan on doing it again. I was getting major anxieties during the 3rd trimester and since I've had issues with depression in my early 20's I was really concerned. I didn't want to go through that after having a baby. So my doula/really close friend suggested I encapsulate my placenta and take them daily. I thought it was crazy at first but after some research, it made sense. Not only do animals eat their own placenta, but people do so as well as it's part of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) practice.
For me, I feel like they worked. It's possible it was a placebo effect but hey, I'll take it! There was a moment when I had to stop taking the pills because I had plugged ducts/ mastitis which turned into an abscess. I was absolutely miserable. I'm sure the abscess had a role in my misery but I was very emotional, would cry uncontrollably for hours and anxieties kept creeping up. I also felt tremendous amounts of guilt because I wasn't bonding with my son the way I should be. Once the abscess cleared up after surgery, my milk supply dropped significantly. I started taking the pills again and my supply went back up and my mood lifted. I mean it's understandable that I'd feel better after going through such an ordeal and of course, I had a support system so the pills weren't the answer to all my woes. I know that days following birth and caring for a newborn can be a bit foggy. I definitely had trouble navigating through that fog, more so than the people around me so I needed a little boost. I'm not saying placentophagy is some kind of life saving, postpartum miracle, it's just something that I felt worked for me.
I think the "I hate my thighs" onsie is hilarious. People are so up in arms about "body shaming". IT'S A FREAKING BABY. No one is body shaming a baby. Chill the eff out. It's a joke folks, not a dick. Don't take it so hard.
On the subject of unruly children, I had a hair appointment yesterday and while my color was processing a mom and her son and daughter came in. I'm guessing the boy was about 7 and the girl 5. The mom plopped herself down and chatted about cross fit while the children ran amok through the salon. The little boy took my chair while I was in the restroom. I asked him if he was going to stay in my seat and he pointed to another chair and told me to sit there. He then asked me if I'd ever heard "move your feet, lose your seat". His sister kept harassing the shampoo girl asking her for candy and demanding she take her outside to play. They both sprayed water from the shampoo sink all over the place and were going through drawers and moving hair products around. At one point the boy was running around playing with clippers he had turnes on. Maybe 3 times the mother said, "sweetheart, please stop". I was about to flip out. I feel like some places are not appropriate for children. I understand that maybe she didn't have a sitter, but for God's sake at least try to get them to behave.
On the subject of unruly children, I had a hair appointment yesterday and while my color was processing a mom and her son and daughter came in. I'm guessing the boy was about 7 and the girl 5. The mom plopped herself down and chatted about cross fit while the children ran amok through the salon. The little boy took my chair while I was in the restroom. I asked him if he was going to stay in my seat and he pointed to another chair and told me to sit there. He then asked me if I'd ever heard "move your feet, lose your seat". His sister kept harassing the shampoo girl asking her for candy and demanding she take her outside to play. They both sprayed water from the shampoo sink all over the place and were going through drawers and moving hair products around. At one point the boy was running around playing with clippers he had turnes on. Maybe 3 times the mother said, "sweetheart, please stop". I was about to flip out. I feel like some places are not appropriate for children. I understand that maybe she didn't have a sitter, but for God's sake at least try to get them to behave.
Yeah, that's a great example of ignorant parenting. My internship is in the children's room of a library and there's one family that comes to storytime and always completely trashes the library, and then leaves it for us to clean up. I mean, they're kids and it's very clearly a kids-friendly space so it's okay if the kids make a mess. But if they're literally pulling books and DVDs off of shelves and leaving blocks and puzzles all over the room, clean that mess up before you leave! I wish I had taken pictures yesterday, it was awful. It took my supervisor and me (so TWO people) a half hour to clean up. Ridiculous. My supervisor has finally decided that she's going to speak with the mother next time they visit to ask her to be more conscientious of her kids' activities in the future.
@amark11 This is my NOPE. I am tired of anti-vaxxers, full stop. My father is immuno compromised from a bone marrow transplant, and our babies will also be vulnerable. You do not make a choice that is "right for you and your family." If you decide not to vaccinate, your "choice" affects my family, and all others. I have zero tolerance on this, and don't care who I offend. (It is killing me not to finish this with "Sorry" lol)
My plan is and always has been to vaccinate. My U/O was that I'm tired of people telling me to my face or on Facebook that I need to make sure I know all of the side effects of these "demon vaccines". I hope and pray that everyone vaccinates their children, however I'm not going to stand up in the middle of a crowded street and preach to everyone.
Edited due to quote fail. Ha! Failing at this today.
Ok so this has nothing to do with pregnancy but this is something that's been driving me insane. I manage a retail store and people bring in their dogs all the time! All sizes, all breeds. I just don't understand why people think it's okay. Take your dog to the park, not shopping! Other people don't want to be around your stupid dog.
Don't get me wrong, I love dogs. But, they don't belong at the mall.
I am probably going to be get a lot of crap for this one. But I HATE it when a woman, whose partner is able to be with her for the birth, also NEEDS her mom there too. I've seen it a hundred times where the woman says she just needs her mom there for comfort and emotional support. Last time I checked your partner is going to be there, what about them?! Last time I checked my baby was conceived with just myself and my husband present no need for my mom to be there at the birth. I'm a grown woman and lean on my husband for support. Grow some dang balls lol
I am probably going to be get a lot of crap for this one. But I HATE it when a woman, whose partner is able to be with her for the birth, also NEEDS her mom there too. I've seen it a hundred times where the woman says she just needs her mom there for comfort and emotional support. Last time I checked your partner is going to be there, what about them?! Last time I checked my baby was conceived with just myself and my husband present no need for my mom to be there at the birth. I'm a grown woman and lean on my husband for support. Grow some dang balls lol
My guy was worthless in the delivery room. I bring my mother BC she had been through it and I'm very close with my mother. She got to be at the birth of all my children.
On the subject of unruly children, I had a hair appointment yesterday and while my color was processing a mom and her son and daughter came in. I'm guessing the boy was about 7 and the girl 5. The mom plopped herself down and chatted about cross fit while the children ran amok through the salon. The little boy took my chair while I was in the restroom. I asked him if he was going to stay in my seat and he pointed to another chair and told me to sit there. He then asked me if I'd ever heard "move your feet, lose your seat". His sister kept harassing the shampoo girl asking her for candy and demanding she take her outside to play. They both sprayed water from the shampoo sink all over the place and were going through drawers and moving hair products around. At one point the boy was running around playing with clippers he had turnes on. Maybe 3 times the mother said, "sweetheart, please stop". I was about to flip out. I feel like some places are not appropriate for children. I understand that maybe she didn't have a sitter, but for God's sake at least try to get them to behave.
Yeah, that's a great example of ignorant parenting. My internship is in the children's room of a library and there's one family that comes to storytime and always completely trashes the library, and then leaves it for us to clean up. I mean, they're kids and it's very clearly a kids-friendly space so it's okay if the kids make a mess. But if they're literally pulling books and DVDs off of shelves and leaving blocks and puzzles all over the room, clean that mess up before you leave! I wish I had taken pictures yesterday, it was awful. It took my supervisor and me (so TWO people) a half hour to clean up. Ridiculous. My supervisor has finally decided that she's going to speak with the mother next time they visit to ask her to be more conscientious of her kids' activities in the future.
@karaelaine1991 I wanted to scream! I worked retail in college and kids would do the same thing. I feel like parents don't teach their kids any manners/responsibility. I seriously can't handle it.
On the subject of unruly children, I had a hair appointment yesterday and while my color was processing a mom and her son and daughter came in. I'm guessing the boy was about 7 and the girl 5. The mom plopped herself down and chatted about cross fit while the children ran amok through the salon. The little boy took my chair while I was in the restroom. I asked him if he was going to stay in my seat and he pointed to another chair and told me to sit there. He then asked me if I'd ever heard "move your feet, lose your seat". His sister kept harassing the shampoo girl asking her for candy and demanding she take her outside to play. They both sprayed water from the shampoo sink all over the place and were going through drawers and moving hair products around. At one point the boy was running around playing with clippers he had turnes on. Maybe 3 times the mother said, "sweetheart, please stop". I was about to flip out. I feel like some places are not appropriate for children. I understand that maybe she didn't have a sitter, but for God's sake at least try to get them to behave.
Yeah, that's a great example of ignorant parenting. My internship is in the children's room of a library and there's one family that comes to storytime and always completely trashes the library, and then leaves it for us to clean up. I mean, they're kids and it's very clearly a kids-friendly space so it's okay if the kids make a mess. But if they're literally pulling books and DVDs off of shelves and leaving blocks and puzzles all over the room, clean that mess up before you leave! I wish I had taken pictures yesterday, it was awful. It took my supervisor and me (so TWO people) a half hour to clean up. Ridiculous. My supervisor has finally decided that she's going to speak with the mother next time they visit to ask her to be more conscientious of her kids' activities in the future.
@karaelaine1991 I wanted to scream! I worked retail in college and kids would do the same thing. I feel like parents don't teach their kids any manners/responsibility. I seriously can't handle it.
Lol pop over to the asking kids not to attend your baby shower thread and read what I wrote....your opinion is far from unpopular if you ask me
I am not against spanking. I don't know if I will do it, because I can't conceive of life past delivery. I was spanked maybe three times as a kid. My Facebook feed is full of hardcore anti-spankers (lol, the passion that people feel about almost everything these days is really something!), but I don't think it's so terrible, if done rarely and without leaving marks. The descriptions of kids behavior in this thread alone make me think, "someone should smack that kid."
@amark11 so agree with this. Every kid is so different as well when it comes to discipline I feel like..... I only remembered being spanked seriously one time growing up and otherwise I was just scared enough to know better. My sister however got so many spankings it wasn't even funny. She would still act up and my mom even tried soap in the mouth (which I think is awful) and she said "mmmm that tastes good!" She was the devil. Lol I say do whatever discipline works as long as it isn't abuse.
I am not against spanking. I don't know if I will do it, because I can't conceive of life past delivery. I was spanked maybe three times as a kid. My Facebook feed is full of hardcore anti-spankers (lol, the passion that people feel about almost everything these days is really something!), but I don't think it's so terrible, if done rarely and without leaving marks. The descriptions of kids behavior in this thread alone make me think, "someone should smack that kid."
Flame away...
Totally agree. My husband, on the other hand, was never spanked and doesn't think it's necessary... it's going to be very interesting to see what happens with DD, because there are times when I think that some of his siblings could have used a good swat every once in a while!
A few years ago, I almost lost a friend because I said I believe kids should be afraid of their parents. She thought I was the devil. I'm closer to my parents than almost anyone I know (in a healthy way - they do not replace DH as my primary support). They both loved me deeply and also taught me the limits. I would never have dared to act like any of the children described here. (Looking back, I don't even know what they would have done! They did a good enough job of convincing me I never wanted to find out, lol)
Watch, now my spawn will be like @klkonwi 's sister, lol
On the subject of unruly children, I had a hair appointment yesterday and while my color was processing a mom and her son and daughter came in. I'm guessing the boy was about 7 and the girl 5. The mom plopped herself down and chatted about cross fit while the children ran amok through the salon. The little boy took my chair while I was in the restroom. I asked him if he was going to stay in my seat and he pointed to another chair and told me to sit there. He then asked me if I'd ever heard "move your feet, lose your seat". His sister kept harassing the shampoo girl asking her for candy and demanding she take her outside to play. They both sprayed water from the shampoo sink all over the place and were going through drawers and moving hair products around. At one point the boy was running around playing with clippers he had turnes on. Maybe 3 times the mother said, "sweetheart, please stop". I was about to flip out. I feel like some places are not appropriate for children. I understand that maybe she didn't have a sitter, but for God's sake at least try to get them to behave.
Yeah, that's a great example of ignorant parenting. My internship is in the children's room of a library and there's one family that comes to storytime and always completely trashes the library, and then leaves it for us to clean up. I mean, they're kids and it's very clearly a kids-friendly space so it's okay if the kids make a mess. But if they're literally pulling books and DVDs off of shelves and leaving blocks and puzzles all over the room, clean that mess up before you leave! I wish I had taken pictures yesterday, it was awful. It took my supervisor and me (so TWO people) a half hour to clean up. Ridiculous. My supervisor has finally decided that she's going to speak with the mother next time they visit to ask her to be more conscientious of her kids' activities in the future.
@karaelaine1991 I wanted to scream! I worked retail in college and kids would do the same thing. I feel like parents don't teach their kids any manners/responsibility. I seriously can't handle it.
Lol pop over to the asking kids not to attend your baby shower thread and read what I wrote....your opinion is far from unpopular if you ask me
I saw that! I can totally understand why people say they hate children, though it's generally the parents I want to smack.
My UO is that I find it totally creepy when people refer to their unborn child by his/her name. Like when someone posts on facebook "Henry is kicking me today!" Or whatnot. Dude they are not even really here yet. Chill out.
Well I call my baby "it" because I'm not for cutesy nicknames and we're team green. Everyone comments on that being terrible and impersonal but I really don't care.
Also, I hate other people's children. My children will be afraid of me. They will know how much I love them, but you better believe they will make their decisions based on "oh shit my parents will kill me". I'm very no-nonsense, as I was as a nanny for 5 years as well. They will be spanked when they deserve it. I was spanked very frequently and usually I don't think it was the deserved or correct punishment but at least I know the difference now instead of just saying "well I was spanked and I turned out fine.."
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My UO is that I find it totally creepy when people refer to their unborn child by his/her name. Like when someone posts on facebook "Henry is kicking me today!" Or whatnot. Dude they are not even really here yet. Chill out.
I don't really care when people come up with weird baby names. I think I've worked in child welfare for long enough that anything better than Princess or Genocide sounds decent to me.
Also, I'm not against a spank when its warranted. I'm having a hard time coming up with an example of a scenario when it is, but I'll know when a smack to the backside with my hand is due. I don't anticipate (hopefully) having to do this often, but I'll do it, sure. I'm also not sure how I feel about the whole public shaming trend going on now. I feel it to a certain point, but I am not sure where the point is where it crosses the line (like with spanking, there is a point where it crosses the line). Part of me hears about these and is like -'yeah!' while another part of me is kinda cringing at it.
ETA - like with spanking, I hope I'm not ever in a position to be considering a public shaming scenario
I get super annoyed when parents of children behaving badly in your presence (say, at your house), tell their children that you are going to be mad at them if they don't behave. I'm like "hey, don't bring me into it, discipline your kid without me having to be the bad guy!"
Drives me nuts. Not sure if that's an UO but it just came to me after reading this thread...
About the whole name thing...it drives me insane when adults call children "lover". My MIL does this with my nephews/nieces and my kids. It just sounds really creepy, even though she doesn't mean it in a sexual way.
About the whole name thing...it drives me insane when adults call children "lover". My MIL does this with my nephews/nieces and my kids. It just sounds really creepy, even though she doesn't mean it in a sexual way.
About the whole name thing...it drives me insane when adults call children "lover". My MIL does this with my nephews/nieces and my kids. It just sounds really creepy, even though she doesn't mean it in a sexual way.
I apologize if you have chosen one of these names, but it has been extremely overdone by the new moms in my small town. I don't like baby names with a "-lee", "-ly" ending. There are some pretty names but it's overkill at this point. Every other pregnant woman has named her child Tenley, Finley, Henley, Hadlee, Maylee, Paisley, Railey, Kaylee, Ansley, Keylee, Adalee, Brentley, Brantley, Bentley, Everly, etc.
Like I said, some of these are very pretty/ nice names, but the trend is so great, I'm already burnt out on hearing these names. It's like some of them are trying to be original, but it's not original at all. (If that makes sense at all)
@bbnmama2012 a friend of mine just had a baby and they named their daughter Kaylee. Inside my brain I was like 'ugh'. I'm not fond of these either. Also, add in when they try to make it different by spelling the 'lee' or 'ly' portion with 'leigh' (example - kayleigh). Some ARE pretty, but yes, the trend with these 'ee' sounds at the end of the name is a little worn out to my ears.
Similar to what someone said a few posts back, my UO for this week is people bringing their dogs where dogs don't belong. I don't want a dog near me in a restaurant (not to mention it's against health code); I don't want a dog in the cart where children (human children, that is) sit... among other places. Dogs are welcome outside; they're welcome in pet stores, but PUH-LEEZE keep 'em out of normal stores (boutique stores, especially) and food establishments.
Don't get me wrong, I love dogs and think many of them are cute...but I have no desire to coo over your 'darling' canine as I go about my shopping journey, sneezing or watching some people have panic attacks as a result.
I don't really care when people come up with weird baby names. I think I've worked in child welfare for long enough that anything better than Princess or Genocide sounds decent to me.
This!!!! Especially when people say "that's not a real name" ummmm who gives a F what some random wants to call their kid? Didn't all names get made up at some point in time? who decided that we should stop making up names? When did the name evolution end? call your kid dweezle for all I care.
My UO is I really don't care what other people do with their kids as long as they are loving them....but I wish people would keep it to themselves!!! Don't want to cry it out? That's nice, no need to post articles on facey about how terrible it is to let your kid cry.
You wanna breast feed until your kid is 25? Be my guest. I can't understand why people care so much what other people are doing?? Mind your own business and worry about your own kids and your own parenting and the world would be a much better place I chose to keep my stuff to myself because I don't care to defend my opinion or get into a debate.
On the subject of unruly children, I had a hair appointment yesterday and while my color was processing a mom and her son and daughter came in. I'm guessing the boy was about 7 and the girl 5. The mom plopped herself down and chatted about cross fit while the children ran amok through the salon. The little boy took my chair while I was in the restroom. I asked him if he was going to stay in my seat and he pointed to another chair and told me to sit there. He then asked me if I'd ever heard "move your feet, lose your seat". His sister kept harassing the shampoo girl asking her for candy and demanding she take her outside to play. They both sprayed water from the shampoo sink all over the place and were going through drawers and moving hair products around. At one point the boy was running around playing with clippers he had turnes on. Maybe 3 times the mother said, "sweetheart, please stop". I was about to flip out. I feel like some places are not appropriate for children. I understand that maybe she didn't have a sitter, but for God's sake at least try to get them to behave.
Yeah, that's a great example of ignorant parenting. My internship is in the children's room of a library and there's one family that comes to storytime and always completely trashes the library, and then leaves it for us to clean up. I mean, they're kids and it's very clearly a kids-friendly space so it's okay if the kids make a mess. But if they're literally pulling books and DVDs off of shelves and leaving blocks and puzzles all over the room, clean that mess up before you leave! I wish I had taken pictures yesterday, it was awful. It took my supervisor and me (so TWO people) a half hour to clean up. Ridiculous. My supervisor has finally decided that she's going to speak with the mother next time they visit to ask her to be more conscientious of her kids' activities in the future.
@karaelaine1991 I wanted to scream! I worked retail in college and kids would do the same thing. I feel like parents don't teach their kids any manners/responsibility. I seriously can't handle it.
Lol pop over to the asking kids not to attend your baby shower thread and read what I wrote....your opinion is far from unpopular if you ask me
I saw that! I can totally understand why people say they hate children, though it's generally the parents I want to smack.
See and it goes to @amark11 's point about kids needing spanked. I honestly think lack of consistent discipline leads to things like abuse because you can't tell me that having a child rub their own feces all over a bathroom (as the child I am CP for did) or constantly defy you wouldn't cause a person to feel enraged. The kid is not mine and I needed to take a step back because I was furious. When children know there will be solid consequences for their actions, they behave differently. And yes, it gets to the point where you get upset with the parents because the reason their kids are little hellions is entirely their fault and not just "terrible twos" or rambunctious boy behavior or whatever other lame ass excuse they come up with.
I apologize if you have chosen one of these names, but it has been extremely overdone by the new moms in my small town. I don't like baby names with a "-lee", "-ly" ending. There are some pretty names but it's overkill at this point. Every other pregnant woman has named her child Tenley, Finley, Henley, Hadlee, Maylee, Paisley, Railey, Kaylee, Ansley, Keylee, Adalee, Brentley, Brantley, Bentley, Everly, etc.
Like I said, some of these are very pretty/ nice names, but the trend is so great, I'm already burnt out on hearing these names. It's like some of them are trying to be original, but it's not original at all. (If that makes sense at all)
The contemporary "twist" on the recent -den phenomenon. Jayden, Braydon, Hayden, Aden, Kayden...
Also, I'm not against a spank when its warranted. I'm having a hard time coming up with an example of a scenario when it is, but I'll know when a smack to the backside with my hand is due. I don't anticipate (hopefully) having to do this often, but I'll do it, sure. I'm also not sure how I feel about the whole public shaming trend going on now. I feel it to a certain point, but I am not sure where the point is where it crosses the line (like with spanking, there is a point where it crosses the line). Part of me hears about these and is like -'yeah!' while another part of me is kinda cringing at it.
ETA - like with spanking, I hope I'm not ever in a position to be considering a public shaming scenario
Good Lord I hope I'm never in a position where I feel like I need to publicly shame my child. I wouldn't rule it out completely, because who knows, something might happen where that's the most effective way to teach a lesson. But they would have to do something REALLY bad for me to publicly humiliate them.
Re: Unpopular opinion (U/O) Thursday!
Maybe this is annoying me so much today b/c it was the topic on Law & Order SVU last night :P
Edited for grammatical errors! Lol
This is my NOPE. I am tired of anti-vaxxers, full stop. My father is immuno compromised from a bone marrow transplant, and our babies will also be vulnerable. You do not make a choice that is "right for you and your family." If you decide not to vaccinate, your "choice" affects my family, and all others. I have zero tolerance on this, and don't care who I offend. (It is killing me not to finish this with "Sorry" lol)
I agree with being against the anti-vaxxers but I do exclude flu shot and tdap from that thinking .... Neither one has shown to be super effective (especially this year's shot) and the tdap guidelines have changed way too recently for me to hop on the cdc bandwagon... I really respect whatever women have chosen during pregnancy for those shots... Not giving your children proper immunizations I don't respect or understand!
Definitely agree with everything here. I never get the flu shot because it only protects from one strain of the flu and I figure I might as well take my chances - interestingly, everyone I know who religiously gets the shot always ends up getting the flu. With the risks I've seen for pregnant women, I didn't feel that it was worth it for me if it so frequently doesn't work anyway (or, more accurately, works with one strain but that might not be the one that's going around). Same with TDaP - I got it because I knew for a fact that I was going to be around my MIL, who was around kids who'd contracted pertussis and it seemed stupid to risk myself and my baby by not getting it. But if we're being honest, I'm not so sure I would've gotten it otherwise. I definitely wouldn't have gone out of my way to do so.
Proud Mama to cleft cutie
My plan is and always has been to vaccinate. My U/O was that I'm tired of people telling me to my face or on Facebook that I need to make sure I know all of the side effects of these "demon vaccines". I hope and pray that everyone vaccinates their children, however I'm not going to stand up in the middle of a crowded street and preach to everyone.
Edited due to quote fail. Ha! Failing at this today.
Don't get me wrong, I love dogs. But, they don't belong at the mall.
Flame away...
Watch, now my spawn will be like @klkonwi 's sister, lol
Also, I hate other people's children. My children will be afraid of me. They will know how much I love them, but you better believe they will make their decisions based on "oh shit my parents will kill me". I'm very no-nonsense, as I was as a nanny for 5 years as well. They will be spanked when they deserve it. I was spanked very frequently and usually I don't think it was the deserved or correct punishment but at least I know the difference now instead of just saying "well I was spanked and I turned out fine.."
2nd round exp 8/20/18.
I'm also not sure how I feel about the whole public shaming trend going on now. I feel it to a certain point, but I am not sure where the point is where it crosses the line (like with spanking, there is a point where it crosses the line). Part of me hears about these and is like -'yeah!' while another part of me is kinda cringing at it.
ETA - like with spanking, I hope I'm not ever in a position to be considering a public shaming scenario
Drives me nuts. Not sure if that's an UO but it just came to me after reading this thread...
Like I said, some of these are very pretty/ nice names, but the trend is so great, I'm already burnt out on hearing these names. It's like some of them are trying to be original, but it's not original at all. (If that makes sense at all)
My UO is I really don't care what other people do with their kids as long as they are loving them....but I wish people would keep it to themselves!!! Don't want to cry it out? That's nice, no need to post articles on facey about how terrible it is to let your kid cry.
You wanna breast feed until your kid is 25? Be my guest. I can't understand why people care so much what other people are doing?? Mind your own business and worry about your own kids and your own parenting and the world would be a much better place