I tend to use "I'm in my 8th month" also. Mostly because like y'all said, most people even women with children forget what 32 weeks mean. Andplusalso -- My UO is that I'd rather call myself 8 months than 7 at this point. I've read all the 9 v 10 month articles but I don't care to argue details, mostly because I can't understand how this isn't a given defined subject matter even by the professional community. Please give me all of the excuses to look as big & uncomfortable as I am, -- 8 months pregnant it is!
@DarkCat my hubs is a Trump supporter! I can't really unfollow him. Luckily he doesn't post much political stuff on facebook. He also doesn't vote so that's one less vote for Trump!! Sometimes I think I know him better than himself though -- with the way that he thinks, he definitely fits the libertarian school of thought more than the republican one, he just doesn't realize it!! I guess I can still keep him though.
@DarkCat my hubs is a Trump supporter! I can't really unfollow him. Luckily he doesn't post much political stuff on facebook. He also doesn't vote so that's one less vote for Trump!! Sometimes I think I know him better than himself though -- with the way that he thinks, he definitely fits the libertarian school of thought more than the republican one, he just doesn't realize it!! I guess I can still keep him though.
Yep, you can totally unfollow him. Just click the button, unfollow, but still be friends with him. I did it to my husband about two years ago. He has no idea. Occasionally I will go on his page and click "like" on a few things, but that is about it. It wasn't because of political posts, but his non-stop posts about all natural foods, anti-Monsanto and GMO's, etc. I got sick of seeing them pop up in my newsfeed over and over. If he asks if I saw a certain post that he did that day, I just say "oh....no, I didn't see it yet. I will have to check it out after dinner..."
@PhoebeJune1984 At Thanksgiving I told my dad I liked him so much more after I unfollowed him on fb. He said "I WAS JUST THINKING THAT I LIKED YOU MORE AFTER I UNFOLLOWED YOU!" It's the best for our relationship.
AHAHAHA!! Ok, that's funny, @PhoebeJune1984! I love that he hasn't figured it out yet. My husband is terrible at all social media. He never responds if you tag him in things, doesn't answer if you ask him a question on a post. It's amazing he has friends on there! It's so not is IRL personality. However, he does maintain an Instagram account for our dog, LOL!
Well, I don't know if this is a UO, but along the lines of overposting - I don't need to see 75 pictures of your baby each week. Or you working out with said baby in your Ergo. Or your Shakeology pitches. ONE PERSON on my feed is responsible for doing all of these things - each and every week. I tried telling FB to limit what I see from her, but that hasn't made a difference. For those of you that have blocked people....will she still be able to see my posts or write to/tag me? She's really not a bad person, so I'd feel bad offending her if she found out I blocked her, but I just can't take it. It's too much!
UO: I find no reason to make my husband get up during night feedings, just because I will have to be up. I had several friends that made their husband get up with them, just for moral support or because they had to be up....they felt their husband had to be up as well. One of us needs to be functioning when it comes to other things. I would rather my husband sleep during that time, wake up feeling good, and pick up the slack elsewhere....like cooking meals, laundry, taking care of the dog, helping with the daytime baby care, etc......while my ass takes naps during the day. Although it is a team effort, I don't need him being exhausted/cranky, just because I wanted him to sit up for every feeding, just because I had to and felt that was "fair". I will already be exhausted and cranky....and two exhausted/cranky people in one house....is too much. We don't need to be at each other's throats. Once DD was a little older, and on a bottle, we split night feedings. And for the past couple of years, he has been the one to get up when she has a bad dream or night terror.....before I even wake up enough to know what is going on, he is already taking care of it. But I roll my eyes when I see posts about women pissed off, and they are fighting with their spouses (because both are extremely exhausted), because they feel their husband should have to be awake just because they are awake.
@TiffRox81 Don't block her, but unfollow her for sure. If you unfollow her, she won't have any clue! If you block her, you essentially won't be friends anymore.
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@TiffRox81 If you block her, you will be non-existent to her. Just unfollow her on your newsfeed. Then you can go to her page any time that you want, and she wont know that you don't see all of her posts. That is what I have done to pretty much everyone that sells stuff on FB, because their sales pitches are as bad as pro-Trump political posts in my eyes....
@TiffRox81 if you "unfollow" someone, they will never know. They can still see your posts etc. If you "block" someone then you are no longer friends with them and they can't see your page at all (or vice versa). I unfollow people ALL THE TIME.
@PhoebeJune1984 I agree with that completely. If I'm able to EBF why do both of us need to be tired? I'd rather do the night feedings and then tag him in for a few hours in the morning (he has the option to work PCT hours for a few months) so I can sleep.
@TiffRox81 how funny my husband is not a big poster but he'll comment on my stuff and he keeps our cats IG hahha. I totally "unfollow" people as well especially the oversharers
@phoebejune1984 I get what you are saying. ATM our plan is for him to get up and change the baby while I sleep, then he gives him to me to feed while he goes back to sleep. Obviously this is probably not going to last and will end up being me doing it but I figured give it a go. We are buying a bed in the spare room for DH to go to when it gets too much. I don't want him to fall asleep on his way to work like his friend did. But that friend's wife got an awesome deal. He'd go to work, come home take the baby until 12am, wake her up, she'd take over until 5am and he'd go back to bed until 7am then go to work.
My UO is I will unfollow/delete you if you post anti-vaccine stuff. DH's aunt did and I had to delete her otherwise I would start a family war because I can't bite my tongue when the stuff she posts is just ridiculous (i.e. vaccines cause autism, autism is the most horrible disability your child could possibly have). I get doing research and making yourself feel comfortable with the doctor's decisions but when you are just being downright stupid I can't deal.
UO: I find people that write reviews before they get a product (or even try the product), extremely annoying. I also hate when people give something 3 or 4 out of 5 stars, talk about how great the product is, but then never mention why they only gave it 3 or 4 stars...instead of the full 5 stars if they think the product is so great.
Examples: ::Good review worth reading:: 4 out of 5 stars "Bought the Such-n-Such infant swing for our first child. It is really soft, well made, the motor runs quietly, and the swing has a smooth "ride" (no jerky motions). We have been using it for 6 months now, without issues. I only took away one star because the legs are spread out really far, so it wouldn't be a good swing if you are in a tight space. I think that they could make the overall leg-space a little smaller, as they are kind of a tripping hazard."
::Shitty reviews:: 3 out of 5 stars "Person rating did not leave comment."
5 out of 5 stars "Absolutely love this swing! It is so soft, was easy to put together, and has held up well. Baby isn't here yet, but cannot wait to try it! This product is a MUST!!" - How do they know that it has held up well, if they haven't even used it yet? Because they turned it on for two minutes and watched it swing? That doesn't mean that the motor wont blow after three days of use. It doesn't mean that the fabric will hold up in the wash. And the "product is a MUST!!" really? You know nothing people, just shut up already.
@PhoebeJune1984 I have a theory on this- some people won't ever give a 5 star rating. My dad had a customer that gave his (SCUBA dive charter) business a 4 star rating and then commented "Best week of diving of my life! Never had a better experience..." etc.
@PhoebeJune1984 That seems pointless to me to have both parents up for no reason at all. With our older two DH worked and I didn't so I did all night duties (he didn't ask i just thought it made more sense). Now he's home more I will get up for feedings but completely plan on waking him if baby cries and I know she doesn't need feeding or if either of the older ones gets up that's on him. At night time I plan on basically being a milk machine this time around
@LilLambie Oh lawd! As an actual trained autism specialist who received a graduate degree in the subject, few things enrage me more than the autism/vaccination debate.
@mandyjulie they do consider pregnancy to be 10 months. My SIL is a sonographer and they refer to full term pregnancies as 10 months. I attached an article about it below.
@randishane011804Meh, OK I see what they're saying, though it's really 9.5 months based on date of conception, but yeah. I get what they're trying to do, with making it so that people don't unnecessarily induce earlier. And dividing it up by 4 weeks per "month." But months are understood relative to the way we all use them.
Even though I said "math" before, I'm going to stray from it for a second...when we talk 9 months, we count the calendar months, which are not always an even 4 weeks a piece. October to July is 9 months in the way everyone can understand that time period. The remainder of time I have left now is 2 months, so I'm 7 months along.
But if someone wants to go by the 10 months thing based on a month being 4 weeks, I mean, that's fine, and I get why sonographers would because that might be helpful to them. Just wish women would still say what month they're IN and not that they're automatically however many months along, because that's the "math" part that is usually pretty far off.
@LilLambie Oh lawd! As an actual trained autism specialist who received a graduate degree in the subject, few things enrage me more than the autism/vaccination debate.
I have a daughter with Autism and I feel the same way!! Andplusalso - stop making it sound like your kid potentially getting Autism is the end of the world. Yeah it has a lot of challenges, but my kid rocks and is the happiest kid in the world. Screw you for making it seem like she is less of a person because of her neurology
@LilLambie Oh lawd! As an actual trained autism specialist who received a graduate degree in the subject, few things enrage me more than the autism/vaccination debate.
I have a daughter with Autism and I feel the same way!! Andplusalso - stop making it sound like your kid potentially getting Autism is the end of the world. Yeah it has a lot of challenges, but my kid rocks and is the happiest kid in the world. Screw you for making it seem like she is less of a person because of her neurology
My cousins son was diagnosed with autism when he was two. He is 13 now, and one of the smartest kids I know. Where he lacks in social skills/interactions/etc, he was in 7th grade math when he was in 3rd grade, and could tell you about every bird known to man....what they eat, where they live, etc. Its insane! I am always amazed at what comes out of his mouth....I think I have learned more from things he talks about, than I ever learned in school. And if I ever go back to college, I am totally making him help me with my math!!
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of the excuses to look as big & uncomfortable as I am, -- 8 months pregnant it is!
Well, I don't know if this is a UO, but along the lines of overposting - I don't need to see 75 pictures of your baby each week. Or you working out with said baby in your Ergo. Or your Shakeology pitches. ONE PERSON on my feed is responsible for doing all of these things - each and every week. I tried telling FB to limit what I see from her, but that hasn't made a difference. For those of you that have blocked people....will she still be able to see my posts or write to/tag me? She's really not a bad person, so I'd feel bad offending her if she found out I blocked her, but I just can't take it. It's too much!
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@phoebejune1984 I get what you are saying. ATM our plan is for him to get up and change the baby while I sleep, then he gives him to me to feed while he goes back to sleep. Obviously this is probably not going to last and will end up being me doing it but I figured give it a go. We are buying a bed in the spare room for DH to go to when it gets too much. I don't want him to fall asleep on his way to work like his friend did. But that friend's wife got an awesome deal. He'd go to work, come home take the baby until 12am, wake her up, she'd take over until 5am and he'd go back to bed until 7am then go to work.
My UO is I will unfollow/delete you if you post anti-vaccine stuff. DH's aunt did and I had to delete her otherwise I would start a family war because I can't bite my tongue when the stuff she posts is just ridiculous (i.e. vaccines cause autism, autism is the most horrible disability your child could possibly have). I get doing research and making yourself feel comfortable with the doctor's decisions but when you are just being downright stupid I can't deal.
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Examples:
::Good review worth reading::
4 out of 5 stars
"Bought the Such-n-Such infant swing for our first child. It is really soft, well made, the motor runs quietly, and the swing has a smooth "ride" (no jerky motions). We have been using it for 6 months now, without issues. I only took away one star because the legs are spread out really far, so it wouldn't be a good swing if you are in a tight space. I think that they could make the overall leg-space a little smaller, as they are kind of a tripping hazard."
::Shitty reviews::
3 out of 5 stars
"Person rating did not leave comment."
5 out of 5 stars
"Absolutely love this swing! It is so soft, was easy to put together, and has held up well. Baby isn't here yet, but cannot wait to try it! This product is a MUST!!"
- How do they know that it has held up well, if they haven't even used it yet? Because they turned it on for two minutes and watched it swing? That doesn't mean that the motor wont blow after three days of use. It doesn't mean that the fabric will hold up in the wash. And the "product is a MUST!!" really? You know nothing people, just shut up already.
@PhoebeJune1984
That seems pointless to me to have both parents up for no reason at all. With our older two DH worked and I didn't so I did all night duties (he didn't ask i just thought it made more sense). Now he's home more I will get up for feedings but completely plan on waking him if baby cries and I know she doesn't need feeding or if either of the older ones gets up that's on him. At night time I plan on basically being a milk machine this time around
Even though I said "math" before, I'm going to stray from it for a second...when we talk 9 months, we count the calendar months, which are not always an even 4 weeks a piece. October to July is 9 months in the way everyone can understand that time period. The remainder of time I have left now is 2 months, so I'm 7 months along.
But if someone wants to go by the 10 months thing based on a month being 4 weeks, I mean, that's fine, and I get why sonographers would because that might be helpful to them. Just wish women would still say what month they're IN and not that they're automatically however many months along, because that's the "math" part that is usually pretty far off.
And to close out my thoughts, a cute dog gif.