I bought a bag of Halloween candy (variety pack) and have it in my office just to eat....no intention of passing it out on Halloween.
cartwheel app had like 40% off halloween candy right now. I thought it was a bad idea to buy so I'm trying (not very successfully) to resist.
Uh oh. I need to get the Cartwheel app. Yet I also need to not buy any more candy.
P.S. Re: your FFFC. I had two bowls of cereal for dinner last night. The only reason I didn't go for a third is because my SO came in and asked if I wanted him to put it away. I was like, "....I guess...."
I almost went back for a fourth bowl, ya know, just to finish the milk off that was in the bowl... I'm so glad I didn't. I felt like I was going to explode.
I see nothing wrong with toddlers in just diapers. DS runs around the house in a cloth diaper and shoes and nothing else most of the day (diaper at my insistence, shoes at his because he loves them). I don't go out of my way to take pictures of him without any clothes on but if I do, I don't mind sharing it on FB if there's a diaper. Diaper free- no social media... but otherwise who cares? He's a baby. It's kind of disturbing to me that that's inappropriate to anyone. Somehow baby legs and belly and scandalous?
Also I'd have to do a lot more laundry if he got dressed every day.
I see nothing wrong with toddlers in just diapers. DS runs around the house in a cloth diaper and shoes and nothing else most of the day (diaper at my insistence, shoes at his because he loves them). I don't go out of my way to take pictures of him without any clothes on but if I do, I don't mind sharing it on FB if there's a diaper. Diaper free- no social media... but otherwise who cares? He's a baby. It's kind of disturbing to me that that's inappropriate to anyone. Somehow baby legs and belly and scandalous?
Also I'd have to do a lot more laundry if he got dressed every day.
I'm with you on this. Like you said I don't intentionally take pictures of DD in her diaper but if she is doing something cute and is just in her diaper I'm going to take a picture. I don't see anything wrong with that.
I see nothing wrong with toddlers in just diapers. DS runs around the house in a cloth diaper and shoes and nothing else most of the day (diaper at my insistence, shoes at his because he loves them). I don't go out of my way to take pictures of him without any clothes on but if I do, I don't mind sharing it on FB if there's a diaper. Diaper free- no social media... but otherwise who cares? He's a baby. It's kind of disturbing to me that that's inappropriate to anyone. Somehow baby legs and belly and scandalous?
Also I'd have to do a lot more laundry if he got dressed every day.
I don't think it's inappropriate or scandalous, it's just a personal preference.
Ok. This is probably shame worthy, and I'm sure when this LO comes my views will change... But, I can't stand seeing babies/ toddlers on FB or other social media with only a diaper on. Put some clothes on that baby! I live in upstate NY, right now our days are warm 65-75, and our nights can get chilly. It's not 95 with 100% humidity here. Again, put some clothes on that baby!
Probably just me, I also don't like seeing friends/ "FB friends" post pictures of their naked asses. Also, shame on FB for having low standards and not seeing any problem with this or removing them.
A friend from college kept getting photos of her toddler daughter being reported on Facebook because she was running around in just a diaper. I think it's stupid that pictures of her daughter were always being reported and removed, but no one ever said one word about almost the exact same photos of her son. Personally I wouldn't put naked/diaper photos of my kids on social media, but I'm really not one to judge those who do...I'd rather save them for the photo album to embarrass them when they bring the first boyfriend/girlfriend home for dinner...that's what they're for, right??
My confession is that my H fell asleep on the couch last night (like he does every night), but I didn't drag him to bed like I usually do, because I like using his pillow to prop up my belly.
We really should just buy another pillow, haha. The only other couple that we have are too big and neither of us like them.
Ok, my confession: I've known for about 2 weeks, maybe 3 weeks, from the Panorama test, that my baby is a boy. I haven't told my family that the baby is a boy or really called the baby a boy because I'm waiting for my A/S, which is on Tuesday 9/29, to have ultrasound proof for my family of the babies sex because I honestly don't think they understand about a blood test telling the sex of the baby or my loving but know-it-all dad will bluntly state that there's no way to know the sex of the baby by blood test. It's just how my dad is. I told him about not suppose to eat cold lunch meat or hot dogs because of listeria?...and he pretty much yelled at me that it's a bunch of bs because the stuff in my stomach would kill whatever possibly got into my system...like listeria or e-coli. The joys of dealing with my parents. Lol
I CONFESS: I have been using the "eating for two" excuse way too often. I got a giant bowl of pasta and a big cookie for dinner last night. Totally didn't need all that.
It's weird how hard it is to convince older people of changing medical/safety standards. It's honestly worse when the baby comes in my opinion ("No, grandma, they have to sleep on their backs now" and "Mom, it's MUCH safer to leave him rear facing, trust me!"), but even pregnancy stuff changing is really hard for them to understand. I had a half a glass of wine (maybe four, five small swallows?) and my mom flipped out. She also yelled at me for eating a few bites of brie at a family gathering a few weeks ago. I just tell her that I appreciate her concern and then wait until she isn't looking to have more so I don't have to listen.
@dragonfly321 No. He was talking about the acid in my stomach. For some reason he be lives the acid in my stomach will kill any type of listeria, e-coli, etc., before I get sick.
@brushesnbrunch yes I agree. Again, it's not hot here though, the child I'm talking about should really have clothes on for that reason alone! Lol
Also, nothing wrong with your child running around the house in a diaper, I just prefer to not see it on social media, my personal preference. Even though I wouldn't post them, and prefer not to see them, I wouldn't go out of my way to report them. The pictures I was talking about reporting are of a 24 year old "FB friend", who I should probably just delete, who posted a picture of her bare ass. She was in a skirt and lifting it up so you could see her whole ass, no undies. Sorry, but I'm not into that, and I don't feel like that is FB appropriate... FB feels differently.
@brushesnbrunch yes I agree. Again, it's not hot here though, the child I'm talking about should really have clothes on for that reason alone! Lol
Also, nothing wrong with your child running around the house in a diaper, I just prefer to not see it on social media, my personal preference. Even though I wouldn't post them, and prefer not to see them, I wouldn't go out of my way to report them. The pictures I was talking about reporting are of a 24 year old "FB friend", who I should probably just delete, who posted a picture of her bare ass. She was in a skirt and lifting it up so you could see her whole ass, no undies. Sorry, but I'm not into that, and I don't feel like that is FB appropriate... FB feels differently.
How could anyone think that IS appropriate? That would make me super uncomfortable . . .
It's weird how hard it is to convince older people of changing medical/safety standards. It's honestly worse when the baby comes in my opinion ("No, grandma, they have to sleep on their backs now" and "Mom, it's MUCH safer to leave him rear facing, trust me!"), but even pregnancy stuff changing is really hard for them to understand. I had a half a glass of wine (maybe four, five small swallows?) and my mom flipped out. She also yelled at me for eating a few bites of brie at a family gathering a few weeks ago. I just tell her that I appreciate her concern and then wait until she isn't looking to have more so I don't have to listen.
I can see it both ways. After decades of watching them flip flop which ways safer, I can see thinking, "they're always changing it - she would know what's best." And also, "they're always changing it, it'll be different again next year, what's the difference." Gosh I hope I trust my daughters in law someday or at least just keep my mouth shut...
@dragonfly321 it's ok. My dad is almost 63 years old and a former Marine, so he thinks he knows everything there is to know about everything and it gets on my nerves so bad, especially when he yells at me for actually listen to a doctor. He hates doctors, so I'm sure that's where that comes from.
It's weird how hard it is to convince older people of changing medical/safety standards. It's honestly worse when the baby comes in my opinion ("No, grandma, they have to sleep on their backs now" and "Mom, it's MUCH safer to leave him rear facing, trust me!"), but even pregnancy stuff changing is really hard for them to understand. I had a half a glass of wine (maybe four, five small swallows?) and my mom flipped out. She also yelled at me for eating a few bites of brie at a family gathering a few weeks ago. I just tell her that I appreciate her concern and then wait until she isn't looking to have more so I don't have to listen.
My mom actually is always like you can just have a sip...The funny part is that she's not a drinker(like 1/2 a glass makes hers tipsy)but likes to make a special drink for parties and I'm usually the designated taster, but not for the next 5 months.
I just thought of another FFFC I only do laundry like every 3 weeks or so. I figure I wear more of my clothes if I don't wash the same 7 outfits every week. Plus I don't wash my jeans till they get dirty. I do wash my towels and DDs clothes once a week. And DH is in charge of his own because his work clothes are soooo dirty and gross and need washed ALOT.
@paytonpedro were these recent photos? Were they inside or outside? The story I shared was from the summertime, which was one of our hottest so I totally understand the need for just a diaper....I walked around in just my underwear a lot while I was home
I just thought of another FFFC
I only do laundry like every 3 weeks or so. I figure I wear more of my clothes if I don't wash the same 7 outfits every week. Plus I don't wash my jeans till they get dirty. I do wash my towels and DDs clothes once a week. And DH is in charge of his own because his work clothes are soooo dirty and gross and need washed ALOT.
I do laundry whenever we start running low on some sort of clothes which winds up being like once a week or more. However, I'm notorious for not folding clean clothes. We have three overfilled baskets of clean, unfolded clothes that have been there for over a week. I just pull stuff out as needed. I honestly don't care if things are a little wrinkled as long as it's not like DH's nice button downs or something that looks REALLY bad wrinkled like linen pants. I fold maybe once a month.
Not sure why I put it off so much . . . when I do fold I put on netflix and it's actually pretty enjoyable . . .
@brushesnbrunch from today. It was chilly this morning and I needed pajama pants, no way this baby was too hot to wear clothes. And also he isn't at the point where he can choose to not wear clothes, or take them off himself. I live in just my underwear and a t-shirt at home, esp. when it's super hot, but I also don't put them pics on FB. Lol
@Kimbarbour08 Yes. Appalling. FB must be run by men.
I just thought of another FFFC I only do laundry like every 3 weeks or so. I figure I wear more of my clothes if I don't wash the same 7 outfits every week. Plus I don't wash my jeans till they get dirty. I do wash my towels and DDs clothes once a week. And DH is in charge of his own because his work clothes are soooo dirty and gross and need washed ALOT.
I do laundry whenever we start running low on some sort of clothes which winds up being like once a week or more. However, I'm notorious for not folding clean clothes. We have three overfilled baskets of clean, unfolded clothes that have been there for over a week. I just pull stuff out as needed. I honestly don't care if things are a little wrinkled as long as it's not like DH's nice button downs or something that looks REALLY bad wrinkled like linen pants. I fold maybe once a month.
Not sure why I put it off so much . . . when I do fold I put on netflix and it's actually pretty enjoyable . . .
Haha me too, folding/putting clothes away is the worse part of doing laundry!
Someone flipped on me last week because I made a new drink at work and straw sampled it before sending it out. I hardly think the trace of alcohol I tasted in the fruity drink is going to hurt my baby. Save the flame for if you actually see a pregnant woman take a shot. Then be my guest and Judge away!
I just thought of another FFFC
I only do laundry like every 3 weeks or so. I figure I wear more of my clothes if I don't wash the same 7 outfits every week. Plus I don't wash my jeans till they get dirty. I do wash my towels and DDs clothes once a week. And DH is in charge of his own because his work clothes are soooo dirty and gross and need washed ALOT.
I do laundry whenever we start running low on some sort of clothes which winds up being like once a week or more. However, I'm notorious for not folding clean clothes. We have three overfilled baskets of clean, unfolded clothes that have been there for over a week. I just pull stuff out as needed. I honestly don't care if things are a little wrinkled as long as it's not like DH's nice button downs or something that looks REALLY bad wrinkled like linen pants. I fold maybe once a month.
Not sure why I put it off so much . . . when I do fold I put on netflix and it's actually pretty enjoyable . . .
Haha me too, folding/putting clothes away is the worse part of doing laundry!
I flat out refuse to put DH's clothes away for him, he's a big boy and can do that part himself if I fold. This usually results in a stack of his clothes sitting on top of my dresser after I've finally folded them for another couple weeks.
@Kimbarbour08 I refuse to put SO's clothes away. They stack higher and higher by the tv until I fuss enough OR we get in an argument completely unrelated to laundry- then he puts them away. I guess that's his.. Revenge?! Lol
I'm the messy one and every time someone complains about a lazy and messy spouse I'm just like yup- that's me! My idea of cooking dinner is ordering pizza, going out or mixing up a cesaer salad bag. I take forever to do laundry and when I do half the time I forget the last load in the dryer, if I do some vacuuming or cleaning of the bathroom I announce it so I can be praised for my contributions.
I'm the messy one and every time someone complains about a lazy and messy spouse I'm just like yup- that's me! My idea of cooking dinner is ordering pizza, going out or mixing up a cesaer salad bag. I take forever to do laundry and when I do half the time I forget the last load in the dryer, if I do some vacuuming or cleaning of the bathroom I announce it so I can be praised for my contributions.
I am ready to knock my MIL out! She irritates me all of the time, but recently it's been through the roof (probably because I have less patience from being overtired, but also possibly because she's insane...)
We took gender reveal photos last night after we had the ultrasound yesterday afternoon. We sent them to our parents' phones at the same time (my mom & dad, his dad & ...ex-stepmom I guess). My mom, dad, and his dad were all like yay, congrats, etc. MIL calls my husband and leaves a message on his cell phone asking if we have any news. I said to tell her yes, the news is that she's f***ing stupid. He calls her and she's like "oh I saw the message but didn't read it. I told you I didn't want to find out on Facebook!"
Now, we called her personally to tell her we were pregnant, so I have no idea where her freaking out about Facebook is even coming from, especially since we hadn't posted the reveal on Facebook.... but whatever, she's nuts. So my husband says "Well we took the photos and sent them to all of our parents at the same time". Her response? "Why didn't you tell me sooner? I am your mother!"
Yeah, I'm aware you raised my husband. That's why I'm stuck with you. And ya know what? If I felt like using Facebook to tell you (WHICH I DIDN'T), you'd just have to deal with it because it's OUR NEWS and we can tell who we want however we want to. So there.
Ugh. /endrant
S/P L salpingo-oophorectomy w/ septic torsion 1999, dx moderate to severe Crohn's dz 2004. DH S/P hypospadic sx w/ multiple subsequent scar tissue removals, S/P herniorrhaphy. Married on 10/7/2006! TTC since May 2011; abnormal SA #1, better SA #2, normal HSG 7/2012, dx MFI/ low egg count, IUI!
The last load stays in the dryer til its time for the later that week load to switch. The cycle never ends. And until SO decides to do all the laundry, this will continue.
Kimbarbour08 I actually enjoy putting away SO's clothes. Maybe because his are mostly button-up dress shirts so they are easy to sort and hang? But for the most part we just live out of piles on the floor. We tolerate each other's slobbiness so that makes it okay right?
Ok, my confession: I've known for about 2 weeks, maybe 3 weeks, from the Panorama test, that my baby is a boy.
I haven't told my family that the baby is a boy or really called the baby a boy because I'm waiting for my A/S, which is on Tuesday 9/29, to have ultrasound proof for my family of the babies sex because I honestly don't think they understand about a blood test telling the sex of the baby or my loving but know-it-all dad will bluntly state that there's no way to know the sex of the baby by blood test. It's just how my dad is. I told him about not suppose to eat cold lunch meat or hot dogs because of listeria?...and he pretty much yelled at me that it's a bunch of bs because the stuff in my stomach would kill whatever possibly got into my system...like listeria or e-coli.
The joys of dealing with my parents. Lol
I had the opposite problem. My mom was convinced I must know the sex of the baby already (before I got my A/S) because she thought they always determined it by blood test now-a-days. I tried to explain to her that the blood test that shows the sex of the baby is not a test they normally give you, and that I didn't need one, which is a good thing, but she was just not having it. "Are you sure you didn't get that test? Maybe you could call your doctor?" LOL about your dad and lunch meat.
I'm the messy one and every time someone complains about a lazy and messy spouse I'm just like yup- that's me! My idea of cooking dinner is ordering pizza, going out or mixing up a cesaer salad bag. I take forever to do laundry and when I do half the time I forget the last load in the dryer, if I do some vacuuming or cleaning of the bathroom I announce it so I can be praised for my contributions.
Hahaha...I totally announce my chores and demand praise. I vacuum and clean the bathrooms about once every 4-6 weeks and make a big deal out of it. H does dishes and cleans our kitchen every night before bed without complaint. Haha. I suck.
I'm not a super big social media person so I can't see myself ever posting nudie/partial nude pics of my child online. Taking them however seems like something that everyone does. But those two things are completely different from one another.
I do think it's pretty strange to have different personal (or business) policies about boys vs girls in topless photos. They are babies! If people are putting them online I don't see any difference between the kids being boys or girls.
It's weird how hard it is to convince older people of changing medical/safety standards. It's honestly worse when the baby comes in my opinion ("No, grandma, they have to sleep on their backs now" and "Mom, it's MUCH safer to leave him rear facing, trust me!"), but even pregnancy stuff changing is really hard for them to understand. I had a half a glass of wine (maybe four, five small swallows?) and my mom flipped out. She also yelled at me for eating a few bites of brie at a family gathering a few weeks ago. I just tell her that I appreciate her concern and then wait until she isn't looking to have more so I don't have to listen.
I haven't gotten any grief about the changes, but I can tell some people are reluctant to believe me and even that is a bit irritating. Especially when I want to do stuff like rear facing car seats until age 4 and that's not the legal requirement. I hate the argument "we didn't even have seat belts when we were kids and we're fine!" Um, confirmation bias? And why would I want to forego safety measures when they're available? It makes me wonder what ideas and attitudes I'll have when I'm a grandma!
I'm the messy one and every time someone complains about a lazy and messy spouse I'm just like yup- that's me! My idea of cooking dinner is ordering pizza, going out or mixing up a cesaer salad bag. I take forever to do laundry and when I do half the time I forget the last load in the dryer, if I do some vacuuming or cleaning of the bathroom I announce it so I can be praised for my contributions.
Hahaha...I totally announce my chores and demand praise. I vacuum and clean the bathrooms about once every 4-6 weeks and make a big deal out of it. H does dishes and cleans our kitchen every night before bed without complaint. Haha. I suck.
I do this too. Not with the daily stuff, like sweeping 3 times a day to clean up after the kids, but if I clean toilets, he's going to know.
@acuteangles - my parents live out in the country. This is the first time they have been around me while pregnant. They haven't been around anyone else pregnant in forever so they don't know all the modem changes for pregnancy or tests they do...that's why I need the ultrasound as proof.
Re: Fffc (confessions)
Uh oh. I need to get the Cartwheel app. Yet I also need to not buy any more candy.
P.S. Re: your FFFC. I had two bowls of cereal for dinner last night. The only reason I didn't go for a third is because my SO came in and asked if I wanted him to put it away. I was like, "....I guess...."
Baby F.......02/02/2016
Also I'd have to do a lot more laundry if he got dressed every day.
A friend from college kept getting photos of her toddler daughter being reported on Facebook because she was running around in just a diaper. I think it's stupid that pictures of her daughter were always being reported and removed, but no one ever said one word about almost the exact same photos of her son. Personally I wouldn't put naked/diaper photos of my kids on social media, but I'm really not one to judge those who do...I'd rather save them for the photo album to embarrass them when they bring the first boyfriend/girlfriend home for dinner...that's what they're for, right??
Baby F.......02/02/2016
We really should just buy another pillow, haha. The only other couple that we have are too big and neither of us like them.
I haven't told my family that the baby is a boy or really called the baby a boy because I'm waiting for my A/S, which is on Tuesday 9/29, to have ultrasound proof for my family of the babies sex because I honestly don't think they understand about a blood test telling the sex of the baby or my loving but know-it-all dad will bluntly state that there's no way to know the sex of the baby by blood test. It's just how my dad is. I told him about not suppose to eat cold lunch meat or hot dogs because of listeria?...and he pretty much yelled at me that it's a bunch of bs because the stuff in my stomach would kill whatever possibly got into my system...like listeria or e-coli.
The joys of dealing with my parents. Lol
Also, nothing wrong with your child running around the house in a diaper, I just prefer to not see it on social media, my personal preference. Even though I wouldn't post them, and prefer not to see them, I wouldn't go out of my way to report them. The pictures I was talking about reporting are of a 24 year old "FB friend", who I should probably just delete, who posted a picture of her bare ass. She was in a skirt and lifting it up so you could see her whole ass, no undies. Sorry, but I'm not into that, and I don't feel like that is FB appropriate... FB feels differently.
I only do laundry like every 3 weeks or so. I figure I wear more of my clothes if I don't wash the same 7 outfits every week. Plus I don't wash my jeans till they get dirty. I do wash my towels and DDs clothes once a week. And DH is in charge of his own because his work clothes are soooo dirty and gross and need washed ALOT.
Baby F.......02/02/2016
@Kimbarbour08 Yes. Appalling. FB must be run by men.
Haha me too, folding/putting clothes away is the worse part of doing laundry!
Save the flame for if you actually see a pregnant woman take a shot. Then be my guest and Judge away!
oh I have a really good one.
I'm the messy one and every time someone complains about a lazy and messy spouse I'm just like yup- that's me! My idea of cooking dinner is ordering pizza, going out or mixing up a cesaer salad bag. I take forever to do laundry and when I do half the time I forget the last load in the dryer, if I do some vacuuming or cleaning of the bathroom I announce it so I can be praised for my contributions.
*Kate*
February 2016
Baby F.......02/02/2016
Hahaha...I totally announce my chores and demand praise. I vacuum and clean the bathrooms about once every 4-6 weeks and make a big deal out of it. H does dishes and cleans our kitchen every night before bed without complaint. Haha. I suck.
I hate the argument "we didn't even have seat belts when we were kids and we're fine!" Um, confirmation bias? And why would I want to forego safety measures when they're available?
It makes me wonder what ideas and attitudes I'll have when I'm a grandma!