I've been avoiding the Feeding baby thread, so I missed all the drama too.
Me too but I can only imagine how that escalated! Feeding babies is political as anything it seems these days! Now I have to go read that... I hope little put her in her place so it was worth her getting banned! I better see some F bombs flying!!
*side note... I figured it was only a matter of time before the chick was booted. Just my opinion.
I don't think L+T was posting things that could (or should) get a person banned, but I definitely think she was faking a lot of things. None of her stories added up and we (pretty much the entire board) would go through cycles of calling her out and then forgetting about it. We may be in the forgetting stage at the moment.
However, the other one, the judgy, preachy one, needs to be banned. Even when she's not being rude, she's basically shutting down conversations and clogging up the board. I think we all agree here.
Well the real dramz started on the abnormal NIPT thread. I still think that is the comment that is a TOU violation. does anyone remember what Tiny said that was a TOU? They seem arbitrary to me.
Well the real dramz started on the abnormal NIPT thread. I still think that is the comment that is a TOU violation. does anyone remember what Tiny said that was a TOU? They seem arbitrary to me.
That's the exact comment (that our BFF made) that I just reported!!
Me: 31, DH: 31 Married: September 2012 Began TTC: September 2015 BFP #1: 10/12/16, EDD: 06/23/15, (pPROM, 16 wks + emergency D&E 12/31/15) BFP #2: 03/09/16, EDD: 11/16/16
*side note... I figured it was only a matter of time before the chick was booted. Just my opinion.
I don't think L+T was posting things that could (or should) get a person banned, but I definitely think she was faking a lot of things. None of her stories added up and we (pretty much the entire board) would go through cycles of calling her out and then forgetting about it. We may be in the forgetting stage at the moment.
Agreed, never saw anything worth reporting out of her. But as you say, things weren't adding up at all.
*side note... I figured it was only a matter of time before the chick was booted. Just my opinion.
I don't think L+T was posting things that could (or should) get a person banned, but I definitely think she was faking a lot of things. None of her stories added up and we (pretty much the entire board) would go through cycles of calling her out and then forgetting about it. We may be in the forgetting stage at the moment.
Agreed, never saw anything worth reporting out of her. But as you say, things weren't adding up at all.
I think some of that was due to her age though. I know when I was a teenager I thought I knew everything, but was really just talking out my ass.
One moment she didn't have a dr and was wondering how important it really was to see one. Then she magically obtained a genetic test, had blood drawn but couldn't get her results. Then said she did have a doctor, but he or she wouldn't sign off on the results.
When I was pregnant at 17, I was very aware of whether or not I had a doctor and I did not hesitate to get healthcare for myself and my child. I wasn't just concerned about a sonogram or finding out the sex of my baby.
@Roxell Actually, the feeding thread has been surprisingly tame, and generally very supportive (I started it so I get all the notifications) there have been a few sparks, but even those were relatively mild.
We we had a similar thread on my last BMB and people went nuts. TB really has changed. Sometimes I kind of miss the way it was. It might have been a little ruthless, but I tend to be in the camp where knowledge is power, so I like that.
*side note... I figured it was only a matter of time before the chick was booted. Just my opinion.
I don't think L+T was posting things that could (or should) get a person banned, but I definitely think she was faking a lot of things. None of her stories added up and we (pretty much the entire board) would go through cycles of calling her out and then forgetting about it. We may be in the forgetting stage at the moment.
However, the other one, the judgy, preachy one, needs to be banned. Even when she's not being rude, she's basically shutting down conversations and clogging up the board. I think we all agree here.
Agreed. I definitely gave the side eye every time she posted. But I will say, she was pretty entertaining and added some nice, distracting convos to our relatively nondramatic group.
Oh my Gosh you guys. I have a date this morning. With that MILF (Mom I'd like to Friend) I met at the indoor play place. We are having coffee at Starbucks with the kiddos in tow.
I'm putting my warpaint on right now. I hope she likes me. Maybe we'll take a walk afterwards. Maybe we'll send each other cute texts afterwards. Maybe she'll want to take a selfie and put it on FB and tag our location and put a smiley face and use graphics.
Oh my Gosh you guys. I have a date this morning. With that MILF (Mom I'd like to Friend) I met at the indoor play place. We are having coffee at Starbucks with the kiddos in tow.
I'm putting my warpaint on right now. I hope she likes me. Maybe we'll take a walk afterwards. Maybe we'll send each other cute texts afterwards. Maybe she'll want to take a selfie and put it on FB and tag our location and put a smiley face and use graphics.
Okay don't be over zealous, play it cool. Compliment her shoes. And don't text her first, even if you think it went well.
My OB is running a half hour late and a woman in the waiting room is letting her son watch the most annoying kids show on her phone with the volume up. I mean, I understand the struggle with keeping a toddler content in a waiting room, but either turn the volume down or go sit in the hall. I can't deal with this right now.
In happier news a couple with a brand new little baby just came in (I assume for a postpartum appointment) and I almost squealed out loud. He's so tiny and adorable!
My son has had four huge autistic meltdowns this week. Yesterday he had to be restrained at his after school program by two adults. Monday he was suspended for two days.
An autistic meltdown is not a temper tantrum. It is an explosion. My son is 4'9" and weighs over 90lbs and when these happen, he does get physical. For the last few years we've been averaging at most one meltdown every 6 months (they used to be multiple times a day.) I don't know what is happening. It's like a switch flipped and we reverted three years. We're waiting for a referral to paediatric neurology right now and I'm about to reach out for a paeds psychiatry consult.
I'm so stressed out it's insane. I've had to bring him with me to school this week, was late for a mandatory session yesterday, and I have no damn time to study because I'm constantly on the phone. I did terribly on a test yesterday because I couldn't focus since I was up until 2am because of this. I have tutorial in 5 hours and instead of preparing, I'm making phone calls (I'm typing while on hold.)
K.
Son, K, 9 | Daughter, C, 5 | Daughter, M, expected November 7, 2016
Ugh. Sorry you're going through this right now @KilgraveMadeMeDoIt. That's sucks. You got any leads on the trigger(s)? I hope you can get him in asap with neurology and psychiatry and get to the heart of it.
Big hugs @KilgraveMadeMeDoIt. I'm so sorry he's having a rough time. Could it be anxiety relating to the baby triggering these melt downs? I don't have any experience in your shoes and my DD is much younger, but she's gone back to pee "accidents" (her attention seeking method of choice/her stress response) this week, even though she regularly kisses and hugs my belly and tells me those kisses and hugs are going into my belly for baby.
Either way, I hope you can help him manage his emotions soon and get back to regularly scheduled busy life.
My son is super, super excited about the baby. Talking about the baby has actually been one way to calm him down (he initiates talking about the baby.) It's entirely possible that it's stress relating to that. It's also quite likely to be relating to the fact that he's changing schools next year. He's decided to switch to an English-only school instead of the French Immersion he's currently in (the choice was his; we let him be involved in these decisions since it's his life.) There's obviously stress and anxiety around that, but it would usually take way more than that sort of thing to trigger these sorts of meltdowns. Even the move last summer, away from everything he ever knew, didn't cause this sort of reversion.
He's normally pretty good at explaining what is bugging him so the fact that he won't talk to us is very frustrating.
It's making me very nervous because next month, I'm going away for 3 weeks (and I absolutely cannot cancel this) so my husband is going to have to deal with all of this alone and that's just going to be a further disruption.
K.
Son, K, 9 | Daughter, C, 5 | Daughter, M, expected November 7, 2016
We're going to lose even more people if this crap keeps up, because they'll just leave. Neither @GreenEyedUnicorn nor @FiancBever said anything remotely close to deserving a ban.
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However, the other one, the judgy, preachy one, needs to be banned. Even when she's not being rude, she's basically shutting down conversations and clogging up the board. I think we all agree here.
Married: September 2012
Began TTC: September 2015
BFP #1: 10/12/16, EDD: 06/23/15,
(pPROM, 16 wks + emergency D&E 12/31/15)
BFP #2: 03/09/16, EDD: 11/16/16
Married: September 2012
Began TTC: September 2015
BFP #1: 10/12/16, EDD: 06/23/15,
(pPROM, 16 wks + emergency D&E 12/31/15)
BFP #2: 03/09/16, EDD: 11/16/16
When I was pregnant at 17, I was very aware of whether or not I had a doctor and I did not hesitate to get healthcare for myself and my child. I wasn't just concerned about a sonogram or finding out the sex of my baby.
We we had a similar thread on my last BMB and people went nuts. TB really has changed. Sometimes I kind of miss the way it was. It might have been a little ruthless, but I tend to be in the camp where knowledge is power, so I like that.
I don't actually think she's real.
I don't know if I've done anything heinous enough to be blocked or ignored by her yet.
I'm putting my warpaint on right now. I hope she likes me. Maybe we'll take a walk afterwards. Maybe we'll send each other cute texts afterwards. Maybe she'll want to take a selfie and put it on FB and tag our location and put a smiley face and use graphics.
In happier news a couple with a brand new little baby just came in (I assume for a postpartum appointment) and I almost squealed out loud. He's so tiny and adorable!
An autistic meltdown is not a temper tantrum. It is an explosion. My son is 4'9" and weighs over 90lbs and when these happen, he does get physical. For the last few years we've been averaging at most one meltdown every 6 months (they used to be multiple times a day.) I don't know what is happening. It's like a switch flipped and we reverted three years. We're waiting for a referral to paediatric neurology right now and I'm about to reach out for a paeds psychiatry consult.
I'm so stressed out it's insane. I've had to bring him with me to school this week, was late for a mandatory session yesterday, and I have no damn time to study because I'm constantly on the phone. I did terribly on a test yesterday because I couldn't focus since I was up until 2am because of this. I have tutorial in 5 hours and instead of preparing, I'm making phone calls (I'm typing while on hold.)
Son, K, 9 | Daughter, C, 5 | Daughter, M, expected November 7, 2016
Either way, I hope you can help him manage his emotions soon and get back to regularly scheduled busy life.
What do you mean she got banned?
Also, our keeping track of shut down threads thread got shut down. Oh the irony!
He's normally pretty good at explaining what is bugging him so the fact that he won't talk to us is very frustrating.
It's making me very nervous because next month, I'm going away for 3 weeks (and I absolutely cannot cancel this) so my husband is going to have to deal with all of this alone and that's just going to be a further disruption.
Son, K, 9 | Daughter, C, 5 | Daughter, M, expected November 7, 2016
Looks like @GreenEyedUnicorn was a TOU violation also in the shut down thread list.
I miss them both already. This has got me right up in the feels.
Awesome Kid #2: Due November 2016!
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