My FFFC is that I haven't shaved my legs since I found out I was pregnant. Not because of the pregnancy, but because winter and lazy. The weather is warming up, so I'm going to have to do it soon.
My FFFC is that I haven't shaved my legs since I found out I was pregnant. Not because of the pregnancy, but because winter and lazy. The weather is warming up, so I'm going to have to do it soon.
My FFFC is that I haven't shaved my legs since I found out I was pregnant. Not because of the pregnancy, but because winter and lazy. The weather is warming up, so I'm going to have to do it soon.
I only shaved mine for the vaginal ultrasounds
I only had one vaginal u/s, and wore long socks and left them on just so I wouldn't have to shave.
Add me to the Easter Bunny eating parent club. I let DS have some of his the other day and he went crazy trying to drag me over to the cabinet to give him more all.day.long. So I ate almost the whole Bunny while he was at grandma's, saved the bottom and let him have that later so he could see he finished it (he didn't know how much we as there originally, just that mommy was giving him chocolate). It was delicious!
My FFFC is that I can't relate to moms who claim they get time away from their kids and spend it missing them. I love my kids to pieces, but I thoroughly enjoy my breaks away from them, especially date nights and such with DH. I actually get sad when it comes to and end and I have to go back to the chaos LOL. I attribute part of this to being a SAHM and never really getting time away from my kids, so when I do I enjoy it.
hmm...you guys are giving me bad ideas - last weekend my aunt gave my son (16 months) a chocolate bunny. We paced it away for him to eat at another time. I am pretty sure that my husband has completely forgotten about it. I could swipe it, eat it myself and no one would ever know...
camichael84 Our jack has ALL kinds of issues. He likes to resource guard, which concerns us when the baby comes. Most of his issues are anxiety related and we think some sort of medication might be needed. We are hiring a training to see if we can help him.
AnnaS930 - the dogs have their room which we have a gate for and we love it, until today when my husband found our long legged hound mix puppy had jumped the gate! Time for a taller gate!
Me: 32 DH: 31
TTC #2 since January 2018
Baby #1 DD Born 8/25/2016 BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
@RedMar I have always known we would be jinxed. DD is the most cautious toddler I have ever been around. I knew there is no chance of having that happen again. There are ups and downs to different personalities though. DD may be cautious, but that means she is always afraid to climb or go down the stairs without my help. She won't slide or swing at the playground without my help either.
hmm...you guys are giving me bad ideas - last weekend my aunt gave my son (16 months) a chocolate bunny. We paced it away for him to eat at another time. I am pretty sure that my husband has completely forgotten about it. I could swipe it, eat it myself and no one would ever know...
DO IT! You are just teaching him to share with his sibling
My FFC: I had two dinners last night. Must. eat. all. the. food! In my defense, neither was huge. But I am hungry all the time suddenly! It's not even 10:00 and I can't stop thinking about lunch.
Confession: I feel like biting off the head of my MIL! My NIPT came back negative, low risk across the board weeks ago and she keeps asking if & when I am getting an amniocentesis?!
@runningisrad I'm late to this thread, but I had the same thought regarding FF.
I wish I was surprised. I think when people say they're uncomfortable, don't want something, or the medium is inappropriate (this is more important than anything else and I'm reminded of being handed pamphlets maybe 5 ft. outside the drop-off gate at my son's elementary school), it's seen as a challenge to inject a double/triple-dose of material. I want so much to make "Skeptical Saturday" or "Sacrilegious Sunday" posts but I know I'd never do it because really, who cares that I'm non-religious and how would that be relevant to these parenting/pregnancy boards?
Word!!! True story: at my daughter's elementary school, they hand out pamphlets at the beginning of the year for the "Good News Club." Google if you don't know what that is. They put them in the childrens backpacks, don't push it or anything, but they still hand them out. This is a PUBLIC elementary school. Btw.
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I just peed my pants a little bit. I had a 30 min walk home from the train,and I had to go the whole time. Thought I was going to make it though, until I got to my front door and was looking for my keys, and my bladder just goes "HAHAHAH nope! April Fools!!"
I'm 33 and I just peed my pants. Cool.
Yikes. I feel for you.
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@RedMar I have always known we would be jinxed. DD is the most cautious toddler I have ever been around. I knew there is no chance of having that happen again. There are ups and downs to different personalities though. DD may be cautious, but that means she is always afraid to climb or go down the stairs without my help. She won't slide or swing at the playground without my help either.
OMG my daughter is exactly this way. Even at 6, she is overly cautious. Doesn't like slides, hates wobbly bridges, doesn't take risks. It's nice for peace of mind, but sometimes it gets frustrating because I don't want her to be afraid of life.
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Toddler queen of risk-taking. This was heart attack level 95. She made it to the top, by herself. She was three months shy of three in this photo. Having only parented a daredevil, not sure which I would prefer.
@pilotswifey: that steak in your ticker literally looks amazing. Wow...I'm tempted to run to a steak joint for my lunch break now! Lol!
Also...FFFC: Last night I was out for dinner with my aunts and grandma, and they ordered this bottle of wine to split, so I had an itty, itty bitty glass (did I mention it was itty bitty?) in front of all of them. I don't think I scandalized anyone...?
My FFFC is that I can't relate to moms who claim they get time away from their kids and spend it missing them. I love my kids to pieces, but I thoroughly enjoy my breaks away from them, especially date nights and such with DH. I actually get sad when it comes to and end and I have to go back to the chaos LOL. I attribute part of this to being a SAHM and never really getting time away from my kids, so when I do I enjoy it.
Me too. A few weeks ago DH and I went away for a couple days. All three of our kids stayed with my sister. I felt bad as I was leaving, as it was the first time the youngest had been away from me overnight. I didn't think about them again until we got back.
@PSUBecky23- that will be my kiddo. He's good about not getting into things in the kitchen, etc.. but when it comes to climbing, he was born part monkey. He climbs onto the couch then says "UP! UP!" uhh. you are up, there's no more up.. as he climbs onto the back of the couch and still says "UP! UP!" yeah.. no.
@runningisgrad .. I would be so livid. Ugh. That's awful.
I'm probably particularly sensitive to this right now because I have a grandma with in-home hospice care. I didn't meet this grandma until I was already in my 20s so I wasn't raised with her as a direct influence, but oddly enough she's waaaay more of an ardent atheist than I am. Still is very much an "atheist in a foxhole" despite what's going on with her health.
She has a set of religious nurses who are trying to get her to pray for comfort, call in a chaplain, etc (this isn't an indictment of hospice; I know that organizationally, there is supposed to be support for non-believers). She's asked them to let up to no avail. I know it comes from a place of caring and professional responsibility, but she can't stand it so she's requested a change of caregivers. Rationally, I don't think these nurses would ever actively hurt her or even passively neglect her, but I totally get being woefully uncomfortable once you've gotten the impression that your caregivers think less of you.
It really bugs me that some people can't give you the dignity of simply leaving your beliefs alone, even when you're dying. I can pass off some of the stuff I hear personally as things that will pass, things I can ignore and escape from, but a bed-ridden mid-80 year old doesn't have that luxury. She doesn't get the basic dignity of a right to her lack of belief because she's trapped and it makes me so, so sad. It shows just how pervasive, accepted, and even encouraged that attempts to indoctrinate are. Some people hear "no" and it really means "yes, please, please oh please convince me!" and somehow it's OK in this realm. It's not right.
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@Thurstobertay I'm so sorry to hear about your grandma. But oh, man, can I relate. My mom was in a hospice unit at a catholic hospital the last week of her life. One evening while my brother and I were at dinner, her partner calls us saying that there was an incident where it looked like maybe the end had come. The nurse on duty got in her face, and asked if she had accepted Jesus as her personal lord and savior.
We about hit the damn ceiling. We went to the hospital immediately but the nurses shift had ended. We filed a formal complaint, and the contracted hospice service apologized profusely and said it was absolutely not their policy to act like that. The fact that the staff caring for your grandmother can't put their beliefs aside and respect a dying woman's lack of belief is despicable. Absolutely wrong.
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@PSUBecky23 I'm right there with you on having a daredevil child..he was about 18mo in this pic and I was making dinner, it was too quiet for him to not be causing some kind of trouble. This kid is giving me gray hair for sure!
@runningisrad I'm so sorry to hear that and man, I wish there weren't SO many stories like ours. It's 2016, tons of information is available about so many different ways of life, why is it so hard for this to be a personal issue rather than one about community spread? Why does it feel like we are somehow 500 years back on this? Though there are so many wonderful, supportive, respectful individuals (I'm looking at you, S16, y'alls the real MVPs) there is still such a problem in the "professional" world.
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Regarding the FF thread, I read it and this week it's far less Christian oriented. It actually didn't even feel very religious in nature to me. It makes me feel she heard what people were saying and was trying to be more inclusive/less proselytizing. I still understand if it's not someone's cup of tea and they don't want to participate, but I wanted to throw my opinion out there.
@COmama87- please tell me that window leads into the kitchen where you were. I can just see my son popping his head into the window and saying "Oh! HI MAMA!" hahahaha, heart attack time
I have basically zero desire to go to any prenatal appointments. Not including important ones like the Anatomy scan or the Glucose test but the "listen to the heartbeat and talk about feelings/symptoms" appointments. I have yet to schedule my first real appointment because, meh. I've had three "by the book" pregnancies and there are zero indications that this one will be any different.
@Shiva14and @pilotswifey- you are such bad influences! I had to go home at lunch to grab the check to pay daycare and I brought the bunny back to work with me. I just stole candy from a baby!!
@AnnaS930 It does! I was filling a pot of water and peaked through to see him climbing onto the stove part of his kitchen. He likes to pop his head in and yell "MAMA!" I think he's figured out how to give me a heart attack and thinks it's funny.
My confession is that I haven’t
done much in preparation for the baby (I have not looked into daycare, began a
registry, or explored birthing options/classes) For some reason, I have the 20
week mark in my mind as to when I should start really preparing (I’m currently
18 weeks). I’m mostly relaxed about these things, but it does make me feel a
little bit behind when I see how so many of you have these things figured out!
I've been scouring the web for the perfect April Fools gif for the past hour. At work. I have 0 guilt. How did you ladies find such good ones so quickly!?
I've been scouring the web for the perfect April Fools gif for the past hour. At work. I have 0 guilt. How did you ladies find such good ones so quickly!?
I'm a wizard Harry
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My BIL moves out today (YAY!) Which is a super WIN
My FCCC is that I just went and looked at his room and bathroom. he is a 26yo "man" and has NEVER once cleaned his room or bathroom in the 15 months he lived here. I looked at the tub just now and I kind of want to cry. it is sooo bad and I really hope he hasn't ruined it.
Me: 32 DH: 31
TTC #2 since January 2018
Baby #1 DD Born 8/25/2016 BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
@kosmo86 First things first, I freaking love the second ticker in your signature so much. It makes me smile.
Ungrateful house guests suck. My former best friend stayed with me for awhile, and in addition to doing maybe 2 dishes throughout the duration of her stay, she spilled red wine all over a quilt and dust ruffle set that my grandma made for me. I didn't know about it for months (it was "her" room at the time so I wasn't about to go in there) so all hope of getting the stains out were gone.
At least I figured out WTF happened to 3/4 of my cups and silverware once she left. Ugh.
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My confession is that I haven’t
done much in preparation for the baby (I have not looked into daycare, began a
registry, or explored birthing options/classes) For some reason, I have the 20
week mark in my mind as to when I should start really preparing (I’m currently
18 weeks). I’m mostly relaxed about these things, but it does make me feel a
little bit behind when I see how so many of you have these things figured out!
No flame here! We did a registry when we learned the sex last week but I'm 17 weeks and have done nothing else and have no plans of doing anything for I don't know how long. I have it in my head that the "big things" (set up crib, buy a carseat) should be done by week 30 juuuust in case but we haven't even started to think about when to clean out the nursery or classes or anything else. I'm thinking time will pass and I'll eventually get some stuff done lol
My BIL moves out today (YAY!) Which is a super WIN
My FCCC is that I just went and looked at his room and bathroom. he is a 26yo "man" and has NEVER once cleaned his room or bathroom in the 15 months he lived here. I looked at the tub just now and I kind of want to cry. it is sooo bad and I really hope he hasn't ruined it.
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My confession: I'm team green this time around, but I keep buying cute little girl things that I find on clearance or super sale. Shopping and cute baby clothes are my weakness.
Dd is currently at grandma's house just because and I'm laying in the couch watching property brothers and alternating between reading and bumping. Zero guilt. I love my me time and dread if ILs ever move away that I can't just go drop the kids off for a couple of hours to get a break.
Another confession... I hate the movie Bridesmaids. I didn't find any part of it even mildly funny.
Re: FFFC
AnnaS930 - the dogs have their room which we have a gate for and we love it, until today when my husband found our long legged hound mix puppy had jumped the gate! Time for a taller gate!
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
@JLmama118 not me! I enjoy every second of me time I get. We all deserve it and it makes us better mothers.
I'm in a local crunchy FB moms group where I'm pretty sure the majority have never spent even an hour away from their children.
My FFC: I had two dinners last night. Must. eat. all. the. food! In my defense, neither was huge. But I am hungry all the time suddenly! It's not even 10:00 and I can't stop thinking about lunch.
Ummm...I'm not so stop asking!!
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Toddler queen of risk-taking. This was heart attack level 95. She made it to the top, by herself. She was three months shy of three in this photo. Having only parented a daredevil, not sure which I would prefer.
Also...FFFC: Last night I was out for dinner with my aunts and grandma, and they ordered this bottle of wine to split, so I had an itty, itty bitty glass (did I mention it was itty bitty?) in front of all of them. I don't think I scandalized anyone...?
I'm probably particularly sensitive to this right now because I have a grandma with in-home hospice care. I didn't meet this grandma until I was already in my 20s so I wasn't raised with her as a direct influence, but oddly enough she's waaaay more of an ardent atheist than I am. Still is very much an "atheist in a foxhole" despite what's going on with her health.
She has a set of religious nurses who are trying to get her to pray for comfort, call in a chaplain, etc (this isn't an indictment of hospice; I know that organizationally, there is supposed to be support for non-believers). She's asked them to let up to no avail. I know it comes from a place of caring and professional responsibility, but she can't stand it so she's requested a change of caregivers. Rationally, I don't think these nurses would ever actively hurt her or even passively neglect her, but I totally get being woefully uncomfortable once you've gotten the impression that your caregivers think less of you.
It really bugs me that some people can't give you the dignity of simply leaving your beliefs alone, even when you're dying. I can pass off some of the stuff I hear personally as things that will pass, things I can ignore and escape from, but a bed-ridden mid-80 year old doesn't have that luxury. She doesn't get the basic dignity of a right to her lack of belief because she's trapped and it makes me so, so sad. It shows just how pervasive, accepted, and even encouraged that attempts to indoctrinate are. Some people hear "no" and it really means "yes, please, please oh please convince me!" and somehow it's OK in this realm. It's not right.
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We about hit the damn ceiling. We went to the hospital immediately but the nurses shift had ended. We filed a formal complaint, and the contracted hospice service apologized profusely and said it was absolutely not their policy to act like that. The fact that the staff caring for your grandmother can't put their beliefs aside and respect a dying woman's lack of belief is despicable. Absolutely wrong.
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My FCCC is that I just went and looked at his room and bathroom. he is a 26yo "man" and has NEVER once cleaned his room or bathroom in the 15 months he lived here. I looked at the tub just now and I kind of want to cry. it is sooo bad and I really hope he hasn't ruined it.
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
Ungrateful house guests suck. My former best friend stayed with me for awhile, and in addition to doing maybe 2 dishes throughout the duration of her stay, she spilled red wine all over a quilt and dust ruffle set that my grandma made for me. I didn't know about it for months (it was "her" room at the time so I wasn't about to go in there) so all hope of getting the stains out were gone.
At least I figured out WTF happened to 3/4 of my cups and silverware once she left. Ugh.
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Another confession... I hate the movie Bridesmaids. I didn't find any part of it even mildly funny.