UO Thursday

Re: UO Thursday

• nickicb7 member

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  Mmmmm I love pickles, but only certain kinds... You know the good ones you get with a good deli sandwich!
  
  My UO is that it drives me nuts when parents transform their whole lives around the baby in a way that creates inflexible children and boring unsocial parents. I know we all have to make changes and sacrifices when we have children, but children need to learn flexibility or else when they head to school they suffer anxiety and stress, because life outside of the home does not revolve all around them. I have friends that are both kinds of parents and the ones with inflexible children have the most poorly behaved, spoiled, temper tantrum children.
  
  Edited: boring for biting... I hope parents aren't biting! Lol

  STM - EDD June 24 '18
  DD - January 2016

  Report8 Reply
• Loading the player...
• JandJ62914 member

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  I'm not loving the whole "bigger boob" part of being pregnant AT ALL.  I wore a 36D pre-pregnancy and by week 12 I needed a 36DD.  Now I'm popping out of those too!  And they hurt all the time and make me sweaty and gross in the summer heat and I'm just not a fan.

  Report15 Reply
• indibidule member

  July 2015

  I kind of like it when there's a little drama on the boards. Not enough to get people warnings or banned, of course, but otherwise it seems kind of boring to me.

  Report18 Reply
• RepeatPostPolice member

  July 2015

  @indibidule you mean you don't just look forward to this place being a "happy bubble"?!
  

  Report14 Reply
• Snoopylovesbelle member

  July 2015

  It's boring if everyone says the same thing all the time.

  Report2 Reply
• indibidule member

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  I like fun interaction. Talking about cribs and the fact that you, along with the 7800 other people who have already posted it, still have nausea at 16 weeks is not fun. Talking about food and tattoos and having gif parties are much more fun ways to pass time. When that's not happening, a little drama gets things flowing...
  Eta words, because without all of them, it doesn't quite make sense

  Report3 Reply
• sherks11 member

  July 2015

  indibidule said:

  I kind of like it when there's a little drama on the boards. Not enough to get people warnings or banned, of course, but otherwise it seems kind of boring to me.

  Totally agree! It was pretty boring around here in the beginning. I'm thrilled more of the snark came out!!!

  Report3 Reply
• Sovvy member

  July 2015

  I don't like having to recheck the RTT thread. I don't love massive threads in general - I'm lame.

  
  

  
  

  pregnancy #1 :: daughter lost to chromosomal abnormality at 18 weeks

  pregnancy #2 :: son, born Aug 2011

  pregnancy #3 :: due Jan 2016

  Report12 Reply
• KaraEpp16 member

  July 2015

  je&moeder said:

  I don't like having to recheck the RTT thread. I don't love massive threads in general - I'm lame.

  You can just catch up quick. I skipped like fifteen pages while I was away for my Harry Potter weekend hahahaha
  

  Report0 Reply
• Paige6410 member

  July 2015

  I think having a Sip and See in the height of cold and flu season is a terrible idea.

  Report15 Reply
• RepeatPostPolice member

  July 2015

  Are we mature enough to handle dissenting opinions today without calling names or getting our feelings hurt?...I'm going to risk it.
  
  My UO: babies don't need pacifiers.

  Report13 Reply
• indibidule member

  July 2015

  @RepeatPostPolice toddlers DEFINITELY don't need pacifiers.

  Report21 Reply
• nickicb7 member

  July 2015

  indibidule said:

  @RepeatPostPolice toddlers DEFINITELY don't need pacifiers.

  Drives me crazy!!!!

  STM - EDD June 24 '18
  DD - January 2016

  Report0 Reply
• KaraEpp16 member

  July 2015

  nickicb7 said:

  @RepeatPostPolice toddlers DEFINITELY don't need pacifiers.

  Drives me crazy!!!!

  My mom took my pacifier away when I was a toddler and I just ran around with a bottle hanging out of my mouth.... bahaha
  

  Report2 Reply
• sarah92544 member

  July 2015

  Neither of my kids used pacifiers dont plan to start with this one. I dont have a uo yet let me ponder on this a min. I just woke up.

  Report2 Reply
• sck601 member

  July 2015

  je&moeder said:

  I don't like having to recheck the RTT thread. I don't love massive threads in general - I'm lame.

  I skim for the most lovetits and read those. Gets me through it faster

  

  

  Report4 Reply
• sarah92544 member

  July 2015

  sck601 said:

  je&moeder said:

  I don't like having to recheck the RTT thread. I don't love massive threads in general - I'm lame.

  I skim for the most lovetits and read those. Gets me through it faster

  Hahaa lovetits!!! I love it!!!

  Report0 Reply
• sck601 member

  July 2015

  indibidule said:

  @RepeatPostPolice toddlers DEFINITELY don't need pacifiers.

  DD had a pacifier until 15 months, then she decided to rub it on her vagina when I was changing her diaper. That was the end of it. She sucked to soothe, so it was either be attached to my boob 24/7 or use a pacifier. She handled it very well when I threw it away, though

  

  

  Report3 Reply
• Paige6410 member

  July 2015

  I don't know how unpopular it is here but...
  I believe that pot should be leagal across the board. Legalize, tax, and regulate. The amount of revenue that Colorado alone has pulled in from it is astounding and they are putting it to good use in schools and bettering the state.
  The real "war on drugs" should be targeting the insane amount of increasing meth labs, as that is a scary epidemic that is killing young people at record speed.

  Report26 Reply
• sck601 member

  July 2015

  @Paige6410 I live in CO, and I honestly forget that it is legalized. People think that because it's legalized, the smokers are going to do it everywhere. Not true. I rarely smell it (unless I'm on 16th St)

  

  

  Report3 Reply
• sarah92544 member

  July 2015

  Paige6410 said:

  I don't know how unpopular it is here but...
  I believe that pot should be leagal across the board. Legalize, tax, and regulate. The amount of revenue that Colorado alone has pulled in from it is astounding and they are putting it to good use in schools and bettering the state.
  The real "war on drugs" should be targeting the insane amount of increasing meth labs, as that is a scary epidemic that is killing young people at record speed.

  I agree alcohol kills more than almost everything and it legal. My mom uses weed for her anxiety and it helped her more than any prescription pill ever did!

  Report2 Reply
• mollyj931 member

  July 2015

  I like pickles
  
  I don't mind some drama
  
  My kids have had pacifiers. DD didn't like hers and sucked her thumb instead. I was all high and mighty about that until she is now 5 and still sucks her thumb at night....
  DS has one because he was so damn colicky and wanted to suck my boobs 24/7 and I was AT.THE.END.
  He has one at night (he's 2) but I think he holds it and doesn't even put it in his mouth. We are planning on going cold turkey soon.
  
  I need to think of a good UO

  Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml

  Report2 Reply
• mommiesandbabies member

  July 2015

  What the heck is Sip & See? An "official" party to meet the baby? Is this an extention of the Gender (AKA SEX) Reveal party?
  

  1.0&2.0 7-29-11
  
  

  Report0 Reply
• Paige6410 member

  July 2015

  mommiesandbabies said:

  What the heck is Sip & See? An "official" party to meet the baby? Is this an extention of the Gender (AKA SEX) Reveal party?
  

  Yes. I see it as, if you didn't get a shower thrown for you, you have one of these in hopes people bring you stuff. Nope, nms.

  Report2 Reply
• paigeyferd member

  July 2015

  I hate Valentine's Day.  As a kid it was fine because everyone got cards from your whole class.  In middle school/high school, I wasn't exactly popular with the boys and... let's just say it was very easy to find my locker on V-Day.  I still remember feeling left out, even now that I've had someone to love/give me gifts for ten years.  So we refuse, which works out great because my cat destroys flowers, and my classroom kids give me enough candy to last until Spring Break.

  Report3 Reply
• KaraEpp16 member

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  Paige6410 said:

  I don't know how unpopular it is here but... I believe that pot should be leagal across the board. Legalize, tax, and regulate. The amount of revenue that Colorado alone has pulled in from it is astounding and they are putting it to good use in schools and bettering the state. The real "war on drugs" should be targeting the insane amount of increasing meth labs, as that is a scary epidemic that is killing young people at record speed.

  My hometown is having an epidemic with heroin right now. I've seen so many kids I've gone to school with fall into it and not many make it out. Two kids I went to school with died this week alone. It breaks my fricken heart. You don't know who is struggling with it. They should really legalize pot and then put the money into schools and better mental health/addiction facilities. Our country has gone too long putting bandaids on mental health issues with big pharma or ostracizing people with mental health issues/addictions.
  
  Edit:more words.
  

  Report5 Reply
• indibidule member

  July 2015

  I can understand a sip and see only so far as being a set time to have a bunch people in your house to meet the new baby, rather than having them come over one or two at a time so you never get a moment's peace with your new child.

  Report5 Reply
• Snoopylovesbelle member

  July 2015

  DD gets a pacifier to sleep and in the car. We are getting ready to ditch it but I'm chicken

  Report2 Reply
• Snoopylovesbelle member

  July 2015

  I think common core is a piece of crap. It was rushed through to be implemented and teaches kids to take a test.
  As a teacher who wanted to teach common core made me want to rip my hair out.

  Report17 Reply
• Paige6410 member

  July 2015

  KaraEpp16 said:

  
  

  Paige6410 said:

  
  

  I don't know how unpopular it is here but...
  I believe that pot should be leagal across the board. Legalize, tax, and regulate. The amount of revenue that Colorado alone has pulled in from it is astounding and they are putting it to good use in schools and bettering the state.
  The real "war on drugs" should be targeting the insane amount of increasing meth labs, as that is a scary epidemic that is killing young people at record speed.

  
  

  My hometown is having an epidemic with heroin right now. I've seen so many kids I've gone to school with fall into it and not many make it out. Two kids I went to school with died this week alone. It breaks my fricken heart. You don't know who is struggling with it. They should really legalize pot and then put the money into schools and better mental health/addiction facilities. Our country has gone too long putting bandaids on mental health issues with big pharma or ostracizing people with mental health issues/addictions.
  
  Edit:more words.
  
  
  I couldn't agree more. My younger cousin went to a 90 day facility for heroin, it almost killed her. Most of the time, mental health problems go hand in hand with hardcore drug abuse and addiction. I wish people would remove their heads from their asses and see the bigger picture here.

  Report3 Reply
• sarah92544 member

  July 2015

  DH said he has a UO should i let him post it??

  Report8 Reply
• sck601 member

  July 2015

  @Snoopylovesbelle that's what we did 12 months, then weaned it from the car, then bed.

  

  

  Report0 Reply
• sherks11 member

  July 2015

  Snoopylovesbelle said:

  I think common core is a piece of crap. It was rushed through to be implemented and teaches kids to take a test.
  As a teacher who wanted to teach common core made me want to rip my hair out.

  Yes yes yes!!! I teach math at a school who can't make up their frickin mind! Of the 8 years I have been teaching, I have had 6 different curriculums. Also, the parcc test was a piece of shit, and they have already changed it for next year.

  Report5 Reply
• Snoopylovesbelle member

  July 2015

  Standardized testing sucks. It's an industry and does nothing to improve education. When they find kids can't pass a test they blame the teachers and then make the test easier. It infuriates me.

  Report8 Reply
• mollyj931 member

  July 2015

  Snoopylovesbelle said:

  I think common core is a piece of crap. It was rushed through to be implemented and teaches kids to take a test.
  As a teacher who wanted to teach common core made me want to rip my hair out.

  I'm currently taking a break from teaching and this is one of the reasons why. Half the stuff I see I don't understand!

  Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml

  Report1 Reply
• KaraEpp16 member

  July 2015

  Paige6410 said:

  Paige6410 said:

  I don't know how unpopular it is here but... I believe that pot should be leagal across the board. Legalize, tax, and regulate. The amount of revenue that Colorado alone has pulled in from it is astounding and they are putting it to good use in schools and bettering the state. The real "war on drugs" should be targeting the insane amount of increasing meth labs, as that is a scary epidemic that is killing young people at record speed.

  My hometown is having an epidemic with heroin right now. I've seen so many kids I've gone to school with fall into it and not many make it out. Two kids I went to school with died this week alone. It breaks my fricken heart. You don't know who is struggling with it. They should really legalize pot and then put the money into schools and better mental health/addiction facilities. Our country has gone too long putting bandaids on mental health issues with big pharma or ostracizing people with mental health issues/addictions.
  
  Edit:more words.
  

  I couldn't agree more. My younger cousin went to a 90 day facility for heroin, it almost killed her. Most of the time, mental health problems go hand in hand with hardcore drug abuse and addiction. I wish people would remove their heads from their asses and see the bigger picture here.

  It's become a hot topic for a lot of local politicians, now. So the issue is gaining acknowledgement - I know that there has been some head way in Mass with certain cities offering a get out of jail free card if you turn in your supply and ask for help. I know that it started with the "designer drugs".  Like oxy, vicodin and percocet - you can get the same low feeling from heroin and it's cheaper - so a lot of kids turn to that. I think that the D.A.R.E programs don't emphasize enough that you will ruin your life. It's more focused on just say no where as they should be teaching you that if you get caught and arrested for dealing/using it's hard to get a good job after you are clean and out of jail. It starts a vicious cycle of criminal behavior out of desperation for survival. Then, I feel like it sadly gets to..."Well, what is there to live for?"
  

  Report1 Reply
• JandJ62914 member

  July 2015

  sherks11 said:

  I think common core is a piece of crap. It was rushed through to be implemented and teaches kids to take a test. As a teacher who wanted to teach common core made me want to rip my hair out.

  Yes yes yes!!! I teach math at a school who can't make up their frickin mind! Of the 8 years I have been teaching, I have had 6 different curriculums. Also, the parcc test was a piece of shit, and they have already changed it for next year.

  @sherks11 My school is like that too!  What drives me nuts is we never give anything a chance...it's always on to the next best thing.  I literally have not heard a single positive thing about the PARCC though. It just makes me grateful that I'm in a non-testing grade (kindergarten isn't tested in my state at least, I don't know about others) and I don't have the pressure to teach to the test. When the majority of the school has designated test prep times, I'm still able to do my own thing with my class.

  Report0 Reply
• mollyj931 member

  July 2015

  When I started teaching kindergarten never would I think I would have to say "please fill in the bubble..."

  Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml

  Report1 Reply
• Snoopylovesbelle member

  July 2015

  I taught history and the 8th grade US history curriculum leaves out the revolutionary war! That's kind of important

  Report4 Reply
• Paige6410 member

  July 2015

  The common core stuff upsets me. DS1 is going into second grade and it's going to be all preparations for the big test (whatever the heck they call it here) in third grade. I really, really wish we could afford private schools. All of the standardized testing makes my head spin.

  Report0 Reply